Good deeds - to our son, LeO (Siddhartha Sithimolada)

2012-01-31T14:17:00.001+07:00

31 Jan 2012 - Helped review an essay of Ai Sonesack's daughter who is planning to apply for a student exchange program placement overseas. Ai Sonesack is a colleague at work.

2012-01-06T15:12:00.001+07:00

06 Jan 2012 - Donated 30,000 kip to "Kong Boun" Buddhist religious tradition

2012-01-06T15:09:00.001+07:00

03 Jan 2012 - Donated 100,000 kip to family of a colleague who just passed away at the hospital due to complications arose during child birth. The baby is fine - the mother gave her life to give birth to a wonderful daughter, but tragically she didn't get to see her baby. The colleague worked in the same department as me, and she was a good friend of many in the department - so, all were deeply saddened by the news of her death. RIP Kiengkham.

2011-11-26T16:12:00.001+07:00

26 Nov 2011 - Donated 50,000 kip to Ai Osoth and 80 Baht to Keota's family (colleagues at work)

Sad news, their mothers just passed away.

2011-11-26T16:09:00.001+07:00

10 Nov 2011 - Donated 2 x 30,000 kip to two colleagues - sad news, their mothers passed away.

2011-10-16T08:27:00.002+07:00

14 Oct 2011 - gave advice to a relative and helped edit her resume/cover letter to apply for an internship with the company where Papa currently works at. Also, recommended her for a job and forwarded her documents to the department of her interest.

2011-10-16T08:24:00.001+07:00

12 Oct 2011 - LeO wishes Papa a happy birthday! Also on the occasion of the end of Buddhist Lent, LeO, Maman, and Pho Thao went to Donnokkhoum Wat (local Buddhist temple) to give alms to monks

2011-09-28T07:09:00.001+07:00

27 Sept 2011 - donated 30,000 kip to Ai Bounyord (KIN TAAN) as his father just passed away

2011-09-22T08:05:00.001+07:00

22 Sep 2011 - Found a mobile phone in a bus to work and handed to driver to report (and later got emailed out) for the owner to collect.

2011-09-12T15:40:00.002+07:00

20110911 - LeO put kipkip in to donation boxes at the airport again... (cerebrate Grandpa Tou, Uncle Ty, and Aunty Tim's birthdays)

2011-09-11T23:02:00.000+07:00

20110909 - Donated 40,000 Kips to Vilabouly flood relief fund (Via the CR dept)

2011-08-31T09:03:00.001+07:00

30 Aug 2011 - shared ebook with friends/family and gave advice to one of them on reading technique.

2011-08-30T17:17:00.001+07:00

30 Aug 2011 - Sent messages to say happy birthday to a few friends today, and email Aunty Mone in State of New York to check in as concern about Hurricane Irene aftermath in the East Coast, USA.

2011-08-14T13:11:00.001+07:00

14 Aug 2011 - (Buddha's Day) Donated 50,000 Kip to Gneun's family (colleague at HR dept) - his monther just passed away.

2011-08-14T13:05:00.001+07:00

11 Aug 2011 - Donated 20,000 Kip to Mong (colleague in IT dept)'s family - his grandfather passed away

2011-08-08T11:45:00.001+07:00

8 Aug 2011 - donated 20,000 Kip to work colleague whose wife just passed away (Lung Sykhai's wife who had been ill for long time. Sadly she passed away on Sunday morning. Mr Sykhai is currently the CR advisor for LXML and has worked for the Government in many sectors)

2011-08-02T21:21:00.002+07:00

02 Aug 2011 - random small donations at airports donation boxes and places - even just small changes donated, they are counted as good deeds... Oo also likes to put money in donation boxes

2011-08-01T18:15:00.005+07:00

1 Aug 2011 - helped a family with 3 young girls on a motorcycle to cross the flooded road by giving them a ride on the back of our vigo pickup truck.

2011-07-24T08:16:00.002+07:00

24 July 2011 - Donated 50,000 kips to family of Mr Viengkeo from Light Vehicle workshop, a work colleague, who just passed away after hospitalized from a road accident.

