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Day 116

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn – Alvin Toffler

It’s 8: 01 PM on day 116 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Appam – bread made of rice batter –   and egg curry for breakfast, drink a glass of Coke by myself,  tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – sometimes you try your best and still don’t achieve the desired result 🙁 –  feed myself rice and curry for lunch, drink a glass of water by myself, watch TV, exercise for 5 minutes and feed myself grapes  for dinner.   

This morning as I remembered that we had to attend a community barbeque tomorrow my heart was suddenly filled with dread because I knew that all I would see when people looked at me was undeserved pity and in that moment I realized that I could use the pity that people felt for me to get them to make donations to my campaign – the people at that barbeque are going to be in for a HUGE surprise LOL 🙂 Do you use the fact that people underestimate you to your advantage? 🙂            

 

Day 90

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” Mother Teresa

It’s 8: 19 PM on day 90 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Batura – deep fried bread –   and chicken curry  for  breakfast,  tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for most of the day –I must have asked about 50 people for a donation and I either got a kiss off or a I congratulate you on the great work your doing – I feel like pulling my hair out 🙁 –  feed myself rice and curry for lunch, go visiting people – it was heartbreaking my father had to check if there were any other people in the house – people other than the people we were intending to visit – before he finally put me on the wheelchair and took me into the house 🙁 – exercise for 20 minutes  – I was having too much fun teasing my grandma about her appetite or lack thereof to be in pain LOL 🙂 – and feed myself bun and chicken curry for dinner.

I met this elderly gentleman today and we got to talking when we were done he went back to the other room to talk to the adults and I overheard him say to my parents she’s such a happy child and despite my annoyance at being referred to as a child I couldn’t help but smile because his remark proved the theory that I’ve been living under for the past few years – you reflect to people how you feel. What do you reflect to the people that you interact with? 🙂

Day 89

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. – Barbara de Angelis

It’s 1: 53 PM on day 89 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,  exercise for 10 minutes – just for a change of pace I woke up early to exercise and it was so much fun that I think I might carry on doing it for the rest of my life 🙂 –   feed myself Puttu – [pronounced put] ground rice with layers of coconut –  and bananas   for  breakfast,  watch TV, feed myself rice and curry for lunch tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign  – a posted a tweet stating that I would give a shoutout to all who donated to my campaign from 2:40 PM to 3:40 PM –no one did 🙁 – and watch the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – the special effects were GREAT but the storyline left a lot to be desired 🙁

There‘s a thin line between passion and obsession that’s what I learnt while I was staring at the giant movie screen in front of me and thinking to myself I wonder if anybody donated please God make somebody donate a loud thump for the speakers snapped me back to reality momentarily snap out of it and enjoy the movie I instructed myself after the moment had passed and it must have worked because I didn’t think about my campaign again until the credits started rolling LOL. Have you ever been guilty of crossing the line between passion and obsession? 🙂

Day 88

“Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.” Henri Queuille

It’s 6: 22 PM on day88 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself  All-Bran Flakes  for  breakfast, watch the movie Night and Day with my brother and sister – I will be honest the only reason I wanted to watch it was because was because Tom Cruise was in it LOL 🙂 but it turned out to be a hilarious movie if you like action, comedy or romance this movie is for you – tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – life is so strange I spent the best part of three hours asking people for donations and the one person I didn’t ask ended up donating $100 LOL 🙂 – feed myself Batura – deep fried bread –   and chicken curry for lunch and exercise for 10 minutes –I had to do my exercises by myself today because my mother was otherwise occupied trying to get my brother and sister to stop fighting over the Pineapple Juice   – I was laughing my head off LOL 🙂

Every day I watch the news and hear of some or other summit taking place somewhere in the world and yet I am hard pressed to find change coming out of any of these summits, and I can’t help but wonder if the money spent hosting the various summits wouldn’t be better spent, donated to well- deserving organizations who work tirelessly to ensure that every human being has what they need while our so-called world leaders sit around a table and talk. Which aspect of leadership do you think is more important communication or action? 🙂

Day 87

Nowhere on your birth certificate did it say life would be fair.” Trevor Jones

It’s 4: 19 PM on day87 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself  All-Bran Flakes  for  breakfast,   tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for most of the day – I didn’t get any new donations today but I did get another one yesterday evening  – a special thanks  to my friend, Emma (@sapphire100 on Twitter) for helping me spread the word about my campaign – feed myself curry and rice for lunch after which I had some Custard – I made a huge mess of it by the time I was done it looked like half the Custard had ended up on my shirt instead of in  my mouth LOL 🙂 – change my shirt – it took me AN HOUR just to unbutton six buttons – I was so frustrated but something inside me told me that I could do it so I chose to carry on and before I knew it I had unbuttoned all the buttons on my shirt – I was SO happy 🙂 –        and exercise for 5 minutes – my mom was busy so she didn’t have time for a  long-drawn out exercise session – I was SO relieved LOL 🙂

Every experience you go through in this life either breaks you or makes you and as I was unbuttoning my shirt I thought to myself my life is unfair and my counterparts may be able to do the things that I can’t but I’m gonna bring equality to my life simply by perceiving every negative or challenging situation. Has changing your perception changed your life? 🙂