8 year-old Sophia Grace Brownlee has become the latest internet celebrity after her cover of Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass” went viral. Sophia Grace Brownlee & her cousin Rosie Since Sophia and her 5-year-old cousin Rosie uploaded their adorable “Super Bass” video onto YouTube two weeks ago, it has received (as of this writing) more than 5 million views. Even Nicki ...

Little Rohan Ajit Kokane gracefully slid into the Guinness Book of World Records after performing the furthest ever roller-skating limbo. The flexible lad managed to skate under an incredible 20 cars reaching an incredible distance of 126 ft 11 in (38.68 metres) while performing the SPLITS during the stunt at the Juhu Aerodrome in Mumbai, India, in February. The record ...

Herbert Chavez must be the world’s biggest Superman fan. The 35-year-old Filipino is so obsessed with the Man of Steel that he underwent several plastic surgery procedures just to look like his favorite superhero. Herbert first went under the knife in 1995 to transform himself into the comic book character and over the ensuing years, he has undergone several other ...

A poignant tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs has turned a Hong Kong graphic design student into an internet sensation. Jonathan Mak, 19, a student at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University School of Design, came up with the idea of incorporating Steve Jobs’ silhouette into the bite of the Apple logo, symbolizing both Jobs’ departure and lingering presence at the core ...

The apple that seduced Eve. The apple that fell on Newton’s head. The apple that was half eaten by Steve Jobs  

The proposal of marriage is an event where one person in a relationship asks for the other’s hand in marriage. If accepted, it marks the initiation of engagement. It often has a ritual quality, sometimes involving the presentation of an engagement ring and a formalized asking of the question “Will you marry me?”. In western culture, it is traditional for ...

Once upon a time in 2003, 20-year-old Trang Vu met 24-year-old Nam Tran on the campus of University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) when she attended a workshop Nam was teaching.  No, it wasn’t love at first sight. They didn’t start dating until 2007. Fast-forward to 2011… Nam and Trang have been together four and a half years, and Nam ...

Just a few nights ago, I was having dinner with my family and a couple who has migrated to Canada. The couple, back for holiday, brought their along their deaf and dumb niece from Sibu. That was the second time that I have met that young girl. She has grown up into a beautiful young lady, full of life and ...

Meet Alfred David, the man known affectionately as “Monsieur Pingouin” (Mr Penguin) by the people of Brussels, Belgium. The Belgian eccentric almost always walks around the neighbourhood of Schaerbeek in his big penguin suit and even “talks” like a penguin. Anyone seeing him waddling through the backstreets of Brussels will think he is on his way to a fancy dress ...

Awana Diab, the UAE footballer who became an internet sensation with a backheeled penalty, was killed in a car crash yesterday when travelling back from training. The 21-year-old midfielder shot to fame in July thanks to a cheeky spot-kick in his country’s 7-2 win over Lebanon. He had only been on the pitch of the Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium for ...