Friday, December 31, 2010

A new year begins : 2011



Wishing all my readers a happy new year.

May 2011 bring you excellent health, good luck and much happiness!

To all my readers, thank you very much for your support.

My special thanks to reader "bow" for his untiring support and frequent comments.

Thank you "bow"!

To all humans in the world

Following is a letter to his child from a renown Hong Kong TV broadcaster cum Child Psychologist. The words are actually applicable to all of us, young or old, children or parents!

My children
I am writing this to you because of 3 reasons.
1.Life is unpredictable, nobody knows how long he lives. Some words are better said early.
2.I am your father, and if I don't tell you these, no one else will.
3.What is written is my own personal bitter experiences that perhaps could save you a lot of unnecessary heartache.

Remember the following as you go through life:
1. Do not bear grudge towards those who are not good to you. No one has the responsibility of treating you well, except your mother and I. To those who are good to you, you have to treasure it and be thankful, and ALSO you have to be cautious, because, everyone has a motive for every move. When a person is good to you, it does not mean he really likes you. You have to be careful, don't hastily regard him as a real friend.

2. No one is indispensable, nothing in the world that you must possess. Once you understand this idea, it would be easier for you to go through life when people around you don't want you anymore, or when you lose what/who you love most.

3. Life is short. When you waste your life today, tomorrow you would find that life is leaving you. The earlier you treasure your life, the better you enjoy life.

4. Love is but a transient feeling, and this feeling would fade with time and with one's mood. If your so called loved one leaves you, be patient, time will wash away your aches and sadness. Don't over exaggerate the beauty and sweetness of love, and don't over exaggerate the sadness of falling out of love.

5. A lot of successful people did not receive a good education, that does not mean that you can be successful by not studying hard! Whatever knowledge you gain is your weapon in life. One can go from rags to riches, but one has to start from some rags!

6. I do not expect you to financially support me when I am old, either would I financially support your whole life. My responsibility as a supporter ends when you are grown up. After that, you decide whether you want to travel in a public transport or in your limousine, whether rich or poor.

7. You honour your words, but don't expect others to be so. You can be good to people, but don't expect people to be good to you. If you don't understand this, you would end up with unnecessary troubles.

8. I have bought lotteries for umpteen years, but I never strike any prize. That shows if you want to be rich, you have to work hard! There is no free lunch!

9. No matter how much time I have with you, let's treasure the time we have together. We do not know if we would meet again in our next life.

Your Parents

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Littering problem due to non enforcement of by-law

Littering is a filthy habit.  It just demonstrates the type of low mentality of the perpetrators.  There are many types of litterbugs.  From the innocent young to the ignorant elderlies.  There are also those who can think well which even include the well-educated intellectuals.  Others are the uncultured, ill-mannered individuals.  Some are just plain innocent like the little children who have not been taught by their parents not to throw rubbish everywhere.  As for the elderlies, many of them are beyond advice due to their ignorance in public decorum and general hygiene.  However the majority can be taught to abide by the rules; even by force, just like the Singaporeans.  So it all boils down to FULL-TIME ENFORCEMENT. Nothing else.

The MPPP (The Penang Island Municipal Council) is increasing littering fine from RM50 to RM250.  It's not that RM50 is too little a deterrent.  It is the NON ENFORCEMENT of the fine that is the cause of the littering problem.  I would feel the pinch of RM50 fine each time I am caught.  Of course you can never catch me littering because I NEVER litter.  What's the point of this increase, when it is not going to be enforced??
Why not increase to RM2500? It's not going to work.
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Recent comments:

bow said...
Raising the fine amount is like saying if you are rich and can afford to pay the ticket, you don't have to go to jail. On the other hand, if you can't shelve out the money, then you go to jail. I am sure Penang government will love to raise the fine to $2,500 or $25,000 if possible, it has nothing to do with effective enforcement or not, more at generating revenue for the state treasury. The state government is getting greedy each day, not a good sign for PR supporters.


Justin Choo said...
Bow,
I am sure the Penang state government is sincere. As I said, the RM50 has not been enforced effectively. Also we must be aware of the cancer of corruption; here it's only the petty corruption of some low-level "officers".
Enforce the law effectively even with the RM50 fine, then no more littering. The amount of fine can easily pay for the wages of the enforcers. They can employ part-time workers and not having to be MPPP full-time workers. That will work better, and also cost effective.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Press Statement On "Buddha Relics" Exhibition



PRESS STATEMENT
THE MALAYSIAN BUDDHIST CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL

DO NOT SUPPORT “THE BUDDHA RELICS & TIBETAN ANTIQUES”
BY KADHAMPA ORGANISATION
The Malaysian Buddhist Consultative Council (MBCC) do not support “The Buddha Relics & Tibetan Antiques” event held at Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur from 23/12/10 to 1/1/11 organised by the “Malaysia Kadhampa Buddhist Association”.

