I can finally send emails and blog and do the normal stuffs I do when I go online. Cheers!! Ok, I know I'm damn loser, posting something everyday, but I'm really damn bored lor! Sorry, I can't help it lah. And yes, current status is still jobless.
Woke up at 11 this morning. Amazing huh, received a morning call from a hum sup ah pak from AFF. Thanks ah pak who broke my horrible sleeping pattern. But I guess I just wasn't used to the morning sun, I got this horrendous giddy spell that makes my head goes dum did dum for the whole day.
Everyday raining like freakily crazily, don’t feel like going for interview. Yaya, im jobless, penniless, and brainless *snort*. Thanks to my own laziness. Altho i'm jobless at the moment, thus i have a SHIT load of time on my hands, and i can again waste my life away on the Internet like the good old days :) Zillion thanks to the person who invented internet.
Taaa !!
May 30, 2008
May 29, 2008
Shop-a-holic
I’ve been living in denial….in the shopaholics subdivision.
Yes, I’m Lynette da Pig and I’m a Shopaholic.
I always referred to it as having a shopping habit, but it’s pretty much an addiction
Question : What kind of addiction?
Answer : Compulsive Shopping Disorder ??!!!!
For sure, im nt tat serious yet *evil grins*
Well, I’m just a little bit of a shopaholic only *Just a LITTLE, yeap, LITTLE*
Well, Sometimes I just couldn’t control.
Its like im counter striking with the uncontrollable shopping urges
I'M a SHOP SHOP TIL I DROP DROP person
I really hope that I can turned shopping into my main occupation *evil grins*
My biggest extravagance is probably clothes and shoes.
(AaaaRrrrGGggg~~)
I just couldn’t live without them
Yes, I’m Lynette da Pig and I’m a Shopaholic.
I always referred to it as having a shopping habit, but it’s pretty much an addiction
Question : What kind of addiction?
Answer : Compulsive Shopping Disorder ??!!!!
For sure, im nt tat serious yet *evil grins*
Well, I’m just a little bit of a shopaholic only *Just a LITTLE, yeap, LITTLE*
Well, Sometimes I just couldn’t control.
Its like im counter striking with the uncontrollable shopping urges
I'M a SHOP SHOP TIL I DROP DROP person
I really hope that I can turned shopping into my main occupation *evil grins*
My biggest extravagance is probably clothes and shoes.
(AaaaRrrrGGggg~~)
I just couldn’t live without them
So, in order for me to SHOP more, I’m raiding off my closet and sell it online *winkz*
I just started up yesterday
It turns out well, real well, which I didn’t expected
Hurray !! So from now on.. I can even SHOP more and more
*snort*
May 27, 2008
Family or Love ?
As humans, we have the unique ability to make choices in almost all aspects of our lives, and while this may sound like a good thing, it can also be one of the hardest things we have to do!
Choosing between love and family, it should seem easy right wrong. That's when that whole saying blood is thicker than water comes in to play. Some people belief that there is no option, Family first. Your love is not more worthy than your family love. But not everyone agrees on this statement.
I’m always wondering how mystical is love really? Sought after, capable of sending us to emotional extremes from abysmal misery to irrepressible joy, love is often perceived as a force beyond mortal control. Is it as dumb, blind or arbitrary as we often think, and are we subject to its whims? Or do we actually choose carefully, if not always wisely, the partners we do? But when someone is madly in love, they made dumb mistakes, which are what young love does.
But if it was me, I’ll choose my family. In fact loves come & go, but family is forever. Whatever happens we will go to different ways in the future, and will be more individualistic. Your loves one may leave you for what ever reason but family? They will always stay by your side, support you and bring happiness to you. If one gone can you find any random person to replace them? That's my answer.