2011-07-02T17:26:00.001+07:00

30 Jun 2011 - Helped a friend/colleague in reviewing the basics of using MS Project.

(Pictures of Little Captain Hook O)

2011-07-02T11:25:00.001+07:00

29 Jun 2011 - Helped lead a guy to the right people whom he could ask about how to select the right electricity meter for his new house.

2011-06-17T14:42:00.001+07:00

17 June 2011 - Supported new married couple - coworkers (Anthony and Aana) 100,000kips

2011-06-10T17:08:00.001+07:00

8 Jun 2011 - Sent Liao Fan's 4 lessions story to a few friends and talked to them about cultivating merits through good deeds.

2011-06-10T17:02:00.001+07:00

9 JUN 2011 - Supported new married couples who are coworkers and friends:

* 100,000 kip to Phoutthiphat+Palina

* 80,000 kip to Airnoy+Tanoy

* 80,000 kip to Visid+Vongsavanh

* 80,000 kip to Aphivan+Malayphone

2011-06-10T16:24:00.001+07:00

10 JUN 2011 - Donated 20,000 kip to Mr Viengkeo (a colleague at Light Vehical department) - he has big problems with sickness & is finding it hard financially.

2011-04-12T11:21:00.002+07:00

Donation certificate

2011-03-20T06:34:00.001+07:00

19 Mar 2011 - Donated 40,000Kip to the relief fund to help the victims and their families in Japan after the 9.0 earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear power plant crisis:

The earthquakes and Tsunami in Japan early this month have cost huge damages to property and human lives. Our hearts and souls go to the victims and survivors of the tragedy. Many countries and people across the world have poured in their support, financially and emotionally.

For those who want to make direct deposit to the relief account to help the victims and their families, please use the following bank accounts at BCEL:

Account Nam: Lao Japan Friendship Association

Account no: 0109110119889 (US Account)

Account no: 0101110026688 (Kip Account)

2011-03-14T08:44:00.001+07:00

14 Mar 2011 - Donated 14,000 Kip to "Kong Pha Pa Saamukkeee" (Presenting 3 Buddha images to Wat Nam Jaloong, Vilabouly District, Savanaketh).

2011-03-04T08:29:00.000+07:00

04 Mar 2011 - Donated 25,000 kip to the family of a coworker (shift operator from copper processing dept) who was found to have passed away in his sleep at the Camp.

2011-02-18T08:35:00.005+07:00

17 Feb 2011 - Grandma Vern and dad attended vegetarian lunch (KIN JE) at Wat Bang Long for the occasion of BOUN MAKHABUSA 17-18 Febuary. Dad donated 20,000 Kip to the temple. Then, Grandma Vern and dad visited Wat OngTu to pay homage to Phra OngTu, the grand ancient Buddha image (about more than 440 yo). Dad donated 50,000 Kip to Wat OngTu, and Grandma also donated some. We met a monk who asked for donation to build a temple main gate at Wat Ban Mai Nong Kwai (a new village) - Grandma donated 100,000 Kip and dad donated 50,000 to the monk. Donations to help support the Sangha are good deeds, as these will fuel the wheel of Dhamma and promote the Buddha's teachings of loving-kindness and compassion.

Later, Grandma and dad also paid a visit to Wat Inpang to see the historical statues of the two Queens from the 16th century.

2011-02-08T07:30:00.003+07:00

08 Feb 2011 – donated 54,500 Kip to a colleague (Bounjom from construction projects) who has had a serious bike accident and is requiring financial support for his operation at the hospital.

2011-02-07T12:57:00.004+07:00

06 Feb 2011 – Oo helped Mamang preparing for clothes donation for children in Houapan.

2011-02-03T13:48:00.002+07:00

3 Feb 2011 - Donated 555,500 KIP to the Savannakhet Buddha Image Casting Project (Pra Ong Tu of Savannakhet). For this merit, dad and mom wish LeO the best of everything, good health, happiness, intelligence, best of luck, and no harms near. Also, Happy Luna New Year!!

