i just received this ..
http://hk.geocities.com/blood1213/fur.html (looks like somewhere in china.. cool places, couldn't be south east asia, they speak heavy-slang mandarin..)
the english version wasn't well translated.. let me do it again.
Original description in mandarin:
一段令人傷感震撼的紀錄片段..紀錄下活生生的動物,被人把手腳斬去..再生剝掉全身的皮..用來作皮草,可愛的小皖熊..幾分鐘時間後變了面目全非..滿身鮮紅血淋淋,甚至連面上的皮也沒被放過..可憐的小動物..眼見自己將比處於極刑..但真的不知道自己做錯了甚麼.連動物也流下眼淚,愛穿愛買皮草的人你們到底知道自己在做甚麼嘛?因為你們所謂的時代尖端令無辜的小動物賠上性命,不止單單賠上性命..還要以最痛苦的情況下被了結生命..皖熊不停努力地爬起來..但也不停地跌回地上..直到斷氣..看這片段..不禁令人不經意地流淚..當我發現這片段後,我真的明白為何會有sars等病毒來到世間..就是因為人類不停殘殺可愛的小動物才會出現這些不應出現的病毒..大家有想過嗎..要是被剝皮做皮草的是自己..感覺會如何,闊太明星們身披著血腥的皮草,有想過皮草下有多少亡魂嗎?
Translation:
This video extract will guaranty your tears. It is about animal being tortured, where limbs chopped off with no mercy and then skins being shedded off when they were still alive, to be utilized as leather grass. Such pitiful bear, within just a few minutes they become disfigured, body filled with blood, even the facial skin was being torn off. Pitiful bears, they thought that it is somekind of capital punishment, when they don't know what sinned have they committed to deserve it. Even animal sheds tears, for those who likes to buy leather grass, are you sure you know what you are doing ? These animal suffered and even died because of your so called "era peak", and they not just died like that, but in a painful manner. (just like how Jesus being tortured) If you notice carefully, the bears tried to stand up, struggled to survive again, but they eventually succumbed to reality until death. Through the eyes of such video, I can't hold back my tears, and it made me realized why SARS appeared in this planet. This is because human inhuman acts of killing innocent animal caused the inevitable reactions. Haven't you think harder, what if you are the one being tortured, skin shedded off ... how would you feel, can you sum up courage to live without skin ? Celebrities likes to wear such leather grass, but little did they know that many souls come with it.
and I say to you.. brothers and sisters.. eating cow, goat, chickens, fish and other animals would have the same effect as well. it is just the same.. We all shed tears, just like how jesus did when he was being tortured. His hand trumbled, his whole world collapsed suddenly, not knowing what would happen next, he feared for humanly body..because pain is still pain.
Monday, February 28, 2005
Sunday, February 27, 2005
a little bit abt property market..
I am not into property brokering or etc.. but having read an article somehow boosted my knowledge on this area.
It was an article from Sunday Morning Post (Hong Kong Edition).. where it is titled " New rules force asset shakeout".- Japan
Here are the main points.
1. Beginning April 1, asset-impairment accounting will become mandatory for corporations. According to some analyst, it is the nudge necessary to sort out lingering asset-price deflation.
2. As consequence, many companies have started to dispose of property to lighten their balance sheet, stimulating major foreign-investor and real-estate investment trust interest in the market.
My understanding is this..
Many corporation refused to declare assets owned in the balance sheet because if they do that, they have to deflat it(if they have to). Thus, this would make it(property) officially cheaper. Because how can you tell a property selling price is justify ? has to be some documents from the owner..How property analyst got information is also via all those published balance sheets.
As consequences, many corporations opted to sell off properties which are not favorable to them, fearing that it might lose more value as years go by. Contradictory, property is not supposed to lose value as long as there is no earthquake happening to that location (the key to property business).. perhaps in Japan it is different, where changes to price are more volatile.
As a result of large properties being shakeout, supply increases and thus depreciation of the market happens. This in turn, attracted foreign funds as well as more actvities for the REIT(real estate investment fund).
