Yes, I know we gotta help pay for labour, operating expenses (rent, utilities, etc), but a 10 month bonus? That's just too much. I always thought this Durai guy was is a nice guy. A gentleman. Someone who sacrificed time and make efforts to help those needy people at the NKF. Ok, so maybe he is. But getting a 10 month bonus? That's really just unbelievable. It's not helping that there are more and more of such charity shows (cancer, heart disease, for the kids, etc) on TV, it's like some sort of a variety programme already. I don't understand it. Why don't the people at NKF sacrifice their 10 month bonuses (which *GASP* is OUR pay, OUR bonuses) and donate it all back to charity, or better yet, use that money to pay for their operating expenses, so that when THE PUBLIC call the 1900 numbers, they are actually donating everything to charity? It's not that Singaporeans ain't sympathetic or don't empathise with these patients. We do, we really do, which is why we've supported NKF (or any other charities) everytime they organise such shows. And it's the case of the thief shouting for police. You know the Chinese proverb, "E ren xian gao zhuang". If NKF hadn't filed law suit against SPH for libel, they wouldn't have been asked about their finances. Dumb, right? In the first place, the telephone operators should be doing this service for free anyway. All in the name of charity, no? Still want to charge administrative fees. *rolls eyes* And GST. What the hell! Should be tax-exempted, no? Argh. To think, even when I'm at the brokest point of my life (read, account balance fast approaching zilch), I still have to maintain enough to GIRO $3 to NKF. Alright, it's a measly $3, but imagine, 1000 people donating $3 EVERY MONTH, you know, that's $36,000 a year!! That's alot of money. Karen told me the other day, that while watching the NKF show, she thought she'd do her part by calling the hotline, for a $5 (or is it $8, now?) donation, plus admin fee of $0.21 and GST or something. So she happily dialled the number that the celebrities were calling out for. Which was the 8-calls one. She still thought it was quite pathetic to make just one call, and was contemplating to call 3 times. Until she realised she had already made 8 calls. Ptui. So cheaterbug hor? Never tell people that it's the 8 calls one. $46 you know! And her mum called the 8 calls one too. Sheesh. That's not very right ey? Tsk tsk. Am going to terminate my GIRO donation. Boo.