Had just about the same day as any other day except that I was anticipating my friends Angie & Alvin's R.O.M. (Registry Of Marriage) Ceremony where they become Husband & Wife Legally. I was informed to wear pastel colours and so I did. I actually went to the extend of getting a new Lacoste Polo Tee for myself to wear to the event (Just another excuse to shop, LOL). Matched it with my biege pants and onitsuka shoes. My studio colleagues at work were quite intrigued by my particular style of dressing today. Said I looked very ***. Sigh... always get that alot. But what the hell, I'm a vainpot I guess. Manage to get thru the day and left studio early to meet my friends for the event. But the significant thing that happened to me, and not my friends Angie & Alvin, was when I was walking towards Good Wood Park Hotel passing by Scotts to Hyatt. I walked pass this girl who was asking for donations with a donation box. Those rectangular plastic ones with some words written on it? It was around 6+ when I whisked pass that place and notice that girl. After the R.O.M. Ceremony, the 3 of us walked back towards the MRT Station. From far, I notice that the poor girl was still there asking for donations. The thing with the locals are that really aren't that sympathatic with such charity work. And there this girl was, standing there alone, asking for donations in the nicest manner. No one really took notice of her, just brisk walked pass her. Almost felt that she was just like a invisible thing being ignored. It was already kinda late like around 9-ish... We saunter pass her, and she beamed a wide smile and asked us in the nicest and kindest manner "Would you like to make a donation, its for charity!". I took 2 steps and I stopped... turned around and said "Hey, why not...". Tooked out my wallet and whipped out the money and popped it into the box. The following event really made me very happy because I could tell that I've made her day! She said "thank you very much sir!" so loudly that I almost felt like blushing because some of the pedestrains and my friends turned to look. She was going on about how I made her day because my donation was the largest she gotten the whole day. She took out all the pens that she had and asked me to choose one from the batch because I was so nice. I felt embaressed at that point of time and told her to jus choose one for me instead. She insisted that I must choose one and take it myself. So I took one and said "thank you" and went on my way. Once again she thanked me loudly with her widest smile and gave me a slight nod, like a goodbye kinda thing. I walked away feeling glad that I've done something so small and made someone so happy.
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