Garang Guni

The yearly tradition of the Rotaract Club of NTU, the Garang Guni, was once again carried out today. Just like every other year, the aim of this event is to collect used but reusable items to raise fund for the charity. Items that were collected includes old newspaper, second hand electronic devices, worn-out clothes, you name it.

An approximate figure of 80 enthusiastic members from the Rotaract Club of Nanyang Technological University took part in this event. At as early as 8am, members including the main committee and sub committee were seen approaching from different directions to Canteen A before taking off to the destination. As the saying goes, the early bird gets the worms, those who were punctual get their chance to take their breakfast while waiting for the other members to breeze in. When all the members are in place, we took a bus to the destination, which lies in Jurong West, Boon Lay. We reached there at about 8.45am and then we were separated into groups, in which each group is in charge of different blocks. After all, the smaller the number, the easier they are to handle.

We started our event at about 9 where we went from lots to lots of different flats to collect old items, for instance, old newspaper, clothes, old electrical appliances etc. We had quite an unsatisfying start, as the response wasn't so pleasurable since it was still quite early. 9am on a Saturday morning is like the crack of the dawn, as weekends are times everyone use to rest and recuperate from the hustle and bustle of weekdays life. Later on when it was about 11, the response was more pleasant. We were able to collect quite an amount of old items before this Garang Guni event came to an end.

"Hello Ma'am, I'm not any suspicious looking person, please listen to what I have to say before slamming the door on my nose. . ."
Just like the train, our event started off at a slow pace, with nothing much gained at the beginning.
"Further on the day, woah, even such a brand new looking standing fan? Can I have it for my room please?"
"Loading the stuffs into the lorry is one hell of a task, let's take a break shall we? And while we're at it, you can snap our cool looking faces. . ."
"If only this mountain of papers is cash. . ."

The event reached its finishing line at about 2pm in the afternoon. All the members headed back to Nanyang Technogical University after the event. The event has collected roughly about SG$600 which is to be donated to charity. It was a day of hard labour but also filled with fun, with interactions among members like never before as it was a rare occasion that members gathering in such a number to work together. Normally it would be just the same ol' people from your committee and eventually you'll get bored seeing the same faces around. Today, it really exposed all the members to each other. Thus, the Garang Guni will stay as an undying tradition of the Rotaract Club of NTU as it is not only beneficial to the public, but also a good mean of promoting teamwork among the members of different committee.