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PLEASE SHARE! OUR 113 DOGS NOW HAVE LESS THAN 40 DAYS!

我們的狗狗只剩下兩個月了！(中文翻譯在下面)

Dear friends of @PACK - People for Animal Care & Kindness

Cesar Millan is asking for your help!

Court officials came to our SanZhi Sanctuary last month to give us notice to evict the property. We must be out by July 31. If any dogs remain after that date, they will be taken to a government kill pound.

Meet the 113: https://youtu.be/-R8BOMdwZAQ

WE CAN SAVE THEM!

We have permission from new Taipei City officials to build sanctuary gardens at our Dog Kingdom site. Work can begin as soon as we have enough money to start putting up fences.

We need to raise about NT$2 million (£42,000/US$63,000) before the end of July.

PLEASE, if everyone just donates NT$500 (£10/US$15) we can do it.

The SanZhi Sanctuary is home to dogs like ChiChi and Pudding, who have been undergoing reconstructive surgery to rebuild their faces; like Hope, Roo, Scotty, ShanDee, and a dozen other dogs who have lost at least one leg each to illegal gin traps and snares; and like Bernie, Clinton, and 40 others who are too difficult to find good homes elsewhere

All 113 of our SanZhi dogs are deserving of a happy, healthy life.

Please contribute if you can; our builders are standing by!

SPONSOR the #PACKBigBuild !

Each metre of fence costs NT$1,300 (£27/US$40).

Each dog-sanctuary door costs NT$6,000 (£125/US$183).

Please help us build a beautiful, permanent home for our 320 rescued animals!

Donation info 捐款方式：

PAYPAL

Simply make a payment to donate@PACKcharity.org
(mention PACKBigBuild in the details section)

Or visit our PACK donation page:

http://www.packcharity.org/#!the-big-...

CREDIT CARD

(Follow the instructions for 'Don't have a PayPal account?' Mention PACKBigBuild in the details section if possible.)

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Donors in the UK can simply text 'PACK' to 70660 to automatically donate a lifesaving £3 a month. (Please email donate@thesanctuarytaiwan.org with the last five digits of your phone number for confirmation; include PACKBigBuild in the heading or text.)

THANK YOU!

我們的狗狗只剩下兩個月了！

親愛的 PACK - People for Animal Care & Kindness朋友們！
我們害怕的這一天還是到來了！法院正式對我們三芝據點的狗狗們下了驅逐令！
在七月底前我們若沒有遷出這個地點，狗狗們將被帶到公立的收容所！
我們可以救他們！
我們已有新北市政府的許可，可以在Dog Kingdom據點建造庇護花園！我們只需要湊到足夠的錢圍籬施工就能夠盡快開始。
我們在七月底前約需要台幣兩百萬 (£42,000/US$63,000)
拜託大家，如果一個人能共幫忙我們500塊 (£10/US$15) 我們就能做到！

三芝據點是許多狗狗的家，像是琪琪與布丁，他們接受過臉部重建手術，Hope,Roo­,Scotty, ShanDee,還有好多好多狗狗因為非法捕受夾的傷害，失去了至少一隻腳，這些狗狗­除了庇護所，真的很難找到家，三芝據點的120狗狗值得一個快樂健康的生活！
如果可以請幫助他們吧！施工的廠商已經準備好了！

贊助 #PACKBigBuild !
每公尺的圍籬需要台幣1,300元(£27/US$40).
每一扇狗舍的們需要台幣6,000元(£125/US$183).
請幫助我們救援的這320隻動物們建造一個美麗永久的家！
捐款方式：

PAYPAL
簡單付款給 donate@PACKcharity.org
(記得在細節中提到 PACKBigBuild)
或是拜訪我們的募資網站
http://www.packcharity.org/#!the-big-...

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英國的捐款者可以簡單傳送 'PACK' 到 70660 每個月會自動傳送這救命的 £3 到庇護所. (請 email至 donate@thesanctuarytaiwan.org 提供您的電話後五碼作為確認; 並在標題或內文寫下 #PACKBigBuild )
感謝您！

感激Selina Kinyee Chau翻譯我的散文作品，讓香港及台灣以外的朋友都能看得明白，從中文走向英語，是我作品的大突破，感謝妳一字一句的用心翻譯：）

《WhatsApp and its USD0.99》
by Roy Kwong Translated by Selina Kinyee Chau

The WhatsApp software developer has informed its users to the app to be payable, triggering a fight between iPhone users and android users because iPhone users only pay USD0.99 once to enjoy life-long service but android users need to pay the same price every year.

Android users complain, “Why iPhone users only need to pay once but we need to pay every year?” iPhone users retort, “You didn’t say anything when we were being charged at the beginning. And now you are complaining.” So the two parties are stuck at whether the charge is unfair to Android users.

After the Two Ticks and Last seen on (Please refer to the previous article of the same writer), the WhatsApp started a fight again because of this USD0.99 issue. From between lovers to friends, now it has even extended to the whole user group of the two giant software developers. It should be named the Most Evil App of the Century.

The inconsistency of charging is of course WhatsApp’s fault. However, for those who can afford a smart phone that cost thousands dollars will be able to afford USD0.99 which is only the price of a can of coke, won’t they?

