Free Hugs

哈哈，别一直谈论爱来爱去的东西了。
再过12个小时就是FreeHug活动了。
这次Malacca Free Hug Team将在jonker的啤酒街进行这项活动。
7点至10点晚上。
记得来支持哦。:)

以下是一些关于FreeHug的来源及意义。

有的時候, 一個擁抱勝過千言萬語

在這個疏離的社會，或許我們也都需要這樣的一個擁抱...
擁抱，在您的生命裡遙遠嗎？有時候，我們所需要的就只是一個擁抱而已。然而，
若是我，無論認識與否，無論親疏與否，我能夠毫無顧忌地給予別人溫暖的擁抱嗎？
若是我，我有勇氣接受一個陌生人的擁抱嗎？
有一個短片名為「Free Hugs」，短短四分鐘左右，卻吸引了無數人目光。
　　影片一開始是一個嬉皮打扮的年輕人手上拿著一個牌子高高頂在頭上，向路人展示。牌子上寫的是FREE HUGS。在悠揚的配樂聲中，他獨自一個人舉著牌子在來來往往的人群中踱步，沒人來跟他抱一下，有的人看他一眼、躲得遠遠的走開，有的人根本連看也不看 他。後來一個矮小的老婆婆在他面前停住，高大的年輕人單膝跪下來，這才跟老婆婆一般高。一直有音樂，所以我們無法聽見老婆婆跟他說什麼，反正老婆婆就是跟 他抱了！
　　抱一抱。老婆婆笑了。還用手輕輕捏了一下年輕人的臉頰。年輕人也笑了。
一旁一個年輕小姐見了，也上來抱抱了……
　　之後，歌聲漸漸變得愈來愈激昂。很多經過的路人一個個都來跟年輕人抱抱。大家抱的方式都不一樣，有的擺出相撲選手的架勢後、猛撲上去抱，有的先助跑後、狠狠的跳上去抱，還有一個孩子先從遠處滑著滑板衝上來、凌空躍起抱。每一個擁抱的人，都笑了。
　　後來電視來採訪了，記者們也抱一下。圍觀的群眾，當然也抱。一直抱到影片結束。我再也記不起有多少人用多少不同的方式擁抱，只深深感受到──溫暖的感動。
　　這個叫Juan Mann的年輕人是個英國人，他說有一陣子他諸事不順，心情很沮喪。有一天，他從國外搭機回倫敦，在機場，他看到很多旅人一下機就有親人朋友來接機，他們擁抱、微笑、親吻。只有他孑然一身。很孤單。
　　然後，他覺得他很需要一個擁抱。於是，他做了一個牌子，上面寫著「Free Hugs」，走到路上去。這就是我們後來看到的影片內容……
　　第一個跟他抱抱的老婆婆原來那一天也很難過，她的小狗剛剛過世了。她看到年輕人的Free Hugs牌子，也覺得自己需要跟人抱抱、被安慰一下，便上前去跟Juan說她的難過，然後抱抱。
　　這個「Free Hugs」現在已經變成一個在全世界進行的運動了。韓國、美國、俄羅斯、巴西、菲律賓……很多國家的年輕人拍了自己的「Free Hugs」放上網去，配上不同的配樂，用自己的方式表現「Free Hugs」的友愛精神。

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Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.

In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.

As this symbol of human hope spread across the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.

How it all started:
I'd been living in London when my world turned upside down and I'd had to come home. By the time my plane landed back in Sydney, all I had left was a carry on bag full of clothes and a world of troubles. No one to welcome me back, no place to call home. I was a tourist in my hometown.

Standing there in the arrivals terminal, watching other passengers meeting their waiting friends and family, with open arms and smiling faces, hugging and laughing together, I wanted someone out there to be waiting for me. To be happy to see me. To smile at me. To hug me.

So I got some cardboard and a marker and made a sign. I found the busiest pedestrian intersection in the city and held that sign aloft, with the words "Free Hugs" on both sides.

And for 15 minutes, people just stared right through me. The first person who stopped, tapped me on the shoulder and told me how her dog had just died that morning. How that morning had been the one year anniversary of her only daughter dying in a car accident. How what she needed now, when she felt most alone in the world, was a hug. I got down on one knee, we put our arms around each other and when we parted, she was smiling.

Everyone has problems and for sure mine haven't compared. But to see someone who was once frowning, smile even for a moment is worth it every time.