harassmap/ stress management/ helping people

Feb. 1 Harassmap: I read about this in 24.  Rebecca Chiao co- founded this app to help Egyptian women know where women get harassed the most at.  They can then either avoid going there, or if they do go there and get harassed, they can immediately report it.

In 24: "The data collected is used to break stereotypes as volunteers go out to ask people to guard their own streets against harassment.

Here's an article in Zeenews.india.com if you want to read it.  You can report anything like: "verbal harassment, groping, stalking and indecent exposure."
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/new-harass-map-helping-egyptian-women-to-fight-against-sexual-harassment_818304.html

Here's Harassmap, translated:

http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://harassmap.org/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dharass%2Bmap%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3D7R7%26tbo%3Dd%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X&ei=YloMUZ7HF4PkiwK92YCYDw&ved=0CDkQ7gEwAA

ihollaback.org: This reminds me of an article I read in a Seventeen magazine.  It was about www.nychollaback.blogspot.com.  I typed it in, and didn't get it, but instead found this.  It's basically women getting harassed for just walking down the street.

You can post pics of guys who harass you, and the story of what they did.  This is a good site, check it out:

http://www.ihollaback.org/

Call centre #1: When I read that 24 article, it brought a flashback of 2005 when I was working at Call Centre #1.  I was talking to this guy at the beginning of the phone call, and then he said he had a question.  I said: "Sure."  I thought it was going to be the usual "How long is this going to take?"

Instead he asked me what kind of underwear I was wearing.  I then said: "Wait a moment."  My supervisor walked by me and I stopped him: "This guy is sexually harassing me on the phone."

Supervisor: Just say, thank you for your time, and hang up.

I didn't say anything to the guy, and just hung up on the guy.  I expected my supervisor to be outraged and be like: "What?  What did he say to you?  I'm going to give him a piece of my mind."  Supervisor would then get on the phone and be like: "Don't go sexually harassing my employees!  You should be ashamed of yourself!"  He didn't, and I didn't either.

Feb. 14: My friend Sherry emailed me back about this email I wrote.

Me: Jan. 14 Good news: I found this video on Yahoo.  This 6 yr old boy was kidnapped by his paternal grandparents 19 yrs ago when they fought for custody.  Now the boy is 24 yrs old and will be reunited with his parents.

It's kind of sad that the parents missed out on seeing their kid grow up, but at least the kid was raised by grandparents instead of a child molester.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/kidnapped-indiana-boy-found-19-120550791.html

Sherry sent me this link and there's more to the story:

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/01/michael-landers-dad-breaks-silence-about-sons-abduction-says-he-forgives-parents-for-taking-him/


Stress management: Lynda Albertson had sent me a article called "30 Blogs with the Best Self-Help Advice."  Now I'm reading about stress management because I have been under a lot of stress lately.  For the past few weeks I've been working way more hours.
http://www.nannybabysitter.com/blog/30-blogs-with-the-best-self-help-advice/

Self-help Stress Management: Healthyplace.com gave some tips:

1. Keep a stress journal.
2. Learn to relax.
3. Breathing effectively.
4. Coping techniques.  (Meditation, visualization, mindfulness, and yoga.)
5. Exercise.
6. Avoid stimulants.
7. Try aromatherapy oils.
http://www.healthyplace.com/anxiety-panic/articles/self-help-stress-management/

Feb. 23 Undoing Stress: I clicked on it and it leads to a stress test.  It asks about physical things like do you exercise frequently, do you neglect your diet?  Then it asks some psychological questions like "Do you frequently spend a lot of time complaining about
the past?"

http://www.lessons4living.com/stress_test.htm

Stress self-help: I clicked on this link, and it's a blog from Anne Whitehouse who has a Phd.  She gives these self-help energy exercises.

http://lifealchemyblog.com/articles/stress-self-help/

Stress reduction and meditation centre: This leads me to Self help Magazine.  I click on "Stess management" and it says "No results found."  However, there are other articles for things like raising teenagers. 

http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/stress-reduction.php

Self-help: stress management: Now this website is pretty good.  Here's a good tip:

"Plan for change: Coping with the unexpected is a great source of stress; however, you have control over many elements of your life. Whenever possible, plan to avoid too many big changes coming at the same time, and try to accept and prepare for the inevitable changes."

Sometimes change can be good, and sometimes it can be bad.  Bad like getting unexpectedly laid off.  Then it can be good when you get a good job.

http://www.utdallas.edu/counseling/stress/

Zellers: I found this article that Zellers shut down their Facebook page.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/01/18/zellers-to-shut-down-facebook-page-monday

Mercan Recruit: Have you ever heard of them before?  I haven't until I applied to this job ad and it turns out it was for this staffing agency.  They emailed me and then I declined.

Feb. 24 Helping people: My sister had said: "You can't help people who don't want to be helped."  I was thinking about how I haven't been to counseling in awhile.  By the end of Feb. I haven't gone to counseling in 3 months.  I've been really busy with work, and I feel fine.

I have a co-worker who smokes, so I cut out an article for her about how smoking is bad, especially for women.  She kept the article, but she's still smoking.  I have another co-worker who has an energy drink everyday.  I was reading an article about how they're bad for you because there is so much caffeine and sugar in it.  He read the article and gave it back to me.  He says he's still going to keep drinking it.

I'm not nagging them.  I'm giving them these articles that are from doctors and scientists, and reputable sources.  I'm not really angry that they didn't change or anything.  I have planted the seed into them thinking about their habits.