On the 31st of October 2014, 4 members from the Leo Club of SMK Assunta attended a joint Halloween party by Leo clubs of SMK Subang Utama, SMK USJ 8, SMK USJ 4, SM Sri KL and Taylor's University. The venue was at Taylor's Lakeside Campus from 6.30pm to 10.30pm.
The party started with two exciting performances and the audience get to play games onstage. Then, about 8.00pm, the audience get to satisfy their hunger outside the hall with the delicious variety of food provided. We also have the chance to play and win prizes, take pictures at the photo booth, and go to the haunted house, which had some good scares.
After that at 9.30pm, we were required to go back to the hall so the show can be continued. The audiences were wowed with a few amazing performances by talented Leos. We were also entertained with the games planned out. There was also a best-dressed competition which was quite exciting. The event ended with a beat-boxing performance by Syahitan. The joint party ended after 10.30pm.
On the 19th of October 2014, Leos from Leo Club of SMK Assunta participated in the 11th Blind Leading the Blind Charity Walk. This event is an annual event organized by the Lions Club of Petaling Jaya to raise funds for the needs of the patients in the Tun Hussein Onn Eye Hospital.
The event this year was held at the Kelana Jaya Stadium and commenced around 7.30am. The stadium was bustling with life and was filled with masses of people. There were people from all walks of life that came out to support this event that day. The Leos had splendid fun leading their partners along the track and some lucky Leos got a chance lead actual blind people. It was truly a wonderful experience. That Sunday morning was a lovely morning for a walk and it was very pleasant and enjoyable.
Our Leo Club was brought out the enthusiasm with our lively mascot and our brightly coloured banner. This intensifies the BLB experience and made it all the more fun. All along the way, we sang our school cheers non-stop and were full of spirit until the end. Not only did we have fun and gained new experiences, many Leos also made new friends and got a chance to meet many new people during the walk.
All in all, BLB was an amazing experience for all the Leos. We hope this event will continue on every year and bring about the awareness and importance of sight to people everywhere.
On the 24th September 2014, the Leo Club of SMK Assunta distributed PT3 Lucky Gifts to the Form 3 Leos as they will be sitting for the PT3 examination in October. The gifts were small bookmarks with lovely quotes and pretty pens on them. The Leos were very happy and were all smiles whilst receiving their gifts.
We wish all Form 3 students best of luck in their upcoming examinations.
Report by,
Leo Katherina.
Photos taken during this project:
A montage of photos showing the gifts and the Leos whilst receiving their gifts.
On the 21st of September 2014, 2 Leos from Leo Club of Assunta had attended a joint installation of Region 3 and Region 4. The installation was held in New She Lai Ton Restaurant. It was from 11.00am to 2.00pm.
The Leo Clubs that were included in this joint installation are Leo Club of Poi Lam High, Leo Club of Poi Lam, Leo Club of Sam Tet, Leo Club of Pei Yuan, Leo Club of Anderson, Leo Club of Ave Maria Convent, Leo Club of St. Michael's Institution, Leo Club of St. Bernadette's Convent and Leo Club of Idris Shah Gopeng. Their theme for this year is 'Serve, Lead, Inspire'.
There were also other Leo Clubs from Region 5 who were present at this installation which were the Leo Club of Petaling Jaya Integrity (O), Leo Club of Subang Utama, Leo Club of Seksyen 4, Leo Club os USJ 8, Leo Club of USJ 4, Leo Club of Sunway Metro (O), Leo Club of Portman College Metro and Leo Club of Metro Methodist College Kuala Lumpur. Not to forget, the dance crew Rejuvenate also came to perform their outstanding dancing skills after the induction ceremony. There were also speeches by the organizing chairperson and the token of appreciation for the Guest of Honours. Other than that, there was also a performance performed by their members which were very good too.
All in all, the installation ran pretty well and the food there was good too. It was an enjoyable joint installation. We hope that they will have a great year ahead and we wish them good luck in every project and event that they have planned.
