The Bryan Story.... Choose your Uni/College Wisely!

Thanks for many of your positive comments about the last Article, "What..?! Only 1A?"... Hhahaha Gave me inspiration to write more! :P Well... after that article.. i was thinking of a Part 2 in some ways or another... Cos... SPM is one helluva crappy 17 years of life that each Malaysian has to endure.... Yea... Let me tell you a story about my good friend... Let's call him "Bryan" (Not his real name!) 

Bryan remembered after his highly rushed, adrenalin thomping (is that even a word?!!) I-am-so-screwed moment of receiving that lousy piece of paper that judged us for who we are konon (how many A's you got?!) moment... he and his friends screamed out loud....
"SPM.. **** YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Yea... those were the days.... He continued to lepak with his pals... enjoyed life for a few more weeks to come... then enrolled in College....only to realize that...Damn..... This shyt is happening all over again!!!! No kidding.. He thought... after SPM... study life is almost over... and Every senior or older friend would have used that ever-famous line..... "COLLEGE & UNI LIFE IS DIFFERENT!!!!".... (yea right! No need study meh? sot jor ah!!!)

So.. Bryan came to a point... take Form 6... or Go for College? If take Form 6.. have to cut his hair, redye his hair into pure Asian hair colour (i.e. black.. like hello???) and remove his earrings... and UN-Cool himself....And OMFG.. an all-time favourite.... SCHOOL UNIFORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Imagine Bryan is in some Northern Schools where they had to cut typically botak style.. or Girls school where every chic looks the same! hahahah Pun intended! :P)

From this point.. let's analyze how many versions of BRYAN do we have here.... k?

Form 6
Face it! Parents boh lui... Family boh lui... yourself boh lui.... Shut up and study harder in Form 6 and Change your TYPEs so that you can do better and make your parents proud... so that you can go into local Uni and earn a diploma or degree so that you can come out and work and give allowance to your parents later... again... remember my last article... where I wrote about being a piece of BBQ Pork? Atleast the BBQ Pork serves a purposes rather than you not studying hard!!!

Science Stream
Continue to be in the science stream... since Bryan was doing Bio Chem or Physics classes and had no clue... (hahaha) Now, if Bryan aims to be an Engineer or a Doctor... well.. by all means. What if Bryan still has no clue.... Well... Bryan can either:
i) Shoot himself right this instance
ii) Ask himself if he wanna be into Medicine, Chemical Line, Drugs (pharmaceutical lah.... what you thinking! hahaha) or being in the "Science" field... SERIOUSLY.... No kidding. Many of Bryan's "Friends" really still stuck themselves in the TYPE 9 category... where they just don't bother. Well good luck... BBQ Pork! let's not waste time talking about the BBQ pork (For Muslim friends who are reading this.. sorry la... don't get offended. it's just a Chinese phrase! :P)
iii) Ask himself if he MIGHT be interested in Accounting, Economics, language, Literature (urgkkk), business... meeting people and sell shyt... telling stories and inspire people (hmmmmm....)
Change stream into Arts

Arts Stream
Face it.. if Bryan was originally an Arts Stream student... most likely.. from Form 1-3.. he already know what he wants and who he wanna be... and decided to go into Arts solely because he wants this line in the future. If he is not that...(Ahem) smart initially, means, he eityher scored less than 2-3 A's in PMR and that he had no choice cause the School doesnt want him in the Science Stream and kind'a foced him into the Arts stream! (Hahah) Sorry.. again.. pun intended. If by now you are getting pissed... pls do not post some damn lame Anonymous comments here cause I spoke the inevitable. Face Facts.. ask you to study baik baik in Form 3 dont want..So dont give me the finger now!

If Bryan is smart enough.. he would have thought carefully....!
1) Become a BBQ Pork and stay in Science stream cos he really dont bother.
2) Stay in Science Stream cos he knows what he wants....in the Science field... OR.. he has doubts... about the fact that the only reason he chose Science in Form 4 was because going into Arts in Form 4 damn malu and like.. no friends there... or his school forces him in!
3) Switch to Arts cause he has doubts perhaps.. Maybe.. MAYBBEEEEE he thinks he might be better off here...

4) Arts easier lorrrr

To those who memang chose arts from Form 4 because they want to... well... good on ya! Stay here... shd probably stop reading liao... :P Anyway...WHAT IF...

Bryan comes to Arts stream.... What line pulak?
Well... talk to your bloody counselor and make him/her work. :P

Now.. if Bryan is in Form 6... he'll spend another 1.5 years there... So switch your types... choose your right subjects/streams... and good luck.. I'll see you in the next 2 years for another story. hahaha....
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For 5th formers who are choosing their Uni/College....Here we go...Got a few Bryans here you know...!

1) Don't wanna study liao... just go out and work ... and tells the whole world... wanna rest for a while and study later after "Gaining some experience"... Wow... This Bryan forgotten that he lives in Malaysia and most Malaysian firms look at what cert you have before hiring you.... Well, if you just want to be a normal guy.. live happy go lucky... serves drinks.. cut hair... bla bla bla.. then... ok lor.. Go ahead.... Most likely your salary in the future will not surpass RM1500/mth... (Disclaimer: We do have many miracles amongst us who has no cert and end up a millionaire... Big hand to you... now back to reality....)

2) Choose a college....now in this category alone.. we have a few types of Bryans.... 

i) Dunno what to study... follow friends lah!!!
Note: I have a few friends who chose Mechanical Engineering cos Banyak kawan going ma... so go lor!!!! They ended up burning the parents' hard earned $$$ of not less than RM5k+ for the semester that they barely survived... oh yea.. some even flunked big time.... I mean.. Come on.. These Bryan's where their parents are not that.. ahem.. rich... THINKS that they have the $$$$... hence, what they do? Steaddddyyyy lah!!! pass also maaaa!!!! or.. Shyt.. fail liao.. nevermind la.. re-sit! .. I mean... telling the world they go to Sunway College or Monash... or Taylors.. I mean... WOW... okay what!!!

FACE FACTS: If dy/dx and trigo is not your favourite subjects... or Physics you don't even score 60... face it... You suck....! Go study something else! I mean... come on...!!!! This field is just not yours!!!! you think you HAVE it.. but you don't! you suck!!! "Work harder can maaaa".. ok.. Once again ladies and gentlemen... YOU SUCK at Physics and Maths... Go study something else!!!! please! Dont follow your friends just because.. your friends like to study those field.. AND jeng! Jeng! Jeng!!!!....

