Simple! Delcie’s is a company that believed in community bonding and relationships to help one and other grow. When I first sign up as a PA trainer 2 years back, I have the exact same views i.e. to give back what I learnt to the society and to make more friends within the local community. I paid so much to learn the technique of Crystal Jewellery application to mobile phones from a Master that came from the States. After I realised how simple it was, I decided that anyone should have a fair chance of knowing how to do that without having to pay that heftyprice! This was when I decided that I should inpart my knowledge to anyone who is keen to learn this skill and encourage them to set up their home business by doing “bling” mobile phones.

As my students will be able to enjoy further a subsidised rate when they used their PAssion Cards to sign up for my course, this was how I came to understand the concept of PAssion Card. With a similar thought for Delcie’s Desserts to foster a stronger relationship within the community and spread the word for our “Build A Cafe” project, we decided to ride on PAssion Card programmes and see how we can work out a win-win situation for the both of us.

I’ve met up with a few people for the past 2 months trying to understand how their promotion system works and what Delcie’s Desserts can offer to all Passion Card holders. In here, I would like to thank a few people.

Thank you Mdm Lam from Bishan Community Centre for being so friendly and nice!

Thank you Christine for meeting up with me to explain all about your PAssion Card programmes and referring Delcie’s Desserts to Jessie.

Last but not least, thank you Jessie for following up with me on how we can get onto the Bishan neighbourhood programmes.

A little background about PAssion Card…
“The PAssion Card is certainly more than just another membership or discount card. It serves the unique purpose of connecting you with your community by offering you a host of exciting and wholesome activities.”

To end, once our application with Passion Card is approved, we will be offering special discounts and delivery rates to all PAssion Card holders. So in order to benefit yourself while you enjoy our Delcie’s Desserts at a special member rate, sign up for Passion Card now to be part of the community at only $10 for 3 years subscription! Plus, you can earn linkpoints while you shop at NTUC Fairprice outlets.

Take care all and we really do hope our application will go through successfully. I will keep you all posted on the status!

This was a sponsored workshop organized by SIM university for People’s Association. The actual course name is “Friendship Building & Community Bonding Workshop”, conducted by the ever funny man from USA, Michael A Podolinsky.

There was a total of 6 conducted course for all the trainers in PA. In my class alone held at Toa Payoh West CC, there was already more than 200 trainers coming from all part of Singapore teaching different classes such as language, hobbies, cooking, music, art, sports and even healing art/sports.

The class started off by a brief introduction of the workshop. Quickly, before we managed to warm our own seats, we were forced to introduce ourselves to as many people as we can in the hall. Slowly, we get to know more and more trainers from different CCs/RCs teaching various interesting subjects.

Throughout the workshop, the speaker kept asking questions and whoever answered his questions will get a treat from the bag.

Personally, I find this speaker really interesting and he’s simply born to teach networking and bonding. He carries a charisma that allow his students like ourselves to ease and eventually, open up ourselves.

Alot was learnt from this workshop and I must say PA is really trying very hard to equipped all us, trainers with the best skills and knowledge in order for us to impart what we know to them effectively. Same time, encouraging our own students to mingle and talk to each other during our class.

At the back of my mind, I believe they were trying to encourage the trainers to encourage singles in their class to socialise and open up with social circle. This got to do with the whole building a family thing as often encouraged by the Singapore government.

At the end of the day, to get our students to bond would definitely require people to sign up for our classes. During our discussion with other trainers from different traits, we all realised that we had a common problem i.e. the PA wasn’t putting enough effort to help promote our classes to the public.

As for myself, I realised that I’m one of the youngest trainer in PA and looking around the hall, there were only a handful of younger trainers. It must be the whole CC image. To many Singaporeans, they think that community centres are places where only old people come together to socialise and CCs/RCs are known as old-folks entertainment centres.

In fact, true enough, some of the classes which I went to were really filled with people from the older generation. I must say this is a disappointing fact because many of the courses and classes that PA offers were extremely enriching and helpful to the youth. I wish more younger Singaporean would be pro-active in taking charge of their own life and sign themselves up for the classes offered by PA.

Community Centres and RCs are no longer a place for the old people.

Plus plus plus, if you sign up for PA’s passion card, you get members’ rate if you sign up for any courses offered by PA and more immediate discounts the many restaurants and entertainment centres that are tied up with PA’s passion card.

I recently realised that I can get 30% off the tickets for Singapore Flyer with my Passion Card!

In case you didn’t know, I’m a PA trainer. I’m currently teaching handicraft jewellery art for mobile phones in various CCs and RCs. Whichever CCs/RCs that is interested in my class, I would then register to open a class there. Frankly speaking, there isn’t any money to teach as a PA trainer because until now, I’ve yet to profit from any classes that I’ve conducted. I would say it’s more for the leisure, meeting new people and the fun of imparting my students with my skills and knowledge. I would really love to open a bakery class or a design class but unfortunately, one of PA’s rules is 1 class per PA trainer. 

Anyway, below is a newpaper article of myself and my bling phones in Sunday Times.

Hmmm, I have an idea! Perhaps, I should think about organizing a class during one of our month-end gathering!

Well, if you’re interested in learning the art to bling your phones and enjoy Delcie’s desserts on the other, let me know your interest by sending me an email to list@delciesdesserts.com

Anyway, stay tune to tomorrow’s Part 2 entry as I blog about what was taught in the Ice-Breaker Course.