Well, it finally happened...
I hope it melts... and it should, I think....
Mulligan
SOOOOOO... I was going to go outside... but again.. I'm lacking... damn depression... I've stopped sensing color again (at random times).
Anyways... So I'd post a pic of what I've been fooding on for this week... A mulligan stew!
No meat sadly.. hard to find the right crappy cuts... and $$$$$.
Still.. it lasts about 6 meals.... so about half a week... and nutritious...
I should go outside...
Frustration
Annoyed.. Jered heard me complain for about 20 mins...
I really dislike the situation for finals here... I'm whiny ... whatever..
Ugh. Anytime I ask, no one give me any other answer than "Check the website"
The website that is in NORWEGIAN, or that has been WRONG countless times, or how about the I COULDN'T EVEN ACCESS THE INFORMATION....
But they get pissy if I ask a question that they could answer within a few seconds.
Frustrating, which wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't as stressed out as I am right now...
I'm losing my eyebrows again... Sad face...
I really dislike the situation for finals here... I'm whiny ... whatever..
Ugh. Anytime I ask, no one give me any other answer than "Check the website"
The website that is in NORWEGIAN, or that has been WRONG countless times, or how about the I COULDN'T EVEN ACCESS THE INFORMATION....
But they get pissy if I ask a question that they could answer within a few seconds.
Frustrating, which wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't as stressed out as I am right now...
I'm losing my eyebrows again... Sad face...
Weekend
So...
Ended up in the convention this weekend..... very interesting for me, but I don't feel like talking about it now... I make story later when I can fix the stupid space bar on my computer.
Yes, pictures of me for once... Jered shall be please.
Shudder
why... why do I ever look at pictures of people from high school.. Makes me feel old...but grateful I am here in Norway!
Anyways.. I seem to be depressed I really wish things were better, so that I would want to blog about them...
Going to As this weekend... Really, I don't want to go, but.....
Anyways.. I seem to be depressed I really wish things were better, so that I would want to blog about them...
Going to As this weekend... Really, I don't want to go, but.....
Statistic
Well, if you know anything about stats is that they are easily manipulated to take theses with a grain of salt.
Top 5 Alarming World Poverty Statistics:
5. More than 800 million people suffer from malnutrition.
4. The United States spends 0.16% of its budget on aid to poor countries, the second lowest percentage among all developed countries.
3. A worker in Bangladesh making garments for Disney would have to work 210 years in order to earn what Disney’s CEO gets paid in one hour.
2. 35,000 children a day die from diseases related to malnutrition, or 1 every 2 seconds.
1. Over three billion people (roughly half the world’s population) live on less than two dollars a day.
Top 5 Alarming United States Poverty Statistics:
5. In 1968, the minimum wage was 86% of the living wage. By 1998, that figure had fallen to 64%.
4. On any given night, 750,000 Americans do not have shelter, or 1 in 400.
3. 40 million Americans do not have medical insurance, 0r 1 in 8.
2. 10 million Americans go hungry each day, 40% of them children.
1. In 1996, one in four Americans under 18 was living in poverty.
Top 10 Alarming United States Wealth Statistics:
10. Since 1950, Americans have used up more resources than everyone who ever lived on earth before 1950.
9. In 2000, CEO’s earned 475 times what their average workers made.
8. 57% of those listed on the 1997 Forbes 400 started life as millionaires.
7. Americans spend more on trash bags than 90 other countries spend on everything.
6. 27% of people earning over $100,000 agree that “I cannot afford to buy everything I really need.”
5. On 15% of Americans report that they would be satisfied with a comfortable middle-class lifestyle.
4. The Unites States comprises 5% of the world’s population, yet accounts for 40% of its gasoline consumption.
3. The average size of a new home today is double what it was in the 1950’s.
2. The average American consumes 5 times more than a Mexican, 10 times more than a Chinese person, and 30 times more than someone from India.
1. If everyone in the world consumed at the same rate as Americans do, we would need six planet earths to meet the demand for resources.
(originally posted at Discipline for Justice)
Top 5 Alarming World Poverty Statistics:
5. More than 800 million people suffer from malnutrition.
4. The United States spends 0.16% of its budget on aid to poor countries, the second lowest percentage among all developed countries.
3. A worker in Bangladesh making garments for Disney would have to work 210 years in order to earn what Disney’s CEO gets paid in one hour.
2. 35,000 children a day die from diseases related to malnutrition, or 1 every 2 seconds.
1. Over three billion people (roughly half the world’s population) live on less than two dollars a day.
Top 5 Alarming United States Poverty Statistics:
5. In 1968, the minimum wage was 86% of the living wage. By 1998, that figure had fallen to 64%.
4. On any given night, 750,000 Americans do not have shelter, or 1 in 400.
3. 40 million Americans do not have medical insurance, 0r 1 in 8.