Bryan's GF.... wanna study that .. so Bryan follow saja la... Cos... typical lor... GF ma.. can meet everyday ma... at the age of 17... He found his true LOVE....! He found that he really LIKES AND LOVEEEESSSS the GF so much that he would "Die" for her.... Aduih..... Go laaa.. Go.... No problem... :)

ii) Indecisive Bryan
This is where .... Bryan is not very sure what field he wants to do.. but he is better than the above Bryan at least he won't go into a field where his friends of chic goes into simply co there's company! I mean Come on!!!!!!! you are studying not because you want to stay with your friends!!!!

Let me share with you a typical Friendship lifecycle in Malaysia...
Primary Education
Secondary Form 1-3
Form 4-5 (Esp when your hormones start to pump in and opposite sex plays an important role here)
FOrm 6 or College/Uni Life
Work Life
Work Life 2
Work Life 3
Work Life 4?
Work Life 5???
We attend your funeral....

Friends come and go... Good friends stay... Some don't (That's why they are lousy ones!) Some kept in touch.. some even got married to each other... so.. CHILL!!! If your friends are good ones... tthey will stay in touch. Dont go following them!

So..back to our main topic... What Field???

i) Engineering:
You need to define which one! There's Mechanical, Civil, Electrical & Electronic Engineering! Lay man terms... You like machines???(Mechanical).. Build buildings/architectural (Civil) ... High tech gadgets and shyt like that (E&E).....Most "Bryans" who wanna be an Engineer would have known about which one of the Engineering fields they are interested in already... So... These types of bryans I don't really have to talk much cause most likely they are the TYPE 1s or 2s.... (Type2s.. pls la.. go out and get more friends...!) Good luck in your future ya! :) Make sure you build 'em bridges properly or buildings... so they wont's crack or leak... (woo hooo OUCH! :P)

ii) IT
Now.. actually.. this field alone got plentttttty of areas to choose from... The typical being Information Technology per se. These are mostly for those computer whiz kids... those Dota idiots who beat the shyt out of me most of the time... or they read codes on the computer screen and can understand them... like seriously....! This type of Bryan's... don't think anything else... just bloody go for this... Choose to major in some areas if you already know what you want....

We also have the Comp Science, Comp Engineering degrees... We have the designers.... those stuff... And if these type of Bryans...most likely from form 3 since he started Dota-ing or CS-ing... he would have known which field he wants to!... Good Luck...

Now.. our major concern is those Bryans who THINKS that Comp Science or IT Diploma/Degree is cool and wanna "Try it out"... again... my bottom line... Choose wisely... Go understand the field before coming into this before I call you a piece of BBQ Pork again.

iii) Business
There are many business degrees out there... question is which one? Now... A lot of these new "University-College" people will tell you how "highly-accredited" their diplomas or degrees are....! Of course laaa.. you forgot their rice bowl is .. TADA... from that particular College!!!!!!! Be careful upon selection. I have a friend who has a diploma that was "Accredited by the LAN - Lembaga Akreditasi Negara" (Now different name ady... dunno call what.. but same shyt) ... only to find out a few years later that the Diploma is not recognised by the government or the LAN department.. In other words... No LAN use (Hey... not vulgar word ya...)

Those 3+0...4+0.. please study them carefully.... They will show you letters chopped and signed by the new LAN or whatever department there is in Malaysia... but at the end of the day.... you will still have a no LAN use cert if you don't find it out before you sign up for the course!

When you have selected a particular Uni course etc... they will put you through Foundation level.. then Diploma level 1-3 or maybe advanced... then Degree... or some would tell you Foundation.. then Year 1-4... bla bla bla the list goes on! Do note that once you have signed up ... your Foundation or Year 1 MIGHTTTTT not be recognized by another... so-called University-College ya! Especially when many people wanna study in one particular Uni.. then decided to switch to another... you will (again) waste a lot of your parents' hard earned $$$$ cause the new Uni-College you enrolled in.. would tell you that the former cert you got... not recognized wan... cause that Uni from UK or Timbaktu is not very popular wan bla bla bla!!!!! Then, they say... "Nevermind la.. we have checked with our (experienced) Chancellor what not.. that this new Uni will now accept you, BUT (there's always a catch) you have to do additional semesters.... i.e. more $$$$$$$!

Find out more about the College/Uni you want to enrol at first... Don't because they have "affiliations" with some UK canggih names that you can't even pronounce.....you reckon that your future piece of paper that cost your parents 40k+ is actually a piece of crap.... :)

If it's Business related degrees or diplomas.... you might even want to look at ABE, CIM etc... these are professional courses where they are recognized worldwide ya!

iii) Accounting?
Some already debating that they want to take CIMA or ACCA already... and without much knowledge of what they are.. or actually what they stand for! Friends say maaaa.... CIMA not so good.. ACCA better... more recognized... these sorta Bryans....(again) shd be BBQ porks... cause they listen to their "friends"... i kind'a forgotten Bryan's Friends are all professors and doctors or great accountants eh?

CIMA is Chartered institute of Management Accountants and ACCA is Association of Chartered Certified Accountants .... Do these words mean anything to you? I bet 9/10 wouldn't have a clue.. just like Bryan!!!!

Laymen term.... CIMA is more towards management accounting... ACCA is more towards Auditing etc etc... Now if these laymen terms also you don't understand.. and yet.. you are like this Bryan who really has some form of passion for Accounts (urgkkk)... shut up and do LCCI first please... or some basic foundation in Accounting....

You have to go through some phases before you actually know whether CIMA or ACCA suits you better... So, Bryan shd really start with those basic accounting.... decide later cos your lecturers will guide you and at the end.. you yourself will know CIMA or ACCA is better... Otherwise... go be a BBQ Pork.... :)

Other fields:
Now.. there are plenty more fields to go into for Bryan... but this writer really can only speak about so much that he knows.. hence... good luck OTHER BRYANS....! :)

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Now...What if Bryan Studies his Form 6... and comes out.. and didn't actually get an offer to a local degree... harrrrrrr..... jeng jeng jeng......!!!!!!!!

1) Firstly, dai sei... cos never Change TYPEs... still stay like before in Form 5... so.. cry also no tears eh! :P
2) He has options now.... just like the above.... but do note... If a sixth former who fails to get into Local Uni... with the STPM cert and after yet another 1.5years of torture... Bryan comes out and joins some College... he only exchanges probably 6months of the foundation level of the private studies. This means.... Bryan's peers would have been in Year 2 by the time he wants to do private education after form 6... OR let me put it in a more torturous way.... Bryan's Juniors.. most likely 2 years younger.. might end up in the same class as he is! Cause... Bryan's juniors who went straight into  College after Form 5... spends only 6 months for Foundation or at most 1 year (for those bloody LCLY Colleges like T******) ...

