Xi, Picachew, Xian and me felt so old last Saturday. To be frank, a bit pai seh (shy)initially... how not to when we (the old ones, comparatively) were collecting tins from a group of JC students (the young ones) who were manning the Orchard Distribution Centre? I mean, shouldn't we switch roles? keke ;p
Frankly, I think we were great (commendable efforts... kekek):
1) It was drizzling intermittently between 1pm to 4pm and we still continued.
2) Xi, Picachew and me were down with cough (and we all just recovered from fever, flu, sore throat).
3) We put in the effort unlike two other girls (also non-uniformed) who seemed to be walking around as though they were part of the shopping crowd. Btw, we went to Si Ma Lu (Bugis) to sell flags.
Some observations:
1) I think Xian was the "funniest" cos he just stood still and flashed his smiles... and automatically his tins would be filled with donations. Picachew named the place that he stood on as the "feng shui" position. keke...
2) As usual, some people would "siam" the moment they see people with tins... some others would say they donate already (one even say he donated a lot already - not that I doubt, but...)... some would kindly smile and walk away... some would show you his charcoal-liked face or throw you a disgusted look... some would just ignore you even if you talk to them nicely... some would automatically show the stickers on whatever they stick on when they walk past (as though the sticker was some kind of security or entry pass)... some would ask what are the donations for and whether they are for the tsunamis victims... (I am puzzled by one comment made by a Chinese guy: "Eh, this one for Bible... Sorry!" and just walked away quickly (haven't got a chance to tell him that I'm a Buddhist and that the donations will go towards helping the needy of all races and religion... Haiz, so narrow-minded)... and to those who have donated (whether those whom I've approached or those who have come up to me by themselves): "THANK YOU VERY MUCH!".
3) More middle-aged and above donated than those youngsters... and frankly, the rude ones were more of those teenagers and youngsters. Oops!