இ When Life Hands You A Lemon..

These two inspiring people have two things in common besides having the same passion and burning desire for what they do best in their hobby which starts with the letter 'P'. One being the first women Pilot and the other a Pianist but they do it with style although they never had the chance to get involved in hands-on operations, pulling levers, pushing buttons or striking the piano keys. They are not the ordinary type of pilot but for Jessica who grips the nose wheel of an aircraft with her toes and for Liu Wei who strikes the piano keys with his amazing nimble wiggling toes. Quotation by Jessica Cox ~ "Never let your fear to stand in your...

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ക WhyAskWhy¿ (5) ~ Hopping Chinese Vampires 僵屍 jiāng shī

The Lunar 7th month aka the Hungry Ghost Month would stir up lots of taboos and scary stories. Ever Why*Ask*Why the Chinese vampires hop around with arms, hands and fingers raised at shoulder level? Oh me oh my could this be real or the movie makers fabricated the whole thing? In the movies you will see with a strike of the gong by the taoist priest the corpses will hop and strike two would hop another step only with the paper amulet 符咒[fúzhòu] in Mandarin, glued on the forehead, very often called "fish head" {hu dou} in Hokkien coz of the similarity in sound. The dead would be dressed in a special garment used by high ranking officials during...

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இ Hat Seller

There was once a hat-seller who passed by a forest on his way back from the market. The weather was very hot and so he decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side. A few hours later, he woke up by some sounds. The next thing he realized was that all his hats was gone. He heard some monkeys on the tree and so he looked up. To his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats. The hat-seller sits down to think of how he can get the hats down. He think and think and start scratching his head. The next moment, he realized that the monkeys were doing the same action. Next,...

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இ Domestic Transformer

Would you believe this if I say it over the phone that a 330 sq ft apartment has 24 rooms? Most likely you will say "you have gone bananaz". Hong Kong is renowned for this phrase in Chinese 留食不留宿 [liú shí bù liú sù] ~ lit. "can stay to eat but cannot stay  overnight"  . Seeing is believing as this apartment in Hong Kong was designed by architect, Gary Chang and he calls this the "Domestic Transformer." Check this out.. " A mind is like a parachute, it works best when it's open...

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