http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/ China Travel Etiquette Photos, Videos and More Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:56:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-3731 victor’s learning blog » Water Buffalo, A Giving Story Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:49:04 +0000 http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-3731 [...] fake and the money was simply being dumped into a charity fund. After reading Philips blog post, Robert Thompson decided to take action and actually went out and bought a water [...] […] fake and the money was simply being dumped into a charity fund. After reading Philips blog post, Robert Thompson decided to take action and actually went out and bought a water […]

]]> http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-3730 Michael’s Blog » Water Buffalo, A Giving Story Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:44:36 +0000 http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-3730 [...] fake and the money was simply being dumped into a charity fund. After reading Philips blog post, Robert Thompson decided to take action and actually went out and bought a water [...] […] fake and the money was simply being dumped into a charity fund. After reading Philips blog post, Robert Thompson decided to take action and actually went out and bought a water […]

]]> http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-3729 » The Water Buffalo Bryan’s Blog Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:13:44 +0000 http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-3729 [...] notes with other students from my class, cynthia and lauren. The story begins with a guy, named Robert Thompson that read a blogg. The blogg was on Philip Greenspun’s Weblog he spoke about giving a gift, [...] […] notes with other students from my class, cynthia and lauren. The story begins with a guy, named Robert Thompson that read a blogg. The blogg was on Philip Greenspun’s Weblog he spoke about giving a gift, […]

]]> http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-3726 Lauren’s Blog Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:47:26 +0000 http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-3726 [...] and a way of creative gift-giving. I was almost in tears when we saw a film that was taped by a violinist. The man was reading a blog by Philip Greenspun who posted a blog on how a water buffalo prize was [...] […] and a way of creative gift-giving. I was almost in tears when we saw a film that was taped by a violinist. The man was reading a blog by Philip Greenspun who posted a blog on how a water buffalo prize was […]

]]> http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-576 Kieran M. and Marc Z. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:31:17 +0000 http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-576 after reading this story the two of us began to brainstorm about ways to help "pay it forward". We suggest donating a large cart that could be pulled by either a person or by a beast of burden. This would enable a poor family to transport whatever goods they harvested to the market of their choosing. after reading this story the two of us began to brainstorm about ways to help “pay it forward”. We suggest donating a large cart that could be pulled by either a person or by a beast of burden. This would enable a poor family to transport whatever goods they harvested to the market of their choosing.

]]> http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-366 EdVentures in Technology » This is what it is all about. Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:33:29 +0000 http://www.jazzviolin.com/china/2007/01/03/the-water-buffalo-story/#comment-366 [...] Philip Greenspun wrote this post, which got picked up two days later by a concert violinist from the United States who is now living in China. He blogged about it and from there started a process that culminated twelve days later in the delivery of a water buffalo to a grateful, if not overwhelmed, family in China. But the story doesn’t end there, the violinist recorded and posted an incredibly touching video of the donation process which has enervated others to take action. in just about 48 hours, we’ve had people contact us wanting to fly to China to give a gift of some sort themselves, we’ve had book offers, thousands of people have already viewed the movie, people want to donate more water buffalos . . . [...] […] Philip Greenspun wrote this post, which got picked up two days later by a concert violinist from the United States who is now living in China. He blogged about it and from there started a process that culminated twelve days later in the delivery of a water buffalo to a grateful, if not overwhelmed, family in China. But the story doesn’t end there, the violinist recorded and posted an incredibly touching video of the donation process which has enervated others to take action. in just about 48 hours, we’ve had people contact us wanting to fly to China to give a gift of some sort themselves, we’ve had book offers, thousands of people have already viewed the movie, people want to donate more water buffalos . . . […]

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