The work and donation towards the Buddha statue casting will be a long lasting good deed that will keep contributing to the Buddha, Dhamma, Sanga, and the Buddhist’s communities for many generations to come.

2011-01-29T07:35:00.000+07:00

29 Jan 2011 - Donated 100 Baht to a work colleague (Bounphasert, as his brother just passed away) and 100 Baht to another work colleague (Manosing, as his father just passed away).

2011-01-28T07:35:00.000+07:00

28 Jan 2011 - Donated some money to a poor beggar family (a mother with a baby and a boy), and also donated some food (Kao Niaw Piing Kai) to another similar begger mother with young children.

2011-01-27T07:35:00.000+07:00

27 Jan 2011 - Donated 22000 kip to "Kong Boun" (Merit Tradition for Buddhist temple) that was driving around in the back of a long truck in the town of Thakhek.

2011-01-26T19:35:00.002+07:00

26 Jan 2011 - Our family donated 500,000 Kip for buying warm clothes and blankets for children living in the Province of Houaphanh (Via Phaivanh and her CONCERN crew in the field), and dad and mom also asked our colleagues to donate as well (Dad collected about 1.1 million kip from friends at work for the project, and mom collected some as well). See messages below for detail of this small compassion initiative:

Phaivanh Changnakham wrote on Jan 17, 2011:
You probably recognize the weather currently gets very cold. In Houaphanh province, the temperature is between 0-12 Celsius; the most needed at the moment is warm clothes. I am wondering if anyone know any agencies who provide this type of assistance. One of our project is still working in one of the district in this province and we can help with distribute stuff at the field.

Dad wrote to colleagues on Jan 19, 2011:
Please see Phaivanh’s message... Because of the current harsh weather condition in the northern part of Laos, there’s an urgent need to provide warm clothes/blankets to children and families in the province, living in a poorest and most remote part of the country. I’d like to ask you all to join me in helping them by making some collective contributions, so that some families will be able to keep their children warm at night. The money goes directly to buying of the warm clothes/blankets (organized by the Concern project team in the field). Due to some difficulty in shipping donated stuff like old clothes directly to the field, only money donations will be accepted at this stage. I will be collecting the donations on behalf of Concern org until Monday next week (24/01/11). If you would like to donate money, please pass it on to me. Please feel free to convey this message to your friends who might be interested in helping out.

Dad wrote on Jan 24, 2011:
My sincere gratitude to all who support this and the donations that still keep coming in. We have collected over 1.5m KIP in total so far from 19 donors. This will surely make a difference in people’s lives, particularly in helping some of those needy families in the north going through the tough period of the cold weather.

Some have asked me about whether all the donated money will eventually be spent for buying warm clothes and whether the stuff will reach the truly needy children. To be honest, I can’t guarantee that 100% of the donations will be properly distributed, though I strongly hope they will (most if not all) – we just have to take a leave of faith, but doing nothing is not helping the situation.

I have transferred the donated money I received so far and we are in contact with Phaivanh to try to get the stuff to the province urgently. I am still collecting if any of you still would like to contribute small or large, and the money will be sent later. We will do all that we can to ensure every KIP, dime, and Stang donated goes to the right hands.

Below are some pictures of the donation distribution received:

2011-01-26T14:36:00.000+07:00

26 Jan 2011 - Papa wrote a short essay to help promote the Savannakhet Buddha image casting project. It's a brief summary for the purpose of communicating the event to the expat colleagues for their contributions to the project.

Papa wrote:
[
Inspired by one of the ancient, most significant and sacred Buddha images in Laos, known to most Lao people as “Phra Ong Tu” of the Ong Tu temple in Vientiane, the Savannakhet people wish to cast a grand Buddha statue replicating the original one.

