A 107-year-old Malaysian woman says she is ready to marry for the 23rd time because she fears her current drug addict husband might leave her for a younger woman.
Wook Kundor made headlines four years ago when she married Muhammad Noor Che Musa, a man 70 years her junior in northern Terengganu state, with pictures of the couple’s wedding splashed across regional newspapers.
But Wook is now once again on the hunt for Mr Right as she fears that Muhammad, 37, who is undergoing voluntary drug rehabilitation treatment in the capital Kuala Lumpur, will leave her once the program ends, she told the Star newspaper.
“Lately, there is this kind of insecurity in me,” the paper quoted her as saying, showing a photograph of the smiling, wrinkled-faced centenarian wearing a Muslim headscarf.
“I realize that I am an aged woman. I don’t have the body nor am I a young woman who can attract anyone.”
“My intention to remarry is to fill my forlornness and nothing more than that,” she said, adding that she felt lonely without her husband by her side to celebrate the coming Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr next week.
Wook said she planned to visit Muhammad on the second day of Eid if her neighbors were willing to drive her to the capital.
Muhammad, who was a lodger in Wook’s house, had previously said it was “God’s will” that the couple fell in love.(AFP)
一位一０七歲的馬來西亞人瑞說，因為擔心目前染上毒癮的丈夫可能會為了更年輕的女人離開她，所以準備結第二十三次婚。
四年前，烏可．坤朵嫁給小她七十歲的丈夫穆罕默德．努爾．切．牧薩時曾轟動一時，他們的結婚照片佔據了丁加奴州北部地方報紙的新聞版面。
不過烏可對《星報》表示，她又在尋找她的白馬王子了。因為她現年三十七歲的丈夫穆罕默德正在首都吉隆坡接受自願戒毒治療，她擔心療程結束後，丈夫會移情別戀離開她。
該報引述她的話說：「最近我常常感到不安。」文中也登出這位人瑞的照片，照片中的她面帶微笑、滿臉皺紋，還圍著穆斯林頭巾。
「我知道我是一個上了年紀的女人。我的身材走樣，也不是可以吸引任何人的妙齡女子。」
「我打算再婚是為了填補孤獨，就只是這樣而已。」她補充說，少了丈夫和她一起迎接下週的穆斯林開齋節，她感到很寂寞。
烏可說，如果鄰居願意開車載她到吉隆坡的話，她打算在開齋節第二天去探視穆罕默德。
本是烏可家房客的穆罕默德之前曾表示，他們倆墜入愛河是「上帝的旨意」。
（法新社╱翻譯：袁星塵）
A: Singer Jay Chou is staging four shows at the Taipei Dome starting today. B: And he’s the first singer to ever hold concerts at the venue. A: I’m curious, how big is this “big egg” exactly? B: It can accommodate nearly 40,000 people and bring various kinds of business opportunities. A: This is the new “concert economy” trend. A: 歌王周杰倫從今天起，將一連4天在大巨蛋開唱。 B: 哇，周董可是首位在大巨蛋舉辦演唱會的歌手耶！ A: 大巨蛋到底有多大啊？真好奇。 B: 每場可容納近4萬人，還能帶來各種商機呢。 A: 嗯，這就是現在最夯的「演唱會經濟」。 （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
A: I’ve been a fan of singer Jay Chou for 24 years, since his debut in 2000. B: But this time, his Taipei Dome concerts have shed light on the issue of ticket scalping. A: Isn’t the law stricter after being amended last year? B: Yeah, ticket scalping is illegal, even if you only raise the price by NT$1 when reselling. A: Why aren’t scalpers afraid of getting caught? Maybe a real-name ticketing system would be better. A: 自從周杰倫2000年出道以來，我都已經追星24年了。 B: 不過這次大巨蛋開唱，他卻引爆黃牛票問題。 A: 去年修法後，法規不是變得比較嚴格？ B: 是啊，就算加價1元轉賣也算違法！ A: 黃牛們怎麼都抓不怕？或許票券「實名制」會更有用。 （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
When a large group of people struggles to reach a consensus, voting is often used to help make a decision. Surprisingly, humans are not the only animals that exhibit this type of democratic tendency. Several different species of animals demonstrate similar voting behavior. One of the most notable examples of animals engaging in this activity involves African buffalo. Ecologist Herbert Prins first observed herds of African buffalo performing voting behavior in the 1990s. Groups of African buffalo would pause under the intense midday sun and rest until dusk. Prins noticed that some buffalo would periodically stand up and gaze
Continued from yesterday（延續自昨日） https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang The African buffalo’s voting system is straightforward. One buffalo initiates the process by getting up, looking intently in a particular direction, and lying back down. If other buffalo agree with this choice, they will mimic this behavior. Conversely, buffalo with a differing preference will face their desired location. Ultimately, the direction favored by the majority dictates where the herd will graze that evening. Not all buffalo are involved in the decision-making process, though. It’s primarily the adult females of the herd that participate. The voting system displays a certain level of fairness because the status of each buffalo in
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