Lee Chong Wei hopes to win elusive world title at the 2011 World Badminton Championship in London

Malaysia's world no.1 men singles badminton player, Lee Chong Wei, 28 hopes to win the elusive World Championship title on his sixth attempt when the competition gets underway in London from August 8 to August 14th, 2011.

Chong Wei has won everything that the world badminton has to offer except the World Championship title and the Olympic Gold.

His best performance in the World Championship was a semifinalist in the 2005 edition in Anaheim, California, USA where he was beaten by eventual winner and 2004 Olympics Champion, Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia. Taufik is also Chong Wei's close friend.

His worst performance in the World Championship was the 2007 edition in front of his home crowd in Kuala Lumpur where Chong Wei lost in the 3rd round to Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro.

In the 2010 World Championships held in Paris, Chong Wei again lost to Indonesian ace Taufik Hidayat in the quarterfinals and attributed his loss to a back injury.

Chong Wei also lost in the quarterfinal stage in the 2006 World Championship in Madrid and the 2009 World Championship in Hyderabad, India.

Malaysia came close to winning the World Championship men singles title in 2003 but Wong Choon Han lost to Xia Xuanze of China in the final in Birmingham, England.

Chong Wei feels he has a better chance of winning the World Championship title this year compared with his five previous outings, since he has been preparing well for the competition and would also arrive in Bath, London two weeks before the tournament to prepare.

"I feel more confident. This year I have won all the Super Series titles that I competed, except the Korea Open, and that gives me additional confidence and edge over the others.

"The training in Bath will also be good for us to get acclimatised with the weather conditions," he told the Malaysian media in Kuala Lumpur on 20th July 2011.


A glimpse of Lee Chong Wei's greatest moments.

In 2011, Chong Wei is in sizzling and unbeatable form.

He remains as the World number one since 2006 and won his seventh Malaysia Open title in January.

Chong Wei also won his second consecutive All England Open with a convincing straight games victory over his old nemesis and bogeyman, Lin Dan, who is the 2008 Olympic Champion and 3 time World Champion.

On Labour Day, Chong Wei won his first ever India Open and also his third consecutive Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold title a week later.

In late June 2011, he won the Indonesia Open, becoming the first non-Indonesian player to complete the hat-trick in the tournament.

Can Chong Wei win the 2011 World Championship?

Malaysia Can!! Malaysia Boleh!! GO CHONG WEI GO, MAKE MALAYSIA PROUD!!!

Tale of the tapes, the world's tallest men!!

Here we are talking about men who stood at 7 feet 5 inches or higher... no less..

Bao Xishun also known as Xi Shun or "The Big Guy") was born in 1951.

He is a herdsman from Inner Mongolia, China, who was recognized by Guinness World Records as one of the world's tallest living men.

Bao Xishun stands at 7 feet 9 inches or 2.36 metres!!!





Here Bao Xishun is seen posing with the the Star photographer based in Kuching, Sarawak, Rapaee Kawi or better known as Apai. Sadly Apai died on May 22, 2009. Rest in peace Apai.




Meanwhile Sultan Kösen, born 10 December 1982 in Mardin, Turkey is taller than Bao Xishun. He holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 2.51 metres or 8 feet 3 inches.

He is one of only thirteen individuals in medical history to be confirmed at a height of eight feet or more.

His growth has resulted from a tumour affecting his pituitary gland. His stature is such that he must use crutches in order to walk.

Sultan Kosen was unable to complete his schooling because of his extreme height, but works occasionally as a farmer to support his family. Sultan Kosen has three brothers and a sister, who are all normal-sized, but his rate of growth surged from the age of 10 because of a tumour which caused too much growth hormone to be released from his pituitary gland. The tumour was successfully removed in surgery and he was thought to have stopped growing in 2008.

He uses walking sticks and tires quickly if he is standing.


Lenoid Stadynk of Ukraine is infact taller than Sultan Kosen. Lenoid is 8 feet 5 inches tall and weighs a staggering 200 kg or 440 lbs!!!

Unfortunately, he was not officialy recognised by the Guiness Book of Record as the tallest man on earth because he refused to adhere to certain rules and regulations imposd by Guiness.



Previously at school, the Ukrainian was one of the smallest boys in his class and he used to be known to fellow pupils as 'titch'.