There are now numerous replicas of Phra Ong Tu in Laos and Thailand, but the original holy Phra Ong Tu is historic and has a particularly interesting story. It began in 1566 – out of his majesty’s unshakable faith and devotion to Buddhism, King Xaysetthathiraj of the Lane Xang Kingdom (Laos in the present) made an endeavour to build the largest Buddha image in Vientiane. The bronze Buddha statue would be almost six metres tall and weigh several tonnes, and hence the name “Tu” (a Lao ancient unit for heavy weight scale). Just as King Xaysetthathiraj was about to cast the Buddha image, a Burmese king led his troops to Vientiane intending to wage a war. Knowing about the threat, the Lao king felt deeply concern at first but was reminded by his queen about the merits in undertaking the creation of the Buddha image and in having strong faith in Dhamma (the Buddha’s teachings). The great king of Lane Xang Kingdom prayed for miracles to happen and showed his compassion towards the Burmese king and his generals. What would have been a bloody war did not take place, and many lives were spared. Later, the two kings met in the Vientiane palace and avowed a strong relationship between the two kingdoms.

Since then, Phra Ong Tu has survived the long years through the time of peace and war – even when Wat Ong Tu, the temple in which Phra Ong Tu resided, was burned down during foreign invasions, the Oug Tu Buddha statue remained intact and only temple was rebuilt. For many generations, Phra Ong Tu has been an invaluable source of inspiration for learning the Dhamma of the Buddhist’s communities, and the temple has been a place where people come to worship Phra Ong Tu, dedicate their merits, and conduct religious traditional ceremonies.

MMG LXML has donated 3 tonnes of Copper for this project in advance and will be supporting the event. As part of the fund rising to meet the target, the Savannakhet Province Buddha Casting Committee is also asking for voluntary contributions from both Lao and expat employees and contractors of MMG LXML. Like the Phra Ong Tu’s story, the work and donation towards the Buddha statue casting will be a long lasting good deed that will keep contributing to the communities for many generations to come.
]

2011-01-19T15:57:00.000+07:00

19 Jan 11 - Mom gave alms to monks (Sanga) on the occation of a Buddhist day today. Wish LeO good health and happiness.

2010-12-21T16:06:00.002+07:00

21 Dec 10 - Donated $40.00 USD to Laos Literacy Project,Inc. for Big Brother Mouse project in Laos (http://www.bigbrothermouse.com) in the occasion of LeO's 4th birthday anniversary. Happy Birthday oO!! We love you and wish you the best of everything, happiness and good health.

2010-12-21T16:05:00.001+07:00

19 Dec 10 - Donated 20,000 Kip to a co-worker whose father just passed away. 100,000 Kip for co-worker's wedding.

2010-08-13T08:05:00.000+07:00

09 Aug 10 - Donated 10,000 Kip to a Co-worker (Touher); his grandmother passed away.

2010-01-20T12:47:00.003+07:00

20 Jan 2010 - Online donation of $25 to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF supporting UNICEF's emergency response in Haiti. The earthquake that struck Haiti a week ago has left many thousands of children orphaned, lost or separated from their families – and vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.

2010-01-20T12:17:00.003+07:00

18 Jan 2010 - Donated 30,000 kips to a co-worker (Linthong) who's facing hardship due to severe hand injury and recent health issue, and asked others to give their donation as well.

2009-12-27T15:24:00.002+07:00

25 Dec 09 - donated 20,000 kips to Buddhist temple Ban Namjalo, Vilabouly (Sepon), Savannakhet Province, for constructing a building for Buddhist activities (in Lao, it's called "Hal Jaek").

2009-12-13T10:04:00.003+07:00

1 Dec 09 - Mom's been donating moneys during this buddhist ceremony season but forgot to keep a note. Today Mom also donated 100,000k to Movember fund raising organised by Tim (mom's boss). Just something small done at mom's office and we will give the money to COPE to help disable people.

2009-10-05T13:48:00.004+07:00

04 Oct 09 - donated old clothes (see the pic) and 200,000 kips via the Attapeu Association to help people in the southern part of Laos who have been recently affected by the Typhoon Ketsana (September 23 2009).

