December 2011
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S$1.87 per hour.
“Millions of men, women and children around the world are forced to lead lives as slaves. Although this exploitation is often not called slavery, the conditions are the same. People are sold like objects, forced to work for little or no pay and are at the mercy of their ‘employers’.” – Anti-Slavery.Org.
In Singapore, a bustling, modern city in an ever-hurried pace to the top of nowhere, cheap...
Start giving new people you meet a chance.
It sounds harsh, but you cannot keep every friend you’ve ever made. People and priorities change. As some relationships fade others will grow. Appreciate the possibility of new relationships as you naturally let go of old ones that no longer work. Trust your judgment. Embrace new relationships, knowing that you are entering into unfamiliar territory. Be ready to learn, be ready for a...
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Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with...
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Stand with the Freedom Riders in Palestine.
Dear friends, In the next few hours, history could be made in Palestine. A small number of brave Palestinians will brave attack and arrest to commit a forbidden act — they will board a public bus. Lacking their own state, Palestinians are forbidden to use buses and roads reserved for non-Arabs - part of a host of race-based rules that US President Jimmy Carter has called...
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“Happy Human Rights Day!”
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The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themselves and others, in experiments. Their joy is self-conquest. Difficult tasks are a privilege to them; to play with burdens that crush others, a recreation. They are the most venerable kind of man: that does not preclude their being the most cheerful...
In considering the notion of faith, we must not ignore its relevance and meaning in religion, and political ideologies which are often consumed and acknowledged as institutions. In doing so, the human tendency is to use institutionalised faith for our own purposes, at times with disregard to differing opinions and minority voices. Institutions often lead to empowered positions, which can in turn...
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November 2011
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