Published by Panda October 22nd, 2007
in Travel, South East Asia, People and Australia.
A man who survived hidden in the nose wheel well of a plane on a flight from Malaysia has been charged with entering Singapore without a valid pass or permit, according to local news.
The 27-year-old Palestinian stowaway, Osama RM Shublaq, hid in the nose wheel well of Singapore Airlines flight SQ 119 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), The Straits Times said.
He is reported to have fallen about 2.4 metres from the SIA plane’s wheel well to the ground after the plane taxied to a gate at Singapore Changi Airport on Thursday night (local time).
Continue reading ‘Plane superhero charged in Singapore court’
Published by Panda October 8th, 2007
in North Asia, News and People.
Japan’s Yu Nakajima won the Rubik’s Cube World Championships overnight in Budapest, the birthplace of the cult puzzle.
Nakajima averaged 12.46 seconds in arranging the six different colours of the six-sided classic 3×3 cube, which has nine panels on each side to arrange.
He beat Andrew Kang of the United States and Mitsuki Gunji, a fellow Japanese national.
Continue reading ‘Rubik’s Cube solved in 12.46 seconds’
Published by Panda September 6th, 2007
in North Asia, News, Internet and People.
A Japanese man arrested for making 388 prank phone calls to the local fire station between May 2006 and July this year said he did it because he was lonely.”I live by myself and I was sad. I like the fire services and the police so I called them,” the 58-year old man was quoted as saying in the daily Yomiuri newspaper.
“I wanted them to come and look after me.”
Continue reading ‘Japanese phone prankster ‘just lonely’’
Published by Panda August 29th, 2007
in North Asia, News and Australia.
Chinese President Hu Jintao says two giant pandas bound for Australia are a symbol of friendship between the two countries.
China has agreed to send the endangered animals to the Adelaide Zoo after talks were held today between Mr Hu and Prime Minister John Howard.
The Chinese leader says they will be part of a joint research program.
“I would like to stress that this is the first time that a pair of Chinese giant pandas have ever settled in Australia and to be more specific in the Southern Hemisphere,” he said.
“I believe that this will certainly become a new symbol of our friendship.”
Continue reading ‘Chinese pandas to Aus’
Published by Panda August 22nd, 2007
in News, People and Australia.
The battle to convince young people about the dangers of tanning appears to still be losing.
Melanoma is the most common form of cancer in persons aged 15 to 30 and it is also being linked partly to an increase in the number of solarium outlets being opened in Australia.
Melanoma victim Clare Oliver’s most precious wish is to live long enough to see her 26th birthday, which is next weekend.
Continue reading ‘The dangers of a sun tan’
Published by Panda August 12th, 2007
in News and Australia.
Peter Beattie, 54, seen here desperately trying to cover his bald patch.
There are growing concerns that he is in fact a complete idiot, after being the given the benefit of the doubt on many previous occasions.
There are also growing concerns that his plan to amalgamate local councils in Queensland will destroy the character of some of the state’s most popular tourist destinations by allowing runaway development.
Continue reading ‘Peter Beattie, you’re a muppet.’
Published by Panda August 1st, 2007
in Travel, Diary, Australia and Activities.
Another week begins to pass, It’s truly unbelievable how quickly they go by. Already Eight months into 2007 and also One year in my current job. The last year has been a roller coaster ride of ups and downs, but I am happy to report that I am heading in the right direction!
I really do feel like I am growing as a person, after all it’s only when we are challenged that we really learn something new. If we are left in an environment that won’t ever stimulate our imagination or force us to think in ways that are different to usual, how boring life would be!
Continue reading ‘Randoms on a Wednesday Night’
Published by Panda July 31st, 2007
in South East Asia and News.
Vietnamese fishermen flying a Malaysian flag as a decoy while sailing in Malaysia’s north-east waters gave the game away by mistakenly flying it upside down.
This is an unusual mistake, because “Stripes of Glory” as the flag is known at home, carries a blue rectangle in its top left corner emblazoned with a yellow crescent and star, while red-and-white stripes alternate on the rest.
Continue reading ‘Upside-down flag gives fishing poachers away’
Published by Panda July 25th, 2007
in North Asia, News and People.
A spokesman for South Korean police say they are seeking a 26-year-old woman on suspicion of embezzling about $1,590,000 to fund her craving for designer shoes, bags and clothes.
“We have strong reason to believe she used this money to purchase about 1,000 designer goods,” the police spokesman said.
“Without doubt, you have to say she is a luxury-addict.”
The woman, identified only as “Miss A,” worked for an agricultural cooperative.
She is suspected of siphoning off utility and tax payments to fund purchases including hundreds of pairs of shoes.
Published by Panda July 10th, 2007
in South East Asia and News.
A baby girl born on July 7, 2007 in the back of a Thai taxi bearing the licence plate 7777 is to receive a scholarship worth 700,000 baht ($A26,500), a college says. The girl, who has not yet been named but received the nickname ‘Seven’, is just days old, but the Panyapiwat Institution of Technology has promised her a bursary until she graduates.
“It is an unconditional scholarship that we gave to her because she was born on July 7 of the year 2007, and in a taxi with the licence plate 7777,” said Ratana Prasertsom, the rector of the institute.
“And when the mother and girl checked in at the hospital, they were given room 707 on the seventh floor.”
Thais place great faith in the mystical importance of numbers, and the succession of sevens in the baby’s birth has been seen as deeply auspicious.
Newspapers have devoted entire pages to the infant and her good fortune.
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