HELLO!

whee.whee.whee! I am so happy, yesterday's events are fantastic!

I reached Plaza Singapura evnet venue at 10:30am when the autograph session starts only at 6:30pm because I had to do the JJFC Charity Project. :)

Well, the moment I reached, I saw all the committee members! Everyone was like "EHH? SU CHANG! I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN CHINA?!" Well, I was supposed to. My mum decided not to go to China in the end so, I managed to go for the events. =D I think I had repeated that conversation for dozens of times yesterday. hahas!

All of us started with the setting up of railings for the autograph session and also the stall for the sale of the "Legend of the Sea" Movie Singles. We took a long time to decide the amount of space we need for 50-70 JJFC members. Well, Ocean Butterflies agreed to reserve the front rows for JJFC. Hence, we had to set up railings and paste papers on it that says " Reserved for JJFC(SG)".

After the railings were done, we set up the stall for the sale of movie singles as the 1000 copies had arrived. Next, Min Jun paired us up and separated us into morning and afternoon shift. I was in the morning shift of course but I continued in the afternoon shift, so I took two shifts that day. from 11:20am to 4:09pm. I remembered the time really clearly. I was the first on list to register. My partner was Janice of course and our donation bag serial number was 1872. Took a bag of roses that costed $2 each and 5 angels at $10 each.

Before we set off, Ivy gave us our Committee Tags which (for me) says:

JJFC(SG) COMMITTEE
SU CHANG
WEBSITE TEAM

Both of us were really afraid to approach people for donations at first but we decided that we have to do it and we can't go back with an empty bag. X) So, I approached the first person and said " Hello! I am from the Singapore JJFC and I am raising funds for the children society..." before I finished, that person said "No,sorry." and walked away. Well, we weren't disunheartened since that's the first person. The second one was really nice! The minute I mentioned about Children's Society, she gave me 2 dollars and took a rose from me. She even asked us if we go to church and its good that we help children. =)

Well, that marks a very good start!

We continued on asking for donations and it was normal, some people very generous and donated while some people rejected immediately. It was 12 noon and we went to eat lunch at BK. While going there, we met Sophie, so we went there together. hahas! While eating, I collected my 3 tickets for the "Legend of the Sea" Gala Premiere from Ivy. Liu Yang joined me half way when I was eating.

After that, we went to the Scrapbook shop to buy the Shadow Box for the scrapbook page Janice and I had made for JJ. It was really nice! =D

Well, then we set off again to sell the roses and angels. This time, some people gave us excuses like "We had to rush" when they were obviously strolling, some even said " I will come back to you later." Hais. There were times when we sold like more than 10 roses and sometimes when we can't even sell 1 rose in 45 minutes! There were these two lady who took 20 minutes to choose the roses they like. In the end, together, they bought 5 roses and we got another 11 dollars! One of them gave 1 dollar extra. :)

These two roses were really funny! This is roughly the Convo.
Me: These roses were all handmade by us.
The ladies: Then you make us one now
But there's no materials now.
Then undo the roses and fold it again.
Okay sure! (then I wanted to take the rose from her and unfold it.)

She then laughed and started to choose the roses. I think she's just testing if we were lying just to let her buy the rose. Well, there's this time when one of them asked " I can buy 2 roses at 5 dollars right?" I said " Of course you can." Another one said, " No! 2 roses are for 10 dollars!" Liu Yang and I then corrected her that two roses are for 4 dollars. Both of them smiled. Well, this is obvious that they are testing if we are honest with them. =D

Hmms, after selling roses for like 30 minutes, there's this couple who walked pass us and we asked them to buy one. The guy said to the girl " I buy the roses and you will hold it." and through the whole time when they were choosing the roses, the guy keep saying to the girl," You hold arh! you hold arh!" WAHAHAS!

Also, there's this really big guy who bought 2 roses from us. When we look at him again from far, we bursted into laughter! Can you actually imagine a guy holding 2 roses and holding a cigarette in another hand?! hahahahas!

Well, I saw Mr Chua that day and he bought two roses from me. YAY! =D

Okay, there is also this European Guy who approached us in Chinese, saying "Ni hao!" I can't really figure out what he was saying at the moment(he was talking to me). Janice hinted me that he was saying ni hao. Then I was like " OH! ni hao! ni hao!" hahas! He was REALLY tall. Then he said " ni hao ma?" so I said " oh, wo hen hao!" WAHAHAS! the conversation is funny. =)

Then, he questioned me with all sorts of questions in English like " What are you doing?" " How will the funds help the children?" " What will we do with the money?" So, I answered each and every question as detailed as I can and of course, in a polite manner, smiling. In the end, he took out his wallet and guess what? He eventually gave me a $50 note! All the 3 of us thanked him profusely, and wanted to give him a few angels as return. He insisted that wont take them, smiled and left.

After another 2 hours, the weather is getting really hot and we can't take it any more so we went back and signed out at 4.09pm.

Sophie was still selling the roses under the hot sun that time, she was selling it on her own and she did not give up until the last minute. =)

After this, it really shows how kind and generous people can be, also, the will of helping others.

JJFC hit more than $1000 that day.