Mon, December 29, 2008
UPSOT (Boy singing 'Hey Jude').
Not quite Paul McCartney and John Lennon, but this toddler from South Korea is a Beatles fan like no other. He got international notoriety when his parents posted this video of him performing the Beatles' hit song "Hey Jude" when he was just three years old.
It attracted over 4.7 million viewers who clicked on the video named "Youngest Baby Beatles in Diaper".
UPSOT (Toddler clapping hands singing 'na,na, na.')
Ha Youngwoong, which means 'Hero' in English, was introduced to the band by his father's business website, which plays Beatles songs. Without any help from his parents he memorised the tunes despite not being taught English nor music.
Since then Hero has made mainstream television appearances just like his favourite band, the Beatles.
Now, another Asian marvel, how common is breaking coconuts with your finger?
Kung-Fu Master Ho Eng Hui uses his God-given talent every weekend in Malaysia's historical city of Malacca, to help promote tourism and also sell his multi-purpose medication that relieves rheumatism, arthritis and muscle pains.
UPSOT
Onlookers can't quite believe that it was his finger that did all the work.
And if you thought that was out of the ordinary, have you been down to Tokyo's Akihabara district recently? Yes it's still the hub for electronics and comic geeks, but the ever popular maid cafe's are taking over, and this one here, was definitely serving with a certain twist back in May.
Yes, hard to work out sometimes, but these are Japanese men cross-dressing as maids - a culture knows as "Otaku", which involves dressing up.
SOUNDBITE: Chazuke, 24 year-old working maid, saying (Japanese):
"I think there are many Japanese cross-dressers and they actually look good. They're just not out in public since most Japanese are hesitant to cross-dress."
It all started when the cafe manager asked a few cross-dressing men to fill in for the women when they weren't available. To his surprise, no customer found out they were being served by male waitresses.
Neena Dhaun, Reuters.
