Tuesday, January 04, 2005
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\ih-MOHT\ verb : to give expression to emotion especially in acting
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I actually donated $10 today!!! What the hell was I thinking?? Do I really have so much money to spare?! Got approached yesterday to donate $5 yesterday and another $10 today?? No way!! I was walking down to Parkway yesterday and this fellow asked me what time it was. I told him and he said no [was thinking you better not tell me it's Tiger Time], it's donation time!!! Oh my goodness!!! Okay, I donated $5. $5 is a lot you know???? And it's not even to help the tsunami victims. Anyway, got approached today by this girl to donate $10. Crazy. How can you ask someone to actually donate so much money????? What is this world becoming?? Are they thinking we have too much money to spare??? Well anyway, I told her I would check how much money I have left and she
peered into my wallet. And she even thought that we are only 16. And when I was walking to my bus stand, this guy approached my friend and I, asking for donations again. And so I said: "Don't ask me. I have already donated $10 today. Not interested in donating anymore." Noticed that there have been a huge increase in people asking for donations [excluding those for the tsunami victims]. It's good to help others in need, but the thing is that nowadays, people don't allow you to donate any amount you like!!! They force you to give money!! And I seriously wonder if those volunteers will donate when others ask them to do so. Of course it's your final decision in whether you want to donate in the end or not, but I think they still should give us the freedom to choose the amount of money we want to donate. Not turning people away by asking them to give $10. You think it's so easy to earn that amount?? And those volunteers actually get paid. They get paid!!! They take our money and pay those volunteers!!! Next time I will only donate to those that ask for no more than $2 for those fixed donations. Or else, no more!!!! Unless it's for really terrible incidents like the tsunami that killed so many people and rendered sooooo many others homeless. That's far more meaningful. And I just hate the way NKF raises money by forcing viewers to watch those charity shows that seem to torture those poor artistes. It's just wrong and unfair to both the viewers and the artistes. I don't feel like donating when I see those poor artistes performing those dangerous stunts. I only feel like donating when I understand the predictment of the patients. Don't you feel like switching off the television when you see those gross stunts? [Well, I understand that there are sadistic people out there that derive happiness from other's sufferings.] I still think flag day is the best. Then, you can really see kind people who really give. And you can give whatever amount you like. Wonder if any of you out there understand what am I trying to say here.