But his condition known as acromegalic gigantism, saw him grow so fast that suit trousers which once fitted him perfectly were 12 inches too short within two years.

He now sleeps on two beds joined together lengthwise, weighs nearly 32 stone, and has 17-inch feet.

His gargantuan palms measure more than a foot in diameter.

Despite persistent attempts by the Guinness Book of Records to officially measure him over the last three years, Stadnyk had always refused until he met London growth expert, Professor Michael Besser.

The towering giant who lives in Podoliantsi, a tiny village in Ukraine has called his height 'God's biggest punishment for me' and refuses to look in the mirror.

His extraordinary growth spurt started at the age of 14 after surgery on a benign brain tumour stimulated his pituitary gland, which is responsible for generating the hormones that boost growth.



But the tallest among them all is the late Robert Pershing Wadlow who stood at a conquering 8 feet 11.1 inches or 2.72 metres!!!!!!!!!

Robert Pershing Wadlow born February 22, 1918 in Alton, Illinois, USA was the tallest person in history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.

Wadlow was sometimes known as the Alton Giant or Giant of Illinois because he was born and grew up in Alton, Illinois.





Wadlow reached 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 metres) in height and weighed 485 lb (220 kg) at his death at age 22.

His great size and his continued growth in adulthood was due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland, which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone.

He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death due to infection on July 15 1940 at the young age of 22 years old.

'World's largest paedophile ring' uncovered - 16th March 2011

This is shocking.

Despite continous all out efforts by the authorities around the world including the FBI, Interpol and Scotland yard to eradicate paedophilia syndicates and saving innocent young boys worldwide, it still happens.

On 16th March 2011, the BBC reported that international police led by a UK team managed to shut down the largest internet paedophile ring ever discovered after 3 years of painstaking investigations.

The global forum boylover.net had 70,000 followers at its height, leading to 4,000 intelligence reports being sent to police across 30 countries.

The operation has so far identified 670 suspects and 230 abused children.

Detectives say 184 people have been arrested - 121 of them were in the UK. Some 60 children have been protected in the UK.

The three-year investigation, Operation Rescue, was led by investigators from the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop).

Speaking at a news conference at The Hague in the Netherlands 16th March 2011, investigators said the network hid behind a legal online forum which operated out of the country - but its members came from around the world.

Along with the Netherlands and the UK, suspects have been identified in Australia, Italy, Canada, New Zealand and Thailand.

The members of the network went into a private channel, boylover.net, and then used its secret systems to share films and images of abused children, said Rob Wainwright, director of European police agency Europol.

However, child abuse investigators, including a team from Ceop, had already infiltrated the network and were posing as paedophiles to gather intelligence.

The suspects are ordinary people with ordinary jobs and are very unusual suspects. In short they are unsuspecting suspects!!

In the UK, the 240 suspects even include police officers, teachers and a karate teacher.

One of the suspects in the UK is a woman.

The latest arrest was in Northamptonshire.

To date, 33 have been convicted, including John McMurdo, a scout leader from Plymouth.

Another forum user was Stephen Palmer, 54, of Birkenhead, who shared abuse images with contacts in the United States.

A third man, 46-year-old Colin Hoey Brown of Bromsgrove, was jailed for making and distributing almost 1,000 images.

Well... Bravo to the authority for this success..

Potrait of a disfugured Afghanistan woman, won the 2010 World Press Photo Award

A personal tragedy depicted in a potrait of a young and beautiful but disfigured 18 year old Afghanistan woman, Bibi Aisha by a South African photographer, Jodi Bieber (not related to Justin Bieber) has won the 2010 World Photography Award.











The potrait shows the 18 year old Afghanistan woman, Bibi Aisha, disfigured, without nose and both ears.

She was punished by the Islamic hardliners, The Taliban, purpotedly for abandoning her marital home.

This extra-ordinary and shocking picture was taken by South African Photographer, Jodi Bieber and has appeared in countless magazines including the Time magazine.

This potrait won the 2010 World Press Photo award, beating more than 108,000 images submitted by close to 6,000 photographers around the world.

First appearing on the front page of Time Magazine on August 1, 2010, Bieber's photograph shows Bibi Aisha staring into the lense, her nose and ears hacked off by members of the Taliban who accused her of abandoning her abusive husband.

