archive of April, 2009
I walk the streets of old George Town to see the sights and to look for photo opportunities. I wish that I could get good photos of people working or playing, but I’m never in the right place at the right time. I can’t find people doing interesting jobs or playing Sepak Takraw or practicing a martial art or fishing or anything. In the cradle of Sepak Takraw, I’ve seen no one playing it. I’ve seen soccer and cricket from a distance, from buses. »→
In the Philippines, I read, in the book Ghost Soldiers and elsewhere, that Manila is the “Pearl of the Orient.” In Malaysia I have read that this island, Pulau Penang is the Pearl of the Orient and references to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Macau city-states as “The Pearl of the Orient.” Will the real Pearl of the Orient please stand up?
The more we sacrifice, the more we find ourselves. ~ Brother Renante, M.O.P.
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Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. ~ Elie Wiesel
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Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself; do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. ~ Bruce Lee
Each hour 400 children die from preventable water-borne diseases.