On the 20th of September 2014, District 308 B2 Leo Cabinet had their 6th Installation and 5th Leovenue. The event was held at Heritage Hotel, Ipoh, Perak. 2 Leos from Leo Club of Assunta attended this event to show our support to Leo Cabinet. The installation began around 6.00pm with the arrival of guests.
Before the Presiding Officer Leo Loke Wai Yew called the meeting to order, the Organizing Chairperson Leo Wong Tze Cheng gave his welcoming speech. Then, it was the flag salutation cerdmony, singing of Lions Presentation which was a flash back of the fiscal year 2013-2014.
Then, Immediate Past District President Jocelyn Yew gave her outgoing speech. After the Installation Ceremony by Guest of Honour, District Governor Ooi Chao Syhuan, our Newly Installed Leo District President Chin gave a motivational speech.
The event then proceeded with Leo Cabinet 5th Years Anniversary Video Presentation and Cake Cutting Ceremony. After that, Guest of Honour, District Governor Ooi Chao Syhuan delivered his speech and it was truly inspiring. Around 8.15pm, the Organiing Committee had their souvenir presentation and they announced the results for "5th Leovenue" Photo Contest.
After the Presiding Officer Leo Loke Wai Yew adjourned the meeting at around 8.30pm, we enjoyed watching several great performances. We went around to take photos with other Leos and Lions from other Regions. The event ended successfully at around 9.00pm. It was great meeting new friends and we gained new experiences.
Report by,
Leo Michelle Hee.
Photos taken during this event:
Installation Ceremony of Leo Cabinet Officers for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Speech by Guest of Honour, District Govenor Ooi Chao Syhuan.
On the 20th of September, 2 Leos from Leo Club of Assunta participated in a joint visitation to an orphanage at Joyful Home in Ipoh, Perak. We were there for around 2 hours from 12.30pm to 2.30pm.
There were 8 Region 5 Leo clubs that were involved in this project which were the Leo Club of USJ 8, Leo Club of USJ 4, Leo Club of Sunway Metro (O), Leo Club of Methodist College Kuala Lumpur and the Leo Club of SMK Assunta. 3 Lions joined us for the project. They were our Distict Chairperson Marcus Loh and Zone Chairperson Kenneth Yeoh. Also, Lion Mary Goh from the Lions Club of Ipoh City was there with us too.
We bought food from KFC and had lunch together with the children. We got to know more about them during lunch time as we were chatting with them, Then, we played board games together and we definitely had fun.
It was a great experience and I was happy to see the children who were happy with our visitation. We hope to visit them again someday.
On the 17th of September 2014, 5 board of directors from the Leo Club of Assunta participated in the School for Key Officers 2. The program was held in our school's art gallery from 8.00am to 1.00pm. The hosts were speakers Lion Marcus Loh and Lion Kenneth Yeoh.
The group were separated into two at the first half of the workshop. Lion Kenneth Yeoh educated the secretaries about their jobs and responsibilities towards the club, while Lion Marcus Loh talked to the presidents and the board of directors about their positions in the club. After the talk, the Lions carried out an activity which taught the participants about work delegation and the importance of it so that the Leo clubs are able to share work among the members. After the workshop, the Leo Club of Assunta prepared refreshments for the participants.
All in all, every participant benefited from the workshop and everyone was glad to have attended the workshop. Our Leos, too, were able to communicate with Leos from other clubs.
On the 15th of September, the Leo club of Assunta uploaded their Malaysia Day short film 2014 in conjunction with Malaysia Day on the 16th of September.
This video was a collaboration with the Leo Club of Seksyen 4 Bandar Kinrara. This video took three days to film the specific scenes we wanted to add in which was held mostly in BK3 park and the Leo Club of Assunta's Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration event.
The summary of this video is, an Indian boy who was playing futsal with his friends and had accidentally kicked the ball at a Chinese girl's head. As an apology, the boy bought Milo Ice for the girl and after a few weeks of activities done together, they became good friends and started having feelings for each other. The boy tells the story of his grandmother's friend, about how back then intermarriage was not approved very much by others but now in our 1 Malaysia country where relationships and friendships between other races are advisable and that it is possible to live peacefully with such diversity in our country. In conclusion to the video, the boy finds that nothing could stop him from getting the girl he wanted.
