Wednesday, July 21, 2004 @8:35 PM
Well... I would say that Heritage Day was quite a success for us! I didn't really expect people to come... but yea, I did have a great time at our booth! =D
I was one of the three cashiers collecting money from people hee hee, this is my first time handling so much money at one go! My eyes were fixed on the money box all the time, while collecting
more money from people. Well, some people really made the Heritage Day a funny one! Firstly, the 4M guys... Tian Lu and gang. hee hee, they came to our booth specially to aim the balls at Hong Ren and not the cans! hahahx... and hey, they really did spend A LOT of money just for the game! Really grateful to them... =D They rock! Entertained the already-tired me! -smilex-
Next, Chen Wei! He was holding on to the loudspeaker and shouted some slogan for our booth into it! "Lelong Lelong! $1, $1! 3 throws for $1! $1, $1..." Jen and I were laughing our heads off! -grins- Nevertheless, that attracted more people to our booth... =)
Yup, and I definitely have to thank two people! They are.... Jun Da and You Wei. Both provided me with food when I needed to fill my empty, growling stomach! Jun Da offered me a tea-leaf egg, the direct translation of "cha ye dan". That really shocked me that I asked him a few times "Are you sure you don't want?" before savouring it! Nice nice. -touched- You Wei bought me 3 fish nugguts strung on a satay stick when I asked him too. And he didn't want to take any money back... (Never mind, I shall force him to take tomorrow!) Thanks!
People really had great fun aiming at the cans and of course, people! ahahax... we managed to collect a total of $386 (around there), so... our profit is now around $60. Mmm... I guess it's a considerable amount for our effort! Expecting some more money to roll in as we haven't finished selling all the drink cans yet. You Wei and Hei Tung will be selling them to their friends on court while they have their basketball practice in the afternoon. I hope that will add more... =D
Overall, Heritage Day was definitely fun!
After that, Wu Han, Jiaying and I went to Chinatown to get our SIA uniform! Jiaying's mother came and drove us there. She's really nice. We went to a few shops there and asked for the price, but all were sooooo steep! Finally, we managed to get the original for $16, after much bargaining. Jiaying's mother took some photos of us wearing it in the shop with her digital camera! =) She even paid all the uniforms for us, saying that it's a treat from her! Wuhan wanted to pay her $16, but she firmly accepted only $10! I didn't bring money along with me as this outing was a surprise one! I will pass the money to Jiaying tomorrow! =)
Next, we went to OG to get slip-ons to match it with the uniform (only wuhan and jiaying need them. I have a pair at home). BUT, the price there... was horrendous! -bleah- We decided to walk around... went to People's Park, Pearl Centre. It's been ages since the last time I've been to Chinatown. The pair couldn't find an ideal pair, so we decided to head for home was it was already getting late. Jiaying's mother insisted on getting us a drink before going home, we couldn't talk our way out... so.... She ordered fresh watermelon juice for us. Yummy... Wuhan and I were so guilty and embarrassed! She paid
EVERYTHING for us!
Feeling very tired now, but happy! =D