The Second Vulture

 THE SECOND VULTURE  

  

he 1990s, there was a widely circulated photo of a vulture waiting for a starving little girl to die and feast on her corpse. That photo was taken during the 1993/94 famine in Sudan by Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist, who later won the Pulitzer Prize for this 'amazing shot'. 

  

However, as Kevin Carter was savoring his feet and being celebrated on major news channels and networks worldwide for such an 'exceptional photographic skill', he lived just for a few months to enjoy his supposed achievement and fame, as he later got depressed and took his own life! 

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Kevin Carter's depression started, when during one of such interviews (a phone-in programmed), someone called in and asked him what happened to the little girl. He simply replied, "I didn't wait to find out after this shot, as I had a flight to catch..." Then the caller said, "I put it to you that there were two vultures on that day. One had a camera." 

  

Thus, his constant thought of that statement later led to depression and he ultimately committed suicide. Kevin Carter could have still been alive today and even much more famous, if he had just picked that little girl up and taken her to the United Nations Feeding Center, where she was attempting to reach or at least take her to somewhere safe. 

  

Today, regrettably, this is what is happening all around the world. The world celebrates stupidity and inhumane acts at the detriment of others. Kevin Carter should have taken the girl away from that place, which would cost him nothing, yet he didn't. Here is the inhuman posture, "he had all the time to take his shot, but he had no time to save the girl's life." 

  

Thus, we must all understand that the purpose of life is to also touch lives. So are you too a Vulture. In whatever we do, let humanity come first before what we stand to gain out of the situation. In all we do, let's always think of others and how we can be of benefit to humanity, how we can lend a helping hand and wipe away tears. Hence, when we seek knowledge, wealth, fame, skills, or even positions, let's think of how we can use it to benefit the people and society at large. 

  

Today, there is a lot of poverty in the land, so if God Almighty has blessed you, be a blessing to others, extend a helping hand to those in need. Remember, your giving is also a way of appreciating Divine Blessings, Bounties, and Favours of God Almighty upon you. Therefore, it is very important that we should always help the poor and needy, the orphans, widows, and weak amongst us. Please don't be a Kevin Carter, be human and think humanity. 

  

Beware, we humans are not humans if we lack humaneness in all we do. 

Preschool fun with audio activities

My granddaughter Xin is 5 years old now. She attends Dawning Kindergarten 2 years ago. She is active and smart.

Today I try to persuade Xin to an audio fun teaching,which I presume as a interesting and interactive method teaching.

I give her a preschool fun activities RHYMES and she can read and even sing along.

After that I persuade her to watch Do Re Mi video clip with Julie Andrew playing guitar and sing along with the children. She really likes the sound of music and movie actions.

After that she intends to finish all the activities in the book including complete the alphabet series, fill in the blank, colour the small letters to spell the specific words,join the dots by connecting the numbers in ascending sequence to reveal the pictures etc.

 

陪小芯吃晚餐

         今天傍晚，小芯放学由我载回家。 

 

途中，她向阿嫲声明要到锅宝宝吃晚餐。我们就顺从她的意愿。 

 

她吃的食物都是平时的菜单，茶水自己料理。 

 

两大一小的火锅餐不消半小时就顺利解决了。 

有个性的小妮

     我家这个小妮很有个性，凡事都有自己的意见，而且不随便听取别人的意见或建议。她要定的东西或食物，非听从她不可，否则一开始就掉眼泪，再来大哭一场，接着再不得逞就大闹一场——这种情况不是没有因由，说来话长。 