2. 10 million Americans go hungry each day, 40% of them children.
1. In 1996, one in four Americans under 18 was living in poverty.
Top 10 Alarming United States Wealth Statistics:
10. Since 1950, Americans have used up more resources than everyone who ever lived on earth before 1950.
9. In 2000, CEO’s earned 475 times what their average workers made.
8. 57% of those listed on the 1997 Forbes 400 started life as millionaires.
7. Americans spend more on trash bags than 90 other countries spend on everything.
6. 27% of people earning over $100,000 agree that “I cannot afford to buy everything I really need.”
5. On 15% of Americans report that they would be satisfied with a comfortable middle-class lifestyle.
4. The Unites States comprises 5% of the world’s population, yet accounts for 40% of its gasoline consumption.
3. The average size of a new home today is double what it was in the 1950’s.
2. The average American consumes 5 times more than a Mexican, 10 times more than a Chinese person, and 30 times more than someone from India.
1. If everyone in the world consumed at the same rate as Americans do, we would need six planet earths to meet the demand for resources.
(originally posted at Discipline for Justice)
Blog Action Day
So this may seem a little pointless to me, at least to post here, but whatever:
88 Ways to Take Action Against Poverty Right Now
1. Eat meatless meals 2x a week. Donate that grocery money to a local food bank. - TarotByArwen
2. Be homeless for a day/night. - Lex
3. Stop putting off adopting a child through an organization like Compassion International (or adopt another one). - Lex
4. Make a loan on Kiva, or buy a couple gift certificates and give them away to friends. - Lex
5. Get a group together to go door-to-door collecting canned foods for your local soup kitchen/shelter. - Lex
6. Take a homeless person to dinner and actually sit/talk with him. - Lex
7. Stop being lazy. Find a way to do your job better so that you can save an hour a day, or be that much more productive. - Alex Shalman
8. Stop buying junk to make yourself look pretty and donate it to homeless people and hungry people. - Craigsnede
9. Make flyers to stick in the local library. - Craigsnede
10. If you have a musical instrument you no longer use, donate to the still-struggling musicians and students in New Orleans, who are still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. A few great organizations that will accepts musical instruments are Tipitina’s Foundation (www.tipitinasfoundation.org) and The New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund (www.nomrf.org/donations.html).
11. I’m interviewing a Capuchin monk vowed to Poverty about his work with Detroit’s poor for my blog, and I’m trying to arrange a fund raiser with my author and PIVTR radio station friends.
12. Find a gripping picture or video having to do with poverty and publish it on the Web.
13. Stop drinking Coke and bottled water for a day and save on plastic. Will save a lot of plastic if each of us does it for only one day.
14. Share your skill or knowledge, so they can improve their knowledge to increase their life/prosperity.
15. Visit an orphanage.
16. Stop being lazy.
17. Give comfort to the poor.
18. Donate.
19. Check your closet and make sure that anything you have not used last winter is taken to a charitable organization. Ask your friends and neighbors and volunteer to pick up the clothes, launder them and deliver them to those organizations. They will do no good in your closet and a world of good to someone in need.
20. On one day only eat food that you have asked someone for directly or for the money you need to buy it. Pay attention to the feelings.
21. Have a “sponsor me” day. Donate money to a poverty relief cause for everyone who leaves a comment on your blog that day.
22. Designers for Blog Action Day group on Flickr. Submit your designs: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bad2008design/
23. Organize a Hunger 101 Program for a local youth group. Our Girl Scout community learned about what they could do to help the working poor in our community. http://spedr.com/da5f This inspired them to organize several Take Action events: http://spedr.com/krfw
24. Add the “Women Rock” badge to your website or Facebook page.
25. if any of us knew or aware about any organisation which can help educate them, like, skills centre, entrepeneurship centre..u know, stuffs they do to help these pople actually do something to improve their life, we might try to collect name carsd from these organisations (NGOs or ministries), and walk around and passed these cards to them, with of couse, maybe some donations of any supplies.
26. Skip a weekly trip to the grocery store and donate the money saved to a food bank. I do this once a year for my family of 5. For that week we only eat what is left in the pantry or fridge. By the end of the week, pickings are slim and we get a sense of what it feels like to not have the luxury of tasty, well balanced meals every night.
27. Make a personal fundraising page in 5 minutes on Firstgiving.com. Raise money securely online for any US-based nonprofit committed to ending poverty in the US or around the world. Here’s an example page: http://www.firstgiving.com/bapbwm.