The Buddha relics are the remains of the Buddha and they are highly respected among all Buddhists worldwide. As the Buddha relics are very rare and precious, the discovery of any Buddha relics would receive world attention. In addition, any claim of discovery of Buddha relics must be verified by recognised Buddhist masters and even scientifically by archaeologists and scientists.

Thus, the Malaysian Buddhist Consultative Council would like to inform the Buddhist disciples and the public not to support such event nor to attend the relics expo. The MBCC is unable to verify the authenticity of its Buddhist lineage.
In addition, the MBCC do not agree with the practice of any party who circulate the proclaimed “Buddha relics” commercially either through sales or donation.

The Malaysian Buddhist Consultative Council is consisted of Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM), Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia, Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society (Sasana), Malaysian Fo Guang Buddhist Association and Vajrayana Buddhist Council Malaysia (VBCM).

Best regards,
Sek Chin Yong
Secretary
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所主办的“佛陀舍利及古物展”

马来西亚佛教咨询理事会不认同,由马来西亚嘎档巴总会于2012年12月23日至2011年1月1日,假吉隆坡武吉加里尔体育馆所举办的“佛陀舍利及古物展”。

佛舍利是佛陀的遗骨,极受佛教徒的重视和尊崇。由于佛舍利的无比珍贵和重要,任何佛舍利的发现都必然引起世人的注意。任何佛骨舍利的发现,必须经过佛教高僧大德的核证,并获得考古学家及科学家以科学方式鉴证。如此庞大数量的佛舍利的突然出现,让我们对有关展出的舍利之真实极为保留。

因此,马来西亚佛教咨询理事会希望佛教徒及公众人士,不要支持有关活动,也吁请大家不要出席有关舍利展。佛教咨询理事会也不承认其正信佛教的地位。

除此,佛教咨询理事会也无法苟同任何团体,以任何商业兜售或捐款方式,来流通佛骨舍利。

马来西亚佛教咨询理事会成员包括马来西亚佛教青年总会(马佛青)、马来西亚佛教弘法会(BMSM)、锡兰佛教精进会(Sasana)、马来西亚佛光协会以及马来西亚佛教金刚乘总会。

马来西亚佛教咨询理事会

薛振荣
秘书
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May the Blessings of the Triple Gem be with you and your family always.

With Metta,
Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia

No.9, Jalan SS25/24, Taman Mayang,

47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03 - 7804 9154/7

Fax: 03 - 7804 9021

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Friday, December 24, 2010

'Saving is sin, and spending is virtue.'

What do you think about that?  After reading the article below, please follow me to find "some fools to save so that we can borrow from them and spend" !!!
Especially this season to be merry....Merry Christmas to all my Christian readers!!


Subject: Japan saves, America spends...an addictive cycle


Crazy logic?


Well, it makes sense......


A crazy world indeed!


Interesting article written by an Indian Economist


Japanese save a lot. They do not spend much. Also, Japan exports far

more than it imports. Has an annual trade surplus of over 100 billions.

Yet Japanese economy is considered weak, even collapsing.



Americans spend, save little. Also US imports more than it exports. Has


an annual trade deficit of over $400 billion. Yet, the American economy


is considered strong and trusted to get stronger.



But where from do Americans get money to spend? They borrow from Japan,


China and even India.


Virtually others save for the US to spend. Global savings are mostly


invested in US, in dollars.



India itself keeps its foreign currency assets of over $50 billions in


US securities. China has sunk over $160 billion in US securities. Japan's


stakes in US securities is in trillions.



Result:


The US has taken over $5 trillion from the world. So, as the world


saves for the US - Its The Americans who spend freely. Today, to keep


the US consumption going, that is for the US economy to work, other


countries have to remit $180 billion every quarter, which is $2 billion


a day, to the US !



A Chinese economist asked a neat question. Who has invested more, US in


China, or China in US? The US has invested in China less than half of


what China has invested in US.



The same is the case with India. We have invested in US over $50


billion. But the US has invested less than $20 billion in India.



Why the world is after US?


The secret lies in the American spending, that they hardly save. In


fact they use their credit cards to spend their future income.


That the US spends is what makes it attractive to export to the US.


So US imports more than what it exports year after year.



The result:


The world is dependent on US consumption for its growth. By its


deepening culture of consumption, the US has habituated the world to


feed on US consumption. But as the US needs money to finance its


consumption, the world provides the money.



It's like a shopkeeper providing the money to a customer so that the


customer keeps buying from the shop. If the customer will not buy, the


shop won't have business, unless the shopkeeper funds him. The US is


like the lucky customer. And the world is like the helpless shopkeeper financier.



