Brunei job trade-off: No night life
By TJ A. Burgonio
They pay much, much less for gas, and get subsidies from the government. But they don’t have a night life.
They pay much, much less for gas, and get subsidies from the government. But they don’t have a night life.
I don’t go gaga over Lady Gaga. I never have. But while there are plenty who do, including many Filipino fans, there are also those who seem to be gago over Gaga. The guardians of public morality and decency in the noble and ever-loyal city of Manila are to be commended for their constant vigilance lest the all-too-earthly (though hardly sublime) pleasures of a Gaga performance distract them and their faithful from the transcendent aim of being accepted to eternity’s pearly gates.
As one nears the airport here, an hour’s drive from the city center, one can notice backhoes in open spaces near the coast just as often as seeing carabaos or threshers in rice fields along the North Luzon Expressway in the Philippines during the harvest season.
6,986,951,000—World population as of Oct. 26, 2011 48—Percentage of the world’s population living below $2 a day 81—Average life expectancy at birth for men and women in Canada, Martinique, and Singapore 2.5—Total fertility rate (TFR) worldwide. TFRs range from 0.9 children per women in Taiwan to 7.0 in Niger. 14.3—Percentage of Zimbabwe’s population with HIV/AIDS [...]
The good news about the world population reaching 7 billion is that the average life expectancy has soared to 68, infant mortality has dropped to 46 per 1,000, and the average number of children in a family has plunged by more than half at 2.5.
