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Poor photoshop skill of People’s Daily

Look at the photo below carefully, is there anything obscure you see? If not, you have to check your eyes or please do click on the photo immediately.

People have discovered the People’s Daily, a biggest daily newspaper in China published a photoshopped image again on 26 June. Is this a no big deal?


The Winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog 2009

Although one would have the advantage by looking pretty most of the times, sometimes ugliness can become the advantage as well, at least in the world of dog. There are many beauty pageants for dogs and there is a contest for the ugly ones, let’s take a look at the winner of the world’s ugliest dog competition this year. It may scare you death, but the winner doesn’t care.

Pabst the boxer

the 21st Annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest

the world's ugliest pedigree dog

image source: UK Daily Mail


From an egg to a horse

The pregnancy of horse can be from eleven months and up to one year; and the mother usually likes to give birth at dawn and this can last from fifteen to thirty minutes. Right after a baby is born, the mother will lick his body thoroughly to improve blood circulation.  The baby will try to stand up very soon and go to his/her mother for food.

Below are the set of pictures from an egg to a foal.  It is very amazing.

via: Birth Of A Horse


Green Dam and You

On this familiar picture, it writes: "I did not stop you before, now you can never stop me too!" – "a little common sense will see that the cavalry, if we journey. The mantis mantis car criminals are able to block it?"

I am amazed and yet feeling sad. About the historical origin of the picture and also the degree of the freedom of speech. It seems that with the launch of the software, Green Dame, there will be a whole bunch of anti-activities, worsening the conflict between the Government and the people; letting the breakage of the confidence even greater.

image source


A Frog that Lives in Elephant Dung

In a very dry environment without any water, it could be a disaster for human beings; but it could also be the heaven for some other living creatures. In Sri Lanka, there are three types of frogs which like to live inside elephants dung because of the humid condition which suits them well.  And because elephants cannot digest all the food taken, there are enough fibers and nutrients for the frogs and also mushrooms, insects.

Via: Mongabay – Frogs Species Discovered Living in Elephant Dung


One of the Greatest Username in Facebook History Ever

Someone has to think of an username first. It should be one that not only representing himself, but also needs to follow Facebook’s username requirement: at least 5 letters, not infringing any trademarks, or insulting. Someone also has to get ready for the countdown of Facebook to accept registration at 6:00am Norway Time (noon in Hong Kong), when I am still asleep. As a matter of fact, no one would care to take up my name, anyway.

Just as I thought, when I woke up this morning, everybody in the internet are discussing whether they can register their desired ones yet.  And, I am rather interested in finding if there is any incredibly genius ideas, without breaking any rules.

One of the greatest facebook username should belong to Christine Shipley. Hers is "default.aspx":

http://www.facebook.com/default.aspx

Bravo! Another interesting thing is Facebook has never thought of it; and still allows her to keep it. Think about how many people will click into this link each day? Imagine if she opened her page to public, she could easily make lots of money for each status message; provided Facebook has never found out.

If there is any other outstanding usernames, please let me know.


Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2009

My friend has mentioned before, as there is no clear understanding on how they come up with the Guide, he found no interest of it. I just believe that is why everyone is so eager to find out. Let’s take a look on the freshly released Hong Kong and Macau Michelin Guide.


Hong Kong

3 Stars

Lung King Heen

2 Stars

Amber
Bo Innovation
Caprice
L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon
Shang Palace
Summer Palace
T’ang Court

1 Star

Fook Lam Moon (Wanchai)
Forum
Hutong
Lei Garden (IFC)
Lei Garden (Tsim Sha Tsui)
Ming Court
Petrus
Pierre
Regal Palace
Shanghai Garden
The Golden Leaf
The Square
Tim’s Kitchen
Yung Kee

Macau

3 Stars

Robuchon a Galera 

2 Stars

Tim’s Kitchen

1 Star

Imperial Court
The Eight 8
Tung Yee Heen
Ying


Maybe because service quality is a factor of judgment, lots of the restaurants on the list are located in fine hotels. Quality is being well-promised, but lack a pinch of exploration and excitement. Nonetheless, for the upcoming month, it provides topics for all those food-tasting magazines and columns. And, I can tryout the list one by one when I go to Hong Kong next month.


Kosuke Kitajima Won Another 100M Breaststroke Gold Medal with A New World Record

Kosuke’s long-time rival, Brendan Hansen, has broken the World Record 10 days ago.  During the semi-final, Alexander Dale Oen from Norway, broke the Olympic Record in a surprise. Both have beaten Kosuke’s best record. Therefore, it could be the toughest 100M Breaststroke Final ever in the history of Olympics which began at 11:30am in Beijing (4:30am in Norway) today.

When the camera was zoomed at Kosuke, he was tightly grabbing the Japanese Flag sewn near the heart on his jacket. When he took-off his jacket, you can clearly see a red mark on his left chest, telling us that he must be under great stress. As soon as the match started, Kosuke was behind the others because of his height. However, because of his effort and persistence, he final beat fellow swimmers and defended his Gold Medal with a new World Record of 58.91sec. Norwegian newcomer, Alexander Dale Oen, won the silver, and Hughes Duboscq of France got the bronze. Bendan Hansen, who complained against Kosuke in the last Olympics, was the fourth.  Haha!

Just finish watching the medal presentation ceremony. Kosuke was still very modest; and I, can finally take a nap now.

Clip : Kosuke Kitajima Olympic Men’s 100 M Breast Stroke Japan GOLD


The Latest New Face of Madonna

No actress will be willing to be the covergirl of this week’s "New York Magazine". I believe Madonna is no exception, especially with the recent photo of her aging headshot taken by the paparazzi. If there were a HK version, it must be Hong Kong’s actress Do Do Cheng on the cover of Hong Kong Magazine "Sudden Weekly". It may not be a tasteful layout with a big heart on the face. However, with the same botox technique, it is still the same old story.


Wii Klik, Wii Candy!

Respect must be paid to the fiendish idea of using the outfit of Wiimote to become a candies dispenser, just like PEZ, do a click, candy comes. This widget known as Wii Klik Dispenser is the latest product rolled out by the candy proprietor Au’some, which is legitimately granted the right by Nintendo. No wonder the packing is exactly the same.