Saturday, August 21, 2010

HAPPENINGS

1) Fundraising Dinner

Pahang National Stoke Association Of Malaysia (Nasam) Inaugural Fundraising will be held on August 21 at Sekilau Seafood restaurant at 8pm. Tickets will be sold at RM70/pc.

2) Society Charity Dinner

Society fir the Prevention Of Cruelity to Animals (SPCA) Malacca is organising a fund raising dinner and dance night on Aug 30, 7.30pm at Hotel Equatorial. Dinner card is priced at RM70 onwards.

3) Charity Concert

Aid to support the Breast Cancer Support Group on Aug 22 at Wisma Tiong Hua at 7.30pm tickets are available at RM30, RM50 and student price at Rm10.

Interested party can refer to events page on Saturday Metro date 21 Aug, 2001 for more information on contact person.

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Friday, August 20, 2010

The First Step Towards Great Ideas...

To enable my dreams to flourish and achieve with the consideration in legals matter also socially responsible. My first step is in registering my project as a business entity.

After much thought and filteration, I'm about the register under "Fabulous Concepts" as an advertisement service company. With this I'll be legally registered to carry out advertising business and at the same time in donating the fund to various charity and needy people. A new regulation has been enforced that all online operators are required to register under SSM - Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

40 Billionaires Pledge To Donate Half Their Wealth

Published: Thursday August 5, 2010 MYT 7:36:00 AM
Updated: Thursday August 5, 2010 MYT 8:29:34 AM
Source: The Star

40 billionaires, led by Buffett and Gates, pledge to donate half their wealth

SEATTLE: Forty wealthy families and individuals have joined Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a pledge to give at least half their wealth to charity.

Six weeks after launching a campaign to get other billionaires to donate most of their fortunes, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. released the first list Wednesday of people who have signed what he and Gates call the "giving pledge."

Buffett decided in 2006 to give 99 percent of his fortune to charity. Then, he was worth about $44 billion. After five years of investment returns while making annual gifts to five foundations, Buffett's fortune totals nearly $46 billion.

Bill and Melinda Gates do most of their philanthropic giving through their foundation, which had assets of $33 billion as of June 30 and has made at least $22.93 billion in total grant commitments since 1994.

Buffett said he, the Gateses and others have made 70 to 80 calls to some of America's wealthiest individuals. The people who agreed to the pledge are from 13 states, with the most participants in California and New York.

Among those who haven't signed the pledge, some prefer to keep their philanthropy anonymous, some were not available to talk, and others were not interested, Buffett said.

Many on the list will be asked to call others, and small dinners will be held across the country in coming months to talk about the campaign.
"We're off to a terrific start," Buffett said.

Buffett said he and Bill Gates also will meet with groups of wealthy people in China and India within the next six months to talk about philanthropy. They hope the idea of generosity will spread, but they have no plans to lead a global campaign, Buffett said.

Gates and Buffett estimate their efforts could generate $600 billion dollars in charitable giving. In 2009, American philanthropies received a total of about $300 billion in donations, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Stacy Palmer, editor of The Chronicle, was surprised and impressed by the speed at which the giving pledge idea has been accepted.

"I think it's remarkably fast that so many people went public with their commitments. The world of philanthropy tends to be very slow moving," she said.

Palmer noted that many of names on the list are people who are known for their philanthropic generosity. She said she would be more excited when she sees names that have not been on other major donor lists.

Taking the idea past billionaires toward millionaires and regular working people could make an even bigger impact, Palmer added.

Jason Franklin, executive director Bolder Giving, a relatively new organization that encourages big gifts from everyday people, agreed.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave Bolder Giving a $675,000 challenge grant earlier this year to encourage more people to give at least 20 percent of their personal wealth to charity.

Franklin estimates the giving power of the world's millionaires eclipses the potential donations from U.S. billionaires many times over.
Gates and Buffett are asking billionaires not just to make a donation commitment, but to also pledge to give wisely and learn from their peers.
Their group has no plans for combined giving, and none of the philanthropists will be told how or when to give their money.

