Go figure?

28/03/06

it's been awhile since i really really post...

right now this new blog which i created will be used more for discussions and topics which are serious matters to talk about...

i have to mature.. no more being childish and stupid... no nonsense... grow up...

on a sat afternoon after service... walking towards the mrt we saw a booth with a dude who is wheelchair bound.. he was approaching people to buy those charity tickets... Kim asked me... are those charity people just playing with our feelings to just get us to pity and sympathise to buy from them those draw tickets? (draw tickets as in lottery that months later there'll be a draw blah blah with prizes etc) and at the end of the day not everything we donate is gone into the funds for them...

her question to me made me think and it reminded me of something... its... i wanted to do a post about this during the time of NKF when everything was exposed...

my reply was i don't think they are playing with our feelings and that yes not everything we donate go into the funds but think about it... who would do something out of voluntary and not earn any money in helping charity for the rest of his life... how will he/she survive? or another way who will be willing to fork out his/her time to help whereby you get no incentives? will you?

this reminded me of a time when i was in my sec sch.. i had a job selling charity tickets too... some middle aged working career woman, i approached her asked her if she could purchase 1 which cost $2... she asked me if i was earning anything out of it... i told her yea i am... i earned like $0.40 per ticket sold... i was being frank about everything... the moment she heard yea i am... she brushed me off and walked off just like that... (i wonder how she felt when she heard NKF and does she remember brushing me off when i did tell her the truth) i think $1 out of $2 goes to the organisation to help the need or was if $0.50...

as an office worker, my guess is that she would be earning at least 2k a month... all i am asking was for a donation of $2 and i tell you the truth unlike others who lied saying no... at the end of the day a fraction still goes to the organisation... if you do not donate at all... nothing is put to help the organisation and have you pledged donations to other organisations? if you did i do not mind you brushing me off like that but can you confirm that those organisations do not pocket the money too?

years down the road.. NKF got exposed... i bet everyone from that time hearing that people like us earn money per ticket sold would shun away from us like a plague and would donate to NKF but then NKF got exposed how did everyone feel... hmm... i feel like i've been wronged? they earned millions... a donation of $5 plus the surcharge per call is much more than a miserable $2...

my question i have is..

1)will you give up your job being paid at least $2k per month or participate heavily in voluntary work to raise funds with zero incentives?
2)will you purchase a charity ticket with no lottery draws? donate money just like that?

another thing is... when you did community service in secondary school.. whatever you did was it really out of heart or for the sake of doing or for community service hours? do not lie to yourself but just be frank... i know many people just did not give a damn... so is it wrong to earn a little incentive for work? if they earn too much then that is seriously bad but just a little to get helpers would it be ok?

my opinion is that at the end of the day if people do earn abit out of raising funds for organisations do not be so petty about it will you be willing to do what they do for free?

please feel free to comment on anything...