"This could become one of those pictures -- and we have maybe just 10 in our lifetime -- where if somebody says: 'you know, that picture of a girl', you know exactly which one they're talking about," jury chairman David Burnett was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the awards committee.

Aisha had fled back to her family home complaining of violent treatment at the hands of her husband.

The shot of the 18-year-old, her black shoulder-length hair partly covered by a purple headscarf, also won in the category "Portraits".

After she was disfigured, Aisha was rescued by aid workers and American soldiers and later underwent reconstructive surgery in the United States, where she now lives.

This picture bore chilling reminder of the plight of another world famous Afghanistan woman photo called the Afghan Girl.





The world famous potrait photo of Sharbat Gula was taken by Steve McCurry at a refugee camp in Pakistan, during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and appeared on the cover of the June 1985 issue of National Geographic Magazine.

Sharbat Gula was known throughout the world simply as "the Afghan Girl" until she was formally identified in early 2002.

Meanwhile Frenchman Laban-Mattei won the category "General Information" with a photo series on the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti.


One of his pictures shows a man throwing the corpse of a dead child onto a pile of dead bodies at a hospital morgue. Sorry for the graphic image.



His compatriot Christophe Archambault came third in the category "Nature" for a series on the erupting volcano Bromo, in Java, Indonesia.

Organisers said a record number of 108,059 images was submitted for this year's contest. A total of 5,847 photographers took part, representing 125 different nationalities.

Trans-sexual model stirs Brazil fashion show

Brazilian transsexual model Lea T. is as famous as his father - 1980s Brazilian footballer - Toninho Cerezo.



Toninho Cerezo won 57 caps playing for Brazil in international matches, between March 1977 and June 1985, scoring seven goals.

Cerezo was part of the Brazilian national side in 2 World Cups.

The 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina (won by Argentina defeating Holland 3-1 in the final) and the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain (won by Italy defeating West Germany 3-1 in the final).

He was also due to go to the 1986 tournament, but a hamstring injury in May ruled him out.

However Toninho Cerezo's son (or rather daughter now!!), Lea T., stole the show on Sunday, 30th January 2011 at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week as critics applauded her presentation and paparazzi mobbed her entourage.

Lea T, received roaring applause as she took to the catwalk modeling a new collection by Alexandre Herchcovitch.

He or She ( i am confused) wore pale makeup and was accompanied by somber music as she helped present a collection of black, gray, beige and green gowns with long sleeves.


The paparazzi swarmed her entourage as she left the venue accompanied by friends, agents and bodyguards, with one photographer kicking one of her managers before she was spirited away.

The runway star (pictures below), who has also modeled for the French brand Givenchy, has become a fashion sensation following high-profile appearances on the European market in recent months, including a magazine cover in which she appears kissing British supermodel Kate Moss.



















Lea T is an inspiration to trans-gender and trans-sexuals, worldwide.



Even Supermodel Kate Moss, kissed Lea T..!!


Apart from Lea T of Brazil, another well known Trans-sexual model is Isis from USA.

The Brazil-born model left for Italy when embarking on her career, citing ill treatment and questions over her sexual orientation.

The 30th twice-annual Sao Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) promises to showcase 31 home brands and set the stage for next winter's collection.

The runway stars include Gisele Bundchen (pictures below), the Brazilian beauty who has become the world's top-paid model and is set to show off the latest creations of the brand Colcci.

Malaysia, Indonesia bid to ease tensions after maritime spat

Malaysian Foreign Minister - Datuk Seri Anifah Aman (right) shaking hands with the Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Marty Natalegawa (left) after the 6th September 2010 meeting in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia to resolve the maritime dispute.








KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia, 6th September, 2010 — Malaysia and Indonesia on Monday, 6th September 2010, moved to calm a maritime border dispute that has sparked angry protests, with their foreign ministers agreeing to take action to prevent a repeat incident.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman met his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa in eastern Sabah state after last month's flare-up triggered by the detention of Malaysian fishermen and Indonesian officials in disputed waters.

In the ensuing protest, human faeces were flung at the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta, forcing security at the Malaysian mission to be stepped up.

"Both nations agreed that preventive measures will be required to prevent a recurrence of the August 13 incident, and appropriate action will be taken to resolve various maritime border issues," the two ministers said.

"Two technical meetings will be held before the end of the year," they said in a joint statement after the meeting held in Sabah in the Malaysian part of Borneo, a vast island shared with Indonesia.

