PROSH 2005!
I saw devils, fairies, policemen, Tigger, gypsies, students in labcoats and other outrageous outfits. I missed out on a teapot like Mrs Pott in Beauty and the Beast. Jasmine, Nicole and I went as witches.
Woke up at 2am, and went over to Trinity (college) to Jasmine's room at 330 am. I volunteered to have my face painted first and it was my first time letting my friends paint my face! My other experience was in primary school, where I was an owl in Noah's Ark, my school's choral production. Nicole and Jasmine painted my face white and jasmine drew the web on after! She improvised, using lipstick when the black didn't really stand out... Now I have a slight problem removing it somehow..
What is PROSH? PROSH is a fundraising day UWA students have, where lessons are cancelled and we roam the streets in costumes and raise funds for selected organisations! This year, organisations included the Leukaemis Foundation and Cystic Fibrosis Association! Children are among the main beneficiaries!
The three of us had a stack of PROSH papers and a tin can and Sean fetched us to the city at about 630am. The streets were already full of Uni students and most of the walking pedestrians were already attacked by the invasion of queerly dressed students. We finally found our spot to park ourselves at, a one way street in the city! That spot was really good, cos the traffic lights turned red pretty fast, and when it did, the 3 of us sold papers to the cars that stopped. Many of them wound down their windows and signalled us over, which was really great! On average, we could have sold about 4 papers per traffic light.. Not to mention the rather steady flow of pedestrians walking up the street..
What amazed me about Prosh was that most of the public came to us wanting to donate, most of them already knew what Prosh was! We just had to shout, " Would you like a Prosh paper?" and majority of them responded, even the random tourist on further elaboration. What struck me even more was the generosity of the public, about 5 of them paid a $5 note and 1 gentleman gave us $10! Mind you, they walked towards us with the bill ready in their hands! We completed our stack at 830 am and walked back towards the main shopping area! We even helped this other girl sell a portion of her papers!
Subway for breakfast was great! We received a few compliments about our dressing, that it was coordinated, scary, pretty nice! Glad that those came, as we prepared really last minute! Went back to Trinity after and took alot more photos!
I really enjoyed Prosh! My first experience, and probably wont be my last i hope. Dressing up was exciting as well, I remember Sean putting loads of powder in my hair to give me gray hair! I remember the generally positive response of the public and of course, I will always remember the fun I had on this witchy wednesday!
Woke up at 2am, and went over to Trinity (college) to Jasmine's room at 330 am. I volunteered to have my face painted first and it was my first time letting my friends paint my face! My other experience was in primary school, where I was an owl in Noah's Ark, my school's choral production. Nicole and Jasmine painted my face white and jasmine drew the web on after! She improvised, using lipstick when the black didn't really stand out... Now I have a slight problem removing it somehow..
What is PROSH? PROSH is a fundraising day UWA students have, where lessons are cancelled and we roam the streets in costumes and raise funds for selected organisations! This year, organisations included the Leukaemis Foundation and Cystic Fibrosis Association! Children are among the main beneficiaries!
The three of us had a stack of PROSH papers and a tin can and Sean fetched us to the city at about 630am. The streets were already full of Uni students and most of the walking pedestrians were already attacked by the invasion of queerly dressed students. We finally found our spot to park ourselves at, a one way street in the city! That spot was really good, cos the traffic lights turned red pretty fast, and when it did, the 3 of us sold papers to the cars that stopped. Many of them wound down their windows and signalled us over, which was really great! On average, we could have sold about 4 papers per traffic light.. Not to mention the rather steady flow of pedestrians walking up the street..
What amazed me about Prosh was that most of the public came to us wanting to donate, most of them already knew what Prosh was! We just had to shout, " Would you like a Prosh paper?" and majority of them responded, even the random tourist on further elaboration. What struck me even more was the generosity of the public, about 5 of them paid a $5 note and 1 gentleman gave us $10! Mind you, they walked towards us with the bill ready in their hands! We completed our stack at 830 am and walked back towards the main shopping area! We even helped this other girl sell a portion of her papers!
Subway for breakfast was great! We received a few compliments about our dressing, that it was coordinated, scary, pretty nice! Glad that those came, as we prepared really last minute! Went back to Trinity after and took alot more photos!
I really enjoyed Prosh! My first experience, and probably wont be my last i hope. Dressing up was exciting as well, I remember Sean putting loads of powder in my hair to give me gray hair! I remember the generally positive response of the public and of course, I will always remember the fun I had on this witchy wednesday!
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