I know that we couldn’t say anything at this moment because you’re just not listening, you’re just too involved and "in love" with your "so-called current boyfriend" and you definitely need some time out for yourself to think things over. Think about it. Is this really worth putting your family (physical and mental) on the line? Eventually, you sound like a selfish brat although you’re highly educated person. I just realized that once people who are truly, madly, deeply in love; they can just speak out without thinking. What I can say is mind your words; think twice before you said anything. You’re not hurting your own self but your family. You really sound more like an “Ah Lian”. Stop comparing if you still acted naively, comparing wrongly hurts you but comparing rightfully helps you. Stop creating and fake it, starts learning and find out more about your love one is the key of happiness, laugher and joy.
As conclusion, you’re in ecstasy. “We’re disappointed that you are doing this”. You’re tearing your family apart. You are potentially setting yourself up for a whole lot of hurt here (not to mention STD’s!). I wish you the best of luck in believing his the guy who will love, respect and treat you right.
Remember !! A wise person would be the one who would be able to convince the family and love. Remember, family is always there for you, and your love may move on unless it's a part of family too. People should understand that if they prove themselves to be wise enough, their parents would definitely respect their decision with love. Parents are just always worried about the choices we make cos they believe we could go wrong in our decisions. A family is not just a bunch of people living together. It's a miniature culture, an area where you can find the missing parts of yourself. Giving up family is not a joke. Who are the people you think that would be most proud of your achievements? Your parents off course! In no conditions should you put them in the set of choices.
Choosing between love and family, it should seem easy right wrong. That's when that whole saying blood is thicker than water comes in to play. Some people belief that there is no option, Family first. Your love is not more worthy than your family love. But not everyone agrees on this statement.
I’m always wondering how mystical is love really? Sought after, capable of sending us to emotional extremes from abysmal misery to irrepressible joy, love is often perceived as a force beyond mortal control. Is it as dumb, blind or arbitrary as we often think, and are we subject to its whims? Or do we actually choose carefully, if not always wisely, the partners we do? But when someone is madly in love, they made dumb mistakes, which are what young love does.
But if it was me, I’ll choose my family. In fact loves come & go, but family is forever. Whatever happens we will go to different ways in the future, and will be more individualistic. Your loves one may leave you for what ever reason but family? They will always stay by your side, support you and bring happiness to you. If one gone can you find any random person to replace them? That's my answer.
I know that we couldn’t say anything at this moment because you’re just not listening, you’re just too involved and "in love" with your "so-called current boyfriend" and you definitely need some time out for yourself to think things over. Think about it. Is this really worth putting your family (physical and mental) on the line? Eventually, you sound like a selfish brat although you’re highly educated person. I just realized that once people who are truly, madly, deeply in love; they can just speak out without thinking. What I can say is mind your words; think twice before you said anything. You’re not hurting your own self but your family. You really sound more like an “Ah Lian”. Stop comparing if you still acted naively, comparing wrongly hurts you but comparing rightfully helps you. Stop creating and fake it, starts learning and find out more about your love one is the key of happiness, laugher and joy.
As conclusion, you’re in ecstasy. “We’re disappointed that you are doing this”. You’re tearing your family apart. You are potentially setting yourself up for a whole lot of hurt here (not to mention STD’s!). I wish you the best of luck in believing his the guy who will love, respect and treat you right.
Remember !! A wise person would be the one who would be able to convince the family and love. Remember, family is always there for you, and your love may move on unless it's a part of family too. People should understand that if they prove themselves to be wise enough, their parents would definitely respect their decision with love. Parents are just always worried about the choices we make cos they believe we could go wrong in our decisions. A family is not just a bunch of people living together. It's a miniature culture, an area where you can find the missing parts of yourself. Giving up family is not a joke. Who are the people you think that would be most proud of your achievements? Your parents off course! In no conditions should you put them in the set of choices.
May 23, 2008
Top 50 Things To Do To Stop Global Warming
Global Warming is a dramatically urgent and serious problem. We don't need to wait for governments to find a solution for this problem: each individual can bring an important help adopting a more responsible lifestyle: starting from little, everyday things. It's the only reasonable way to save our planet, before it is too late.
