magnum opus: summer vacation

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

summer vacation

ok, honestly, i havent got to enjoy the vacation part of summer vacation yet. i was a full time tutor for 3 weeks, and after my i-want-all-the-tuition-i-need-to-pass-my-entrance-exam-for-singapore-schools kid went back to indonesia, i was a part-time tutor and full-time MAXAR financial secretary. but im not complaining, our mega event, Treasure8, at parkway parade, was a huge success! MAXAR raised a total of $15,000 from this event alone! i love my committee to bits. :D

Day 0: Booked a chalet somewhere at changi to pack 750 goodie bags for the public, and sweets, key chains and postcards for our mobile teams to sell all around singapore. watched south africa vs mexico for 30 minutes, until it was time to switch off the lights and tv to surprise our co-chairman with a mini birthday celebration. continued with admin work later (planning routes for the different teams). no sleep that night.

Day 1: bedtime--> 7am-9.30am. woke up and left for parkway parade immediately with sound system equipment. set up game booths, stage and information counter. stayed at the tentage outside parkway to take care of admin. went into parkway parade itself to shop for event supplies about 5 times that day. when mobile teams gathered in the evening, counted donations received and presented prizes to the top 3 groups with highest number of points. went back to chalet. dinner at 11pm. continued to pack another 750 goodie bags and loaded into rented van. we were like some magnificent display at the chalet premise, packing the goodie bags like a bunch of robots. planned route for Day 2, shower, bedtime at 3am.

Day 2: woke up at 6.40am, went to some hawker centre near parkway for breakfast and had the most horrid tasting beehoon i've ever had. met my mobile teammates from hwachong (a bunch of ex-nanyang girls!! :D). we bidded for orchard road, where we will sell our items and collect donations. 11am-2.30pm. orchard. poor response from the crowd + it was going to rain. called back to headquarters and changed location to serangoon. 3pm-6.30pm. serangoon. door-to-door collection at 5 hdb blocks. residents were sweet, understanding and generous. :) went back to parkway parade tentage to count amount of donations raised. MY TEAM GOT LAST COS WE USED SO MANY POINTS TO BID FOR LOUSY ORCHARD :( after event closing, my parents brought me to lavender food centre for dinnersupper. i love my parents! they waited for me from 7pm-11pm cos they insist that i should take their ride back. home. shower. SLEEP.

LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, on 19 Jun Saturday, my committee is back into action at woodlands regional library to hold MAXAR's Charity Art Competition 2010 Closing Ceremony. i'd never in my whole life imagine that i'd organise an event with 17 other people, which would be so successful, that over 1,000 students from 25 schools participated. :D charity art raised a total of $2,000. winning art pieces were printed on postcards and sold at Treasure8.

and my job now is to do up income statements, count money, count more money, and count more money, write reports, and plan for YET ANOTHER ACTIVITY: MAXAR Closing Ceremony, which will be held in august.

acitivites before the maxar craze:

volunteering at adidas sundown marathon to canvass for maxar (29 May) at changi exhibition centre. the sunrise was awesome!