SUMMARY
What should Bryan Do?

i) Smart Bryan... already know his destiny (konon)... Go ahead... Good luck in your future and Change your Types!!!! :P
ii) So-So bryan.... But already decided.... Go for it!!!! If that's what you wanna do.. don't follow your friends etc etc... Go study that field/line!!!

iii) The SH Bryan... Dont waste your parents' money... spend 2 more years in Form 6 to see if it really changes your type and keep you focused on what you realllllly wanna do. otherwise.. go out and work!

All in all... Choose your courses or fields wisely... Don't make a mistake and it will simply cost loads of money to make that U Turn later. And once you have selected that course.... Don't turn back and focus on achieving good results! Don't tell me the owners of Facebook is a College drop-out.. or a lot of millionaires are just SPM holders.... The right thing to point out is... ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? if you are.. you would not be reading my article by now cause half way through you would have thought "Crap! Waste time.. not worth my time reading"... Hence... ya... face facts...!

Disclaimer:
Sorry to offend anyone if I Bryan-ised your life... but again.. this is my blog for the benefit for all my Leos and their friends. you don't like it, don't read.. but wait. if you are reading this.. means that you have finished reading the entire long and lame blogpost... Still don't like it? Go find some wall to bang...

Good Luck!

Regards

Lion Alan Thoo
DC for Leo Clubs
District 308B2 (Malaysia)

WHAT???? only 1 A in SPM?!

I had to type something when I got so much news from my Leos about their results. Some were very happy because they scored straight A's... Some scored so-so... some only had a handful, some had none at all! Well .... Gaining Straight A's is something you should be extremely proud of! You have done well.. and congratulations! Also to those who scored the number of A's... Bravo!!!!! Let me tell you this... My sibblings... Elder and younger brother  and me.. with all the A's we got during our time at SPM... probably still cannot classified as a STRAIGHT A's student. Mark my words... all three of us combined you know! hahaha! 

Let's start to classify the types of students you are:

TYPE 1: Straight A's and active in your extra-curricular activities

TYPE 2: Straight A's and stay at home, number of friends on Facebook exceed 500, but number of real friends ... "10 fingers can count all" (typical chinese translation.. my apologies)

TYPE 3: 6-8 A's... not too bad in your social life... and very happy of your results cause you earned it!

TYPE 4: 6-8 A's... very active in your social life.. and not happy with the Type 1 & 2... cause you think that you should be there! You are now blaming yourself for not spending enough time in your studies and you are thinking the famous phrase... "I wasted my time in XXXX club/association.. I should have bla bla bla...."

TYPE 5: 4-5 A's... very happy with whatever you have achieved... cause you led a life at school.. got friends.. got family... got facebook (hahaha) and you're just happy! No issues!

TYPE 6: 1-3 A's... Very active in social life.. FB most likely >1000 friends.. real friends lagi banyak... Should be some key persons in their clubs, associations etc etc... Don't bother much about all the other types as above.. cos you felt that you led your life happily.. gained a lot of street-smart experience.. and don't bother about anything in the world at this stage

TYPE 7: Just as Type 6, but the problem is you damn tulan with yourself now... cause you felt that you should have studied harder.. you shouldn't have joined all those clubs or association! Your parents are screaming down at you.... for such lousy marks and that you disgrace them... The word that constantly pop up in your mind right now is... "I should have..."... or "I Could Have...."

TYPE 8: No A's... Still ok to you.. you are really not that affected la. Chill-ing all your way and laughing at the Type 7s!

TYPE 9: No A's... Blames the world... don't care.. and no idea about whatever...

Let's analyze now aite!!!

TYPE 1.. well congrats! You earn it.. studied hard... well done! For the Type1, I respect you really. How I wish I could be just like you! You know, I have friends like you peepz... Active in all that you do at school... prefect maybe.. scouts? Leo? Interactor? Bandie? Debator? Someone in school lah! You are awesome wei. You work hard and play hard! Good luck in our future! Don't look back now and say that you have achieved this great and awesome results and start slacking k? Your SPM and high school life is over! Now's College and Uni time! Continue to be that top student out there and continue to enjoy your College & Uni life! Definitely you'll love it as it's a whole new ball game!!!!!

TYPE 2: Firstly, congrats lah.... Secondly.. Sorry I have to say this... You might end up with thick glasses somewhere... maybe earning a couple of thousand and driving a brand new proton sudah cukup makan gua? A small house and 2 kids already cukup. Good on ya... But really... if you end up in some Uni.. stop facebooking and go out there to actually "LIKE" what your REAL friends are talking about man... Seriously! I mean.. ya lor.. you will most likely end up working for the TYPES 4-9 anywayzzz... think about it... Staying in this "TYPE" will make you so old in thoughts that you would end up being a bloody anti-socialite. But then again, if that's the journey of life you want to lead... Go ahead man! Really... and my apologies for pointing out the inevitable.

TYPE 3, 5, 6, 8... Do you know.. how many people out there are just like you? You'll survive in the open , real world faster than anyone else! You have principles in life and you would have no issues mixing around with anyone, from any race, country or religion cause you have the brains and you go for it!

TYPE 4, 7... I think you should just go out and get and chill! You need to move yourselves to the 3,5,6,8....! You have the brains too.. but you have the jealousy heart and soul in you that should have been wiped out! You need to seriously think about the examination is something to challenge yourself and not against one another! Life is a competition. Whether it is a healthy one or a dead serious competition... you'd better stay clear pls! You may have the brains... but if you let the heart tells you where to go and lead you to the "I will do all I can to bring him/her down" mentality.. then you'd better stop that feeling right now! How to? 

Oh well.... look yourself in the mirror....scold the person facing you kau kau!!!!! :) It might work. Hahahaha..Otherwise...

Chill... and work harder next time! Life is just at the cross roads... not even started yet!

Types 9: Erm... go get a job and make yourselves useful la. Don't waste your parents' money for tertiary studies no more.. better let them use it for a European holiday or something.. at least they earn it! :) Otherwise.. it's time to think about your life and move yourselves to the other Types already lehh! it's time to make your past 17 years of life... a slightly more useful one.. not to the world or your family yet.. but atleast to yourself! Think about it! It ain't cheap raising you... Like Chinese Saying... your parents should have gave birth to a block of Honey BBQ Pork. atleast the prok serves a purpose. :)

Time to wake up from your life and make them proud of you!