Here is a list of 50 simple things that everyone can do in order to fight against and reduce the Global Warming phenomenon: some of these ideas are at no cost, some other require a little effort or investment but can help you save a lot of money, in the middle-long term!
1. Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl) .CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb. This simple switch will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
2. Install a programmable thermostat. Programmable thermostats will automatically lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise them again in the morning. They can save you $100 a year on your energy bill.
3. Move your thermostat down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer. Almost half of the energy we use in our homes goes to heating and cooling. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.
4. Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner. Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
5. Choose energy efficient appliances when making new purchases. Look for the Energy Star label on new appliances to choose the most energy efficient products available.
6. Do not leave appliances on standby. Use the "on/off" function on the machine itself. A TV set that's switched on for 3 hours a day (the average time Europeans spend watching TV) and in standby mode during the remaining 21 hours uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.
7. Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket. You’ll save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple action. You can save another 550 pounds per year by setting the thermostat no higher than 50°C.
8. Move your fridge and freezer. Placing them next to the cooker or boiler consumes much more energy than if they were standing on their own. For example, if you put them in a hot cellar room where the room temperature is 30-35ºC, energy use is almost double and causes an extra 160kg of CO2 emissions for fridges per year and 320kg for freezers.
9. Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly. Even better is to replace them with newer models, which all have automatic defrost cycles and are generally up to two times more energy-efficient than their predecessors.
10. Don't let heat escape from your house over a long period. When airing your house, open the windows for only a few minutes. If you leave a small opening all day long, the energy needed to keep it warm inside during six cold months (10ºC or less outside temperature) would result in almost 1 ton of CO2 emissions.
11. Replace your old single-glazed windows with double-glazing. This requires a bit of upfront investment, but will halve the energy lost through windows and pay off in the long term. If you go for the best the market has to offer (wooden-framed double-glazed units with low-emission glass and filled with argon gas), you can even save more than 70% of the energy lost.
12. Get a home energy audit. Many utilities offer free home energy audits to find where your home is poorly insulated or energy inefficient. You can save up to 30% off your energy bill and 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Energy Star can help you find an energy specialist.
13. Cover your pots while cooking. Doing so can save a lot of the energy needed for preparing the dish. Even better are pressure cookers and steamers: they can save around 70%!
14. Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when they are full. If you need to use it when it is half full, then use the half-load or economy setting. There is also no need to set the temperatures high. Nowadays detergents are so efficient that they get your clothes and dishes clean at low temperatures.
15. Take a shower instead of a bath. A shower takes up to four times less energy than a bath. To maximise the energy saving, avoid power showers and use low-flow showerheads, which are cheap and provide the same comfort.
16. Use less hot water. It takes a lot of energy to heat water. You can use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year) instead of hot.
17. Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible. You can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide when you air dry your clothes for 6 months out of the year.
18. Insulate and weatherize your home. Properly insulating your walls and ceilings can save 25% of your home heating bill and 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Caulking and weather-stripping can save another 1,700 pounds per year. Energy Efficient has more information on how to better insulate your home.
19. Be sure you’re recycling at home. You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates.
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21. Buy intelligently. One bottle of 1.5l requires less energy and produces less waste than three bottles of 0.5l. As well, buy recycled paper products: it takes less 70 to 90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide.
22. Choose products that come with little packaging and buy refills when you can. You will also cut down on waste production and energy use... another help against global warming.
23. Reuse your shopping bag. When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil.
24. Reduce waste. Most products we buy cause greenhouse gas emissions in one or another way, e.g. during production and distribution. By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes.
25. Plant a tree. A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%. The Arbor Day Foundation has information on planting and provides trees you can plant with membership.
