Asian Culture, Lifestyle and Entertainment
Korean rhythmic gymnast Shin Soo-ji made headlines recently with her amazing first pitch for the Doosan Bears. The former Olympian performed a gymnastic manoeuvre before throwing the ball which went just a bit off from home base…
Animated image via TodayUS [Kr]. You can check the original video on Youtube.
[Update] Here’s a Twisted First Pitch video from CNN…
Model Hwang Mi-hee at Round 1 of Korea Scooter Race Championship 2013. The popular race queen got married last year (if not mistaken, or going to do so soon), guess she’s fulfilling her contractual duties before retiring from the field. She’ll always be one of the bests. Photos by Wasab [Kr], via Koreangirlshd [En].
Promotional model Eun Bin at Korea International Boat Show 2013, held at KINTEX exhibition center just outside of Seoul. Love the navy costume play, suits her well. Photos by ChoriStyle [Kr], via Koreangirlshd [En].
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Behind the scene images of Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova when filming a HEAD Tennis commercial (video further below) in which she “tested” the brand’s Graphene™ racquet in some odd situations.
Update – The video has been deleted from the official channel, use your imagination =)
A melon producer in Furano, Hokkaido, has grown some cute cantaloupes with the image of Japanese’s favourite icon Hello Kitty engraved on the fruit surface.
The limited item (300 pieces) will be on sale until July 31. I suspect it won’t last until then despite costing 4,980 yen (US$48.53) apiece. Seems steep to most people but high quality melons are priced at this range in Japan, it’s not extraordinary.
The famous giant rubber duck, a creation by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, has mysteriously deflated during its current trip in Hong Kong. The ducky was supposed to stay until June; the organiser of the exhibition is working to bring it back up.
Singapore has imposed the circuit breaker measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 since early April. They announced an extension (until June 1) and some new rules a … [Read More...] about Singapore queued for last bubble tea before tightened lockdown
A cute photo series amidst the Covid-19 lockdown in Malaysia. Armed forces are present to assist the police to enforce the Movement Control Order (MCO) across the … [Read More...] about An Officer and a Gentle Cat