Summary
I scored 3A's in my SPM back then. I was very active in my Leo Club, school band and prefect activities! The number of extra-curricular certs that I have received would add up to at least an inch thick (then)! To blame it on my activities, I must say it will be a little to harsh to do. But I did. YES.. I was really a TYPE 7! No kidding! Still failing to think that I could have balanced out my activities and my studies... I just couldn't be bothered with my life and went into Form 6.

When I was in Form 6... I must have thought I was a bloody Romeo or something.. and because of chicks and all... I kind'a screwed up my life and also at the same time I was really not studying much. I didn't fail any subjects though.... but I had 1A, 1B, 1C, 2 Ds in my STPM! i only really tried to study 2-3 months before the exams! Throughout the 1.5 years in my Form 6 life... I think I hurt many of my friends by choosing wrong words and doing the stupidest shyt anyone could have thought of (we'll leave that for another blog post k?)....

Hence, when I got the results... I kind'a like ... stayed at TYPE 7... blame the world.. blame this and that... and forgetting to blame that one thing that is undeniably the root to my "failure"... ME.

Well, application to the local university came....at that time... we didn't have online submission.. no facebook nor friendster even.. for friends to post "I'm going to apply for this bla bla bla" on their status. We just had word of mouth! Yup!!! I grew up in the Malaysian Internet Revolutionary period of time.... hence.. yeah.. MIRC was a cool thing then! Oh ya. ICQ came about later! hahahaah! Those were the days man!

Anyway... I applied for some courses and yes.. I didn't get anything! Yup!!! Nothing! So where do I turn back to? My parents of course! My parents and elder brother supported me in my tertiary education... Both of them were just teachers in public schools and my brother was only an accounts executive then... he just finished his accounting course and started working not too long ago then.

Well... I told myself that... all my life as a TYPE 7... and failing to see it when I was like that.. i started to think otherwise. I told myself... I can do it if I want to.... I changed my life entirely. I seriously and really.. really studied hard... cause I knew the extra tuition classed my dad had to give was to support me in my private tertiary education. True enough... I bought loads of books...revised constantly with my friends... and stayed focused! Well.... the results...? In that sem, 2 students scored straight A's for our Level 1 Business Diploma... and I was one of them. I then applied for a degree completion course doing an ADP course (American Degree Program) and I graduated top of my class.... and gave a speech at my graduation ceremony! My parents were thrilled!

Oh.. just incase if you are wondering... when i said I migrated from TYPE 7 upwards.. I really didn'y go to the extend of a TYPE 2 ... hahaha... I was the Org. Chairperson for my college's Prom Nite... and in 96, I obtained Top Leo (Omega).... I organized a project called Literacy Week that was a nominee for the International Lions Club Literacy and Cultural Award... Though the project didn't win, being able to be selected by the Multiple District 308 (Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei) for the award was already something I am proud of! I also went back to my school band and actively supervised projects, practices etc etc etc! 

I think I managed to migrate from TYPE 7 to somewhat of either a TYPE 1 or 3...

NOTE: Telling you all these is not to flare my successes. It's not to tell you what awards I got.. what achievements I obtained whatsoever! telling you all these was because i wanted to tell you that I realize at some point that.. "IT'S TIME TO CHANGE"!!!! Some people see it back in Form 1 when they screwed up their UPSR (hahahahah.. wtf!) Some after their PMR.. some after SPM.. and it wasn't until my Tertiary years.. my college/uni years... that I realize I screwed up my entire high school life.. and because of me... my family had to work twice harder to put me through college! Even so... HOW MANY PEOPLE out there would not realize even until they die that they stayed at a certain TYPE for life?

I have friends who have stayed in TYPES 7 .. or 9... or whatever you wanna call it.... even at Uni... and they ended up failing their subjects etc etc.. and become a college/uni drop out.. and end up selling some stuff for some companies.. earning a starting pay of not more than RM1200/mth? And still... complaining about their lives.. bla bla bla???!!! How often do you hear some people.. seniors... saying the following:

"Don't follow my footsteps.. Study hard now. It's your future"
"I f***ed up my life... cause I didn't study well"
"When i was your age.. I was bla bla bla bla bla"

WHAT TYPE ARE YOU????!
It's time to make a difference... If you are a LEO Member... and you were serving as a Leo during my terms as RCC or DC, I am sure you would have been to a M.A.D project (Making a Difference) for the community as well as for the environment... But have you ever thought that.. it's really the time to stop and MAKE A DIFFERENCE in your LIFE now!!!!

If you are highly active in your activities, but seriously suck at your studies.. It  is time to really consider doing a lifecheck and balance things out! If you are a studious Type 2....Really.. go out there and stop complaining why you have no friends! You are a smart person.. but it's time to CHILL!!!! Go watch a movie from the actual cinema rather than downloading from youtube!

This is your LIFE!!!! Do you want to just drive a small car when you grow up? Live in a small sized apartment or house? Work 9-5pm and end up at home having no idea what life is all about?  (Disclaimer: Sorry to those who are in this state... my respect for you if you feel that your life is full with this conditions... My apologies for using your life as an example. I do not mean to insult your current state)

Time to switch and upgrade your TYPEs. Time to Make a Change in your life and Make a Difference for your future!!!!Time to strike that balance and start to think....!

Regards

Lion Alan Thoo

DC for Leo Clubs

District 308B2 (Malaysia)

The Dangers of PSSTAS Disease

I remember posting something about this deadly disease sometime ago... (Click here for the old posting) and to be honest with you... I am seeing some of you who might already have gotten infected but you might just not realize it! PSSTAS is ... fortunately curable.... There is a known cure for it but it takes time and it also takes one's determination to get over it because it is not viral or caused by bacteria... mainly caused by genetics that involves Egoism.

Scientists have discover the Ego genes is a defect and mostly affects the male species more than that of the female ones. But, females also have to be careful as the PSSTAS might just attack you even though the tendency is towards the testosterone of the guys....

There are also case studies that were proven by many pharmaceutical companies where PSSTAS attacks one to the extend that the person do not realize they are hallucinating and showing symptoms... and also develop terribly bad habits of mankind.... this is very serious and really need to be dealt with.....!

Symptoms of PSSTAS: 

1. You are feeling really SS (Syok Sendiri) and Bangga-land when you recently attended some functions...

2.  You feel so proud of yourself to the extend that you go round telling people that you have achieved that award and no one else deserves it better than you

3. You start expecting your juniors to respect you to the max... and start to scold them or show LCLY  face(arrogant.. in short form of a rude Cantonese phrase - sorry! No other word best fit this description)

4. You expect your juniors, Omega Leos, and even Lions to treat you slightly or a whole lot more differently cause you are the Top award winner mahhhhh....

