To my utter dismay, I just realised the blog is not updated abt the actual event days. LOL
Maybe it was because 30Jan was our first day, maybe it was because our new organising committee was not used to organising a large scale event, the event did not turn out as well as we expected it to. Our organising committee was disheartened by the negative feedbacks by some of the students who compared Chingay09 to NDP08. Different committee, different programme, different results. My mistake was recuiting too many people in the org team - so many that many of them have nothing to do on the day itself. No involvement, no commitment, no initiative=bad results. I will keep that in mind for the next NDP09.
However, for 31Jan, things took a complete turnaround. It was a nice surprise as we have only 24hrs to make a change. But we pulled through, thanks to everyone. All deserve credit. I tagged along with 5 groups. I was very pleased with what I saw in one of the groups. The students were trying their best to translate the questions into Mandarin for the non-English speaking public. They were on their best behaviours at all times and we could see the effort put in. We hope that the feedback we received from this year’s event will benefit the other upcoming DUNKIT events.
Volunteers' Appreciation Night on 21FEB09 6pm-11pm for Org team. Bring presents for gift exchange. Budget from $10-$15. We are going to celebrate Friendship Day.
I found a certificate printer company that is able to meet the budget despite the recession. It is the same as last year's contact woohoo! The account will be closed in no time!
This is Keshia as always.
