Fund raised down by 30%

I have noticed many student volunteers raising funds for voluntary
welfare organisations(VWOs) do not know enough of the organisation to
answer simple questions posed to them during flag days.
I have encountered many that knows only the name of the organisation,
and practically nothing else.

The public are now more wary of charities and will naturally want to
find out where their money are being channelled and to what causes.
Most will be asking what percentage of the donation goes to the
people.

If the volunteers cannot answer these questions satisfactory, the
public will be reluctant to contribute and may even lose confident in
the organisation.

So I think it is important for VWOs to educate their fund raising
volunteers to answer the questions that the public may pose. It is
also the responsibility of the volunteers to familiars themselves with
the working of the organisation, in order to present the proper image
of the organisation to the public.

The Best Birthday ever!

Started the day going to work and waiting for my harry potter book to arrive. I was pacing up and down and very nearly freak out the whole office. But, it was just not mean to be and I guess I had to wait till monday. Hey, the wait is half the fun. I actually wanted to stay in the office to wait for it, but was talked out of it.

I cannot believe the amount of people who remember my birthday this year. I have like sms, phone calls, cards, e-messages, people wanting to have meals with me and stuff, my mum even suggested a family dinner. What a change from my last 2 birthdays in camp. sob...sob...You people are too much.

Adam is like calling me what, everyday, to have dinner together. I finally have to agree when he said he'll be bringing girls along. I had a great time.

Thanks guys, you are the best.

...now, to wait patiently for my belated potter book...the best present ever.

Of Dinner and Dance, resigning, and swimming

Went to NEA annual dinner and dance, and I had a great time! So what if my dancing sucks? Is not like people can see me in the dark....or can they? And i get a free ride home! A lot of people are giving me rides home lately, another motivation for me to go aikido training more often. Remind myself to get a girlfriend who can drive me around.
Work is OK for me, but it seems like the "2 resigning per month" rate is still prevailing. A few tears here and there, the usual mumbleing, all's in a day work. It feels really sad to have all my friends leave. (Why is eveyone whom i like going somewhere else? Does nea sucks that much? The general point of view is that the people are nice, but the job sucks BIG time.)
On a brighter note, i have started learning swimming again. Every since i stopped after learning the breaststroke at like 9, this is my first formal training. The first lesson was fun, and I really want to learn the freestyle by the end of the lessons. Another motivation factor is that in the whole class, there are only 2 guys.

And so life goes on...

We live, work and dream,
each his own little scheme.
Sometimes we laugh,
sometimes we cry;
And thus the days goes by.

Siemens sucks

I washed my 3 months old Siemens phone with running tap water today. It die. Boy, was I surprised. Life is full of something new. So I guess its time to get a new phone. Sadly I lose a few phone numbers too. Oh well.

aikido, again?

Being to 2 aikido gathering, one is for euguen farewell, the other is to celebrate nyp new year. Heck. Looks like its time to carry-on training. Signed up for tanglin classes. Hopefully I can make it down more often.

A trip to Sungei Buloh

Went to sungei buloh on a volunteer trip with VSA today. Reminds me of the jungle in my NS days. Saw a pair of otter! They are very uncommon, so i feel sooo...lucky.

Positive thoughts

Ok, so my blog have been sounding really negative lately. But hey, i'm a whimer. It's sort of a way to relieve the pent-up pressure. And boy, do we all have a lot stress these days.

So lets talk about things that make me glad.

I have tons of friends who don't mind me been the idiot I'm. A healthy body. A (fairly) nice family. A stable(because we are already short of manpower) if busy, and enriching job. My insurance paid up. I enjoy dhamma talks, funny movies, swimming, aikido(whenever i can make it), animation on kids and arts centra, yoga(i have been like what, twice?).
I'm going to attend our annual dinner & dance, going to take part in another VSA volunteer activity, going to meet those wonderful kids and teens (who, sometime, test the very limit of my patient), taking part in a swimming clinic, harry potter coming soon(on my birthday!), learing to make more ballon sculpting, going to thailand in nov, and no doubt many other activities to come.

Well, so let's not let 2 bad bricks spoilt our view of the entire wall.

p/s
Heard this quote from a friend, how these it goes?..."Do not feel sad because the sun is setting, it means the stars will be out soon."

This is BullShit!!!

Work sucks! Everyone is feeling so stress out that we are ALL falling sick. Worse, people are feeling guilty taking MC, so we work even though we are sick. More work and task are added to us everyday, not enough manpower, lack of support from management.
Suppose to be on a really interesting course, but because of work, i had to skip all the fun part. I'm not feeling happy about this. Feel like failing the course to go for it again.