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You are invited to join The Nature Conservancy to Plant a Billion Trees in The Atlantic Forest of Brazil.

The Nature Conservancy is working with local partners to bring the Atlantic Forest back from the brink by restoring 2.5 million acres of land and planting 1 billion trees over the next 7 years.

Just a dollar a tree. You’ll help to make a difference now and for future generations.

I have donated $25 for 25 trees. How about you?

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I am back from Japan Sakura tour for over a week. Tired but satisfied. Met the cherry blossom and the Mt. Fuji.

It was a tight trip and traveled a lot. We stayed for 5 nights and switched 5 hotels. Although not much shopping time, we still managed to buy many Japanese tidbits.

The greatest shopping time was in Ginza. Many tour members went to Burberry in Ginza for the “Blue Label” bags (only available in Japan).

We had not less than 10 Burberry bags in the tour bus! I too bought a Burberry bag (not blue label) for mom. My largest spend in Japan.

Impression on Japan

• Clean environment. The streets, rivers, air, toilets… are all clean. No rubbish at all! (but you hardly find a rubbish bin?!)
• Good shopping experience. All items are fixed price. No bargain. No cheat. Sales persons are nice and polite.
• black stockings. Almost EVERY young Japanese girls are wearing the same, black stockings with short pants/skirt.
• Cabs for hire. There were many empty cabs parked along road side in a row to wait for customers. According to the tour guide, they were greatly affected by the economy crisis because taxi fares were no longer claimable to companies.
• Human beings are prioritized on road.In Japan, human has the priority. You crossover the road and the approaching cars will stop for you. That’s impossible in Malaysia. The cars might even accelerate if they spot you crossing the road!
• Japanese girls are not beautiful. Sorry, I rarely see beautiful Japanese girls but cute one. They tend to prefer “cute” than “beautiful”.

Will I visit Japan again? Definitely. Hokkaido, perhaps.

Photos? Still in process… GBs of them! All RAW! I am learning to use Apple Aperture to process the RAW images. I also geotag them using Maperture, an Aperture plugin.

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(photo by skyseeker)

Guys, I will be away from 31 March to 6 April to join a Japan Sakura (cherry blossoms) tour with my mom. It is a 7 days 5 nights tour. RM6K+ per person.

We will visit many places such as Kyoto, Tokyo Disneyland, Japan Universal Studio, Mt. Fuji, etc. But the main purpose is cherry blossoms viewing.

I have get my shooting gear ready. Wish me good luck to get some nice shoots!

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I made the first batch of charity donations of the year 2009. The donations are given to Tzu Chi, World Vision, and Agape Counseling Centre. RM500 each.

It has become my habit to make donations every two or three months. I believe that “the more you give the more you will get”.

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I have registered myself as organ donor. How about you?

I wanted to be an organ donor for a long time since my elder brother showed me the green donor card to me a few years back.

I stumbled upon the website of National Transplant Resource Centre (Malaysia). The web design is surprisingly nice, much better than other government websites.

Be an organ donor

I downloaded and printed the organ donor form from the website, filled in, and faxed it back to Notional Transplant Resource Centre.

Done. I am now an organ donor. (I am expecting to receive a green donor card..)

Next, let your family know that you are an organ donor. Ask them to register too!

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