Making the Impossible, Possible

I remembered the time when our campaign advisor told us that we are require to break our senior’s record of 1,001 phones collected in their campaign, ‘Connect to Conserve’, and my mind was filled with disbelief, thinking it is a dream that will never manifest into a reality. However, as what Christopher Reeve said, ‘so many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable’. True enough, that dream turned into a reality. Yesterday events marks the day, where ‘Ring A Life 2014’ successfully broke previous year’s record with a collection of 1,346 phones, laptops and tablets collected.

Marking a New Record

Most importantly,  I would like to first of all, express my deepest gratitude and appreciation to TAR UC for giving me the opportunity to be exposed and had hands-on experience conducting the campaign as well as working alongside with and for organizations that are internationally well-known such as Microsoft and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Malaysia). Not to forget, this campaign would not have turn into a success without the constant guidance from our campaign advisor as well as the great effort and passion of ‘Turtlebots’, the crew of ‘Ring A Life 2014’. 

Looking back, it was truly a remarkable experience. Although, there were ups and downs, it was a great journey that is of great worth to be shared. In this campaign, my role as a chairperson is to lead and supervise all things and matters relating to the campaign. To be honest, I am still a novice when it comes to leading a campaign, which posed a great challenge to me. However, thanks to this campaign, I had learnt many things regarding leadership, as well as organizing a campaign. These experiences will definitely prepare both me and my members for the working world especially those that are related to our line of study.  

Organizing a campaign is not something that can be done in a matter of days as it requires planning, paperwork, meetings and et cetera. However, it is still possible to have fun and enjoy along the way together with members of the campaign through activities like flash mob, patrol and preparing props for the campaign.

Seizing every opportunity to have fun

Ringing Lives with TAR UC students

All in all, the campaign was a huge success and I hope and have faith that juniors in future will achieve greater things. Moreover, I encourage everyone, both young and old to continue to contribute through electronic gadget recycling to help fund WWF-Malaysia sea turtles conservation efforts. Despite, the campaign coming to a close, you can still continue to make electronic recycling a habit and remember to ‘Ring A Life’!.

Written by,

Kristine Gan (Chairman)