The video was a success and hard work was paid off, We are very grateful for everyone's help in the making of this video.
On the 13th of September 2014, the Leo Club of SMK Assunta organized the Mid-Autumn Festival project which was held at our school lawn. The event started at 6.30pm with the arrival of about 60 guests.
The event started off with the munching down of food and of course what's Mid-Autumn Festical without mooncakes? As everyone settled down and filled their hungry stomachs, each person received two boxed of candles. Everyone started lighting up the candles and played with the Frisbees. Later on, we were required to form a group with Leos from other schools and had to name our group along with a group cheer.
We carried out a group activity where we had to see who lights up their lanterns the fastest. Although a few lanterns were burnt in the process, everyone still finished what they started. Using the lanterns that we lighted up, we had to go around the whole school looking for moon stickers with different points written on the back. But there's a catch, there were also stickers with negative ponts which we had to deduct from the overall score.
The night ended around 9.30pm with a traditional Chinese song lead by Carmen Cheong. In a nutshell, the night was fun and enjoyable as we got to celebrate this festival with our Leo family. Everyone had a great bonding time and it was a whole new experience for those who haven't celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival before.
On the 13th of September 2014, 2 Leos from Leo Club of Assunta Secondary School had attended the installation of the Interact Club of SMK Bukit Bintang. It was held in thier school hall from 10.30am to 1.00pm. Their theme for this fiscal year is 'Molon Labe: The Breakaways Will Outlast' that means it does not matter how big or small the number of people working together as a team to achieve goals, what really matters is a team should show good good quality. Without teamwork, trust, communication among their teammates, sacrificed and contributions, it is hard for a team to achieve their goals.
Their induction ceremony started off with exchanging gifts and nametags. They had a few performances which were a guitarist performing with his singing partner and a girl performing Latin dance. The event was successful and we hope that they will have a great year ahead and we wish them good luck in whatever they do during this fiscal year.
Report by,
Leo Yoke Ling.
Photos taken during this event:
The newly installed President giving his speech.
The gift exchanging within the past ans the new board of directors of Interact Club of SMK Bukit Bintang.
"To Me Malaysia Is..." was a project held in conjunction with Malaysia Day. Our Leo club put up a soft board with some sticky notes and pens to enable students and teachers to write down what beautiful Malaysia is to them. It was a very successful project as many people filled the board within a number of days.
We are grateful to all who lend a helping hand in making this project a success.
Leo Orientation Camp is a 3 days 2 nights camp organized by the Leo Club of Petaling Jaya Integrity (O). This is a project between our sister clubs which are Leo Club of Taman Sea, Leo Club of Taman Petaling, Leo Club of Damansara Jaya, Leo Club of Assunta and or course the organizing club, Leo Club of Petaling Jaya Integrity (O). 6 Leo members from the Leo Club os Assunta participated in this camp. There were 26 campers in total excluding the committee members.
On the 5th of September 2014 (Friday), Leos who were participating in this camp gathered at A&W at around 2.00pm. We started our journey to our campsite half and hour later. We reached the campsite after 45 minutes plus bus ride. When we reached our campsite, an opening ceremony was held. Then, each camper was placed into different teams. There were four teams in total. The first activity of the camp was of course the ice breaking session. We played many fun and interesting ice breaking activities during the ice breaking session. It was really fin and we got to know each other a lot better.
During the night, we got into our respective teams and played the station games prepared by the organizing committee. There were 5 stations in total and we only had 30 minutes for each station. Each of the stations were really challenging and we experienced a lot of team work while playing.
On the second day, we had some morning exercises and activities. The, there were two workshops prepared for us. Both of the workshops taught us a lot on leadership and teamwork. After that we played a few games of dodgeball and Frisbee. In the night, there was a bonfire. Each team prepared a short sketch and performed it during the bonfire session. We also played a few games around the bonfire, it was a fairly good night.
