Ella Chen celebrated her birthday yesterday. Her birthday gift for herself is donating NT$ 1,300,000 to Gong Liao Home for the strays in Taiwan.

Last year, she put in her love for her deceased dog in an album known as ‘Qiang Qiang Remembrance EP’ and posts it for charity. Many artistes supported her and joined in the charity by buying in bulks of the albums. Within 3 months of limited period, the sales of the EP album managed to reach NT$1,000,000, digital mp3 downloads reaching NT$100,000 and other merchandises sold for more than NT$ 150,000. All the money add up to a total of NT$1,300,000.

Yesterday, Ella wore her T-shirt with an imprint of her dog to Gong Liao. The journey to the place took 2 hours, Ella even felt nauseous during the ride.

However, she forgot everything when she saw dogs welcoming her. She did not wear any protective clothing and immediately squatted down and play with them. She sighed that her dog, Qiang Qiang was too early for death.

A well-known dog feed provider donated 440 bags of food for the dogs under Ella’s influence.However, the food will only last up to 2 or 3 days for the dogs. As such, Ella decided to appeal to dog-lovers, Terry Guo, a Taiwan entrepreneur and Taiwan president, Ma Yinjiu to help these homeless dogs by making donations.

In fact, Ella has already made plans to open a bash on her birthday but after the trip, she decided not to waste the money and spend it on more meaningful things. So she changed to a small gathering with some of her close friends.