~Hot CookIeS~

Went for another community project (part of my attachment) on National Day itself. It was actually the one year anniversary for being engaged but studies are more important!! So off i went to sell cookies to raise fund for camp rainbow. At first, i thought the volunteer co-ordinator, Alex would be there to help me endorse my documents. But no, only the campaign leader Vanessa will be there. I met them at the taxi stand of Raffles City and was shocked to find out that they were YOUNG students! Did not find out of they are promary or secondary school students. They were a bit YAYA when they brief us about the programme.

Me and my female classmate went to sell a few cookies outside the MRT station then we decided to head to esplanade. That is a wrong choice. There were many foreign workers there and don't want to buy at all. The weather is hot and we could not sell our cookies in MRT station and shopping centres. Very beneficial for us right? (angry look) So we have only hot sunny and mostly unsheltered places to go.It was soon lunch time and we managed to sell about 20 cookies only.

Met up with the rest of the volunteers to have lunch together and three of them have sold all their cookies!!!! So embrassing for us. After lunch, we spilt the cookies among ourselves and start to sell. The weather is very warm as it is about 3pm already. We can only approac them under the hot sun. They are impatient to stop and buy as the weather is very warm. My legs were tired, my face was sunburnt and my throat was very dry from the talking. At about 4pm, i left the place and went to meet Annie and Huiling.

Well, i think it was real hard to sell cookies for charity. Some merely walked away when you talked till halfway! It was a tough experience and i would never do this kind of community project again. No Street Sales for me!!!! NO NO!!!