done a good deed lately?

see the sidebar? notice the little something-something i added? that's my friend Becky. she'll be trekking up the Great Wall of China this September to raise funds for Let's Trek For Children, and the charities that that they support. here's what it entails : a week-long 70-mile hike 700m above sea-level up the Great Wall of China. it sounds like just an easy trek (actually no, it sounds like a hell of a lot), but it's not all easy walking. some bits of it are pretty steep, and some parts aren't even paved! and to top all that, Becky is really not one for exercise, so this is really something that she wouldn't normally do. But she's all signed up at a gym, she's even been going regularly to build up her stamina. she needs to raise at least GBP2500 by July. she's almost half-way there, but she could do with some support. so do give. click on the links to find out more about the charities she'll be raising funds for, and click on her picture to donate, or click here.

i just came back from Woody Allen's latest, which i really liked. a lot of what makes Woody Allen's films likeable : the witty dialogue, the way he makes the world's busiest, bustliest city so intimate and personal, the music! Oh, the music! and of course, the geeky loser guy (in this case Will Ferrell, who does geeky loser rather well) who gets the girl. and most importantly, the interpretation of life : comedy, or tragedy? of course at the end, the answer is obvious : no matter how you look at it, life is short; just go with the flow and don't over-analyse everything, because life also has the habit of ending just like that.

now playing : Little Rain by Jimmy Reed, from the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood soundtrack