I know this has been posted in numerous places around the ‘net, but it’s too good not to share…

For a while there I really thought they made a Japanese version of Glee featuring sumo wrestlers!

Via Angry Asian Man.

I saw this over at Angry Asian Man, and it is too awesome not to share.

A man named Lo Wung trained a group of monkeys taekwondo to entertain crowds outside a shopping center in Nshi, in eastern China’s Hubei province.

I think you already know where this is going: the monkeys turned on their trainer!

From Telegraph UK:

Hu Luang, 32, a bystander who photographed the incident, said: “I saw one punch him in the eye — he grabbed another by the ear and it responded by grabbing his nose. They were leaping and jumping all over the place. It was better than a Bruce Lee film.”

At one point the monkey trainer grabbed a staff to hit the monkeys, only to find himself facing a stick-brandishing monkey that cracked him over the head.

He only managed to get the monkeys under control by tangling them up in the rope that had been used to stop them running off.

Mr Hu said: “He was really furious, he made the monkeys kneel on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs to punish them and make them show remorse for their nasty attack.”

I always joke about Evil Ninja Monkeys (take a look at my footer), but THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER!

My natural hair is stick straight and has the tendency to hang straight down with no body or movement, as you can see from this photo of myself at 16:

The Asian glamour photos that were so popular in the 90s.

No matter how short I cut my hair, how much layers were cut in, how much products were used, my hair refused to maintain any body and sat plastered to the sides of my face.

When I entered my 20s, I decided that a perm might be the answer. I had heard that the new perms developed by Japan and Korea were different from the frizzy, kinky puffballs of the eighties. The curls were looser, they lasted longer, and were less damaging to the hair.

I took the plunge with a “setting perm.” Soon, the “setting perm” was replaced by a newer, better method called “digital perm” which was then replaced by the “wood perm,” “smooth perm,” “cold perm” (who comes up with these names?), so on and so on.

With various types of perms. Don’t ask which is which because I honestly can’t remember.

Although the perms were a definite improvement over my stick-straight hair, I didn’t like the fact that they were high-maintenance. I usually needed to apply products, then twirl and crunch…and continue to twirl and crunch until dry, to each curl its shape.

So after years and years of searching for the perfect perm (does it even exist?), I am happy to announce that I finally found the closest contender: the steam perm.

Last month I decided to go visit the famous Jay at Hidy II in Fort Lee, NJ. Apparently, he is so good with perms that he has clients flying in from Chicago just to get their hair permed by him.

After discussing and studying my hair, he suggested that I get a steam perm. According to Jay, not only is the steam perm ideal for hair that has already been permed, it also produces the loose, wavy curls that I had been searching for all this time.

See the results for yourself:

Please excuse the noise in these pictures; the texture of my dark hair wouldn’t show well on lower ISO.

I couldn’t find a mirror big enough for a back shot, so here’s one from the side.

What you should know about my hair in these photos is that I didn’t do anything to them. I washed, patted dry with a towel, and let it air dry. THAT’S IT.

The steam perm was pretty pricey at $260, but the convenience is worth it in my opinion!

One thing I noticed lately is the prevalence of Korean celebrities who have large fat deposits under their eyes.

This picture of the new girl group Rainbow was what prompted my new curiosity.

Koreans (well, Asians in general) can have very warped views on attractiveness and appearances. I wondered if puffy under-eyes now counted as a desirable trait.

Internet searches brought up nothing, so I decided to formulate my own theory.

Asian blepharoplasty — otherwise known as Asian eyelid surgery — is performed in order to give the appearance of larger eyes. Asians even use glue or tape in order to create the crease that makes your eyes look bigger.

As you can see, a crease can make your eyes look bigger without changing the dimensions of the eyes.

I then wondered why the theory could not apply to the under eye area as well: can puffy under-eyes make your eyes look larger?

I am not talking about the under-eye bags that come with age. I am referring to the genetic kind — the extra deposit of fatty tissue that some people have even at a young age.

There was only one way to test my theory. I decided to take the above picture of Rainbow and remove, via Photoshop, the girls’ under-eye bags. See for yourself:

The difference is especially noticeable in the bottom right picture.

Still not convinced? Let’s try this picture of Kim Tae Hee, who is one of the most popular actresses in Korea right now:

Sure, she may look more tired with the bags, but you can’t deny that her eyes look larger with them.

I must confess that I was a bit disappointed with these results, because I do not possess this extra fat deposit under my eyes. I don’t even get puffy eyes when I’m tired…I only get dark, dark under-eye circles.

I’m still not sure if Korea has caught on to this phenomenon, as my Korean web-trawling skills are limited. However, I would not be surprised if a few years down the line, I start reading advertisements for under-eye deposit surgeries.

Do you have extra fat under your eyes? Do you consider them a blessing or a curse?

I am loving this Pho tableware set!

Designed by Omid Sadri:

Inspired by the form of the Vietnamese lantern, this pho bowl set is intended to simplfy and enrich the experience of eating the famous Vietnamese soup. The bowl set makes it easier to carry the soup and its many condiments, while creating a new eating experience by progressively revealing the different layers.

While it is designed for pho, J and I both agree that this set can also be used for other Asian dishes, such as authentic Japanese ramen, or Korea’s many casserole dishes.

Via Embracing All Things Fobby.