MEDIA STATEMENT: ACT AGAINST "PERIOD SPOT CHECKS" IN SCHOOLS

1. The current trending issue that has been going around on Malaysian students (former and present) are sharing disturbing stories of period spot checks and sexual harassment in school during the month of Ramadhan. Having to prove to their teachers and higher ups that they were on their period also means having their private parts touched without consent (on the context of teacher and student relationship) as well as having their panties removed to show their menstrual pads. These form of intrusion and violation of inappropriate touching, personal autonomy and body shaming through the excuse of ‘disciplinary punishment’ but in reality, it was entirely sexual harassment and abuse of power. A school or educational institutions should create an environment where students can be at peace of mind and feel safe from the secular world outside.

2. The fact that this mortifying misconduct is still happening to our students now without any measures being taken against the perpetrators is disgusting! We must stand together and put to an end of what seems so shockingly common in our society. The trauma and mental stress of being groped and touched without consent can be shattering, leaving the victim feeling traumatized, depressed and ashamed. Trauma has lasting effects.

3. Making the decision to report misconduct like such or sexual harassment takes a great deal of courage. I applaud those who gather every ounce of their courage in speaking up. Your voice is needed for the safety of other students in school and future generations to come.

4. I call upon the Ministry of Education to take prompt action and investigations by relevant authorities in ensuring that the safety of our school students will be the top priority. As schools are supposed to be conducive sanctuaries where students can feel safe and confident, let us not shatter that part of trust from our girls.

5. Sexual harassment has no place in a school. If this persist on, it defeats the purpose of an educational institution entirely.

Ainie Haziqah
EXCO Srikandi BERSATU Malaysia

【年度代表字✖️ #台灣頸枕 得獎名單】

謝謝各位捧油支持2021年送21個頸枕的活動
大家對今年的祝福
小編都聽到了
經過大數據的量化分析 📈

將 ‧ 將 ‧ 將 ‧ 獎🎉🎉🎉
今年的年度代表字就是 #穩
另外
#安 #順 則是緊接在後

小編與大家分享網友集思的好兆頭 🏮
希望今年一整年
大家又安又穩、順~順~順~🎊

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住海邊的小ben 要公布得獎者啦
原本是20個留言參加獎 ➕ 1位年度代表字優選得主
但是小編眼見外粉私訊轟炸而於心不忍
想說歡慶新年希望大家都開薰
決定讓優選的朋友 加碼❗️加碼❗️再加碼❗️
祝福大家66大順 🧧

現在就來看獲獎名單吧

👉獲得讚數互動最多
1. 李文
2. 廖必煙
3. 廖李小程

👉網友提到次數最多 (最早留言)
1. 劉冠廷
2. 黃榆婷
3. 林祐萱

👉參加獎
郭盈杏、Bobo Wang、Jinjay Wang、劉孟孟、賴婷、Sc Randolph、Luffett Lu Luffett Lu、吳雯琦、陳妙萍、Tom Lee、Irisa Chen、Joyce Lin、洪小綾、林亞米、陳怡妏、Lilian Lee、許婉茹、郭春華、姜惠蘋、Astrid Chuang

麻煩獲獎的朋友務必記得
⛔️1/31(日) 晚上23:59前私訊小ben⛔️

同時提供
1️⃣真實姓名
2️⃣郵寄地址(含6碼郵遞區號)
3️⃣連絡電話

安捏獎品就會自動送上門來
讓你高枕 or 低枕都無憂
也不再坐立難安

💢超過截止時間
頸枕就會跟你 say goodbye (得獎失格)囉

什麼❓你沒有抽到❗️
這次沒有抽到的朋友別擔心
請持續追蹤 ➕ 關注魔法粉絲頁
不定期會有抽♥️好♥️禮♥️的驚喜喔

#頸枕還有哪些特殊用法請告訴小ben
#這次沒有抽中代表下次有機會

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Given the overwhelming response to our prize draw, the higher ups have added five more travel pillows to the prize pool and an extra mystery prize!

The winning character for this year was 「穩」(wěn) meaning "stability" and regional peace and stability is definitely high on our wishlist for 2021!

