Friday is forever.

It has been over 3 months and Project Because iCare is soon to be concluded, but as much as I hope so, I wish that its impact and legacy will never end. These past 3 months constituted the busiest period of my life, which happened to occur in my JC1 year whereby the workload seems to be insurmountable and extremely daunting. After weeks of toiling till 1 or even 2am on weekdays on designing posters, banners, paper insertions, e-mailing sponsors, brooding over potential mishaps or hiccups, I have soon to realize that I was only able to continue and work my guts out because of the passion that drives and motivates me. To be more specific, the passion came from the realization of our imperfect our society is, and the particular unfortunate experience I’ve had at an old folks’ home whereby the lives of seniors are not as picture perfect as one expects it to be. Upon pondering, such passion to raise funds and engage seniors in our event was something I prided on, as it isn’t something anyone, anywhere could do. Hence I am deeply gratified for having this opportunity to contribute in my own way, together with the team.

Conversely, the project was not smooth running, and rather uneventful due to the bankruptcy of SAGE, our initial VWO, and the busy, clashing schedules of our teammates and consequently the inability of all of us to commit wholeheartedly at different points in time (which led to uncontrollable innate frustration and angst). Moreover, a significant area that can be improved on was the sales of the merchandise and coupons, as at the end, our target revenue was not met. What more, the daunting, demoralizing factor that contributed to our low spirits at times were unsatisfactory grades, exacerbated by naps during lectures, albeit not getting caught, and us not really having a life, so as to speak of.

However,when I look back now, 1^st September 2012, 12.30am at what I’ve done together with Yajun, Xinrui, Ruoting, and my OC, I feel heartened and thankful that what has happened has happened. I have regrets on one end, feeling that I have not done enough in terms of service to bring joy to the socially isolated seniors in society, and that I have neither properly talked to my volunteers in more detail bout the cause, nor really inspired others to follow this path of contributing to the society. At the end of the day, I still thank one and all for simply believing in us, and for your simple gestures that keep us going. (:
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