When in dire need

Last week before I moved back to Hilo I was touched by the tsunami devastation and actually donated to a charity. I donated to Save the Children's Tsunami relief fund. It was my first time to donate, I was actually quite thankful that places like iTunes Music store had links to real, validated organizations. And that those organizations were willing to take my money online via my credit/debit card. That just makes donating all the more easier! I didn't have to pay for a stamp to mail it! :) It kinda made me feel good. When you think about it, if every person in the world could spare close to a dollar we'd have about 6billion in funds. And since not everyone can part with a dollar, and some of those people are in the disaster area, other people pick up the slack. Hence I donated $20, it was something easy for me to part with. I think that some actors/actresses and singers shouldn't be spending their money to tour the disaster area. Instead, send the money you would have paid for the plane ticket(s). On the other hand I was thinking that its seems to me like more countries and people in those countries are willing to help for a natural disaster, unlike the 9/11 attack on NY. Natural disasters are nobody's fault, and our hearts go out to all those countries which were in the line of fire. People can be very nice to others who are in dire need.

What am I in dire need of? Hmm. Maybe some direction in life! I still don't know what I am going to do with myself and it looks kinna funny to other people being that this is my 5th year of college and I am anticipating one more. I think my sister loves to tell people that she graduated, but sometimes you gotta remind her that she only got a CC and not an official degree. I wonder if they would even give her a ceremony? My parents both got AA degrees.. so is she the black sheep? Being under educated than the rest of us... My Dad and Mom are talking about taking a trip over the summer somewhere. I am thinking about visiting Japan, particularly Kayo's place in Nagoya. :) I don't know if David would come with me or not... But Kayo was saying she thinks that it is a fair trade that she puts me up when I go to Japan and I put her up when she decides to visit Hawaii next winter. I think she has a point! :)

So I have all this free time in the mornings on Tuesday and Thursday I kinna don't even know what to do with myself! I started reading one of the books for my Japanese History class and I discovered its not even in the syllabus readings until halfway through the semester. And of course the book that I am suppossed to be reading from isn't one that I managed to buy on my last foray at the bookstore... :P