Who is America 's biggest shopkeeper financier? Japan of course. Yet it's Japan which is regarded as weak. Modern economists complain that Japanese do not spend, so they do not grow. To force the Japanese to spend, the Japanese government exerted itself, reduced the savings rates, even charged the savers. Even then the Japanese did not spend (habits don't change, even with taxes, do they?). Their traditional postal savings alone is over $1.2 trillions, about three times the Indian GDP. Thus, savings, far from being the strength of Japan, has become its pain.



Hence, what is the lesson?



That is, a nation cannot grow unless the people spend, not save. Not just spend, but borrow and spend.


Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, the famous Indian-born economist in the US, told Manmohan Singh that Indians wastefully save. Ask them to spend, on imported cars and, seriously, even on cosmetics! This will put India on a growth curve. This is one of the reason for MNC's coming down to India, seeing the consumer spending.



'Saving is sin, and spending is virtue.'



But before you follow this Neo Economics, get some fools to save so that you can borrow from them and spend !!!

Best PMR Results?



The Staronline Reports:

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 30,863 out of 439,456 candidates scored straight As in the 2010 Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) examination, an increase of 2,675 students from last year, making this the best PMR results in four years.



Does this mean anything?  Well, education director-general Datuk Abdul Ghafar Mahmud attributes this to  "hard work by students and schools as one of the reasons".  You mean, before this there wasn't that "hard work"?  Beats me.  Sorry to be cynical. 

GE coming anytime.  Must make all the parents very happy.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Akim and MCLM



Akim who? 

Akim is the acronym for Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia, "metamorphosed" overnight by Zaid Ibrahim. I can't get over it when I saw shots over the tv news.  Those pakciks standing around Zaid looks like farmer representatives and kampong headmen.

MCLM? 

Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement.  Big intellectual guns like Haris Ibrahim and Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, and of course RPK.

Well I supposed you have read the news. So you knew already. 

Is it mere coincidence that the two parties surfaced at the same time?  What can we make of these two events?  The obvious is that these people are no longer holding hands with PKR.  Both call themselves the Third Force.  Unless they can manouvre a diplomat coorperation with Pakatan come next GE, they are all going to be The Spent Force, The Foolish Force... foolish losers, helping BN laughing all the way to Putrajaya again.  This is not a laughing matter. The curse of split votes.

RPK in his Youtube MCLM forum said people like me are just being negative.  He said MCML acts as a repairman.  According to him, MCML members will offer themselves as candidates for elections into Parliament under the opposition banner.  If this is the strategy, I wholly support MCLM. 

Otherwise, what are we going to do?  Maybe register another party, and call it the Cry Baby Pop Pop Party!
  

Monday, December 13, 2010

Wikileaks not related to Wikipedia


Do you know Wikileaks is not related to Wikipedia?

Below is the confirmation by Wikimedia Blog :

What’s in a name? In the case of ‘wiki’, lots of things.



December 9th, 2010


Anyone who’s been watching the news will have heard about Wikileaks by now. Wikipedia shares the generic “wiki-” prefix in its name, but there’s no relation. Occasionally even major news sources like the BBC get this wrong, which can lead to serious confusion, even when it’s quickly fixed.



If anyone has a claim to the word “wiki”, it would be the Hawaiian people. In the Hawaiian language, wiki means “quick”. The words “wiki wiki” on a shuttle bus in Honolulu inspired software engineer Ward Cunningham to name a revolutionary piece of software – the “WikiWikiWeb” – in 1995. This software allowed people to instantly edit web pages, collaboratively.



Wikipedia was created six years later, based on the same principles. By that time, the word “wiki” was used already by a ton of different wiki software implementations. Today, you can go to the “WikiMatrix” website to compare them all. They have names like Wikidot, TWiki, or Wikispaces. Moreover, there are many, many content websites that use “wiki” in their names. Among them are Wikihow, Wikitravel, WikiAnswers, and Wikia.



Most of these projects are completely unrelated to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, which was founded by Jimmy Wales in 2003. The Wikimedia Foundation operates a number of other free knowledge projects: Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikispecies, Wikinews, and Wikiversity. It also organizes and supports development of the MediaWiki open source software.



The names of Wikimedia’s projects are trademarked. The word “wiki” isn’t: anyone can use it. Wikileaks and most other projects with “wiki” in their name have no relationship with us. If you see news organizations making this error, please email them or post a comment pointing to this blog post.


This entry was posted on Thursday, December 9th, 2010 at 20:31.

Friday, December 10, 2010

The generous vegetable seller

Someone sent this email to me.  I like to share this with all of you:


















(Wed, Dec 01, 2010 Reader's Digest)
The generous vegetable seller


by Esther Liang

After the morning hustle and bustle, the atmosphere at Taitung county's Central Market quietens as every stall shuts for the day and their owners return to the comfort of their homes.

