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30 hour famine

Justin Credible
edited March 2009 in General
Just wondering if anyone is doing the 30 hour famine this weekend... I just decided to participate on monday and i'm slowly collecting donations. Just wondering if anyone did it before and if you have tips on how to last the 30 hours. This is my first year doing this event and i challenged myself that depending on how much i raise i might exceed the 30 hour requirement and try to go 48 hours to motivate people to help by making a donation.

I think it's a good cause and it'll be fun. Oh yeah if anyone on these forums want to help me out by making a donation let me know via message or by email at [email]jyl34@sfu.ca[/email]. I attend the burnaby campus 5 days a week so we can meet up and i can collect the money by the end of this month.

Thanks and it'll be much appreciated.

Comments

  • Student0667
    edited March 2009
    I did 30hr famine back in high school and that whole experience was a total cake walk.

    One of the best tricks there are is to eat a BIG meal right before the fundraiser. Preferably, the food should be loaded in calories, greasy and hard to digest. I had a huge plate of chicken chow mein. Depending on rule, you may or may not be allowed to drink. If drinking is allowed, try going for dairy products because milk make you feel bloated. Finally, there is this stupid trick I did that if you feel hungry, brush your teeth.

    After the fundraiser ended, I didn't even want to eat until 6 hours later...
  • buflibufli
    edited March 2009
    ask a Muslim for advice they should have fasting down to rocket science
  • mrbubbles
    edited March 2009
    What's this for? I'm not starving myself.
  • hikin
    edited March 2009
    mrbubbles;49712 said:
    What's this for? I'm not starving myself.
    you collect donations on the pledge that you will starve yourself for 30 hours to get a "taste" of what its like living as a starving person in a third world country.

    heres their offical website: http://www.30hourfamine.org/
  • mrbubbles
    edited March 2009
    hikin;49713 said:
    you collect donations on the pledge that you will starve yourself for 30 hours to get a "taste" of what its like living as a starving person in a third world country.

    heres their offical website: http://www.30hourfamine.org/
    "Taste"? Yeah. Is this one of those "I like to experience what poverty and starvation is thingies"? What a farce. This is a spit in the face for people who have truly starved. The taste of poverty and starvation should be experienced first hand, otherwise, it's a gesture of pity. Similar to that International Studies course on "Poverty" for students who most likely never experienced an ounce of pain of what poverty is really like. Despicable.

    Yes, forthright apologies for a ill-positioned rant. I had a bad lunch.
  • hikin
    edited March 2009
    mrbubbles;49715 said:
    "Taste"? Yeah. Is this one of those "I like to experience what poverty and starvation is thingies"? What a farce. This is a spit in the face for people who have truly starved. The taste of poverty and starvation should be experienced first hand, otherwise, it's a gesture of pity. Similar to that International Studies course on "Poverty" for students who most likely never experienced an ounce of pain of what poverty is really like. Despicable.

    Yes, forthright apologies for a ill-positioned rant. I had a bad lunch.
    no appologies necessary. your statement doesnt seem like a rant.


    i put taste in quotations as a pun.
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2009
    i would never starve myself, i dont know how Muslims do this kinda shit for a whole month
  • Insatiable
    edited March 2009
    lazyGUY;49718 said:
    i would never starve myself, i dont know how Muslims do this kinda shit for a whole month
    During the month of Ramadan Muslims only partially fast; that is, they don't eat or drink anything from dawn till sunset.
  • JayDub
    edited March 2009
    At night time they just fucking stuff themselves.
  • buflibufli
    edited March 2009
    JayDub;49726 said:
    At night time they just fucking stuff themselves.
    and yet u still have lil Muslim girls pass out in washrooms at SFU...
    sometimes i think some beliefs need some serious 2nd thoughts
    even one of my ex's passed out on the bus cuz she was fasting at which point i had enough and bitched at her cuz i really doubt god will deny u access to the all inclusive club because of your dietary choices
  • SpectreFire
    edited March 2009
    mrbubbles;49715 said:
    "Taste"? Yeah. Is this one of those "I like to experience what poverty and starvation is thingies"? What a farce. This is a spit in the face for people who have truly starved. The taste of poverty and starvation should be experienced first hand, otherwise, it's a gesture of pity. Similar to that International Studies course on "Poverty" for students who most likely never experienced an ounce of pain of what poverty is really like. Despicable.

    Yes, forthright apologies for a ill-positioned rant. I had a bad lunch.
    Agreed.

    Not eating for 30 hours /= Starving in a poverty stricken nation
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2009
    Ya i know its partial, its still hell though
    imagine being hungry the whole day while everyone else around you eats
  • GoGoGo
    edited March 2009
    i wouldnt be able to stand my stomach gargling
  • Justin Credible
    edited March 2009
    well 3 hoiurs till i begin my 30 hours :P I actually challenge myself to go to 48 hours without food. Hopefully i can make it wish me luck ppl :) A skinny guy like me will need it
  • buflibufli
    edited March 2009
    and if you don't make it, i doubt many people will miss you :)
  • JayDub
    edited March 2009
    I bet he will eat within eight hours.
  • schmoey
    edited March 2009
    Where can I find you on campus so I can stuff my face in front of you?
  • Justin Credible
    edited March 2009
    haha ... i think that's a challenge. I gotta work too at the grocery store so it's gonna be hard but i know i can make it.

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