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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 ...

An Arab sheikh forked out over $10 million to acquire the world’s first Superbus and fly it to the UAE with a jumbo jet, where it will be used to travel between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The hi-tech bus will travel the 75-mile distance between the two cities in under 30 minutes. Buses have never been the most glamorous form ...

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 ...

Harry Potter movies have made their human stars famous and rich. But sadly, this is not the case for the Berry, the black German shepherd known to millions of children around as Padfoot in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Poor Berry is looking for a new home. No wonder he is looking so forlorn. Ten-year-old Berry, who ...

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 ...

Japanese engineering company Cosmo Power has developed a modern, miniature version of Noah’s Ark Ark built to withstand earthquakes and tsunamis.  It is basically a floating capsule that looks like a huge tennis ball. Dubbed Noah’s capsules – after the ark which survived biblical floods – the 4-feet-in-diameter enhanced fiberglass capsule is designed to withstand giant waves and flooding thus ...