What: A video gift to Rui En, our All Time Favourite Artiste, from RBKD and fans from all over the globe
Where: Across 17 cities in 10 countries
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Bi Hui (Singapore):
It was definitely an eye opener for me and for us to film a video (secretly) for Rui En to celebrate her All Time Favourite award. A bigger surprise when I realised the production team was in the know and was liaising with us on this. 😲
It was scorching hot sitting at the staircase of the Mediacorp’s 50 steps, taking that shot where we threw our graduation hats, but it was all worth it. I still remember some behind-the-scenes moments where we had to re-film it again and again, and having the graduation hats hit us but pretending it didn’t hurt because we were on camera hahahahaha!
I loved the part where we all threw the hats while standing. The scene went something like –
Snail: “ok we are filming….3,2,1 *raise hand*†and we all threw our hats as high as they could go. At this instance, someone threw the hat (mind you, she was at one of the rows behind) so far that it almost hit the cameraman in front! We had a good laugh from that. Sorry Mr Cameraman, but HAHAHAHHA!
Nevertheless, the outcome of the edited video shown at Star Awards made me feel that it was all worth it. And to me, this was one of the most memorable events I’ve attended so far.
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What: One year sponsorship of free weekly breakfast to total of 200 elderly at 4 Senior Activity Centres, rotating among each centre of 50 elderly per week
When: June 2016 – May 2017
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Xinyi, Club President:
Yet another gift on commitment. In RBKD, we firmly believe in spreading the love. To those of you who have been to Rui En’s events, I am sure you understand what I mean when you have something to look forward to and how a single activity/event can brighten your day. Yes, this is exactly what we are trying to do for the elderly, to let them have something (free breakfast) to look forward to monthly, a little something to brighten their day.
We are halfway into the one year project now, and to be honest, it is not easy. The commitment level required is high; imagine climbing out of the bed at 6/7am to cook the red bean soup/make our way to north south east west of Singapore, the force is strong to stay in bed. But when you are there, the smiles and thanks from the elderly makes you forget about the early hours and empty stomach (yes, many of us serve with an empty stomach as we struggle to get out of bed and reach in time, so skipping breakfast becomes a frequent affair).
I must say, this is the single most challenging charity project we have done so far, with the duration and cost of project enough to deter others from doing this. But we will see through this, one way or another. Because this is how we do things in RBKD. We don’t give up.
PS: You might find it unbelievable but the elderly do not know who we are, where we are from. They recognise us but we never saw the need to make known our identity deliberately. It’s the RBKD’s way of ensuring we stay true to the reasons why we are even serving.
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Melissa, Participant:
I consider being able to volunteer with RBKD for the Breakfast Project a great opportunity for me to do something for the community. Without RBKD’s initiative, I would definitely have trouble finding places to volunteer at because I wouldn’t know where to start, or know which organisations are transparent and reliable; that my helping them would benefit others directly. That’s also why whenever I come back to Singapore from Sydney during my school holidays, I would try to go volunteering with RBKD as much as possible (even though it starts really early in the morning and sometimes I really need more sleep).
I really appreciate how RBKD makes it so much easier for me to do something good, and the Breakfast Project is really fun for me because I get to wash all the cups and dishes after the elderly finish eating – I love washing dishes! I just find it so therapeutic.
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Jonah, Participant:
It was a simple help out by serving food and drinks to the old folks. At the same time I am returning a bit of favour back to society by providing some form of service to the elderly who contributed to society back in their working years.
Sometimes things around us tend to make us take things for granted as we been living in a country with basic needs met compared to the less well-off countries which have a harder time meeting their basic needs. Young people like us should help out by volunteering if they willing to use some of their time and effort to give back to such a stable society and economy.
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Madeline, Participant:
The breakfast project was a great way to get myself out of bed early on a Saturday morning; we spent the morning preparing and serving food – with bananas, biscuits, bread, coffee and macaroni soup prepared for them, they definitely had quite a spread to choose from!
