Chinese Man Conducts 220V of Electricity Through His Body

As you can see here, 71-year-old Zhang Decaux is using his ear to illuminate a light bulb. His gifts go beyond that. He can also cook a fish with his bare hands in under two minutes. And when he's not doing those mundane things, he's administrating shock therapy to patients of heart lumbar hyperplasia.

According to Zhang, he discovered his abilities when he was 47-years-old. He touched a live wire. Instead of getting shocked, he felt nothing. After trying this again, he quickly realized he could conduct electricity.

This seems like a tale from the X Files. All we need is to add to the plot is a tragic romance, a jealous colleague, and a misunderstanding public who is ready to accuse him of being a monster. This being China, though, it seems people are content to use him for medicinal purposes.

Source: Shanghaiist

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Adam Cheng: the Man Who Crashes the Stock Market

Found this on Wikipedia:

The theory goes that whenever the Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng stars in a new television show, there is a sudden drop in the market. No reason is given for this effect, and it is still a popular topic amongst stock brokers, years after the drama series Greed of Man was broadcast in Hong Kong in 1993. The effect is named after Ding Hai, the main character of the show, played by Adam Cheng.

Ding Hai Effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This has apparently happened eight times. There were two exceptions to the rule, but some argue that the second instance doesn't count because it was not a drama program, but an educational program hosted by Cheng.

Some believe this is a self-fulfilling prophecy as many stock brokers in Hong Kong anticipate a drop in the stock market whenever Adam Cheng stars in a new series. In any case, this is now regarded as more than a mere coincidence to such an extent that Crédit Lyonnais wrote a report on this matter.

To me, this is confirmation that the stock market is less about logic and more about the emotional volatility that comes when money is on the line.

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Sold Out

How cool is it that half way around the globe someone is articulating my own thoughts and putting them down to paper? In China, of all places. Please, do not take this to mean that I am surprised a Chinese man may feel what I feel. Rather, it is to say that sometimes thoughts that I think to be my own still may be echoed by another — across distant places.

Sometime, Mo Mo wrote a poem that I am sure will find its way into your skull, digging its way into your grey matter until you finally say, "Man, that is vivid." This is that poem.

SOLD OUT

I sell dreams, cheap
following my inclinations like a dog who sold his master
I sell epochs,
my body crosshatched with scars
I sell time, diarrhetic
penniless as fresh air
I sell country, motherland disappears
I sell space, earth vanishes
I hold the universe in my hand and write you a love letter

I sell holidays, together with loneliness
in ignorance of the world
I sell everything:
life, breath, death
But tonight you must listen
I'm going to kiss you seriously
and turn over like a sunken boat
You're the ocean
the only thing I have left

Avant-Garde Chinese Poetry 1982-1992: 6 Poets

Now, as a single 20-something man who lives on his own, works at night, and is only surviving through the skin of his teeth: Wow! Yeah, sometime along, I sold out. I never intended it to be this way. I was so punk rock. But in this dog-eat-dog world, I sold out. I sold my time, I sold my eyeballs, I sold my peace of mind.

I guess my only recourse is the "ocean". Some sort of escape to which nothing can touch me. Something overcoming, I guess, but also soothing.

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Man Marries Foam Cut-Out of Himself

A few years ago, there were some women in my town who got together, called the newspaper, and each got married to herself. No, they were not lesbians. They all just realized they were going to be single for the rest of their lives so they might as well stop waiting around. Thus, they wanted everyone to know they were finally happy with their singlehood.

I thought the whole thing was stupid, and I still do. The whole thing reeks of the Oprah-watching, granola-eating soft feminism I loathe so much. But while the women I spoke about before were trying to put a positive spin on their situation, not so the man in this story Ananova reports upon. Lui Ye, the man in the photo above, married himself to express his "dissatisfaction with reality".

This was no life-affirming new age ceremony either. This guy created a life-sized cardboard cut-out of himself in a bridal dress. After claiming himself "whole", he also admitted that he was "narcissistic" — in a totally non-gay way, that is. Hence, this whole ceremony was based upon disappointment. In my opinion, that's the worst reason to get married.

So I guess the reason why I feel compelled to write about this is because I know I can't afford a ticket to China just so I could tell Lui Ye my whole opinion on this "marriage". Let me have my say here, then. If you are dissatisfied with reality, it is time you change it. If you do not like the way things are, there is no reason why you cannot make it a point to get up in the morning and do things differently. You do not need marriage.

Cosmetic Leg Lengthening

I'm in pain just looking at that. The people who are willing to undergo cosmetic leg lengthening have to be suckers for pain. I mean, you're not just dealing with flesh and skin here. There's some bone involved.

Cosmetic Leg Lengthening procedures (also called Symmetric Extended Limb Lengthening) can not be compared with more simple plastic surgery options. They are very complex, painful, costly and require long recovery times from one half to one full year. People considering this procedure must be fully aware of the pain and discomfort associated with it and must be mentally prepared for the duration. Since anti-inflammatory pain medication can disrupt the creation of new bone, some doctors prescribe minimal pain management. Some medical centers require that the patient undergo a psychological evaluation to ensure they will be able to endure the recovery, with the necessary positive attitude.

Short Persons Support: Health : Cosmetic Leg Lengthening

So you'd think people would only do this if they have to, right? That is to say, if they are walking in an inbalance, this would be the situation to lengthen your legs. Sadly, that is not the case in China.

According to Time magazine, leg lengthening is very popular in China. If they become taller, their work, study, and marriage prospects improve. Sadly, malpractice is just as common as success rate. With their life savings spent on becoming taller, they cannot get the botched job repaired. Sounds like quite a risk to me.

Then again, this is the country that popularized foot-binding.