The Wedding of S.H.E. Ella Chen And Malaysian Alvin Lai

31-year-old Taiwanese pop singer Ella Chen Chia-Hwa (陳嘉樺), a member of the girl group S.H.E., tied the knot yesterday at Le Méridien Taipei with her 36-year-old sweetheart Alvin Lai (賴斯翔 a.k.a 尔文赖) from Malaysia in a star-studded ceremony. The two have been dating for one and a half years.

Read More »

The Kiss Between Vivian Lai And Kate Pang

When actress-host Vivian Lai, 36, kissed actress Kate Pang, 29, on the lips for one second when she was announced as one of the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes during Sunday’s live telecast of the Star Awards Show 2, she never expected that it would spark such a furore among Singaporeans. Apparently, many viewers find the kiss offensive. Many ...

Read More »

Weekend in Kuching – Food & Reunions

I just got back to Miri this afternoon after spending the last two days in Kuching, savouring Kuching’s good food and meeting up with a few old friends whom I have not seen for decades. My eldest brother Tian and I flew to Kuching on Friday afternoon by Air Asia and we put up at the house of my second ...

Read More »

Two-Year-Old Tot Dancing The Jive To Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock

An YouTube video of two-year-old William Stokkebroe dancing to the jive to Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock has gone viral, garnering almost 4 million views, almost 16,000 likes and over 1,700 comments since it was uploaded about a week ago on March 15. Dressed in a checked shirt and jeans, William wows over the crowd by gyrating his hips, clapping, tapping ...

Read More »

Joe Hill’s Amazing 3D Artwork

We often jump to conclusions based on our observations. What we see may not be the truth so it is really wrong to jump to conclusions based on just what we see. As bystanders look on in horror, an artist appears to leap off a building. He was actually just leaping on to one of his amazing 3D artwork. The ...

Read More »

Linsanity: The Jeremy Lin Phenomenon That Is Driving The World Linsane

A phenomenon is sweeping through the US, China, Taiwan and many other parts of the world. It is called Linsanity. It all started with  Jeremy Lin. He now boasts more than 1.5 million followers on on Weibo and hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter and other social media sites.

Read More »

Honorary Doctorate Arouses Widespread Controversy In Malaysia

An honorary doctorate is a high level academic honorary degree that an university confers to a recipient and exempts them from the normal requirements for that academic degree. The degree is given to honor the recipient and also benefits the university or degree-giving institution by association. Recipients’ qualifications may range greatly. They can have no relationship to the school, no ...

Read More »

Reunion With My Teacher And Classmates

Facebook is a great tool for social networking and I’ve enjoyed catching up with old friends. Many people who have had near-death experiences say that they saw their lives flash right before their eyes. Well, this is a bit like how I’ve felt when it comes to my Facebook encounters. Thanks to this site, I’ve reconnected with people whom I ...

Read More »

Hakka “Sexy And I Know It” Goes Viral

A Hakka Chinese New Year video has gone viral on YouTube, attracting more than 370,000 views since it was uploaded on January 22. The Sabah-made video was directed by photographer-cum-artistic dance assistant Skyler Liew, 30. It was shot using a Pentax DLSR camera at various locations around Kota Kinabalu a day before Chinese New Year and featured dancers from the ...

Read More »