A lone lamp shines on a vegetable stall. With head bowed, Ms Chen Shu-chu silently sorts out the vegetable leaves as she waits for the occasional afternoon customer.

Decades of hard work have caused the fingers on her right hand to curl and joints to swell; her feet have deformed slightly.

Ms Chen leads her life with a daily routine. Waking up at three in the morning, she makes her way to the vegetable wholesaler and sets up her stall, which she tends till seven or eight in the evening.

Being the first to arrive and last to leave, the other stall owners have fondly given her the title of "market manager".

In the dark and damp market, Ms Chen, nearing her 60s, holds the stall her father left her dearly. Yuan-Jin Vegetables is her everything.

With her vegetables selling at "a bundle for NT$30 (S$1.30), three bundles for NT$50", she earns only marginal profits.

Yet, her frugality has allowed her to donate about NT$10 million towards various charitable causes, including helping schools, orphanages and poor children.

The selfless generosity of a woman with such humble income has placed her under the international spotlight.

In March, Forbes magazine named her one of 48 outstanding philanthropists from the Asia-Pacific region. A month later, Time magazine selected the year's top 100 influential people and she emerged under the Heroes of Philanthropy category.

Fellow Taiwanese and Oscar- winning director Lee Ang wrote her entry personally. "Money is worthy only if given to those in need," he quoted Ms Chen. He also wrote: "Amazing, but of all she has given away, her greatest gift is leading by example."

KINDNESS BEGETS KINDNESS

Despite the honour of receiving the Time award in New York, gaining global recognition, and a personal meeting with President Ma Ying-jeou, all Ms Chen really cares about is her vegetable stall.

If not for President Ma and the Foreign Minister personally convincing her to go, she would not have agreed to visit New York, as she felt that "this is not a competition and I did not win anything".

Amid the frenzy of applying for a passport and preparing for the visit, her main concern was that her regular customers would not get their vegetables.

Ms Chen has become a celebrity in Taitung county. The local authorities decorated her stall with congratulatory posters and banners hailing her as the Pride of Taitung and the Model of Philanthropy.
There are fans who turn up at the stall with a vegetable basket and a camera, hoping for a picture with Ms Chen.

Despite all the attention, she remains humble. "I have done nothing extraordinary and anyone who wants to can do it.

There are many other charitable people; we just don't know about them," she said. Ms Chen, who is unmarried, added: "I do not place great importance on money. When I donate to help others, I feel at peace and happy, and I can sleep well at night."

She also feels for the poor, having experienced hardship in her younger days.

Born in 1950, Ms Chen lost her mother after completing her primary-school education. Her mother was admitted to hospital because of difficulties in labour and the family had to pay an insurance of NT$5,000 before medical attention could be granted.

Ms Chen saw her father asking their neighbours for money, but it was too late to save her mother. The eldest daughter in the family, Ms Chen had to grow up overnight.

She gave up her studies and dedicated her life to helping at the vegetable stall.

When she was 18, her younger brother fell sick and the illness dragged on for over a year, gradually depleting the family's savings.

Doctors suggested that the family send her brother to Taiwan National University Hospital, but they could not afford the fees.
Mr Huang Shun-zhong, a teacher at Ren-ai Primary School, started a donation drive.

Unfortunately, her brother could not be saved.

After experiencing the kindness bestowed upon her family, Ms Chen made up her mind to help the poor once she was able.

When her father died 17 years ago, Ms Chen, a devoted Buddhist, generously donated NT$1 million to Fo Guang Shan Monastery.

In 2000, she donated NT$1 million to her alma mater, Ren-ai Primary School, to set up an Emergency Relief Fund to help poor children obtain financial help.

SIMPLE LIFE WITHOUT LUXURIES

Assisting in the setting up and maintenance of the fund is Mr Li Guo-rong, who teaches Ms Chen's nephew.

In 2001, Mr Li had a plan to build a library for the school and estimated the cost to be between NT$4 million and NT$5 million.

When he approached Ms Chen, in the hope that she might contribute NT$50,000, Li was shocked when she said she would fund the entire project.

The school was sceptical, but Ms Chen was determined.

In May 2005, the two-storey library was completed and named Chen Shu-chu Library in honour of the "Vegetable Market heroine" alumnus. She had donated NT$4.5 million.

Ms Chen's ability to donate such large sums of money has led many to ask: How can a mere vegetable seller earn so much?

"Spend only what you need, and you'll be able to save up a lot of money!" said Ms Chen.

Since 1996, she has donated NT$36,000 to help three children in the Kids Alive International organisation.

