Having a ‘fat little baby’ is a good thing from Chinese perspective, but a family in China’s Shanxi Province is having serious problem with their overweight baby girl.
The overweight 2-year-old girl [image from Xinhuanet][Cn]
The two-year-old is weighed at 41.5 kg, which is three to four times heavier than average baby her age. She doesn’t look THAT heavy from the photo; but she’s obviously huge, and there’s worrying signs on her twisted feet.
The reason for her obesity is unknown yet, but there’s probably some health issue (hormone etc.) involved. Hope she’ll get normal soon with proper help.
Korean figure skater Kim Yuna has won the gold medal of women’s figure skating at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver [official results here].
Kim scored 150.06 points in the free program on Thursday night (local time) with a new world record total of 228.56 points to earn South Korea its first ever Olympic gold medal in figure skating.
Japan’s Mao Asada and Canada’s Joannie Rochette retained their position from the short program to win the silver and bronze.
The term Grand Slam is not often used in figure skating, but it’s worth mentioning that Kim has became the first lady to hold the title of 4CC, World Championships, Grand Prix Final, and Winter Olympics at the same time.
Time to claim my free beer from the Korean guys lol. [Image from Chosun][Kr]
Korean athletes have been doing quite well at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but all eyes were on 19-year-old world figure skating champion Kim Yuna’s record breaking performance in the short program on Tuesday.
Kim Yuna at the short program in Vancouver [image by Xinhuanet][Cn]
Went to Deoksugung Palace again two weeks ago to see the royal guard-changing ceremony, a re-enactment of the traditional royal practise. The show was cancelled during my first visit because of extreme cold weather.
The location I stood at wasn’t ideal for photoshoot, facing their backside most of the time lol. Still, here’s a few pics that’s worth a look…
The New7Wonders project have shortlisted the 27 finalists of the New seven wonders of nature. You can view all the finalist at the official website; below are (copied & pasted) info of the 11 finalists from Asia…
BU TINAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates
Off the western shores of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, lies a unique natural treasure, wild n undisturbed by human activity: Bu Tinah Island.
Bu Tinah’s thriving ecosystem forms a unique living laboratory with key significance for climate change research. An undisturbed paradise, Bu Tinah has much to teach mankind about environmental protection and survival.
Umida Akhmedova, a prominent photographer and film-maker in Uzbekistan has been found guilty of slandering the nation through her work which portrays people in Uzbekistan as backward and poor [more on BBC].
Akhmedova could face up to three years in prison, but the judge said she would automatically be pardoned under an amnesty. Below are some of her photography works in question…
The observation deck at Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, has been shut down on Sunday after just a month from its grand opening.
Officially… the deck has been temporarily closed due to unexpected high traffic, and that it’s needing maintenance with some power supply issues [via Reuters].
Unofficially… 15 passengers were left stranded for 45 minutes after a lift broke (probably because of the power supply problem), which sounded like a small explosion as described by a visitor [via Timesonline].
Candid… the power issue was caused by the finger [image by Shaunjones].
Korean figure skater 
Off the western shores of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, lies a unique natural treasure, wild n undisturbed by human activity: Bu Tinah Island.