The analyst indiectly implying that this move is engineered by government to deliberately bring in more funds to the country as well as improve liquidity.
It was an article from Sunday Morning Post (Hong Kong Edition).. where it is titled " New rules force asset shakeout".- Japan
Here are the main points.
1. Beginning April 1, asset-impairment accounting will become mandatory for corporations. According to some analyst, it is the nudge necessary to sort out lingering asset-price deflation.
2. As consequence, many companies have started to dispose of property to lighten their balance sheet, stimulating major foreign-investor and real-estate investment trust interest in the market.
My understanding is this..
Many corporation refused to declare assets owned in the balance sheet because if they do that, they have to deflat it(if they have to). Thus, this would make it(property) officially cheaper. Because how can you tell a property selling price is justify ? has to be some documents from the owner..How property analyst got information is also via all those published balance sheets.
As consequences, many corporations opted to sell off properties which are not favorable to them, fearing that it might lose more value as years go by. Contradictory, property is not supposed to lose value as long as there is no earthquake happening to that location (the key to property business).. perhaps in Japan it is different, where changes to price are more volatile.
As a result of large properties being shakeout, supply increases and thus depreciation of the market happens. This in turn, attracted foreign funds as well as more actvities for the REIT(real estate investment fund).
The analyst indiectly implying that this move is engineered by government to deliberately bring in more funds to the country as well as improve liquidity.
having career
thesedays not many of us having careers.. because we are working to cover our expenses more than doing thing which we are passionate with...
being in sales for 1 year+ helps me realized that sales job can never be a career. You can't have passion to sell because selling involves give and take as well as strategies planning & rejection, not only that you can't guaranty selling one or few things forever. Sales is really about making money.. In retrospect, selling insurance is a little different because you are actually selling knowledge to people, much more like an educator or facilitator. So being a teacher is a career but money may not seems good.
HOw about computer programmer ? this is a bit tough because writing software is not like painting. which flows alongside feelings. Software writing involves careful planning and proper risks management to avoid time wastage. I guess if you can write any software at any time and thus you can have a career as software writer, otherwise it is much more like a profession.
Being CEO, managers.. that is all profession and not career. Being policemen and fireman ?? well, i would like to think that being Batman is a career, not sure about being security guard.
Sportsman ?? definitely. Same goes to actor, musician, chef, dancer, book writer,journalist..
Therefore, in all, having a career is like being in love. Being a buddhist monk is a career.. you just got to love it everyday.. it rests in your thoughts every moment, whatever you do, you just got to think of it.
One thing for sure, having a career doesn't guaranty finantial success, you might be dead broke. Being a professinal, you need to rest at least during Sunday because you can't pretend all the time that you love doing something which you don't actually like but good at.
Some people never have a career in this lifetime, simply because they don't like doing the same thing all the time or perhaps they are too constrained by hard reality, and have no time to spare for passion pursuit.
Being in direct sales business, could it be a career ? I don't think so, unless you are the founder or you are a great leader. So it is not about direct sales but it is about being a founder of certain idea or leader that would influence many.
being in sales for 1 year+ helps me realized that sales job can never be a career. You can't have passion to sell because selling involves give and take as well as strategies planning & rejection, not only that you can't guaranty selling one or few things forever. Sales is really about making money.. In retrospect, selling insurance is a little different because you are actually selling knowledge to people, much more like an educator or facilitator. So being a teacher is a career but money may not seems good.
HOw about computer programmer ? this is a bit tough because writing software is not like painting. which flows alongside feelings. Software writing involves careful planning and proper risks management to avoid time wastage. I guess if you can write any software at any time and thus you can have a career as software writer, otherwise it is much more like a profession.
Being CEO, managers.. that is all profession and not career. Being policemen and fireman ?? well, i would like to think that being Batman is a career, not sure about being security guard.
Sportsman ?? definitely. Same goes to actor, musician, chef, dancer, book writer,journalist..