28. Have dinner on the floor and make it a very small meal (like chicken broth, watered down milk, and maybe a small piece of bread?) Talk about the blessings you have and that the meal represents those who don’t get to eat “big” on a daily basis.
29. Volunteer at a soup kitchen!
30. Play freerice.com!
31. If you have take out coffee, skip it for an entire week, donate the savings!
32. Give 5 bucks to a homeless person who looks hungry!
33. Talk with your children about poverty and who it affects.
34. Save your old stuff and sold it for charity
35. Support charity organization in your country. Reducing poverty may start in your nearest region.
36. Do something to touch 3 people or to reach out to 3 people and get them to pay it forward.
37. Give a gallon of water to each of 3 people who need it?
38. Give a $10 gift certificate to each of 3 homeless, single mothers so that she and her children can have one hot meal at a fast food restaurant?
39. Ask 3 entrepreneurs to each make a donation to 3 people or causes?
40. Holding perhaps daily or weekly community classes for imparting knowledge from our side and educating the local masses is something we all can do by coming together at grass root level.
41. Avoiding overconsumption.
42. Contributing to relief funds which can assist this cause.
43. Host a 1 day famine and collect donations. With the donations, pass it to a Welfare/Poverty Organisation.
44. Plan a pot luck/BBQ or a get together inviting close friends and neighbours, to bring awareness and also to raise funds for a shelter home. Funds can be used to purchase the necessary groceries for the home.
45. Pray for the comfort and safety of the world’s poor. Pray for the strength, wisdom and courage to help each of them find prosperity.
46. Combat corruption!
47. Don’t just talk to your kids about poverty - get them involved by having them go through their toys and clothes to find concrete things to pass along. The next time they want you to buy something for them - talk about what that money could buy for someone who had no food… then follow through and donate the money you didn’t spend.
48. Donate your time and expertise to teach a class to those trying to find a new way to earn a living.
49. To add to the previous suggestions, rather than just donate money to homeless people, why not use the money you would use on yourself for a coffee to buy one for someone else. If you get coupons for free beverages or meals, keep them with you and give them to someone in need.
50. As you find organizations to which you like to donate food, clothing, etc., spend some time volunteering for that organization. Contribute to the organizations you are already supporting in other ways.
51. Educate others. If you are a teacher, talk to your students about poverty. Get their opinions. Inspire them. If you work in other areas, strike up a conversation with your colleagues in the lunchroom or lounge. Get educated so you can answer questions and provide information that might spur others into action.
52. Visit The Hunger Site every day and click the link to feed the hungry. It’s fast and it’s free and there’s absolutely NO excuse not to do it every day you’re online!
53. Be compassionate.
54. Invite friends to watch documentaries how poverty destroyed ones life,family and their future.
55. Do not waste water on that day.
56. Express your love and compassion for one street child by having an enrollment conversation with her.
57. Ask your child to share her food with the child of your maid on that day.
58. Make a list of five items you haven’t used for long and have no plans to use them in future either. And distribute them among local poors with all humility.
59. Compose a poem on the theme ‘Making Poverty A History’ and get it published in a local magazine or paper. Also, ask your baby to recite the poem in her school.
60. Talk to your five relatives about the poverty issue and invite them to come up with their suggestions to eradicate poverty.
61. Organize a drawing competition for kids on the poverty theme and exhibit their works in a local school or community centre.
62. Do not overeat on that day.
63. Save electricity on that day and contribute the equivalent savings to a local charity.
64. Contribute your one day salary to a child rehabilitation centre.
65. Get a few friends, gather all your unused items, sell it and buy something a meal for the poor in your neighborhood.
66. Si tan solo los gobiernos hicieran mucho mas por este flagelo, la pobreza se reduciría en un 70% por no decir 100%. Observo como a algunos gobiernos que han prometido en sus campañas electorales que acabarían con este mal, luego de llegar al poder y por motivo del oro negro les entran grandes cantidades de dinero, ¿y que es lo que han hecho con el, en vez de ayudar al pais? Financiar con ese dinero (que se supone es del pueblo), proyectos políticos solo para sus intereses personales… da tanta tristeza ver cuanta gente tirada por la calle, sin tener que comer, o donde dormir, mientras estos señores se gastan el dinero de tantos ciudadanos, comprando poder para satisfacer su ego.
67. Travel to a poor country or area. Look for ways to make a difference on the ground there.
68. On your next off day from work, go to a homeless shealter and help serve food to those who are there, talk with them, listen to their stories, you will find that they were at one time, alot like yourself.
69. Let’s learn to love and respect one another, and to give to those who have less.
70. Pictures. It’s one thing to say that the milk my son spilled at lunch this afternoon was more than some kids get. But some people don’t see how real that is unless they’re looking at a picture.So, I’m looking for them.