2009-07-31T06:39:00.001+07:00

30 Jul 09 - donated 221 Live Club tickets (worth $2.21) to Room-to-Read org.

2009-07-30T10:08:00.001+07:00

26 Jul 09 - donated some old clothes.

2009-07-29T20:49:00.003+07:00

26 Jul 09 - gave a lunch to an office cleaner.
27 Jul 09 - paid lunch for a colleague.
27 Jul 09 - help a colleague who had a car accident to settle the issue.
28 Jul 09 - gave 50,000 kips to help with a colleague's husband's funeral.

2009-07-25T08:36:00.002+07:00

22 Jul 09 - helped a little girl who locked herself out of the apartment security door to get in to her apartment unit.

2009-07-19T03:57:00.001+07:00

17 Jul 09 - an old homeless man asked me for a dollar, so I gave it to him. a few minutes later, as I walked along the street, I found 3 bucks lying on the ground. I made $2 profit that day!

2009-05-13T05:01:00.002+07:00

12 May 09 - helped organize a farewell dinner and drink party for a roommate who has finished his master's degree program and is going home.

2009-05-08T09:07:00.003+07:00

7 May 09 - Donated $25 to the World Food Programme for the occasion of Mother's Day 09. The gift will Fill the Cup for a hungry child and give them the energy and concentration to learn in school. Wall Against Hunger: http://wall.wfp.org/wall?guid=3337

2009-05-08T03:49:00.003+07:00

7 May 09 - random act of kindness
- Gave advice and talked to a friend about family relationship (the friend thought it was helpful).
- Support the cause of Direct Relief International by spreading the word on facebook.
- Helped open doors for an old lady who was carrying food into a building... :)

2009-02-16T02:31:00.003+07:00

15 Feb 09 - donated $20 to RoomtoRead.org (Laos - Schools Fund). Happy Valentine's Day maman Pungpung and LeoO!

Message from Room to Read:

"Your donation will help us provide educational opportunity to millions of children in the developing world. Since 2000, we have published 226 local language children's titles, established over 5,600 libraries, partnered with local villages to build 442 schools, funded 155 computer and language labs, and provided 6,922 girls with long-term scholarships through secondary school. At Room to Read, we believe that there is no more valuable investment than the gift of education and the life change it can provide.

"We focus our activities in 9 countries, all with a desperate lack of educational resources: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Zambia. This year, we look forward to launching our Girls' Education and Reading Room programs in Bangladesh. Thanks to the support of donors like you, we have been able to reach over 1.9 million of these children through our educational programs. We take our role as stewards of your gift extremely seriously and are proud that we have received the coveted Charity Navigator four-star rating for sound fiscal management for the past three years.

"With your support, we will continue to scale and reach out to more communities providing educational access and opportunity. It is our goal to establish 11,000 libraries by the year 2010 reaching 5 million children. With your help, we will celebrate reaching this milestone together. Thank you for joining us on this inspiring journey to provide the lifelong gift of education to millions of children in the developing world!"

2009-02-01T06:56:00.001+07:00

31 Jan 09 - helped give advice to two new students about where to find study materials and how to research work and find a thesis topic.

2008-11-26T06:49:00.003+07:00

25 Nov 08 - Donated $10 to Food for the Hungry at http://www.fhglobal.org/hunger_no_more.php to help with the crisis in Congo

2008-11-23T04:41:00.002+07:00

14 Oct 08 - oO helped grandpa give alms to monks (Tak bard Ok Phan Sa or end of Buddhist Lent)

2008-11-21T06:38:00.004+07:00

20 Nov 08 - made $10.00 donation to the World Food Programme. The gift will make a difference to the lives of the hungry poor. Fund Allocation: Child Hunger (Fill the Cup).
(Transaction/Serial #: 5284835SG359690M)

2008-11-12T10:44:00.003+07:00

11 Nov 08 - donated $0.25 to a Leukemia funding raising program at a Pizza Hut, also donated 6 coke rewards points to the toys for tots program.

