Ever since the humongous NKF saga, charity on national tv has been given a bad taint which is quit evident in tonight's renci charity show. Even the weather is not cooperating. Frankly speaking, the method of inducing sympathy from the public by show casing poor patients and their affected families is getting a tad stale, in fact such a method still resonances so much of the shit of a mess NKF left behind, who will really wanna donate? I pity those m.corp artistes having to put up such a circus show just to raise funds.

I am wondering if they can actually come up with something else. Gathering the artistes to perform stunts is just too 'proven'. It might work in the past but now..I believe it is more or less losing its effectivness in moving the audiences (esp the broadcasting of weeping mothers and such). I rem the 1st NKF charity in 1994. It was such a simple fare, only inviting famous HK singers to sing to raise funds. Now it has evolved into something so huge, it is almost like a national event. I am wondering if they really need so much funds, esp after that NHK saga. Back then I remembered vividly it was only $2, then slowly it escalated to $3 then $4 and now more and more.

I actually loathe the fact that people are actually 'forced' into donating more and more, one will understand from the chu chu bi ren tone of that chao qitai. He was literally forcing people to make more phonecalls. Every word and 'plead' was laced with some tone of command and order. Donations is done out of good will, not to induce guilt, sympathy to line one's pockets. Terence Chao's "ni nen zai gan mah" is also laced with sarcasm.

Personally I am quite skeptical abt donating to such major organisations no matter how transparent it might look on tv. Anyway, do rem while u are donating to this event only, there are also hordes of regular donors. That amt of money is enough to substain the organisations already, if not, do u think the organisation can survive for so long? Those people working there still draws a salary. Dun be so easily persuaded into dumping ur money away no matter how small this amt is.

Charity for 2006 does not bode well. The NHF stench will not be so easily eroded. Even the stench might be neutralised, there is still a distinctive shit stain on the fabric of donations and charity and tv. Thanks to one man called dulan durian.