71. Talk about poverty.
72. To most Americans, it’s not real unless we see it. I’m going to be revamping my blog so that poverty is prominent, and I’m talking about it more often.
73. Don’t stop at the generalities. War, famine, corruption, etc. all happen, and should be resisted. However, let’s dig deeper and go into the specifics. Not just talking about thousands of people dying of thirst … let’s talk about a real person.
74. Pull out the hearts of the readers, and make them confront what they know is right and wrong.
75. Instead of video games and other toys, give your neighbors and friends gift certificates for classical music lessons. For every $1 spent on music education, by my calculations, you get a $4.57 return on your investment from age 4-22 and that investment can never be taken away from you. Throughout one’s lifetime it pays much, much more. Take the money you save and give it in music lessons to the next person.
76. Go to your school board meetings and demand better music education. The arts are part of the core curriculum of “No Child Left Behind” and as I’ve been telling people for a few months now, the less we have to pay for health care and crime, the more we have to spend on food and shelter and doing good for our neighbors.
77. The more intelligent we are and the more productive we are, the more fruitfully we can spend our time, and the more we can produce to give away.
78. The reason why poverty still exist in Indonesia is because people is giving cash money to the poor at the streets and those money usually being used for things that usually destructive/not good (buying drugs, etc.) In order to stop poverty, the government already got their program to fight it but it didn’t go successfully for people still think that they are better off at the streets and there’s this what-so-called ‘mafia’ that organize these poor people at the streets.
79. In order to fight this, the people started to give food/meal/clothes to the poor instead of cash money so it would stop the process.
80. I think in order to stop poverty is to give what the people really need, not just giving it away for the sake of ‘being kind’ ;)
81. Fund educational programs for women.
82. Ensure that women have legal protections.
83. Educate people about the plight of women around the world.
84. Educate yourself on one aspect of poverty that affects women, whether it’s educating yourself on what’s going on with rape or abortion legislation in your own local area, or finding out what you can do to help women in other countries attain the basic human rights they deserve, by doing research on organisations that help women and contributing to those organisations in some way.
85. Do a campaign of creative advertisements for public awareness and a call to action. Do a poster, do an ambient campaign, write a radio or TV spot.
86. Breadline Africa is launching a Blogger Bake Off to help raise awareness and funds. If you want to do something on Blog Action Day, you should turn your talking (which is very worthwhile) into action: donate to a charity. Organisations that use funds directly in poor communities will be using your money where it can do the most good: at the grass roots level.
87. Educate yourself.
88. Prepare a space in your home for the poor to stay as needed.
Well, what are you waiting for? Pick something from this list. Go NOW. Do it.
Do it.
And the world will be richer in mind and body.
88 Ways to Take Action Against Poverty Right Now
1. Eat meatless meals 2x a week. Donate that grocery money to a local food bank. - TarotByArwen
2. Be homeless for a day/night. - Lex
3. Stop putting off adopting a child through an organization like Compassion International (or adopt another one). - Lex
4. Make a loan on Kiva, or buy a couple gift certificates and give them away to friends. - Lex
5. Get a group together to go door-to-door collecting canned foods for your local soup kitchen/shelter. - Lex
6. Take a homeless person to dinner and actually sit/talk with him. - Lex
7. Stop being lazy. Find a way to do your job better so that you can save an hour a day, or be that much more productive. - Alex Shalman
8. Stop buying junk to make yourself look pretty and donate it to homeless people and hungry people. - Craigsnede
9. Make flyers to stick in the local library. - Craigsnede
10. If you have a musical instrument you no longer use, donate to the still-struggling musicians and students in New Orleans, who are still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. A few great organizations that will accepts musical instruments are Tipitina’s Foundation (www.tipitinasfoundation.org) and The New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund (www.nomrf.org/donations.html).
11. I’m interviewing a Capuchin monk vowed to Poverty about his work with Detroit’s poor for my blog, and I’m trying to arrange a fund raiser with my author and PIVTR radio station friends.
12. Find a gripping picture or video having to do with poverty and publish it on the Web.
13. Stop drinking Coke and bottled water for a day and save on plastic. Will save a lot of plastic if each of us does it for only one day.
14. Share your skill or knowledge, so they can improve their knowledge to increase their life/prosperity.
15. Visit an orphanage.
16. Stop being lazy.
17. Give comfort to the poor.
18. Donate.
19. Check your closet and make sure that anything you have not used last winter is taken to a charitable organization. Ask your friends and neighbors and volunteer to pick up the clothes, launder them and deliver them to those organizations. They will do no good in your closet and a world of good to someone in need.
