SHANNON WITHLOVE' it's all about my nonsense

Monday, July 23

Okay, so basically this is a story about this hero named Juan. Will never forget that name! He only has one motive while prowling the streets of Sydney holding up a FREE HUGS sign- which is to spread the love and revive the humanity which have been much lost in most people around the world.

The most touching part of this clip is the part where the little old lady first comes up to him to request a hug, which he, of course, willingly obliges. Then the colour spreads in the clip as he slowly begins to reach out to the Australians, hugging and spreading warmth to everyone willing to participate

Juan's motives were distrusted, no doubt, as hugging can come up as a controversial issue, especially when it involves hugging strangers of different religions, races and genders. Thus the police bans this Free Hugs campaign, and Juan and his helpers begin a petition. Their target was reached- a whopping 10,000 signatures. The campaign was allowed once more!

Watch out in this clip for the blue shirt guy who practically sprints and throws himself onto his friend. And that skateboard dude! Wow, I didn't know humanity could be rekindled with small gestures like hugging. The practical will go all "Oh, no, he's probably just trying to hook chicks up or something" but I beg to differ. Such people who view this Free Hugs Campaign are the ones who need these hugs the most! Hahaha.

We really ought to start such a thing in Nan Hua. Sometimes I feel that people are going mad in there. It will be like a dream come true if 312 actually starts the campaign. It'd be magical. No ulterior motives, just hugs.

In Empower U we had to hug as many people as possible. For example, after dancing or some activities etc, Taki or Brent will exclaim, "Okay, give at least 5 hugs!" (Or 10 in some cases. We had 20 on the last day). So you'd see everyone going around to hug everyone, and it's a truly beautiful thing. The smiles and the laughter's just amazing.

To date, since Friday evening, I'd probably hugged around 100+ people, no matter whether I know them or not.

SO LET'S START THIS IN JUST FAMILY ALONE FIRST!:)
I'm sure the outcome will be cute. :) Go around hugging everybody, no matter whether you love/hate that person. Hug, just hug. If you know that it's just a gesture of friendliness, warmth and passion to reach out, you've got true love in your hearts.

During the course we had these absolutely crazy disco-dancing-to-relieve-stress sessions after every break, which in all, we danced about 8 times. You can say that was the main cause of my currently aching muscles. Dancing never felt so good though :)Exhaustion is another matter entirely. But this 2 and a half days were incredibly well-spent. If you didn't get any of these I forgive you :D Well it's harder to read off text and experience what I had experienced on Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. Seeing is believing, right?

don't worry you don't need to understand this or answer this question.

anyway i got most of this from amanda's blog, if you are asking why (HAH?)with one simple reason im just like plain lazy. anyway i will just tell you the best sentence i got from this programme.

people wont care about how much you know

until they know about how much you care

icare!