Therefore, in all, having a career is like being in love. Being a buddhist monk is a career.. you just got to love it everyday.. it rests in your thoughts every moment, whatever you do, you just got to think of it.
One thing for sure, having a career doesn't guaranty finantial success, you might be dead broke. Being a professinal, you need to rest at least during Sunday because you can't pretend all the time that you love doing something which you don't actually like but good at.
Some people never have a career in this lifetime, simply because they don't like doing the same thing all the time or perhaps they are too constrained by hard reality, and have no time to spare for passion pursuit.
Being in direct sales business, could it be a career ? I don't think so, unless you are the founder or you are a great leader. So it is not about direct sales but it is about being a founder of certain idea or leader that would influence many.
Saturday, February 26, 2005
haze in malaysia..
at this odd times, usually Malaysian are only punished with hot steamy weather right from the chinese new year celebration.. but suddenly the haze appeared last few days.. now it was as worst as hell..
if you can see through my eyes.. the whole place looks like Genting Highland.. except that the "grey cloud" which seems like mist, doesn't move at all .. IT IS HAZE dude..
The following picture explains a little..
well, i can't go Bukit Kiara jogging for today.. probably not tomorrow as well.
The only problem is that The Department of Environment (DOE) have yet to confirm the source of the problem.
if you can see through my eyes.. the whole place looks like Genting Highland.. except that the "grey cloud" which seems like mist, doesn't move at all .. IT IS HAZE dude..
The following picture explains a little..
well, i can't go Bukit Kiara jogging for today.. probably not tomorrow as well.
The only problem is that The Department of Environment (DOE) have yet to confirm the source of the problem.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Yahoo! News - Crude Oil Prices Rise Above $50 Mark
Yahoo! News - Crude Oil Prices Rise Above $50 Mark
This is what i understood..
Crude oil prices is basically controlled by two entities.
1.OPEC which consists of 11 countries from the middle east.
2. Commodity
Commodity is essential because those middle man company such as shell, Petronas and etc.. even though having their own oil plant (they called it the upstream business), the production will not be enough for their sales demand. So, everyone will upstream their oil into a big market (commodity) and from there they buy it again at another price.
Commodity future is a different thingy.. that is mainly financial play. Where based on the actual market (commodity), another gameplay are cater for prediction of either go high or go low.
Therefore, commodity is just like the stock market.. the prices is based on demand and supply. Thus, when demand high and supply low, the price goes up and vice versa. The role of OPEC is just to offset that, where since they represented 41% of the total oil production in the world, they can make price goes down when the demand is high by increasing production (supply). Why they do this..? because they have agreed to regulate the oil market.
Thus, the future traded crude oil as $50 per barrel because they think that OPEC would cut production when the demand is high in USA and Europe due to cool spell. This is only the idea of those future traders.. OPEC have two choices over here...
1. Cut production when it is not practical for oil producer to work extra hard without increment of income.
2. lower the price for the benefit of USA and European consumer by maintaining current production rates.
Therefore, the contribution is actually to benefit who more ? For them to choose option 2, they must have political interest in USA and Europe or USA and Europe must have interest in situation corresponded to option 1. In other words, let say Europe have big impact in producing oil. When APEC cut production, the price would increase and the profit margin would benefit Europe. This windfall can be used by Europe to pay as subsidy to its customer for petrol. But how much can Shell do in order to make this a big significant?
What USA is trying to do now is to realize option 2, using political method. By invading Iraq, the USA claimed to create stability in the middle east region and thus gives pressure for APEC to consider USA's goodwill effort. Needless to say, USA refuse to sign Kyoto agreement because they publicly acknowledge that such move would hamper its economy. Thus, a lower crude oil price would definitely help with its economy too.
This is what i understood..
Crude oil prices is basically controlled by two entities.
1.OPEC which consists of 11 countries from the middle east.