To achieve this, she explained that she empties her loose change into three little cardboard boxes at home every night.

"This is a simple act that anyone can do, isn't it?" she said.

Ms Chen leads a very simple life without any luxuries. She does not have any desire for material gain nor any form of enjoyment.

Work, she said, is her enjoyment. "I love my work. If I didn't, would I be able to work 16 hours a day?"

All she needs is food and a place to sleep. Everything else is a luxury. She does not buy expensive clothes as "I do not socialise much, hence, there is no need for such beautiful clothes. The clothes from the roadside stalls are good enough for me, and, even then, I like to bargain".

Her daily meals cost less than NT$100: a bowl of vegetarian rice and a bowl of noodles for NT freeze whatever that cannot be finished, spend another NT$20 on a can of gluten and add that to the rice with some hot water.

"This becomes porridge and is very tasty," she said.

HER HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE
She also sleeps on the hard floor, a habit from her younger days when she started working at the vegetable stall.

The comfort of her warm bed made getting up early to go to the wholesaler very difficult, especially during the cold winter months. Hence Ms Chen made up her mind to sleep on the cold floor, where she would not run the risk of being late.

Has business improved after winning the award? "Business is as usual," she said. "I still need to sell my vegetables. Not much has changed."

Advertisers have approached her to film commercials; financial managers have offered to manage her finances and other well-wishers have offered to donate money. She rejects these advances politely.

"It is easy to return borrowed money, but difficult to return a favour," she said.

"I have to be very careful in handling money matters," she added. Even when customers tip her, she refuses to accept.

"Buying from my stall is already a form of support," she explained.

The only commercial Ms Chen was willing to take on was for the Bureau of National Health Insurance, in memory of her beloved mother. She requested all shoots be done beside her stall so as not to affect her business.

The only payment she was willing to accept was a black T-shirt given by the Bureau.

Since her return from New York, Ms Chen has been working even longer hours. She has a new goal: To collect NT$10 million to set up a Chen Shu-chu Bursary aimed at helping poor children pay for school fees and medical bills, things she could not afford as a child.

"All I need is to sell a few more vegetables, save a little more money, in addition to a number of insurance policies that are near the end of their term. A lot of people are also willing to donate. I am sure there won't be any problems," she said.

Mr Li, who treats Ms Chen like a sister, said that setting up the bursary is actually a good way to let her retire from selling vegetables and start influencing society with her reputation, in the hope that there will be more generous "Chen Shu-chus".

As for Ms Chen, she said: "My philosophy in life is simple: If doing something makes you worried, then it must be a wrong thing. If it makes you happy, then you must have done the right thing. What others say is not important."

She is content with what she has and feels that as long as she "lives a life she wishes for and does the things she wants, that is good enough".

(To read about Ms Chen Shu-chu and three other Asians who deserve special mention, pick up the December issue of Reader's Digest. It will hit newsstands on Friday.)

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Former DAP strongman, Fan Yew Teng dies

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                                                                     (Picture from Din Merican)
For the younger generation, the name Fan Yew Teng would not ring a bell.  If I am not mistaken, he was the youngest MP ever.  MP for Menglembu, but was disqualified when he was slammed with a RM2,000 fine for publishing a "seditious" speech in the Rocket.  For this he even lost his right to Parliamentarian pension.

Fan Yew Teng, activist and former DAP member of parliament, passed away at the Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok Tuesday after battling cancer.

Fan Yew Teng was one of my DAP heroes.

May he rest in peace. 

You can read more in The MalaysianInsider: and Din Merican:

Monday, December 6, 2010

The mousetrap



"A JOURNEY CALLED LIFE"
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall
to see the farmer and his wife open a package.
"What food might this contain?", the mouse wondered.
He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard,
the mouse proclaimed this warning :
"There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!"


The chicken clucked and scratched,
raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse,
I can tell this is a grave concern to you,
but it is of no consequence to me.
I cannot be bothered by it."


The mouse turned to the pig and told him,
"There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The pig sympathized, but said,
"I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,
but there is nothing I can do about it
but pray..
Be assured you are in my prayers."


The mouse turned to the cow and said,
"There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you,
but it's no skin off my nose."


So, the mouse returned to the house,
head down and dejected,
to face the farmer's mousetrap
. . . Alone.. .. .


That very night
a sound was heard throughout the house
-- the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.
In the darkness, she did not see it.
It was a venomous snake
whose tail was caught in the trap.
The snake bit the farmer's wife.
The farmer rushed her to the hospital.


When she returned home she still had a fever.
Everyone knows you treat a fever
with fresh chicken soup.
So the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard
for the soup's main ingredient:


But his wife's sickness continued.
Friends and neighbors
came to sit with her
around the clock.
To feed them,
the farmer butchered the pig.


