The idea of jumping from a tall structure while connected to a parachute and a wingsuit frighten me already. I am sure most of you would not consider it as a normal sport. I will never have the balls to attempt such a dangerous activity, even when I’m drunk! Life is too short for me to take such risk. But there are some brave people out there who have the guts for this kind of sport.

The videos below show some ‘brave souls’ performing BASE jumps, which grew from skydiving. According to definition from Wikipedia BASE jumping involves the use of a parachute or the sequenced use of a wingsuit and parachute to jump from fixed objects (with the parachute unopened at the jump!). ‘BASE’ is an acronym for the four categories of fixed objects: Building, Antenna, Span, and Earth. BASE jumping differ from skydiving in that it’s much lower in altitudes than skydives and it takes place in close proximity to the object. BASE jumpers have less aerodynamic control and are more likely to tumble because they are falling at lower speeds.

BASE jumping was first attempted back in the 1783 by a gentleman named Louis-Sebatien Lenormand. Louis made the first parachute jump from the tower of Montpellier observatory with a balloon preceding the jump. BASE jumping is quite popular in action movies, but of course with special effects added. You will find examples of BASE jumps in the 2002 Vin Diesel film xXx where Diesel’s character jump off a bridge in an open-topped car, and in several James Bond movies (1985’s View to a Kill from the Eiffel Tower, 1987’s The Living Daylights from Rock of Gibraltar, and 2002’s Die Another Day from a melting iceberg).

BASE jumping is viewed by many as a stunt or daredevil rather than a sport. Due to the high fatality rate, approximately 123 deaths between 1981 and 2008, the so called ‘extreme’ sport is not widely accepted. Carl Boenish’s was the first man to be listed on The Guinness World Records for the highest BASE jump, but unfortunately he died two days later with a jump at the same site. Currently the record is being held by Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan with a jump from Meru Peak in northern India at an elevation of 6,604 meters (21,667 feet).

Now sit back, relax and enjoy the BASE jump experience from your computer screen. Not quite the same feeling as in reality but it will give you a feel for it… Enjoy! 8)

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Are you a fan of magic tricks? Ben might have something you’ve never seen before. Don’t try to understand how he did it. There might be some special video effect that he used. It’s just too well done. Now let’s check out the magical pants! :-)

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I came across a shoe polish brand that has a similar name to my website, Kiwi. Of course with such name there got to be an association with Australia. Indeed it has. The name Kiwi was chosen by the shoe polish inventor, William Ramsay, as a tribute to his wife who is a New Zealander. Kiwi is a dominant shoe polish capturing two-thirds of the market around the world, mainly in the UK and US.

Such a successful company yet still chose sex as their marketing strategy. They say ’sex sells’, but is that true for every product? Check out these hot models beside the shiny polished shoes. Very similar concept to sports cars with hot models…but is it effective for shoe polish?

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At a first glance of these ad, I though this was advertising chimney or a cartoon show. But actually these ads are from a candy company called Chupa Chups. Almost everyone will remember seeing Chupa Chups lollipops in convenient stores and sure had tried one or two.  I used to like them a lot when I was a kid…more like addicted to it. If I were to track all the pennies I spent on lollipops when I was a little kid, I would have to say that a big share went to Chupa Chups’ pocket. :P

Chupa Chups is a very well recognized candy brand  ranging  from lollipop, pop, lolly, sucker, to sticky-pop. These candies mainly consist of hardened, flavored sucrose with corn syrup mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. The company started out as a Spanish lollipop company founded by a Barcelona native, Enric Bernat, in 1958. Currently it is owned by the Dutch-Italian multinational corporation Perfetti Van Melle. The company is now selling over 4 billion lollipops per year in 150 countries.

The famous international lollipop company celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. For this occasion, the brand known and loved by children of all ages has launched the festivities by offering fans a collector’s site that looks back at 50 years of history at chupachups.com. They say if you had Chupa Chups before then you speak Chupa Chups. Do you speak Chupa Chups? Yes, I do!

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I have been a smoker for over 10 years now. I would say that it’s the biggest mistake I have made in my life. Back in the ‘teen’ day I started smoking because I wanted to look cool and older than I was. Plus everyone around my circle of friends was smoking. Like breathing in fresh air everyday, it has became for me a natural thing to do. As time passed, I realized that life is VERY short and we should do our best to be healthy as long as we can to enjoy what life has to offer. I once heard from an elder that being healthy when you are old is priceless.

The advertising campaign below is quite harsh by calling smokers “stupid’. I don’t think that smokers have the intention to commit suicide when lighting up a cigarette. It’s more of an addiction than anything else.

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