5. You start to develop the thought of the following...! You start to feel the following and these lines pop up here and then...:

i) Why should I have done so much in the past!? 

ii) Why should I have contributed so much? 

iii) Why should I have done all those projects? 

iv) I should have just joined another club where I dont need to do anything at all!!! I

v) I feel foolish now

vi) No one respects me anymore. Get this award also no point. I better gather up my other friends (with the same symptoms) and start talking bad about the whole wide world including those who cared for you before!

vii) I am not going to join any Omega Club anymore (For Alphas)

viii) I am going to quit soon or make myself less active cause everyone else hates me (For Omega)

THE CURE......

i) Smack yourself three times.. really hard... at the back of your forehead. If you cant reach, ask your mother to help you

 

ii) Look at the picture next to you and LOOK AT IT EVERYDAY to tell yourself how lucky you are that you even have a house to live in and stop bi*ching about ppl not respecting you, ppl not layan you.. ppl not being happy with you....

Tell yourself that you are one lucky fella that you actually still had the chance to eat that lousy tasteless pack of RM3 bihun at the Leo Forum and survived the entire fiscal year after kena scolding non-stop from Alan Thoo......That you don't have to search the pile of rubbish hoping to find a leftover piece of bread and basi punya milo packet.

iii) Recite the LEO Pledge one more time.... 3 times a day, until you finish. This is even the best Antibiotic around... but you must finish it!!!!! If you already have forgotten how... Go ask Jeremy Goh to sing I PLEDGE to you (but you might have to pay him for the taxi fare and some angpow money for his time.

iv) Shut the **** up, and start to think again.... that the Top Award given to you... is just one lousy piece of paper for recognition, the trophy will be good when you have an itch at the back and you cant reach it.... and that badge is good for you to be used as a pin for baby V's diapers.....!

Well.. then.. you shall be fine.....! :)

AWARDS

Awards presented to individuals or clubs.. are merely given away as a form of recognition. They are there to give recognition to your excellent work as well as an inspiration to the younger ones so that one day.. THEY CAN BE LIKE THEIR SENIORS... Go up on stage to receive that Award... that piece of paper and metal... that symbolize success. Do you want your juniors to end up EXACTLY like you?

Remember.... The Awards thingy are nothing but just 5 minutes of fame... okay.. maybe that'll be a little too short! 5 hours perhaps? 5 days???! That's it!!! That's all you will get. But at the end of the day, joining the Leo Club means a whole lot MORE than just that piece of paper. Do not deny that fact! Joining the Leo Club is supposed to be for friendship and fellowship... helping those in need.... giving shelter to the ones that needed it most.. and also to enhance personal development skills and all those! 

Stop being an idiot and start coming back to reality. If you can't get yourself out of PSSTAS.... there is seriously no point for you to join any OMEGA Leo Club too... It only proved one point... I made a wrong decision in giving those awards away. My selection and recommendations are wrong and that, I should have just given it to someone else?

Hmmmmm....A good point to wonder and ponder on. Should I give any awards at the end of this fiscal year? Did I create the PSSTAS disease? Sighhhhhh.... Or could it be just.... YOU.....? Not everything in this world revolves around you my friends. Think about it. After all, LEO is a service organization ...You haveeeeee to get yourself out of the PSSTAS disease and cure yourself,....

I'll be waiting ... Will always be.... ONe day you will be cured. But till then...

Dont join any Omega Club. Go find some other SS clubs to join. And Good luck to you and your future. :)

Best of Regards

Alan Thoo

Ex PSSTAS patient

"LISTEN" by the Fallen Stars Project

ON the 17th of January 2010... a tragic boatrace accident dawned upon Leo Club and Lions Club members in Malaysia... 3 beloved Leo members, the late Leo Jason, Brendon & YiZhang passed away.. People mourned their deaths and everyone were sad during this darkest hour of our lives...

That's when LISTEN was born...It's a song to bring everyone's life back to normal... but not forgetting them ... "We should stop mourning death.. but instead... Celebrate Life!!!!" - ROARRR!!!!

LISTEN
Performed by the Fallen Stars Project (Members of the Leo Club I.M.O)
Music by Chris Thoo
Lyrics by Alan Thoo, Marcus Loh, Baki Zainal
Arrangements by Alan Thoo
Produced by Rafikoncept Productions
Executive Producers - Lions Club of IMNC
Copyrights 2010 Giant Ants (M) Sdn Bhd

There's this time in this place
Not too long ago we knew each other
We smiled and laugh we cried a tear
There's so much memories with you being here

All your friends love you so...
You are like an angel to everyone...

We remember you always told us
To reach for glory...you inspired us
You taught us how
How to stand when we fall
Standing stronger with just one call

Somehow or rather we're still together
Theres a part of you in us that makes us stronger

Chorus
Listen.... as we sing this song for you
Listen... as we shed a tear or two
Even though you've moved on
To a place far beyond
Memories of you will stay on
So listen.

For every breathe we take, an obstacle we shall break
Walk us through this journey, a legacy we shall make
And we shall be strongAnd we will strive on
No matter come what may, we will keep moving on

Teardrops wont cause no pain
The sunshine is here again
As we feel your halo guide us through the rain

Chorus
Listen.... as we sing this song for you
Listen... we believe well make it through
Sadness was from yesterday
We know hope will come and stay
Therell be miracles and wonders as we pray

And Listen... Time has passed us by
Listen ... We'll promise we will try
To shed a tear no more
Hand in hand we will soar
Thank you for the strength you gave before

Listen.... as we sing this song for you
Listen... we believe well make it through
Listen... Time has passed us by
Listen ... We'll promise we will try
So Listen Way up high we shall fly
Listen No matter what we'll try

Listen... Listen...
Listen... Listen

DISTRICT 308B2 BEST "SLEEPER"??!

The recently ended District 308B2 LEO Camp was a blast! The 3 day 2 night camp was held at the White Resort National Service Campsite located at Balik Pulau, Penang, Malaysia. Attended by approximately 100 Leos from Selangor, Perak & Penang, the camp managed to train Leos to understand and fulfill the true meaning of L.E.O! Video is posted on the District LEO WebTV site and also available on the side bar of this blog! Instead of blogging about the camp... Just view the 10minute long snippet of the entire journey Leos went through..!! ROAR!!!

