Sparkles of Life: welcome to singapore *smilez*

For 3 days time, the Singapore Scouts Association transformed into the association of thousand smilez. It was a super hectic and madness weekend starting from friday. Woke up at like 3.15am just so that we can all be at the airport by 4 plus in time to receive our 1st flight of the day at 5 plus. It was really really crazy and exhausting over the next few days as we usher the delegates all around singapore.

The representatives of all the scouts association over the world was here on sunny singapore for the past 3 days to see what we got to offer for the world should we win the bid for Jamboree 2015. Though everyone was so shag and i am exhausted, I feel really happy at the same time and burning with pride to be a part of this. Over the 3 days, you can see everyone moving together in one spirit with a single aim of doing our best to play host and make our guests feel as comfortable as poosible and of course have a really good memory of Singapore and hopefully win us the bid for Jam2015.

So fatigue aside, there's lots of pride and also a very very good learning experience and exposure. Seldom do you get anny chance of meeting soooo maany people from different countries (over a 120!) all at one shot! And i really honed my PR skills. I had to make small talks with soo many people from different countries ALL the time and of course smile my best. *SHIMLEZ ka-ching*

And these people are all people of high status and some are hell rich. I was so excited lah. Talked to a perm sect of MOE in thailand, a carpet dealer from Jordan, a priest from Jamaica, the Jam directors of UK Sweden and Korea, a legal advisor to the state from Mongolia, and JUST SOOO MUCH more. and the richest this daktur from Brunei. He reminds me of a gold bar lah.

Anyway so tonnes of fotos taken. haha OH and i noe our newest terminal 3 of our dear changi airport at the back of my hand too! And it's really cool on friday. We're all given a pass that allow us entrance and exit thru the departure gate to fetch our guests right when they emerge from the gangway! and together with our professional greeters (they r really professional man! they can make small talks very easily n they shuttle ard the 3 terminals, and they work long hours BUT they still maintain their smile and professionalism), we escort our guests all the way through the imigration and out of arrival and to the carpark where their BMW or Mercz awaits them. How nice. And the cycle repeats again.

This was our itinery for sat and sun:
SAT
visited: the delegates visited the obs and the proposed jam site while we went to jalan kayu to get prata and wait after that for their return at punggol jetty, NEWater plant, delegates have gala dinner with the President while we home sweet home
SUN
visited: st george's church (it's beauuuutifulll!! and the congregation is sooo friendly! thank goodness! so we weren't so lost and our delegates are HAPPI!), Sungei Buloh, Science centre (our delegates are so thrilled by the exhibits! Mr CockCroft from UK even commented to Mr Burbridge frm Ireland Mr Goran from Sweden that he felt like he's a lil boy again)!, Gala dinner with the minister whic we help usher once again and get to kope the food but no table n chair too bad. haha

Haha so 3 days ended with really really sore feet but lots of fond memories. And oh I swop a scarf too with our delegate from astonio. I was the last to swop scarf and i was left with sooo little options! And even the only one i noe, Mr. Zambia, weishan beat me to it. BUT heh heh. God save the best for the last. So Mr. Astonia was really really nice and agree to swop with me though his scarf is so brand new! it'ss his first time wearing it and it is their newly designed scarf. The scarf was designed last year specially for the 1st of Aug 2007. How cool and meaningful and he also wanted my woggle which of course without a doubt i gave! He ggave me his instead which is SOOO nice!! it's Baden Powell. Haha.