because tian made me

2005-09-15T17:54:46Z

Urgh, it's because of this cute blue blob (whose supposed to be stupid, by the way) that I am going to have random public posts. *grumble grumble* That blue blob, ladies and gentleman, is my blog-pet mero, 今井翼 aka Imai Tsubasa aka Tsuba-chan aka wife of dusksnowdancer's タッキ aka 泷泽秀明 aka Takizawa Hideaki aka Takki mero.

Oh yeah, I'm supposed to feed this thing. With err...(Tian, I'm just going to be randomly ripping off your codes)...

翼愛タッキ! 翼愛タッキ！翼愛タッキ！翼愛タッキ！翼愛タッキ！翼愛タッキ！

翼好喜欢タッキ！翼好喜欢タッキ！翼好喜欢タッキ！

タッキが大好きです！タッキが大好きです！タッキが大好きです！タッキが大好きです！

タッキタッキタッキタッキタッキタッキタッキタッキタッキタッキタッキタッキタッキタッキ

For you other people, just ignore this post. I'm not crazy, I really am not. I swear. XD

(Hey, dusksnowdancer! When do I need to feed Tsuba-chan again? And besides, how do I friend you, pray tell? @__@)

IMPORTANT. PLEASE HELP.

2004-12-28T11:17:08Z

I've made a little banner to plead for help, aid and relief for the Sumatra-quake/Asia tsunami victims, and I will REALLY appreciate it if you guys will help to spread the mesage. Please, it would not take much of your time to post it on your own journal and spread around the message of help. Thank you very much. I've linked the banner to this post with a list of aids so you won't have to clutter your journals with those, just the banner will do.

You can make a difference.
Just by spreading the call for help.

UPDATED 10.16PM 01/01/205
ATTENTION. Please DIRECT HELP TO ACHEH. As far as I know, there has been very little help offered to the nation. I'll try to post links on how to help Acheh in a direct way - but if you'll scroll down the post a little, there might be information on the link to INDONESIA help. Thank you!
British Airways is offering help to the tsunami victims - for more information, click here. By signing up for British Airways' special offers, you can help to donate 2 pounds to the fund - look HERE - thanks to bertie_day.

Number of dead approaching 150,000. :X
News from Phuket - list of victims, hospital contacts and so on. Thank to malehelscharge!

UPDATED 9.53AM 31/12/2004
Linkin Park relief fund, HERE.
Video of Tsunami - HERE. PLEASE PASS THIS AROUND AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. - from jeffcobain

UPDATED 1.21AM 30/12/2004
Death toll surpasses 120,000. :x;; Oh. My. God.
More information added courtesy of corinn - THANK YOU. I've appended to my post on how you can try to locate missing loved ones, report your safety as well as a list of victims in Thailand - please scroll down for the links.

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Over 150000 people were killed so far in the Asia Tsunami, and many thousands more are still unaccounted for. Thousands dead in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India, and 56 dead in my own country, Malaysia, with 45 from my state, Penang.

The disaster left millions homeless, helpless and defenseless. And if you could spare a few dollars, old clothes, unwanted items, please try your best to help the victims. And if not, please spare a moment to pass this message of aid around Livejournal and encourage your friends to do so. These people needed all the help they can get.

The list of general sites are a very good place to start if you're a credit card holder intent on making donations online. If you can't find what you're looking for, I've listed a few country-specific sites which should be of help.

Thank you, each and every one of you. Words could not say how much I, and the victims, will appreciate this.

LIST OF AIDS

GENERAL SITES - Donations, Information and Updated News
CNN.com - Comprehensive list of international aids
Red Cross Red Crescent International
America Red Cross International
Command Post - Earthquake/Tsunami relief
UNICEF
AmeriCares - Donations
Oxfam America - Asian Earthquake/Tsunami fund
Network for Good - News and Relief
Tsunami Updates and Help/Relief
World Changing Fund
South East Asia Donation and Information
Salvation Army - Online Donations
AID'S Tsunami Relief Campaign
Amazon Honor System
Save The Children Tsunami Fund
Linkin Park Relief Fund
New From Phuket - Forum
British Airways Fund

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
American Jewish World Service
45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
800-889-7146
http://www.ajws.org

American Red Cross
International Response Fund
PO Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
800-HELP NOW
http://www.redcross.org

Catholic Relief Services
PO Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
800-736-3467
http://www.catholicrelief.org

Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-4767
http://www.directrelief.org

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
PO Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
888-392-0392
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org

International Medical Corps
11500 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 506
Los Angeles, CA 90064
800-481-4462
http://www.imcworldwide.org

