Jib For Japan

It was very unfortunate that I was not able to attend the Jib for Japan charity event, but it was still deemed a success and were able to raise over $10,000 in relief funds.  Japanese riders came out to Bear including Olympian Kazu from Japan.  It may not seem much since Japan's recovery will take more than that amount to bring the country back to it's original state, but every little dollar counts.  It is unfortunate to hear Japan was hit by another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 and another tsunami warning has been issued.  Luckily no one has been reported dead so there's no need to add to the 25,000 body count from the first tsunami.  Japan just can't catch a break, but luckily the people have not lost their senses and resorted to looting unlike in the US.  Whenever something goes wrong, you loot.  Whenever something goes right, you loot.  It was pretty interesting to read an article as to one of the reasons why the Japanese are so orderly was due to the yakuzas.  Despite being thugs and gangsters, the yakuzas hates the act of stealing so they make sure the people do not steal and the reason for that is because the syndicate cannot profit if there is chaos amongst the people.  You may hate the yakuzas for dealing with drugs and prostitution, but without them, the people would be disgraceful as Americans.

Are you proud?

Save To Splurge

They say that you are only as rich as much as you can save so where does that put those who save up money only to splurge their savings and going back to where they were before or even worse? If you spend your savings then technically you're not saving at all because whatever you saved up would be totally gone. Emergency funds? Gone. Indulging yourself in material things is a trap. Whether you save or not, it doesn't matter because you are only going to spend it anyways whether it's now or later. Just because you have the money, it doesn't mean that you have to spend it or should spend it. There are betters ways to use your money and even to make even more money with it. When money comes easy, people do not take better care of their funds. The haves will become the have nots.

*Victory dance*