For the second year in a row, Yang Yuanqing, computer maker Lenovo’s CEO distributed his $3 million bonus to 10,000 junior level employees. These employees are located in 20 different countries, but mostly (85%) in China. The payout is about $325 which is a typical month’s pay for a workerContinue Reading
The Thai Elephant Orchestra is, remarkably, just what it sounds like – the biggest band in the world!. The players, all former work elephants with nowhere to go, have been trained to play enormous percussion instruments, holding mallets in their trunks and sometimes trumpeting along. Elephants seem to like toContinue Reading
Yuichiro Miura, an 80 year old from Japan, climbed to the top of Mount Everest on Thursday 5/23/2013. He is the oldest man to have climbed the Earth’s highest mountain. Miura arrived at the summit with his 9 person team including his 43 year old son. Miura and hisContinue Reading
When 14 year old Aldrich Lloyd Talonding’s video was posted on YouTube, he had no idea that it would make him famous. His cousin posted the video of Aldrich singing Luther Vanross’ Dance with My Father along with his cousin’s guitar accompaniment. Aldrich’s rendition of the song is really amazingContinue Reading
What does a 101 year old do on their spare time? Run marathons of course!…ok not many, but Fauja Singh does and he does it in style – with his flowing white beard. I know when I’m his age, I’ll definitely sport the white beard! Fauja decided to make theContinue Reading
Many pray for sun on their wedding day. This young couple in love knew what was most important – each other. They were not going to let anything get in their way, not even a monsoon! The monsoon that hit the Philippines in August of 2012 landed right on theirContinue Reading
“Molai” is what the locals call him. This nickname is derived from the Indonesian term “mulai” which means “to begin”. How did Jadav “Molai” Payeng become a hero? It all started in 1979 when he was only 16 years old. A devastating flood washed away a large portion of forestContinue Reading
At the age of 4, Cris “Kesz” Valdez was homeless and on his own. Kesz ran away from an abusive and drug addicted father. He went to a nearby dump site in the capital city, Manila, to join other homeless kids seeking food and shelter. One day he fell intoContinue Reading
Although on opposite sides of the world and 8 hours time difference, The Philippines and Liberia are finding a way to come together. Liberia is still slowly recovering from a civil war that claimed the lives of over 250,000 Liberians. The UN established a peacekeeping mission in 2003 to ensureContinue Reading
A stray dog who ran an incredible 1,100 miles across China with a group of cyclists has finally found a basket to call her own. Internet sensation Xiao Sa had the good fortune of being adopted by one of her new friends from the race and flown to their home inContinue Reading