50-Year-Old Mother Often Gets Confused with Her Sons’ Girlfriends
One look at Puspa Dewi is all it takes to understand why people often confuse her with her two sons’ girlfriends. At age 50, the Instagram star looks a lot better than most women in their 30s. Puspa Dewi, an entrepreneur and mother-of-two from Jakarta, Indonesia, recently celebrated her 50th birthday, but you’d have a […]
Japanese Programming School Attracts Male Students with Cute Maids
It’s no secret that Japanese men have a thing for maids, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that some businesses try to use their popularity as an advantage over the competition. Like this new programming school in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is trying to attract male students by having cute maids studying alongside them. MadeInMaidFamily […]
Modern-Day Casanova in Thailand Marries 120 Women And They All Know About Each Other
Polygamy is illegal in Thailand, but that didn’t stop a modern-day Casanova from taking a whopping 120 wives and having 28 children with them. What’s even more unusual is that the women all know about each other and are fine with the arrangement. Tambon Prasert, the head of Phromnee district, in Thailand’s Nakorn Nayok province, some 90 […]
Thai “Runaway Bride” Cons at Least 8 Men by Marrying Them and Disappearing with the Dowry
Police in Thailand are looking for a serial scammer who has apparently married at least eight men in the last two years, disappearing from their lives completely right after collecting the dowry money from their families. The real-life “runaway bride”, 32-year-old Jariyaporn “Nammon” Buayai, had apparently been called out as a scammer on social media a […]
Chinese Cop Sets Up Retirement Home for His Old Police Dogs
Bai Yan, a kindhearted police dog handler from Hangzhou, recently melted the hearts of millions of Chinese after it was reported that he had spent the last 7 years and around 1 million yuan ($150,000) on a retirement home for police dogs, where his former “comrades in arms” could live out their golden years in peace. 55-year-old […]
Japanese Researchers Create Ice Cream That Doesn’t Melt, Technically
Researchers at the Biotherapy Development Research Center Co. in Kanazawa, Japan, have come with a 100%-natural solution to the age-old problem of melting ice-cream. By using polyphenol found in strawberry, they can keep a popsicle from melting for hours, on a hot summer day. Believe it or not, the secret ingredient for “unmeltable” ice-cream was discovered […]
At This Company, Every Day Is “Bring Your Dog To Work Day”
Even in a highly creative environment, work at the office can get pretty stressful, so a digital advertising agency in Bangkok, Thailand is encouraging staff to bring their pets, especially dogs, to work, to help them relax. Walking into the Bangkok headquarters of Adyim, a successful digital marketing firm, it’s not uncommon to see young […]
Thai Vendor Has Been Roasting Chicken with Sunlight for 20 Years
Sila Sutharat, a roasted chicken street vendor from Phetchaburi, Thailand, has come up with an ingenious way of cooking chicken. Instead of an oven or a charcoal barbecue, he uses 1,000 mobile mirrors that concentrate sunlight into a strong beam. He basically cooks meat with over 300 degrees Celsius of natural sunlight. Like most other street vendors, Sila […]
“Future World’s Richest Man” Throws Free Banquet for People with Gold Hair
Zhang Jian, the controversial owner of a multi-level marketing company and self-proclaimed “future richest man in the world” recently made headlines in Asia for throwing a lavish banquet in Malaysia. The entrance fee was 200 ringgit per person, but Jian offered to let those sporting “the right look” eat for free. Over 1,000 people showed […]
Mr. Healing – South Korea’s “Relaxation Cafe” Chain
People usually visit cafes for a dose of energy-boosting caffeine to alleviate tiredness and keep themselves from falling asleep, but Mr. Healing, a popular cafe chain in South Korea actually encourages people to lie down, take a break, and even get some shut-eye. Mr. Healing bills itself as a relaxation cafe, a place where people […]
The World’s Most Amazing Five-a-Side Football Field
This photo of a five-a-side football field surrounded by lush greenery in the jungle of Sabah, Malaysia, has been doing the rounds on the internet for the last few days. And for good reason, as it looks like a place that can only exist in someone’s fantasy. The picture was captured by a teacher at […]
Vietnamese Woman Claims to Have Invented Safe Plant-Based Herbicide, Drinks a Bottle to Prove It
Phung Thi Hung, chair of Hanoi-based Cat Tuong Technology and Import/Export Company, recently shocked people in her home country after consuming a bottle of what she called a very effective plant-based herbicide, to prove that it was safe for humans. The unusual demonstration took place on April 21, during a workshop on controlling pests and protecting […]
Thai Hospital Provides Masks for Women Too Shy to Get a Potentially Life-Saving Pap Smear Test
The gynecology ward at the Nong Krot Hospital, in Thailand’s Kamphaeng Phet province, looked more like a masked ball hall a couple of days ago, as both patients and staff wore masks to conceal their faces. The initiative was meant to make women more comfortable about getting a pap smear test. Named after its inventor, Greek doctor […]
Intricately “Tattooed” Fish Caught in the Philippines Sparks Wacky Online Debate
Photos of a large fish caught in the southern Philippines that appears to have its skin covered with artistic tattoo-like markings has sparked quite a debate on social media, with people offering the most outrageous explanations for the intricate design. The fish was caught by fishermen in the province of Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental, who […]
Man Pays 200 Strangers to Act as Guests at His Wedding, Ends Up in Jail
What was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives turned into a complete nightmare for a young couple in China, after it was revealed that the groom had hired 200 random people to act as his friends and relatives at the wedding. The groom, known only by his surname, Wang, and his fiancee, […]