For Day 2 morning, we were required to gather at the HQ room for debrief. Diana, Fiona, Sandra, Yu Heng, Bing Xian and I (Gary) were in-charged for donation stuffs. We straight away went to corporation communication office to collect the goodies bag stuffs for our coming Saturday, 12 September 2009, pre-trip event. We loaded all the stuffs to Mr Robert Yow’s car and he fetched us to Blk 72 to sort out the donation items. Due to limited space in the car, some of us were tried to squeeze in.
At first, Diana thought the donation stuffs were inside 07-10 room but actually it was not. Mr Yow came to the room and told us the stuffs were at level 8 and wanted us to shift it to the level 7 room. Because this few weeks was exam period, we were not allowed to walk in by the main entrance. Therefore, we needed to go down level 6 and walked to another end then climb up to level 8 and enter by back door.
Once we entered the room, most of us had stunned as there were many bulky cloths and shoes there required us to bring down. After we shifted out everything, I faster request a trolley from Mr Yow, so that we can use it to deliver the stuffs. Diana received a call from Ms Jamie and left 5 of us to transfer the stuffs from level 8 to level 6. Initially, we tried to carry the stuffs down. Then I saw Sandra dragged the bag down and one time she could dragged two bags, so we started to follow her and it really save us a lot of energy.
Level 6 back door was locked, I tried to went down to level 3 and take the lift back to level 6 to unlock the door. When I reached there, Diana had actually unlocked the door and they started shifted the goods from the back door to the front door. Finally, Mr Yow brought the trolley to level 6 and some of us loaded the heaviest box on the trolley and transferred it to level 7.
By the time we reached level 7, most of us felt a bit tiring and since Sarah’s group were at next door having discussion, Diana had requested them for help. They all were so kind and willing to help us and we all really appreciated that. After that, we start to sort out the donation stuffs. Bing Xian, Diana and Yu Heng were sorting out the shoes while Fiona and I were sorting out for the clothes. At first, we wanted to pack the goods to 22 packages, therefore we asked Sandra to make a trip to the market and purchase some plastic bags. We thought plastic bags would not cost much but it had exceeded our budget therefore we did not buy.
After we completed sorting out all the stuffs, we discovered that we were late for our next event which was games. We all faster ran to canteen 2 to gather with the group. First game we played was captain’s ball than follow by dirty game. After the dirty game, I really want to thank Juliana and those guys who clear up the area. I felt so sorry to them because I did not help up to clear the area.
Then we had our lunch following a talk by Heng Hao and Jacqueline. After the talk, Heng Hao was teaching us the dance step for our culture exchange. During that session, the room was full of laughing atmosphere. We all keep laughing and learning the dance steps together. It seems like all of us really enjoyed it and had a lot of fun.
Next, we continue with our donation stuffs. As most of the slippers were very dusty, we decided to carry them back to the loft to wash them. Due to shortage of manpower from the Donation’s group, we requested other groups’ guys to help us carry the stuffs over. But all of them came up to level 7 and help us to carry, including girls. We felt so touch and thank them very much.
At the Kis Mis there, we started to segregate the duties likes some of us wash the slippers, some lay out and some brought to the track to let it dry up. After all the slippers were dry up, we tied up every pair and counted for 13 pairs then bind them up. Although most of us were very tired, but we still enjoy it.
We carried the slippers back to the loft and decided to bring the shoes over from block 72 to the loft. Initially, we decided to seek for Ms Jamie to help us drive the shoes over, so that we can save some energy for the rest of the camp. However, we decided to carry all the shoes back to loft on ourselves. It was tiring but worthwhile.
Dinner was fun with the cooking group doing mass cooking for all of us. Although I did not get to eat it as I wasn’t feeling well, I could smell the aroma coming from the pasta sauce. I wish I didn’t get sick. After dinner, was washing and cleaning up and it was time for de brief. I liked the de brief because it helped us to reflect and voice out our opinion which I think is very important.
In short, I had a superb time!
Gary
posted by Miss Fiona