Absolutely Fobulous

Not only is China knocking off designer brands but they’ve now moved on to stealing clips from action movies.  China Central Television recently aired a video of what they claimed was a practice exercise by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, featuring a J-10 fighter firing a missile at an F-5 aircraft. However, if you’re a fan of the movie, Top Gun, you’ll notice the that it looks identical to a scene in the movie. Watch and judge for yourself!

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Other things China copies: Kate Middleton’s engagement ring and even Michael Jackson!

(Thanks, Jesse!)

Suzie and I have recently become workout buddies ever since I moved to San Francisco, and this animal duo kinda reminds me of us. I’m the bulldog who has the nonexistent ab muscles, while Suzie is the relatively fit monkey.

(Thanks, Pearl!)

I admit, I tend to give into a lot of fitness crazes like hot yoga, kick-boxing, etc.  However, nothing beats the samurai fitness trend that has been attracting many women in Japan.  These “Samurai Camp” sessions encourage women to “punish their extra fat” through various exercises involving sword slashing techniques. Apparently, the women aim to lose about 11 pounds a month.

This may sound like an awfully bloody and painful way to lose weight, but no worries, the swords are made of wood and urethane foam. Just be glad this isn’t a real-life scenario. A student told the AFP that if they tried to accurately reenact the bloodthirsty samurai days, they would actually be slashing more than a thousand people within the one hour session.

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I wish my dog could get trained to do squats like this very determined-looking dog!  I guess it would help if I did squats, let alone exercise, to begin with…

(Thanks, Kent!)

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With Chinese New Year coming up on February 14th, many fobs will be burning paper joss money to worship their ancestors.  But what started traditionally as burning a few wads of fake cash has now grown to become a whole industry of elaborate, pimped-out paper products.  Take for example the paper gym, equipped with a paper bench press, treadmill and shower.  And these paper afterlife luxuries aren’t cheap either–the gym costs a hefty HK$6000 (US$772).

HK blog The Dark Side wrote a hilarious list of top 10 “must-burns” for pimping out one’s ancestors’ afterlives.  Here are my favorite picks from their list!  Check out their full post here.

#3: Beer – Nuff said.

#4: Mac D’s – Great hangover food, especially after having lots of #3.

#6 ATM – Why burn paper cash when you can give ancestors a whole ATM!

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(Thanks Dunks!)