20. On one day only eat food that you have asked someone for directly or for the money you need to buy it. Pay attention to the feelings.
21. Have a “sponsor me” day. Donate money to a poverty relief cause for everyone who leaves a comment on your blog that day.
22. Designers for Blog Action Day group on Flickr. Submit your designs: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bad2008design/
23. Organize a Hunger 101 Program for a local youth group. Our Girl Scout community learned about what they could do to help the working poor in our community. http://spedr.com/da5f This inspired them to organize several Take Action events: http://spedr.com/krfw
24. Add the “Women Rock” badge to your website or Facebook page.
25. if any of us knew or aware about any organisation which can help educate them, like, skills centre, entrepeneurship centre..u know, stuffs they do to help these pople actually do something to improve their life, we might try to collect name carsd from these organisations (NGOs or ministries), and walk around and passed these cards to them, with of couse, maybe some donations of any supplies.
26. Skip a weekly trip to the grocery store and donate the money saved to a food bank. I do this once a year for my family of 5. For that week we only eat what is left in the pantry or fridge. By the end of the week, pickings are slim and we get a sense of what it feels like to not have the luxury of tasty, well balanced meals every night.
27. Make a personal fundraising page in 5 minutes on Firstgiving.com. Raise money securely online for any US-based nonprofit committed to ending poverty in the US or around the world. Here’s an example page: http://www.firstgiving.com/bapbwm.
28. Have dinner on the floor and make it a very small meal (like chicken broth, watered down milk, and maybe a small piece of bread?) Talk about the blessings you have and that the meal represents those who don’t get to eat “big” on a daily basis.
29. Volunteer at a soup kitchen!
30. Play freerice.com!
31. If you have take out coffee, skip it for an entire week, donate the savings!
32. Give 5 bucks to a homeless person who looks hungry!
33. Talk with your children about poverty and who it affects.
34. Save your old stuff and sold it for charity
35. Support charity organization in your country. Reducing poverty may start in your nearest region.
36. Do something to touch 3 people or to reach out to 3 people and get them to pay it forward.
37. Give a gallon of water to each of 3 people who need it?
38. Give a $10 gift certificate to each of 3 homeless, single mothers so that she and her children can have one hot meal at a fast food restaurant?
39. Ask 3 entrepreneurs to each make a donation to 3 people or causes?
40. Holding perhaps daily or weekly community classes for imparting knowledge from our side and educating the local masses is something we all can do by coming together at grass root level.
41. Avoiding overconsumption.
42. Contributing to relief funds which can assist this cause.
43. Host a 1 day famine and collect donations. With the donations, pass it to a Welfare/Poverty Organisation.
44. Plan a pot luck/BBQ or a get together inviting close friends and neighbours, to bring awareness and also to raise funds for a shelter home. Funds can be used to purchase the necessary groceries for the home.
45. Pray for the comfort and safety of the world’s poor. Pray for the strength, wisdom and courage to help each of them find prosperity.
46. Combat corruption!
47. Don’t just talk to your kids about poverty - get them involved by having them go through their toys and clothes to find concrete things to pass along. The next time they want you to buy something for them - talk about what that money could buy for someone who had no food… then follow through and donate the money you didn’t spend.
48. Donate your time and expertise to teach a class to those trying to find a new way to earn a living.
49. To add to the previous suggestions, rather than just donate money to homeless people, why not use the money you would use on yourself for a coffee to buy one for someone else. If you get coupons for free beverages or meals, keep them with you and give them to someone in need.
50. As you find organizations to which you like to donate food, clothing, etc., spend some time volunteering for that organization. Contribute to the organizations you are already supporting in other ways.
51. Educate others. If you are a teacher, talk to your students about poverty. Get their opinions. Inspire them. If you work in other areas, strike up a conversation with your colleagues in the lunchroom or lounge. Get educated so you can answer questions and provide information that might spur others into action.
52. Visit The Hunger Site every day and click the link to feed the hungry. It’s fast and it’s free and there’s absolutely NO excuse not to do it every day you’re online!
53. Be compassionate.
54. Invite friends to watch documentaries how poverty destroyed ones life,family and their future.
55. Do not waste water on that day.
56. Express your love and compassion for one street child by having an enrollment conversation with her.
57. Ask your child to share her food with the child of your maid on that day.
58. Make a list of five items you haven’t used for long and have no plans to use them in future either. And distribute them among local poors with all humility.
59. Compose a poem on the theme ‘Making Poverty A History’ and get it published in a local magazine or paper. Also, ask your baby to recite the poem in her school.
60. Talk to your five relatives about the poverty issue and invite them to come up with their suggestions to eradicate poverty.
