Rotae
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Post by Rotae on Jan 15, 2005 9:13:50 GMT
They say that trauma stimulates memory... like I can remember exactly where I was on September 11, 2001, but I can't remember what I did the day before. It's like a lot of people remember where they were when JFK was shot, but can't remember what they did before that. It's weird huh? I heard about the tsunami's that night and my friend and I were glued to the TV for about three hours watching SBS news...
Peace, Rotae
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Post by retro399 on Jan 15, 2005 13:25:38 GMT
i know,i can actually remember where i was when jfk was shot,i was at my aunts house and there was a newsflash on the tv,with the news that he was dead,also his brother,robert kennedy,i remember that too,my mum was standing ironing and that came on as a newsflash too,i think i was 8 years old at the time,events that are memorable always seem to stay with you,dont they?
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Caitlin
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Post by Caitlin on Jan 28, 2005 2:28:26 GMT
i remember when sept 11th happened, we had just been to america for a holiday in april that year, the scary thing was, we were scheduled to go out in sept/oct.
its good that everyone is doing the best they can, my auntie donated dozens of saris (my dad's side is from madras - india) and we donated money, canned foods etc
MTV Australia are organising a Wave Aid, kind of like Live Aid, its gonna be this huge concert with all the aussie acts like, Midnight Oil, Pete Murray, Missy Higgins etc. Its on tomorrow and i've got tickets!!
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Rotae
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Post by Rotae on Jan 28, 2005 4:42:42 GMT
Yeah I heard about that. I wish I could go.
I'm finiding myself going to movies I don't want to see to support the tsunami appeal. Each week our local cinema put up a special with all of the proceedes going to it.
My family gave to UNICEF.
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Dory
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Post by Dory on Jan 28, 2005 21:49:45 GMT
yeah i gave to unicef....i think my mum did to red cross....
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Rotae
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Post by Rotae on Jan 29, 2005 2:51:19 GMT
There was another one that my mum donated to, but I can't remember what it was. I think it was Red Cross... but I'm not sure.
Peace, Rotae
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Post by retro399 on Jan 29, 2005 13:02:44 GMT
i always donate money to cancer research as i lost my dad to cancer and i would love them to be able to find a cure for it....
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Dory
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Post by Dory on Jan 29, 2005 14:12:40 GMT
aww thats sweet retro..
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Post by retro399 on Jan 29, 2005 16:43:58 GMT
thanks dory,i wish i could give more to charities,but we dont have that much money and our car has just about had it,so we are a bit hard up at the moment,i think that if i ever did win the lottery[which i very much doubt,]i would give most of it to charity,as i would only keep just enough to live comfortably without any worries..
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Dory
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Post by Dory on Jan 29, 2005 19:42:52 GMT
its like i was thinkin on the bus home on friday.... how i would love to do some charity work, like in africa or asia or something, ya know for unicef or the like....voluntarily (kinda), basically meaning so i just get enough to sustaine myself out there...no comforts or anything just a shelter/food etc...but i doubt it will happen...
but sometimes i am just too shallow and selfish...its hard to live with myself. yeah, its true...everyone is sometimes i spose....
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Rotae
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Post by Rotae on Jan 30, 2005 0:23:57 GMT
I know what you mean Dory... It makes you think how lucky you are to live where you are. I mean, Australia gets nice weather (usually), Tassie we don't get drought, rarely floods, no cyclones, tornados, tsunami's earthquakes or famine...
I'm so lucky yo be living where I'm living.
Peace, Rotae
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Post by retro399 on Jan 30, 2005 16:26:32 GMT
same here,we had really high winds the other week and i had some damage to my roof but at least no-one was hurt or killed....
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Caitlin
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So if he's given half the chance - will he sink or swim?
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Post by Caitlin on Feb 5, 2005 3:46:15 GMT
Ur very lucky u live down south rotae, up in NSW we got the worst bush fires and droughts a couple of years ago, we're still recovering - water restrictions and everything
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Rotae
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Post by Rotae on Feb 5, 2005 5:42:13 GMT
Yeah, we get bush fires sometimes. Over the last couple of days, some of Hobart and the North West got flooded... but it's unusual (different... unusual... nice lol)
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Post by retro399 on Feb 5, 2005 12:08:42 GMT
when is it that you go to university,rotae?is it next weekend?
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