kHearts

immediately after being fired for being the laziest person in the team with the lowest sales volume ( mainly because i was only interested in playing ith the cute little kids rather than fleece parents of their hard-earned money and children of their already-deprived childhood ), i volunteered for kHearts.

kHearts is situated just opposite the booth i WAS working at in the World Book Fair, in Suntec Exhibition hall 404. and the zany people inside the booth, they're simply outstanding individuals in every way.

Kangjie. Those who know him knows why he's out-of-this-world. for those who don't know, come down to Suntec by this Sunday to find the dodgy air-con salesman selling handicrafts.

Andy. Mountain goat who hates sales pitching, pretty much like me, preferring hiding behind the counter doing menial work or twisting balloons.

Chiew. Poor thing quit her job at MathTeach today after my demise and tiao4 chao2 to kHearts. and now part of the crazy family.

Chee How. The lost BMT mate which i last saw 4 years ago during the vocation announcement. now he's officially a cockster, something i never knew. and his OCS platoon mate is Kangjie. god save his soul.

Scott. Alamak. Can't get away from him even during the hols.

Yingyee ( or something like that ). Probably the noisiest girl i've ever met. but very talented and devoted to the cause. and ultra bubbly.

kHearts is a social entreprise set up in the Simei Care centre. Kj and co (excluding chiew and me) are helping the mental health patients who are recovering at the centre to earn a small allowance as a form of encouragement in their bid to get back to being accepted by society.

So please come down to the World Book Fair. We need your support. They need your support even more than us. Every sale of every item goes to Simei Care centre's operations.

was working at the world book fair in suntec yesterday, and the next few days to come if i can last that long. supposed to sell this product called math teach, those "games" and problem solving stuff meant for primary school students.

was manning this 'number challenge' booth with those sums and problems which you use number discs to fill in the blanks. meant for primary 2 -4.

boy, are they difficult.

makes me wonder what the heck our stupid MOE is thinking, making our little kids suffer at such a young age. there was an educational games booth just opposite me. if i wasn't that hard up for sales, i would have directed the parents over to the other side. what harm can toys do to them?

anyway 2 girls, one 5 one 7 came to our booth with their mum in tow. they reminded me of my 2 cousins Faith and Megan. no wonder i felt so close to them, the funny and slightly delayed laughter, the missing teeth, those sweet endearing smiles. it was such fun playing with them that the time spent standing throughout the day was worth it.

then their mum said their dad is elsewhere and they'll go find him. coming back later.
i hope they don't grow up to become such good liars, because for a moment, i thought the mum was telling the truth.

but the 2 little angels had me thinking, will i have a future dealing with kids? i'm good at handling and playing with them. maybe i should open a daycare.

big hello to huishi! hope you're safe and having fun in the land of a thousand counterfeit goods.

been disappearing from everyone's lives, wonder how many of them remember my existence. retreating into my little world of books and climbing (mainly watching people climb) has led chiew to scream, "Jensen, don't live in recluse!"

last chance before i have time for anyone again. tuesday and wednesday this week. if i don't meet up with anyone, i probably won't have time to do so for quite some time.

time to wake up? and smell the money.

been spending the past week reading novels borrowed from the library.
4 books in 7 days, not bad huh.
i strongly recommend "The Memory Of Running" by Ron McLarty.
it's a book i've been waiting for on the shelves of the library for about a year now, and now that it's in my hands, i like it so much that i'm gonna buy a copy of it. and read it again and again, and pass it to my children if i have any.
gotta get more books before my self-declared break is over.