Flag Day (Saturday, July 18, 2003)

Supposed to start at 9am. in the morning. Rushed there and found out that kiasu ppl had already started flag day by the time i had reached Orchard mrt. Met a fellow tracker standing outside Wisma Atria. I thought the start point was at Far East Shopping Centre. Ran all the way there and the old guard told me it was the wrong place...wah...waste so much energy even b4 the flag has started.
Ran to the Far East PLaza...didn't expect quite a huge turnout. Saw a few trackers (like me), probably desperate to get CIP pts. I went to collect my flag and met Chun Wee. Went to the underpass back to Orchard MRT. Some RJ gals are so smart,...they camp at every entrance to the MRT and holding flags, kinda reminds me of a filter. Met Daniel who also made the same mistake as me. Since Orchard looks hopelessly saturated with flaggers, the trio of us decided to go back to Bishan, our alma mater. Collected some money along the way and got a few juniors, basketballers, strangers, and 02 scouts. Then proceeded to Toa Payoh MRT station and decided to follow the ingenious RJ gals..Sadly, there were only the 3 of us and 6 exits. Can imagine most of the commuters leaving by another way. Though discouraged, we persisted and used up 1/2 of our sticker pads. After 3hrs++, CHun Wee and Daniel decided to go off earlier, leaving me to stand alone. At 1.00pm. the MRT guy probably got sick of seeing me and chased me out...so well, when next time SPCA lacks fund, they will go after SMRT,...went back to the origin and received a water bottle and a cheap certificate , so cheap that it doesnt have your name on it..guess it was due to the combined schools huge turnout of RG, SJ, SA,etc...