But, alas,
the farmer's wife did not get well...
She died.
So many people came for her funeral
that the farmer had the cow slaughtered
to provide enough meat for all of them
for the funeral luncheon.


And the mouse looked upon it all
from his crack in the wall
with great sadness.


So, the next time you hear
someone is facing a problem
and you think it doesn't concern you,
remember ---


When one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
We are all involved in this journey called life.
We must keep an eye out for one another
and make an extra effort
to encourage one another.


YOU MAY WANT TO SEND THIS
TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER
HELPED YOU OUT...
AND LET THEM KNOW
HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Beware of combination-numbered padlocks

Do you use the combination-numbered padlock, especially for your gates?  Well; if you forget the combination numbers, don't panic.  This is how you open it, faster than using the combination numbers!  The only snag is others can also open it!

View the youtube video below to learn how.


(If no youtube picture, just click the play button.)

Sunday, November 28, 2010

I salute you : Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu



This blogger salutes the late Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu  whose state funeral at 12 noon, Sunday 28 November 2010, is now in progress in Penang. 

Just mere coindidence :
Tun Dr. Lim  :  Birthday 28 May
Justin Choo  :   Birthday 28 May

Tun Dr. Lim :  Education ; Hutchings School and Penang Free School
Justin Choo  :  Education ; Hutchings School and Penang Fee School

The similarities end here. The great difference as below:

Tun Dr. Lim :  King's Scholar from PFS
Justin Choo  :  Also attended PFS

Tun Dr. Lim : A great politician, doctor, and family man. The most illustrious son of Penang.  The illuminating icon of Penang.  A great and far-sighted statesman who steered Penang to what it is today.
Justin Choo :  Also grew up and still living in Penang.  A tiny speck of dust still trying to settle down. 

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Benefits of eating sweet potatoes


The other day I was writing about eating papaya.  Now take a look at the humble sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes used to be very cheap during my childhood days.  Sweet potatoes were so cheap that they were called the poor man's food.  But not anymore.  Today sweet potatoes are considered one of the super foods packed with powerful cancer-preventive nutrients.  One of the most powerful antioxidant, called  anthocyanin is found in the purple sweet potatoes. 

Want to know more?  Please go to my Hubpages article by CLICKING HERE.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Papaya : More than meets the eye




The humble papaya is so common here in Malaysia that we take it for granted.  We all know a thing or two about the benefits of eating papaya.  However it seems that papaya has powerful anti-cancer properties.

The most important substance is lycopene, a powerful antioxidant capable of killing cancer cells.

The orange pinkish color of papaya is due to the presence of carotenoids, notably beta carotene and lycopene. These are antioxidants and are effective cancer-fighting agents.

To find out more, please go to my Hubpages article by  CLICKING HERE:

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Huaxi : China's richest city; where everyone is rich and secure.

Large range map of Huaxi


Huaxi is hailed as the richest city of China.

Looks like you never have to worry about old age, sickness, children's education, employment and security.  Everything is "free" in this "new age" village.

To be fair to everyone, you work 7 days a week, just like everyone else in Huaxi.  But it's a holiday lifestyle.  So no one is complaining.  The only condition is that if you leave Huaxi, you also leave everything behind.  Yes every cent or in this case, every yuan you earned in Huaxi.  But everyone is happy to stay for good.

China boleh-lah!  (Malaysian way of saying "thumbs up") 

Sit back and find out below.  Perhaps you may want to join them.  Sorry, you have to be a Chinese citizen first.

(If youtube not shown, just click the play button.)



You can read the article in Guardian.uk HERE

Friday, November 19, 2010

The pencil and the eraser


Remember what the pencil-maker told the pencil?
Now the pencil is feeling sorry for  the eraser. 



Pencil: I'm sorry
Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong.


Pencil: I'm sorry because you get hurt because of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.

Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad.

I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way, they get hurt, and become smaller / older, and eventually pass on. Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad.

All my life, I've been the pencil. And it pains me to see the eraser that is my parents getting smaller and smaller each day. For I know that one day, all that I'm left with would be eraser shavings and memories of what I used to have.

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Are you always the pencil in this instance?  I think most of us are like the conventional pencil with an eraser attached to its end.  Sometimes we are the pencil, and at times we are the eraser.  As time goes by, not only the eraser gets smaller, the pencil itself also gets shorter!  If we can behave ourselves, we don't have to erase and rewrite.  This will  prolong the pencil as well as the eraser!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Zaid quits PKR


The Staronline reports :
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has decided to quit PKR, saying he has had enough of recent turn of events in the party.


I think most people are now sick of PKR.  PKR also admits that it is at a "disadvantage" if elections are held now.  What can I say?  Well, BN will shoot me if they can.  Maybe ISA. 

