How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

A hornbill has landed... in our compound again

A few years ago, a big hornbill landed on our fencing wall, with a chameleon in its huge beak. Just a few days ago, there was a strange bird cry which I thought was a kingfisher, but it turned out to be a hornbill! There was a time when I discovered my fishes diminishing in number without any carcasses to show, until I saw a kingfisher with a gold fish in its beak! Looking out of our kitchen window, we are likely to see a honey-sucker bird foraging and flying over our plant which has orange flowers which seem to attract them. Our compound itself seems like a bird sanctuary though there is actually an official one near Kg. Pisang (also quite near the new KTMB railway station), where even tourists would go to. But our last visit was a disappointment as we could see only a few herons from a distance.

Thanks to Bayi, the video clip in this link was fantastic in showing how some osprey catches fish. I like the one which catches a stingray, and especially the last one which struggles to fly while holding on to a big fish!
http://www.arkive.org/osprey/pandion-haliaetus/video-00.html
Link

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