26. Switch to green power. In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar. In some of these, you can even get refunds by government if you choose to switch to a clean energy producer, and you can also earn money by selling the energy you produce and don't use for yourself.
27. Buy locally grown and produced foods. The average meal in the United States travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will save fuel and keep money in your community.
28. Buy fresh foods instead of frozen. Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.
29. Seek out and support local farmers markets. They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport the food to you by one fifth. Seek farmer’s markets in your area, and go for them.
30. Buy organic foods as much as possible. Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. If we grew all of our corn and soybeans organically, we’d remove 580 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!
31. Eat less meat. Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas and cows are one of the greatest methane emitters. Their grassy diet and multiple stomachs cause them to produce methane, which they exhale with every breath.
32. Reduce the number of miles you drive by walking, biking, carpooling or taking mass transit wherever possible. Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year! Look for transit options in your area.
33. Start a carpool with your coworkers or classmates. Sharing a ride with someone just 2 days a week will reduce your carbon dioxide emissions by 1,590 pounds a year. eRideShare.com runs a free service connecting north american commuters and travelers.
34. Don't leave an empty roof rack on your car. This can increase fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 10% due to wind resistance and the extra weight - removing it is a better idea.
35. Keep your car tuned up. Regular maintenance helps improve fuel efficiency and reduces emissions. When just 1% of car owners properly maintain their cars, nearly a billion pounds of carbon dioxide are kept out of the atmosphere.
36. Drive carefully and do not waste fuel. You can reduce CO2 emissions by readjusting your driving style. Choose proper gears, do not abuse the gas pedal, use the engine brake instead of the pedal brake when possible and turn off your engine when your vehicle is motionless for more than one minute. By readjusting your driving style you can save money on both fuel and car maintenance.
37. Check your tires weekly to make sure they’re properly inflated. Proper tire inflation can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Since every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, every increase in fuel efficiency makes a difference!
38. When it is time for a new car, choose a more fuel efficient vehicle. You can save 3,000 pounds of carbon dioxide every year if your new car gets only 3 miles per gallon more than your current one. You can get up to 60 miles per gallon with a hybrid! You can find information on fuel efficiency on FuelEconomy and on GreenCars websites.
39. Try car sharing. Need a car but don’t want to buy one? Community car sharing organizations provide access to a car and your membership fee covers gas, maintenance and insurance. Many companies – such as Flexcar - offer low emission or hybrid cars too! Also, see ZipCar.
40. Try telecommuting from home. Telecommuting can help you drastically reduce the number of miles you drive every week. For more information, check out the Telework Coalition. (E.g: Skype)
41. Fly less. Air travel produces large amounts of emissions so reducing how much you fly by even one or two trips a year can reduce your emissions significantly. You can also offset your air travel carbon emissions by investingin renewable energy projects.
42. Encourage your school or business to reduce emissions. You can extend your positive influence on global warming well beyond your home by actively encouraging other to take action.
43. Join the virtual march. The Stop Global Warming Virtual March is a non-political effort to bring people concerned about global warming together in one place. Add your voice to the hundreds of thousands of other people urging action on this issue.
44. Encourage the switch to renewable energy. Successfully combating global warming requires a national transition to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass. These technologies are ready to be deployed more widely but there are regulatory barriers impeding them. earth citizens, take action to break down those barriers with Vote Solar.
45. Protect and conserve forest worldwide. Forests play a critial role in global warming: they store carbon. When forests are burned or cut down, their stored carbon is release into the atmosphere - deforestation now accounts for about 20% of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Conservation International has more information on saving forests from global warming.
46. Consider the impact of your investments. If you invest your money, you should consider the impact that your investments and savings will have on global warming. Check out SocialInvest and Ceres to can learn more about how to ensure your money is being invested in companies, products and projects that address issues related to climate change.
47. Make your city cool. Cities and states around the country have taken action to stop global warming by passing innovative transportation and energy saving legislation.
