Mobile phone use has increased dramatically and became an indispensable gadget in our lives.  Texting is favored more than calling by the young genre. They always come up with and play around with text messages using the Net lingo,  that contains phonetic abbreviations and acronyms sometimes too hard for us elderly to decipher.  It has many advantages and disadvantages depends on how resposible a mobile user we are.

Yesterday, we had proven the power of texting … we had launched a text brigade to ask for blood donation for a friend which I have posted yesterday who had undergone an open heart surgery.  The hospital did not charged our friend for that complex procedure; t’was performed free as humanitarian help.   Indeed, my friend was relieved from worries of where to produce money instantly. who was caught dumbfounded when she was told that her husband needs surgery.  The long tedious operation was over after 6 hours yesterday, and the patient is still in ICU for monitoring since the 1st 24 hours is critical.  Since it was done for free, the hospital only asked for blood donors amongst the friends of the patient.   It will be saved in their Blood Bank to save other lives…..

Well meaning friends texted right away that they are more than willing to donate blood  when they received the message that a friend was in need.

This is what we called “Loving your Neighbor!