文书处理

 昨天在麻坡通过Tiktok偶然发现文书处理可以在网上找到，而且是免费的。

下午回到家里，我迫不及待上网即刻就找到了！这下。我可以不必在找电脑公司reformat了！

【天黑得很慢】 【天黑得很慢】是茅盾文學獎得主周大新最近出版最新長篇小說，敏感關切老齡化社會龐大人群的湧動，以及他們複雜隱曲的心境。 文中寫道：.... 許多老人說來什麼都懂，其實他們是對老年一無所知的孩子。很多老人並沒有做好面對老年這一段路的準備。 人從60歲進入老境，到天完全黑下來，這段時間裡有些風景應該被記住。記住了，就會心中有數，不會慌張。 第一種風景，是陪伴身邊的人越來越少。父輩、祖輩的親人大都已離你而去；同輩多已自顧不暇；晚輩都有自己的事情忙碌，即便妻子或丈夫也有可能提前撤走，陪伴你的，只有空蕩蕩的日子。你必須學會獨自生活和品嚐與面對孤獨。 第二種風景，是社會的關注度會越來越小。不管以前事業曾怎樣輝煌，人如何有名氣，衰老都會讓你變成普通老頭和老太太，聚光燈不再照著，你得學會安靜地呆在一角，去欣賞後來者的熱鬧和風光，而不能且需要克服忌妒和抱怨作祟。 第三種風景，是前行路上險情不斷。骨折、心腦血管堵塞、腦萎縮、癌症等，都可能來拜訪你，想不接待都不行。你得學會與疾病共處，帶病生活，視病如友，不要再幻想身無一點疾病的安穩日子。保持良好心態，適當的運動，是你的任務，你得勉勵自己不斷努力。 第四種風景，是準備到床上生活，重新返回幼年狀態。母親最初把我們帶來人世，是在床上；經過一生艱難曲折的奮鬥，最終還要回到人生原點———床，去接受別人的照料。所不同的是，我們來時有母親照料，我們準備走時，不一定有親人照料。即使有親人，有的也遠不如母親。更多的可能是面帶微笑心裡厭煩的無親無故的護理人員。你得低調，甚至你得感恩。第五種風景，是沿途的騙子很多。很多騙子都知道老人們口袋裡有些積蓄，於是想盡辦法要把錢騙走，打電話、發簡訊、來郵件，試吃、試用、試聽，快富法、延壽品、開光式，總之，一心想把錢掏空。對此得提高警惕，捂緊錢包，別輕易上當，把錢花在刀刃上。 第六種風景，就是要善待你的老伴，說話處處要溫柔體貼，多關心對方，特別是你的丈夫，他是你人生的最後一筆存款，年過60歲了，指望兒女不行，孩子有自己的家庭，最後還是老夫妻相依為命。這把年紀了誰也不會再變心，只有怕失去對方。 天黑之前，人生最後一段路途的光線會逐漸變暗且越來越暗，自然增加了難走的程度。因此，60歲以後更要看透人生，盡情珍惜、享受人生，不要再去包纜社會、包攬子孫的鎖事。更不要自以為是，以老賣老，說起話來居高臨下，既傷人，又傷自己。人老了更要懂得尊重。同時，更要理解、看淡這最後的日子，做些心理準備，道法自然，泰然處之！ 【天黑得很慢】把老年人的人生的晚景說得非常透徹，句句擲地有聲，說到老人的心坎裡了！請大家轉發給自己的老同學、老同事、老戰友，共同安排好人生的最後一站。😊😊

”何止於米，相期以茶”。看完下文，才了解這八个字的含意，是我們共同追求的目标。“何止于米，相期以茶”是馮友兰先生的作品，是文人對高寿的雅稱。“米”字暗含八十八，故米壽為88歲；而“茶”則是八十八上再加廿，茶壽即108歲。米是形而下求溫飽，尚留物質層面；茶則是形而上的精神層面，因此，從米壽到茶壽也是從物質層面到精神層面的昇華。故“何止于米，相期以茶”是對長者的期許，老了不止要豐衣足食，而且相約一起走向更高的精神境界。長壽是目的之一，通達自在更是真諦！祝老朋友、老同学们：“何止于米，相期以茶”。诸位，此文甚好，故转发。

春寒料峭谈中美关系

 

前天，美国总统拜登在加拿大众议院发表演说，白宫实录显示他又一次口误，竟然说“为中国的进步而鼓掌”，事实是他为加拿大在这段俄乌战争期间与美国双方共同合作解决了移民合法的途径，稍后他改口说要为加拿大的收容难民努力而鼓掌，随后他坦白说：“你们都知道我在想中国”。可见美国总统在公开挺北约发动俄乌战争以来导致国内通货膨胀，除了国债已达31.4万亿，美国矽谷银行挤兑风波，美国国务卿，财长与商贸部长再三要求与中国对话不再脱售美债之外，就是针对中国的科技通讯产品——字节跳动禁止在美国使用，泱泱大国，号称民主自由的国家竟然出现这种患得患失，不就是心理上，面对另一国刚刚经过惨痛的挣扎与奋斗，韬光养晦崛起而产生“输不起”的恐惧感吗？

周受资是一名新加坡的华人企业家，现任字节跳动旗下的抖音执行长，两天前他出席美国国会听证会，针对共和党与民主党5小时的公审，为美国一亿五千万的TikTok用户而舌战群雄而一炮而红！

运笔至此，再看新加坡总理李显龙在3月17日接受中国中央电视台《高端访谈》节目，当被问到全球政治体系须要如何调整面对中国的发展时表示，他吁请各国必须接受现实，因为中国就是当年法国的君主拿破崙所说的那头沉睡的狮子，它如今已苏醒，一跃崛起，改革开放以来，声势浩大，突破美国战略盟友的围堵打压，在世界政治，经济与贸易方面的贡献有目共睹，在国际外交事务方面也逐渐调整他在世界上的位置，拥有的发言权更大，从沙地阿拉伯与伊朗的恢复和好外交关系方面，中国的有所作为的口碑驾凌堂堂的联合国，这是不容觊觎的事实，尽管美国至今还是不认为中国已崛起，可能因素是中国没有依照美国的资本主义民主政治价值观来发展国是。

当前国际局势，北大西洋公约组织在美国这军工复合体的怂恿下，早在2014年克里米亚落入俄罗斯掌控时就蠢蠢欲动，处心积力向东扩大军事势力已为俄罗斯识破！

人类命运共同体就建立在世界和平发展的基础上，各国何尝不是寄望中美两国之间关系在1972年原本中美乒乓的外交关系上，只有美国不再把中国当假想敌，世界的政治局势能够稳定下来，然后循序渐进建立互信互惠的关系，最后世界各国之间才有持续的和平与繁荣。

今生今世，我不辜负父母的期待

回忆中的二楼