48. Tell the Congress to act. Should set a firm limit on carbon dioxide emissions and then use free market incentives to lower costs, promote efficiency and spur innovation. Tell your representative to support it.
49. Make sure your voice is heard. We must have a stronger commitment from our government in order to stop global warming and implement solutions and such a commitment won’t come without a dramatic increase in citizen lobbying for new laws with teeth. Make sure your voice is heard by voting!
50. Share this list!. Send this page via e-mail to your friends! Spread this list worldwide and help people doing their part: the more people you will manage to enlighten, the greater YOUR help to save the planet will be (but please take action on first person too)!
Thank you.
Here is a list of 50 simple things that everyone can do in order to fight against and reduce the Global Warming phenomenon: some of these ideas are at no cost, some other require a little effort or investment but can help you save a lot of money, in the middle-long term!
1. Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl) .CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb. This simple switch will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
2. Install a programmable thermostat. Programmable thermostats will automatically lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise them again in the morning. They can save you $100 a year on your energy bill.
3. Move your thermostat down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer. Almost half of the energy we use in our homes goes to heating and cooling. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.
4. Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner. Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
5. Choose energy efficient appliances when making new purchases. Look for the Energy Star label on new appliances to choose the most energy efficient products available.
6. Do not leave appliances on standby. Use the "on/off" function on the machine itself. A TV set that's switched on for 3 hours a day (the average time Europeans spend watching TV) and in standby mode during the remaining 21 hours uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.
7. Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket. You’ll save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple action. You can save another 550 pounds per year by setting the thermostat no higher than 50°C.
8. Move your fridge and freezer. Placing them next to the cooker or boiler consumes much more energy than if they were standing on their own. For example, if you put them in a hot cellar room where the room temperature is 30-35ºC, energy use is almost double and causes an extra 160kg of CO2 emissions for fridges per year and 320kg for freezers.
9. Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly. Even better is to replace them with newer models, which all have automatic defrost cycles and are generally up to two times more energy-efficient than their predecessors.
10. Don't let heat escape from your house over a long period. When airing your house, open the windows for only a few minutes. If you leave a small opening all day long, the energy needed to keep it warm inside during six cold months (10ºC or less outside temperature) would result in almost 1 ton of CO2 emissions.
11. Replace your old single-glazed windows with double-glazing. This requires a bit of upfront investment, but will halve the energy lost through windows and pay off in the long term. If you go for the best the market has to offer (wooden-framed double-glazed units with low-emission glass and filled with argon gas), you can even save more than 70% of the energy lost.
12. Get a home energy audit. Many utilities offer free home energy audits to find where your home is poorly insulated or energy inefficient. You can save up to 30% off your energy bill and 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Energy Star can help you find an energy specialist.
13. Cover your pots while cooking. Doing so can save a lot of the energy needed for preparing the dish. Even better are pressure cookers and steamers: they can save around 70%!
14. Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when they are full. If you need to use it when it is half full, then use the half-load or economy setting. There is also no need to set the temperatures high. Nowadays detergents are so efficient that they get your clothes and dishes clean at low temperatures.
15. Take a shower instead of a bath. A shower takes up to four times less energy than a bath. To maximise the energy saving, avoid power showers and use low-flow showerheads, which are cheap and provide the same comfort.
16. Use less hot water. It takes a lot of energy to heat water. You can use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year) instead of hot.
17. Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible. You can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide when you air dry your clothes for 6 months out of the year.
18. Insulate and weatherize your home. Properly insulating your walls and ceilings can save 25% of your home heating bill and 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Caulking and weather-stripping can save another 1,700 pounds per year. Energy Efficient has more information on how to better insulate your home.
19. Be sure you’re recycling at home. You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates.
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21. Buy intelligently. One bottle of 1.5l requires less energy and produces less waste than three bottles of 0.5l. As well, buy recycled paper products: it takes less 70 to 90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide.
