received quite a number of responses to the video i put up in the previous post about doomsday.
well, since it's nearing,
i guess it must be a major cause for concern.
but hey, look at it this way.
if you have only 4 more years to live.
then live it like you never lived before.
or never will again.
i mean, that is true right.
OKAY, i don't think im making any sense.
:D
but i came up with a couple of things i should do before i ever leave this world.
(:

haven't been posting recently due to major repercussions of late nights and information overload in the day.
well, i guess the youth for causes project requires a lot of commitment and effort from my part,
and i think its time i smacked myself awake and put in more effort.
MPS visited HighPoint at Geylang on thursday.
its not really near the Red Light District, (duh)
and its a 3 minutes walk from Aljunied MRT station on the green line.
the compound wasn't really as glamourous or grandeous as i expected it to be,
but all in all, i guess we could make the best out of what we have and come up with a fantastic event.
highpoint aims to help ex-offenders and their families rebuild their lives after they come out of jail.
they offer 6mths to 9 mths programmes to retrain the ex-offenders and make them useful to society again, so they can contribute effectively and earn a decent living.
for men ex-offenders, they offer lodging and food.
im not too sure about the females though, but hey, they aren't sexist, its just that the females ex-offenders are put up at another location.
so the compound is rather run down, but huge.
it used to be a malay school?, run by the british, and was then abandoned, so they took over, and moved in.
apart from highpoint, the compound also houses a couple more sub-tenants, all with an individual social cause almost similar to highpoint's.
so they have a extra large soccer field and a basketball court, frequently used by school boys, army men, kids, and of course, the residents of highpoint.
there are also 2 halfway houses, and 3/4 way houses. (though i'm not sure what they are, but i suppose they are meant for people to live in, since they are named HOUSES. perhaps the fraction in front indicates how far the humans in the course have gone through. like human 1 is halfway through the course, so he is placed in the halfway house or something. hah.)_
then they have a carwash- HiShine.
and an aircon enterprise, run by some human that graduated from highpoint a few years back.
a couple of offices in the social and enterprise area, with one office being transformed into an art store, with the lady boss hiring only people with disabilities to help out and around with the creation of beautiful handicrafts and sale of the products.
she has a big dream though, and its a pity our group don't have the ability to take up the challenge she posed to us.
oh wells. good luck to her.
then they have a thrift shop.
well, you see, highpoint provides the residents (you know who they are) with work, to help build self esteem and confidence before they really step out into society again.
so they have the rag-and-bone and the HighPoint Movers (they drive trucks around and help move furniture or any sort of tangible assets for a small fee).
the thrift shop is set up to sell any thing reusable after being discarded by humans like us, and they collect it by making rounds in residential areas, or when they help humans shift locations.
the prices are really good, i must say, and i bet they would be setting up a stall in the bazaar during the one day event. (:
Hi-Shine? the car wash and polish is really cool.
so is the boss. :D
and ruth would be so excited to be the foaming woman. (not her producing foam, but her foaming the cars with the spray. lol.)
it was pretty homely, i must say.
OH YA. did i mention?
i think the steamboat restaurant would be up and running by the time we hold the one day event, SO-.......
HAHAHA. you get what i mean?
(:

the holidays have officially started for everybody i guess! (be it in poly or jc)
haha.
happy holidays people. AND ME!
i guess its going to be really fun with my sister in genting for the next 4 days.
and knowing there will be people i miss here would definitely make me wanna come home soon.
(:
lols. alrighty then.
off i go to do some work.

Sylvia. Syl. And someone you'll never expect me to be.