Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts

Speak for Humanity: One Billion Rising - Dance-A-Thon!

Valentine's Day is a day of love, passion, compassion and kindness. While most people insist this means red roses, teddy bears and romantic dinners, in 2013 this is hardly a way to celebrate. Look, we live in a day and time where the world has become harder to live in. In fact, forget harder, it's become dangerous to live in this world. Over the last week, I've sat with myself and fought with myself over why the world has become this way. Wars, rape, murders; it doesn't seem to end. So really, where is the love? Why is it we can't find it in ourselves to display and show T.L.C. for one another? Why do we insist on hurting one another. No. I refuse to believe that this world is devoid of love. I will not live in a world where love doesn't exist. And thus, on February 14th, an international day of love, I will go out, a single woman in Hong Kong and dance my way into a new world.

Speak for Humanity, an organization dedicated to the betterment of the world, has joined with a global project known as The One Billion Rising Movement. As an organization, Speak for Humanity has a number of objectives that it supports. These include:
- Raising awareness about issues of global concern
- Serving as a platform for dialogue and engagement
- Serving as an interface to connect global actors striving for change

It's motto, "Injustice Anywhere is Injustice Everywhere," speaks for the extent to which the organization wishes to make a change. The Dance-a-thon will be one of several events which will serve as a launchpad for the organization.


The purpose of the Dance-a-thon is to bring about equality and safety to women all over the world through workshops and various methods including the February 14th, Dance-a-thon. More details are available on the Facebook page and website but this is your chance to change the face of how women in the world. As citizens of the modern world, it is our responsibility to decide how women are treated now and in the future.

Speak out and dance it out, this February 14th at Statue Square from 8 PM to 10 PM. Bring your friends, your valentine, your family, the women in your life.

This is Valentine's Day, make it one with a difference.

100,000 Hits and Counting!!!

Thank you for 100,000 hits and the love!
Welcome to 2013, folks! The year got off to a fantabulous start for moi! For starters, I danced my way into the New Year. If my feet could talk, they’d curse me out—yes, that much pain! And then, woke up on the 1st of January to see that my blog, this blog, surpassed 100,000 hits! First wish of the year comes true – pretty awesome I’d say. But this is time for gratitude, I believe. So thank you all very much for repeatedly venturing out to check out, comment, hate, love and share what I rant on about regularly. 100,000 views is a lot of reading for you lot – shukriya. Please keep coming back and continue to show your love (and/or hate) for what I pen about. It keeps me going.

2013 is going to be no different, I assure you! It’s gonna be a year of insane blog posts filled with controversies, opinions, challenges and of course, love. If I offend anyone (besides Karan Johar), I apologize in advance. And as usual, you are free to call me out and add a comment – I approve all comments irrespective of the name calling and foul language you may throw my way. So comment away then!

And before I sign off, here’s wishing you and yours a great New Year filled with all great things in abundance.

In the meantime, watch this space!

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