22. Choose products that come with little packaging and buy refills when you can. You will also cut down on waste production and energy use... another help against global warming.
23. Reuse your shopping bag. When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil.
24. Reduce waste. Most products we buy cause greenhouse gas emissions in one or another way, e.g. during production and distribution. By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes.
25. Plant a tree. A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%. The Arbor Day Foundation has information on planting and provides trees you can plant with membership.
26. Switch to green power. In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar. In some of these, you can even get refunds by government if you choose to switch to a clean energy producer, and you can also earn money by selling the energy you produce and don't use for yourself.
27. Buy locally grown and produced foods. The average meal in the United States travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will save fuel and keep money in your community.
28. Buy fresh foods instead of frozen. Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.
29. Seek out and support local farmers markets. They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport the food to you by one fifth. Seek farmer’s markets in your area, and go for them.
30. Buy organic foods as much as possible. Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. If we grew all of our corn and soybeans organically, we’d remove 580 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!
31. Eat less meat. Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas and cows are one of the greatest methane emitters. Their grassy diet and multiple stomachs cause them to produce methane, which they exhale with every breath.
32. Reduce the number of miles you drive by walking, biking, carpooling or taking mass transit wherever possible. Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year! Look for transit options in your area.
33. Start a carpool with your coworkers or classmates. Sharing a ride with someone just 2 days a week will reduce your carbon dioxide emissions by 1,590 pounds a year. eRideShare.com runs a free service connecting north american commuters and travelers.
34. Don't leave an empty roof rack on your car. This can increase fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 10% due to wind resistance and the extra weight - removing it is a better idea.
35. Keep your car tuned up. Regular maintenance helps improve fuel efficiency and reduces emissions. When just 1% of car owners properly maintain their cars, nearly a billion pounds of carbon dioxide are kept out of the atmosphere.
36. Drive carefully and do not waste fuel. You can reduce CO2 emissions by readjusting your driving style. Choose proper gears, do not abuse the gas pedal, use the engine brake instead of the pedal brake when possible and turn off your engine when your vehicle is motionless for more than one minute. By readjusting your driving style you can save money on both fuel and car maintenance.
37. Check your tires weekly to make sure they’re properly inflated. Proper tire inflation can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Since every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, every increase in fuel efficiency makes a difference!
38. When it is time for a new car, choose a more fuel efficient vehicle. You can save 3,000 pounds of carbon dioxide every year if your new car gets only 3 miles per gallon more than your current one. You can get up to 60 miles per gallon with a hybrid! You can find information on fuel efficiency on FuelEconomy and on GreenCars websites.
39. Try car sharing. Need a car but don’t want to buy one? Community car sharing organizations provide access to a car and your membership fee covers gas, maintenance and insurance. Many companies – such as Flexcar - offer low emission or hybrid cars too! Also, see ZipCar.
40. Try telecommuting from home. Telecommuting can help you drastically reduce the number of miles you drive every week. For more information, check out the Telework Coalition. (E.g: Skype)
41. Fly less. Air travel produces large amounts of emissions so reducing how much you fly by even one or two trips a year can reduce your emissions significantly. You can also offset your air travel carbon emissions by investingin renewable energy projects.
42. Encourage your school or business to reduce emissions. You can extend your positive influence on global warming well beyond your home by actively encouraging other to take action.
43. Join the virtual march. The Stop Global Warming Virtual March is a non-political effort to bring people concerned about global warming together in one place. Add your voice to the hundreds of thousands of other people urging action on this issue.
44. Encourage the switch to renewable energy. Successfully combating global warming requires a national transition to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass. These technologies are ready to be deployed more widely but there are regulatory barriers impeding them. earth citizens, take action to break down those barriers with Vote Solar.
45. Protect and conserve forest worldwide. Forests play a critial role in global warming: they store carbon. When forests are burned or cut down, their stored carbon is release into the atmosphere - deforestation now accounts for about 20% of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Conservation International has more information on saving forests from global warming.