Now... I introduced BEST SLEEPER in Region 4 last fiscal year!!! Let's take it to the next level
~~~ Let's see who is the BEST "SLEEPER" OF DISTRICT 308B2!!!! (hahahaha)~~~

As you can see the panel of vote on your left... Vote now for the BEST "SLEEPER".. and the winner will walk away with RM 100.00 cash!!!! This means, YOUR CAMP REGISTRATION FEE IS REFUNDED!!!!! Vote now!!!!!!!

Regards

DC Alan Thoo

*Disclaimer:

There is absolutely no purpose of this competition! Yup! NO REASON AT ALL! You guys don't like it... don't vote! Don't go round stabbing my ways of doing things as we're just having fun here!! I can't change how your conservative mind thinks, but I can certainly change the way I think about how you peeps think! Sorry.. I'm the DC for Leo... not the DC for Taking Care of The Ageing

A Special Visitor from the Phillippines!!!

District 301-A2 (Phillippines) LEO Cabinet President, Leo Daryl Patrick Ruiz, will be joining us at the installation of the District 308B2 LEO Cabinet on the 19th of December 2009! Fully sponsored by Event Plus (M) Sdn Bhd & the Lions Club of Ipoh Metro N.C., Leo Daryl will be arriving on the 17th and will be leaving Malaysia on the 24th.

Leo Daryl will be attending the Charity Home Hopping pilot event @ Ipoh on the 18th of December 2009 in Ipoh (more info from the organizers later...), and then the installation of LEO Cabinet President, Leo Eliza Chia on the 19th of December 2009 in Ipoh. Thereafter, we are still scheduling for his visits to our Leo Clubs all over our District in hopes of sharing what they have done in Manila that we can do here too! Likewise, Leo Daryl will also be bringing back some of our ideas to share with his Filipino counterparts after his visit!

So, Leos... if you have an event coming up between 17th-24th of December, please send me an e-mail ~ alanskthoo@yahoo.com ~ so that I can make some arrangements. Who knows, we might just be able to make it to your event!!!

Leo Daryl, 2nd from left, at a Lions/Leo induction event in Manila

Regards
Lion Alan Thoo
DC Leo

District 308B2 LEO Cabinet Installation!

Dear Leos,

19th December 2009 marks another milestone of success in our District as we install the cabinet officers of the District 308B2 LEO Cabinet! Inevitably it has been almost 40 years since the existence of the Leo Club program in District 308 (Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei), and B2 has taken the first step to follow the International guidelines to form our very own LEO council... but for us, we call the council ~ The LEO Cabinet.

Headed by mostly past presidents of Omega Leo Clubs, or some candidates strongly recommended by their respective club, advisors or RCCs, the LEO Cabinet is aimed at providing more on ground support to all LEO Clubs all over the district and aiding the District Chairperson & Regional Committee Chairpersons.

The LEO Cabinet is not here to take over any duties or roles, or impose any rules & regulations etc etc. It is here to assist, support and help the LEO program in anyways possible.

We hereby invite everyone for the Installation dinner @ Heritage Hotel, Ipoh, on the 19th of December 2009 at 8.00pm. Kindly RSVP with Leo Eliza @ 012-5238041 asap!

Your support and attendance is deeply appreciated!

Regards

Alan Thoo
DC Leo

"Charity Home Hopping" by District 308B2

Here's something new. I have gotten some sponsored items that include t-shirts, books & stationery sets and so on mostly for kiddos use. Hence, to try this out, after the "Save Your Kidneys" program organized by the Leo Club of Yuk Choy, Ipoh, I brought a few Leos from Anderson Ipoh & Penang City for .. what I call as... hmmm "Charity Home Hopping"! Haha.

It sounds like those island hopping projects or shopping mall hopping projects.. or a guy night's out "bar-hopping" too! haha. Oh well, running on that line, we are going to do that. I'm openly plagiarizing an idea from the Andersonian Leos who said that they wanted to do something like an "Amazing Race"-ish idea! I was very interested and I told them.. the District will support in any ways possible. When an idea like that comes up, of course we should share with everyone!

Here's the plan. Let's do this sometime around Christmas or after....

Requirements
1. Form 1 team of not more than 5 people
2. 1 must be able to drive (like duhhhh), and has a car
3. Driver can be a Lions member, of whom will be the judge and moderator of your activities!

The gameplan:
1. Identify 10 Orphanage in your region within 30km in radius.
2. Contact all these orphanage giving them specific time on your arrival at their home.
3. Obtain approval from your sponsoring Lions Clubs and school authorities (if applicable)

The task
1. You need to go to each of the home, perform a community service at their home all within 1 hour, and the caretaker of the home MUST be happy and sign off on a form that they give you a "pass"!
2. The services include the following:
a) Toilet cleaning
b) Cooking lunch or dinner or preparing something for tea time for the kids
c) Cleaning up bedroom
d) painting?
e) Anything else - you have to propose what you intend to do ya.. and which home (with their approvals too!)

IMPORTANT:
At every home, you are required to upload a few photos of your team's activities on a designated Facebook account. At central control (chehhh wah!), someone will monitor who sends in first! Teams will be given marks etc etc!

THE CHAMPION
The Champion team will walk away with RM 500.00 worth of grant for your club to perform community service! (This means you cannot take the money for a fellowship project or to buy you a new Ipod! duhhh!)

Any takers on this? I hope each region will send at least ONE team!!!!! Write to me @ alanskthoo@yahoo.com if you want to take part!!!!

Regards
Lion Alan Thoo
DC Leo

SUB DISTRICT 308B2 LEO FORUM 2010

Dear Leos,

We are opening positions of the Forum Organizing Committee now. FYI, the forum will be held in the Klang Valley in 2010. Hence, we encourage all Leos to take part in organizing the next Leo Forum with a difference!

Send me an email - alanskthoo@yahoo.com if you are interested.

Regards

DC Alan Thoo

District 308B2 mourns the departure of Leo James Wan

It caught my attention ~ the unfortunate and tragic incident of 3 young undergraduates of UTAR at a waterfall in Kampar.. the sms news update from the Star that I subscribe sent shivers down my spine as I thought... how sad could that be? How unfortunate. One minute they were happily enjoying a nice and cool dip, and the next minute, you realize you are struggling with their lives trying to survive the sudden rush of water. Yes. Their lives were ended terribly. I felt it so deeply and for some reason then, I didn't know why, but i had this feeling weird feeling that really paused me for a moment. Then... one of my Leos called. One of the deceased was Top Secretary from Chung Ling last couple of years back... Leo James Wan. I was shocked and I was speechless.

I didn't know what to say or do, but to pray that the family and friends of James.. would stay strong. To all Leos, life is short... live your life well... You just will not know what would happen to you next.

