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Friends
of LOO
Lucky
to be with RAS - Internship Experience at Clean & Green Singapore and
World Toilet Day
“Restroom
Association ( Singapore)”, this word
came into my attention when my Liaison Officer announced to me that I would
be attached to this organization for internship. If I was not posted to
RAS, I would not even notice that this organization actually exists!
 I
had a great time working in RAS with such a great team of colleagues. I
could still remember that very first moment when I stepped into RAS on 12
September 2007. It was a brand new environment for me as that was the first
time I was taking up an office job. I just could not help feeling nervous
and excited with the thought of working with no one I knew, in a brand new
environment
Through
the three-month internship with RAS, I got to learn and see how did an
organization operate and organize events. It was really a good learning
experience for me as it would be beneficial to me when I step into the
working society after my graduation.
A
summary of events which I helped out during my internship includes Clean
and Green Singapore and World Toilet Day. I was glad that RAS really gave
me the chance to assist in the planning of events. At the World Toilet Day
event, I was fully in charge of the display booth setup and transportation.
As for Clean and Green Singapore, I was told to help out in the logistics
planning for the wonderland section instead of daily routine administrative
tasks. These chances would be hard to come by if I were to work in a large
organization. Hence I do treasure these experiences I had in events
planning.
Nevertheless,
my internship has come to an end of a chapter. I believe I would not have
gained that much exposure if I were to be attached to another company
instead. Thus, I was lucky to be attached to RAS for my internship.
Enjoyable
to be with RAS - Internship Experience at Clean & Green Singapore and
World Toilet Day
 As
interns in RAS, we were required to help out the office staffs with their
admin work, from sending out associate membership forms to helping out in
the Clean & Green Carnival which was recently held at Suntec City Convention Hall. We also helped out at the
World Toilet Day event which was held at Singapore Management University
(SMU). We learnt a lot of valuable lessons during our one-month attachment
here at RAS. We will apply what we have learnt to our future jobs or
attachments.
During
the Clean & Green Carnival, we experienced how it was like to plan and
prepare a big event to be presented to the public. We learnt how to manage
situations when there were last-minute changes. We learnt how to handle
kindergarten kids at the wonderland booth and also handle primary,
secondary school students and even adults at the RAS booth. As for the
kindergarten kids, we had to vary the pitch of our voice to make the game
more interesting and also had to attract the attention from those who just
arrived. We even attracted the attention of the primary school pupils with
our ‘Loo-tiqutte Quest’. We learnt how to handle the
crowd that was building up at the RAS booth. It was hard to entertain the
upper primary and secondary students as they got bored when not
entertained.
At
the World Toilet Day event which was organized in Singapore Management
University (SMU), we gave out notebooks and hand phone charms to attract
the public to support World Toilet Day. We had to verbally inform the
public what World Toilet Day is about.
We really enjoyed the
one-month attachment here at RAS and we really learnt a lot from past
events that had happened.
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