Update 8th Feb 2007: MStar online, a Malaysian tabloid, published an article on 5th Feb that claims that the crystals are actually formed from her internal fluids that hardened as they interacted with air.
Update: after a few days in observation at a hospital, she did not produce any more crystals. Is this all a hoax?
Local newspapers and TV3 reported on 25th January 2007 that Siti Suhana Saadon, 23 of Alor Gajah, Melaka has the bizarrre ability to secrete colourful, gem-like crystals or stones from her left toenail. And two of those are rather large. They are oval-shaped and hard.
Here is Siti Suhana showing the 2 biggest “gems”: (more…)
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I don’t know if palaces are also considered homes, but according to Reuters on 25th January, the world’s most expensive home cost USD155 million. That’s like, the entire yearly budget for infrastructure for Sabah! If certain houses in this state raise eyebrows with their RM8 million price tag, I don’t know what would be raised by the mere mention of this amount. (more…)
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A 10-year-old foreign boy has turned out to be the mastermind of a seven-member ring involved in a spate of thefts over the past 12 months in Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia. (more…)
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The Star reported on 26th January 2007 that a Mr Wong, 34 was a college principal in Singapore who was also a pimp. He owned several colleges offering language, culinary and cooking courses. But in the evenings, he kept busy by overseeing his vice operations at his 2 nightclubs. (more…)
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As far as I can tell, its only purpose is to photograph and feature discarded mattresses. (more…)
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Despite being involved fulltime in ICT, I dislike computer games, because to me games are meant to be played “out there”. Having spent a lot of time staring at the computer screen, I can’t bear the thought of spending play time in front of the screen yet again.
But this game from Nintendo caught my eye, because its games make you lose weight via carbo activity. A guy with handle “hey_suburbia” started on Wii Sport in early December 2006 and religiously stuck to his regimen of games. 6 weeks later he had lost 9 pounds – that’s more than 4 kilos.
A compilation of footage he shot throughout the six weeks after the jump: (more…)
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How can the humble pillow be interesting?
When it’s the Horse Head Pillow. (more…)
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… because no smoking is allowed. (more…)
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To qualify, the league must have the following qualities:
- paying crowd
- physical or mental competition
It’s the Pillow Fighting League (PFL) in Canada. (more…)
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This is followup to my earlier posts in 27th and 28th October 2006.
To me, that would mean only one thing: the greatest photographs ever taken. One thing I noticed is that these photos are all about timing, especially the ones about what’s going on outside. You had to be out there, camera ready to capture that magical instant.
I liked the following best. (more…)
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L’Arbre du Tenere (The tree of Tenere) was once the most isolated tree on earth – no other tree can be found within a 400 kilometre radius. (more…)
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As is commonly known, a site has to demonstrate such lofty ideals as “outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of mankind” to qualify for UNESCO’s hallowed list. That list includes such luminaries as The Persepolis, Memphis and its Necropolis, the Historic centre of St Petersburg and last but not least, Malaysia’s very own Kinabalu Park.
However, possibly no other World Heritage Site is as interesting as the Khajuraho group of monuments, in northern India. (more…)
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Ananova.com reports on 15 January 2007 that men from all over Europe, or more specifically bar owners, shopkeepers and shoppers are going to Bulgaria in droves to buy Boza beer, the so-called “breast-boosting beer.” No, not their own breasts, but rather their female partner’s. (more…)
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Why?
Your father is Indian movie legend Amitabh Bachchan. Your mom is renowned Bollywood actress Jaya Bachchan, who is also an MP. Your family is well off. You are an up and coming movie star, adored by millions. That should set most people for life. But it doesn’t end there, because he’s going to get married to the world’s most beautiful woman, Aishwarya Rai. (more…)
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Inquirer.net reported on 5th January 2007 that a 17-year old boy in northeastern China suffered perhaps the world’s most disappointing blind date experience.
He was very disappointed with how a woman he met over the Internet actually looked when they finally met in person.
So disappointed indeed that he killed himself. (more…)
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The Norwich Evening News reported on 23rd December 2006 that Derek Jones (centre in the pic below), 55, died 31 times on 21 November 2006 and is still alive as of the time of the newsreport. (more…)
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I saw these list of names for 1st graders at a certain school in Penampang area. Judging from the names, assuming they are correctly spelt, we Sabahan parents must be the world’s most creative name-makers. We can think of names for our children that other people in any other part of the world will never ever be able to do.
One thing I can guarantee though: these kids will have a hard time on the phone in future. Everytime they have to give their name over the phone, they will have to spell it out!