And to all the media who published the photo of James caught up in between the tree roots and debris... shame on you all!!! I don't believe such photos are necessary. It only adds sorrow to the grieving family.

Regards
Lion Alan Thoo
DC Leo

LIST OF SCHOLARSHIPS...

Dear Leos,

You might not know that there are lots of scholarships floating around in our country... looking for bright and young teens like yourself to further your studies!!! Remember ~ there's nothing such as IMPOSSIBLE!!!! Apply for it!!! you never know if you'll get it or not!! good Luck!!!

MARA Scholarship Programs
http://www.mara. gov.my/english/ division/ BPP/default. htm

Yayasan Proton Scholarship
http://www.malaysia -scholarship. com/yproton. html

PTPTN Education Loan
http://ptptn. gov.my/

The Star Education Fund
http://thestar. com.my/edufund

Astro Scholarship Award
http://www.astro. com..my/v5/ astrolife/ scholarship/

PETRONAS Education Scholarship Programs
http://esu-spmtrial .petronas. com.my/

2007 MNRB Scholarship Fund
http://www.mnrb. com.my/

OCBC Bank Scholarship
http://www.ocbc. com.my/global/ aboutOCBC/ Gco_Abt_Communit y.shtm

Bank Negara Scholarship
http://www.bnm. gov.my/

ABM 50th Merdeka Scholarship
http://www.abm. org.my/

Curtin Sarawak Scholarship
http://www.curtin. edu.my/

The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus High Achievers Scholarships
http://www.nottingh am.edu.my/ students/ MISC/High% 20Achievers% 20Scholarship% 202006-July06. pdf

HELP University College
http://www.help. edu.my/scholarsh ips/index. php

Adelaide Achiever Scholarships International (AASI)
http://www.internat ional.adelaide. edu.au/future/ scholarships/ ug/

Curtin University of Technology Scholarship
http://www.emaac. org/

Charles Darwin University Scholarship
http://www.malaysia -scholarship. com/www.cdu. edu.au/engineeri ng/scholarships_ ug_int_eng. htm

Kolej Disted-Stamford Degree Scholarships
http://www.disted. edu.my/

Leeds University Scholarships
http://scholarships .leeds.ac. uk/

Loughborough University Human Science Scholarships
http://www.lboro. ac.uk/

MAAC Scholarship - La Trobe University 2006
http://www.latrobe. edu.au/internati onal/courses/ ug.html

NUS / Asean Undergraduate Scholarship
http://www.nus. edu.sg/admission s/undergrad/ scholarship/ nus_asean. htm

UCL Pathfinder Scholarships
http://www.ucl. ac.uk/

University of Sheffield Scholarship
http://www.shef. ac.uk/malaysia/ entry.html

UTAR Scholarships
http://www.utar. edu.my/

Nanyang Technological University Scholarship
http://www.ntu. edu.sg/oad/ scholarships/ nanyang.htm

Tasmanian International Scholarships
http://www.internat ional.utas. edu.au/documents /internationalAp plication. pdf

University of Malaya Fellowship Scheme
http://ips.um. edu.my/

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Scholarship
http://www.unimas. my/

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST Discovery Scholarship)
http://apply. embark.com/ kaust/discovery/

Universiti Malaysia Sabah Scholarship
http://www.ums. edu.my/pasca

Introducing the LEO Cabinet for District 308B2!!!

Introducing the LEO Cabinet for District308B2!!! Well, to be honest with you, this is not entirely my idea! haha... Can't claim all the credits even though it became a reality in my term as District Chairperson for LEO Clubs for our District.

I have to give credits to Leo Vincent Khor from the Leo Club of Penang City.. formerly from Leo Club of Chung Ling High School.. I could remember clearly back in 2004 if I'm not wrong... where I attended an event in Penang...That was the time when he shared with me on the feasibility of having a LEO Cabinet. Unfortunately, during that time, he didn't garner much support... Oh well, Leo Vincent... this is a special one for ya.... your dreams of our District finalllllyyyy having our very own Council/Cabinet has become reality. Once you are back from overseas... we want to activate you again.. Am sure that given the opportunity, you would be able to share a lot of goals and inspirations with us!

Well, to those who are not aware, LEOs around the world, in their respective districts, have their very own council or cabinet. Functioning much like the Lions Cabinet, the LEO Cabinet is aimed at providing more on ground support to the many Leo Clubs in the district with the focus and guidance in accordance to the directions of the District Chairperson for LEO Clubs and RCCs too! For those who are still unclear, you may send me a private email at: alanskthoo@yahoo.com for more info! Now... basically, if you have a function, do contact the LEO Cabinet and try to get some assistance from them as well. The team is comprised of young and energetic Past Presidents from the Omega LEO Clubs. In time to come, doors will be opened for former alpha LEO Presidents too! most importantly, the Cabinet is aimed at giving you as much assistance as possible. Do note, please do not request permissions of any sort from the LEO Cabinet as all other rules and regulations as stipulated in the International constitution remains...

Dor more info, please download a simple slide HERE .

Regards
DC Alan Thoo

Up & Coming Eco projects!

Dear all,

It's been a quiet period of time due to the H1N1 scare for all. I understand that most of you are restricted either by your sponsoring Lions Clubs or school authorities.. if not, your parents! :) That's alright. Well, the flu "pandemic" (not really la, ok?) is not really over, so please.. observe all cleanliness and hygiene. The last installation to be done is the Perak Joint Installation which has been postponed till now. I hope that the committee would work fast to make sure that your B.O.D are installed officially.

Now, as for our focus in the month of November-December... We are going GREEN! :) Yup, inevitably! So, start planning some projects big small, internal external.. actually it doesnt matter! Drop me an email @ alan@eventplusmarketing.com and I might just be able to assist you to have the Malaysian Celebrities Go Green (MCG2) founders attending your event or pledging some support in terms of cash/donation or whatsoever!

As per the project as featured above, we have Leo Club of Penang City organizing a recycling design competition!!!!! This project will be carried out at 2.00pm on the 21st of November 2009 (after Pillow Fight Charity Event) @ Queensbay Mall!!!! MCG2 members Azizi Zakaria & Baki Zainal from 8TV will be present at the event! Your projects (selected) will be featured on 8TV's Celebrity Chat and selected events will be announced on air to create awareness too....especially the ones attended by the MCG2 celebrities....

In addition to this, prior to this event, is a Mega scaled project called ECO WEEK by the LEO Club of Sam Tet, Ipoh! More info will come soon regarding this project...and I certainly hope more Region 5 LEOs will also jump into the bandwagon and let's go green together!

REMEMBER: GO GREEN doesnt mean that we are asking you to change your lifestyle and walk to school from now on (Preferably, but this might not be possible as we still have to go on with our lives). It is the LITTLE STEPS that we take in our lives to actually create a "greener" environment... for example:

i) Switch off all electricity when you leave home
