17 Days (song) - The Thirty Days Challenge

17 Days (the rain will come down, then U will have 2 choose. If U believe, look 2 the dawn and U shall never lose.)" (usually referred to as "17 Days") is one of the most famous of musician Prince's.

17 days left to the first 30 days phase. As you can understand financial support is still needed and its the best way to help me, as i don't have any revenue. I live very difficultly at this moment, I have set this challenge (read first post) to be able to receive all your support. I have sent invitation to all the people i know (around 150) that has the financial potential to support me.

Before i lost my job, every year i walk 24 hours to support canadian cancer foundation and donate to two children foundation:

• Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life (is an opportunity to get together with family and friends and celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fight back in the hope of finding a cure for this terrible disease)
• Canadian Tire JumpStart (gives kids in financial need the opportunity to participate in organized sports and recreational activities)
• Canadian feed the children (The goal is to reduce the impact of poverty on children)
  

I always believed in pay it forward philosophy thats why i give so much in my life. Its not only money, it can be a simple as listening to someone that needs to talk. It reminds me a little adventure, let me tell you;

On 1997 i was passing by a park at night i heard a gun shot, heard a voice asking for help, i run as quickly as i could and made face to face with a man, bumped on him, I excused my self, jump over a fence and found a teenager lying on the grass crying. I ask him where you got shot, he told me in the head, i think and i cant move my legs. The teen was bleeding like hell, I ripped-off my t-shirt and made a compression on the hole. The teenager was holding my hand, begging me to stay and not leave him alone. I stay with him till the ambulance, police and journalist arrived. The journalist asked me if he can publish the story, i have ask him to keep my name anonymous. The day after the article was posted and the police came at my home, told me that i have save his life because of my quick intervention to stop the bleeding. It looks like the man i bumped on was the criminal (the one that shot the teenager). I never received news or saw the teen since he recover after one week intensive care. The teen was lucky, the bullet ricochet on his head to stop course behind his scapula. Doctors were unable to remove the bullet, but he survived.

Now back to the main topic. In my last post i said that I was going to post a video, but i didn't, but will make one today. I just want to tell you, because of my Internet speed when i send a 2 minutes video, it can take up to two and half hours to upload.

Thank you to take the time to read my blog, I'm honored. Like as usual, if you have any constructive criticisms or helpful suggestions that will help, please feel free to post.

One Small Step, One Giant Leap - The Thirty Days Challenge

Well, wow,

Because of all your support i was a able to order the book (Programming in Objective-C, $73), should receive in a few days. I did also buy some essential stuff for study time, here is what i got for $33;

• 1 package, exercise books (For exercising)
• 1 unit, subject note book (For sketching)
• 1 unit, hard cover note book (For ideas)
• 1 package, wood pencils (For easy writing)
• 1 package, page markers (For marking important pages)
• 3 units, 3 colors, highlighter (For marking important paragraph)
• 1 unit, pencil sharpener
• 1 unit, eraser gum

I had the chance to read an sample pages on Internet Programming in Objective-C. Looks really easy to follow. I'm very confident that i will succeed on this challenge.

Just taking the time to tell you all, I'm unemployed, with no source of revenue, donations is a real need. Once the book arrival, i need to exercise and practice. For that its fundamental, to have an adequate development platform, like this very basic device;



Thanks to those of you posting comments. It helps me stay on track and a great source of motivation. If you have any constructive criticisms or helpful suggestions that will help, please feel free to post.