I already knew the devil in BN.  My mission is to kill the known devil at all costs.  My mission is to vote out BN in the next election.  It is not who to vote at this unfortunate scenario, but who to vote out.  So my motto and mission is Don't vote for BN.  That's it. 

We'll deal with the other devils in due course.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Aung San Suu Kyi is freed!

Aung San Suu Kyi is freed, at least for now.  New hope for Myanmar!


(If no youtube display, just click the "play" button)

You may like to look at the beautiful photos of Aung San Suu Kyi during her younger days.  Please CLICK HERE:

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An update on my comment :
Bow,

It is quite disturbing that the crowd could get so close to her. One lady could even grab her and kiss her. And she stood high infront of her gate facing thousands of supporters.

This is very distressful for me. It is very very dangerous to expose her like that.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

The pencil



This viral email has returned again.  It has a very poignant message:

A PENCIL MAKER TOLD THE PENCIL 5 IMPORTANT LESSONS JUST BEFORE PUTTING IT IN THE BOX :


1.) EVERYTHING YOU DO WILL ALWAYS LEAVE A MARK.

2.) YOU CAN ALWAYS CORRECT THE MISTAKES YOU MAKE.

3.) WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS WHAT IS INSIDE OF YOU.

4.) IN LIFE, YOU WILL UNDERGO PAINFUL SHARPENINGS,

WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE YOU BETTER.

5.) TO BE THE BEST PENCIL, YOU MUST ALLOW YOURSELF

TO BE HELD AND GUIDED BY THE HAND THAT HOLDS YOU.

We all need to be constantly sharpened. This parable may encourage you to know that you are a special person, with unique talents and abilities. Only you can fulfill the purpose which you were born to accomplish. Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot be changed and, like the pencil, always remember that the most important part of who you are, is what's inside of you.

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Now let's see what the pencil has to say...

Monday, November 8, 2010

Zaid quits all posts in PKR.


The Staronline reports:
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has quit the PKR deputy presidential race saying the party "leadership actively condone malpractices and electoral fraud to achieve its designed objectives." "I wish to announce my withdrawal as a candidate from the contest of deputy president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat and my resignation from all posts held in the party," said Zaid in a statement Monday.


This is bad news.  If Anwar Ibrahim chooses to continue his "hidden" game plan I think he is making a terrible mistake, which will even adversely affect all of us, politically.  Look at the mediocre results of the latest by-elections.   Pakatan, very much depends on the support of the "fence-sitters".  Put your act together, Anwar Ibrahim.  The political climate is not in your favour right now.

Myanmar's sham election


The Staronline reports:
Myanmar held its first election in 20 years on Sunday under tight security, a scripted vote that assures army-backed parties an easy win but brings a hint of parliamentary politics to one of Asia's most oppressed states.


This is a sham election tainted with political fraud.  Free Aung San Suu Kyi first.  This evil regime will one day collapse.  The question is not "can it?" but "when?"  The two most oppressed regimes today are Myanmar and North Korea.  We hope the day will come when the peoples of the two countries can be free again.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Malacca NOT confirmed a developed state : OECD


OECD has confirmed that it has NOT endorsed that Malacca is a developed state.  That also confirms my initial gut feeling that something fishy was going on. Please refer to my earlier post HERE.

Strangely the OECD representative Jon Hall was present in Malacca for that "official announcement" that Malacca was a developed state!!??  How come??

Who are having the last laugh, and who are now looking like fools?

Malacca Boleh!?

Soursop : The Cancer Killer


I am sure you would have read this in your email.  it has been circulating for quite some years now.  I have received this email umpteen times.  Lately I did a bit of internet search on this topic about soursop and its cancer killing potency.  Apparently every part of the tree has medicinal values, including the bark, roots, seeds and especially the leaves!  I will also be planting this tree in due course! 

Below is the "copy & paste" of the viral email version.  If you are interested to know more about this wonder fruit, please go to my Hubpages article : Click Here


Guyabano, The Soupsop Fruit

The Sour Sop or the fruit from the graviola tree is a miraculous natural cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo.

Why are we not aware of this?

Its because some big corporation want to make back their money spent on years of research by trying to make a synthetic version of it for sale.

So, since you know it now you can help a friend in need by letting him know or just drink some sour sop juice yourself as prevention from time to time.

The taste is not bad after all. It’s completely natural and definitely has no side effects.

If you have the space, plant one in your garden.

The other parts of the tree are also useful.

The next time you have a fruit juice, ask for a sour sop.

How many people died in vain while this billion-dollar drug maker concealed the secret of the miraculous Graviola tree?

This tree is low and is called graviola in Brazil , guanabana in Spanish and has the uninspiring name "soursop" in English.

