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Man uses billboards to ‘find a wife’
A UK-based bachelor took to advertising himself on huge billboards in his quest to find a wife.
Muhammad Malik had set up a website and bought several advertising hoardings across Birmingham to look for a prospective life partner, according to new reports.
The 29-year-old entrepreneur could be seen smiling as he jokingly asked to be “saved” from an arranged marriage in billboards that popped up across the city and in Manchester.
Mr Malik, who is from London but considers Birmingham his second home, said that he was not opposed to the idea of arranged marriage but wanted to “try and find someone on my own first.”
“I just haven’t found the right girl yet. It’s tough out there. I had to get a billboard to get seen!” he clarified on his website.
“My ideal partner would be a Muslim woman in her 20s, who’s striving to better.” He wrote. Since he put up the billboards, Mr Malik said he had received hundreds of messages.
Mr Malik said he tried a few other methods to find a future wife before plastering his face on billboards.
He said he tried dating apps and a few dating events, before a friend suggested that he should literally advertise himself. — ndtv.com
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NASA Astronaut shows how he wears pants in Space: ‘two legs at a time’
Astronauts have a unique way of getting dressed in space. In a fascinating video posted on February 21, NASA chemical engineer, Don Pettit, demonstrated how he puts on his pants aboard the International Space Station. Instead of the traditional one-leg-at-a-time approach, Mr Pettit descended into his floating trousers, essentially jumping into them with both legs at once.
He simply captioned the video, “Two legs at a time.”
The lighthearted video delighted viewers, prompting a flurry of comments and reactions from users who enjoyed the humorous glimpse into life in space. One user wrote, “I thought you were going to land right in them at first. Haha. That might be fun to try.”
Another joked, “This is the real content that I needed! I attempted to recreate this on Earth and well.it didn’t go well.”
A third said, “Missed opportunity to not have the theme from Space Odyssey 2001 playing for this.” A fourth added, “Such a pro! Well done.”
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Company threatens to fire employees …..if they don’t get married and have children
A company based in China’s Shandong province caught the attention of government officials after it threatened to fire its single and divorced employees if they remained single by the end of September.
According to a report in South China Morning Post, Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group Co. Ltd., issued a notice to its 1,200-odd employees, emphasising that they work well and establish families.
The notice required single employees aged 28-58, including those divorced, to get married and settle down by the end of September this year. Those who do not by the end of March need to write a self-criticism letter. If they do not get married by the end of June, the company will conduct an “evaluation” of them. If they are still single by the end of September, they will be fired.
The company said the move was intended to promote the spirit and cultural values of “diligence, kindness, loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness”.
As the news went viral, Chinese social media users slammed the decision, stating the company was violating several laws.
“Corporate rules should not override laws or social morals,” one user commented, while others pointed out that the Chinese marriage law guarantees freedom of marriage.
“This crazy company should mind its own business and stay away from the personal lives of employees.”