International Orthodox Christian Charities
Middle East Crisis Response
PO Box 630225
Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
877-803-4622
http://www.imcworldwide.org

Mercy Corps
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
800-852-2100
http://www.mercycorps.org

Operation USA
8320 Melrose Avenue, Ste. 200
Los Angles, CA 90069
800-678-7255
http://www.opusa.org

AUSTRALIA
CARE Australia Website
http://www.careaustralia.org.au
1-800-020-046

Australian Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.au
1-800-811-700

OXFAM Australia
http://ww.oxfam.org.au

World Vision Australia
http://www.worldvision.com.au
13-32-40

AusAID
AusAID link

CANADA
Canada Red Cross
http://www.redcross.ca

Medecins Sans Frontieres Canada
http://www.msf.ca

UNICEF Canada
http://www.unicef.ca

OXFAM Canada
http://ww.oxfam.ca

UNITED KINGDOM
British Red Cross - Direct Donations
http://www.bluepeter.redcross.org.uk/tsappeal/appeal.htm

MALAYSIA
The STAR Relief Fund
Relief Fund

The STAR Relief Fund - Comprehensive page
http://thestar.com.my/fund/
Thanks to cyrnelle

The STAR Info Hotline
Info Hotline

News Straits Times Malaysia
Tsunami Fund

Malaysia Medical Resources
Fund Drives in Malaysia

Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia
http://www.redcrescent.org.my/

Mercy Malaysia
+603-4256 9999
info@mercy.org.my
How to donate - thanks to serabut

HITZ FM Tsunami Fund
New Message --> Type "AMP" --> Send to "32111" --> Await a response (They'll come back with a message "Thank you for your generosity")
More info
Thanks to _mana_cherie

SINGAPORE
Singapore Red Cross
Red Cross House
15 Penang Lane
Wkdays: 9.30-5.45
Sat: 9.30-noon
http://www.redcross.org.sg/

DBS Singapore Relief Fund
http://www.dbs.com/sg/personal/

INDONESIA
Please refer HERE.

SRI LANKA
Aid Sri Lanka
http://www.aidsrilanka.com/
http://www.emergencydonations.gov.lk/

LOCATING SURVIVORS
CNN Appeal Form
Tsunami Appeal
Please fill in this form if you're trying to locate a missing loved one or if you're okay and want your family to know, please report yourself as well. Or if you know how to get hold of a survivor's list in your country, please try to report the survivors to the site. This is a comprehensive list that goes by countries.

BBC NEWS - Trace the Missing
Have Your Say
Likewise with the CNN form above, do fill in the form as well to try to locate missing persons or to report your safety, or to report the safety of survivors that you know of.

List of Victims - Thailand/Phuket
http://www.disaster.go.th/news01/12_47/aftershock.htm
Please note that this list is UNOFFICIAL (I'm trying my hardest to locate an official list)

Other posts of help:-
rahalia_cat - HERE - How the world is helping and coping
quixotic_sense - HERE - List of aids and comprehensive updates on the tsunami - this is a VERY helpful post. Please visit if you may.

All the above information is NOT possible without the help of:
antiwar - Message of help
muslims - Contacts for Aid and Relief
memlu - post of aid
quixotic_sense - post of aid
amamiyarin - post of aid - international contacts on how to donate
inukichan78 - Comprehensive list of aids - international and otherwise
jeffcobain - post of aid - Singapore, Australia and international

PLEASE visit the posts above if what you're looking for is not listed in my journal.
amamiyarin had an excellent post of relief if you're living in Indonesia, it's a VERY comprehensive list and will be able to help you much on it.

EDIT: ladybirdsleeps pointed out that it is probably unfeasible for people overseas to donate goods and commodities as it may cause shipping problems. THIS is a site that advises us.

Fellow Malaysians, Indonesians, Sri Lankians, Indians etc etc that are not as badly affected by the tsunami and can afford to donate goods, please do so at your local Red Crescent societies. I will be posting links here as soon as I locate them.

Please comment to this post if you're taking the banner. I would love to keep track of the people that are helping to spread the message. Once again, PLEASE HELP. You really can make a difference. I really believe that.

EDIT: corinn is an absolute sweetheart to help the way she did. She made two relief banners with the web addresses (imaged-mapped and linked) of the main international organizations. You can post these banners if you wish at your journal, user info - but please credit corinn ^___^

First banner:

Second banner:

Thank you,
Mouse ^__^

FANTASY_______can't you see

because tian made me

IMPORTANT. PLEASE HELP.