2008-11-03T09:40:00.001+07:00

02 Nov 08 - helped explain lecture notes to a classmate for mid-term exam preparation.

2008-10-21T20:14:00.001+07:00

19 Oct 08 - Gave advice to a new student about a mid term exam of a class and spent time going through some notes with him.

2008-10-13T21:46:00.003+07:00

11 Oct 08 - Maman Pung an oO bought a book called 'the coroner's lunch' by Colin Cotterill = 100,000k. This is a light hearted fiction story using Lao people and Lao context in the story which is interesting and funny. And we also bought 3 concert tickets = 75,000k. All of these are to support COPE project to help disabled people (oO's good deeds on the occasion of papa's birthday + we'll get to go out to a concert one night).

Maman Pung and oO wish Papa Toum a very happy birthday, good health, wealth,
success and may all your wishes fulfilled (Siddhartha - oO's name).

2008-10-12T17:02:00.003+07:00

12 Oct 08 - Donated $31 in the occasion of Papa's birthday (turning 30 yo) to support UNICEF's Water and Sanitation Programs.

The donation will help provide children around the world with health care, clean water, sound nutrition, education, protection from abuse and exploitation, and emergency assistance in times of crisis.

http://www.unicefusa.org/news/news-from-the-field/laos-declares-2008-a-national.html

Papa wishes LeoO and maman Pung good health and happiness.

2008-10-04T11:14:00.003+07:00

03 Oct 08 - helped out with a problem that a friend's having at the old work place - an equipment failed and they need to find a spare part to replace it urgently.

2008-10-04T11:13:00.003+07:00

02 Oct 08 - Gave advice about classes and homework to a new grad student.

2008-09-30T12:19:00.001+07:00

29 Sep 08 - helped a new student with his project assignment for a class (ece530).

2008-09-30T12:16:00.002+07:00

27 Sep 08 - lent a stranger Papa's cellphone to make a phone call.

2008-09-22T01:15:00.024+07:00

21 Sep 08 - Donated tickets via Live Search Club to the cause:

Your order Confirmation # is: 6A5B8694E6254275A25E2396913593DF
Organization Name: United States Fund For Unicef (13-1760110)
Number of Tickets Donated: 37

Organization Name: Room To Read (91-2003533)

Sep/Oct/Nov 08 Donated 4311 tickets (worth $43.11) to RoomtoRead.
Sep/Oct 08 Donated 1292 tickets (worth $12.92) to a Lao Buddha Temple.

2008-09-19T11:27:00.003+07:00

18 Sep 08 - bought a baby animals toddler tee (gift for Kaonoom) and a logo t-shirt (for papa) - worth a total of $24 - from www.savethechildren.org to support the work of Save the Children, the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need.

2008-09-17T05:46:00.002+07:00

16 Sep 08 - Donated $10 to HAITI STORM RELIEF FUND.

Haiti has been hit by three storms in a row, killing some 170 people and forcing thousands from their homes. Yele Haiti is responding by sponsoring food, clothing, blankets and medical supplies in the areas most directly affected.
http://www.yele.org

2008-09-13T11:07:00.000+07:00

12 Sep 08 - helped a friend at the office fix his laptop.

2008-09-04T07:42:00.002+07:00

03 Sep 08 - Donated $15 USD to Save the Children Federation, Inc for "Save the Children - India Flooding Emergency Fund for Children".

2008-09-02T04:55:00.003+07:00

01 Sep 08 - donated $5 (via text messaging) to American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to answer Obama's call to support the Red Cross in relief effort for victims of Hurricane Gustav in Gulf Coast.

