2 A very worthy cause!

Please read the following message from a dear friend of mine (also one of our bridesmaids!)... In a couple of weeks she is going to Thailand and needs to raise a further £800 before then.

As many of you know I am going to Thailand in 2 weeks for 6 weeks on a project organised by SERVE.

The project primarily involves teaching in a women's centre in Pattaya, S. Thailand.....this will be teaching women various trades and how to communicate in English with tourists to ensure successful employment etc... this ability to sell craft provides the women with an alternative to selling themselves!! In Thailand the main spirituality is Buddhism, hence a lot of the men are training as monks and so the job of providing an income falls on the women. As 95% of them are illiterate they are forced into prostitution in order to make ends meet.... SERVE strives to provide them with an alternative and helps them help themselves do so.

Other projects that I will be working on in Thailand include working at an AIDS orphanage and in an AIDS colony. Many people in Thailand are ignorant to AIDS and hence children are abandoned when they are born with it and nobody wants to work in the orphanage for "fear of contracting AIDS by contact"... hence most of the relief, maintenance etc of the orphanage is funded by SERVE projects.

The second part to this project, which I will be assisting on, is building relations between a community in North Thailand in which people within the community with AIDS have been alienated and segregated into a colony. This is a long term project reintegrating everyone into one society, educating the community and developing essential skills within the community.

Evidently, these projects require finance. There are 14 on my team and we have shared out the costs of the projects. I have been fundraising over the last few months, though I alone still require at least £800. I would really appreciate any sponsorship/ donations as raising £800 in two weeks is quite a task as you can probably guess. Obviously raising more than this would also mean providing more relief... though lets walk before we can run eh....

Anyway there is no pressure or obligation but I would be so grateful if you could help out.

If anyone is interested in sponsoring her, please let me know and I will forward on her details! Alternatively, you can donate via PayPal using the button below (no PayPal account is needed). Regardless, please keep her and her team's efforts in your prayers.

1 CV/Resume Blunders...

As I'm job hunting at the minute, I've been visiting several websites with information on CV's and interviews. On my travels, I came across this list of CV blunders that I thought I'd share! I never put any of these on my CV so hopefully I'll have better luck at finding employment than I imagine some of these people had...

• I am very detail-oreinted.
• My intensity and focus are at inordinately high levels, and my ability to complete projects on time is unspeakable.
• Thank you for your consideration. Hope to hear from you shorty!
• Enclosed is a ruff draft of my resume.
• It’s best for employers that I not work with people.
• Here are my qualifications for you to overlook.
• I am a quick leaner, dependable, and motivated.
• If this resume doesn’t blow your hat off, then please return it in the enclosed envelope.
• My fortune cookie said, “Your next interview will result in a job.” And I like your company in particular.
• I saw your ad on the information highway, and I came to a screeching halt.
• Insufficient writing skills, thought processes have slowed down some. If I am not one of the best, I will look for another opportunity.
• Please disregard the attached resume-it is terribly out of date.
• Seek challenges that test my mind and body, since the two are usually inseparable.
  Graduated in the top 66% of my class.
• Reason for leaving last job: The owner gave new meaning to the word paranoia. I prefer to elaborate privately.
• Previous experience: Self-employed-a fiasco.
• Exposure to German for two years, but many words are inappropriate for business.
• Experience: Watered, groomed, and fed the family dog for years.
• I am a rabid typist.
• I have a bachelorette degree in computers.
• Excellent memory; strong math aptitude; excellent memory; effective management skills; and very good at math.
• Strengths: Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining composer.
• I worked as a Corporate Lesion.
• Reason for leaving last job: Pushed aside so the vice president’s girlfriend could steal my job.
• Married, eight children. Prefer frequent travel.
• Objective: To have my skills and ethics challenged on a daily basis.
  Special skills: Thyping.
• My ruthlessness terrorized the competition and can sometimes offend.
• I can play well with others.
• Personal Goal: To hand-build a classic cottage from the ground up using my father-in-law.
• Objective: I want a base salary of $50-$60,000 dollars, not including bonus. And some decent benefits. Like a retirement plan, health insurance, personal or sick days.
• Experience: Provided correct answers to customers’ questions.
• Education: Graduated from predatory school with honors.
• Never been fired, although it could happen anytime now.
• I have happily been a “kept man” for the past 10 years.
• Have extensive experience in turkey manufactures as well as new product development and implementation.
• I am accustomed to speaking in front of all kinds of audiences. I make points as well as I can.
• Personal: Five children. Dog: Jasper. Cat: Morris. Gerbil: Binky.
• While in military, was instrumental in creation of a treat detection system.
• My compensation package at my last job included a base salary of $64,500 with excellent benefits including flextime. I am looking for a position in which I can work a more flexible schedule.
• Hire me and you won’t regret it-I am funny, cute, smart and creative… really.
• Referees available upon request.
• Previous rank: Senior instigator.
• I have recently sold my home and I now live in a large RV so I will be able to relocate quickly.
• Reason for leaving: They stopped paying me.
• Cover letter: Desire the chance to showcase my delightful personality, intelligence and superior judgment, which are so hard to find these days.
• Personal achievements: Successfully played “Chop Sticks” on a toy piano with my big toes.
• Objective: To obtain a position where I can make a difference, infecting others with my professionalism, enthusiasm and dedication.
• Strengths: Impersonal skills.
• Special interests: I like any projects that are fun.
• Please explain any breaks in your employment career: 15 minute coffee break while working at a home improvement store.
• Vocational plans: Sea World.

0 Kathleen, RIP

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Kathleen, whose 2nd anniversary is today. :-(



(I still love this photo best of all!)