Some student users may complain, “I don’t have a credit card, I’m not able to pay at the App Store, WhatsApp are not considerate of us.” It is reasonable for users under 18 to complain if they don’t have a credit card. But if the charge is a disaster of WhatsApp, isn’t it just time for people to show their kindness? Friends who have a credit card can rescue others at this time, “I have a credit card. Let me pay it for you.”

Friends without a credit card will appreciate what you have done for them, although it is WhatsApp’s fault of the forbiddance of sending messages before the expiry date, reactivating the function for your friends by buying them a can of coke is meaningful, isn’t it? The USD0.99 of WhatsApp has created a chance to show your care to your friends, how nice as a social networking app!

Recall those days when we were still texting, it was actually not financial friendly at all. For the sake of keeping in touch with our friends, we were compelled to use the same service provider as theirs even its service was the worst in the world and we had to survived three times every day from losing connection just because to keep the text messages free of charge.

Still, the Two Ticks and Last seen on functions have created a lot of problem. But the invention of WhatsApp allows us to send messages for free, save us from paying for every text messages. It deserves to be granted a credit. And the simplified process by just clicking a few buttons to send pictures, videos and audios when we could only do so via email in the past. What’s more, WhatsApp had actually stated in the Terms and Conditions that charge may be applied after the first year.

So there have been so many complaints about WhatsApp being unfairness and has been given the name “a broken app” when it announced to charge? No one ever said something like that before the charging. After the charge applied, negative comments has swept over the Internet. Some suggested to use another communication app, Line, which is free of charge, and WhatsApp has become the public enemy. Despite the inconsistent charge, what’s wrong for WhatsApp to charge for using the app?

Have we become too comfortable enjoying free lunch without notice?

I still remember how hard I tried to save to buy a CD home and listened to it again and again when I was a kid. I had never been tired of it because it wasn’t easy. When there was a movie I liked, I saved hard to go to the cinema for it. If I didn’t have enough money, I bought the VCD when it was released. But VCDs were only available for movies not for TV shows. I had to start sitting in front of the TV before the show I liked started so that I wouldn’t miss any parts. And recorders became my good friend too. I really cherished the only-180-minute memory of every tape.

After I grew up, thanks to the advanced technology becomes able to store everything, the TV, computer, CD player, VCD player, game station and recorders, into ONE smart phone, only without the air conditioner. Want to listen to a song? Go to Youtube; want a movie? PPS, internet TV! A TV show? There are also apps you can watch live TV or play back. Want some games? From Angry Bird to Candy Crush, there are thousands of choices waiting for you.

However, The advance of technology has devalue our attitude towards making efforts. Because everything has become easy to get nowadays.

Have you noticed the songs nowadays are not as good as those in the past? That could be the problem of quality itself but more likely, it is because we have too many options. Now we just need to click a few buttons, thousands of search results will come out and we can listen to them right after. We are spoiled to be greedy unconditionally. We didn’t realize how long we hadn’t paid for a CD until the news of HMV’s bankruptcy spread out.

In the past we had to sit still and paid 100% attention to the movie to enjoy it, now we can just watch it from a few-inch-wide screen on a train. But the price is we keep being interrupted by the surrounding noise and people. When the character is saying something moving, we would just realize we’ve missed the stop and have to rush to get off. It may be free to watch a movie like this but I prefer paying to buy a ticket to go to the cinema.

We don’t need to worry about missing the best part of a TV show because our friends always share them on Facebook. We don’t need to watch every scene but you know what is going on in every story. But why is there still something missing? It turns out that we only keep the concentrated part of everything while the every well panned detail has been wasted. We don’t spend time building a connection with the characters in the story. However, if we don’t even spend time watching the the TV show by ourself, how can we feel the same way as the characters do, like we did in the past?

You don’t feel the pain losing something if you have never made any effort. It is just like we keep those old comics that we spent all our pocket money on even they are old and worn , but we are able to uninstall an app on our phone without a thought. Well, just take a couple seconds to download and we will own it again anytime.

While we are expecting making no effort, we are also destroying creativity. Creators lack of motivation. Creativity is worth nothing nowadays. People will search for replacement when one creativity starts to charge. This is not just about the USD0.99 of WhatsApp, it’s about our value on Give and Take.

Technology has changed our life, but we should never let it change our values.

We avoid Giving. But giving is vital for us to learn to cherish. Sometimes we get back more by giving than not giving, not just about money but also about love. Think about it, if we get what we want easily without paying any effort, comparing with that you devote yourself to a relationship while the other devotes to the relationship as much as you. Then none of you will give up on the relationship easily.

If you think WhatsApp is good, it deserves the USD0.99. Although I am still annoyed by the evil functions such as the Two Ticks and Last Seen on. WeChat is free but you have to pay your liberty of speech for it. One user once tried to send the name of Southern Weekly in Chinese, the system reminded him that “The message has involved sensitive words, please try again after making modification.” What’s wrong with the name of Southern Weekly? The even more ridiculous thing is, while I am writing this article, I get the news that WeChat now has tightened up the regulation that users have to use their real name, phone number when posting on the public forum and are even required to upload the photo of them with their ID card, like you have committed some serious crime.

To avoid paying USD0.99, you need to escape to somewhere that and be monitored. One day if you really encounter some sensitive issue, you will realize not paying actually pays more than paying. I believe most of readers are willing to pay for this USD0.99. We hope WhatsApp will open up more channels for payments.

Don’t let the wheels of Time make us forget the value of giving.


Writer for Yam Taiwan, Roy Kwong
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