The Rice Game

Hands up if you love rice!! (I wave frantically teehee) I really do love rice (smiles sheepishly). If cooked the way I like it, I could literally eat it everyday. Wait, I think I already do that hhmmmmm.....nehoooo

I happened upon this game quite by accident, don't ask for details, because they have escaped me. However it is addicting!!! Okay this is how it works you have different subjects areas in which you can play, English vocabulary is the first and remains, to my knowledge, the most popular subject area; other subject areas include (but are not limited to) humanities, chemistry, anatomy and SAT prep. Now I know that this has already begun to sound like a drag but stick with me here. So in whichever subject area you choose once you enter the site, you get multiple choice questions with increasing difficulty with every answer you get right. The deal maker (is that a real phrase?) here is that for each answer that you get right the website donates ten grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme. Isn't that awesome?!?! 

If you are any thing like me (here's to hoping.......j/k) whenever I find random little games or quizzes that test me on things that I have learned and should know, I get really competitive with myself (yes I said myself) and I constantly try to best my high score or level. I really go crazy with it, because I find myself with this ridiculous need to do it perfectly no mistakes whatsoever and if I screw up I don't continue. I stop, go right back to the beginning, and start again aiming for the perfect score. Maaannnnn writin' that all out and re-reading that is a little weird. Ah well on the bright side as a result of my craziness a family or a person who doesn't have means of sourcing a meal on their own, have a chance of some sort of a sustainable life as a result of this simple game. Which by the way costs you NOTHING........but time : -).

So please go on over to freerice.com and try it out, tell a friend who's doing SAT prep, have them test it out. If it turns out that you don't like it, it's okay i'm sure you'll get enough questions right to donate a meal to someone who needs it. 'Til next time thanks for your ears (or eyes rather but that sounds a lot more odd).

Yours,

Lizzie... : -)

Causes.....ahhhhhhh!!!

So I know that for most people the first thing that comes to mind is...O.K. here we go again another person crying about the woes of the world, trying to make us feel guilty for wasting our (nasty) green beans because this child in a country (whose name I can't even begin to pronounce) half way across the world is starving. Is that what this is about? Yes and no.

No, because I can't make anyone feel guilty for anything. That is completely up to them. If you choose to help then great I applaud you and thank you so much. If not, it won't break my day.

On the other hand yes and a big RESOUNDING yes, because living in a third world country where I see suffering on many different levels often brings issues like these close to home where my heart is...:-)With this in mind, I wanted to highlight a cause and three organisations that I support, which makes an effort to aid these "cause-worthy" individuals in whatever way possible. If you have a moment (which I assume you do since you are taking the time out to read my blog) please do not hesitate to go on the webpage and browse, so that should an opportunity arise whereby you can help you have the means to do so. Otherwise keep these organisations in your prayers.

http://one.org/international/

http://www.worldhelp.net/

http://livinghopeja.com/index.php (for information about this one you can hit me up!)

http://invisiblechildren.com/


Yours,

Do what you can and leave the rest to God...:-)