Volunteers Needed - 11-Nov-05

I am looking for volunteers for 2 events as below.



1. Anti smoking brochures to hand out- The GrimReaper-www.grimreaper.org ( a Canadian Anti Smoking Org and MyWatch- AMalaysian Women for tobacco control and health)want to give out brochures atThe International Tobacco Exhibition and Conference from Nov 14 - 16 (thisMon) at the KLCC Convention Centre. Please e-mail Dato' Hatijah and offeryour services if you can. her e-mail is mywatch_malaysia@yahoo.com .

2. Any writers and budding photographers amongst you? I need to have 2'reporters'and 1 or 2 photograpers for a daily newspaper I am doing for aninternational conference next week. I will need the volunteers from the 18thtill the 20th of NOVEMBER (next week)during the day basically. Ideally itshould be students or people starting out in the writing field or haveinterest in it or people who have a couple of free days to spare and wantto have a good time. You will get to meet over 1000 people from the AsiaPacific region. There will be a small allowance to cover travel and food.please e-mail me directly at brian@lariche.net

thanks all

Brian Lariche.

Gendering around us

Ziploc bags are Male. They are male because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.

Copiers are Female. They are female because once turned off, it takes a while to warm them up again. It's an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can wreak havoc if the wrong buttons are pushed.

Tires are Male because they go bald and are often over-inflated.

Hot Air Balloons are Male because to get them to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under them, and of course, there's the hot air part.

Sponges are Female because they're soft, squeezable and retain water.

The Web Page is Female because it's always getting hit on.

The Subway is Male because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.

The Hourglass is Female because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.

A Hammer is Male because it hasn't changed much over the last 5000 years, but it's handy to have around.

The Remote Control is Female. Yes, you thought it would be male. But consider this -- it gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying.

爱欲

学佛者当知，智度论说： [ 烦恼有二种， 一属爱，二属见]

[爱欲] 是轮回六道的根本，因为爱欲的绵缚，最容易使修行人堕落其中，被爱欲迷惑心窃之后，一切的行为更不正确了，所说的言论也不正确了。

情根断似枯丝薄，
戒体芬如出水莲，
他日神至极乐国，
七珍池上礼金仙。

卢胜彦-异郎的漂泊