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Would want to see 11 old ladies posing nude? I suppose the immediate answer is a gigantic NO.Sunday, May 13, 2007  Opps! now you don't have a choice ha... Yesterday i watched a very interesting saturday late night movie, featuring Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren, "The Calender Girls. In the movie, best friends Chris Harper (Helen Mirren) and Annie Clarke (Julie Walters) are active members of their local Women's Institute. Life is idyllic until Chris's husband, John is stricken with leukemia and dies. While Annie grieves, Chris decides to raise money to buy a new sofa for the waiting room of the local hospital where they sat through John's darkest hours. She calls on the Women's Institute to produce a calendar for her effort. But the W.I.'s previous calendars were quite traditional, with photos of local attractions and scenery. But Chris has a more radical idea: Inspired by the girlie magazines she found in her son's room and the cheesecake calendar she saw at the mechanic's, she wants to show the W.I. women performing classic tasks such as jam-making and knitting — in the buff! (adapted from offoffoff.com). I felt what they did was, on their part, very brave and noble. It certainly take many many guts out of a old lady to do such a daring stunt. On hind sight, they don't really look half as bad as us when we are naked. They are beautiful in their own way - with years of laughters, pain and love all carved on their face (sadly in the wrinkles haha). It shows me that we all can be old and have LOTS of fun. ha... In addition, their act helped to raise world-wide awareness about cancer (although the focus was generally on their buff bodies haha). I would like to do something of that sort in my lifetime. NO not to get naked but to do something for a good cause - charity. It's on my list of things to achieve before i die anyway. That's what i've wanted to do since i saw Oprah helpig the poor in Africa. I feel that everyone has the ability to help alleviate poverty in their own way. Most just donate money but i want to do more than just A donation. I want to be there physically to help the unfortunate. Then only can i really feel their pain (although not entirely). Well, if i get to do that, i'll definitely tell you all about it. But before that, there's one thing i did and all of you should do it as well. That's to sign a declaration (with no strings attached don't worry)! Below is the confirmation email for the declaration i signed with THE ONE CAMPAIGN(yup, the one with brad pitt and many other celebrities). ********************* Date:Sun, 6 May 2007 04:24:22 -0400 (EDT) From:"ONE" Subject:Thank you for signing the Declaration! Thank you for taking action with with ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History. Your voice DOES make a difference! ********************** So go sign the declaration now at ONE.org now! ONE by ONE, we can make the difference. music.city.soul || 12:26 PM || 0 comments
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