Special Time...

What’s a better time to post in this “special” week than on Friday the 13th?
This week started with Saturday (07-07-07) and now ending on Friday the 13th.

Just a little “refresh” on what happened Saturday:
-Live Earth
-at 7 pm GMT I wrote the first post for this blog
-more than 6 billion people did a bunch of stuff too which we do not know about ;-)

I read this article (URL here) in regards to Live Earth:
These are some “snippets” & some “comments”* on those (if you want to read more, please click the links to the articles as displayed above):

Comecollectmythoughts.blogspot.com:
Why only start thinking about the world now?
I wonder too… Perhaps they only do it if it benefits them? Or when money is involved?

Never mind the rest of the world...let's take a look at Singapore. Why ask people to wear green on the 7-07-07 to show "support" for "LIVE EARTH"?? When everyone knows there's too many cars this tiny dot can contain? Would it not make more sense to encourage the people to leave their cars at home on this day instead of wearing green? Would it not make more sense to INCREASE the number of recycling bins all over the country?
I think so too, that instead of being “fashionable”… you better take action (and no, wearing a particular color isn’t considered a “green” action… doing something good for life on earth IS) You could try walking or using a bike instead of a car. And nope I don’t think increasing the number of recycling bins would make more sense… If the companies just made “green” packaging, we didn’t need to recycle at all. I don’t know for you, but when I buy a pack of cookies… I have each cookie packed separately and a plastic container for the 10 separately packed cookies and all that being wrapped in 1 big plastic bag… so 12 plastic packaging, where only 1 or 2 were needed!

So why waste money on events like the Ms Singapore Universe when the cash can be put to better use like making Singapore a "location of choice" for big name artistes? ( so at least we could hold a "live earth concert" here too?)
I think so too, that money for beauty contests could be used for better things… But for all you know one of those “winners” could be something to “pave the way to greenness”? Fat hope I’m afraid… Or perhaps are YOU the person who can accomplish this “task”? If you think you can, at least TRY it and show me what you got!

Recycled goods are expensive ( they're expensive why? cuz not many people opt for recycled items..I'm pretty sure 1 of the aims for holding the "LIVE EARTH" event was to make recycling & saving the earth the "IN-thing". <---take the "Louis Vuitton canvas tote ( "I'm not a plastic bag" craze too) Prices lower when more people buy an item right? So EVERYONE should opt for recycled toilet paper, kitchen towels...The more people use em, the cheaper n more recycled goods become readily available.
As you may know it isn’t as easy as more buyers -> prices lower (this is only the case if you’re thinking of the “steady costs” being divided among more units) More demand and less supply means prices go up. So if everyone opt for recycled toilet paper, kitchen towels… companies need to follow and so do the resources. NEVERTHELESS you better use recycled paper… EVEN better is not using it at all where you can! :D

THERE'S SOMETHINGS YOU COULD ALSO DO TO HELP SAVE THE WORLD:

2. You can sign up for a free account on care2.com & with just 1 click everyday, you're helping to save the dying world & the animals in danger of losing their homes + becoming extinct ;) (CHECK THIS BLOG FOR A LINK to care2.com )
Or just click here! :p More green tips will be posted another time!

It's not all about global warming (click to read article!)

*"You" implies on the reader of this post, who ever it may be and NOT the author of the original post. ;-)


What happened today:
-Kim Clijsters married with Brian Lynch (at 6am local time to avoid unwanted visitors)
-I tripped twice almost resulting in a fall (one of them almost down the stairs) and I hurt my finger (bad luck?)
-More than 6 billion people did a bunch of stuff too which we do not know about (so I imagine some got even more “bad luck” and others probably less or perhaps even won the lottery! Speaking of… I better check the results! :p Although I don’t believe in such money makers.) ;-)
-Exactly 1 year ago I broke my clavicle while I “went for a ride” for the last time with my snowboard… (Friday the 14th 2006)

I did a little research on Friday the 13th and found these interesting articles:
-About.com
-Wikipedia.org

These are some “snippets” (if you want to read more, please click the links to the articles as displayed above):

About.com snippets:
If Friday was a holy day for heathens, the Church fathers felt, it must not be so for Christians — thus it became known in the Middle Ages as the "Witches' Sabbath," and thereby hangs another tale.

Unlucky Friday + Unlucky 13 = Unluckier Friday.

If that's the case, we are guilty of perpetuating a misnomer by labelling Friday the 13th "the unluckiest day of all," a designation perhaps better reserved for, say, a Friday the 13th on which one breaks a mirror, walks under a ladder, spills the salt, and spies a black cat crossing one's path — a day, if there ever was one, best spent in the safety of one's own home with doors locked, shutters closed and fingers crossed.

Wikipedia snippets:
The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia (a word that is derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Παρασκευή, δεκατρείς, and φοβία, meaning Friday, thirteen, and phobia respectively; alternative spellings include paskevodekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia, and is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.

>Effects in people and cultures
"It's been estimated that [U.S] $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do."

A British Medical Journal study has shown that there is a significant increase in traffic-related accidents on Friday the 13ths.

Any month that begins on a Sunday will contain a Friday the 13th.

>Notable births and deaths
Born on Friday the 13th | Date of Birth
Fidel Castro | August 13, 1926
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen | June 13, 1986
Died on Friday the 13th | Date of Death
Tupac Shakur | September 13, 1996

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Thanks for reading and till next time!

Greetzz,
Anima-t3d