14-8-2010
I had my first donation drive in my life. And this donation drive had given me a new perception of life and most importantly HUMAN!
We, 5 of us went to pasar pagi Serdang. A kinda busy one indeed. I was pretty confident at first when I saw the flow there. I thought it shouldn't be big problem for me to get donation of RM 180. For I believed that Chinese will definitely help us to raise the fund.
Sadly, it wasn't the case. THEY, treated us like we dont deserve any RESPECT. We are not salesperson. We asking for donation to run our project. We didnt ask you to donate us like RM100 or whatsoever. DONATION means donate how much you want. We didnt force you. It's on your freewill. Tear your mask down people!
I learnt to judge those in the pasar. Save your saliva if you are thinking to approach those aunties with nice curly hair(some weren't nice at all) and in nice clothes. Simply because that's the way they disguise themselves. They are the bunch that wont stop and listen to you. In fact, some will just stare at you and walked away after that. There were also excuses like : I'm in a hurry where you can still see her walking passed you in another 15 min.
I dont see the reason why they can't just stop and listen to us. We were wearing our project t-shirt, with our student card and everything.
HOWEVER, at the end of the donation drive, I met nice people as well. There are some that gave me encouragement like : Jia you, get more donation from others. There's a guy who said that he didn't have small change. BUT he still donated RM 10 for me. Simply because he thinks that he, as a Chinese should support our project because it's one of the ways for the culture to live.
So, if you still think that Chinese will help each other. Please, it's time for you to change your mind. The world is different. Somehow, I learnt something new. I think that's the most important of all.