The 20 prizewinners selected at random are as follows:
郭盈杏, Bobo Wang, Jinjay Wang, 劉孟孟, 賴婷, Sc Randolph, Luffett Lu Luffett Lu, 吳雯琦, 陳妙萍, Tom Lee, Irisa Chen, Joyce Lin, 洪小綾, 林亞米, 陳怡妏, Lilian Lee, 許婉茹, 郭春華, 姜惠蘋, Astrid Chuang
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Three early birds were selected for choosing the most popular character/word before the rest of the flock and will receive a travel pillow and a mystery prize each:
1. 劉冠廷
2. 黃榆婷
3. 林祐萱

The top three with the most likes on their comment will receive travel pillows and a mystery prize:
1. 李文
2. 廖必煙
3. 廖李小程

Please send us a private message with your real name, delivery address (with 6 digit zipcode) and a contact telephone number before January 31 to claim your prize.

If we don't receive a message from you within the deadline above, you will forfeit your prize.

Miura Haruma. Oh what is there to say... He's 178 cm tall (aka 5'10") and he feels that is a decent height. He weights 63 kg (aka 138.75 lbs), and he feels that is a decent weight. Haruma considers himself a good mix appearance wise so he comes out, in his opinion, average. But being average isn't bad. He's content with not being a hotshot. Sure, Haruma plays with his looks a bit. His hairdo changes every so often just to keep things fresh. It's the artistic side to him that convinces him he suddenly needs bleached blonde streaks across his forehead, or layer upon layer until he could be metaphorically compared to an onion....what, not a good joke? Man... -shrugs-.

The most noteworthy component of Haruma's appearance is most definitely his smile. Let's just face it. He's got a killer smile, and his cute little eyes scrunch up just right so he actually looks like the ^-^ smiley. His mother always said he was adorable when he smiled, so of course he likes smiling. Who doesn't want to please their mother? Haru has a good 'annoyed' face too...all in all his features are quite expressive. This means Haruma has a hard time hiding what he's thinking, but in this business it's a good thing too. For one thing, people can tell because of his grin when working with the camera that he sincerely loves his job to bits.Haruma maintains a very calm and happy-go-easy sort of personality. He, by definition almost, is not an extravagant person. The simple things in life are all he really needs. A few good friends, mostly from his non-work life, a few co-workers he gets along with, a good caring family. That's all he really needs, he feels. Well, that and his camera. But when it comes to people he's not mister social butterfly, but he's not mister social outcast either. Haruma lives in his own little in between world where the thing that matters is capturing the rest of the world on film.

He absolutely adores his camera and all his photography work. It wasn't the job he'd expected, but when the offer came for him to pursue photography as a profession appeared he snatched it with no regrets. Live life with no regrets. That's his motto, more or less. He finishes the things he starts, tries his best to be polite to everyone, and cares abundantly for those simple things that stick out as important in his life. His camera is never far away from Haruma. He carries it with him almost everywhere he goes. Yes, that can get annoying, but he doesn't just want to capture celebrity life through the photoshoots and whatnot. Haruma will take a picture of anything, from a cat passing by on the street to a blimp floating lazily over the city. THe whole world fascinates him, so he goes out of his apartment every morning with his eyes open, not prepared for anything because he doesn't know what fascinating site he'll encounter next.

When Haruma goes for something in life, he jumps wholeheartedly towards it. His work is a good example. His favorite word is Hisshi which translates basically to putting your whole self into what you do. His work is all of Haruma. His friendships are all of Haruma. His family is all of Haruma. His lovelife is all of Haruma too (though at the moment he hasn't found the young lady to spark his interest.) He's not the best at everything, and is well aware of that, but that doesn't mean he won't give his all when trying.

Along with his camera, Haruma brings his mp3 player with him just about anywhere. It's good for inspiration. Like I mentioned earlier, he's an artistic mind. If he weren't then he would never survive in this business but so far his work has been quite comfortable. The job is relatively new, but he started apprenticing once he graduated high school and though his work is still supervised occasionally by higher ups, he is trusted to get the job done right. He's human and makes mistakes. Sometimes the lighting is messed up or he just can't get the right pose or expression out of the model. It can't expected to be perfect every time, but no matter what, Haru does his best and should things go wrong he works harder along with a polite apology. And when you look into his eyes, it's obvious that his apologies are sincere.It was a quiet household. Haruma, his mother, and his father. They had a dog once but as usually happens in time with pets, he went up to doggy heaven. He grew up with a simple life in the Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Went to school. Grew. Studied. He lived a pretty standard life. His parents noted early on that their son was special artistically. He was good at crafts, colored inside the lines before he even had to be told that that was the proper thing to do. He seemed to know which colors looked good together, and where everything should go on a canvas, even with finger painting.