2008-09-01T10:48:00.015+07:00

31 Aug 08 - donated another 100,000 grains of rice via www.freerice.com. oO, we did it again, yeah yeah!!

07 Sep 08 - donated another 150,000 grains of rice today.
11 Sep 08 - donated another 100,000 grains of rice:

13 Sep 08 - donated another 73,020 grains of rice today.
18 Sep 08 - donated another 30,000 grains of rice today.
20 Sep 08 - donated another 100,000 grains of rice today.
12 Oct 08 - donated another 150,300 grains of rice today (Papa's birthday) :).
17 Oct 08 - donated another 36,000 grains of rice today.
02 Nov 08 - donated another at least 111,800 grains of rice today (Maman Pung's birthday) :).
05 Nov 08 - donated another 42,000 grains of rice (U.S. President Elect Obama).
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Total to date (approx.): 102,1500 grains of rice donated via freerice.com

2008-09-01T06:22:00.004+07:00

31 Aug 08 - Papa helped give advice to a new student about course registration and gave him a copy of some old materials that might come in handy for him for the courses he is taking.

2008-09-01T05:07:00.005+07:00

30 Aug 08 - oO went to our village temple yesterday to give alms to monks (TakBard HoKhao Padapdin) with grand parents and aunty Linda. Maman was at home preparing for oO when he was back. He was so happy to be able to go out and see many new things. Actually this the second time he went. Papa and maman are proud of LeO.

2008-08-23T13:24:00.003+07:00

23 Aug 08 - donated $20 to Room to Read, an organization that provides quality educational opportunities by establishing libraries, creating local language children's literature, constructing schools, providing education to girls and establishing computer labs. The contribution that Papa, Maman and oO made will make a world of difference for children in the developing world, including Laos.

2008-08-23T13:14:00.002+07:00

21 Aug 08 - helped a friend of my friend to move his stuff to his dorm (he's a freshman, just arrived to start first year at the university).

2008-08-20T11:38:00.001+07:00

18 Aug 08 - helped the staff at the office move some student's stuff to a new office.

2008-08-17T14:45:00.007+07:00

17 Aug 08 - made 2220 grains of rice donation at www.freerice.com through the UN World Food Program to help feed hungers. Also emailed the link to friends and family. Made another 10,000 grains of rice donation in the afternoon on the same day:

And about another 50,000 grains.
25 Aug 08, 120,000 grains.
Total to date: 182,220 grains of rice donated. :)

2008-08-17T14:43:00.001+07:00

16 Aug 08 - spent Saturday helping a classmate move to new apartment (a lot of stuff to move).

2008-08-15T10:36:00.000+07:00

13 Aug 08 - helped a friend (Gui) with cleaning and moving out from the old apartment. And let one of the friend's friends who's just arrive to stay with us for a while. He needs a place to stay while looking for a place to stay.

2008-08-08T12:18:00.006+07:00

08/08/08 - Bought UNICEF gifts (a silver bracelet engraved with the UNICEF logo, and Animal block puzzle for oO to play with) worth a total of $50.50 incl. shipping, to support UNICEF help save children around the world.

As LeO learns how to blow a candle for a cake BD, oO invents a way to easily blow a candle by using a straw :)

2008-07-26T04:43:00.004+07:00

25 Jul 08 - Go green by choosing paperless bill for the phone bill (At&t) - participating in helping the environment (a need to save more trees).

oO likes to play with the Kangaroo doll

2008-07-26T04:36:00.005+07:00

24 Jul 08 - Contributed two 1968 pennies to 1968pennies.com, the world's largest collection of 1968 pennies. By doing so, I get to have oO's full name and URL for this blog site posted on http://1968pennies.com. This is a giving of something that's not worth much for us but has some meaning for someone else (i.e. the collector of the coins values them more than we do), and so it's a small good deed, a small random act of kindness.

2008-07-24T15:50:00.002+07:00

23 Jul 08 - forwarded a message to friends and family for Peace Day 2008 to support the Peace One Day's campaign; "With the help of the global community, Peace One Day has made great strides towards raising awareness of Peace Day and inspiring people all over the world since its launch in 1999."
www.peaceoneday.org/commitment.aspx

Also forwarded a message of Al Gore's challenge to "generate 100% of our electricity from sources that do not lead to global warming -- and to do it within 10 years. Meeting this ambitious goal would create millions of new jobs, lead to permanently lower energy costs for families and help America lead the fight against global warming."
www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6f8f4b49403d8f19/7wc5mw/VEsA/

2008-07-23T05:27:00.002+07:00

22 Jul 08 - supported ONE.org by completing a survey to help ONE responds to issues of global poverty, epidemics and climate change. Also share an idea to promote the campaign.

