Wedding In The Air

Two high-rise Chinese window cleaners got married dangling in the air on their work platforms. Jiang Dezhang, 27, and 26-year-old Tie Guangju both sat on wooden boards supported by ropes and pulleys.
"Our wedding was both romantic and like our daily work", said husband Jiang.

Also suspended with the couple were the best man and the bridesmaid who were work colleagues. The couple exchanged rings in the air and hugged and kissed each other as the wedding guests and passers-by cheered below, reports Yunnan Daily.

As the couple were exchanging rings a scroll came down from the top of the building with the words "High Altitude Love" written on it.

Underwater Diners break Record

TV presenter Adrian Chiles joined 500 others to help break the world record for the largest sub-aqua dinner party.

The Guinness Book of Records is set to confirm exactly how many guests sat down to the gourmet meal of smoked salmon, vegetables and toffee apple.

Wearing dinner jackets and ball gowns, diners indulged in their three-course meal at the outdoor swimming pool at The Park Club in Acton, west London.

The food - which was served to sittings of about 20 people every 20 minutes - was prepared in jelly to stop it from disintegrating in the water. To eat, the diners had to remove their aqua lung mouth pieces, fork in the food and then replace the breathing equipment while pressing a button to purge away the water.
The event raised more than £200,000 ($400,000) for charities including Save the Children, The Shooting Star Hospice, Breakthrough Breast Cancer and The British Heart Foundation.

Biggest ice sculpture worked in China

A photo taken on Jan. 30, 2008 shown large ice sculpture worked at Luhua port secnery area in Bostan Lake, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. 12 ice sculpture worked were shown there to visitors on that time.

Doctors to remove 16 pound facial tumor

A 15-year old Vietnamese girl,Lai Thi Dao suffers from a Schwannoma tumor which has been growing on her face since she was 3-years old.

Lai Thi Dao, is awaiting surgery in Miami, Florida. The surgery is to remove a 16-pound facial tumor. The surgery is needed to allow her to speak and eat once again.

The tumor has grown to the point where she is no longer able to eat or speak. It has even kept her from going to school.

Doctors have a 10-hour surgery scheduled for April 29 to remove the tumor. The surgery will be held at Jackson Memorial Hospital. If they do not remove the tumor, it could suffocate and kill the girl. These types of tumors are usually benign, but doctors stated that the size of this particular tumor is extremely rare.

The International Kids Fund is trying to gather up donations to help fund the girl’s surgery. A link to the page for the International Kids Fund is below.

Once the tumor is removed, Lai hopes to get back to school in Vietnam. Doctors do not believe the tumor will return once it is removed.

Toilet themed restaurants in Taiwan

I always thought that the business idea won’t last long; but with the recent exposure by foreign press and bloggers, it seems that these eateries are becoming a bizarre-food icon from Taiwan… something like eating fugu in Japan and live octopus in Korea.

All 100 seats in this Taipei restaurant are made from toilet bowls, not chairs. Sink faucets and gender-coded "WC" signs appear throughout the three-storey facility, one of 12 in an island-wide chain of eateries with a toilet theme.

Toilet themed restaurants are not something new in Taiwan; it has been around since 2004 (or earlier) with people dining in a toilet like environment and eating from a mini toilet bowl.

Below are some pictures from Modern Toilet, a food chain that operates 12 toilet themed restaurants in Taiwan; these pics are from its outlet in Shilin, Taipei…


I would certainly visit one of these restaurants if I visit Taiwan; I can’t guarantee that I could consume all the food though… the sh!t ice cream is perhaps a bit too much for my appetite.