On the last day, we had a really interesting and fun activity in the morning. After that was the closing ceremony for this camp. All of us left this camp with a lot of memories in out hearts, a lot of friendships were made and a lot of lessons were learned. The Leo Orientation Camp was really a good project. It had taught us many lessons and we have learnt a lot about leadership, teamwork and a lot more. I really hope that this Leo Orientation camp will go on for many more years so that younger Leos will be able to experience it. It was an experience that none of us will be regretful.
On the 4th of September 2014, AIESEC of the University of Malaya organized a Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Awareness campaign called Choose2Protect in SMK Assunta. AIESEC is the world's largest youth-run organization focusing on self-development, leadership development and positive impact on society. The campaign is the initiative of Durex Malaysia together with NGOs like Pertubuhan Pertolongan Wanita (WAO) with support from Reckitt Benckiser Malaysia aiming to educate young Malaysians on the STIs subject. Around 50 students had attended the talk.
The members of AIESEC showed us a presentation on what STIs are, the type of infections that are spread, the causes of the infections and how to prevent it. We also had the chance to play a few games now and then, which were really fun and enjoyable.
Then, the members of AIESEC talked a bit about the countries each of them was from. The workshop ended at about 3.30pm, with the gifts of appreciation ceremony and the group photo shoot. It was an enjoyable workshop and we all learned more about STIs from it.
Report by,
Leo Sheryl Lim Sher Les.
Photos taken during this project:
One of the members of AIESEC talking about STIs.
The gift of appreciation ceremony.
Group photo taken with the members of AIESEC from the University of Malaya together with those who attended the talk.
The Leo Club of Taman Petaling held their installation ceremony on the 29th of August at their school hall. The installation began with the arrival of guests and the meeting being called to order. Next, the pledge was recited and the roll calls were roared with pride.
The installation ceremony was well organized. After the installation of the new members and the Board of Directors and the speech by the newly elected president, the meeting was adjourned. The performances afterward were also very good and was much liked by everyone.
All in all, it was a great day for us all. We wish our fellow sister club the best of luck during this fiscal year.
On the 29th of August, 25 Leos attended the Installation of the Interact Club of SMK Assunta. The event started around 2.00pm and ended at 5.00pm. The theme for their installation was A Fortiori: All Glory Comes From Daring To Begin.
It started with the speeches and recognition of all the clubs present. Soon after, the installation ceremony began. It was a very lively ceremony that was truly enjoyable. During the event, some Interactors gave out airplane shaped pieces of paper so we could write messages for the families of th MH17 victims. The messages were then posted on a board at the back of the hall.
At intervals between the ceremony, many performances were held. They were all highly entertaining. The event ended with the presentation of souvenirs and some light refreshments.
On the 25th of August 2014, the Board of Directors of the Leo Club of SMK Assunta took ip the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The Leos were nominated by their Sponsoring Lions Club, The Lions Club of Petaling Jaya.
The excited Leos gathered at the lawn way around 7.30 in the morning, and were in high spirits to begin the challenge. The ice bucket challenge was truly an amazing experience. The Leos really enjoyed themselves whilst promoting a good cause.
We'd like to thank all who helped us make this challenge possible. The ALS diseases or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease is a motor neuron disease that results in difficulty speaking, swallowing and breathing. One of the famous people diagnosed with this disease is physicist Stephen Hawking.
From the 18th of August to the 22nd of August, the Leo Club of SMK Assunta held very unique project called Letters to Juliette. This project was aimed to help students with their problems at school. The response was healthy, as quite handful of students sent us letters.
3 Leos were put in-charge of replying these letters. It was truly a joyous project as we had the opportunity to help our friends by offering some words of encouragement through the exquisite art of letter writing.
Report by,
Leo Katherina.
Photos taken during this project:
Letters to Juliette envelope placed on the Leo soft board.
On the 16th of August, the Leo Clubs under the Sponsoring Lions Club os Damansara Metro came together and held their 3rd Leo Joint Installation. Those clubs were the Leo Club of Damansara Metro (O), Leo Club of Sunway Metro (O), Leo Club of Metro Methodist College Kuala Lumpur (O), Leo Club of IICS Metro (O), Leo Club of Bandar Utama 3 and Leo Club of SMK Seksyen 4 Bandar Kinrara. The installation started off with the singing of the National Anthem.
