#136 hand-crafted mementos

Whenever I travel to different countries especially Europe, I cannot find locally hand-crafted mementos these days. Instead I find lots and lots of ‘Made in China’ goods.
Sad indeed. If I had wanted to buy any ‘Made in China’ goods, I could get these in Asia. Strangely many items I found overseas are not found in major [...]

#135 love

Love is a feeling to be learnt…through self-discovery — not through seminars though!
There is pain in love. Sometimes, one feels gagged. Of course there is joy and elation…sunshine all day…
The best description found on love is from the Bible in 1 Corinthians 13.
Love is patient,
love is kind.
Love does not envy,
love does not boast,
love is not proud.
Love is [...]

#134 marketing eros

These days, you can make money virtually in everything and in every field and aspects of life — even teaching one how to fall in love (eros) between opposite sexes and how to maintain that relationship! Yikes!
Have we become robots?
It appears many Singaporeans are good at rehashing from books or that heard but on things of emotions or life? [...]

#133 June school holidays

“How was your field trip to Beijing and Shanghai?” I asked my niece who is at primary 5 level at school.
She replied exasperatingly, “It was sightseeing.” 
I was flabbergasted. The school made her pay S$1500 for a 7-day trip to Beijing and Shanghai…making teachers and senior staff to tag along or be nanny during the long school [...]

#132 suicides

Japan has the highest suicide rate in the world.
Attributing factors: high cost of living; unable to service the debts — insurance one way to pay up the debt; bully; psychological state of heart and mind like loneliness…
The latest being the elderly taking their own lives…deteriorating health and escalating high cost of living expenses.
Will the world see more [...]

#131 a holy, evangelical scam

Yesterday on BBC International I heard the tail end of a conversation but I could not find the program to verify the accuracy of this write. Thank you BBC International for this snippet.
It appears there will be an evangelical website on the internet for anyone who believes in the end times — rapture. The user might have [...]

#130 colored welfare

Recently there was the blog which received great traffic flow – stuff white people like.
Shortly, I see blacks in the US wearing t-shirt with slogan, like I’m proud of black; I like being black. Previously if this word was mentioned, there would be short-fused and sparks appear!
The latest news in Africa (South Africa) is welfare or help provided if and when the [...]

#129 bad question

I heard on the BBC International when a journalist asked a white caucasian south african this question:
“Will you consider marrying a black?”
Personally I find the journalist has worded her question to the ordinary citizen not only badly but offensively and irresponsibly.
This is one way to arouse more hate and vengeance! Is she out to suggest there is racial [...]

#128 marriage

These days, some men expect their wives to bring in the bacon! These days macho men are nowhere to be found. These men prefer to be house-husbands rather than face the harsh reality in the dog-fight world.
Do these men marry for convenience? They would rather gossip on the phone in the day. Where is love? What is [...]

#127

Will there be fewer obese kids around now that the food prices soared especially in the more affluent countries?
The only sad situation is the really poor suffer for want of basics.
It seems the world leaders were making concerted effort to eradicate poverty only to find food prices soar — the days for cheap food is gone — poverty remains. Indeed the [...]