61. Organize a drawing competition for kids on the poverty theme and exhibit their works in a local school or community centre.
62. Do not overeat on that day.
63. Save electricity on that day and contribute the equivalent savings to a local charity.
64. Contribute your one day salary to a child rehabilitation centre.
65. Get a few friends, gather all your unused items, sell it and buy something a meal for the poor in your neighborhood.
66. Si tan solo los gobiernos hicieran mucho mas por este flagelo, la pobreza se reduciría en un 70% por no decir 100%. Observo como a algunos gobiernos que han prometido en sus campañas electorales que acabarían con este mal, luego de llegar al poder y por motivo del oro negro les entran grandes cantidades de dinero, ¿y que es lo que han hecho con el, en vez de ayudar al pais? Financiar con ese dinero (que se supone es del pueblo), proyectos políticos solo para sus intereses personales… da tanta tristeza ver cuanta gente tirada por la calle, sin tener que comer, o donde dormir, mientras estos señores se gastan el dinero de tantos ciudadanos, comprando poder para satisfacer su ego.
67. Travel to a poor country or area. Look for ways to make a difference on the ground there.
68. On your next off day from work, go to a homeless shealter and help serve food to those who are there, talk with them, listen to their stories, you will find that they were at one time, alot like yourself.
69. Let’s learn to love and respect one another, and to give to those who have less.
70. Pictures. It’s one thing to say that the milk my son spilled at lunch this afternoon was more than some kids get. But some people don’t see how real that is unless they’re looking at a picture.So, I’m looking for them.
71. Talk about poverty.
72. To most Americans, it’s not real unless we see it. I’m going to be revamping my blog so that poverty is prominent, and I’m talking about it more often.
73. Don’t stop at the generalities. War, famine, corruption, etc. all happen, and should be resisted. However, let’s dig deeper and go into the specifics. Not just talking about thousands of people dying of thirst … let’s talk about a real person.
74. Pull out the hearts of the readers, and make them confront what they know is right and wrong.
75. Instead of video games and other toys, give your neighbors and friends gift certificates for classical music lessons. For every $1 spent on music education, by my calculations, you get a $4.57 return on your investment from age 4-22 and that investment can never be taken away from you. Throughout one’s lifetime it pays much, much more. Take the money you save and give it in music lessons to the next person.
76. Go to your school board meetings and demand better music education. The arts are part of the core curriculum of “No Child Left Behind” and as I’ve been telling people for a few months now, the less we have to pay for health care and crime, the more we have to spend on food and shelter and doing good for our neighbors.
77. The more intelligent we are and the more productive we are, the more fruitfully we can spend our time, and the more we can produce to give away.
78. The reason why poverty still exist in Indonesia is because people is giving cash money to the poor at the streets and those money usually being used for things that usually destructive/not good (buying drugs, etc.) In order to stop poverty, the government already got their program to fight it but it didn’t go successfully for people still think that they are better off at the streets and there’s this what-so-called ‘mafia’ that organize these poor people at the streets.
79. In order to fight this, the people started to give food/meal/clothes to the poor instead of cash money so it would stop the process.
80. I think in order to stop poverty is to give what the people really need, not just giving it away for the sake of ‘being kind’ ;)
81. Fund educational programs for women.
82. Ensure that women have legal protections.
83. Educate people about the plight of women around the world.
84. Educate yourself on one aspect of poverty that affects women, whether it’s educating yourself on what’s going on with rape or abortion legislation in your own local area, or finding out what you can do to help women in other countries attain the basic human rights they deserve, by doing research on organisations that help women and contributing to those organisations in some way.
85. Do a campaign of creative advertisements for public awareness and a call to action. Do a poster, do an ambient campaign, write a radio or TV spot.
86. Breadline Africa is launching a Blogger Bake Off to help raise awareness and funds. If you want to do something on Blog Action Day, you should turn your talking (which is very worthwhile) into action: donate to a charity. Organisations that use funds directly in poor communities will be using your money where it can do the most good: at the grass roots level.
87. Educate yourself.
88. Prepare a space in your home for the poor to stay as needed.
Well, what are you waiting for? Pick something from this list. Go NOW. Do it.
Do it.
And the world will be richer in mind and body.
Nationaltheater
I went and actually did something today... Whoo me!
Really that means I went to the national theater.
If any of the drama kids read this, then maybe I should point out that Ibsen was Norwegian (and the writer of Romershlom{I can't spell})
Anyways, I have pictures for you to enjoy... Don't forget that there are more at the Picasa Album.
