My heart just drop onto the concrete ground with a thud.
http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk

10 years have just been reduced to 5 years. 5 years and the orangutans might just go extinct. 5 years, i haven’t even reached 30 yet. Maybe my children may never get to see a wild orangutan in their lifetime.
I can’t tell you how infuriated i am to see rows and rows of neatly planted oil palm all over M’sia. Even leading up to Fraser’s Hill! It’s everywhere! Everywhere u turn, u see oil palm….

Please, do check the ingredient labels on food products before you buy them. Anything that says palm oil or even vegetable oil, don’t buy it. Which is pretty much most of the food u find in supermarkets these days. Sigh… Try to get products that use other oils such as sunflower oil, cottonseed oil, etc…

Sigh, i don’t know what else i can do at this point of time. What can i do? I don’t know why i’m getting so emotional about this…. but 5 years is pretty much a death sentence for the orangutans if nothing is done to stop the habitat destruction. 5 years… how many more trips can i make back to Borneo before i see the orangutans one last time?

I don’t know how my photos are doing any thing to help change the world… what can i do?

OK, i just thought of something… thanx to kisetsu, i’ve just got a brilliant idea.
I shall mass print my postcards and sell them and donate the profits to a good orangutan rehab center. Sounds good? I’m not sure if the amount in the end would be substantial enough to even sponsor just one orangutan for a year but let’s try and see how it goes, ok? People, i need your help! Please spread the word! If you are interested in my postcards, please let me know! thanx!

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1. Muggs says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 12:13 am

   You have shown us something - Leap of Faith.

2. Ling says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 2:14 am

   thank you, Mark support is all i need to carry on at this point of time. Would you be interested in my postcards, sir?

3. Ruby says:
   April 28th, 2007 at 9:29 am

   Hi,
   I was googling for “Beautiful Memories” when I found your blog. Your website is gorgeous and your photos are so ‘unbelievably nice”, I thought the photolog was an ad for Webshots screen savers!!! It’s great that you’re so young yet so talented and with so much ambition & drive. Do let me know if you’re printing the postcards and I’ll get some to support your cause I’m a photography enthusiast too but shoot macros and other stuff. All the best!

   Cheers,
   Ruby

4. Ling says:
   April 29th, 2007 at 11:14 am

   thanx Ruby! That’s very sweet of you! I’ve noted your email. Once i gather enough support to mass print, you’ll be one of the first to recieve the postcards.

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