Sensational videos of youtube et al

This video was apparently uploaded 10th October 2006 by an Intan Harun, aged 21 who’s somewhere in Australia. From the conversation, it’s apparent that there are 3 persons in the video, all Malaysians.

I’d really like to see this happening to our celebrity TV hostesses, to see how they would react. This is a real test of professionalism!

At the time of writing, Wee Meng Chee’s creation has received hundreds of thousands of hits and has attracted the attention of the authorities (news link in Malay).

Wee, 24 is apparently a Malaysian from Muar and is currently studying at a higher institution of learning in Taiwan.

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The Star reported on 31 July 2007 that China Press has reported a YouTube clip showing a bully (another girl) slapping a schoolgirl for reporting about skipping classes. It further reported that:

• happened in a vacant classroom in an Ipoh secondary school.
• the bully girl can be heard heard asking the girl if the slap was hard enough, and warned that those who had skipped classes were her “people” and not to report the matter to the school.

• The bullied girl did not say anything and could be seen crying in the classroom and guarded by 2 other girls.

A discussion forum on lowyat.net revealed the following details:

The bully is a girl named Kiwi Leong (pic above, sourced from lowyat.net) with Friendster account cutiekiwi (was publicly viewable, has since been made private).

The bullied girl is her junior.

The incident happened at SMJK Yuk Choy, Ipoh, Perak.

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The Star reported on 28th July 2007 that 2 TV news helicopters crashed mid-air over the city of Phoenix, Arizona, USA on the afternoon of 27th July while following a police chase. At least 3 people died. One of the copters belonged to an ABC network affiliate and the other is an independent station.They were pursuing someone suspected of stealing a city truck.

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On the evening of 13th July 2007 during the Golden League athletics meet in Rome, Finn javelin thrower Tero Pitkamaki slipped at the end of his run-up of his 3rd throw, hurling the javelin 40m off-course to the left of the landing area, spearing French long jumper Salim Sidiri who was crouching in the long jump warm-up area.

Sdiri was grazed on the right side of his rib cage, the wound about an inch deep. Never losing consciousness, he was immediately rushed to hospital, was not seriously injured and was discharged at 2am the next day.

A shocked Pitkamaki held his head in his hands after the incident. Still, he managed to regain his composure to take his 4th throw.

Sdiri is now a doubtful competitor at the World Championships in Osaka stargin 25th August. He said he felt anxious at the start of the evening because the men’s javelin and long jump events were taking place at the same time. He added that the javelins were falling too close for comfort from the long jump area. One even landed near his feet while his having his back to it.

This is not the first similar incident this year. In January, Olympic decathlon champion Roman Sebrle was impaled by a javelin on the right shoulder during training. He was hit while crossing the field at his training camp in South Africa. The wound needed 11 stitches.

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Teresa Teng (1952-1995) is probably the best Chinese singer who ever lived. This is her singing one of her most well-known songs live: Tian Mi Mi.

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I think Freddie Aguilar’s best song, melodically speaking, is Magdalena, and not the reputedly 30-million seller Anak. The original version of this song is played at a fast tempo, the live version here is much slower.

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BEGIN is a 3-piece band from Okinawa. I think this is their best song. I don’t think it’s the music video, but at least you can hear the studio version of the song.

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Shima Uta is the most famous song associated with Okinawa. Originally written by Kazufumi Miyazawa, the lead singer of the rock band The Boom (who are not even Okinawans) and released in 1993, it was the group’s best-selling single, at 1.5 million copies sold. The song has been covered by quite a few people, but to me the best version is still by Rimi Natsukawa, a true-blue Okinawan.

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