In an initial step, fishing vessels from both countries will be required to install a tracking system which will enable enforcement authorities to monitor their positions and issue warning notices in the case of encroachment.

Seven Malaysian fishermen were detained in disputed waters off southern Malaysia last month, by Indonesian authorities who accused them of straying into their territory.

Three of the Indonesian officials were detained by Malaysian maritime authorities who intercepted the group as they were being taken back to Indonesia.

All those involved have been released but the spat saw both countries send protest notes to the other.

Anifah said the whole incident was regrettable but insisted that the detention of the Indonesian fisheries enforcement officials was in line with Malaysian standard operating procedure.

"I want to make it clear that the treatment meted out to the three officials was not as bad as what was reported by sections of the Indonesian media," he told a press conference.

"However, in the aftermath of the incident, Malaysian enforcement officials will no longer handcuff Indonesian enforcement officials nor make them wear ?detainee uniforms?, if and when they are detained," he said.

Natalegawa said both sides agreed that intensifying negotiations -- which have already dragged on for 16 rounds with no resolution -- was the best way to avoid a recurrence of the problem.

"These meetings will come out with one standard operating procedure and rule of engagement for the enforcement units of both countries to engage when faced with a similar situation," he said.

The meetings aimed at resolving the maritime border issue will be held in Kuala Lumpur in October 11 and 12 and in Jakarta on November 23-24.

Anifah said discussions would cover zones in the Sulawesi Sea, the southernmost part of the Straits of Malacca, the South China Sea, and possibly the Singapore Straits.

Malaysia said last week that if there was no resolution, the border dispute could end up in the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

7 Hong Kong Tourists killed by Lone Bus Hijacker in Manila, Phillipinnes

Here Mendoza was seen freeing a number of hostages including an eldery man, children and eldery women. The sharpshooters of the Phillippines SWAT team had golden opportunity to end the siege without loss of lives among the hostages had they took advantage of the situation where Mendoza was standing on the doorstep of the ill-fated bus - with his M16 hanging down..



The Shootout.... Pity the innocent passengers/tourists



The tragic aftermath....


It was a sad day for those Hong Kong tourists. They were looking for a good time in Manila, Phillipinnes but instead experienced the most harrowing moments in their life.

This shows that kidnapping in the Phillipinnes not only happened in the jungles of Basilan and Jolo by the Abu Sayyaf or other pure lawless elements - but also in the middle of Manila's concrete jungles.

The Phillippines SWAT is also not good and not professional in rescuing the hostages - they fires indiscriminately, it is possible that some hostages died not because of the kidnapper's bullets but due to the SWAT team own bullets.

This firing indiscriminately while on a hostage rescuing mission also happened during the Abu Sayyaf hostages crisis in 2000 and 2001. According to the hostages, the Phillipinnes army, fired at random - endangering the life of the hostages!! They should follow USA's SWAT Special Weapons and Tacticals Teams - who will never fire blindly, but will deploy the highly trained sniper teams - capable of firing accurately on small moving targets from a distance of 1 kilometre!!!

Ten things the Philippines bus siege police got wrong

BBC the British Broadcasting Corporation reported that a security analyst, Charles Shoebridge who has worked in counter-terrorism with the British Army and Scotland gave his opinions on that tragic crisis.

Shoebridge said the officers involved in Manila's bus siege showed great courage - but they were not properly trained or equipped for the task.

Here are 10 areas where, in his view, they could have done better.

1. Determination

The first officers who tried to storm the bus were driven out by gunshots from the hostage taker, former policeman Rolando Mendoza. "They showed great courage to go on board. It's very crowded, just one aisle down the middle of the bus. But once you get on board it's not unexpected you are going to be fired at. Squads like this have to be made up of very special people, specially trained and selected for their characteristics of courage, determination and aggression. In this case they acted as 99% of the population would have, which was to turn round and get out. They didn't seem to have the necessary determination and aggression to follow the attack through."

2. Lack of equipment

The police spent a long time smashing the windows of the bus, whereas explosive charges (known as frame charges) would have knocked in windows and doors instantly. "They had no ladders to get through the windows. They smashed the windows but didn't know what to do next," Mr Shoebridge says. "They almost looked like a group of vandals." Their firearms were also inappropriate - some had pistols, some had assault rifles. Ideally they would have carried a short submachine gun, suitable for use in confined spaces.