2. Commodity
Commodity is essential because those middle man company such as shell, Petronas and etc.. even though having their own oil plant (they called it the upstream business), the production will not be enough for their sales demand. So, everyone will upstream their oil into a big market (commodity) and from there they buy it again at another price.
Commodity future is a different thingy.. that is mainly financial play. Where based on the actual market (commodity), another gameplay are cater for prediction of either go high or go low.
Therefore, commodity is just like the stock market.. the prices is based on demand and supply. Thus, when demand high and supply low, the price goes up and vice versa. The role of OPEC is just to offset that, where since they represented 41% of the total oil production in the world, they can make price goes down when the demand is high by increasing production (supply). Why they do this..? because they have agreed to regulate the oil market.
Thus, the future traded crude oil as $50 per barrel because they think that OPEC would cut production when the demand is high in USA and Europe due to cool spell. This is only the idea of those future traders.. OPEC have two choices over here...
1. Cut production when it is not practical for oil producer to work extra hard without increment of income.
2. lower the price for the benefit of USA and European consumer by maintaining current production rates.
Therefore, the contribution is actually to benefit who more ? For them to choose option 2, they must have political interest in USA and Europe or USA and Europe must have interest in situation corresponded to option 1. In other words, let say Europe have big impact in producing oil. When APEC cut production, the price would increase and the profit margin would benefit Europe. This windfall can be used by Europe to pay as subsidy to its customer for petrol. But how much can Shell do in order to make this a big significant?
What USA is trying to do now is to realize option 2, using political method. By invading Iraq, the USA claimed to create stability in the middle east region and thus gives pressure for APEC to consider USA's goodwill effort. Needless to say, USA refuse to sign Kyoto agreement because they publicly acknowledge that such move would hamper its economy. Thus, a lower crude oil price would definitely help with its economy too.
Monday, February 21, 2005
Fowarded email : True story from Sri Lanka
On 26th Dec '04 early morning several hrs before the catastrophe happened, Honolulu Tsunami Monitoring centre have been trying to call [Wicky] our Meteorological Dept. monitoring centre in Pallekelle and Colombo but failed as the department was closed for Christmas.
They also got in touch with the Presidents' office. However, it was informed that she's out of the island on a private vacation.
Finally they called Prime minister's secretariat, but Prime Minister was out on his morning walk. Thinking at least it's best to keep him vigilant on this, the Honolulu officials left the message with the person who picked up the phone to inform the Prime Minister that there's a Tsunami coming from Indonesia.
On Prime Minister's return, the operator told the Prime Minister about the call, said Tsunami from Indonesia is arriving in 2 hrs. Prime Minister promptly took action to send a delegation to the Katunayake Airport with name boards
"Welcome Mr. T. Sunami - Indonesia".
They also got in touch with the Presidents' office. However, it was informed that she's out of the island on a private vacation.
Finally they called Prime minister's secretariat, but Prime Minister was out on his morning walk. Thinking at least it's best to keep him vigilant on this, the Honolulu officials left the message with the person who picked up the phone to inform the Prime Minister that there's a Tsunami coming from Indonesia.
On Prime Minister's return, the operator told the Prime Minister about the call, said Tsunami from Indonesia is arriving in 2 hrs. Prime Minister promptly took action to send a delegation to the Katunayake Airport with name boards
"Welcome Mr. T. Sunami - Indonesia".
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
tsunami shortened days.
the recent tsunami earthquake shortened days...
according to the article..
NASA scientists B. F. Chao and Richard Gross calculated it shifted Earth's mean north pole about 1 inch and made the planet slightly less oblate, or flattened at the poles.
"Physically, this is analogous to a spinning skater drawing arms closer to the body, resulting in a faster spin," they wrote in an article in Eos, a publication of the American Geophysical Union.
according to dictionary..
oblate means = Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles. We are not talking about magnetic pole but geographic pole.
equatorial means = The imaginary great circle around the earth's surface, equidistant from the poles and perpendicular to the earth's axis of rotation. It divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
in other words, it means the earth now is a bit more rounded than usual (oblate)
according to the article..