To add to this... I also was surprised to find something like the Farmer's Market on the street... It's not the same as most of the products are high end, organic, specifically cultural items... Plus it's only for about a week. But I got a bunch of samples of odd things. This included odd fish and brown cheese.... Neither of which I really wanted... Thought about buying moose sausage though.
Pictures from that!
Really that means I went to the national theater.
If any of the drama kids read this, then maybe I should point out that Ibsen was Norwegian (and the writer of Romershlom{I can't spell})
Anyways, I have pictures for you to enjoy... Don't forget that there are more at the Picasa Album.
To add to this... I also was surprised to find something like the Farmer's Market on the street... It's not the same as most of the products are high end, organic, specifically cultural items... Plus it's only for about a week. But I got a bunch of samples of odd things. This included odd fish and brown cheese.... Neither of which I really wanted... Thought about buying moose sausage though.
Pictures from that!
For anyone wanting to go abroad
So, if you know me... then you know that I am an utter MISER. I hate to spend money and I love to make budgets. It's a sick, sick hobby. That comes in handy!
Here is the gist of what I have spent and project to spend in Oslo:
$400 USD for rent @ 5 months = $2000 USD
$100 USD for food @ 5 months = $500 USD
$100 USD for etc. @ 5 months = $500 USD
$60 USD for trans@ 5 months = $300 USD
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$250 for books for class
$100 for supplies for daily living
$800 to get to Norway
$550 to get to Dallas
$100 for random airport fees and transport
THAT'S A LOT OF F%¤"King MONEY! at least for a college student like me.
GRAND TOTAL: $5100 dollars
This is the total if I ignore the extra excursions I will be taking
In other news, I signed up to take a light cruise to Riga (in Lativa) for a day or two (in november... let's hope I enjoy it)
PLUS, next week I go to Ås for the ISU national convention. I hope that turns out well.
No pictures this time... Nothing really to get excited about... I'm too tired to really try harder
News about my fahter: He's doing no better but no worse. Just the same thing... He might be out of the hospital in a few weeks... But still I really have no clue where my life is headed right now. In a way this is really a chance for me and my family to break free from some old habits and lifestyles. Then again with the economy and such, I think everyone is going to have to do that... at least we have an excuse to cry about it, eh? Still, he has STOPPED dropping weight (because my mother spends most days there with him, annyoing both him and the nurses to give him food and not let him 14 hours without food again...) plus he can walk (if only to the toilet) a little. Trying to liquidate assests has proven diffcult, and so money isn't coming in like we would like... Still my contributions, my friends, and my family's earnings are getting us barely by... However, in all honesty, I don't know how long we can make it last.
In other news... I'm considering doing what I have done before and be "homeless" for my last year at AC.... I wouldn't be that hard except the need for food... which with a car should do me well... Not going to try that yet, until I am in my last year when I can find places to stay at over the long breaks.
Here is the gist of what I have spent and project to spend in Oslo:
$400 USD for rent @ 5 months = $2000 USD
$100 USD for food @ 5 months = $500 USD
$100 USD for etc. @ 5 months = $500 USD
$60 USD for trans@ 5 months = $300 USD
---------------------------------------------
$250 for books for class
$100 for supplies for daily living
$800 to get to Norway
$550 to get to Dallas
$100 for random airport fees and transport
THAT'S A LOT OF F%¤"King MONEY! at least for a college student like me.
GRAND TOTAL: $5100 dollars
This is the total if I ignore the extra excursions I will be taking
In other news, I signed up to take a light cruise to Riga (in Lativa) for a day or two (in november... let's hope I enjoy it)
PLUS, next week I go to Ås for the ISU national convention. I hope that turns out well.
No pictures this time... Nothing really to get excited about... I'm too tired to really try harder
News about my fahter: He's doing no better but no worse. Just the same thing... He might be out of the hospital in a few weeks... But still I really have no clue where my life is headed right now. In a way this is really a chance for me and my family to break free from some old habits and lifestyles. Then again with the economy and such, I think everyone is going to have to do that... at least we have an excuse to cry about it, eh? Still, he has STOPPED dropping weight (because my mother spends most days there with him, annyoing both him and the nurses to give him food and not let him 14 hours without food again...) plus he can walk (if only to the toilet) a little. Trying to liquidate assests has proven diffcult, and so money isn't coming in like we would like... Still my contributions, my friends, and my family's earnings are getting us barely by... However, in all honesty, I don't know how long we can make it last.
In other news... I'm considering doing what I have done before and be "homeless" for my last year at AC.... I wouldn't be that hard except the need for food... which with a car should do me well... Not going to try that yet, until I am in my last year when I can find places to stay at over the long breaks.