3. Lost opportunity to disarm the gunman

Mendoza's gun was not always raised. There were numerous opportunities to restrain the gunman, Mr Shoebridge believes. "The negotiators were so close to him, and he had his weapon hanging down by his side. He could have been disabled without having to kill him."

4. Lost opportunity to shoot the gunman


The video of the drama also shows there were occasions when the gunman was standing alone, during the course of the day, and could have been shot by a sharpshooter. "You are dealing with an unpredictable and irrational individual. The rule should be that if in the course of negotiations an opportunity arises to end the situation decisively, it should be taken," Mr Shoebridge says. Either this possibility did not occur to the officers in charge, he adds, or they considered it and decided to carry on talking.

5. Satisfying the gunman's demands

"I wondered why the authorities just didn't give in to all of his demands," says Charles Shoebridge. "A promise extracted under force is not a promise that you are required to honour. Nobody wants to give in to the demands of terrorists, but in a situation like this, which did not involve a terrorist group, or release of prisoners, they could have just accepted his demands.

He could be reinstated in the police - and then be immediately put in prison for life for hostage taking." The Philippines authorities did in fact give in to the gunman's demands, but too little, too late. One message promised to review his case, while he wanted it formally dismissed. A second message reinstating him as a police officer only arrived after the shooting had started.

6. Televised proceedings

The gunman was able to follow events on television, revealing to him everything that was going on around him. This was a "crucial defect in the police handling", Mr Shoebridge says. He adds that police should always consider putting a barrier or screen around the area, to shield the scene from the cameras and keep the hostage taker in the dark.

7. No element of surprise

It was clear to the gunman what the police were doing at all times, not only because the whole incident was televised, but also because they moved "laboriously slowly", Mr Shoebridge says. The police did not distract him, so were unable to exploit the "crucial element of surprise".

8. Safeguarding the public

This boy, a bystander, was hit by a stray bullet At least one bystander was shot, possibly because the public was allowed too close. The bullet from an M16 rifle, as carried by the gunman, can travel for about a mile, so preventing any risk of injury would have been difficult, Mr Shoebridge says, but a lot more could have been done. "When you saw the camera view from above, it was clear there was little command and control of the public on the ground," he says.

9. Using the gunman's brother to negotiate

Relatives and close friends can be a double-edged sword, Mr Shoebridge says. While they may have leverage over the hostage taker, what they are saying cannot be easily controlled. In this case, the gunman's brother was included in the negotiations - however, at a certain stage he became agitated and police started to remove him from the scene. The gunman saw this on television, and became agitated himself. According to one report he fired a warning shot.

10. Insufficient training

In some parts of the Philippines, such as Mindanao, hostage taking is not an uncommon occurrence, so the country has some forces that are well trained in the necessary tactics. The detachment involved in Monday's incident clearly was not, says Mr Shoebridge. After smashing the windows, one of the officers eventually put some CS gas inside, though "to what effect was not clear" he says. A unit involved in this work, needs to be "trained again and again, repeatedly practising precisely this kind of scenario," he says.


On Tuesday 23rd August 2010, Phillipinnes security forces stormed a bus packed with Hong Kong tourists to end a dramatic hostage crisis that unfolded live on global television, leaving eight people and the gunman dead.

The day-long ordeal on Monday 22 August 2010, began when a disgruntled ex-policeman armed with an M-16 assault rifle and dressed in combat pants hijacked the bus in Manila's tourist district in a desperate bid to get his job back.

Negotiations broke down after nightfall when the gunman, former senior police inspector Rolando Mendoza, began shooting and commandos were forced to storm the bus, firing dozens of bullets of their own into the vehicle. 'I shot two Chinese. I will finish them all if they do not stop,' Mendoza told a local radio station as the police assault was about to get under way.

Police said a sniper shot Mendoza dead after he used his captives as 'human shields' in the final moments of the 12-hour standoff.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino said eight tourists were confirmed killed, while the Red Cross reported another seven were in hospital with unspecified injuries. Nine hostages, including children, were freed at various times throughout the day from the bus that was parked at Rizal Park, a popular tourist destination just a few blocks from police headquarters.

The Filipino bus driver jumped out of a window and escaped moments before police stormed the vehicle, with his escape and the rest of the crisis broadcast live on television.