Next, was the roll call. After the roll call, the organizing chairperson gave her speech. A few speeches were given by the Lions and soon after it was the induction of new members followed by the installation of the new Board of Directors for fiscal year of 2014-2015. There was a video presentation to introduce the new Board of Directors too. Next, the Immediate Past President getting the Chain of Presidency and the mallet. After that, the CEO of MCKL gave us a very heartwarming speech. Then, the meeting was adjourned. There were a lot of awesome and great performances. They even played us videos made by the Lions Club of Damansara Metro. Overall, it was a great installation.
On
the 9th of August 2014, 7 Leos from Leo Club of Assunta Secondary
School had attended the Leo Club of Serdang’s 4th Annual
Installation at SMK La Salle PJ. The event started at 2.30pm and finished at
5.00pm. At first, the installation started with the performances that were
performed by the Leo Club of Serdang. Next, were the speeches by the Lions. It
was then the induction of the new Leo members and the new Board of Directors of
the Leo Club of Serdang.
We
sincerely congratulate the new president of the Leo Club of Serdang, Leo Kong
Kent Fei. The performances by the members of Leo Club of Serdang were pretty
good. All in all, we would like congratulate all the new Leos and Board of Directors
of the Leo Club of Serdang and we hope to work together in this fiscal year and
in the future.
Report by,
Leo Yoke
Ling.
Photos
taken during the event:
The Induction ceremony of the new members of the
Leo Club of Serdang.
The Induction ceremony of the new
Board of Directors of the Leo Club of Serdang.
The performance performed by the
members of the Leo Club of Serdang.
Here is the story of #IntiFMIdol Mr Lim: Light in Darkness:
In the busy and ever developing area in Subang Jaya, SS15, shops have bloomed or closed down over the years. Behind such a busy and trendy town with new shops opening up and closing down, there are still shops and owners sustaining their very own hard work themselves.
No one would’ve realised that there is a 56 year old man trying hard in leading and sustaining his own shop in this competitive environment. The shop once had a very stable status in SS15 but slowly drifted away with time as buildings, railways and highways began expanding in the area. The recent construction has affected the business around this area.
As any other normal day of the 365 days in 2014, many are running errands, some are rushing to work, some are enjoying the morning cup of coffee which SS15 is widely known for, some even hanging around with a bunch of friends while one man opens up his shop around 10am day in day out.
The front porch lights are switched off and shutters pulled up. He leads the other employees to start preparing for the coming customers. One makes the bed, one prepares the towels, another sweeps the floor and he checks the daily customers’ booking list.
This rather secluded place doesn’t look like much but has a lot to offer. “Tai Jo Lim”, a reflexology shop is just a floor above the famous Pelita Restaurant in SS15. Mr Lim Zhi Hwa, the current owner would open the front door to greet his customers with open arms as they walk up the flight of stairs to his shop.
Mr. Lim's shop is SS15, Subang Jaya.
This passionate old man who is currently single, treats his 4 employees like his very own family. Although he may be their “boss”, this term was never used in their working environment. Instead he is referred to as “Uncle Lim” by all of his employees showing a family-like feel.
One of his employees, Mahindran pitches in by saying, “Sometimes Uncle Lim would buy us food before we come to work and he even provides us with a place to stay the night if it gets too late or when the weather is bad”
He is very much different from any other business entrepreneur in SS15. All his employees are blind. He started the business due to his drive and motivation to brighten the lives of the blind to show them that there is still a ray of hope in their future despite being visually challenged.
“He never fails to motivate me to work hard and to have a strong desire in the things I do,” says his 27 year old blind employee, Chong Lei Ching.
Just by looking at Lim’s kind heartedness, and the way he works, what makes him ever the more unique is that he too, is blind.
Interviewing Mr. Lim.
Born in the state of Tampin, Negeri Sembilan, he used to be like any other normal little boy who had literally everything living under the care of both mother and father. At first, Lim suffered from minor vision problems. Everyone in his family thought it was just a normal eye sight problem. Technology back then was not as good as now. The doctors could find nothing wrong with his eyesight. Over the years, it worsened.
