So uh, it took me some time to process all the various payments, money transfer and collections. That's why this final donation post took awhile to arrive. And all the banks be hasslin' me for fees and commission and shit.
Actually, it didn't really take that long, other than the international money transfer, most of it was just me being lazy as heck. Whoops. But the bank fees are real (more on that later).
ANYWAY.
Thanks to all of you awesome folk out there who donated to our worthy cause (cough), we managed to raise $5521.59! Not to shabby, if I may say so myself. Now if you're wondering about the strange number and why it doesn't tally with the $4087 as shown, this is the actual breakdown:
GiveAsia donations: $4087
GiveAsia tips and fees: -$292.41
Other cash donations: $1727 (including a $2 collection in Rupees while we were actually in India)
Bank fees and that automatic tip to GiveAsia (if you did not realize in time to un-check it) made up for the difference. But it costs money and effort to upkeep such a website and service so I'm not going to begrudge them too much about it. Except the part where they automatically charge you a 10% tip in small print if you don't pay attention. That's a little scummy.
So we made good on our pledge to donate 500 GBP to Cool Earth, which amounted to $890 (including more bank fees and charges).
That leaves us with $4631.50 split evenly between Esplanade and the NUH Heart Fund, for over $2300 each. Wow. Also, coincidentally, the amount donated specifically for each side was also equal. No, I shit you not. It's almost as if divine providence allowed me to do less book keeping.
Yep, so that's the conclusion to our happy little tale.
The last bit we have to left to do is actually find a way to get the money to NUH / Esplanade, but I presume giving people money shouldn't be too difficult. As opposed to receiving money, where we sent $1763 to the organizers as deposit for our vehicle, only to receive $1623 back in return. Mind you, we were due to receive ALL our deposit back because Yinghao is an amazing driver that way and didn't break anything. Still, in the 3 months where the money moved around the world, bank fees and exchange rates managed to chew away almost 10% of our money. Negative 40% interest rate per annum? Best rate of return ever.
Again though, thanks everyone for your support!
Go out somewhere and do somethingstupid awesome!
For the last time,
Jik
Actually, it didn't really take that long, other than the international money transfer, most of it was just me being lazy as heck. Whoops. But the bank fees are real (more on that later).
ANYWAY.
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Thanks to all of you awesome folk out there who donated to our worthy cause (cough), we managed to raise $5521.59! Not to shabby, if I may say so myself. Now if you're wondering about the strange number and why it doesn't tally with the $4087 as shown, this is the actual breakdown:
GiveAsia donations: $4087
GiveAsia tips and fees: -$292.41
Other cash donations: $1727 (including a $2 collection in Rupees while we were actually in India)
Bank fees and that automatic tip to GiveAsia (if you did not realize in time to un-check it) made up for the difference. But it costs money and effort to upkeep such a website and service so I'm not going to begrudge them too much about it. Except the part where they automatically charge you a 10% tip in small print if you don't pay attention. That's a little scummy.
So we made good on our pledge to donate 500 GBP to Cool Earth, which amounted to $890 (including more bank fees and charges).
That leaves us with $4631.50 split evenly between Esplanade and the NUH Heart Fund, for over $2300 each. Wow. Also, coincidentally, the amount donated specifically for each side was also equal. No, I shit you not. It's almost as if divine providence allowed me to do less book keeping.
Yep, so that's the conclusion to our happy little tale.
The last bit we have to left to do is actually find a way to get the money to NUH / Esplanade, but I presume giving people money shouldn't be too difficult. As opposed to receiving money, where we sent $1763 to the organizers as deposit for our vehicle, only to receive $1623 back in return. Mind you, we were due to receive ALL our deposit back because Yinghao is an amazing driver that way and didn't break anything. Still, in the 3 months where the money moved around the world, bank fees and exchange rates managed to chew away almost 10% of our money. Negative 40% interest rate per annum? Best rate of return ever.
Again though, thanks everyone for your support!
Go out somewhere and do something
For the last time,
Jik
Awesome post, thanks for sharing.
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