As previously mentioned over at Happening @ Page One: The Art Of Giving @ Page One, quite a number of our staffs also contributed meaningful presents to the children of Canossaville. And here are some photos of our staff, Tracey in action. Currently, I'm awaiting the photos of the kids who received the presents so that I may put them up here and share with my readers at Chopsticks. And hopefully, next year would be even better.

But I have to admit, I get to see some nasty and stingy customers who gave christmas presents to the children of Canossaville, and gave the "I expect something in return just by pretending to be generous this festive season" faces. Makes me wonder, if you're going to give presents so grudgingly, why bother in the first place? Besides, that gift doesn't even come from your heart anymore as you seem to have the impression that you should get recognition just by being "generous" or pretending to be "generous".

Enough of those pretentious and annoying two-faced customers, let's go on to Tracey giving her presents:




This child asked for a skipping rope, so I decided to grant him his simple wish.





Filling up the respective forms, columns and everything else to ensure that the child gets the correct present.





Tracey filling up her particulars on another form to receive photo(s) of the child who received her christmas gift.


All in all, I've contributed quite an amount of children that when I went to withdraw money for food and transportation, I realised I've been very generous to the point that I'm always broke. But I felt happy doing it as I know my actions will bring a smile to someone's faces this festive season. But still, I really wonder how many kids did I give smiles to, considering that I am way too broke and waiting for my next paycheck...