Jesus,
Are birds singing?
How many bird are singing?
One or two or many?
I think they are a small band
with a lead vocalist.
Their song is unique.
Only one sentence is repeated. Đọc tiếp Prayer 596
Danh mục lưu trữ: Trang tiếng Anh
From Tibet to the ‘Nine Dragons’, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is losing sand
REUTERS asahi.com January 14, 2019 at 11:00 JST
The Mekong River (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
MO CAY, Vietnam– In the dead of night, the entire front half of shopkeeper Ta Thi Kim Anh’s house collapsed. Perched on the sandy banks of the Mekong River, it took just a few minutes for one half of everything she owned to plunge into its murky depths.
“Our kitchen, our laundry room, our two bedrooms, all gone,” said Kim Anh, speaking amongst the twisted metal and rubble of her house, from which she still sells eggs, soap and instant noodles to villagers in Ben Tre, a province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region.
Prayer 595
Jesus,
You know,
when I was a yoga teaching assistant,
around 2010-2011,
I often told our students,
“Smile when you’re painful.”
I’ve done flexibility exercises for about 23 years or more.
I’ve rarely felt painful.
So I’ve rarely told myself,
“Smile when being painful.”
Narcos: the hidden drug highways linking Asia and Latin America
NOVEMBER 24, 2018 SCMP
RAQUEL CARVALHO
As Chinese gangs, Latin American cartels and Nigerian brokers widen their international networks, a rising number of vulnerable women and children are being tangled in their web.
It was one of those hot summer days in early August when the skin has no rest from the burning sun, drier than usual. Daniela, from Venezuela, was landing for the first time in Hong Kong, wearing a black jacket, white shirt, bell-bottomed jeans, and high heels.
She was pregnant, but that wasn’t all she was carrying. Strapped to each of her legs were four packs of cocaine.
Prayer 594
Jesus,
Washing clothes with you is easy.
Cold water.
Heavy clothes.
You help me wash, squeeze and hang clothes.
Love you, Jesus.
Amen.
PTH
By the Numbers: The Economic, Social and Environmental Impacts of “Fast Fashion”
Elizabeth Reichart and –
Garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by Tareq Salahuddin/Wikimedia Commons
Think about how many sweaters, scarves and other clothes were given as gifts this holiday season. How many times will people wear them before throwing them out?
Probably far fewer than you think. One garbage truck of clothes is burned or sent to landfills every second! The average consumer bought 60 percent more clothes in 2014 than in 2000, but kept each garment for half as long.
Prayer 593
Jesus,
Watching football with you is fun.
When our team has the ball,
I ask you if we can win.
Then I ask you to protect our goal
and to help us win. Đọc tiếp Prayer 593
Prayer 592
Jesus,
Will we visit the doves tomorrow?
I like that place.
I like read a book there
with doves around.
Many doves are there.
Some drink water in puddles.
Some eat something on the ground.
Some sunbathe.
Some talk in small groups.
Some seem to be dating in pairs… Đọc tiếp Prayer 592
It’s decision time for Southeast Asia as power demand soars
Still stuck on coal, the region is missing out on massive price cuts in renewables, writes Courtney Weatherby.
Southeast Asia’s energy demand is expected to grow by two-thirds by 2040, requiring massive investment in new energy generation and transmission. Installed capacity will double from 240 gigawatts to 565 gigawatts, which amounts to adding a bit more than Japan’s total electricity capacity.
To meet their growing needs, countries have to make pivotal choices. They will either lock the region into a carbon-intensive energy future or open up a more sustainable, flexible path based on renewables and energy trading. Outside investors – in particular China – will play a key role in the outcome.
Some of the region’s poorest developing countries face the greatest pressures. Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos can expect their energy demand to grow every year by double digits. Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam project 6-10 per cent annual growth rates.
Prayer 591
Jesus,
I miss a mouse friend.
Do you remember?
At that time, I ate dinner alone.
After eating, I saw a mouse in the kitchen.
The gray baby mouse.
So cute. Đọc tiếp Prayer 591
Vietnam-US direct flight plan delayed until 2020
Last update 17:00 | 02/10/2018 – vietnamnet
The Ministry of Transportation is collecting comments on the draft of a plan to enhance aviation connectivity with tourist markets.
National carrier Vietnam Airlines will only launch direct air service to the United States in 2020, two years later than a prime minister-approved plan, according to the transport ministry’s new draft plan, VnEconomy reported.
The first destination in the US will be one city on the West Coast, either San Francisco or Los Angeles, according to the draft plan.
EU member states announce scheme to terminate all intra-EU BITs
BREAKING: EU MEMBER STATE ANNOUNCE SCHEME TO TERMINATE ALL INTRA-EU BITS AND WARN INVESTOR COMMUNITY TO NOT INITIATE NEW CLAIMS – BUT VIEWS DIFFER WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER ACHMEA DECISION APPLIES TO ENERGY CHARTER TREATY
Jan 17, 2019 | IAreporter
European Union Member States have issued a political declaration (dated January 15, 2019) addressing the consequences of the European Court of Justice’s Achmea decision in relation to intra-EU bilateral investment treaties – and highlighting a series of new efforts to be taken to bring an end to claims under such treaties
Prayer 590
Jesus,
Ants are in our rice cooker.
It’s sunny now.
Perhaps it’ll rain or storm in the coming days,
so the ants need more food.
I need to cook rice now
but I have to wait for the ants to go out.
Prayer 589
Jesus,
Look.
The sea is beautiful.
A big ship becomes tiny.
So quiet.
Oh, a monkey.
Why does that monkey keep looking at me?
Because I’m eating ice cream?
Does he want to eat ice cream too? Đọc tiếp Prayer 589
Prayer 588
Jesus,
I love Bà Triệu.
She said,
“I only want to ride on huge winds,
kick intense waves,
kill killer whales in South China Sea,
take back the country,
build independence,
take off the yoke of slavery,
and not bend my back to be a concubine for a man.”* Đọc tiếp Prayer 588
