Thursday, October 26, 2006

Some bits of news

Have to just list a few bits of news on here before I forgot about it. No, I'm not procrastinating about going to bed *cough*. I just simply have to say these things before I forget to say them:

-GREENPEACE. Quite a while ago I was approached by one of those Greenpeace Representative Sales people (who's name was Katie, I remember that for some reason) and I ended up joining Greenpeace while making $10 monthly donations which for the last 1 to 2 months I have been paying for with my Student loan money... well actually I've been paying for everything with my student loan money hehehe, but that's the way it goes. So I've been getting news from Greenpeace now, and one piece of news stood out: Kimberley-Clark Ltd. has been destroying ancient rainforests in North America to make its paper-tissue products. Its products are Kleenex tissues and Huggies nappies. So I'm going to boycott those products now as I find it sad to think that I might be blowing my nose on a piece of ancient rainforest... as we are quickly running out of those rainforests. Although those monthly $10 donations from my bank account are going to amount up to $120 a year (*ouch*) it's nice to think that it might be doing something worthwhile to the environment for a change. So I'm giving away money I don't have. That doesn't actually sound like a smart thing to do. That's where the next small piece of news comes...

-I appear to have managed to get a job as a barista at the new Railway New World Metro store for 30 hours a week starting 20th November, so I've been studying up all the different types of coffee and learning about coffee machines:espressos,cappuccinos, lattés, mochaccinos etc. Hehe but so much for studying for exams, although I've finished one exam and got one more to go on 10th November. (And I have a suspicion I'm also ment to sell Lotto tickets too... freaky)

1 comment:

Vincent McNabb said...

I am currently giving the Red Cross $15 per month. It is killing me. I only get 150 per week, so when that comes out it is 10% of all my money for that week.