Child labour

Cendol stall in Setiawan Perak

Cendol stall owner in Setiawan served  Sultan of Perak. Something to be proud of... I ate two bowls when the Sultan is no more there.

60 EARTH HOURS 2013

60 Earth Hours merupakan acara tahunan yang diadakan oleh World Wildlife Fund (WWF), yang mana ia disambut pada hari Sabtu terakhir pada bulan Mac pada setiap tahun. Pada hari berkenaan, kediaman mahupun pejabat akan mematikan lampu yang tidak digunakan dan peralatan elektrik yang tidak digunakan selama satu jam bermula jam 8.30 malam hingga 9.30 malam untuk membangkitkan kesedaran ke atas perubahan iklim. Pada tahun ini Kempen 60 Earth Hours akan disambut pada 23 Mac 2013 (Sabtu) pada pukul 8.30 malam hingga 9.30 malam.

Sebagai individu yang bertanggungjawab dan peka terhadap alam sekitar, marilah kita sama-sama mengambil bahagian dalam program 60 Earth Hours selama 60 minit dan padamkan lampu yang tidak penting pada masa itu. 

Tunjukkan keprihatinan dan kebimbangan anda dalam kenaikan suhu iklim dalam kehidupan kita. 

"SELAMATKAN BUMI KITA" 

This is how they sleep - rent a bed in Hong Kong

 This is only renting a bed space; all your properties are inside the cage...

The caged home...your bed!

Just like our Indonesia Kongsi (public home) house in the construction site.

Japan's Capsule Hotels

Yet another inside view of the capsule.

Most capsules are stacked two up in columns of about 8-10.

 The Capsule Control Panel. You can control lights, TV, A/C, Alarm Clock, and do your taxes.

The common share toilet & wash area 

Buttons on the left control and set the alarm clock.

Left switch turns on the TV. Right turns on the light. Knob is dimmer.

Bottom knob is volume, black button beside it changes the channel.

Small little TV at your feet, I think Ocean's 11 played once in English.

Some families choose to stay in the container in Shanghai, China. The containers, which provide shelter for families who can not afford proper housing, are leased out at 500 yuan (USD80) per month for one container. Even though these people have shelter and fare better than those without, there is still no proper insulation against the cold in winter months.

Living conditions are dark, and families have to rely on artificial light when inside the containers because of the lack of windows cut into the containers.

The little girl's jacket is a bright contrast to the dreary landscape of rusty shipping containers.

Some families try to build a semblance of a home by tiling their 'front yard', adding steps and erecting dividers as fences. They also ingeniously add transparent sliding doors to let natural light in during the day while maintaining some privacy.

Mother and son share a quick meal outside the shipping containers. The painted red sign reads 'scrap metal recovery'.

A young boy peers curiously from behind the screen door in his shipping container home. Despite it being the day, the containers are dark and grim.

 Families have to be organized to fit their different living spaces into the narrow container. Here, a family arranges the kitchen alongside their bed and puts hooks along the wall to keep things off the floor, saving precious space

 The stacked containers cast long shadows onto the street. Residents can benefit, especially at night, if street lamps were to be installed.

Italian Pregnancy

An 18 year old Italian girl tells her Mom that she has missed her period for 2 months. Very worried, the mother goes to the drugstore and buys a pregnancy kit

.

The test result shows that the girl is pregnant.

Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother says,

'Who wasa the pig that did this to you? I want to know!'

The girl picks up the phone and makes a call.

Half an hour later, a Ferrari stops in front of their house.

A mature and distinguished man with gray hair and impeccably

dressed in an Armani suit steps out of a Ferrari and enters the house.

He sits in the living room with the father, mother, and the girl and tells them:

'Good morning, your daughter has informed me of the problem.

I can't marry her because of my personal family situation but I'll take

charge.

I will pay all costs and provide for your daughter for the rest of her life.

Additionally, if a girl is born, I

will bequeath a Ferrari, 2 retail stores, a townhouse,

a beach-front villa, and a $2,000,000 bank account..

If a boy is born, my legacy will be a couple of factories and a $4,000,000

bank account.

If twins,

they will receive a factory and $2,000,000 each..

However, if there is a miscarriage,

what do you suggest I do?'

At this point, the father, who had remained silent holding a shotgun,

places a hand firmly on the man's shoulder, looks him directly in the eyes and tells him

"Youa gonna

try again!"

