Sunday, March 23, 2008
袋鼠也有生存的权力！反对无耻的大屠杀！澳洲政府最近因为计划屠杀400 只袋鼠而受到世界各地的谴责。
虽然政府有考虑将袋鼠转移到别的地区去，可是因为担心会使袋鼠的心理受到创伤而把计划作废。
它视这个行动为"残忍中的慈悲"。然而，国际的焦点似乎都在残酷的那一面。
据报道，这个数目将会危害到袋鼠和当地其它的动物及稀罕的值物的生存。
如果不采取行动，自然生态是会被不良的后果所影响。草原会因为太多袋鼠而供不应求。渐渐的，更多的袋鼠是会被饿死的。
澳洲政府强调，会采取最人道的方式来杀这400只袋鼠。意思就是说会先用镖使袋鼠进入镇静状态，然后再用致命的一针赐予安乐死。
这已经不是澳洲政府第一次下令杀死这么多的袋鼠，单在去年就有三百多万只。
澳洲一向来反对日本船只的捕鲸活动，说明了保护环境的立场。看来这次对杀袋鼠的事件所给的解释似乎显得有点牵强。
Posted by Buzz and Mulan at 5:05 PM
Friday, March 14, 2008
Malaysia's PM warned DAP's Secretary-General that it is not necessary to revoke the existing economic policy, the New Economic Policy (NEP), claiming that by doing so would strain racial harmony (I was thinking whether his judgement is fair). He, to add on, reminded Lim Guan Eng not to marginalize the Malay community (now I supposed this speaks his mind correctly).NEP, for almost 40 years, has specially looked after the rights and interest of the Malay community. These include having priorities in employment, housing, education, etc. The opposition feels that such policy encourages one to seek private gain, thus, corruption, a common yet bad practice in Malaysia.
Abdullah pointed out that this policy has in fact successfully allowed each and every Malaysian to benefit from it. He questioned DAP on whether any community has suffered deep poverty because of this policy.
At the same time, he reminded the new Penang government not to marginalize the Malay and Indian (did I hear it right, or could he only be just hinting at the former) community, which is of lesser population in Penang.
He questioned Lim Guan Eng on his plans for these 2 communities.
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Let the truth speaks for itself.
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Anyway, I've found something on the web as I was browsing through news on the election. Read this blog (click below), especially the comments that followed, if you have the time for all. Interesting, but please don't take it too seriously. I certainly view some points as means of agitating the people and even stirring up trouble.
http://twiart.blogspot.com/2006/03/55-interesting-facts-about-racism-in.html
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Nonetheless,
Embrace racial harmony. We are all friends.
Posted by Buzz and Mulan at 4:19 AM
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
China has a population exceeding 1.3 billion already.Posted by Buzz and Mulan at 12:18 AM
Thursday, March 06, 2008
花，在最漂亮的时候让人赏心悦目。花，在枯萎的时候却让人心灰意懒。
哎！女人的青春！万般的脆弱！
Posted by Buzz and Mulan at 8:09 PM
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Today I saw an article in the papers, that set off this entry.Not long ago, at our Changi Airport, an angry tourist made a complaint, in fluent English. It turned out that when she was exchanging for foreign currency, the other party gave her what I called a 'speech insult'. Apparantly, the person on duty showed bad manners.
Both parties involved are Chinese. One is from China, and the other, a Singaporean.
Troubles arose when the tourist communicated with the teller in Mandarin, but the latter told her colleague in English,"I don't know what she is talking about!" This seriously hurt the tourist's pride, so this created an unhappy atmosphere. Actually, that staff can speak Mandarin, because when her superior intervened to make peace, she explained her standpoint in Mandarin.
If that staff replied in Mandarin right from the beginning, wouldn't things be peaceful for both parties?
There really is a need for us to review on whether do we subconsciously always think that it's superior to be able to speak English. To add on, why do some of us find it unbearable to listen to a strong Chinese accent? Do we still want to blindly continue having this sense of superiority in language? If the answer is 'yes', then it would be a matter of time that we'll be left behind by the international community. With a population of more than 10 billion, China is moving towards the World, fitting into the international society's economy, and many people from different countries in the world are learning Chinese language. Do we still want to remain ignorant, with no foresight, thinking that the world is centralised in Singapore?
It is unfortunate that we have some of the Singaporean Chinese who are ignorant of China's development. There may be some black sheeps from China who committed crimes in Singapore, but those were only from a small group who brought disgrace to their country. Also, most could only see Chinese nationals as laborers in Singapore. In fact, there are more who are executives, and probably would not take Singapore market seriously. Why are we feeling so complacent of ourselves? I remember that when I was in Hong Kong for business, my (ex) colleagues from other countries were very impressed that I was able to converse in English and Mandarin well. I could still recall how proud I was to hear that. They even thought that Singaporeans could only speak English. I've friends who idolised the West and other countries like Japan. Moreover, they think it's cool. When comes to speaking Mandarin as a laughing stock, few will come to the defense of our mother tongue. This is an unfair attack on China. Our government gives us the opportunity to master 2 languages, it's a pity that some could only succeed in one. It is not cool at all to be bad in Mandarin. In addition, you are my laughing stock if as a Chinese, you know nuts about the Chinese language.
狗不嫌母丑，子不嫌家贫。
Posted by Buzz and Mulan at 10:31 PM
Monday, March 03, 2008
Greatest thoughts
The greatest achievement is being selfless.The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not to conform with the world's ways.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not to be concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
最神其的成就是改变暴怒。
最有价值的莫过于克己，自制。
最大的才能就是为众生效力。
最佳的戒律是不停地探索及意识。
Posted by Buzz and Mulan at 11:26 PM
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Mas Selamat Kastari
Look out for him!
It's a community effort. It's everyone's responsibility to be alert and call the police immediately if you spot him. Do not act alone!
Social responsibility. Found him familiar? He's short at 1.58m and when running and walking briskly, he has a limp on his left leg.
More sectors of the community are joining in the hunt for fugitive Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat Kastari. Are you?
It has been several days and I wonder where he is now. If he is still hiding in the woods, I hope the cold rain will force him to surrender, just like what happened to robbers who escaped from Malaysia and hide on Pulau Tekong many years ago. If he is in safe hands of his JI members, then let's hope not long, they will all be caught in the dragnet. Is Mas Selamat Kastari a master of disguise? Let's all be vigilant on that.
He had planned attacks on some of our landmarks before, I wonder what would happen if things got out of hand and he was not caught? Anyway, I'm not trying to cause any alarm here.