His mum, quite pleased with her son's talent, signed him up for art lessons, but while he was talented, as the years went by his peer's work in those classes would often outshine his. So he was shuffled from drawing to painting to even sewing for one awkward summer before Haruma picked up a camera and everything fell into place. Needless to say, Haruma was good. Very good. He started entering photography competitions in middle school and placed high in all of them. In high school he took more lessons along side his normal schooling and succeeding in being noticed by professionals. Haruma was sought out and though he personally had been planning on going to college to study photography and design, this seemed like an option just as worthwhile.

Haruma began an apprenticeship at age eighteen, and for two years studied photography under the masters. It was more of the glamorous world too, and while Haruma would have been happy just taking pictures of animals or landscape, he ended up taking photos of celebrities. Not that he minded. When he turned twenty Haruma was told that he could go independent now, that those he'd studied with would be glad to continue guiding him should he ever need help. And Haruma bowed thanking them for their guidance.

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10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT RAMUNE ラムネ (JAPANESE MARBLE SODA)

Ramune is a popular carbonated soft drink from Japan - one of the modern symbols of the Japanese summer.

Some people call it the most complicated soft drink in the world, but it’s really quite simple. The drink is pressure sealed with a marble from the inside, and you have this 'pushy device' that you push inside the neck to dislodge the marble.

1) RAMUNE WAS INVENTED BY A SCOT

In 1884 during the Meiji period, this Scottish dude, Alexander Cameron Sim, had his own Pharmaceutical company in Kobe. Apparently it was a trend amongst pharmacists to invent their own drink concoctions. Some were hits, some were misses. Sim's drink - named Mabu soda at the time, mabu meaning marble - was a massive hit. Eventually the name was changed to Ramune and the drink was sold nationwide. Ramune is an epic Japanese drink, so it’s no surprise Sim has his very own monument in Kobe.

2) RAMUNE WAS JAPAN'S FIRST EVER SOFT DRINK

We’re talking about the first mainstream commercialised soft drink in Japan. It wasn’t Coke. It wasn’t Ginger Ale. It was Ramune.

3) RAMUNE IS HEALTHIER THAN COKE

One reason Ramune has been growing in popularity is cause of the lower calorie and carbohydrate count. Although these levels can differ depending on the Ramune flavour. People trying to lose weight sometimes drink Ramune as a substitute for Coke or for any other regular soft drink.

4) PEOPLE INITIALLY THOUGHT RAMUNE DRINKS WERE BOMBS

Back in the 1850s, Matthew C. Perry, a Commodore of the United States Navy (who played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West), brought carbonated sodas over to Japan. Perry and co. presented these special beverages as gifts.

A Johnny Knoxville type crew member thought it would be a funny idea to shake up some of the fizzy sodas before offering them to the Japanese. After it exploded in their faces, many thought they were bombs! It almost started a war.

Later on, when commercial Ramune was released to the public, many people were suspicious of this foreign mystery drink that may or may not explode in your face like a bomb. Not to mention carbonation was unheard of.

5) RAMUNE USED TO BE UNPOPULAR

It wasn’t called Ramune at the beginning. It was called ‘Remon Sui’ which directly translates to lemon water.

Eventually the name was changed to Remoneedo, which is the straight Japanese pronunciation of the word ‘lemonade’. And later on shortened to just Ramune. The drink then became a massive hit.

6) RAMUNE WAS ORIGINALLY MARKETED AS A PREVENTION FOR CHOLERA

This is bullcrap, but along with the Ramune name change, this bit of false marketing helped its popularity.

7) THERE ARE OVER 36 FLAVOURS OF RAMUNE

Ramune is super popular, but after the influx of newer soft drinks into the marketplace, like Coke, Fanta, Sprite, etc; the Ramune higher ups felt they needed to spice things up.

There are fruit flavours like banana, blueberry, grape, orange, green apple, kiwi, peach, pineapple, plum, cherry, coconut, mango, melon, pomelo, watermelon, raspberry, strawberry and lychee. Then there’s vanilla, chocolate, candy, root beer and coke flavours.

More WTF ones include champagne, bubble gum, green tea, chill oil, brussels sprout, corn cream stew (soup), teriyaki, curry, octopus, takoyaki, kimchi, squid ink and wasabi.

8) RAMUNE WITHOUT THE MARBLE ISN'T RAMUNE

Apparently Ramune is only Ramune if it comes in that uniquely shaped bottle (called a codd-neck bottle) with the marble in it.

9) YOU CAN MAKE RAMUNE AT HOME

*watch vid for instructions*

10) RAMUNE USED TO BE THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS SOFT DRINK

Kids wanted the marble, and were willing to break the glass bottle to get it. Nowadays bottles are unbreakable and kiddy-proof so are no longer dangerous.

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