I'm dead beat after a day of SJAB FLAG DAY.
Was located to stand at Yew Tee MRT (which is a conveniently 5 minutes walk from my place) with Si Min, Wan Lin, Yan Rong and Si Ying (Wa, first time I see all my juniors more enthu than me. LOL.) There were some Swiss students who were earlier than us (snatch business
liao!). First Si Min and I went to the bus stop to try our luck then the Wet Market then back to the bus stop. Yew Tee was not very hetic compared to areas like Boon Lay, Woodlands, Bukit Batok etc. Thus, the competition ultimately are less intense but the crowd is much less. Took lunch break at 11.15am to 12nn (LOL. We gave ourselves extra time!). Continued with the "begging". It was hard work. We had to have thick skin and everything. Hai. Later on Sir Kenneth and Sir Shen Yang came down to our side. They suggested High Tea (probably to make us slack!) so we took another break at 2pm. Took a bus to limbang and back to school. End of the day I think I've got 2 three-quarter filled tin and a pretty empty one.
A Survey done after standing outside NTUC for 8 hours (including breaks):
Middle Aged Ladies: 65%
Middle Aged Gentlemen: 50%
Young adults: 10%
Business Male and Female: 10%
Children: 80% (Donated by their parents)
Caucasians: 0.01%? (I did saw 1 Ang-Moh guy who nearly wanted to reach out to his wallet.)
So there you go! I think ALL parents should set a good example to their children by donating. It's cute when they always give their child the money to donate to get the stickers. Teenager wise, not much, other than those friends I saw (Nat, Fairuz and Mei Xin). Therefore I've decided to turn over a new leaf by donating more often. It's sad to know that there are people who do donate for the sake of getting that "amulet sticker" to prevent more harrassment from other SJAB members.