NASA scientists B. F. Chao and Richard Gross calculated it shifted Earth's mean north pole about 1 inch and made the planet slightly less oblate, or flattened at the poles.
"Physically, this is analogous to a spinning skater drawing arms closer to the body, resulting in a faster spin," they wrote in an article in Eos, a publication of the American Geophysical Union.
according to dictionary..
oblate means = Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles. We are not talking about magnetic pole but geographic pole.
equatorial means = The imaginary great circle around the earth's surface, equidistant from the poles and perpendicular to the earth's axis of rotation. It divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
in other words, it means the earth now is a bit more rounded than usual (oblate)
Monday, February 14, 2005
Feng Shui Business Card
Feng Shui Business Card... this people are definitely what i called the enterpreneur.
it seems that they know everything about your business from your business card.. and they are selling an ebook offering information to their knowledge. To me, it should be quite a good investment for USD48 because you actually get to have more things to talk to people during business meetings and etc.
in fact, one of the biggest mistake (according to them) is to have your name(small font) directly below the company(big big font), this would means that you become the pillar of the company, and thus you need to work very hard to sustain the business. you will be suprised, many people, especially small enterprises.. suffered this problem.
another thing is that, for my case (keke), if your name is same level as the company's name or logo, you will tend to attempt to be the boss. it is bad feng shui for your boss.
the following person must sure be boss..
the following card is the best so far..
The company is supported by 3 pillars (main income come from handphone), and also supported by a fixed location (very stable) and by big guys (Sony, Nokia, Samsung)... very stable company.
well..well.. well... only if you want to believe in this, then perhaps you can consult Feng Shui Business Card.
it seems that they know everything about your business from your business card.. and they are selling an ebook offering information to their knowledge. To me, it should be quite a good investment for USD48 because you actually get to have more things to talk to people during business meetings and etc.
in fact, one of the biggest mistake (according to them) is to have your name(small font) directly below the company(big big font), this would means that you become the pillar of the company, and thus you need to work very hard to sustain the business. you will be suprised, many people, especially small enterprises.. suffered this problem.
another thing is that, for my case (keke), if your name is same level as the company's name or logo, you will tend to attempt to be the boss. it is bad feng shui for your boss.
the following person must sure be boss..
the following card is the best so far..
The company is supported by 3 pillars (main income come from handphone), and also supported by a fixed location (very stable) and by big guys (Sony, Nokia, Samsung)... very stable company.
well..well.. well... only if you want to believe in this, then perhaps you can consult Feng Shui Business Card.
Sunday, February 13, 2005
chinese new year over again..
i will be heading back to work tomorrow... basically i have been on holiday for around 8 days... and still felt like it was too short..
this chinese new year was pretty ..well, as usual it was really hot (weather) .. i felt like most of the time was wasted..though most of the time is that you are preparing to eat and then prepare for the next meal and then prepare to eat again...
almost everything is related to eating.. my mom is always busy cooking and etc. But anyway, I felt that chinese new year was created for other reason. First of all, people are supposed to reunite and get together to resolve differences.. secondly, married couple are not supposed to spend too much time together.. they should spend time with other people for just few days..
also, i felt that people should really take time off to sort things out.. for instance, parents can find time to heal the wounds of their kids, or to build their confidence and etc.
sadly, most of the time we just eat only. I even travelled more than 60km to kuala selangor just to grab some seafood with family. We didn't talk much and reflect much about the future during that dinner, just eat and come back again.
we should remember this the next chinese new year.. anyway, still 10 days left.
this chinese new year was pretty ..well, as usual it was really hot (weather) .. i felt like most of the time was wasted..though most of the time is that you are preparing to eat and then prepare for the next meal and then prepare to eat again...
almost everything is related to eating.. my mom is always busy cooking and etc. But anyway, I felt that chinese new year was created for other reason. First of all, people are supposed to reunite and get together to resolve differences.. secondly, married couple are not supposed to spend too much time together.. they should spend time with other people for just few days..
also, i felt that people should really take time off to sort things out.. for instance, parents can find time to heal the wounds of their kids, or to build their confidence and etc.
sadly, most of the time we just eat only. I even travelled more than 60km to kuala selangor just to grab some seafood with family. We didn't talk much and reflect much about the future during that dinner, just eat and come back again.
we should remember this the next chinese new year.. anyway, still 10 days left.
