The things that we love tell us what we are. – Saint Thomas Aquinas
Yesterday I replied to a curious e-mail letter from ”Dr Donald Anderson” at drdonaldanderson08@yahoo.com which invited a reply to drdonanderson2@aol.co.uk. Today I have his response. Apparently I could soon be very wealthy. »→
Today I received the floowing e-mail letter from drdonaldanderson08@yahoo.com:
Dear esteemed Partner,
My name is Dr Donald Anderson.I am the New Director, International remmitance department at a Security/Financial firm inEurope.Our Financial firm is of high repute with years of outstanding services to top Government Officials and MilitaryLeaders in Africa.I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on a business proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us.I seek your indulgence to reveal the details of the proposal to you, do reply through: drdonanderson2@aol.co.uk.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr Donald Anderson
To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys . . . Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which flow from them, must fall with them. – Jedediah Morse, in 1799
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Jeepney’s seventh issue, Tired of War, is now available from all Jeepney vendors in Manila.
Jeepney magazine vendors are in Park Square 1 for two weeks, on the first floor, near the Nokia shop from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Also look for vendors on Katipunan, Intramuras and UP.
If you’d like to check out Jeepney magazine and perhaps to subscribe, yet can’t get to a vendor in Manila, visit the website: www.thejeepney.com. †
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that has. – Margaret Mead
Think globally and help locally.
Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. ~ Thomas Jefferson
So … why have we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, conquered them and occupied them for years?
Why did the U.S.A. conquer Native American nations?
I’ve returned to U.S.A.. Here, when I flip a light switch, a lamp lights immediately, not eleven seconds later, as in Malaysia. Here I can enjoy a hot or warm shower. Here toilets actually flush away waste, and they refill within two minutes, rather than nineteen minutes in Malaysia. Here I can understand English spoken in shops and restaurants and in Holy Mass. Here people don’t drive the wrong way in traffic lanes, against oncoming traffic without lights lit. Here people drive with deference and courtesy and sanity — so far. †
I flew from Kuala Lumpur to Narita, Japan to Chicago. No hassle at immigration checkpoint in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport; took only several seconds.
Perhaps the radio frequency identification tag in the front cover of my passport allowed the ‘system’ to call-up my file and display my photo on a clerk’s screen as I approached.
The clerk took my booklet, looked at the photo page and asked, “How long have you been out of the country?” I replied, “Seventeen months.” He stamped a page, returned the passport and said, “Have a nice day” or something similar.
Going through U.S. Customs wasn’t as easy.
After advertising on www.Mudah.My, I sold my 2007 Modenas Kriss 100. No more head-on accidents and somersaulting over handlebars for me …
Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness. ~ C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
my ordinary costs of living on Penang Island, Malaysia in July 2009
~ at 3.5 ringgit per U.S. dollar ~
my half of apartment rental in The OceanView: RM 425 or $121.43
my half of electricity bill: RM 43 or $12.29
food & bottled water; dining-out & groceries: RM 508.35 or $145.24 or $4.69 daily »→
We’ve had some rain here lately – days and nights. It certainly cools the ambient air. It also chills the water in the OceanView swimming pool and the rooftop water tanks. So my showers are as cool as they’ve ever been. I haven’t had a hot shower since I was in a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur on May 6. The upside is that I’m not spending money to heat shower water or to chill air in this apartment. Dominic operates an air conditioner in his bedroom every night, but I usuallly use a ceiling fan. I think that I’ve used the air conditioner in my bedroom twelve nights in four months. †
