Travels & Event AhBoon | 31 Oct 2007
Crazy Halloween in Japan
Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, Halloween festivals, bonfires, costume parties, visiting “haunted houses” and viewing horror films. Halloween originated from the Pagan festival Samhain, celebrated among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century.
In recent years, western-style Halloween decorations and traditions are becoming popular in Japan. Some big Halloween events are also held in many places.
Sports & Olympics AhBoon | 28 Oct 2007
Big Fish and Small Boy in Beijing 2008 Olympic
What is your 4-year-old boy doing at home?
Yang Yang, a 4-year-old Chinese boy, swims with a 5-year-old beluga whale named Xiao Qiang at an aquarium in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong Province. Yang Yang, who has been swimming for three years, will perform with the white beluga again in 2008 to welcome visitors who come to watch sailing events at the 2008 Olympic Games.
They first appeared in public together during the country’s National Children’s Day in the summer and proved such a success that it was decided to make them an Olympic attraction. The boy’s parents think he is one of the luckiest in China, but others might disagree, bearing in mind the country’s reputation for pushing young athletes to extremes.
Yang Yang is one of about 280million children in China - representing about one-fifth of the child population of the world.
There are fewer than 80,000 [Beluga Whales / White Whale] left in Arctic waters, with St Lawrence, Cook Inlet, and Alaskan belugas classified as endangered.
Shocking & Event AhBoon | 25 Oct 2007
Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Thailand
The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, also known as Vegetarian festival, a Chinese festival to celebrate the return from heaven to earth of the Nine Emperor spirits. The festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth moon in the Chinese lunar calendar.
In Thailand, this festival is called Tesagan Gin Je เทศกาลกินเจ, the Vegetarian Festival. Over the nine days from October 11 to Octoer 19, Chinese in Phuket Island celebrate the festival by holding a massive street processions by ‘Carrying Gods‘, they are believed to be ‘possessed by the spirits of gods’, so that they can perform some outstanding stunts.
To be able to participate in the events, one must have No Meat, Smoke, Alcohol and Sex for 10 days, to be Cleaned from dirty sins. Hundreds of believers pierce their cheeks, nose, lips, using different kind of sharp objects such as swords, daggers, rods, and M-16 Machine Gun!
Movie & Cars AhBoon | 24 Oct 2007
Optimus Prime Sold on eBay for US$55K
This is a 1:1 scale replica of [Optimus Prime] built out of a 1994 Peterbilt, was up for aution on eBay’s Canada store (auction ends 10/22 18:17:35 EDT). The winning bid was US $55,200.00. It comes with a fully functioning Peterbilt outfitted inside with a pimp entertainment system, a voice-activated alarm that speaks in the voice of Prime himself, wooden floors, chrome everywhere, flames on every surface, a bed in the sleeper cab that’s covered in Transformers bed sheets and pillow cases, and a 17-inch entertainment system floating above the bunk in the back.
“The only thing it can’t do is transform!!”.
Babes & Sports & Event Konfucious | 20 Oct 2007
Pole Dancing Championship of China
The very first Pole Dancing Championship of China was held in Beijing on 14 and 15 of July. The competition which was backed by the Asian Bodybuilding Federation attracted about 70 competitors including male dancers from 20 provinces of China.
The event was organised by Luo Lan who brought pole dancing to the Chinese mainstream in 2006, when she opened the Lolan Pole Dancing Club in Beijing. In just one year, Luo has branches across the country including Shanghai, Nanchang, of Jiangxi Province, Suzhou, and Guangzhou.
According to her, pole dancing has “nothing to do with sex“. Rather, it is a “healthy and positive” way to exercise, while also improving the self confidence of the students.
Travels AhBoon | 18 Oct 2007
Private Honeymoon Suite on Airbus A380
Singapore Airlines has purchased 19 of the Airbus A380 and finally the first A380 superjumbo was delivered to Singapore Airlines on October 15, 2007 in a move the French aircraft manufacturer said kicked off a “new chapter in aviation.”
Airbus A380 “Superjumbos”, largest passenger airliner in the world, and Singapore Airlines threw open the doors to show off the interior cabin design. No, there isn’t a gym or a bowling alley, though there would be room for both inside the double-decker jet. But the chilled bottle of Champagne perched on an elegantly laid-out double bed said it all.
Twelve private “suites” created by the French yacht designer Jean-Jacques Coste grace the front half of the plane’s lower deck. Designed to maximize privacy, these partitioned nooks are each fitted with fully adjustable leather seats and a separate bed that folds out with a full-sized mattress, draped in crisp cream-colored linens designed by Givenchy.
Shocking AhBoon | 15 Oct 2007
World Worst Polluted Places 2007
It’s definitely not one of the ‘Top Ten’ lists you’re likely to be campaigning for, The Blacksmith Institute, an NGO that works to solve pollution problems in the developing world, has released its second annual list of the World’s Most Polluted Places. This year’s list includes two sites each in China, India and Russia, and one site in Azerbaijan, Peru, Zambia and Ukraine. This threat is affecting more than 12 million people, according to the research done by Blacksmith with Green Cross in Switzerland. Those 12 million people mentioned are well open to respiratory diseases such as asthma, as well as birth defects and premature death.
Many of the sites’ pollution comes from mining of heavy metals like lead and chromium; all of the sites pose serious threats to human health and the environment.
Shocking AhBoon | 12 Oct 2007
Beauty and The Croc
Swimming with hungry crocodiles is not most people’s idea of fun but, for 28-year-old hot babe Kerry Shaw, it was a dream come true.
In Oudtshoom, South Africa, anyone has become able to swim with these predator crocodiles without being frightened. It isn’t expensive at all as for only 30 $, anyone can wear his/her swimming trunks or bikinis and snorkeling gear and enjoy swimming in a reinforced steel cage to enjoy swimming with killer crocodiles but for only ten minutes. But there is a minimum age of 12 and children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult during the dive.
Kerry who is also a South African media executive said, “I was a little nervous but very excited to get into the water,” “It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and a chance I didn’t want to miss out on”, admitting that she checked the cage door was locked before going into the pool.
So, who’s next??
Cars & Tech AhBoon | 11 Oct 2007
Transformer Made in China
Some dudes down in Nanjing just built a full-size Transformer! Costing US$8,000 and weighing in at a hefty 600kg–well, you just gotta see this sucker for yourself.
The three fans, who grew up watching the Transformers cartoons and comics, started with parts from a Citroen C2, and sculpted, built, welded, and screwed together by hand someone they call “X2″ who is based on the Bumblebee and Jazz characters from the popular movie. It’s got a Chinese flavor, according to the makers, which can be seen in its more square head, based on ancient Chinese headgear designs. During the 3 months that they were building X2, the makers say: “Every time we saw X2 we felt like he was full of life, you could talk to him, and you felt that at any moment he’d start moving.” The three spent 50-60,000 RMB (~ US $8,000) to build him. X2 weighs more than 600 kg and uses original Citreon C2 lights and tires; the rest is hand-sculpted synthetic resin, glass, and metal.
They’re planning on making more.
Advertisments AhBoon | 10 Oct 2007
JBS Underwear II
How would you market men’s underwear and make it attractive?
Finally a company who got it right. I always said, men do not want to see other naked men when they are being sold men’s underwear.
What do you think when you see these half naked sexy Nurse, Maid, Nun and Secretary are holding your underwear?