46. Consider the impact of your investments. If you invest your money, you should consider the impact that your investments and savings will have on global warming. Check out SocialInvest and Ceres to can learn more about how to ensure your money is being invested in companies, products and projects that address issues related to climate change.
47. Make your city cool. Cities and states around the country have taken action to stop global warming by passing innovative transportation and energy saving legislation.
48. Tell the Congress to act. Should set a firm limit on carbon dioxide emissions and then use free market incentives to lower costs, promote efficiency and spur innovation. Tell your representative to support it.
49. Make sure your voice is heard. We must have a stronger commitment from our government in order to stop global warming and implement solutions and such a commitment won’t come without a dramatic increase in citizen lobbying for new laws with teeth. Make sure your voice is heard by voting!
50. Share this list!. Send this page via e-mail to your friends! Spread this list worldwide and help people doing their part: the more people you will manage to enlighten, the greater YOUR help to save the planet will be (but please take action on first person too)!
Thank you.
May 22, 2008
Healthy Lifestyle
Desire a healthy lifestyle ? Then you must watch this !!
owhmyfarkingarse, this is so freaking hilarious
owhmyfarkingarse, this is so freaking hilarious
May 20, 2008
Mega Disastrous Earthquakes
The day of the earthquake
It was a day of blood and tears
Just wanted to take a minute to mention the China earthquake, which, no doubt, everyone has heard about. Its sad to see the increasing number of casualties and the tragic scenes of the disaster areas. No one can predict the occurrence of the earthquake. A sudden earthquake has ruined the lives of many, destroyed countless families, not to mention the destruction of buildings.
It’s heartwarming to know that China is doing what they have promised, not being adamant in their old conservative way of handling politics and accepted help offered by Japan, Russia, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia till date. As compared to the foolishness and hegemony of the Myanmar military government in coping with the cyclone disaster, it showed the different levels of the sense of responsibility and humanity of the two governments.
An offer of help poured from all over the world proves that this 50,000-estimated-casualties disaster may help each other greatly. A heavy price paid for earning sympathy, acceptance and attention in a wrong but unavoidable way.
Here is the way to help
Help the Sichuan, China Earthquake Victims / 帮助四川地震灾民
May 14, 2008 — lifeinmotion
—- DONATION WEBSITES —-
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MALAYSIA
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Send Cheques to:
Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society
Address : office at 316, Jalan Macalister, 10460 Penang
Direct Online Bank TT to :
Maybank account 507013126489
Public Bank account 3102212517
Or Bank In cheques to:
Maybank account 507013126489 at 9, Union Street
Public Bank account 3102212517 at 87, Lebuh Bishop.
FOR YAYASAN SIN CHEW, send/Direct Bank In cheques to:
YAYASAN SIN CHEW
2-12479-00043019 (RHB Bank)
or send to 星洲日报总社义款部 19, Jalan Semagat, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
For ME,
u can TT money to my bank account by providing me ur donation amount, Name, Tel No, Address.
LKK Malaysia will send the money to Hong Kong LKK for donations, HK LKK are donating F&B to Sichuan.
PM me for my bank account if u wish to donate tru me.
thank you
World Vision Malaysia (Contributions to World Vision Malaysia are not tax deductible)
For updates, please visit: http://www.wvasiapacific.org/
To contribute, please click to download PDF form or JPEG form.
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INTERNATIONAL
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To donate directly to a Chinese Non-profit, a good choice is Jet Li’s One Foundation. Jet Li is an ambassador for the Red Cross Society of China. His fund, as of 4/15/2008, has raised RMB 10,677,267 ($6,590/RMB 46,130 from Paypal donations)
http://www.one-foundation.com/html/cn/beneficence_01.htm
Click on the “paypal” button
The site is in Chinese only, but I have read it. One key point to know about your donation there:
1. The FULL amount of your donation will be transferred to the Red Cross Society of China.
The website provides full transparency on how its funds are distributed.
http://www.one-foundation.com/html/02/n-102.html
I Googled the foundation and found quite a bit of press coverage, so I felt comfortable posting it as a donation destination.
