On my visit to Ke Lok Si ― a  religious site for the Buddhists in Penang, Malaysia, I ran across souvenir shops along the road to the temple, selling these plaster feces. It's around RM.3.30/each. The shop owner explained to me that visitors bought it for good luck.

They would place it on the floor as if it was real. Yet, they wouldn't step on it on purpose, of course! :-)

Many cultures around the world reckons that excrement (whether human's or animal's/bird's) symbolizes good luck. It's even better if you're soiled by birds while they are flying above you, my dad once said. It's a sign that good luck is coming towards you! 

In a movie scene, Michele Pfeifer was fallen in love with an aged mansion in an Italian suburb owned by an Italian Lady, but when she asserted her desire to buy the mansion, the lady refused it, saying that she was waiting for a sign if she was the right buyer. In a blink of an eye a dove flew over her head and accidently soiled on her. Immediately, the Lady stood up and shouted out that the sign had been given. The bird's choosing to soil on her was the sign of good luck and made her the right buyer!

A Joke to Make Your Day

On a trip to Penang last November 2010, a great host took my friends and I to a nice restaurant called something like "Ipoh Corner" after church. It's located in a food court area at China Town. When the nature called, I was welcomed by this cute and entertaining sign in front of the toilet.

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture." - Jesus Christ

For I belong not to this mortal world

I don't belong to this mortal world. I am only a sojourner, more precisely a pilgrim of the narrow road. For I brought nothing into this world and nothing from this world will I bring with me into eternity. Now, I live my life as a sojourner and a pilgrim with a new paradigm. Seeing and experiencing things with a new perspective. While pursuing eternal values, finding just enough light for every step I am on. 
That light enlightens my paths faithfully.