Lazy Bum
So I finally got around to contacting someone that I had been following on their blog
http://leasa.blogspot.com/
and she was kind enough to give me some info and link about a program that I want to do for grad studies (given I can)
Though that's just one option.
Also, I found out that one blog that I really enjoy (due to the alarming amount of Tex-Mex on it) is written by an AC alum. Crazy.....
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http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/
It's a small world.
Other than that, I've been a bum. It's so dark and cold here that I generally just enjoy sleeping until all hours of the afternoon, then I wander the city streets like a BUM...
http://leasa.blogspot.com/
and she was kind enough to give me some info and link about a program that I want to do for grad studies (given I can)
Though that's just one option.
Also, I found out that one blog that I really enjoy (due to the alarming amount of Tex-Mex on it) is written by an AC alum. Crazy.....
-
http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/
It's a small world.
Other than that, I've been a bum. It's so dark and cold here that I generally just enjoy sleeping until all hours of the afternoon, then I wander the city streets like a BUM...
Urge
So, my sister will be particularly happy (I think) with what I plan to bring home for her...
If she reads this, she can let me know if she wants it.
Back in the day there was a soda that was called Surge... you may or may not remember it. Anyways, it seems that this soda didn't do so hot in the states.
What I didn't know what that Surge is actually from Norway. Though, it is called Urge.
Well, in 2001 all sales of Surge finished because Coca-Cola stopped making this drink. EXCEPT in Norway. So, yesterday I bought a large bottle of Urge and enjoyed some great times of the late 90's.
So why mention my sister? From what I can recall, she really LOVED Surge. So, if she wants a big bottle, I'd be happy to bring one back, or at least mail it to her?
Tight and Bright
So we had our first Party as the ISU... Tight and bright was the theme...
Again the idea is so that International (and Norwegian) students can come and find one another and hang out... Instead of sitting in their rooms, like I do....
Looks like it went really well.... I went there a few mins ago and will head back at the last call to see how things have turned out (as well as make sure that everything it ok)
But it looks great and that's good I guess...
I'll put some pictures up at some point.
Again the idea is so that International (and Norwegian) students can come and find one another and hang out... Instead of sitting in their rooms, like I do....
Looks like it went really well.... I went there a few mins ago and will head back at the last call to see how things have turned out (as well as make sure that everything it ok)
But it looks great and that's good I guess...
I'll put some pictures up at some point.
Total Economic Failure
Ok...
Soooo I know this is bad but I checked what my money was worth today and I got a nice surprise...
Due to the situation in the states, we've managed to tank the Euro and rape the NOK...
Case in point:
So, now my 20 dollar hot dog is more like a 16 dollar Hotdog...
In the grand scheme of things, I don't think it'll help me that much. But alas, at least I get my silver lining if only for a few moments.
Now awesome linkage...http://www.maptube.org/map.aspx?s=DCw5pjlTjBiphDdcGVwKXBwKdowKEi
Soooo I know this is bad but I checked what my money was worth today and I got a nice surprise...
Due to the situation in the states, we've managed to tank the Euro and rape the NOK...
Case in point:
So, now my 20 dollar hot dog is more like a 16 dollar Hotdog...
In the grand scheme of things, I don't think it'll help me that much. But alas, at least I get my silver lining if only for a few moments.
Now awesome linkage...http://www.maptube.org/map.aspx?s=DCw5pjlTjBiphDdcGVwKXBwKdowKEi
A little less creepy
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That would be my reader on google.... I need a life my friends.
This week, I have to go to a seminar this afternoon about soviet prisoners and their loyalty to communism.
ISU tight and bright party this Friday (I dun wanna go)
And my mom called me last night:
So, my dad is still in the rehabbing place and they might want to switch him to another medication.... This may or may not be bad....
He's walking again, but still dropping lbs. However he's still around 150... so that's more normal range... he's not yet underweight... I hope my mother will take some pictures (nudge nudge)
Other than that.... I dunno maybe, maybe.
Still they say he won;t leave for at least another 3 weeks. So maybe he'll be out in time for Halloween, He can go as a skeleton?
That would be my reader on google.... I need a life my friends.
This week, I have to go to a seminar this afternoon about soviet prisoners and their loyalty to communism.
ISU tight and bright party this Friday (I dun wanna go)
And my mom called me last night:
So, my dad is still in the rehabbing place and they might want to switch him to another medication.... This may or may not be bad....
He's walking again, but still dropping lbs. However he's still around 150... so that's more normal range... he's not yet underweight... I hope my mother will take some pictures (nudge nudge)
Other than that.... I dunno maybe, maybe.
Still they say he won;t leave for at least another 3 weeks. So maybe he'll be out in time for Halloween, He can go as a skeleton?