today, i went to school early in the morning to participate in the special olympics flag day event. i collected my can, and took a bus to tampines (our collection area) with some NP friends. we then started going around to ask for donations. at first, i didnt really know how to ask, but after a while, i got used to it and could do it much better. i decided not to keep moving around and stay at one place, so that it is easier to collect donations. i situated myself somewhere near the tampines MRT station cos i thought many pple would surely go there. and i was right. i definately collected more money there than just wondering around. i dont know why, maybe because this is my first time, but i sorta liked collecting donations. so i didnt even get a break and stood there getting donations for nearly 4 hours. X) in the end, i collected more money than many other cadets. and my stickers hav ALL been given away! i returned to school at bout 12nn.
through this event i found that singapore is quite a warm and kind society afterall. many pple donated willingly and some even empathized with us having to work so hard for charity. and it was cute when some couples gav their young kids coins and told them to drop it into my can. ^^
(however, some pple saw us like "ghosts". they didnt want to get near us. some just ignored us. some even criticised us! but i guess u cant expect everyone to be kind and friendly, so nvm.)im really happy today, becos i did something to help the unfortunate. cos it has been long since i did so the last time.
Jim Tan signs off.
4:44 PM