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Saturday, January 17, 2009 . 8:55 PM

Hello guys!! Today was the second part of the PROJECT R.I.C.E!! I had to reach Admiralty station 945 am. Met up with Winton, Winson, Aaron and the rest of the gang at Mac. Then headed to Greenwood Primary school for the briefing and we kicked off the event at 1030 am. We were split into teams of 3 (Winton, Winson and me) and we covered two blocks - 685B and 685C. 

Well, the beginning was a bad one indeed because when we went to the top floor of the first block, the doors that we knocked were all locked and no one responded. We were kind of pissed because we came last week and publicized but they seem to not care. Well, we moved on to other floors expecting people to donate but it was the same. 

One incident was we approached a Chinese house and when we said that we were from Red cross, would you like to donate rice for the needy and the person said that " Oh sorry, we don't cook rice!". The ironic thing was THEY WERE EATING RICE!! We were like ARGH!! But there were still some kind souls who donated rice.

Another incident was when we approached a house, the maid opened the door and before we could say anything, she SLAMMED THE DOOR at OUR FACES!! I was shocked and dreaded at heart when I realized that they don't even care for the needy!

Then something bad happened when a malay family donated a packet of rice. I accidentally spilled the rice on the floor and I felt super guilty la!! Then THOSE TWO keep saying me until I was like tearing lor!! " Wa Joshua!! See la!! Waste the rice! Now one family go hungry because of you!!" I felt super guilty to the point of tearing! But thankfully the lady gave us another pack of rice.

So the two blocks were done and so we helped the other team in another block and we started from the 6th floor and we got LOTS of RICE including the last house that we knocked. The person gave half a pail of rice!!! Then some of the rice fell on the floor, so we were picking them up. Then the uncle wanted to give us $50 EACH but we could not accept so he bought another 5 kg pack of rice and DONATED to us!! We were SO happy!! I pray to GOD TO BLESS HIM, HIS FAMILY AND HIS LIFE!!!

Well that was the end of the PROJECT R.I.C.E! Tomorrow part 3 and it is the final one!! ha ha!


To be continued tomorrow...

Very tired now so gonna have myself a nap soon!!