Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Test
http://videobeta.aol.com/partner/hulu/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-cougars/PdY_vYRdXgI0b_1mN8ReOKiptsI3fOZo
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Monday, November 5, 2007
yeah it's my BIRTHDAY! please please read the letter below
Hello this is B (some of you know me as Bumhe or Ben), greeting and love from
As I continue my study at
And today is my birthday! This year, instead of asking for a present and/or throwing a party I’m throwing an online benefit celebration for charity, by inviting you to PLAY A GAME called G-MAKCA which stands for Guess My Age to Keep a Child Alive.
So, in a thankful celebration of my birthday, I’m inviting you to Guess My Age to Keep a Child Alive. The idea behind the game is that now I tell you that today is my birthday, many of you will be asking, “How old are you turning?” (a classic birthday question!). Well, I want YOU to guess how old I’m turning and this is how I’m asking you to do it:
1. Please e-mail me (bh735@nyu.edu) or message me your name, mailing address (just so I can send you a big thank-you for playing the game; all the information will remain confidential), and your guess on how old I’m turning (this is a game—be playful with your guess! do you think I’ll be turning 7? 20? 50???)
2. At your earliest convenience, please donate the dollar amount of your guess to Keep a Child Alive (for example, if you think I’ll be turning 7, please donate $7; if you think I’ll be turning 20, please donate $20, and so on)
%100 of your donations will be used to purchase life-saving antiretroviral medication—which costs $1/day—to AIDS-infected children and families. Keep a Child Alive, thanks to its corporate sponsors who cover the management cost, is able to use %100 of your donations for the cause.
And you can donate through this link:
https://secure.ga4.org/01/new_r_clone_2
or by making a check to Keep a Child Alive, with “in celebration of B’s birthday” on the memo,
to:
Keep a Child Alive
Feel free to learn more about Keep a Child Alive as well!
http://www.keepachildalive.org
Thank you so much for your love and little care—for that’s what makes this world go around!
B. Han
678-267-4921
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
KCA, midnight poetry, clubs, outdoor
Noelle confirmed with the headquarter that "Don't Give Up (Africa)" is still available on iTune and proceeds still got to KCA; she also told me that while Cingular doesn't offer such thing with rington anymore, there is a similar deal with Sony BMG. I've already told ppl about this and shared my story w/ KCA and told them to buy the song. A good, small ongoing thing I can keep in mind and get it as a part of movement.
KCA at Duluth High School (first high school KCA chapter, as far as I know) myspace page will kick off in a week (if my lovely sister is doing her job well). Awesome.
Yes, it does appear that my church, in response to my partnership proposal, will make an one-time donation; I'm not sure how much or when; always takes long time to introduce an international thing to a local level; but at least it's nice that churches in US have money to offer, unlinke churhes in 3rd world--like the church back in S. Korean in my grandma's vilalge--who's barely getting by.
I personally know someone from Duke now! Well I kinda knew him already but now I know him more; and even better he's the son of the pastor that I shared my KCA story w/ and helped me w/ my proposal; so soon I will talk to him about starting KCA in Duke...or does it already have one?
I want to talk with this girl from another high school who goes to my church about starting a chapter at her school--or since she's a rising senior who will probably end up in UGA, starting a chapter there in the future. Hopefully that will go well too.
iPhone bid for KCA last time I checked was over 5k. Great. I was actually worried about that, b/c I thought whole frenzy over iPhone will overshadow anything about KCA; but seems like ppl at KCA coordinated the event pretty well. Awesome. This kinda big event pulling off thousands dollar at once actually reminded of something.
I remember back in 9th I was fundraising for AIDS cause for the first time, as a part of AIDS Walk. I posted a flyer on my apartment complex bulletin board, and the next day a gentleman called me and dropped by to contribute $10. The complex was really ghetto and poor, and that was the first and last donation I collected from there.
But how powerful that $10 was.
Since then I did AIDS Walk every year and it's definitely a part of my charity mindset--that $10.
