Let's Start Giving

I wish.... instead of buying any of things that use Michael's name~, either it's a so-called album, song, dvd, movie, tour, or anything, ~ ... I wish everybody could use their money to donate for charity.....

The only thing I know is, my country still needs some support.. #prayforindonesia

and the disaster in Haiti also has not finish yet... thus I heard that they're suffering of cholera now..

and.. and..

And today,

I had a class about education in remote areas around Indonesia, and I saw their pictures, some of them don't even have a bench to sit during the class,...

YES, they sit on the floor..!!!!!

"An education opens a person's minds to the entire world.

And there is nothing more important than to make sure everyone has the opportunity for an education."

~ Michael Jackson ~

Below, this picture is even more better than the pic I saw at the class today...

School in Papua, Indonesia....

you might want to see the other part of Papua:

This place called "Raja Ampat", part of the famous Coral Triangle..

Hm, surprised? and.. Ironic...?

Anyway...

I know it's only $0.99 for a song on iTunes, but in Indonesia, it means 5 (five) packs of wrapped noodles... but if we all make a donation, like we donate "A Million Trees for Michael", on behalf Michael's name, they probably can build a proper school... for the children...

I LOVE MICHAEL, and I believe Michael knows that,

And I love all his songs, and even more, I LOVE every message in each songs, especially those message about humanity.... and about this world, this lovely planet called the Planet Earth..

His message taught me about LOVE in universal sentences..

It's not about keeping his legacy alive through striving his song into number one charts,

but for me, it's about his BIGGEST LEGACY => LOVE.. giving back, help others,

-- If Michael is here with us,

what do you think Michael would choose for us,

to donate for charity,...

or to buy his song to be the #1 chart in the world? --

Answer it for yourself, both are Michael's ambitions,

which one is his priority...?

[WE ARE THE WORLD]

♪♪ There comes a time when we heed a certain call

When the world must come together as one

There are people dying

Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life

The greatest gift of all

We can't go on pretending day by day

That someone, somewhere will soon make a change

We're all a part of God's great big family

And the truth, you know LOVE is all we need

♪♪We are the world, we are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day so LET'S START GIVING

There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives

It's true we'll make a better day just you and me♪♪

Well, send 'em you your heart so they know that someone cares

And their lives will be stronger and free

As God has shown us by turning stone to bread

And so we all MUST LEND A HELPING HAND♪♪

"Following that experience ('We Are the World', 1985), it was my dream to create a worldwide series of concerts, which would RAISE FUNDS TO BRING AID TO SUFFERING PEOPLE AROUNG THE GLOBE...

In the years ahead, it is MY INTENTION to create similar events, which will bring together musicians from around the world to raise additional funds for the World Peace Foundation for Children."

~ Michael Jackson, 1998 ~

And remember his words about Invincible album,

"This will be MY LAST ALBUM", 2001

Please remember this:

Humanitarian: Guinness Book Of Records Names Michael "Most Support Charities"

and please,

notice this video

"A PRIVATE MEETING ON CHARITY TWEEN"

Blanco and Michael Jackson during which Michael signed all 5 paintings and aquired 2,

one which will be Autioned for Charity to help Cancer patients (Children) and the other painting for Michael's own collection.

Meeting took place at the legendary Hotel in Singapore The Raffles. source

----

"We are behaving like people without compassion and love for the most vulnerable section of society.

The children of the universe are without a spokesperson, they are voiceless...

We are all touched by the atrocities committed against children: sexual, physical abuse, child slave labor, educational neglect. We feel ashamed. Angry. Appalled.

But there is no action.... - NO ACTION. -"

~Michael Jackson~ South Africa, May 1998

Let's DO SOMETHING NOW...

Let's START GIVING...

My Favorite Pooh

Just try to stay a child as long as you can.

Don't force into adulthood. Don't force it, don't push it. Don't try to be cool and...

go to Disney, hang out, enjoy your youth, 'cause you'll be old for, I mean you know, just keep your innocence. Have some fun and really be yourself.

~ Michael Jackson ~

My favorite character of Walt Disney is Winnie the Pooh with his simple life - it's all about honey - lol..

And I just realize this very simple but full of wisdom scene on conversation between Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh..

It's about what a child wanna do, and it's about friendship...

"Children are loving, they don't gossip, they don't complain, they're just openhearted. They're ready for you. They don't judge. They don't see things by way of color. They're very child-like. That's the problem with adults: they lose that child-like quality." ~ Michael Jackson ~

Children

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts. This has so much to teach. If a child wants chocolate ice cream, he just asks for it. Adults get tangled up in complications over whether to eat the ice cream or not. A child simply enjoys.