Being brought into this world, his parents did not know that he was suffering from an inherited disease passed down from his mother’s side. This disease unfortunately did not only attack the surface but also his inner eyeball. Hence, no surgery can fix the damage. As his vision worsened over the years, finally at the age of 36 years, it left him – His vision was gone in just a blink of an eye.
“I can only see shadows just enough to picture that there is something or someone in front of me,” he explains.
The disease attacked him drastically without alarm one day.
“I woke from my sleep and I could barely see anything except darkness,” he said. “I was extremely terrified and lost.”
The confidence in this matured grown man dropped like a stone. It was hard for the man to accept at first. In terms of his work, Lim slowly failed to complete his job scopes as a restaurant chef. Everything seemed very unfamiliar to him. It was like a whole new environment that forced him to adapt to as soon as possible. He was forced into a situation where he had to “either adapt or die”.
“I’ve thought of giving up on life,” expressed the old man gazing back to the past.
Everything made him unfit for his working environment. He had no choice but to survive, like a stray jumping from job to job. From being a waiter, to a promoter and finally he was left jobless.
The man started to have a huge rejection towards himself and slowly decided to shut himself out from the rest of world.
“Just when I thought all hope was lost, I was asked to go to the Blind Association in Brickfields,” mentions Lim.
It is the pure deeds of the association which has been giving hope to all who are blind in this world. Acting not only as a shelter but a place where all types of skills are taught in order for them to survive with pride.
Mr. Lim's achievements over the years framed up on the wall.
During his time with the Blind Association, he met friends with a similar condition as him and some even worse. Story after story he hears from all his newly made friends. He learned a lot. From reflexology skills, to skills to survive as a blind person and even things that could not just be described with words. – “A blind persons’ spirit”.
When he passed the learning course, he worked with an owner ofa reflexology shop. This man was too old to continue supporting this shop. So, Lim, determined to continue the owners’ initiative of helping the blind, took the risk of taking over the shop 3 years ago and this is how and where this special entrepreneur’s journey began.
Lim is very much satisfied with the fact that although he’s blind, he is actually able to run his very own reflexology shop. To top it all off, they have customers who have supported them continuously for 3 years because of their unique massages.
“The blind are very sensitive to their touch,” he points out. “Hence, they are good at pressing different points of the body with the correct pressure making this the unique selling point of our centre”
Every job has its own challenges even when carrying out a simple task in everyday life. The most challenging part of his job however is when it comes to handling some of their customers’ health problems. Some of which experience bone spurs or diabetes that can’t be cured with a mere massage. But what can be done is to improve the blood circulation and to relax their muscle joints. If it’s anything more beyond muscle pains and stunted blood circulation, customers need to consult a doctor. Lim somehow felt sorry for his dearest customers but his massage techniques managed to relieve a lot of pain his customers were suffering previously. This in turn made his customers into long term loyal clients.
As said by Lim, before, the number of customers coming in was hard to even keep track but nowadays, he finds it harder to even estimate the number of customers they have in a day due to the construction of the LRT and the jam it causes. The number of customers has gone down over the years because of it. He couldn’t do anything but watch the customers coming in fewer and fewer every day that made him feel helpless. However, there are still a handful of customers who still go to him.
It is without a doubt that this business is struggling at the moment, but all he wants is to increase the job opportunities for the blind people. For everyone that noticed, success is not lying within his business’s sales. Think about how much happier you will be” Having a meal with your own hard earned money rather than feeling guilty begging from another.
“It was never about the success of this business, it was always about my employees,” says Lim.
His goal is to ensure that his employees get the motivation and optimism that they need to find a direction in life. Those are the only objectives that he feels are needed to sustain this business and nothing else.
Lim having the “best” of sight as compared to the rest of his employees, who are completely blind, would lead the group. With Lim in front, they form a straight line with one hand placed on another’s’ shoulder and the other holding a white cane. In that formation, Lim will lead them to their destination.