Midnight Poetry: Atlanta! I literally took like 8 ppl to a park at midnight last Thursday and we read poems; there were candles too, and at the end we rode swings; everyone's childhood memories. So surreal and great.
Last weekend due to my insane friends I went clubbing two nights in a row; first some hip-hop dance club that I didn't really fit in; second a techno rave club that I so enjoyed with my glowsticks; I love raving w/ glowsticks.
And yesterday I went to this thing thinking that it was some concert but turned out to be this huge outdoor pre-July 4th festival w/ literally the entire town in attendance. Town reunion. Fireworks were beautiful.
Speaking of fireworks and what-not, I hate nationalism in terms of it being the number one driving force of wars and conflicts in 20th century and how my family and I as immigrants went under entire craps b/c we're not natives here. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP! the rights you automatically have anywhere everywhere b/c you're humans! not b/c you're labeled according to some obscure political boundary! those rights aren't guaranteed for many everywhere in the world.
To finish off on a tangent again, I used to be very descriptive, poetic writer. But now my journalism moves pervade. I believe there is power in brevity anyway.
But if you wanna check out some of my poems and artistic writings, go here
http://www.fictionpress.com/~subliminalsquirrel
peace
KCA at Duluth High School (first high school KCA chapter, as far as I know) myspace page will kick off in a week (if my lovely sister is doing her job well). Awesome.
Yes, it does appear that my church, in response to my partnership proposal, will make an one-time donation; I'm not sure how much or when; always takes long time to introduce an international thing to a local level; but at least it's nice that churches in US have money to offer, unlinke churhes in 3rd world--like the church back in S. Korean in my grandma's vilalge--who's barely getting by.
I personally know someone from Duke now! Well I kinda knew him already but now I know him more; and even better he's the son of the pastor that I shared my KCA story w/ and helped me w/ my proposal; so soon I will talk to him about starting KCA in Duke...or does it already have one?
I want to talk with this girl from another high school who goes to my church about starting a chapter at her school--or since she's a rising senior who will probably end up in UGA, starting a chapter there in the future. Hopefully that will go well too.
iPhone bid for KCA last time I checked was over 5k. Great. I was actually worried about that, b/c I thought whole frenzy over iPhone will overshadow anything about KCA; but seems like ppl at KCA coordinated the event pretty well. Awesome. This kinda big event pulling off thousands dollar at once actually reminded of something.
I remember back in 9th I was fundraising for AIDS cause for the first time, as a part of AIDS Walk. I posted a flyer on my apartment complex bulletin board, and the next day a gentleman called me and dropped by to contribute $10. The complex was really ghetto and poor, and that was the first and last donation I collected from there.
But how powerful that $10 was.
Since then I did AIDS Walk every year and it's definitely a part of my charity mindset--that $10.
Midnight Poetry: Atlanta! I literally took like 8 ppl to a park at midnight last Thursday and we read poems; there were candles too, and at the end we rode swings; everyone's childhood memories. So surreal and great.
Last weekend due to my insane friends I went clubbing two nights in a row; first some hip-hop dance club that I didn't really fit in; second a techno rave club that I so enjoyed with my glowsticks; I love raving w/ glowsticks.
And yesterday I went to this thing thinking that it was some concert but turned out to be this huge outdoor pre-July 4th festival w/ literally the entire town in attendance. Town reunion. Fireworks were beautiful.
Speaking of fireworks and what-not, I hate nationalism in terms of it being the number one driving force of wars and conflicts in 20th century and how my family and I as immigrants went under entire craps b/c we're not natives here. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP! the rights you automatically have anywhere everywhere b/c you're humans! not b/c you're labeled according to some obscure political boundary! those rights aren't guaranteed for many everywhere in the world.
To finish off on a tangent again, I used to be very descriptive, poetic writer. But now my journalism moves pervade. I believe there is power in brevity anyway.
But if you wanna check out some of my poems and artistic writings, go here
http://www.fictionpress.com/~subliminalsquirrel
peace
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