I wrote the following in response to Edrei’s post on Bordering Pre-Blogathon Burnout, but it was getting wayyy too long, so I decided to post it here instead.

Ed, you have just written something that I have thought about writing, but didn’t because my internet connection was down for a couple of hours.

1. I am pretty. But I don’t have the advantage of getting people to listen, much less donate to the cause, though I’d love to think that I do. And I’m not better off than you are because I can’t even design badges/banners in exchange for pledges/donations. I mean, if you had noticed, my “designs” weren’t even designs. I just used a logo, and put in different catch phrases, that was ALL.
2. I have also sent out lots of emails to people whom I call my friends. But since I swore to God that I would not harrass them with more emails, I’m going to honour my words and not send them anymore emails about the Blogathon. But I really wished they had the courtesy to at least let me know whether or not they’re game. But you know what? All of a sudden, people whom you share gossips and secrets with stopped replying emails!! I don’t know how it hasn’t put you down yet, but as it is, I need lots of encouragement right NOW.
3. And I was also thinking that if a friend sent me such an email, I’d definitely reply her email with a little donation. Not because I wanted to show how generous I am. Not because I wanted to shoo her away so that she would stop sending me such emails. But because she’s my friend, and friends are supposed to support each other, no matter how broke you are in a particular month. I could be broke and just admire the DSLR from the outside of a camera shop, but I could NEVER be too broke for a friend. But I guess not all of us understand this, huh?
4. And by the way, I’m talking about a Malaysian charity, for God’s sake! Not some unheard-of charity in some faraway land!

Trying hard because you believe in something doesn’t mean that other people would have the same level of conviction as you would. I’m raising money as it is and that’s more than can be said for other blogathoners who haven’t even gotten a single pledge yet. While I wish that I was a little more eloquent in the way I ask people help me out here, you can’t always keep wishing for what you don’t have, only in what you can do with what you’ve got.

I’ll keep this at the back of my head. I will.. I will.. I need to constantly remind myself that my friends just don’t care enough to show a little support, and that I’d have to “do what I can with whatever I’ve got”.

Thanks, Ed. You’re an inspiration :)