In the middle of the session we live-streamed Joseph Schooling’s historic gold medal finish, and as Murphy’s law would have it the stream got cut off right before the race ended and we were left hanging. But we returned to serving breakfast feeling super pumped up.
A simple breakfast might not seem like much to us, but hopefully these sessions would bring these elderly together, spark some meaningful conversations, and give them something to look forward to each month 
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Yeeling, Participant:
Usually during my school days as a CCA of community service my teacher would bring us to elderly’s homes and chat with them, but this time around was my first time joining the breakfast project. We prepared the food by ourselves and served them. After, the smile on their face will make you happy.
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What: Sponsorship of four trees (representing RBKD) in Rui En’s name, at East Coast Park, through NParks under the NParks’ Garden City Fund
When: 28 May 2016
Where: East Coast Park
Participants: Allan, Ashley, Ernie, Xinyi, Yanjun, Yanling, Yanping, Yeeling, Yvonne
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Xinyi, Club President:
Planting the trees as a gift has always been our plan since 1.5 years ago. The symbolism of taking roots and growing from strength to strength is the exact message we wish to convey to Rui En, on this milestone year. That of commitment. Planting trees make sense.
But things didn’t go according to plan. The only way we could plant trees in SG (unless you plant it in your backyard), is to go through NParks, but for the past one year, the planting site has always been at the newer townparks which weren’t the most ideal for us.
Thankfully, there was a slot in May to plant trees in East Coast Park, a place Rui En had filmed at frequently. All’s good, and I’ll leave my member to share with you what went on that day. (Speaking of which it was nearly cancelled due to thunderstorm that morning, luckily the skies cleared for us, and we could proceed in the drizzle.)
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Ashley, Participant:
My first time participating in a RBKD activity and was happy to join in such a meaningful one.
We were gathered at a relatively ‘unknown’ point of East Coast Park (Green overhead crossing at Area B) on a light drizzling Saturday morning. There was a brief planting demonstration by the friendly NParks staff, before we ventured out on our own.
We split up in groups of 2-3 pax to plant the 4 trees. The actual tree planting process involved preparing the planting earth by digging the hole deep enough before putting the tree in place, backfilling and compacting. The transferring of the tree into the hole looks most difficult as the tree is quite heavy to handle – thanks to some of the NParks crew who helped out too.
A morning well spent with the nature and RBKD, and hope to return soon to ECP to observe the growth of our 4 RBKD trees.
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What: Star Awards 2016 Show 2
When: 24 April 2016
Where: The Theatre @ Mediacorp
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Yvonne, Priority Member:
With the changes in the program sequence of Star Awards, we have the ‘luxury’ of arriving just on time for Show 2.
As usual, we were anxiously anticipating catching a glimpse of her on-screen and also off-screen during commercial breaks.
We were literally screaming our lungs out when they were announcing the results for the 最佳ææ¡£ award. Glad that our efforts have paid off.
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What: Star Awards 2016 Show 1
When: 17 April 2016
Where: The Theatre @ Mediacorp
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Lionel, Priority Member:
It is a Sunday evening, and my first time at the new Mediacorp complex for Star Awards Show 1! The complex is huge, with a large LED screen broadcasting the red carpet event as the stars arrive on the scene. It feels overwhelming that the open area outside the complex is wide enough to contain all the fans who were there and there was still more room available. We were all eager to show our support for Rui En, showing her that we will always be here supporting her because we believe in who she is.
We made our way to the auditorium and found our seats, preparing our posters and banners to show our ardent support for Rui En, and it is especially touching during her award reception speech as she spoke with a heavy heart and with sincerity. It is my second time being part of the cheering squad for Show 1, and I feel that each year, the experience is different because the atmosphere for the event changes. Much as it may be tiring holding the boards, cheering and shouting till our voices are hoarse, it is satisfying knowing that we make our presence felt.
