2 last days in 2010

A decade has gone by since the millenium. A lot has happened in this 10 years.

Gembala Baik High School

Today is 30 December 2010. Two days left in 2010.
I was still a second year high school student 10 years ago. I studied in a catholic high school in my hometown Pontianak. It is a year after the ethnic clash in my hometown, hundred of thousand of people were killed during the sambas riot in 1999.
A year after that I finished my high school in 2001 and went to Jakarta, the capital, in order to pursue my future. But I was only a poor kid from a poor family, I don't have any money, and trying my best to survive in Jakarta. Try my luck to try taking test for the best university in the country, The university of Indonesia. Study hard, but failed. almost given up, but my eldest brother lend a hand to me, and gathered some money in order for me to continue my study to an university. But with the limited amount of money, I could only study in low level campus. Spent 4 miserable years in an awful environment, while i try to survive with a small amount of money provided by my brother every month. Sometimes, I have to get starved, and eat only once every day. It was harsh times.
However finished my study and got my degree in 2005, but things didn't get any better. I try to apply for job, and didn't got any job for a couple of months, maybe because I was graduated from a campus with no recognition. Almost given up, and then left Jakarta for Batam Island, an island town neighbouring Singapore. Spent 2 months there looking for a job, but still couldn't find any. Starting to loose hope.

MEDAN, North Sumatra

Went back to Jakarta, and finally got a job as a car sales, But I spent more then I earn. I only earn about IDR 1 million a month (100 USD). And i quit the job after two months.
Start to look for another job, and finally by July 2006, got a job in Bank Central Asia, the largest bank in Indonesia. It was a really turning point of my life. Never before imagined I could get such a good job. Spent my first year as a trainee in the bank's management development program. Then they sent me to one of it's branch In Medan, Sumatera Island. I spent two years in Medan. A lot of story I got about Medan. But maybe i'll tell it in another post. Went back to jakarta by August 2009, and been working in Jakarta since than as a banker.
Life is full of surprises, we will never know what will come next. Try to be positive and live my life to the fullest.

Baby in China Born with Second Face

Children born with facial deformities are always a sad tale. Whether or not it’s something correctable, such as a cleft palate, or something you just have to live with, like Moebius syndrome, it’s always gut-wrenching that a poor child has to suffer such a condition. One such example is Kangkang, a 14-month old born with a transverse facial cleft. What does this mean?

It means the baby essentially has a second face. Hailing from the Hunan province, all signs pointed to a normal, healthy baby for young Yi Xilian, but once Kangkang was born, the truth was revealed. The poor child looks like he’s literally wearing a mask, due in part to a massive cleft that extends almost all the way up to his ears. Unable to see her son upon birth, the unfortunate mother, who is employed at a company that manufactures electronics in the Guangdong Province, pleaded and pleaded with her husband to see the newborn. After finally be handed the child, she broke down into tears.

No one knows what causes this unfortunate condition, though theories abound. It could be caused by an infection, or even frequent drug use by the mother. According to one source, the only drugs the mother took while pregnant were prescribed anti-abortion agents her doctors prescribed. Sadly, this condition is incredibly expensive to treat, as Yi learned when she took Kangkang at 20-days old to a hospital in Changsha. The final tally: around 300-400,000 Yen, or approximately 80,000 to 100,000 dollars.

Thankfully, there is a happy ending, as Kangkang’s family has managed to gather together enough money for treatment at the People’s Liberation Army’s Military No. 163 Hospital.

Indonesia 2 - 1 Malaysia

We won 2 - 1, but it isn't enough for us to win the cup.
Never mind, great game!!!! We are proud of you, my beloved national team...
Watching the match give me a chill i have never felt before. The energy, the passion of every single Indonesian today become one. Love Indonesia. Thank you very much national team for bringing unity to the whole country.
#LoveIndonesia became Trending topic tonight on Twitter.

Indonesia VS Malaysia, second leg

the second leg of the 2010 AFF Cup Final is about to begin.
The Malaysian defeated Indonesia 3 - 0, most Indonesian can't accept that defeat due to the laser incident during the game. Malaysian supporter keep distracting Indonesian player with laser during the match. And Indonesian player walk out in order to protest.
However, the match resumed, but Malaysian scored one minute later. And Indonesian player lost their concentration and the Malaysian scored two more goals in the next 14 minutes.
Now, The Indonesian have to score at least 3 goals without conceiving any goal in order to force extra time, or they have to win with at least with 4 goals different.
It is a difficult task, but nothing is impossible in football.
Today everyone is so enthusiastic about the game in Jakarta. you can see people wearing Indonesian national team jersey everywhere. Everyone is hoping and praying for the victory today.
Viva Indonesia!!!!!!

