c’est la vie

Anyone who heard about the recent news about a 7-year-old boy being chopped would feel angry. 

The boy was attacked by 2 masked strangers when he was playing in the playground with his grandma.   Obviously their parents knew what is behind. 

If there is anything unsolved between the adults, they have to bear the responsibilities by THEMSELVES rather than hurting a young, innocent, harmless boy.  Apparently they were not insane - they came with a purpose.  They did not attempt to kill the boy - but obviously wanted to convey a message to their parents.  Noticed from the media and I have got the feeling that his parents are far too calm then I would have expected.

Hope the boy will recover soon.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT THE CONTENTS ARE ALL DISAPPEARED WHEN I CLICKED SAVE?  I SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING THE BLOG TO XANGA.

We have seen a picture on Internet of a preserved dog.  I doubted if the picture is real… but what came to my mind was, if preserved dog is cruel, why preserved duck is not?

Came to another discussion with a friend about the cruelness of eating animals.  I am not a vegetarian - and in fact I am a beef lover~!!  However, the only non-veggie which I think has no emotion is perhaps seafood (well, but after watchng Nemo…). 

If we pet cats and dogs, perhaps cows and sheeps and pigs’ intelligence are not lower. 

I always give myself excuses that the sole purpose of raising these animals are for serving foods for human beings.  And they don’t feel painful when they are killed…?

Another argument, which I do not agree, is that only meat eaters can absorb and complete and balanced nutrition. 

This is like a CLONE (as in the movie The Island).  The whole purpose of making a clone is for insurance (or for redundancy).  Supposedly the clones will receive no pain when their organs are taken.  And in fact they should have lived happily during their spans of life.

Is it then cruel?

Pangkor Laut 又名幸福島。

Pangkor Laut is a privately owned island located three miles off the West Coast of Malaysia in the Straits of Malacca. Situated on this exotic island is the internationally acclaimed Pangkor Laut Resort. Although the island encompasses a total of 300 acres, only a fraction has been developed to house the Resort and its Estates while the rest is covered by lush and unspoiled two million year old rainforest.

This is the story: a girl from Hong Kong married to a wealthy man in Malaysia.  This island is a gift for this girl.  Hence it is called 幸福島. 

This is now one of the most famous resort in Malaysia and many newly-wed will go there for honeymoon.

A few of my friends are vegetarians.  In Hong Kong, I believe vegetarians do not have many choices when they are dining out.

Though I am not a vegetarian, I do not like meat very much.

Vegetable used to be cheap dishes while meat was valuable.  (we do say 大魚大肉 but won’t say 大瓜大菜) I think it’s true in most of the time but not always.

I work in a deserted area.  If we girls want to have a bowl of green salad.
Sorry.  If we are on diet and want a dish of boiled veggie.  Sorry.  The
salad that a local fast food shop offers is usually potatoes plus lots of mayonnaise.  No green leaves.

If we go to McDonalds, green salad is the very expensive one on the menu as
compared to other items.  If we buy a decent salad take away, it is usually
twice as expensive as BBQ Pork with rice.

We can keep some vegetables in our fridge.  But it perishes easily and can
usually be kept for a few days.  If I do not go to supermarket everyday, vegetables would become something  luxurious.

If you go to the supermarket, you will find that the organic salad is
sometimes as expensive as a whole chicken.

It is, really luxurious.  Especially the fresh ones.

We had some visitors from an neighbourhood country - among those some were ministers.   During lunch, someone asked me where they could buy copy watches in Hong Kong.  I was stunned and the lady told me that HK is quite famous of copy watches and handbags, so they heard. 

I admit this is not the first time.  People asked where they can buy pirated DVDs and software when they visit. 

Perhaps this is the image projected to foreigners? 

When can people telling me that HK is famous of high-rise buildings, famous of tasty food, or famous of our services?