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What: RBKD Bai Nian Tour 2016
When: 20 February 2016
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Melissa, Participant:
This year’s CNY gathering was a cosy affair. Although it had a much smaller turn-out than previous years’, we still had fun and laughed a lot. We did our traditional tossing of the yusheng, and since there were only 4 of us, we each had to eat a really big portion! But, in true RBKD fashion, we went elsewhere to eat even more after that.
I hope that more members will join in for the next CNY Bainian as it’s a really joyous time to know each other more (and yusheng tastes better in smaller portions 
). Thank you Bihui for “opening†your house to us this year!
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What: RBKD’s Reunion Dinner
When: 23 January 2016
Where: Mookata @ Ang Mo Kio
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Weijen, Participant:
I look forward to dinner after activities because to me, dinner is a time when all of us can really sit down, relax, talk and bond. During activities every one of us usually has a duty to do so there is not really a proper time to just talk with our minds blank, we can have this luxury during dinner though.
The reunion dinner was fun as we laughed together while talking about the charity drive during the day. It is also about filling our stomach as we only had a quick and brief lunch break. I was really hungry because I missed my breakfast too 
The dinner is a memorable way to end the day’s activity and I certainly look forward to participating in the charity drive in years to come.
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What: Chinese New Year Charity
When: 23 January 2016
Where: Ang Mo Kio
Participants: Adelyn, Allan, Angel, Bi Hui, Candice, Clarence, Edith, Eqsha, Ernie, Jamie, Jiamin, Joanne, Jonah, Melissa, Peijun, Phyllis, Rebecca, Shannon, Shu Pei, Suwei, Vanessa, Weijen, Xin Jie, Xinyi, Xu Hui, Yanjun, Yanling, Yanping, Yeeling, Yingmei, Yvonne
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Xin Jie, Participant:
One memorable part of this year’s Chinese New Year Charity has got to be the photo-taking session. 
I remembered it took about an hour, or even more!
It was also very touching to see that the elderly keep the polaroids we had taken with them over the years!!! :’) Most of them were very enthusiastic about taking photos too, which was really cute! Really heart-warming to see that they still remembered us.
It was a tiring day, but a definitely a very well-spent satisfying one.
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Allan, Participant:
This is the second year doing CNY charity with RBKD, I think being able to do this with RBKD is a very good experience. It gives me a different feeling. Thanks RBKD for letting me have meaningful memories. Hope that I can still take part in this charity next year!
What: RBKD Orientation 2015
When: 20 June 2015
Where: Holiday Inn Orchard
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Ser Chee, Participant:
It has been a while since I joined in for any dinner/gatherings.
Saw new faces and familiar ones…
Food always bonds a group closer together (be it whether the food is nice or not )
A light-hearted dinner with jokes and laughter everywhere. It’s indeed such a heartwarming sight. RBKD – A Family.
With some topics evolving around jobs, it clearly shows how much we have grown over the years.. HAHA..
Nevertheless, it’s nice to have such a dinner to catch up/reconnect with each other in a way or another.
Once a family, always one.
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What: RBKD Orientation 2015
When: 20 June 2015
Where: Marina Bay Area
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Weijen, Participant (Penang Member):
RBKD Orientation is one of the club events I would mark my calendar for. I look forward to meeting new faces every year and of course, it also represents a truly member-bonding day with Rangels 
It is my 2nd Orientation despite it is already RBKD’s 5th. For the first 3 years they had been organising, June had always proved to be a hectic month for me as my exams fell in June every year. So I said to myself, I must join Orientation once I graduate! and I am happy to have done it for 2 years already.
Orientation 2015 was less pulsating and tiring than Orientation 2014 because there was no amazing race this year. Personally I enjoy more of outdoor sports, and I really enjoyed the feeling of completing task after task as a team during an amazing race. But, I do hear some feedback from participants about a tiring Orientation with an amazing race. So I must say I equally enjoyed it this year with different activities, most interesting and memorable is Double-whacko with my Team Knitted! Full of fun and laughter hahahaha
Kudos to the organising committee for a different Orientation this year! Look forward to more Orientation memories 
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