What we need to learn from children isn't childish. Being with them connects us to the deep wisdom of life, which is everpresent and only asks to be lived. Now, when the world is so confused and its problems so complicated, I feel we need our children more than ever. Their natural wisdom points the way to solutions that lie, waiting to be recognized, within our own hearts.

They just have so many problems, adults.

They have been so conditioned by other people's thoughts and feelings. ~ Michael Jackson ~

Michael [Disney] Jackson

"People wonder why I always have children around, because I find the thing that I never had through them, you know Disneyland, amusement parks, arcade games. I adore all that stuff..."

~ Michael Jackson ~

"I have such admiration for Mr. Walt Disney and what he accomplished with the help of so many talented artist. When I think about the joy he and his company have brought to millions of children - and adults-the world over, I am in awe."

~ Michael Jackson ~

"There are people that I am in love with, totally in love with them. I would die for them. I love Michelangelo. I love Charlie Chaplin with all my heart.

I love Walt Disney. These are the people I am nuts over.

These are my people. I love the great ones."

~ Michael Jackson ~

"I love Disney so much.

The Magic Kingdom. Disneyland. It's such a magical place.

Walt Disney was a dreamer, like me.

And he made his dreams come true, like me. I hope."

~ Michael Jackson ~

Original picture from here

Q: Would you tell them, 'You know, when I was your age I thought X, Y, and Z and now I've changed my view'? Is there any advice you would give them?

Michael Jackson: "Just try to stay a child as long as you can.

Don't force into adulthood. Don't force it, don't push it.

Don't try to be cool and...

go to Disney, hang out, enjoy your youth,

'cause you'll be old for, I mean you know, just keep your innocence.

Have some fun and really be yourself."

How Michael Touches lil' Kid's Heart

As you can see on my profile, I'm from Indonesia, South East Asia. The capital city is Jakarta, but most people know Indonesia because of Bali, one of beautiful islands in Indonesia.

It was one month ago, I had a duty trip in another city called Yogyakarta (province) for more than a week. So I decided to wear my MJshirt (black shirt with red armband). As I arrived at the airport (Jakarta), I noticed that my friends staring at my MJshirt, but they didn't say anything.

It takes less than 2 hours flight to reach Yogyakarta from Jakarta. And when I got there, we were busy preparing things for the event. We had dinner at 6 pm, but then again we were starving at 11pm [LoL]. Me and My friend decided to take a walk near the hotel to find something to eat. We ended up on a street-side restaurant, called Lesehan.

We just finished our second dinner, there was a little kid stared at me, probably around 9-10 years old. I just smiled to him, and then he walked to his mother and whispering something. His mother said to me, "He was asking about your shirt, it's alike with Michael Jackson's", and I replied [half screaming] "Yes, it is.." with a big smile on my face. I was like OMG, he knew it! That little kid knew it!

Okay, here's some facts of reasons why I was suprised:

1st of all: It was recognized by himself, not by his mother or anyone else.

2nd: He's 9 - 10 years old, so.. he's not even born when Michael used to wear this shirt!

3rd: Michael never visit Indonesia. He performed in Malaysia, but not Indonesia.

4th: And, Yogyakarta is the second-smallest area of the provinces in Indonesia.

And..

I was with a friend that night, and she was like "Owh, so it is Michael Jackson's shirt!" and I nodded [still with a big smile], and she continued, "I wanted to ask you, but I wasn't really sure..." Oh, that is just Great!! Even an adult, who lived in the capital city of Indonesia, had doubt on my MJshirt, but not this lil' kid!!

So, I really don't understand how this little kid recognized my MJshirt... If anyone can explain it to me how Michael really touches little kids' heart around the world! No human can do that, Angel do! :)

A friend said to me, "Mike is universal".. and I totally agree! :)

Michael Jackson, 2000

Up to 1991, the time of my Dangerous tour, I would don my disguise of fat suit, wig, beard, and glasses and head off to live in the land of everyday America, visiting shopping plazas and tract homes in the suburbs. I loved to set foot in all those houses and catch sight of the shag rugs and La-Z-Boy armchairs with kids playing Monopoly and grandmas baby-sitting and all those wonderfully ordinary and, to me, magical scenes of life. Many, I know, would argue that these things seem like no big deal. But to me they were positively fascinating.

The funny thing is, no adults ever suspected who this strange bearded man was. But the children, with their extra intuition, knew right away. Like the Pied Piper of Hamlin, I would find myself trailed by eight or nine children by my second round of the shopping mall. They would follow and whisper and giggle, but they wouldn't reveal my secret to their parents. They were my little aides. Hey, maybe you bought a magazine from me. Now you're wondering, right?

"I always said I want to be buried right where there are children. I want them next to me. I would feel safer that way. I want them next to me. I need their spirit protecting me. I always see that in my mind and I see myself and I hate to see it. I see myself and I see children lying there to protect me." ~ Michael Jackson ~