Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Back to Zero
The end of Movember
Hard to believe that a month of fundraising for Movember has come to an end. I didn't quite make it to my goal of raising a thousand dollars. I managed to reach a little over half of that though and helped contribute $600.00 towards prostate cancer. I'm very pleased to have so many good friends kick in a few bucks towards a good cause.
I thought for sure that my social network on twitter would kick in a few bucks too, but sadly not a single person from Twitter made a contribution to my campaign. I'm hoping that they found someone else to support through the month of Movember, but I would have figured that someone among my 300+ followers would answer the call. I also prodded my Google+ network for a contribution and didn't have any luck there either. So much for the power of social media I guess.
I did manage to guilt a few colleagues into slapping their name behind a donation and for that I am also very grateful. It is good to see that there is support there even if Twitter failed me. lol ;o)
One particular glaring omission was contributions from my family at large. My mom, sister, and brother-in-law all made contributions and for that I am happy. Surprisingly even though I have 3 other family members afflicted with cancer, no one else outside my immediate family felt compelled to donate. wow. I suppose they have bigger worries I guess (and I'm not referring to the members of my family suffering from cancer - they should NOT feel obligated to contribute but should be a beneficiary instead!).
Lastly I was floored that I did receive one anonymous donation. I was elated that someone out of the blue would put down a few dollars on my campaign. I suspect that I know this person based on the private message that was left for me on my Movember website but would definitely love to know who it was. :o) Thank You.
So if you didn't get a chance to visit my site, you can go to http://mobro.co/Jaicin to have a look at my gallery and see how progress was made on my Mo'stache.
PS: I think you can contribute till the end of Dec 2011 if you still have a desire to make a donation.
I thought for sure that my social network on twitter would kick in a few bucks too, but sadly not a single person from Twitter made a contribution to my campaign. I'm hoping that they found someone else to support through the month of Movember, but I would have figured that someone among my 300+ followers would answer the call. I also prodded my Google+ network for a contribution and didn't have any luck there either. So much for the power of social media I guess.
I did manage to guilt a few colleagues into slapping their name behind a donation and for that I am also very grateful. It is good to see that there is support there even if Twitter failed me. lol ;o)
One particular glaring omission was contributions from my family at large. My mom, sister, and brother-in-law all made contributions and for that I am happy. Surprisingly even though I have 3 other family members afflicted with cancer, no one else outside my immediate family felt compelled to donate. wow. I suppose they have bigger worries I guess (and I'm not referring to the members of my family suffering from cancer - they should NOT feel obligated to contribute but should be a beneficiary instead!).
Lastly I was floored that I did receive one anonymous donation. I was elated that someone out of the blue would put down a few dollars on my campaign. I suspect that I know this person based on the private message that was left for me on my Movember website but would definitely love to know who it was. :o) Thank You.
So if you didn't get a chance to visit my site, you can go to http://mobro.co/Jaicin to have a look at my gallery and see how progress was made on my Mo'stache.
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| Here is a pic taken on the final day of Movember. |
PS: I think you can contribute till the end of Dec 2011 if you still have a desire to make a donation.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Stomped! On. :o(
Well, I was supposed to go to Stomp! Last night but I got a last minute email Thursday morning from my date saying that she couldn't make it. She of course offered the standard excuse "couldn't find a baby sitter" but I'm not so sure I believe it. I just happened to notice that earlier in the week in her twitter timeline, she had mentioned getting a new boyfriend the previous weekend. Yup, made the date with me last week, then went partying with another friend on the weekend and they hooked up.
No big deal really except I was expecting her to cancel sooner when her priorities changed. So I made an inquiry on Monday "Hey still looking forward to seeing stomp on Friday?". "Yup can't wait". Huh. Go figure. I thought for sure I was giving her an out so she could say something like "You know what, things have changed for me and I can't go anymore". No. I get the - "Yup, I can't wait" response.
If she would have cancelled on Monday at least I would have had more time to find another date or at least sell the tickets (which were just a smidge over $175 by the way). Nope. Instead I'm scrambling last minute on Thursday trying to find someone to go with me or at least sell the tickets. I'm practically begging my friends to help me out and in the end I had to drop the price just to make it attractive enough for a friend to take them off my hands. At least I sold them.
The funny thing is that this is the second time she stood me up. Well you know what they say. Fool me once - shame on you. Fool me twice - shame on me. I won't make that mistake with her a third time.
No big deal really except I was expecting her to cancel sooner when her priorities changed. So I made an inquiry on Monday "Hey still looking forward to seeing stomp on Friday?". "Yup can't wait". Huh. Go figure. I thought for sure I was giving her an out so she could say something like "You know what, things have changed for me and I can't go anymore". No. I get the - "Yup, I can't wait" response.
If she would have cancelled on Monday at least I would have had more time to find another date or at least sell the tickets (which were just a smidge over $175 by the way). Nope. Instead I'm scrambling last minute on Thursday trying to find someone to go with me or at least sell the tickets. I'm practically begging my friends to help me out and in the end I had to drop the price just to make it attractive enough for a friend to take them off my hands. At least I sold them.
The funny thing is that this is the second time she stood me up. Well you know what they say. Fool me once - shame on you. Fool me twice - shame on me. I won't make that mistake with her a third time.
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