Archive for August, 2008
Reduce the use of plastic bags
Plastic bags had caused the land to be polluted as most of the plastic bags are non-degradable after it is used. Some of them are dumped into landfills and resulted in the death of many sea creatures. One example is the turtle. Its population is decreasing due to the excessive use of plastic bags by human. The turtle would regard the dumped plastic bags as food as the plastics bags would sometimes be shaped like a ball or even a piece of dead fish.
A Bruneians and a community of the world, we need to stand strong in face of the enemy that is only to “SAY NO” to unnecessary plastic bags offered to you. To show good examples to other members of the community, show that you yourself are willing to stop and prevent the usage and wastage of plastic bags.
The better ultimate solution would be to bring your own canvas bag or groceries bags from home everytime you go for shopping or even buying some groceries from the marketplace.
If we environmental heroes band together, remember that we can make a difference to Brunei and to the rest of the world. Save what we have and love in Brunei Darussalam and induldge ourselves in a country of free-pollution.
How the Beijing Olympics Medals are made?
“Beijing Huan Ying Ni” or “Beijing Welcomes You” to Beijing Olympics 2008 is the main slogan for this year’s olympics taking place at Beijing China. This year’s olympics in Beijing is the most auspicious olympics event for the opening ceremony was held on the 08/08/08.
There are five mascots being introduced for this year’s olympics namely, Bei Bei, Jing Jing, Huan Huan, Ying Ying and Ni Ni representing the five elements on Earth. These mascots could be seen everywhere in Beijing and has also become a trademark for this year’s auspicious events, in souvenirs ranging from stationeries to huge puppets.
The medal of Beijing Olympics is also an exclusive item to be brought back by the winners of the respective sports categories and those medals are indeed high quality which are worth bringing back. Today’s focus is an insight on how the Beijing Medals are being made.
As the materials are one of the main things of making a medal, choosing the right stone is also very important indeed. (Picture below – Left). Besides, accurate jade cutting is also another factor of making a great looking medal. (Picture Below – Right)
