Teacher's act goes viral

Malaysia's Rebecca Black is known as Cikgu Syida, who has attracted more than a million hits with her YouTube videos.

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FORGET Rebecca Black there is a new YouTube sensation. For Malaysia at least, and she is called Cikgu Syida.


The real-life primary school teacher from Bota, Perak, has attracted more than a million hits on the video sharing website with her wacky, mimed music videos.


From Shakira's World Cup theme song Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) to local hit Kalau Berpacaran by Sohaimi Meor Hassan and Anna Raffali and Arabic pop smash For The Rest Of My Life by Palestinian-born Swedish R&B singer Maher Zain, some 40 popular songs have gotten the Cikgu Syida treatment of weird costumes, funny dance moves and silly facial expressions.


True, there are more than a few music videos of the sad-wannabe-in-the-bedroom variety that will make you cringe but the more you watch, the more impressed you will get with the irreverence and sense of freedom that Cikgu Syida infuses in them.


What started out as a fun hobby and outlet for letting off steam has become a teaching aid for the 38-year-old English teacher, who sees her videos as an effective motivational tool for her students.

Boy's look of scorn goes viral in China

Candid image showing a boy giving his classmate, Chinese prodigy Huang Yibo a damning look of scorn has gone viral on the Internet.

After "brother Lost" and "brother buckteeth" shot to Internet stardom after their candid classroom picture was leaked, another photo showing a boy giving his classmate a damning look of scorn has gone viral on the Internet.

What got netizens talking was that the recipient of the withering look is none other than Chinese prodigy, Huang Yibo.

News of China's latest wunderkind Huang Yibo have been all over the media recently, after the 13-year-old attained the maximum of five strokes on his white armband, which denotes the maximum level attained as a 'young pioneer' in school.

It is an achievement which is practically unheard of.

Interest in Huang was stoked further by the revelation that the young prodigy has had a keen interest in politics since the age of two, eschewing cartoons for hard news.

He was also said to be earmarked for a political career in future.

But perhaps all the attention has made some of his classmates jealous, speculated netizens, as evidenced in the photo.

The picture of 'brother scorn', as he is known by Chinese netizens, spread like wild-fire through the Internet.

The image was captured from a television news broadcast.

Soon, photoshopped images of the boys began appearing, in the fashion of 'brother lost and brother buckteeth' - the two class clowns who also became famous for their candid classroom picture.

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