How Colourful the WORLD is!

When i was small i used to think and paint my little fish grey. It's because they were given to me in the form of dead, cooked fish...

But it was until when i was invited to go for a trip to Pulau Perhentian back in Malaysia during my time in A-levels! Thanx to Christine and Joanne... now i know how colourful they are....

Our sisters!

The truth behind disposable chopsticks!

Ever thought of how safe is it to put it to our daily food and into our mouth?
How clean are they?
How many bamboo trees have to be cut down to produce these many chopsticks?
Many people think that disposable chopsticks are more hygienic because after using, they are thrown away.

I hope that the information that I'm going to provide below will help some of my friends and bloggers to realise the disadvantages of using disposable bamboo chopsticks!

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Let me tell you how bamboo chopsticks are made!

1. Most of the bamboo trees in Southeast Asia are being cut down...

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2.Ask your hawkers where their chopsticks are produce...
Production of these chopsticks are from Central of Vietnam...

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3. Bleach using sulphur and hydrogen peroxide.

This process is not to disinfect the chopsticks, but they are using it to make it looks white and clean.

Consequences after using chopsticks with all these chemicals :

a.Suffer difficult breathing, vomit, diarrhoea etc. and loss of calcium due to sulfur.
b.Suffer Asthma and difficult in breathing.
c.Sulfur contains heavy metal chemical such as lead and mercury. d.Such heavy metal can accumulate in our body and can cause lead poisoning or mercury poisoning.
e.Lymph cancer.

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4.Drying process..

Upon packing, these chopsticks will be shipped to our country and being distributed to the restaurants... and into our mouth! (yucks!)

Furthermore it requires a twenty years old tree to produce 3000-4000 pairs of chopsticks, and after using these chopsticks.... of cause it will all end up like that!

LOOK how it will going to affect our environment?!

Conclusion, disposable chopstiocks are NOT CLEAN for start, it DESTROYS OUR ENVIRONMENT and moreover it is DANGEROUS FOR OUR HEALTH!

So,the only solution right now is to stop using disposable chopsticks and bring your own chopsticks where ever you go... ( I find it difficult to do it at first espeacially doing all the explanation to others, but now I felt good doing my part for the environment and keeping myself safe. At the same time, spreading awareness to others too!)

Tell a friend today, and bring your own chopsticks!
(Article inspired by xiaoyenzi.com)

Reflection...

It was my first time witnessing a fire cremation at PJ crematory. She was a very lovely lady... sometimes i even wish she was my mum! (ps* sorry mum!)
My mum had been a very good friend of her for a few years now. For the fact that she was blind for the past 20 years, my mum have been reading dhamma books to her almost everyday. Eventually, our family and theirs grow really close..
Aunt Ming Pow had always been giving me a lot of little gifts like pebble sweet (which r really expensive), baking my favourite cheese, choc, coffee almond, lemon and orange cakes... (they tasted fabulous!). Not to mention about how much she gave me for Ang Pao and money for me to use b4 going to Australia, she has given me lots of love and care.. she would HUG me when I'm down and CUDDLE me when i need some kindness and warmth.. and I MISS HER!
She pass away last Saturday morning.. (which explains why i haven't been on9 for such a long time). I was terrified to have the first sight of her in her coffin. Her funeral was simple, there were only chairs and table, some white roses and a coffin in her living room (so unexpected simple ceremony for people so rich). The atmosphere at her house was so humid and down, everyone in the house were moaning for her death. Since my mum have not even give a drop of tears (she was a very tough person), I told myself to STAY STRONG too and I tried to control my tears, it was difficult!
During the day of cremation, my mum broke off into tears under the arms of one of my aunt's sisters.. (this is my officially first time seeing my mum in tears) I PANIC! I felt like crying.. seeing someone so closed and loved crying, heart broken..
Glad for not crying, I hereby give my thanks to Aunt Ming! I love to share my Merits to you. May you be free from mental suffering, may you be free from physical suffering and may you be well and happy always...

C the BIG BIG HOLE?!

I almost got robbed!

There are many incidents in our lives that makes us happy or sad. I almost become the victim of a thief.

It was a Thursday night, me and Ruey Wen were at the night market looking for food! Tau Fu Fa Tong Yuen! The street was very crowded, and the hawkers there created a hustle and bustle that made me feel uneasy.

I walk down through the pedestrian walkway calmly. My thoughts were however far away as i was preoccupied with the upcoming gathering dinner which was just around the corner. Suddenly, i heard a SNAP! Then i turn around to find that a middle-aged lady tugged at my bag, which was dangling from my shoulder and she gave me a harsh harsh PUSH!

I turn to my bag only to realise that there's a big hole at the corner of the bag! ARGH... THAT EVIL EVIL PERSON! and my BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BAG...

I consider myself to be really LUCKY coz nothing valueble was gone! and by the way the bag does not belongs to me... it belongs to Ruey Wen... SORRY ABOUT IT DEAR!