An Exhausting Experience

Today I was informed tat there is Flag Day conducted by da Singapore Parenthood Association (if i m not wrong). Basically, they needed da money 2 fund their assembly talk about parenthood and BGR. Something like that. I reported to sch around 8am. I tot I was late but luckily, I reached sch on time. When I arrived, majority of da sec. 4s were already there. Even the organiser made an attempt to come early.

We were briefed about what to do an da places tat we were assigned 2. My class and 4/8 was unlucky as we got Sembawang as our place of collection. B4 tat my group had intended 2 go Chong Pang as we had gained lots of experience collecting funds there. We set off from sch around 9am.

My group consist of me, jia hui, sarina and sangitha. We decided to go to da interchange 2 find da directory b4 we made our 1st move. I should said tat da map was confusing (even though i m a geog student) as there were a few alternative buses tat can sent us 2 our place of destination. After making our decision, we decided to take bus 858 as it was believed 2 be da shortest route 2 sembawang.

I du not know wat happened until we overshot 2 stops. We had no choice but 2 alight from where we r and started walking. We perspired all da way. Sweat covered our faces like facial mask. Even a sheet of tissue are not able 2 revive our sweat. It was blistering hot and we felt tat the sun was an inch from our head.

We stopped 4 a while when a bus stop was at sight. We waited for 962 but 2 no avail. So sad....

We continued walking until we saw sun plaza n da MRT station. We jumped 4 joy as we could at know how 2 get back 2 sch later on.

Trying our luck 2 received donation from void decks, we felt tat luck does not side us. There was not many people around da void deck and da place really looked deserted.

In the end, we found what is called Sembawang Mart. This time we were just slghtly lucky. At least 4 me and Sarina. Hmm...as 4 jia hui and sangitha, try harder next time.

At around 11.45am, we called da day off and retrieved 2 da nearest bus stop. Again we made a mistake we alighted 1 stop b4 da stop tat we r supposed 2 alight. However, since we r in front of Sun Plaza, our only choice is 2 walk a little bit more 2 da bus interchange. As we were unsure of wat bus 2 take, we ask da passenger service counter. Luckily, one of da bus driver who was off duty told us tat da 962 bus stop is just in front of Sun Plaza.

I called Ms Subhashini as I do not want to worry her. Da sad news is we are da last gruop 2 returned da tins.
Lessons learnt:
1)Ensure tat there is sufficent money in da EZ-link card
2)Always have some coins in case of emergency
3)Familiarize wif da place tat we r supposed 2 go (especially sembawang)
4)Carry a street directory wif u at all times

I was very restless after da whole event. I dragged my legs 2 da tution centre and endured at least until 6:30pm. I need a long rest now. Soo tired.... Nites....