It is a parentalinstinct that Lim takes care of his employees. On alternative weekends, he would walk them to the nearby shopping mall, First Subang to get necessary groceries for themselves or items for the business.
Mr Azhar, a security guard from First Subang states, “I have been working here for the past year and I found it very interesting the first time I saw this group of blind people walking in a straight line into the mall,”
“They come here at least once a week and I notice that the person in front would always lead, bringing them to wherever the group needs to go.”
Passer-by’s could easily see without question that this old man is very much obliged to take up the leadership role and responsibility to ensure the safety of his employees at all times.
“Mr Lim will always walk us to the bus stop and get onto the bus with us to ensure that we get home safely first before he makes his own trip home,” says Lingkeswari, another one of his employees.
An inspirational saying from Mr. Lim himself.
The effort that he has put in is not only for himself to prove that he is capable of being independent, but with the hopes that it reaches out to all the disabled out there; be it blind, crippled or mute. Nothing is hard.
“If you think too much, you won’t be able to take the risk,” he says.
In this realistic world, it is a cruel fact that the current generation in our community today often look down on the blind and think that all they want is sympathy and money like beggars. This had triggered and motivated Lim indirectly as he never wanted such thing to happen to him. He worked very hard and took up every challenge along the way, hoping that this will be a lesson to all the disabled to not let their pride down.
Every disabled person has an equal chance to start up their own business. It is only, “If you dare to take the first step that hope will come,”
A friend of Lim once mentioned that if he wasn’t blind, he would’ve been a very successful and recognised man by now. But he replies saying, “I was just like any other ordinary man before I became blind, nothing special,”
“Instead, being blind has made me a much better person. I am more independent and optimistic towards life now.”
A message from this special blind leader which he has learnt throughout his amazing journey – the disabled should never give up or complain when they face an obstacle because, “We might be slower getting to our destination, but it doesn’t mean that we will never reach it”
If you happen to be in Subang Jaya, drop by “Tai Jo Lim’s Traditional Massage” which is just a floor above the famous Pelita Restaurant in SS15 and try out his relaxing reflexology.
Business Information of #IntiFMIdol - Mr Lim
Name of shop: Tai Jo Lim (Traditional Blind Massage)
Operation Hours: Everyday except public holidays (10.30 a.m. – 9.30 p.m.)
Address: 6-1, Jalan SS15/4C, Subang Jaya, 47500 Selangor
Contact Number: 018-3663132 / 03-56359233
Nature of business: Reflexology
Prices:
- Foot Massage (1 hour): RM 38
- Body Massage (1 hour): RM 40
On the 2nd of August 2014, the Leo Club of SMK Assunta organized a visit to White Dove retirement nursing center called Golden Days. The event started at 9.45 am and ended at 11.00 am. There were 6 members from our Leo club attending the project.
The retirement home has 18 old folks and 6 staff members. We had brought oranges, egg tarts, buns, Milo and Soya bean packet drinks for the residents of the nursing home. Upon arriving, we were warmly welcomed. The staff was friendly and were kind to the residents of the retirement nursing home. The old folks are as equally friendly and shared many interesting stories with us. We then sang a few songs with the residents while one of our Leo members and her father played the guitars. We all had a joyful and fun time. After that, we distributed packet drinks for them. We also realized how unfortunate and devastating these elderly people are as they were once great people with happy families until their families could not take care of them anymore. Their family members would often visit them on weekends though. We left them with the food and drinks that we brought and bid them goodbye before we left. We hoped we made everyone there happy and visit them next time.
On the 24th of July a few Leo from the Leo Club Of SMK Assunta handed out sweets. This occurred when the students and teachers of SMK Assunta were celebrating the joy of the upcoming Hari Raya on the school's lawn. It was done as a small gift to bring on the little joys of Hari Raya. The teachers and students enjoyed themselves getting sweets and celebrating. Overall this project was a success. We hope that everyone had an amazing time and a great Hari Raya.
Report by,
Leo Kashmeera
Photos taken during this project:
Leos giving candies to teacher.
Students from Assunta collecting the candies we distributed.
