Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Contradictions

While in Bohol, Philippines, I took the chance to see around the island. At one point, I jumped on this boat ride up the river. This was the sign on the boat.

do not give alms

But then, sometime later, the boat kind of went to the side towards this little shed by the river. It stopped here for a while, so we can see kids dance and collect donations… 

 kids dancing

Why do they always contradict themselves?

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Prayer Room

Was in a hotel in the Philippines, and imagine my surprise when I saw this sign.

prayer room

How thoughtful, I thought. In a country where most are Christians, there’s a Muslim prayer room for guests at the hotel.

So I followed the sign to have a look. This was what I saw.

 Christian prayer room

A prayer room for Christians!!  (of course!)

Sunday, 18 October 2009

How frustrating!

Its so weird. I have no access to Facebook, Twitter, and my blog (Blogger) from China. Its like being cut off from the rest of the world!

I wrote the last post through Windows Live Writer. When I clicked on “publish”, it returned with an error message. So I thought that I couldn’t connect to Blogger. Mana tau, I got comments on that post (hope I got it published). So, it must have went through somehow. How frustrating it is not to be able to see your own blog!! arggh!

Anyway, small updates: Beijing is quite cold, and the strong winds will chill you to your bones! The good thing with the winds is that it blows the pollution away, and you get clear skies for a day. The next day, the smog is back and you barely see the sun. However, it was much better than the last time I came in March 08. Can’t imagine what it was like before!!

Ok – leave you with a pic of a free range chicken farm in Beijing.

free range