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AKB48 idol shaves head for dating scandal

February 2, 2013 by Yein Jee

Japanese pop group AKB48 member Minami Minegishi has taken the extreme to apologise for her dating scandal by shaving her head.

AKB48 Minami Minegishi head shaved

The 20-year-old was caught sleeping over at a man’s place by the paparazzi, which is strictly forbidden by the group’s management. As strange (and perhaps inhuman) as it sounds, the idol-no-dating rule is very common in East Asia, though there’s not many agencies that enforces the regulation as religiously as AKB48.

It’s said that she shaved her head on her own accord. Whether she’s told to do so or not it shows how much pressure she was in to try and get out of the trouble.

Although many people has said that the (self) punishment is too harsh, the act might actually save her AKB48 career as she was “merely” demoted to trainee status. There were others who were penalised heavier (expelled etc.) for lesser evidence.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: AKB48 Japan, East Asia, Japan blog, Japanese showbiz, Minami Minegishi, Unusual and weird

Baby Suriname toads born from mom’s back

May 21, 2012 by Yein Jee

NatGeo Wild video which shows a female Suriname sea toad giving birth to her offspring right out of holes in her back. Watch at your own discretion.

Definitely weirder than the toad migration and other amphibian stuff I’ve seen.

Phobia

BTW, learnt some new words. Trypophobia is a phobia of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. While ranidaphobia is for fear of frogs and toads.

Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Animals and pets, National Geographic, Nature and wildlife, Unusual and weird

TOTO Toilet Bike Neo commercials

March 5, 2012 by Yein Jee

Japanese toilet maker TOTO has created Toilet Bike Neo, a weird-looking motorcycle which moves with bio-gas converted by human poop. The bike travels around Japan to promote Toto’s environmental campaign. Commercial series with English subs below…

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Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Cars and vehicles, East Asia, Japan blog, Japanese commercials, Unusual and weird

Hikkoshizamurai birdie commercial

February 18, 2012 by Yein Jee

Japanese commercial by Hikkoshizamurai moving company. You know it’s time to move to a new place when something like this happens (like it ever will)…

Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Asian commercials, Asian videos, East Asia, Japan blog, Japanese commercials, Japanese pop culture, Unusual and weird

China highway construction fail

December 29, 2011 by Yein Jee

In Nanning, China, where engineers realised (way too late) that a block of flats are higher than the road ring’s bridge. Brilliant…

Highway construction fail in Nanning, China

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Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Architecture, China blog, East Asia, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning City, Unusual and weird

Kidnapped kids returned to BUYERS

June 16, 2011 by Yein Jee

China baby traffickingChinese Police have returned 29 children they rescued from Yunnan, Sichuan and Shandong provinces to the people who bought them, because the children’s real parents could not be found.

According to the police, some women in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces sell their children to make a living. The price of a baby ranges between 5,000 yuan (US$771) and 6,000 yuan. When brokers sell the babies to buyers, the price will jump to 40,000 yuan for a boy and 20,000 for a girl.

According to regulations from the Ministry of Public Security, before locating their biological parents, rescued children must be sent to local welfare agencies. However, in reality, most of these agencies lack funds and staff to care for the rescued children. To prevent them from being homeless, local police sent the children back to the buyers.

A police officer also said that buyers who treated the children well won’t face criminal punishment. Sadly, the report failed to suggest (beside the title) that many of these children might be kidnapped and not “sold” by their birth parents.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: China blog, East Asia, Unusual and weird

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