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
For adult only...
1. Food that contains natural mood enhancer?
->Chocolate
2. Food to increase production of sperm, testosterone and vaginal lubrication?
->Whole grain, because they contain zinc.
3. Food that contain chemical which is similiar to male hormone?
->Truffles.
4.Food to increase virility?
->Olyster
5.vegetables was used by the ancient Greeks as an aphrodisiac?
->Asparagus
6.Which food with when consumed with vodka to create an enhanced romantic mood?
->Caviar.
7. Spanish fly(an aprodisiac), can become toxic when used wrongly, is made of ?
->Ground up beetles.
8. How can drinking help with sexual activities ?
-> Release anxiety and release inhibitors.
9. Food release body's own testosterone into the bloodstream ?
-> Green oat (Avena sativa). Some said that Tongkat Ali is even better.
10. Celibate Egyptian priests were forbidden to eat which of the following because they were thought to be such strong aphrodisiacs?
->Onions.
http://quiz.women.com/games/tests/aphrodisiacs.htm
->Chocolate
2. Food to increase production of sperm, testosterone and vaginal lubrication?
->Whole grain, because they contain zinc.
3. Food that contain chemical which is similiar to male hormone?
->Truffles.
4.Food to increase virility?
->Olyster
5.vegetables was used by the ancient Greeks as an aphrodisiac?
->Asparagus
6.Which food with when consumed with vodka to create an enhanced romantic mood?
->Caviar.
7. Spanish fly(an aprodisiac), can become toxic when used wrongly, is made of ?
->Ground up beetles.
8. How can drinking help with sexual activities ?
-> Release anxiety and release inhibitors.
9. Food release body's own testosterone into the bloodstream ?
-> Green oat (Avena sativa). Some said that Tongkat Ali is even better.
10. Celibate Egyptian priests were forbidden to eat which of the following because they were thought to be such strong aphrodisiacs?
->Onions.
http://quiz.women.com/games/tests/aphrodisiacs.htm
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Happy Chinese New Year ! 新年快乐
hi..
so another chinese new year...
this year is supposed to be a good year for those with "horse" sign. We are expected to have good health,wealth and etc. So it is good for me.
This is year, just like any other year, the weather is extremely tough. Sometimes you just felt really too heavy to do anything.. and time was just wasted away. Nevertheless, this year is a bit different for me because i figure the following things.
1. If I need to be successful i would need to be get started off by this year.
2. If I ever wanted to get married I would also need to start by this year.
So, this year is pretty pressure year for me, with a lot of expectations from my personal sides.
I would really appreciate to sit in the same place and time next year and to write another blog reporting my achievement by next year chinese new year.
I wish all my friends and reader of this blog a happy and properous chinese new year.
Because the weather is really hot now, i also like to dedicate the following information to you...
click here..
so another chinese new year...
this year is supposed to be a good year for those with "horse" sign. We are expected to have good health,wealth and etc. So it is good for me.
This is year, just like any other year, the weather is extremely tough. Sometimes you just felt really too heavy to do anything.. and time was just wasted away. Nevertheless, this year is a bit different for me because i figure the following things.
1. If I need to be successful i would need to be get started off by this year.
2. If I ever wanted to get married I would also need to start by this year.
So, this year is pretty pressure year for me, with a lot of expectations from my personal sides.
I would really appreciate to sit in the same place and time next year and to write another blog reporting my achievement by next year chinese new year.
I wish all my friends and reader of this blog a happy and properous chinese new year.
Because the weather is really hot now, i also like to dedicate the following information to you...
click here..
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