"Everybody has their own interests," said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who participated in a teleconference with Buffett on Wednesday as one of the individuals who has signed the giving pledge. "That's what's wonderful about private philanthropy."
Bloomberg, who has a fortune estimated by Forbes magazine at $18 billion, said he has changed his personal philosophy over the years from wanting to be more private about his giving toward trying to play a leadership role. He said his whole family is in tune with his giving plan.
"I've always thought your kids get more benefit out of your philanthropy than your will," he added.
Others who have signed the pledge include filmmaker George Lucas, media mogul Ted Turner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. - AP

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

My Assignment

The "Terms & Conditions" page has been completed. It's important page since all the terms and conditions are clearly outlined on this page.

Customers who are engaging our services are advised to read and understand our requirements. Since it is legally binding between us and customers any disputes can be easily solved.

Have a great day.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Contracted With Deadly Dengue Fever

The 15th July, 2010 till 23rd July, 2010 will always be marked in my life for being threatened with the deadly dengue fever.

It all started on 15th July at 4pm on the second day of my 8D Problem solving training. Immediately after, I came back home, i was seriously in headache and at nite my body so hot in fever. Normal medications was simply too narrow in battling this virus. On sunday, the 18th July, 2010, I went back to hospital for a blood test and my platelets was at 152 - slightly above the normal 150-450.

Since 18th - 23rd, everyday was a routine for me to attend myself for blood test. My lowest platelets was reading at 149 from 167 a day before - doctor was amazed with the decreased of the platelets. As far as their are concerned, it won't go down once it's on a uptrends. In my case, it was something unique, and the final reading was 171 - that was the last day when i was finally declared clinically out of dangerous zone. I was so lucky for not being hospitalised or because my platelet level wasn't falls to below 100 where I might needs blood transfusion.

For remedial purposed, I took few tradisional steps in fighting this deadly disease. I consumed Crab soup, papaya bitter juice and plenty of 100plus and plain water.

Even, till today i am still not fully recovered but my fever has gone for sure.

No matter what happened, we must always pray hard and trust in God's spirits and destiny.

God Bless.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

A READING FROM THESTAR

Friends with hearts of gold help out a destitute family

By LEE YEN MUNyenmun@thestar.com.my

PETALING JAYA: They don’t fight crime and there is no Charlie or Bosley in their lives but these three women are certainly angels in their own right.
Drawn by the plight of a family living in a crowded low-cost flat, Cecilia Wong, Tang Say Foon and Chan Chui Nam pooled their resources and jumped in to help.

On Saturday, armed with bags of essential foodstuff, clothes and stationery, they climbed to the fifth floor of the Desa Mentari flats here where the family of 21 was living.

After reading about the household in The Star on July 10, Wong felt compelled to help in some way.

Some of the children looking at the gifts given to them at their home by the three good friends Tang (left), Chan (in yellow) and Cecilia (second from right) yesterday.
The family consists of seven adults with four of them gainfully employ­ed.
The monthly income of the family fluctuates due to the nature of their jobs working at a car wash, part-time lorry attendant, cleaning and part-time labourer.

There are also 14 children living in the small unit, ages ranging from a newborn to a 13-year-old.

At night, 10 of them sleep in the master bedroom and the rest share the living room space, using mattresses or clothes as bedding.
“When I read the article, I felt so sorry for the children who appeared to be helpless,” said Wong.

The business development manager, who is a volunteer at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, rallied her former schoolmates to help via Facebook.

Her two friends are also socially conscious – Tang enjoys helping at homes for the elderly while Chan combines her passion for running with charity by participating in fund-raising runs.

Last Monday, an officer from the Labour Department visited the family together with The Star to assess the employability of the adults.

“Our goal is to help them secure a stable job, so that they can generate a steady income on their own,” said department assistant director Kennedy Kumar H.M.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Funds From Funky Fun

I came across an article from The Star (17th July, 201o). A group of youngsters are organising a summer party in aid of charitable causes.

They are hoping to raise RM100,000.

Let's support them with a good cause.

God Bless
aaran