Loan Shark

Loan Shark Advertisement on a taxi.
Loan Sharks are illegal in this country... So why's their ads all over the place?

Anybody out there with pictures like these, please e-mail to observations@gmail.com

Ciao!

Yasmin Ahmad, Who Will Continue Your Legacy?

Yasmin,
You deserve a title,
The government was unfair to you,
The censorship deprived Malaysians of your work,
The people didn't get enough of you,
While other parts of the world gave you awards,
Your home neglected you, because you saw 'it' as it is...

You left way too soon.
Way too young,
You fought the battle only half way,
You had more to fight for,
We still need to see what you saw,
The people still needs your messages,
The people still want your story,

Who will continue your work?
Who else has your courage?
Who can tell a story like you did?

Oh Yasmin, I wished it weren't true,
I wished it was another rumor,
Wished you could be resurrected,
Wished it was a sick joke.

Please tell me you had an apprentice,
Please tell me you trained someone to be like you,
To continue your work,
To see the angles like you saw them,
To film like you did,
To be as courageous as you were,
To fight like you did,

Please tell me there are others like you,
That your battles, your stories, your messages, your work,
Did not die with you...
Yasmin Ahmad, who will continue your work?

Archive of Petronas Festive Commercials: http://www.petronasgreetings.com/cny2009/index.asp


SPCA ad that was not approved by Malaysian Censorship Board, watch it, and figure why:


Her First Blog: http://yasminthestoryteller.blogspot.com/
Her Second Blog: http://yasminthefilmmaker.blogspot.com/

Buddhism won “The Best Religion In The World” award

The below texts was forwarded to me via e-mail...

I didnt even know there was such an award... This is strange... ... that while half the world are blowing each other apart, and the other half are channeling so much hate energy around, these people still find the time to have awards ;-) What are they doing to reduce the anger and hate their followers have for other religions? Other than"public speaking", aren't they empowered to do more?

*in sarcasm*: "by the powers vested in me by *** almighty, I shall speak till my listeners fall asleep!" ... Wow... sooooo powerful :P

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Buddhism won "The Best Religion In The World" award

15 Jul 2009, Tribune de Geneva

The Geneva-based International Coalition for the Advancement of Religious and Spirituality (ICARUS) has bestowed "The Best Religion In the World" award this year on the Buddhist Community.

This special award was voted on by an international round table of more than 200 religious leaders from every part of the spiritual spectrum. It was fascinating to note that many religious leaders voted for Buddhism rather than their own religion although Buddhists actually make up a tiny minority of ICARUS membership. Here are the comments by four voting members:

Jonna Hult, Director of Research for ICARUS said "It wasn't a surprise to me that Buddhism won Best Religion in the World, because we could find literally not one single instance of a war fought in the name of Buddhism, in contrast to every other religion that seems to keep a gun in the closet just in case God makes a mistake. We were hard pressed to even find a Buddhist that had ever been in an army. These people practice what they preach to an extent we simply could not document with any other spiritual tradition."

A Catholic Priest, Father Ted O'Shaughnessy said from Belfast , "As much as I love the Catholic Church, it has always bothered me to no end that we preach love in our scripture yet then claim to know God's will when it comes to killing other humans. For that reason, I did have to cast my vote for the Buddhists."

A Muslim Cleric Tal Bin Wassad agreed from Pakistan via his translator. "While I am a devout Muslim, I can see how much anger and bloodshed is channeled into religious expression rather than dealt with on a personal level. The Buddhists have that figured out." Bin Wassad, the ICARUS voting member for Pakistan 's Muslim community continued, "In fact, some of my best friends are Buddhist."

And Rabbi Shmuel Wasserstein said from Jerusalem, "Of course, I love Judaism, and I think it's the greatest religion in the world. But to be honest, I've been practicing Vipassana meditation every day before minyan (daily Jewish prayer) since 1993. So I get it."

However, there was one snag - ICARUS couldn't find anyone to give the award to. All the Buddhists they called kept saying they didn't want the award.

When asked why the Burmese Buddhist community refused the award, Buddhist monk Bhante Ghurata Hanta said from Burma , "We are grateful for the acknowledgement, but we give this award to all humanity, for Buddha nature lies within each of us." Groehlichen went on to say "We're going to keep calling around until we find a Buddhist who will accept it. We'll let you know when we do."

Funny English

Picture taken on an Indian train. By Scott MacMillan, a journalist living in India.