A good deed is done, only if you expect nothing back.

It is almost easy to say present society have long fallen into a cauldron of hate. anger and complication. There are ills and cries of unjust, indiscriminate hate, a rampant virus that spreads across the papers we read to the streets we walk. For every devil’s misdeed, I like to believe there is still an equally goodness and graciousness among us. An inspiration for immoral people like myself, to have a real sense of hope and faith, or like what people always say – a beacon of light.

A person who guides their life around the simple values of what is right, what is wrong. Righteousness. Nothing should blur it.

Gov’t rewards kindly scrap collector with hukou – March 23, 2007

For Yao Yide, abandoning a baby is tantamount to taking a life. “Theirs are lives that I cannot give up,” said Yao.

Despite the financial strain, Yao, 53, and his wife, who make a living by collecting scraps and doing odd jobs, have adopted 14 abandoned baby girls in Chengmai County, Hainan Province, over the past 18 years. Touched by Yao’s compassion and magnanimity, the Chengmai County government granted a hukou, or household registration, to Yao and his wife, who came to the county from Central China’s Henan Province 18 year ago.

The county government and the government of Fushan Township have raised funds to build a new house for the couple and their adopted daughters. Work on the two-storey house should be completed soon. Yao was moved to tears as he stood before the site where his new home was taking shape over the weekend.

“As a man who earns his keep by picking up waste, it never crossed my mind that I might be able to live in such a good house,” Xinhua quoted Yao as saying.

He described the joy and grief that have defined his life in the past years to local media. Yao and his wife are accustomed to living from hand to mouth, but that did not stop them from adopting the abandoned baby girls they found in local streets. Baby girls are often abandoned because of the traditional preference for male children. “They are living beings,” said Yao, who added that he could not leave a child to die in the street.

Things started to turn around after Yao’s deeds were reported by local media in January 2006. News of Yao’s efforts to care for the abandoned children caught the public imagination. Support for the couple started to trickle in from the community. Many local residents have donated rice, noodles, cooking oil, quilts, color TV sets, washing machines, computers and other goods to Yao and his family.

“In addition to granting our hukou and building us a new house, the Fushan Township government has also waived tuition fees for all of my adopted daughters,” Yao said. “I have nothing to worry about. What I expect now is that my daughters will study hard and do well in school,” he added. He said he hoped his family, which has survived for so long off the scraps that other people had thrown away, would soon have a university student.

Source: China Daily

http://english.people.com.cn/200703/23/eng20070323_360319.html

10 July 2007 / News Flash

The former head of China’s State Food and Drug Administration, has been executed for corruption.

Its not written wrongly. This fella was found guilty for taking bribes and duly sentenced with the death penalty. If you ask why corruption in China commands such a capital punishment, you may want to ask the many victims who have gravely suffered from of his ill-ignorance. Honestly, I think it is very well called for. I harbour no sympathy towards this man who has no other excuses but his greed. Though the sentence was seen as unusually harsh, the execution echos China’s intention towards better food safety standards and maybe help improve its image . As China’s impressive economy is build around its unprecedented trade surplus and volume, its exports are suspiciously questionable.

In a commercial context, the mismatch between profit and ethics has always raise a reasonable grey area of application. Where why and how should an organisation divide resources for ethical efforts? However, it is clear that the owner of such stirring operation has an extreme weakness for profit who will resort to anything irregardless of the means. Heartless?

Stuff I have heard through the grapevine:

1) Sealed bottled water filled with tap water.
Fear Factor 4/10

2) Contaminated toothpaste.
Fear Factor 5/10

3) Watermelon injected with industrial red dye to make it look red!
Fear Factor 6/10

4) Pork buns made of cardboard fillings and other interesting solvents. Huh?
Fear Factor 7/10 <— Fake Story

5) Frozen 1 year old dumpling, resteamed for sale. OMG
Fear Factor 8/10

6) Variety of processed food mixed with other fascinating compounds that kills.
Fear Factor 9/10

Whether you’re a fan of trance music or not, you have got to watch this video at least once. Just once. But you have got to make sure your audio set is cranked to a high volume, preferably with alot of bass. When I saw it for the first time, I lifted my ass off the chair and went kee siao, I felt like peeing in my pants.

I have an urge to caution how the music may have a potent effect on listeners.

Get high without inducement.