| I have always wanted to go South Africa for | | | | everybody is into vampires and werewolves and will |
| personal reasons. I have a sister who lives there and | | | | this story be like the Twilight Saga. Will it have a |
| have promised my South African lady friend that | | | | Team Edward and Team Jacob that will rescue Bella |
| someday, we will have coffee together and play with | | | | the damsel in distress? |
| her two lovely kids. A few weeks ago I received a | | | | Maybe I should just stick with the elves since I can't |
| wedding invitation and maybe this is a sign that I | | | | see myself as having that many friends that would |
| should go to South Africa. Is this the way of the | | | | qualify as Jacob much less an Edward. Suddenly I |
| Universe telling me something like that I need to go | | | | remembered a movie from my childhood, 'Santa |
| to South Africa to meet someone? Or see | | | | Claus' and how the elves are the silent helpers of |
| something? But I was almost 99% sure that I will | | | | Santa in making possible what seems to be the |
| never have the funds for this travel. | | | | impossible. I have chosen Elves over Vampires and |
| I was trying to come up with ideas to raise funds | | | | maybe the outcome of this experiment will reveal to |
| until I had this funny idea to make the whole thing an | | | | me if it was a wise decision. I also have come up |
| experiment. I made a list of the available resources | | | | with a title for the experiment "The Elves Are |
| and listed Internet and Social Networking. | | | | Sending Me To South Africa". |
| Last time I checked I have 572 "Facebook Friends | | | | So How does this experiment works? |
| and if I begin asking donations from my "Facebook | | | | I have to keep it simple. Create cards with different |
| friends" technically speaking that would easily cover | | | | Elf Names and sell it online. It can be downloaded, |
| my travel expenses and hey, that would fly me | | | | shared on Facebook and Twitter, sent as an e-card, |
| business class and even extend my travel to Namibia. | | | | and bought as a postcard and even prints. I could |
| But that would not be considered an experiment but | | | | actually enlist the help of Fotomoto where all these |
| an outright begging for help and I am not inclined to | | | | services are possible. |
| do that. | | | | Now that I have actually made the cards with |
| I decided to go back to the drawing board. Then an | | | | different Elf Names, I am just waiting for my first |
| idea came up, since the project is almost becoming a | | | | sale and see if I could have enough funds to fly me |
| fantasy why don't I enlist the help of mystical beings | | | | to South Africa hopefully with the help of elves and |
| like elves, vampires and werewolves. Aren't | | | | not vampires. |