The weakest and strongest point of a human being - Sympathy

I noticed this website today and thought that it is good to share with other people.
This guy uses human’s weakest point, sympathy, to earn money; and he has succeeded in earning $25,000.
Of course, this trick only works in some western countries. If he were to use this trick in any Asia country, nobody will give a damn.

This is what he has written:

Toby is the cutest little bunny on the planet. Unfortunately, he will DIE on June 30th, 2005 if you don.t help. I rescued him several months ago. I found him under my porch, soaking wet, injured from what appeared to be an attack from an alley cat. I took him in, thinking he had no chance to live from his injuries, but miraculously, he recovered. I have since spent several months nursing him to health. Toby is a fighter, that.s for sure.

Unfortunately, on June 30th, 2005, Toby will die. I am going to eat him. I am going to take Toby to a butcher to have him slaughter this cute bunny. I will then prepare Toby for a midsummer feast. I have several recipes under consideration, which can be seen, with some pretty graphic images, under the recipe section.

I don’t want to eat Toby, he is my friend, and he has always been the most loving, adorable pet. However, God as my witness, I will devour this little guy unless I receive 50,000$ USD into my account from donations or purchase of merchandise. You can help this poor, helpless bunny’s cause by making donations through my verified PayPal account by clicking on any of the Donate buttons on this site, or by purchasing merchandise at the Savetoby.com online store.

Visit http://www.savetoby.com/ to know more but please don’t fall into his trick.

London - 11th April 2005 Monday - WEEK 28 - Senior Farewell party and Ultimate Frisbee

British weather was unexpected as usual. It could get to 18 degree-Celsius on one day and dropped to 0 on another. The weather today was extraordinary good.

It was a warm and sunny day which everyone has been long awaiting.

Today was a very special day. We had a farewell party for the 4th year seniors in the Kensington Garden, a garden together with Hyde Park are called 'The Lung' of London. Squirrels, ducks, varieties of birds and even seagulls roam across the park. The garden was exceptionally beautiful today because of the good weather. It is spring now and flowers are blooming all over.

The farewell party was nothing more than a picnic gathering. Everyone had to pay 3 pounds for the food. The food was made by the new Malaysian Society Committee members.

Sausages, chicken wings, fried rice and mee were very tasty especially when you were hungry.

After filling up my stomach, I learnt to play a new game called Frisbee. A Frisbee is a round disc that can fly very far if you throw it well. At first, I thought throwing a disc was pretty easy but not after I tried it myself. It was very easy to 'throw it' and it would spin ungracefully for a short distance before it landed like China Airlines. After some practises, I managed to fly the Frisbee for quite a long distance stably.

It sounded easy, but when you actually did that yourself, you would know its difficulty.

After that, we played a game called Ultimate Frisbee. It is a combination of soccer, net-ball, rugby and basketball, with the ball swapped with the Frisbee of course. It is a game that required stamina, agility and some intelligence. If you are interested to know more about this game, have a look at this website - http://www.whatisultimate.com/what/what_game_en.html.

Time really flies when playing games. Due to the longer daylight during spring, I could play longer before the sunset. Without realizing how fast the time passed, we played until 7.30pm. After that, due to the fact that I have not been exercising for almost a month, my whole body was aching. I staggered to my bicycle in the college and cycled home.

In the night, I could hardly move. With great determination, I managed to totter to the kitchen and cooked for myself a delicious dinner.

With great satisfaction, I went to my sweet little single size bed and slept until 12 the next afternoon, completely disobeyed my well-planned timetable for the holiday.

 

Blogging software

I am using BlogJet to post and publish to this blog.
But its ftp feature is quite funny; it doesn’t allow me to put my files to other directory except the root.
I have no idea at all what is happening.

DaveCKW

Google Lunar Base

Google is a well known search engine in the cyberspace. Starting as a small research project in the University of Stanford, until becoming the world largest search company and offering a email service Gmail with more than 2GB of space, the word "G" has reached the mind of many.
However, the "G" ambition is no where reaching its limit. Google is planning to build a lunar base on our natural satelite. From capturing every TV programme in our planet, to recording the messages that were delivered by other intelligent beings from other planetery systems, Google intends to expand its information database to a whole new era.

Besides its searches business, Google trys to answer the following questions...

• Exactly how far does the Worldwide web extend? Can it become an interplanetary utility? If so, will it replace Water Works on Monopoly®?
• What are the likely effects of link attenuation over extreme distances? Is there a limit to link strength, or is it infinitely extensible like bubble gum that gets stuck to the bottom of your shoe?
• What happens to PageRank in the proximity of a black hole? Is there distortion that might result in link relevancy reduction or popularity warping? Could this somehow be harnessed to generate more dates for engineers?
• Does spam go on forever?

If you are interested in working on the moon, contact lunarjobs@google.com.

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age by April 1, 2007 and have proof of earth residency. Google is an equal opportunity employer.

For more information on the Lunar Base visit http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html

Jason Mok - Love's perspective

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were
sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her
hand with some water and held it before me, and said this: "You see
this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love." This
was how I saw it:

As long as you keep your hand caring open and allow it to remain
there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your
fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first
cracks it find. This is the greatest mistake that people do when they
meet love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and
just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve
from you. For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature.
If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings.

Give and don't expect.
Advise, but don't order.
Ask, but never demand.

It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to
truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it,
you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and
yet an unconditional caring." Passing thought...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take; but by the
moments that take our breath away.....

My friend, Care for your love, as he/she is your life partner and
especially a human being, Don't treat them like an asset as what to do
& what not to do. Instead make them understand what's good and what's
bad for them and make them realize the facts.

Enjoy your love and make them feel special about you.

JasonMok