How Woman discovered shopping

The man discovered COLORS and invented PAINT;

the woman discovered PAINT and invented MAKEUP.

The man discovered the WORD and invented CONVERSATION;

the woman discovered CONVERSATION and invented GOSSIP.

The man discovered AGRICULTURE and invented FOOD;

The woman discovered FOOD and invented DIET.

The man discovered FRIENDSHIP and invented LOVE;

The woman discovered LOVE and invented LOVE TRIANGLES.

The man discovered TRADING and invented MONEY;

the woman discovered MONEY and invented SHOPPING.

Thereafter man has discovered and invented a lot of things...

but the woman are still BUSY in ....... shopping

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Not for those with acrophobia

Balcony of floor 103 in Chicago...

Viewed from the outside...

View from Burj Kalifa, Dubai...

The view down...

Not for someone like me.
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Last year's award-winning environmental photo

By CARL STROUD Published: 27 Oct 2011

CLUTCHING each other close, these two brothers cling to the very edge of survival on the fringes of a filthy rubbish dump.

This stark image, taken in Kathmandu, Nepal, has come top in the Environmental Photographer Of The Year competition.

Wearing just a filthy jumper the youngest lad seeks a moment's respite from his dismal surroundings in the arms of his elder sibling.

The pair – unwashed and caked in grime – are forced to scour the stinking site day-in day-out to unearth anything they can resell for money.

It's a dreadful existence barely comprehensible to most in the Western World. And one that touched Hong Kong-based photographer Chan Kwok Hung deeply. He said: ""The photo was taken in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal and is of two children who lived nearby to the junkyard with their grandmother. Every day they searched the junkyard for something useful that they can resell for money so they can buy food. If they don't find anything their grandmother blamed them seriously."

The snapper come top in the competition which received 10,000 entries from 105 nations. And he's hopeful it can make a difference. “I'm so proud that I am the winner of the Environmental Photographer of the Year Competition,” he said. "This award is very important and meaningful to me because I can share my photo to the world."

The judges heaped praise on Chan for the way he depicted the effect on humans environmental damage causes. "This is a very graphic image that captures the human impact of homelessness," said judge and Chairman of the UK Environmental Agency, Lord Smith.
Elsewhere among the winning, runner-up and highly commended entries include further frames that show the stark reality the impact industry has on the environment.
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New Year Joke

2 local jokers joined Umno! Thanks to Hussein Hamid, the following laugh seems to suit the occasion!

Of the two, Afdlin is the more famous one...

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=25719:after-doing-rosmah-afdlin-joins-umno&Itemid=2

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The Bulgarian connection

A recent picture of Mariya and Sasho, on our way to Penang by ferry.

Cheng's recent holiday in Malaysia was hectic: ex-collegemates' wedding; taking her Bulgarian friends round in West Malaysia; then to Mulu caves in Sarawak; then back in KL to usher in the new year with some collegemates. One of the hosts for the event welcomed the Bulgarians to join because his father happens to be Honorary Consul to Bulgaria! What a small world.

Mariya works for International Organization for Migration in Brussels while Sasho works for their Bulgarian Finance Ministry.
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