Quake

We often hear from international development or aid agencies that disasters (natural or man made) always hit the poorest hardest. It really seems to be so true, the earthquake in Haiti being the most recent example.

For many years a corrupt government borrowed money from the IMF, World Bank and others and spent it selfishly. More recently the new government has been trying to turn things around, but has been laden with repayments from the earlier regime. This means that there's not much money to be spent on public services, health, education etc. When a disaster like this comes then it really shows up the lack of healthcare, or infrastructure and of ability to care for the people who need it most.

So what can we do? Of course donating money is good, but try joining this little campaign! Imagine if together we were able to persuade the IMF and World Bank to drop Haiti's unpayable debt, make sure that aid given to them is given in grants and not loans (making sure that it's spent well of course) and in doing so, be part of lifting that nation up.

One campaign has more details here so do join in please!!!

http://one.org/international/actnow/haiti/index.html?rc=haitipaste

歡迎大家來加入這個很棒很重要的campaign。我真的覺得這是一個最好的方法幫助海地的災民，因為這種幫助會幫助他們的未來不會只幫他們幾個月而已。

2010 Transition up?

還是很久沒有寫blog，應該就是因為跟平常一樣，每天太忙orz.

我的父母已經會英國，聽說那裡下雪下得很驗重，我妹很開心因為她學校停課哈哈。

雖然台灣也很冷我們不會停課，一定要認真得學！

其實這幾個禮拜我真的忙到要死，早上上課，下午帶父母出去，晚上帶他們去看我們的一些表演，半夜寫工課，早上再開始！！！However, 有父母來這裡很幸福，我好多年一直要給他們看我在台灣的生活是怎麼樣的，讓他們自己感收到這裡的氣奮，也認識這裡的朋友。台灣最大的優點就是台灣人。我要非常感謝好多朋友幫我們那麼多。

I think that without such a fantastic group of friends the trip would have been quite difficult for us and for my parents, but thanks to you guys they had a great time, Transition managed to play 6 concerts in 6 cities in 3 days, and we all survived and actually enjoyed the time.

Looking ahead to the new year there's a lot of challenges for all of us, 我媽媽剛剛開始做radiotherapy因為她有個腦瘤，所以她每天需要去醫院，我裡她那麼遠會擔心她，也要回去幫忙，可是我知道現在我還在對的地方。我只會信任家人和朋友還有耶穌會照顧她。

Well, life is often very good and very difficult both at the same time, so I still want to be grateful to God for the chance to be here and for good friends and family. Let's see what happens in 2010.

(oh yes, the picture of 101 is my own one!)