Friday, July 15, 2005
NKF - What a liar!

Many of you should have read or heard about the NKF allegations by now...*gosh* I just donated to last week's NKF Cancer Programme while Adam Cheng was crooning away his songs. Luckily it was not much, just $5 bucks, cos' I called the right number. Do you know that if you called the number they are always announcing, it will not be a mere $5 bucks but $50 bucks?? Many of my frens where 'cheated' this way.

Anyway, despite all the 'ra-ra' thats going on, the people who suffer most will be the patients. I'm sure after this, there will not be many people who would call to donate already. They might as well well cancel this sun's programme to save themselves from all the embarrassment. They can very well survive for the next 30 years anyhow, so they might as well wait for all the excitement to die down...change the entire management and fo public with all their audit reports.

Take it from me, it's much better to pick a charity org on your own and arrange for a donation with them. Every year (almost), I tag along with one of my frens (I have to admire their determination and hard work on this) who would organise such an activity to a few homes (eg Bowen Home for the Aged, Moral Home for the disable children etc etc). Normally there are 2 to 3 organisations which we will visit in a day where we will bring them food, donation and interact with the residents. What we'll do is buy groceries (rice/mee-hoon, bread, canned food etc) , some electrical appliances like mini-compo etc and bring the goodies to these folks. Well, it isn't much but at least we know our money is going directly to the needy and not as somebody's bonus.