China condemns Manila hijack

As expected, CHINA on Tuesday strongly condemned a Philippine bus hijacking that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead as an 'atrocity', and urged Manila to ensure Chinese citizens are safe.

The Chinese embassy said: 'The Chinese government strongly condemns the atrocity by the hostage-taker, expresses grave condolences to the victimised Hong Kong compatriots and conveys profound sympathy to the bereaved families.'

'The Chinese side has urged the Philippine side to take concrete measures to ensure the safety and security of the Chinese citizens in the Philippines,' it said in a statement.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino said early on Tuesday that he has sent an apology to Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang for what had happened, adding that he has ordered the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs to extend all possible assistance to the victims.

The president made the remarks at a press conference after meeting with police officials and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, reported Xinhua news agency.

Philippine hostage crisis ended here on Monday night with eight hostages were killed, seven injured, one of whom is in critical conditions, Philippine government officials said.

Is Eden Aberjil a devil woman??

Is Eden Aberjil a devil woman??

Well, she is infamous now for posting controversial photos of herself as a member of the IDF or Israeli Defence Forces, posing with blind-folded and handcuffed Palestinian prisoners presumably in an Israeli jail.

The former Israeli female soldier, Eden Aberjil, posted photos on Facebook of herself in uniform smiling beside bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners.

Her act drew sharp criticism from the Israeli military and Palestinian officials.

Israeli news websites and blogs showed two photographs of the woman.

In one, she is sitting legs crossed beside a blindfolded Palestinian man who is slumped against a concrete barrier. His face is turned downwards, while she leans toward him with her face upturned.

Another shows her smiling at the camera with three Palestinian men with bound hands and blindfolds behind her.

The incident was a reminder of the fraught relations between Israeli soldiers and the West Bank Palestinians under their control.

Israeli soldiers have run into trouble on the social media sites like Facebook and YouTube before.

Most recently a group of combat soldiers were reprimanded for breaking into choreographed dance moves while on patrol in the West Bank town of Hebron. The dance featured prominently on YouTube.



Palestinian Authority spokesman Ghassan Khatib condemned the photos and said they pointed to a deeper malaise — how Israel's 43-year-old occupation of Palestinians has affected the Israelis who enforce it.

"This shows the mentality of the occupier," Khatib said, "to be proud of humiliating Palestinians. The occupation is unjust, immoral and, as these pictures show, corrupting."

The Israeli military also criticized the young woman, who Israeli news media and bloggers identified from her Facebook page as Eden Aberjil of the southern Israeli port town of Ashdod. No official confirmed her identity.

"These are disgraceful photos," said Capt. Barak Raz, an Israeli military spokesman. "Aside from matters of information security, we are talking about a serious violation of our morals and our ethical code and should this soldier be serving in active duty today, I would imagine that no doubt she would be court-martialed immediately," he told Associated Press Television News.

It was not clear whether the army could punish the woman, because she has finished her compulsory military service.

The comments by the woman and her friend in an exchange below one photograph suggested how casually the picture was treated, including jokes and sexual innuendoes.

"You're the sexiest like that," her friend wrote.

"I wonder if he's got Facebook!" the woman in the photograph responded. "I have to tag him in the picture!"

Eden Aberjil herself did not respond to reporters' questions on Monday 16 August 2010.

The photographs were a reminder of snapshots taken in 2003 by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq that showed Iraqi detainees naked, humiliated and terrified. In that case, some soldiers went to prison after the photos came to light.

The photographs of the Israeli soldier and the Palestinians, by contrast, show no overt physical abuse or coercion of the prisoners, although they are ridiculed in the comments between the soldier and her friends.

Palestinians are routinely handcuffed and blindfolded when they are arrested to stop them from trying to flee.

Xia Xue (Wendy Cheng) is married.... so sad!!!

Pics sourced from Xia Xue blog.



Bye bye sunshine.. bye bye man.. Xia Xue is already married to her beau - the handsome American - Michael Sayre aka Mike in December 2009. I used to have a crush on her, that is why i am still blogging about Xia Xue marriage, even after almost 4 months passed since she tied the knots with Mike aka Mike Tyson!!!!

The glittering ceremony took place at a posh hotel in Singapore and i was not invited!!! hehehe

Well.... Xia Xue or Wendy Cheng is Singapore's top and most popular blogger.

