上世纪50年代的马六甲河旧照，黑白中夹杂泛黄和斑驳，宏伟的天主教堂非常抢眼，与右上角的 讯塔相互呼应； 圣保罗教堂隱约可见，横跨两岸的桥基在赶建中。
河岸两侧墙堤崩塌，瓦砾堆积。加上水势缓慢，造成河道淤塞。图中仅见一艘离群孤舟正奋力向河口驶去，吸引了岸上小童的观望。
新世纪里，经过当局的清理和疏通、加深河道、扩大河床，美化后的马六甲河显得格外娇艷脱俗，犹如將一个老妇妆扮成了少女，教人联想到马六甲原是古申的繁荣海港，而今沦为歷史陈跡，又怎能不教人唏嘘呢？
星洲日报／老照片说故事．韩飞．2010.03.14
[source：http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/152702?tid=15]
Earth Hour Malaysia - 27th March 2010 8:30pm Saturday
On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people, organizations, corporations and governments will come together to make a bold statement about their concern for climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour symbolizes that by working together, each of us can have a positive impact in the fight against climate change, protecting our future and that of future generations.
Set Your Clock
On March 27th at 8:30 p.m. local time, Earth Hour will cascade around the globe—from time zone to time zone—uniting the planet under a single, simple, call to action.
Earth Hour Malaysia
Since its inception three years ago, Earth Hour’s non-partisan approach has captured the world’s imagination and became a global phenomenon. Nearly one billion people turned out for Earth Hour 2009 – involving 4,100 cities in 87 countries on seven continents.
2009 was the first time Malaysia officially participated in Earth Hour bringing Malaysians to turn off their lights for one hour to show their support towards climate change. Many prominent landmarks switched off their lights and Malaysians celebrating. Its estimated that more than 5million Malaysians participated in Earth Hour.
[source: http://ehm.my/about/]In addition, share with you an Earth Hour TV clip of 2009 by Pete Teo (the Earth Hour for 2009 was on the 28th March, whereas this year will be on the 27th March 2010):
Every day, a small ant arrives at work very early and starts work immediately.
She produces a lot and she is happy.
The Chief, a lion, was surprised to see that the ant was working without supervision.
He thought if the ant can produce so much without supervision, wouldn’t she produce even more if she had a supervisor!
So he recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports.
The cockroach’s first decision was to set up a clocking in attendance system.
He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports and …
… he recruited a spider, who managed the archives and monitored all phone calls.
The lion was delighted with the cockroach’s reports and asked him to produce graphs to describe production rates and to analyse trends, so that he could use them for presentations at Board‘s meetings.
So the cockroach had to buy a new computer and a laser printer and …
… recruited a fly to manage the IT department.
The ant, who had once been so productive and relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and meetings which used up most of her time…!
The lion came to the conclusion that it was high time to nominate a person in charge of the department where the ant worked.
The position was given to the cicada, whose first decision was to buy a carpet and an ergonomic chair for his office.
The new person in charge, the cicada, also needed a computer and a personal assistant ,who he brought from his previous department, to help him prepare a Work and Budget Control Strategic Optimisation Plan …
The Department where the ant works is now a sad place, where nobody laughs anymore and everybody has become upset…
It was at that time that the cicada convinced the boss , the lion, of the absolute necessity to start a climatic study of the environment .
Having reviewed the charges for running the ant’s department , the lion found out that the production was much less than before.
So he recruited the owl , a prestigious and renowned consultant to carry out an audit and suggest solutions.
The owl spent three months in the department and came up with an enormous report , in several volumes, that concluded : “ The department is overstaffed …”
Guess who the lion fires first?
The ant , of course, because she “showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude”.
Adapted from Portuguese by PR. Obrigado Mário.
[source: http://www.infosl.com/doyouknow/?p=152]
Are you here for peace? - by CJ
Humming by myself a song of no melody
on the journey with the march enwrapped
camouflage under the blanket
painted in red with blood of nobody
Quenching thirst with endless tear
with my crutch starving to hunt the vulture
yet the smells of the burnt dead
masking the appetite I crave for food
Days ago you lived as a man of the house
before you took the gun and hugged goodbye
for the nation you had to fight
deep in me I know you stood for us
The silent moon bathes the scene
I could hear your whisper, mommy
fear not and sleep tight my child
shall you see me in your dream
My company my dearest pet
your beard reminds me of uncle across the street
smiled always and made delicious toasts
not anymore after the fierce assault hit
Saviour yet foreigner
you are here to take everthing I had
yet you say you come for peace
is it really right to be wrong?
Mother Earth - by DigitumDei
“The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”
[source: http://bura-bura.com/blog/]
The Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV), towing three carriages, runs along a blue line under which power strips are buried for recharging, at an amusement park in Gwacheon, south of Seoul. S.Korean researchers launched an environmentally-friendly public transport system using a "recharging road" -- with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried electric strips. Photograph by: Jung Yeon-Je, AFP
The world’s first On-Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) debuted Tuesday at the Seoul Zoo in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province.
Seoul City decided to introduce the OLEV at the zoo last August, replacing its shuttle called the “Elephant Train.” The old shuttle, a modified truck, began running in 1984. However, it used diesel and was criticized for polluting the air, setting the stage for the new electric vehicle.
The OLEV, an invention of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), gets its power supply from an electric facility underground without the use of surface power lines, through a magnetic fieldthat it transforms into electricity.
The bus will run a 2.2-kilometer route using the electricity provided in this wireless fashion, and will also use its own batteries.
Seoul City plans to expand the use of OLEVs if the model vehicle proves successful.
“We are considering the introduction of the electric vehicle to central bus lanes,” a city official said.
Busses make up some 30 percent of the city’s traffic and 90.2 kilometers of bus lanes exist throughout the city.
“The OLEVs use batteries with a capacity one-fifth of that of ordinary vehicles and will be able to drive all day without charging if they stay mainly on the central lane,” the official said. “The electricity is supplied in a wireless manner and it is suitable for Seoul, which has many rainy or snowy days.”
The municipal government aims to replace all its official and public transportation vehicles with environment-friendly models to prevent air pollution.
[source: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/03/117_62152.html]
Hi! I am CJ, blogger of Juesatta and photographer of CJ Photography.
I love and enjoy photography, thus make me a lifestyle wedding photojournalist and portrait photographer based in Melaka, a lovely town full of history and characters in Malaysia.
Wedding is the sweetest thing of one’s life because it celebrates love, therefore I have always been passionate for capturing beautiful, natural and romantic wedding day images of moments for couples to be cherished a lifetime.
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