The fruit is very large and the subacid sweet white pulp is eaten out of hand or, more commonly, used to make fruit drinks, sherbets and such.

The principal interest in this plant is because of its strong anti-cancer effects.

Although it is effective for a number of medical conditions, it is its anti tumor effect that is of most interest.

This plant is a proven cancer remedy for cancers of all types.

Besides being a cancer remedy, graviola is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent for both bacterial and fungal infections, is effective against internal parasites and worms, lowers high blood pressure and is used for depression, stress and nervous disorders.

If there ever was a single example that makes it dramatically clear why the existence of Health Sciences Institute is so vital to Americans like you, it's the incredible story behind the Graviola tree.

The truth is stunningly simple:

Deep within the Amazon Rainforest grows a tree that could literally revolutionize what you, your doctor, and the rest of the world thinks about cancer treatment and chances of survival.

The future has never looked more promising.

Research shows that with extracts from this miraculous tree it now may be possible to:

* Attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss

* Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections

* Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment

* Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life

The source of this information is just as stunning: It comes from one of America 's largest drug manufacturers, the fruit of over 20 laboratory tests conducted since the 1970's!

What those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing...

Extracts from the tree were shown to:

* Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer..

* The tree compounds proved to be up to 10,000 times stronger in slowing the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug!

* What's more, unlike chemotherapy, the compound extracted from the Graviola tree selectively hunts down and kills only cancer cells.

It does not harm healthy cells!

The amazing anti-cancer properties of the Graviola tree have been extensively researched--

so why haven't you heard anything about it?

If Graviola extract is as half as promising as it appears to be--

why doesn't every single oncologist at every major hospital insist on using it on all his or her patients?

The spine-chilling answer illustrates just how easily our health--

and for many, our very lives(!)--are controlled by money and power.

Graviola--the plant that worked too well

One of America 's biggest billion-dollar drug makers began a search for a cancer cure and their research centered on Graviola, a legendary healing tree from the Amazon Rainforest.

Various parts of the Graviola tree--including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds- -have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indians in South America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis.

Going on very little documented scientific evidence, the company poured money and resources into testing the tree's anti-cancerous properties-- and were shocked by the results. Graviola proved itself to be a cancer-killing dynamo.

But that's where the Graviola story nearly ended.

The company had one huge problem with the Graviola tree--it's completely natural, and so, under federal law, not patentable. There's no way to make serious profits from it.

It turns out the drug company invested nearly seven years trying to

synthesize two of the Graviola tree's most powerful anti-cancer ingredients.

If they could isolate and produce man-made clones of what makes the Graviola so potent, they'd be able to patent it and make their money back.

Alas, they hit a brick wall. The original simply could not be replicated.

There was no way the company could protect its profits--or even make back the millions it poured into research.

As the dream of huge profits evaporated, their testing on Graviola came to a screeching halt.

Even worse, the company shelved the entire project and chose not to publish the findings of its research!

Luckily, however, there was one scientist from the Graviola research team whose conscience wouldn't let him see such atrocity committed.

Risking his career, he contacted a company that's dedicated to harvesting medical plants from the Amazon Rainforest and blew the whistle.

Miracle unleashed:

When researchers at the Health Sciences Institute were alerted to the news of Graviola, they began tracking the research done on the cancer-killing tree.

Evidence of the astounding effectiveness of Graviola--and its shocking cover-up--came in fast and furious....

....The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research in 1976.

The results showed that Graviola's "leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells." Inexplicably, the results were published in an internal report and never released to the public...

...Since 1976, Graviola has proven to be an immensely potent cancer killer in 20 independent laboratory tests, yet no double-blind clinical trials-- the typical benchmark mainstream doctors and journals use to judge a treatment's value- -were ever initiated..

A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, following a recent study conducted at Catholic University of South Korea stated that one chemical in Graviola was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at "10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin.. ."

....The most significant part of the Catholic University of South Korea report is that Graviola was shown to selectively target the cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched.

Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.

...A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the Graviola tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers...

Seven years of silence broken--it's finally here!

A limited supply of Graviola extract, grown and harvested by indigenous people in Brazil , is finally available in America .

The full Graviola Story--including where you can get it and how to use it--is included in Beyond Chemotherapy:

New Cancer Killers, Safe as Mother's Milk, a Health Sciences Institute FREE special bonus report on natural substances that will effectively revolutionize the fight against cancer..

From breakthrough cancer and heart research and revolutionary Amazon Rainforest herbology to world-leading anti-aging research and nutritional medicine, every monthly Health Sciences Institute Member's Alert puts in your hands today cures...... the rest of America --including your own doctor(!)--is likely to find out only ten years from now.

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