She has won many accolades including Best Asian Blog and many many more awards.

Xiaxue, started blogging in April 2003 and by October 2008, her blog attracted some300,000 visitors per month. Singapore's National Library Board has added her to its electronic archives. By now, i think based on modest estimation, her blog could have atrracted some 1 million page views per month!!! She is definitely making money and getting a lot of perks, by blogging.

Compare that to the gadget blog Gizmodo which had almost 100 million pageviews in January 2009 alone, and fantastically profitable.

A personal-diary type blog, Dooce earns USD500K to USD1 million a year, which works out to much more than RM100,000 a month.

Tech blog TechCrunch earned USD3 million in 2007 and even more the next.

The Huffington Post raised USD25 million in 2008.

China top blogger, Xu Jinlei attracted some 3 million hits on her blog on a monthly basis.

Malaysia's top blogger like Kenny Sia reportedly earned more than RM10,000 per month via Nuffnang alone.



Well Xiau Xue also briefly became a celebrity blogger for The Straits Times newspaper, a Maxim columnist, and co-starred in a sort of reality TV series, Girls Out Loud.

She also did a fortnightly series, Xiaxue's Guide To Life.

If you want to know about blinging your long nails with crystals, getting a tongue piercing, losing weight, cooking live crabs, shopping for slutty clothes or fitting out your totally pink Princess Room on the cheap, or turning your hair into gold, or throwing someone off the Eiffel tower, or recognising the looks of those "ham sap" guys, Xiaxue is your girl.

"Singaporean (Chinese) guys," she wrote, "like girls who keep quiet and nods in agreement to everything they say, rather than a girl who speaks up for her own opinions. They like girls who are weak, diminutive and vulnerable, not girls who are strong and can protect themselves." They must also dress modestly and be virgins.



Xiaxue is the opposite of this Singaporean ideal girls. She's bitchy, swears, wears "chio" (pretty but provocative) clothes, writes in intimate detail about things like panty liners and panties, and flaunts her American boyfriend turned husband, Mike. It provokes hundreds of comments.



She also generates controversy by attacking other bloggers. One famous post dealt with the Top Seven Most Disgusting Bloggers in Singapore, including Xiaxue. She attacked herself for being a fake, short, fat and ugly. "She is so hao lian [arrogant] of her stupid angmoh [caucasian monkey] boyfriend," she wrote. "SPG!" Sarong Party Girl: the ultimate insult.



As you'd expect, most of Xiaxue's readers – around 70% – live in Singapore or Malaysia. For the rest of us, she's a virtual tourist spot, providing an uncensored, unmediated and somewhat voyeuristic peek into a different society. Well, every nation has their own Xiau Xue in the bloggers world.

All the best Xia Xue... i still love you..

Twins world leaders

Poland President, Lech Kaczynski

It is not ordinary to see a twin set of world leaders...

In Poland, the Polish President is Lech Kaczynski. In July 2006, he named his twin brother Jaroslaw, as the country's new prime minister.

Lech and Jaroslaw were born on June 18, 1949, in Warsaw, 45 minutes apart.


Poland former Prime Minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski (July 2006 to November 2007)




This was how the President and Prime Minister of Poland looked between July 2006 to November 2007 when this brothers were both in power.

However, Jaroslaw Kaczynski had to step down in November 2007 following his defeat in the Polish parliamentary election.

But hang on, in Israel, former Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and current President Shimon Peres almost looked like twin.

Peres coincidently was born in Poland, the same country of Lech & Jaroslaw Kaczynski..


Netanyahu and Shimon Peres


Netanyahu and Peres at a joint press conference in Tel Aviv

Forget about them, for me the most beautiful female world leader in the world is Yulia Tymoshenko - the Prime Minister of Ukraine.. she is 49.










"I do not seek power.
I simply offer the policy that is able to revive my country."
- Yulia Tymoshenko

And the most glamorous world leader is King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan..





the most petite president in the world - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Phillipines...



and the ugliest president is definitely - Idi Amin Dada who ruled Uganda with brutality from 1971 to 1979.

Idi Amin who died on August 16, 2003 in exile in Saudi Arabia was also known as the Butcher of Uganda, the lord of all the beasts on earth and fishes in the sea, the last king of scotland and many more aliases..!!