What a load ! Can you believe ?

Folks,

These pictures were taken by a French photographer, Alain Delorme in Shanghai throughout 2009 & 2010. He called the series, Totems.

These couriers - mostly migrant workers from other parts of China -
not only need strong legs but also acrobatic skills to balance these massive loads on their tricycles & bicycles while on the move.

A lot of you must be wondering where the centre of gravity is in each case.  

Jokes for the day

Multipurpose secretary

Two friends meet in the office of one of them, a notorious techno-geek.

"Hey, bud, how are ya?"

"I'm good. Congratulations, that new secretary of yours is beautiful!"

"Well, I'm glad you like her. Believe it or not, she's a robot!"

"No way, how could that be?"

"Way! She's the latest model from Japan. Lemme tell you how she works. If you squeeze her left tit, she takes dictation. If you squeeze her right tit, she types a letter. And that's not all, she can have sex, too!"

"Holy shit! You're kidding, right?"

"No, she's something, huh? Tell you what, you can even borrow her."

So, his friend takes her into the restroom and is in there with her for a while. Suddenly, he hears him screaming "Eeeeyaaaaa! Heeelp" Ooooooh! Aaaaaaah! eeeeeeeeeaaargghhhh!"

The guy says, "Shit! I forgot to tell him her ass is a pencil sharpener!"

Jokes for the day

Intelligent Boy

A first-grade teacher, Ms Neelam (Age 28) was having trouble with one of her students
The teacher asked,"Boy. what is your problem?"

Boy. answered, "I'm too smart for the first-grade. My sister is inthe third-grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the third-grade too!"

Ms Neelam had enough. She took Boy. to the principal's office.
While Boy. waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms Neelam he would give the boy a test and if he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the first-grade and behave.She agreed.

Boy. was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test.

Nik Aziz: A God-fearing Chinese is more noble than a corrupt Malay

via Malaysia Chronicle by admin@ malaysiachronicle on 12/2/10

PAS' no-nonsense spiritual adviser Nik Aziz

"A Chinese who is fearful of God is far more noble than a Malay who indulges in corruption, oppression, betrayal and so forth. No matter how high the songkok is on his head, without the fear of God, he is worthless."

KOTA BHARU - PAS Murshidul Am Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (pic) has reminded that a person's race was worthless in the eyes of Islam, and that one was only judged by one's fear of God.

"A Chinese who is fearful of God is far more noble than a Malay who indulges in corruption, oppression, betrayal and so forth. No matter how high the songkok is on his head, without the fear of God, he is worthless," he said in a statement.

First National Conference on Human Rights and the Future of Marginalized and Minority Groups

By Ezra Haganez

KOTA KINABALU:A consortium of three NGOs will be holding a one-day National Conference on Human Rights and the Future of Marginalised and Minority Groups in Malaysia on January 23, 2011.

HINDRAF, Common Interest Group Malaysia (CigMa) and the newly formed London-based Human Rights Foundation Malaysia are collaborating on the first national conference on the topic planned to be held at the Chinese Assembly Hall in Kuala Lumpur.

In a joint statement, the trio issued an invitation to concerned individuals and societies, both in West and East Malaysia, to participate, co-host or present papers at the conference.

R. Shan, HINDRAF International Coordinator (New York), and Kanul Gindol, CigMa Secretary, in a joint statement, said they are inviting all minority or marginalized groups including minority ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, union workers, plantation workers, disabled groups, environmental groups, animal rights group, religious groups or any other such aggrieved minority and/or marginalized groups.