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U.S.
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FINALLY! You can now donate directly to the American Red Cross China Relief fund. The link is provided below, before you donate, please read the paragraphs regarding fund use:
https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation....donation=form1
Additional information regarding relief efforts by the American Red Cross is provided here
http://www.redcross.org/news/in/profiles/I...Earthquake.html
A recent post in this group mentions the possibility that donations to the American Red Cross does not fully transfer over to the Red Cross Society of China. I am attempting to reach the local director of the Red Cross in my area for a clarification on the exact use of fund for everyone, but probably won’t get an answer until tomorrow afternoon.
If anyone has any clarification on the matter please let everyone know ASAP.
All this being said, ARC does have a four star rating from Charity Navigator for its effective use of donations. http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/...d/2/cpid/43.htm
And your donation will be used specifically for the Chinese Relief effort.
However, your donation maybe be put to best use by directly wiring money to the Red Cross Society of China (listed in the CHINA section) or through Jet Li’s One Foundation (listed in the INTERNATIONAL section) rather than the American Red Cross.
More updates to come.
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CHINA
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Directly wiring your donation to Chinese banks is possible:
Account name: Red Cross Society of China
开户单位：中国红十字会总会
RMB Donations:
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China:
人民币开户行: 中国工商银行 北京分行东四南支行
人民币账号: 0200001009014413252
Foreign Current Donations:
CITIC Bank branch:
外币开户行：中信银行酒仙桥支行
外币账号: 7112111482600000209
Hotline: (8610) 65139999
Online donations:
Red Cross Society of China website: www.redcross.org.cn
中国红十字基金会同时也接受社会各界捐赠：
http://www.crcf.org.cn/donationol/donation.asp
Thank you Clare Gu for the notification!
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HONG KONG
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Online donation for Hong Kong Credit Card Holders
Hong Kong Red Cross:
Thank you Fan Zhang!
https://www.redcross.org.hk/donation/user_d...on.asp?langId=2
http://www.worldvision.org.hk/eng/appeal/S...er_frame_e.html
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CANADA
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Allows online donors to direct their funds to the China Earthquake Relief effort
https://www.paypaq.com/redcross/new/index.php
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U.K.
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Direct donations to the Chinese Earthquake Effort via Online Payment has been posted.
Thank you Anna Judson for the notice!
http://www.redcross.org.uk/donatesection.asp?id=81125
Be it the China's earthquake, Myanmar's cyclone or the past tsunami, we will still overcome it together. Let us pray for the victims of Myanmar cyclone and China earthquake tragedies....
Realize
V1: Take time to realize,
That your warmth is
Crashing down on in.
Take time to realize,
That I am on your side
Didn't I, Didn't I tell you.
But I can't spell it out for you,
No it's never gonna be that simple
No I cant spell it out for you
C: If you just realize what I just realized,
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and will never find another
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we'd never have to wonder if
we missed out on each other now.
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Oh-oh I'm on your side
didn't I, didn't I tell you.
Take time to realize
This all can pass you by
Didn't I tell you
But I can't spell it out for you,
no it's never gonna be that simple
no I can't spell it out for you.
C: If you just realized what I just realized
then we'd be perfect for each other
then we'd never find another
Just realized what I just realized
we'd never have to wonder if
we missed out on each other now.
V3: It's not always the same
no it's never the same if you don't feel it too.
If you meet me half way
If you would meet me half way.
It could be the same for you.
C: If you just realize what I just realized
then we'd be perfect for each other then
we'd never find another
Just realize what I just realized
we'd never have to wonder
Just realize what I just realized
If you just realize what I just realized
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missed out on each other now
missed out on each other now
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