Japanese Soldier Stayed In China To Atone For Japan’s Crimes

83commentsby Fauna on Wednesday, December 8, 2010

From Tiexue:

A conscientious Japanese veteran who remained in China has passed away, let us pay our respects

Yamasaki, following the 1937 Lugou Bridge Incident [aka "Marco Polo Bridge Incident"], landed in Tianjin with the Japanese invading army. Owing to the Japanese army killing and destroying everything in its path, accompanying medical officer Yamasaki could no longer watch any further and soon fled. He headed towards the tip of the Shandong peninsula because there it was closest to Japan, and he hoped to flee the war of aggression against China.

Due to continuous warfare and war disasters, Yamasaki continuously hid amongst the people in Shandong practicing medicine, all the way until the founding of the New China.

After the liberation, Yamasaki remained with the Jinan City medical center and community hospital serving the Chinese people. He said to me: “The Japanese army committed heinous crimes in China and I must stay in China my entire life to atone for them.”

All of the members of the clinic

Examining Chinese patients.

Laying roots in China

His original army/regiment----Following the 1937 Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese invading army landed in Tianjin

In his own handwriting: "As the moon has light, the people have friendship/kindness" expressing his wish to stay in China until his death to make amends

Yesterday, at 103-years-old, elderly Mister Yamazaki passed away. He died a natural death and passed away peacefully.

The Chinese people are a people who distinguish gratitude and resentment. The Chinese people will always remember kind-hearted people, no matter what nationality..

Porn Star with and without Make Up

Crissy Moran

Pheonix Marie

Jenna jameson

Stormy Daniels

Natasha Nice

Tara Lynn Fox

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Working Right After Christmas

When most people are still enjoying their holiday, today i have to go to work. So so under motivated. But not much I can do for the moment, still needed the salary. Hoping to find a way out soon.

Mongolia’s Homeless Living Underground In Sewers

Ulaanbaatar’s [or Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia] winters are very cold, its temperatures reaching -25 degrees Celsius. Therefore, for those homeless people without homes to return to, winter is a relatively difficult season, and they have no choice but to go underground and near the heating pipes to avoid the winter cold. When it gets dark, like ants, they crawl into shared areas [underground], not blocking the roads, with no need at all to evict them, “absolutely” not harming the city’s appearances. Photographer: Paul Bronstein. Editor: Wang Pinwei. Photograph source: CFP.

2000 October 15, Ulaanbaatar, the 8-month pregnant 17-year-old young girl Altanchimeg crawls out from “home” to look for her livelihood. Altanchimeg says she has been living in this city for 8 years.

2000 October 15, Ulaanbaatar, Altanchimeg (right) and her friend Tsetsegee are at “home” preparing a meal, the two of them taking care of and depending on each other in life. Every winter, they live beside a nearby heating pipe to hide from the cold winter.

2000 October 15, Ulaanbaatar, Altanchimeg is brushing her hair, Tsetsegee (front) is on the side reading a book by candlelight.

2000 October 15, Ulaanbaatar, 11-year-old youth Menhtor, who has already learned how to get drunk, lies dazedly at the entrance to “home”.

2000 October 15, Ulaanbaatar, dead drunk Menhtor is asleep, having collapsed on the manhole cover.

2010 March 16, Ulaanbaatar, 36-year-old Erdenetsetseg sits at “home” observing a sky the size of a manhole cover. Five years earlier, Erdenetsetseg arrived in Ulaanbaatar. Without work, she has survived by collecting trash.

2010 March 16, Ulaanbaatar, Erdenetsetseg lies on a heating pipe to sleep.

2010 March 16, Ulaanbaatar, to make it more convenient to enter and exit, Erdenetsetseg uses cardboard [instead of the manhole cover] as a “front door”. To this end, she has also poked a hole in the cardboard to allow air circulation.

2010 March 15, Ulaanbaatar, Naranbaatar sticks his head out from his “home”, to feel the wind bask in the sun.

2010 March 16, Ulaanbaatar, drunk Naranbaatar lies at the hole, looking into his own “home”.

2010 March 16, Ulaanbaatar, deep night, a male falls asleep with the “door” open.

2010 March 16, Ulaanbaatar, 18-month-old baby boy Munkhorgil is sitting on his “home’s” bed pan yawning. Perhaps he should be called “sewer child” ["sewer second generation"].

Nikon Photo Contest International 2002-2003 winner: “Love and Peace (Ouyaa And Tsetsegee)”. In Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar city center, a mother hugs her daughter at the “front door of her home”. The photographer successfully captured a rare expression of happiness of the “underground people”, showing their dignity of their lives. Photographer: James W. Hill (UK).

Some more photographs from Sohu:

Erdenetsetseg, 36-years-old, is huddling her body for warm. Mongolia’s winters are very cold, the temperatures reaching -25 degrees Celsius. Therefore, for those homeless people without homes to return to, winter is a relatively difficult season, and they have no choice but to go into the city’s sewer system to live.

Erdenetsetseg often drinks until she is dead drunk.

A homeless person exiting the sewer.

Surrounding the heating pipes to stay warm.

At night, they can only use candles for light.

Drinking alcohol has become their only pleasure.