Adult Jokes

JOKES FOR all seasons A judge asked a woman on why she wanted a divorce. She answered, "Your Honor, he knew I'm a vegetarian and yet he still insists on putting his meat in my mouth."       Woman: "Doc, an ant entered my vagina, can you please take it out". Doctor removes her panties and start making love. Woman: "What are you doing?" Doctor: "This is the only way to drown the bastard!" Q: What is the closest thing similar to a woman's period? Answer: Your SALARY. It comes once a month last 3 - 4 days & if it doesn't come you are in deep trouble!     A lady visited her doctor again. The Dr. said: You look more sick & exhausted than before. Are you having 3 meals a day as I advised? Lady: WHAT? I thought you said 3 MALES a day!!!!   Women asked God to make The Penis Pretty. GOD Said "No way; Now As It Is, The Penis is so ugly & U still Suck It. If I make it Pretty You'll Eat It up!!       A nun went for a urine test. The sample got mixed up. When the doctor told her she was pregnant. She cried and said, "Shit, we can't even trust cucumber anymore.!"

A boy pulls down his pants in front of a girl & asked " Do yo have this? " The girl lifted up her skirt & said, "My mom said with this I can have a lot of THAT!" Schoolgirl: "I do not want to take the SEX EDUCATION". Class Teacher: " Why not?" Schoolgirl: "Someone told me the FINAL EXAM would be ORAL!" What is the STRONGEST muscle? TONGUE - It can raise a woman's hip with just one lick!. The lightest muscle? PENIS! It can be raised by a woman's tongue! Lady Immigration officer asked a Korean tourist: "Name?" "Park Yu." The 0fficer become angry & shouted back: "FUCK YOU! Now what's your full name?" Korean replied: "PARK YU TOO!!" Man to wife: Business is bad, if you learn how to cook we can remove servant. Wife: ASSHOLE! If you learn how to fuck, we can remove driver, gardener & watchman..

COCK say to his two BALLS: I am going to take you with me to a party.

BALLS said: You big fucking liar. You always get INSIDE and

leave us waiting OUTSIDE!

A baby dog asked mama dog how papa look like?

Mama dog's reply: How I know. Your papa came from behind

& I didn't have chance to see his face!"

What is Happiness?

What is Happiness?

One on the most convincing pieces on happiness. 

An article by Khushwant Singh from 2009 in the Telegraph.  It catches the essence of life & living it to fullest ! 

Having lived a reasonably contented life, I was musing over what a person should strive for to achieve happiness. I drew up a list of a few essentials which I put forward for the readers’ appraisal.

1. First and foremost is good health. If you do not enjoy good health you can never be happy. Any ailment, however trivial, will deduct from your happiness.

2. Second, a healthy bank balance. It need not run into billions but should be enough to provide for creature comforts and something to spare for recreation, like eating out, going to the pictures, traveling or going on holidays on the hills or by the sea. Shortage of money can be only demoralizing. Living on credit or borrowing is demeaning and lowers one in one’s own eyes. 

3. Third, a home of your own. Rented premises can never give you the snug feeling of a nest which is yours for keeps that a home provides: if it has a garden space, all the better. Plant your own trees and flowers, see them grow and blossom, cultivate a sense of kinship with them.

4. Fourth, an understanding companion, be it your spouse or a friend. If there are too many misunderstandings, they will rob you of your peace of mind. It is better to be divorced than to bicker all the time. 

5. Fifth, lack of envy towards those who have done better than you in life — risen higher, made more money, or earned more fame. Envy can be very corroding; avoid comparing yourself with others.

6. Sixth, do not allow other people to descend on you for gup-shup. By the time you get rid of them, you will feel exhausted and poisoned by their gossip-mongering.

 7. Seventh, cultivate some hobbies which can bring you a sense of fulfilment, such as gardening, reading, writing, painting, playing or listening to music. Going to clubs or parties to get free drinks or to meet celebrities is criminal waste of time.

8. Eighth, every morning and evening, devote 15 minutes tointrospection反省. In the morning, 10 minutes should be spent on stilling the mind and then five in listing things you have to do that day. In the evening, five minutes to still the mind again, and ten to go over what you had undertaken to do.

Also a relevant quote, which could well have been said by Khushwant Singh, but there wasn’t a proper source proving it, but anyway :

RICHNESS is not Earning More, Spending More Or Saving More, but … 

“RICHNESS IS WHEN YOU NEED NO MORE”