a sense of direction in life

good evening my friends! I hope that you have had a wonderful and fruitful last few weeks :)

Kudos to Luc, Daniel, Jeremy and Jackson for coming to Trivia Night last night. We so should have won that weekend away :P To support Purcee, I decided a few months ago to try raise money for Zimele, a pledge that culminated last night as with the help of my parents and parishioners, we organised a Music and Movies Trivia Night. I'm so sorry if I didn't publicise this enough, and you wanted to come, but if you think that this is a good idea for charity, or just for fun, then let me know and we can perhaps organise another one.

We raised $1,200 last night. My oath. That puts 15 African young un's through school for a year, with one meal a day for themselves. How fantastic is the power of community to do good. I admire Mr Purcell so much for publicising Zimele, even to deaf ears. And I actually want to let him know that the unyielding force of charity that he is preaching is good. Now people can take the line of thought that we're just flinging money at charities, and they should bloody manage the distribution of money better than to ask for more money.

Tell me one con that negates charity work. There is no harm done by helping. Self preservation and consolidation might be necessary for us to form a sense of social identity; however, we need to think outside the four corners of the square to expand our ego boundaries.

To prevent me from going off-topic :P, I see that too often people, and especially year 12's, forget why they do what they do. A sense of social disorientation sets in about this time of the year, with exams and the dread of formal dates plaguing our minds, reinforcing a false illusion of apathy and consequently cynicism. We must love what we do. We're going forward in life. That's the beauty of life, and looking back, I will never regret any decision I have made.

+Have a lovely week+ I will write more after Gambier tour (next Friday-Sunday)