Well, this, too, has nothing at all to do with Mousehunt. It is about Flag Day for the Special Olympics.
So, today we met as a class at Newton MRT ticketing office, then we went as a class to the taxi stand outside. After getting our tins, we headed to three different locations - Orchard Road, United Square, and a church outside Novena Velocity.
I was located at Orchard Road, and was told to look after my fellow classmates. So, we set out as a group to the shopping district. In the morning, there wasn't any people in Orchard Road in the morning, hence we didn't get much money from the little donors.
Then, noon took its turn and people started flooding in. In just merely two hours, the whole road became flooded with people! however, Lucas and I could not find a good spot to stay, so we had to go around the six malls(Takashimaya, Paragon, Ion Orchard, Lucky Plaza, Tangs and Wrisma Atria) to find a suitable spot. This, is where we had lost a lot of chances to find donors.
After another two hours, Lucas had to head home. Since I am under 15, I have to pair up with someone. After grouping up with Denis and David, we continued our hunt. We finally fund the most suitable spot near the junction between Takashimaya and Paragon. This is the place where there are many people crossing the road. Once the the man had gone red, pedestrians from the other end started crossing the road. This is where I will ask them when they had reached me. As the green man turned red, the other man at the other side would turn green, thus pedestrians will cross from the other side of the road back to where I am. This is a repeated cycle as the number of pedestrians never stops!
Unfortunately, we had only figured that out when it was four-thirty and it was almost time to return the tins. However, I managed to complete my goal of finishing all three pages of the stickers as it only took me ten minutes to complete the last page at the cross junction(how effective)!
At 4.40 p.m., we had to head back to Newton MRT to return out tins. After today, I felt how great it was to open my mouth and speck to people whom I don't know. It was rather amazing to see that there are so many visitors and locals "squeezed" into one place! Well, isn't Orchard Road a main shopping district after all?
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