Check these pictures out. (more…)
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Pay packet and work pressure aside, wouln’t you want to work for a company that:
- allows you to bring your pet to work
- has annual all-expenses paid company skiing trip
- has free food, even the junk ones
- has lots of non-computer games: table football, pool
- has a free-to-use gym in the office
- has a free-to-use laundry room (more…)
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Aishwarya Rai might be the world’s most beautiful woman, but the mere mention of the phrase “Playboy Magazine” is guaranteed to grab even more attention. It’s like the slashdot for the flesh. High class flesh, it must be added.
Exactly how many times has she been featured? 12.
Exactly who is this lady in question? (more…)
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IMHO, the Alien Facehugger beats all the others face down.
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punkrockpenguin.net lists the world’s worst book covers, which includes this one: (more…)
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Georges Helm probably owns every possible variety of the beloved cube, the most popular toy of all time, with more than 300 million units sold.
His collection includes the following strange, strange “cubes”: (more…)
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Lou Reimuller (aka Sunset Lou), musician, collector, luthier and artist created probably the world’s strangest guitar in 1986.
Dubbed Teenar, it is a vintage mannequin transformed into an electric guitar.
But, in the words of Jamie Zawinski, it’s more like an “amputee paedophile mannequin guitar.”
Images after the jump. (more…)
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The New Straits Times on 4th January 2007 reported that former police officer Kamarudin Mohamad made headlines in 2004 for being Malaysia’s most married man: 53 times.
The picture above was during his 53rd and last marriage, which was when he remarried his first wife, Khadijah Udin whom he divorced almost 50 years before after having married her for only a year.
It could also be the world’s oldest newlyweds, for Kamarudin was 72 and Khadijah 74 on that auspicious day, for a combined age of 146.
He was a self-confessed “lover of beautiful women” but “never a playboy”.
His wives included an English woman and two Thais.
All his previous marriages ended in divorce, with the exception of a Thai who died of breast cancer.
He leaves behind eight children and 16 grandchildren.
He will not add to the tally for he died on Saturday aged 74.
His 53rd and last wife, Khadijah Udin, said her husband had been warded on Dec 13 after complaining of chest and lung pains. Khadijah, who had divorced Kamarudin in 1958 after their first marriage, said Kamarudin died peacefully.
What is more amazing is that Kamarudin was never married to more than one woman at any one time.
Khadijah only agreed to remarry him after he agreed to give up his “hobby” of remarrying repeatedly. During their marriage in 2004, the groom had said he was happy with his choice and was quoted to have said: “(My daughter) was right when she said I had never forgotten my first wife after all these years. I am pleased to be united with Khadijah again.”
Other trivia:
- His previous marriages lasted an average 193 days each.
- He was married to his 51st wife for 20 years. She died before he considered remarrying Khadijah.
- His briefest marriage lasted only 2 days.
Rest in peace.
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Hottieamps turns old toasters into guitar amplifiers. (more…)
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I received this a few days before Christmas 2006.
I believe he meant prosperous.
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Let’s go retro! If grunge was the answer to hair metal, then this phone would be the answer to Motorola Razr.
This is a tiny mobile phone that will ever only do voice. (more…)
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Update 18th Feb 2007: There’s another contender for this title. According to the AP, James Pacenza, 58 an employee with IBM was fired for visiting an adult chat room at work. However, amazingly he is suing his boss for USD5 million because “he is an Internet addict who deserves treatment and sympathy rather than dismissal.” Further: “…he visits chat rooms to treat traumatic stress incurred in 1969 when he saw his best friend killed during an Army patrol in Vietnam. The stress caused him to become a sex addict, and with the development of the Internet, an Internet addict.” He claimed protection under the American with Disabilities Act.
Now, can we all use this kind of excuse in this country?
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Rather than people like Einstein, Galileo or Newton, the title of the world’s greatest genius should belong to Stephen Tame, 29 of Suffolk, United Kingdom.
Who?
Reuters on 19th December 2006 reported that this guy who is a devout Christian was awarded more than 3 million pounds in damages at London’s High Court.
For what?
He successfully argued in court that an accident at work boosted his libido and wrecked his marriage as he turned to prostitutes and pornography. Apparently, he suffered severe head injuries in a fall, transforming him from a loyal newlywed (he had been married 8 months before his accident) into a raving womaniser who had two affairs.
He was in a coma for two months after falling from a gantry while working at a bicycle warehouse shortly after his marriage in January 2002. Doctors said it was a miracle he survived.
His former employer, Professional Cycle Marketing, of Essex, failed to argue through their lawyers that his injuries were not as bad as suggested in court.
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