(Written by a student in Macao University.)

          The new semester began on February 18th, and everything is going well.  I am studying much harder than I did last semester as I hope to become an entrepreneur one day.  The factor that pushes me to earn money came to me in a dream during my last vacation.  It has now become a personal goal.

          Receiving pocket money in red envelopes from adults is a tradition that benefits Chinese children during the lunar New Year.  I was already over 18 years of age when I returned home from Macao, but I still found that money flowed toward me.

          I wanted to reject the cash, but couldn't get it stopped.  Every one of the elder members of my extended family was excited as they showed their care and love in that way.  My pockets eventually became filled with money.

          That night - when I got myself calmed down in bed - I reviewed what had happened that day.  I couldn't get out of mind the fact that it's really an unfair world.  Wealth comes easily to some children while others live in poverty.  Who knows how many children got an abundance of red pocket money and enjoyed sweet dreams that night while at the same time others wandered the streets tasting only snow on their lips, as they had nothing in their pockets.

          Most of us appear to be the same.  Why do some of us have to confront the huge gap that exists between us.

          I closed my eyes as I made a promise that I vowed to keep:

          I'd donate.