ii) Use 1 plastic bag less every day (Try it!!!! it's fun!)
iii) Avoid paper wastage by re-using old faxes, papers, etc etc for notes!

So once again.. let's all go green together ya! The little steps.. MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY! :)

Regards

Lion Alan Thoo
District Chairperson for Leo Clubs
District308B2

Month of December coming up!

Hey Leos!

December is coming & I know holidays are around the corner aye?! How about planning some projects either by your own club or a joint project. Pls let me know what is your project and I will be more than happy to drop by ya!

As for now, please log on to www.leo308b2.org.my for more info on the up & coming LEO CAMP!!!!

Regards
DC Alan Thoo

A Big Thank You on behalf of Abg Shafie & family!!!

With just few days after my post... we have had RM600.00 collected!

RM300.00 Mrs Susan Lim, teacher of SK Seksyen 20 Shah Alam

RM300.00 IPDG Kenneth Saw, also CLD Board Chairperson

The District 308B2 LEO Cabinet (Protem Committee) has pledged to work something out... we'll celebrate a 1Malaysia concept Hari Raya either on the 3rd or 4th of October 2009!!!! 15-20pax LEOs/Lions will pay a visit to Langkawi.. Let's bring cheers and joy to the family!

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!!!!

-DC Alan Thoo-

Let's help Abg Shafie & Family have a stress-free Raya Celebration this year.

Just over last weekend, I flew in Dina, Azizi & Baki Zainal to Langkawi as a part-sponsor for flights. Also with us were members of the media from karangkfra (you guys rock!!!) and Zeekaa from Fashion Online (Blogger yg glamer ya.. jgn main2).

Anywayz, it was a combined effort of the KL/ & local media + Giant-Ants Talent Hub... and of course the major driver is none other than Westin Langkawi!!!!

Shafie Mustaffa, 30+, lives with wife and 3 schooling kids aged 4, 11 & 12 in Langkawi, Kedah. He used to be a staff in Westin Langkawi @ the In-room service separtment. Early this year, Shafie constantly had fever and always felt tired and had body aches. It was then learned that he had Hepatitis B that attacked his liver with cancer @ stage 2!!! He has had half his liver and gald bladder cut off to sustain his life.

Currently, after his operations that cost a big bomb... he still has to go to Kedah Medical Centre once a month to get his medication which cost Abg Shafie about RM700+ a month. There was a night when Abg Shafie tried to lift a chair and it hurt him so much that the management has decided that he should stay home to rest and recover. Even so, Westin places high respect and care for its staff... they still pay for his medical needs.

Dina, Azizi & Baki with local/KL media + Westin staff visited Abg Shafie and his family at his half completed home in Langkawi.

On the very same night, a dinner was held @ Westin Langkawi where guests attended donated some small sum to Abg Shafie and family. Dina and Azizi sang some songs to entertain the guests with Baki hosting the event.

This entire outing in Langkawi stopped me and made me rewind to look at my life and what I have now vs. some unfortunate souls who aspire to have what others have but simply are slapped with bad luck and I have to say, it's probably just fate and life challenge that they have to face...

We have done a small part in highlighting Abg Shafie's plight to the public. His wife, who wants to work to suppor the family... is still waiting for our "highly efficient" social welfare department to get her a job or to support her... been waiting for 4 months now and still there's no news. I was told that the media has done quite a good job and they are bringing some of the department officers to visit Abg Shafie soon.

My main worries... are the welfare of the kids. Adik Ai Man, who is just 4, is so adorable and cute. He may not know what is happening here... but I know though.. It's not going to be easy for him as he gradually grows up and slowly understanding what's going on. I really hope that Ai Man could continue his studies... be a "someone"... and will be ableto contribute back to his family in years to come...

I would like to activate ALL LEOS... and also, call upon ALL Lions in Kedah & Penang....! We can either donate cash directly to Abg Shafie's account directly, or send goodies via Westin to the family.

How about this.. let's celebrate Hari Raya together. It doesn't mean that we have to be Muslim to celebrate Hari Raya. Whether we are Malays, Chinese or Indians. or any other races. THERE'S A MALAYSIAN that is desperately in need of our help and let's heed that call!!!! That's what I call ONE MALAYSIA!

My ears are open for any form of proposal! The one that I have is... let's all make a visit to Abg Shafie's house! I can't be flying everyone in... I would rather convert the costs into donations to Abg Shafie. So... let's go over and celebrate Raya with them perhaps? better not have too big a group.... Kedah & Penang Leos.. I leave this to you...

Regards

Lion Alan Thoo
District Chairperson for LEO Clubs
District308B2
Malaysia (Selangor - Kedah)

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"I Pledge" Movie Montage/Music Video/Slide Show Competition!

Dear Leos,

Firstly... A big CONGRATULATIONS....! to the LEO CLUB OF PJI for winning the best Blog competition!!! Their club just pocketed RM100.00 into their admin account for IT purposes! (Treasurer.. please collect from me when you see me next ya!)

I have received a lot of SMS, emails and phone calls asking about the competition on "I Pledge" for August. Well, there's no more secrets!! Yup.. This is the competition for August & September 2009 ya!!!

The Competition:
You should have lots of videos and photos taken of your projects and activities over the years. All you have to do is to create a movie.. slide show... Music Video.. whatever...!!!!! that can move one's heart... in line with the touching scenes of the late Yasmin Ahmad's commercials or movies!! You may even act out some of the parts, or take some video shots when you organize your next visit to a welfare home...:) Anything under the son, as long as it is like the music video of I Pledge!

The Prize:
RM500.00 grant for your next School Service/Social Service project!!!!*
(This means you can't simply spend the RM500.00 if you win this! However, you may use the RM500.00 as a start-up funding to your next big project!!!!)

Prize is sponsored by Giant-Ants (M) Sdn Bhd, who owns the copyrights to the song, "I Pledge" and talent agency of National Kidney Foundation teen ambassador, Azizi Zakaria.. who is also a Leo Club member!!!

So, what are you waiting for... start thinking like Steven Spielberg... start thinking creatively!!!! LET THE CAMERA'S ROLL!!!!!!!


Sample of an MV for "I Pledge" ~ Good Luck!!!

The Entry...
Simple ~ do up your video... upload it on youtube.com, and then send me the link...! I'll start pasting the links on this blog... and we shall give 14 days in the month of October for people to view and to vote! The vote is 50-50%, with a panel f judges from the Lions Clubs!

You may send me an email should you want further explanation on this ya! ~ alan@eventplusmarketing.com

Regards

Lion Alan Thoo
DC Leo 2009/2010