I was surfing Youtube yesterday and came across a great music video by a Chinese singer named Michael Wong (光良). It’s very sweet in its sentiment, and the song is nice, too, if you like romantic ballads. But about 2:45 into the video, there’s a kissing scene so awkward that it almost made [...]

Ah, yes, the ever-present comb-over. I think in probably every culture in every time period ever, men have employed this tricky little technique to fool other people themselves into thinking that they’re not losing their hair. Most people aren’t so good at it, but one guy in Japan is a master. Check out [...]

I love this band’s sound so much that I thought I’d introduce my readership [of 4 people] to them. This is 旺福 (Wang Fu/Won Fu), a Taiwanese band whose sound ranges from a sort of big band/swing sound to a 50s/60s rock sound to a modern rock sound to (strangely) a sort [...]

I’ve seen a lot of infomercials in my life (miracle bamboo steamer, Ginsu knives, various types of food storage containers, space-saving storage bags…) but never one like this one. It’s kind of like a bidet with a turbo charger in it. Only instead of cleaning off your bottom, it’s designed to clean [...]

I came across an interesting site that sells old Chinese advertising posters like the one above. If you’re a sinophile like I am (or even if you’re not), you may want one (or more) to adorn your otherwise barren walls at your home or office. If not, I don’t like you.