Fund raised~

Hi! It’s time I blog about the recent happenings in the club again. I believe we all know the club has recently embarked on a journey of fund-raising. The club owes it to Leo Evan Yip! A round of applause for him!

Through this fund-raising project, I have personally witness a strong will and great sense of responsibility from him. Of course, the project also owes many who have helped out in making this project a success. Some who hide behind the curtains and make this success a success. Others, who helped out at the booth~

The event began with plans and then executed starting on Sunday evening, where all the ingredients are bought and brought to Leo Garry’s house for preparation. Cook Kenny, a.k.a. our club treasurer has been of great help by contributing his wonderful recipe of Herbal eggs! For those who have tasted it, knows how good it is. The event also owes to Leo Lina, who seeded the idea of selling sweet corn to raise fund! It was indeed among the highlights of fundraising! Idea without execution is of course nothing. Thanks to Leo Yeung Yung Lin, who was willing to arrange the cups, spoons and the wonderful steamer!

On top of that, the event also has to thank Leo Chee Fei for lending his super-big pots for the now famous ‘Lin Chi Kang’. So much said, the event cannot forget those who lend their car and effort to help bring all the stuffs from LEVEL 5 to the car and from the car to the University! These kind and hardworking people includes Leo Victor Yu, Leo Satish and Leo Shaun! THANKS!

What’s more, Leo Satish inadvertedly surprised everyone by baking 2 huge boxes of cupcakes for the club to raise fund. Not only the contribution of forking out money to bake the cupcakes, but the effort. The effort really touched some of us in the club. Leo Joeanne, expressed her gratitude as the Tropicana Leader.

Morever, fellow Leos who also helped in the planning and executing the plan like Leo Jack Seow, and Leo Fong Boon Hoe, who are there every time help is needed. Not forget to mention those not from Tropicana, Leo June Lim, Leo Carolyn who are there almost every day to assist organizing chairperson in making this event a success. Still, there are many names to mention. Our club is blessed to have the twin sisters who helped at the booth without sign of tiredness; Leo Yi Peng & Yi Mei.

From the event, I myself have seen the many will. Some strong, some weak. But in all, we have come thru it together. It’s for the society. A club with over 70 members should have 70 over participations. But, in the light of the event, we see the revelation of what was once shared by Lion Nelson. In a club, we have 3 kinds of members.

1. The ones who actively partake in the ENTIRE event.

2. The kind who wait and see this happen.

3. The kind who DON’T even know what is going on.

Type 2 and 3, don't lose hope. You chance and turn will come. Just strive to be type 1 any time in the near future! We all will be given the chance to SERVE~

Not forgetting the event managed to raise RM 400 within 4 days. Though not a huge amount, but it was a learning experience. I bear witness to the growth of a man. In times of hardship is when we see the true faces of many. Let’s continue to be UNITED and SERVE!!! Leo Club of Monash University. ROAR!~ ROAR!~ ROAR!~

Garry's been pondering~

Service

Often are the times, our members seem to NOT know why they are in Leo club. Some join because of Friends, some joined because they thought they want to have fun, some join because they need to join something so that they are not left out. And… some join because they had to please their friends. While others join perhaps to get the cert. Somehow or rather, joining the Leo club, they have other intentions.

However little do they know Leo club is actually a service club! Serving by the motto, ‘We Serve’ meaning joining and wanting to volunteer. Of course while serving, you enjoy the presence of friends, and you do get fun out of it and certificates are just proof of service. But many of us tend to forget what the MAIN objective is.

Therefore I urge fellow Leos to earnestly having the spirit of serving! I quote the ex-president of America, J.F. Kennedy. Ask not what you can get but ask 1^st what you can give.. Nonetheless, I would like to share a short story about serving which I have heard from church today.

Do you know why, in Hell, the inhabitants are often described as thin, and ever hungry? The story goes saying that in Hell, there is this Bowl, where food is filled non-stop. And all the inhabitants are given a pair of chopstick so long that the inhabitants cannot eat with it. Meanwhile, in Heaven, the same situation happens. The only difference is that the inhabitants of Heaven are ever well-fed and happy. The reason being is that the inhabitants of Heaven feed each other with the long-chopsticks they have. Since they themselves cannot feed themselves, they feed EACH OTHER!

This story is of course fictitious. Whether true or not, it is not of utmost importance. The importance of it is that, we too can make a difference in our community. It is up to us to choose whether or not we want out community to turn into Hell. Serving others doesn’t have to mean we ourselves have to be well off in the first place. We all have a need. We just need to look beyond ourselves sometimes. Only by doing so, perhaps we can help not only ourselves, but the people surrounding us.

Let us Serve~

-G@rry-