Why don't you give a little love instead

Ever wondered what your life would be like if it was different? I'm not referring to the fantasy life where you're rich, famous and gorgeous, but the other type. Like what if you were born say... in India or Africa? If there was something about you that needed help? *touch wood* The lyrics of Stacie Orrico's song Instead comes to mind for me...

A new point of view

A walk in your shoes

I wish I could get inside your head

To see what you see

When you look at me

Cause I could've lived your life instead

So when I got to know about The Giving Hands, I figured this can be my way of spreading the news and giving back to society. The Giving Hands is a strictly charity-based blog set up and run by Pelf Nyok (who's researching turtles on the East Coast of West Malaysia). Pelf writes about a variety of topics all relating to charity, conservation and volunteerism at The Giving Hands and somehow finds time in her busy schedule to also be an official PR officer of The Eye Digest. The latest event up her sleeve is the Blogathon, where Pelf is teaming up with Yvonne Foong to blog about Eden Handicap Service Centre for this year's edition of the blogathon. I think it's a really neat idea to build up some awareness and raise funds for a worthy cause. There's a catch to the blogathon though. It runs for 24 hours and requires blogposts every 30 minutes (so the bigger the team, the better 'cause there are more people to help out). Wooo... that's like the Ironman marathon! (Or David Blaine magician specials on telly.) Each team picks a specific charity to donate to, and sponsors can choose which team or charity they want to support - in Pelf and Yvonne's case, it's Eden Handicap Service Centre.

If you'd like to find out more about the blogathon or Pelf herself, do drop by The Giving Hands or her personal website (which I liked very much, it's now in my RSS feeds!) and give her some link love. We can all do a little bit to make society better, eh?