A True Story of Generosity

December 11, 2009

 

I was browsing the net a few days back to check out latest news and events when I stumbled upon this very interesting story about generosity and kindness. Kindly read it guys and hope this could be done by many of us, in our own different and simple ways.

A day before Thanksgiving day, Lisa Crutchfield was trying to contact her daughter to let her know that she would be sending money for her groceries but that in order to do, she would miss paying her mortgage. Surprisingly, the number she dialed turned out to be somebody else’s number and the woman who was kind enough to return the message Lisa left on her voicemail was a real estate agent named Virginia Saenz .They had never met before and upon hearing the message, Saenz never had any second doubts to call up Lisa and told her not to worry, that she would help her and ask her to pay her mortgage and she would handle the groceries.

For Crutchfield, it was a “holiday miracle”, Her house is already in foreclosure. Her mother recently passed away and she is now trying to pay off her house. She had a money order prepared to make a mortgage payment on that house- but was going to cash it in when her daughter called asking for money.

Saenz told Crutchfield to keep her money and promised to take care of her daughter. The real estate agent then called Crutchfield’s daughter.

“I asked her what she would like, what her kids like, and then I felt really bad because she said she only wanted eggs and milk,” Saenz said. “When somebody only asks you for eggs and milk, they are in a really bad situation.”

So Saenz went grocery shopping on Thanksgiving morning with her 14-year-old son in tow to tell her what kids liked to eat. They bought food for a Thanksgiving dinner and enough groceries to get Crutchfield’s daughter through the end of the month — her next payday.

She said the act of giving made “the day special for me.”

“I helped somebody,” Saenz said Friday. “I think it’s what anybody would have done.”

Thanks much to Eric Page for the story details.

Go Team Philippines!

December 10, 2009

  The 25th edition of the South East Asian Games is currently being held in the infamous country of Laos which is celebrating its very first hosting of the event.

With the help of foreign countries such as China, Japan, Brunei, South Korea, Vietnam and Thailand, Laos eagerly built a national sports complex and refurbished existing facilities. The vast complex, built at a cost of $100 million, sits on a 125-hectare site in Dong Sanghine Village in Seythany District. It is composed of two indoor stadiums, each can accommodate 3,000 people.

More than 5,000 athletes from 11 countries will be housed at the Games Village located at the National University.

This Games’ edition has sparked many complaints from member countries especially cutting down the number of games that will be hosted. From 43 games played two years ago in Thailand, only 25 games will be played this year in Laos. Basketball, a game we Filipinos are most definitely excited to watch for, is one of the many games that will not be seen this year .

I really hope that Team Philippines will make a good finish by the end of the Games. I think we finished fourth last year, behind defending Champion Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. I hope we could make it to the top 3 once again.

(video courtesy of SuperAsian2009)