Dec 20

[News] Aceh gets back on its feet

By Compassion

On Dec 26, 2004, Aceh was struck by a disaster never seen before. Five years after the tsunami, the place and the people have bounced back.

JUARIYAH looks adoringly at her two young children who are playing in the grounds of her new home. Her front yard is small but it looks pretty with carpet grass, plants and flowers in red, white and purple.

Sitting on her favourite teak wood bench out on the veranda, she chuckles at the antics of her two boys Mohd Rafi Rezeki, four, and Mohd Fito Magestra, one. And she poses for photos with them.

She is a picture of happiness and it warms my heart to see her like this.

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Picking up the pieces: Juariyah has found happiness again with her two sons Mohd Rafi (left) and Mohd Fito.

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Dec 18

关怀的心.笑容

By Wisdom

有一位有钱的单身女子刚搬了家，她发现隔壁住了一户穷人家， 一个寡妇与两个小孩子。

有天晚上，那一带忽然停了电，那位女子只好自己点起了蜡烛。没一会儿，忽然听到有人敲门。原来是隔壁邻居的小孩子，只见他紧张地问：「阿姨，请问你家有蜡烛吗？」女子心想：「他们家竟穷到连蜡烛都没有吗？千万别借他们，免得被他们依赖了！ 」

於是对孩子吼了一声说：「没有！」

正当她准备关上门时，那穷小孩展开关爱的笑容说：「我就知道你家一定没有！」 说完，竟从怀里拿出两根蜡烛，说：「妈妈和我怕你一个人住又没有蜡烛，所以我带两根来送你。」

此刻女子自责、感动得热泪盈眶，将那小孩子紧紧地拥在怀里。

••我们不一定因为赚很多的钱而富有，但我们可以因付出的善念而使心中富有••

关怀的爱

摘自《三则感人的小故事》

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Dec 16

秤的秘密

By Drawing and artwork, Juesatta art, Wisdom
秤的秘密 by CJ

秤的秘密 by CJ

　　明朝时候，扬州有一富翁是开南货店发财的，他有一子两孙，家庭之间非常快乐。后来他病在床上，将要死的时候，将一秤杆郑重地交付他的儿子．并嘱咐他道：这秤是我起家的宝物，是用乌木合成的，秤杆中空，灌有水银，称出时秤稍向上，水银注纽，别人见了以为重，而不知反轻，称进时秤稍下倾，水银注尾，别人见了以为轻。而不知反重。我因此占了不少便宜，所以能致这样的财富呀．”

　　他儿子听了，心中暗暗惊讶，父亲何以这样不道德。但因他正当病重，只好唯唯随顺，不便明言。后来他父亲死了，他就将这杆秤用火烧毁，并力行各种善事，扶危济困，养残恤老，孜孜如恐不及。他这样做是要想替亡父忏除罪恶。但由于真诚为善，不到三年家产己耗去了一半。虽然这样，倒是他所情愿的，心中并没有什么不快。不料膝下二个爱子。竟相继死亡，这实在是大凄惨了。行善得祸，他因此常叹天道无知，因果颠倒，心中不免怨恨。

　　一夜，梦至一处状如宫殿，见一官员坐在殿上，当面告诉他道：“你父之富，是彼宿世所修布施功德，命中应有，并不是依靠那杆水银秤；即使他不用那秤，也能致富．但是他用了那秤，徒然自坏心术，加了一身罪业，至死不悟，自受苦报，这正是他的愚痴。那时天帝因其用心贪恶，所以为了破耗二星投作你子，以败你的家产。家败之后，还要继以火烧。而你呢，正当受你父的余殃，非但衣食不给，而且寿算亦短。你父生前以为有这许多家产遗给子孙，一定可以世代享受，舒适不尽。他哪里知道好儿子不能长寿，好孙子是来败家的呢。现在幸得你存心善良，能盖父过。天帝察你三年以来，真诚为善，始终无倦，这是很难得的，所以特命所司收回两星，不久将另降贤子，以光大你的后代，并增加你本身的寿算了，你应当勤修善果，勿存怨恨才是呀。”他醒来之后，恍然大悟，因此，为善更坚定，后来果然连生二子，皆成进士。

摘自《真快乐》

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Dec 15

For some children, smiles are gifts

By Compassion

The Ronald McDonald House Charities™ Malaysia (RMHC Malaysia) was established as a non-profit organisation in February 1990 as part of the 280 local RMHC chapters worldwide, with a clear vision to create, find and support programmes that directly improve the health and well being of children. Our energies are focused on 3 main areas: health, education and welfare.

McDonald’s® Malaysia bears all administration and management costs, thus enabling RMHC Malaysia to use 100% of all donations received to assist less fortunate children. It is also the means by which McDonald’s® Malaysia contributes to the community.

Gift of Smile

In Malaysia, it is estimated that 1 out of 600 newborn babies born every year are born with cleft lip and palate. Treatment is available for these babies but unfortunately not all families can afford them. As a result, babies with untreated cleft lip and palate will not only develop speech defects and psychological problems later in life, but also form habits which become very hard to eliminate.

Thus, the Gift of Smile programme provides free corrective surgery for children born with this condition. This programme was initiated in 2003, with the objective of aiding Malaysian children born with cleft lip and palate to undergo corrective surgery which will help them lead a normal life.

To recommend a child that needs assistance, please download the application form or contact the RMHC Malaysia Hotline at 012-365 7324.

Priority is given to families with a total household income of RM2,000.00 and below.

This Gift of Smile programme is made possible with Pantai Hospital Sdn. Bhd. and McDonald’s® Malaysia.

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Together, let us give them the Gift of Smile.

For more information, please visit Ronald McDonald House Charities Malaysia (http://www.rmhc.org.my/default.asp)

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Dec 14

[News] Massive iceberg spotted off Australia

By Compassion
This satellite image shows several icebergs breaking off the Antarctic ice shelf in 2000. The iceberg B17B on the left has been spotted 1,700 kilometres from Australia. (Australian Antarctic Division/Associated Press)

This satellite image shows several icebergs breaking off the Antarctic ice shelf in 2000. The iceberg B17B on the left has been spotted 1,700 kilometres from Australia. (Australian Antarctic Division/Associated Press)

An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan (or twice as Hong Kong) discovered 1,700 kilometres off the coast of Australia has prompted a shipping alert.

This satellite image shows several icebergs breaking off the Antarctic ice shelf in 2000. The iceberg B17B on the left has been spotted 1,700 kilometres from Australia. (Australian Antarctic Division/Associated Press)
The country’s Bureau of Meteorology issued the alert Friday after the iceberg was seen off the country’s southwestern coast.

Glaciologist Neal Young of the Australian Antarctic Division found the iceberg using satellite images. Young described it as 19 kilometres long and eight kilometres wide.

The iceberg is one of several that broke off from ice shelves in Antarctica in 2000.

It is expected to break apart as it moves into warmer waters farther north, but the resulting flotilla of smaller icebergs could pose a hazard to ships.

The Australian Antarctic Division has called the presence of such a large iceberg this far north a once-in-a-lifetime event, but cautioned against attributing it directly to global climate change.

Scientists say that ice shelf calvings such as the one in 2000 happen about once every 30 years.

Last month, New Zealand issued a shipping alert when several icebergs were seen moving toward the country’s South Island. They have since moved east out into the Pacific Ocean.

[source:  http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/11/tech-iceberg-australia.html]
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Dec 12

A human being is part of a whole – by Albert Einstein

By Wisdom

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“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe’ —a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”

– Albert Einstein

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