My Thousand Miles of Life: what i hv done for them ??

July 2007, sue and i went to Cambodia.. before that, we already planned to bring candy for the children there.. still, we forgot abt it till v reached KLIA. Being no choice, we were obliged to buy the chocolate in the airport which is much expensive.. and v chose the cute ladybird chocloate and was of opinion that these cute chocolate for sure would fascinate them..

the ladybird chocolate

at Mekong river, a group of kids approached us to sell their goods.. v were not intend to buy anything but to give away the chocolate we purposely bought form them. Naively thinking that they would cherish the packaging of the choco as it is cute and nicely wrapped.. but, this is not the truth.. once they got the choco, without appreciate the packaging even for 1 second or 2, they immediately unwrapped it and gulped down the same and asked for second..

At hindsight, sue and i learned that what they actually they need are food and money as they are too poor. Frill and decoration are not the neccesities at all... so, v knew what are more appropriate to bring next time, for instance, more nutritious food instead of candies, no frill stationaries....

Coincidentally, we were there on Saturday and saw this.. a cello concert ! we had no idea what the concert is about but being a cellist, we curious abt it. Many peoples dunno what is cello in Malaysia, let alone in Cambodia.. yet there was a cello concert, how could v miss it ??!!

Later on, we found out this concert was held by a paediatric from Switzerland, Dr. Beat. His passion and determination in helping the sick, the poverty moved me a lot... He can no doubt has luxury life and make a lucrative income with his profession in his homeland, what made him here.. running a hospital for children without the help and support from corruptive local governement.. is passion, passion for life, passion for love....

He holds the cello concert on every Saturday night, with the hope that more donations will come from the foreign tourists...

Take my hat off for you, Dr. Beat

v bought this shirt, USD 10, the money will go into Dr. Beat's fund. The least v can do..

the Terry Fox Run 2008, didnt manage to join it.. somehow sue helped me to buy this.. the money raised will go into Terry Fox Foundation. Again, the least i can do..

Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada's west coast. An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres (six inches) above the knee in 1977.
While in hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope.
After 18 months and running over 5,000 kilometres (3,107 miles) to prepare, Terry started his run in St. John抯, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 with little fanfare. Although it was difficult to garner attention in the beginning, enthusiasm soon grew, and the money collected along his route began to mount. He ran 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day through Canada's Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario.
It was a journey that Canadians never forgot.
However, on September 1st, after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles), Terry was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario because cancer had appeared in his lungs. An entire nation was stunned and saddened. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at age 22.

Sue's company organised an x'mas celebration with the orphans, time for giving, time for caring '08.. she asked if i want to join.. for charity, of course i want.. for me, i already unable to contribute money with great sum, for event like this, i just go there and help out, contribute only my energy and time, how can i say No