2008-07-23T05:23:00.002+07:00

15 Jul 08 - LeoO and sister Kaonoom joined with family to celebrate great grandpa PoYa Mee's birthday and gave him a gift. Respecting our elders is a good deed.

2008-07-20T12:15:00.001+07:00

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

2008-07-17T05:09:00.002+07:00

16 Jul 08 - bought a nice CARE.org "I Am Powerful" t-shirt ($21) as a gift to maman Pung for her love and strength, and in support to good cause by CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.

"Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives." - www.care.org

2008-07-06T05:38:00.003+07:00

5 Jul 08 - gave advice and support to a friend about dealing with troubles in life, which has been helpful according to the friend.

2008-07-05T12:54:00.003+07:00

4 Jul 08 - donated $10 to a Lao Buddhist temple (Temple 25) in Elgin. Note: the 4th of July is the US Independence Day.

2008-07-03T13:15:00.005+07:00

10 categories of helping others (from Liao Fan's 4 lessons)

1. Supporting the practice of kindness.
2. Harboring love and respect.
3. Helping others succeed.
4. Persuading others to practice kindness.
5. Helping those in desperate need.
6. Developing public projects for the great benefit of people.
7. Giving through donations.
8. Protecting the proper teachings.
9. Respecting our elders.
10. Loving and cherishing all living things.

2008-07-02T11:36:00.004+07:00

1 Jul 08 - donated $15 to People Improvement Organization (PIO) based in Cambodia to help children through a variety of programs that include, non-formal education and vocational training. Through the programs PIO provides some of the most vulnerable women and children in Cambodia with hope for the future.

Inspiring Story:
CNN Heroes Article: Saving children from Cambodia’s trash heap

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (CNN) — Walking down a street in Cambodia’s capital city, Phymean Noun finished her lunch and tossed her chicken bones into the trash. Seconds later, she watched in horror as several children fought to reclaim her discarded food.

Noun stopped to talk with them. After hearing their stories of hardship, she knew she couldn’t ignore their plight.

“I must do something to help these children get an education,” she recalls thinking. “Even though they don’t have money and live on the sidewalk, they deserve to go to school.”

Six years after that incident, Noun is helping many of Phnom Penh’s poorest children do just that.

Within weeks, she quit her job and started an organization to give underprivileged children an education. Noun spent $30,000 of her own money to get her first school off the ground. In 2004, her organization — the People Improvement Organization (PIO) — opened a school at Phnom Penh’s largest municipal trash dump, where children are a large source of labor. Today, Noun provides 240 kids from the trash dump a free education, food, health services and an opportunity to be a child in a safe environment.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/heroes.noun/#cnnSTCVideo

http://peopleimprovement.org/

2008-06-27T14:57:00.004+07:00

27 Jun 08 - Bought a 46664 cap to support the 46664 campaign - an African response to the global HIV AIDS epidemic - inspired by Nelson Mandela (On the occasion of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday).

http://www.46664.com

2008-06-03T14:24:00.003+07:00

02 Jun 08 - gave 50 cents to a guy on the street who needed some change. (random act of kindness).

(oO got guitar noy on chidren day June 1, 08 - happy play)

2008-06-01T13:10:00.002+07:00

01 Jun 08 - donated $1 at the cinema for a good cause (get to write oO's name on a card).

2008-05-28T13:18:00.005+07:00

28 May 08 - gave advice to a friend on a screening test for ADS scholarship and sent him some training materials. Helping a friend in need is a good deed.

(oO's friends visiting, 25 May 08)

(oO & Sister Kaonoom at Grandma Vern's birthday, 26 May 08)

(oO & Grandma Vern at Grandma's birthday, 26 May 08)