I attended the "SWOP" event yesterday organised by a committee whom has been doing it regularly. This is something new to me! What a good way of recycling!
Supposedly going with the sister but she was stuck somewhere enjoying someone painting her toe nails. So I ended up queueing up and went in alone! I brought 10 pieces of unwanted clothings, those which we have been dying to donate to the Salvation Army but lacked the transport and time to do it. So great, now they holding this event at Tampines 1... I practically just walked over! Admission was $5, minimum of 5 pieces of clothings to bring along. I didn't know there wasn't a limit to the number of clothings we bring, so anyway I only had 10 with me. They had a quality check (refused those with stains/dye) then gave us tokens (for the no. of successful ones thrown in for swapping) for us to exchange it for others' unwanted clothings. It was like treasure hunting, digging in the piles. It was just what I expected, the sponsored clothings were gone by the time I got in... a lot of really worn, old and not fashionable pieces. It took me a while to find some decent ones, I found 2 tees that suit my sisters, got those; and then found some for myself. I'm so lucky to find a TopShop linen shorts that actually smell "new", size 10 but fits me perfectly! Got back home and realised some doesn't fit me, I shall give them away or goes back to my Salvation Army "bag". There was also movie screening inside, couch area for boyfriends.. and free ice-cream.
It's a new experience and definitely worth the $5, just wish that more people could have donated better quality clothings (maybe they did and were all snapped up) than some worn out and outdated stuff! The things I brought were all pretty new (mostly from my sister), just no longer wearable anymore. By the way, at the end of the day, the clothes left over from the event would still eventually go to the Salvation Army!
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