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Head Over Heels


Posted on Sep 22, 2009 by Kaiser Kuo | Filed under: OMFG, Society, Video News | 18 Comments

A “Mr. Wu” of Lishui in Zhenjiang province hit the brakes when the light turned red at the intersection he was approaching. Next thing he knew, he says, some shadowy form fell onto the windshield of his car. Then he noticed that it was a person. A traffic camera captured what happened. Don’t worry, nothing [...]

Schoolyard Calisthenics Revisited


Posted on Aug 13, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: OMFG, UGC | No Comments

We’ve introduced Chinese Students’ “Recess Exercises” before. Here’s the latest invention in this field.

In China, there’s an existing “national standard” for students’ recess exercises. However, some schools opt do develop their own standards. This video features the local version from Ningxiang No.4 High School in South China’s Hunan province. We’re pretty sure that these doubtlessly [...]

Can You Solve a Rubik’s Cube With Your Eyes Closed?!


Posted on Aug 10, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: OMFG, Wild Wild China | 1 Comment

I just couldn’t believe my eyes. At Youku’s Got Talent Night (优酷牛人盛典), a Youku user solved a Rubik’s Cube on the stage with his eyes under the table. From 2:25 to 3:25 of the video, he finished it in only one minute after memorizing each of the six faces.
The editor from our tech channel [...]

Geez! A Self-made Airplane!


Posted on Jul 17, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: OMFG | No Comments

Peng Cong, an ordinary Telecoms Bureau officer from Chongqing, has invested 150,000 RMB in the past 6 years for his extraordinary project - to make an airoplane! The most unbelievable part is, his monthly salary is only 2,000 RMB.
The airoplane you can see in the video is 5.5m long and 10m wide. The highest speed [...]

Who Says Only Korean Youth Can Dance?


Posted on May 26, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: OMFG | 7 Comments

I still remember the collective singing contests called “Every Class Sings” (班班有歌声) in my high school days. Google “班班有歌声” and you will find almost every Chinese high school organizes this kind of events, where students stand on the stage like zombies singing ancient patriotic songs, over and over, year after year. Here’s a hilarious example [...]

This is CRAZY funny. I mean it.


Posted on May 23, 2009 by Kaiser Kuo | Filed under: Humor, OMFG, Viral Video Ads | 2 Comments

This started making the rounds on the social networks like Kaixin001, where my wife first saw it and showed it to me just yesterday. Easily one of the most creative and side-splittingly funny videos I’ve seen. Hats off to the creative team behind this. If someone knows who they are, please let me know! Personally [...]

A WTF Scene in a High School Classroom


Posted on May 13, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: OMFG, Viral Video Ads | 11 Comments

This is absolutely today’s hottest video on the Chinese Internet.
In the video, we see a chubby high school girl engaged in online audio chat on her laptop, with a erect textbook as her cover. Presumably all this is being shot by a classmate with a phone camera. After she sneaks out of the classroom, her [...]

Pig Totemism is Back for H1N1!


Posted on May 5, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: OMFG, Video News, Wild Wild China | No Comments

Strong-Willed Pig (猪坚强), the fat, lazy and bad-tempered Chinese celebrity pig that survived on charcoal and rainwater for 36 days while trapped under debris from the Wenchuan earthquake, was back in the spotlight recently. When H1N1 (a.k.a Swine Flu) awoke Chinese people’s memories of SARS, some netizens were curious about how the Stong-Willed Pig was [...]

Intel’s Mega-Tetris Viral Ad


Posted on Apr 24, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: OMFG, Viral Video Ads | 1 Comment

Intel has invested a lot in making some great viral videos for Chinese netizens. Here’s their latest masterpiece - a “Tetris” viral video for Core 2 Duo processors.
Under the campaign title “If You’re Going to Play, Play Big” (玩,就玩大的), here’s another viral video featuring the popular Japanese arcade game Puzzle Bobble, also done in gargantuan [...]

A Cross-dressing Star Is Born


Posted on Apr 21, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: Music Videos, OMFG, Wild Wild China | 2 Comments

CAUTION: For the safety of your laptop, DO NOT drink any beverage while watching this video.

On April 12th, this boy (no mistake here!) uploaded his dance video to Youku. In the next five days, with no “editors’ pick of the day” or anything, more than 180,000 people have watched this video clip and reposted [...]