Meaningful Day.

Whee~ I'm so happy that I've spent my day meaningfully :D It was a great experience and a meaningful activity to be able to help the animals and raise funds for them, and of course to raise awareness to the public towards animal abuse. I really hope that more people will be aware of this issue and prevent cruelty to the animals. Not only humans need respect, not only humans have dignity, animals have to. We should treat them with care, concern, love and respect!

Anyway, I really enjoyed the entire flag day process because I get to see the reactions of people when I'm approached them for the donation! Like through their nonverbal (I do pay attention during lectures!) I can know whether they are donating willingly. I like it when people approach me automatically, with a SMILE and not a frown! Some people approached me without me asking for donation, but they gave me the "I'm donating because I pity you" look or "Get away from me after I've donate to you" look or "Oh no, better donate before they pester me" look. I don't need you to pity, I'd rather you don't donate if you feel forced.. It's for the animals, not for me, so I don't need your pity and giving is a virtue. Such disappointment for me when I get rejected for so many times today, pretty disheartened because I expected a kinder human nature in this society. Maybe my expectations were a little too high, but animals are human's friends, shouldn't we help them too? It's not like we are asking them to donate their entire asset, it's just whatever they can, even if it's like 5cents, it's good enough. Help within your boundary, and you will be respected for that. Okay, I should stop ranting, perhaps they are in a rush of time or really have no spare money to donate, at least some people rejected with a smile.

Though there's some disappointment along the way, there's also some donors who managed to put a smile on face. Like those people who came forward to me with a smile, those who donated generously (a few of them donated $10), those who actually bother to acknowledge my presence, and those who thanked for me thanking them. These people made my day and made me realized that there's still a slight hope for a more generous society in the future. I love how some people are so enthusiastic when I told them that the flag day was organised to help SPCA, and they donated without any hesitation! And I really like this bus uncle, he was like "Oh, donation! Wait let me check if I have coins. Ummm, is 10cent alright?" (because that's the only coin he has). So I smiled and thanked him. A few minutes later, he returned and said to me, "Eh, you recognize me right? Haha. You're doing a good job, keep it up. God bless! " This sentence just lit up a smile on my face. Though he didn't donate much, but his encouraging words kept going since my legs are giving up on me.

Oh, and something really shocked me! There's this woman wearing army uniform, who suddenly stood in front of an open space, and shouted across to the mall's security guard, "F***, I smoke you call police for what? You got no balls is it? I've got balls (pointed at her "balls"), come down here and talk. Don't stand there. Stupid old man" I was taken aback by her words greatly, and I quickly moved away. She scared the living shit out of me! She then walked away after shouting for some time and stood across the road with the face which seemingly means "You watch out, I'm going to come after you. Stupid old man". Her fierce look was fierce enough to scare a tiger/lion/crocodile away O_O

Anyway, a big thank you to all the people who have donated and also to those who have helped today! I really like it when so many people are willing to sacrifice their Saturday to help out today! Whee~