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Apr 23, 2010

2 Crusaders: CIP - Fund Raising through Flea Mart Sales at Holland Village (17 Jul 2011)

Dear 2 Crusaders (Sec 2C),

Just to update, I have already a stall for our coming Flea Mart. The Stall Number is #35.

Details of the Flea Mart
They are as follows:

Date: 17 Jul 2011
Time: 1.30pm to 9.30pm

Venue: At arena in front of Blk 2 Holland Close
(opposite Holland Village Cold Storage: see picture below)

Directions to Get There
By Driving:Drive to Holland Ave, then turn into Holland Close & park at Multi-storey carpark Blk 5A
(there are lifts available, so please make sure to park at white lots at the very top).

By MRT:Take MRT to Bouna Vista & walk to Holland Close Blk 2

By Bus:Direct Bus Numbers: 48, 61, 95, 106, 970, NR8

The map & the link below shows the Flea Mart location.

Map Link

Pictures of the Flea Mart

Just to prepare the class 2 Crusaders for this Fund Raising event,
I will be showing you some pictures, showcasing the Fleamart previously held.

This is what the layout of the Flea Mart looks like.

Typical stalls looks like this.

Our stall will be near the stage/arena, but there is no guarantee that there will be shade. So please bring your caps and sun glasses and water to drink.

Many items on sale her include dresses, slacks, pants, jeans, blouses, toys, and many many stuff.

Depending on the state of the items, items can be sold from between $0.50 to a couple of dollars, or to even tens of dollars, as long as the price is right for the consumer to buy.

Many of the clientele are Filipinos and a number of foreign workers, some from Bangladesh and India, and some from Myanmar.

As usual, there will be Singaporeans, some of which are friends and relatives of the other stallholders. They can also be potential customers, as they may buy items to their fancy, if the price is right.

That is all for the photos.

Now on to some preparation to the Flea Mart:

To Do List

As this activity is part and parcel of our effort to raise $$$ for our beneficiery under the GESS strategic plan, we will need your help to make this activity a meaningful and successful one:

1. Need Pictures to showcase this activity, as it will go into our school report.

2. Need all 2 Crusaders to bring as much as items as they can possibly hand carry, such as individually unwanted items that are in reasonably good and resale-able condition to the Flea Mart by 1:30pm 17 Jul 2011.

3. Need someone to come up with a simple display placard placed in front of table to showcase our activity:
- Letter by 2 Crusaders to raise funds for Xin Yuan Community Services (this letter is with Mr. Sea)
- Acknowledge with thanks BV CC for for their sponsorship of the stall for our activity
(Kendra, Weenie, Lilian - thanks for helping if you can)

4. Need Tin Can / Book to keep track of money raised.

5. The official time is from 1.30pm to 9.30pm. For safety, I suggest that ALL of us man the stalls from 1.30pm to 6.30pm (5 hours at the most). We can then have 2 shifts turns to man the stalls and have breaks in between.

6. All 2 Crusaders must be around to bring in and take back their items,

7. Most stalls will make up to $200 plus for one full-day of selling. For 2 Crusaders, we will do our best to raise whatever amounts we can and at the same time fulfil our CIP hours as a class.

Thanks for your time.

(Edited & prepared by Rodney)

Aug 12, 2008

Police car parked on double yellow lines

Dear friends,

For those of you who are driving, are you just sick of always being booked by the police without any recourse or appeal for benefit of a doubt?

Now it is payback time .... make your views known here:

singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=30920

Best Regards, Rodney Sea

Oct 1, 2007

Life's A Bitch

A grand wedding for 27 couples just entered the Guinness Book of Records - and it's for dogs.

I often wonder about man's fascination with dogs. True, a dog can be a friend, especially when all others fail you. But the extent to which some of us pamper our dogs is baffling.

Some put specially made Manchester United shirts over their dogs (which is irritating because I'm a Pool fan). Others have special combs and shampoos for them. Yet others buy them toys more expensive than the ones Mattel recalled.

Not that I'm against having dogs, or pets in general for that matter. Pets can give you a kind of sanity in a mad world like ours. However, "herofying" dogs like the new Hollywood cartoon show just doesn't sit well with me. Not every dog is a Lassie.

I once had a relationship with a pet dog too. As crude as it may sound, that bitch and I didn't work out.

Since then, it's always annoying to hear people referring to themselves as the dog's parents.

"Oooh, I miss you whole day, baby. Come to mummy!"

"See what daddy got you for dinner - the cat from next door!"

There's even this current pop song that's a tribute to the singer's dog who died. The lyrics go something like:

I remember you licking my hand / Then pass me the ball in your mouth / Ask me to go play with you / You like me fondling your ears / And hold you in me / No worries / Fantasising / Oh good dog, good dog.

Is that disgusting or what?

In all honesty, I used to like my dog quite a lot. But times were poor, and we couldn't afford to keep her. It didn't help that she wasn't toilet-trained. So off she went.

Then I heard the new owner also let her go shortly. And she became a stray. When I learnt about it, I cried the whole night. (I was in primary school, so crying was allowed.)

If that mushy song has been written 20 years ago, I would have related to it well. But not now. My heart is hardened.

Like all response to setbacks, man learns to build a defence mechanism against potential hurt. Man's best friend is experience.

Contribution:
Article - Darren
Images - Rodney (courtesy of Google Image)

Sep 5, 2007

Cars: Hybrid ! ?

(Article contributed courtesy of Mr Darren How, images by Rodney, courtesy of Google Images)

I'm quite an idiot when it comes to many things, but I'm a complete moron when it comes to cars.

Take for example the fact that a normal car can sit only two or three persons side by side, but a bus can take four in a row plus more standing, yet both cars and buses occupy the same narrow lane on the road. Never really understood how that's possible.

So when a friend told me about hybrid cars, I went: hybrid what? You mean a car that's able to convert into a duck and swim? That's very clever.

Of course, the clever one wasn't me.

I was not done, because apparently I went on to ask even dumber questions. You see, a hybrid car or hybrid anything is completely new to me.

When I heard that it runs on electricity, I wondered: do you have to charge your car like how your charge your mobile phone?

If so, do you drive into a docking station? Insert a wire instead of a petrol pump into the side of the car?

When it runs out of power, does the car give out a warning beep in the dying seconds like Ultraman?

The first model was launched by Renault in 2003. Soon the Toyotas, Hondas and Peugeots of the world followed suit with their own. The last time I checked, prices of hybrids are already comparable with those of normal vehicles.

I went Wikipedia to search for more answers. It threw me technical terms like PHEV, RESS and ICE to further confuse me. Didn't quite help.

But it also tells me what I now already know: that a hybrid saves fuel and is set to become more popular around the world.

I find that I'm exactly back to where I started. In my fantasy world, a hybrid car is still a cross between man and machine who talks like the one in Knight Rider.