"We Complain about the brand of shoes that we have until we see people without feet"

It was 2 years back on 10-10-08 when my wife and I traveled to Cambodia for our Anniversary. I was just looking through my photos and I found these two... I chartered a boart and headed off to the middle of Tonle Sap Lake (Largest lake in the world I think.. if not Asia)... my intention was to have a romantic dinner overlooking the horizon at dusk... Instead... we were troubled with a few incidents on the way that totally stopped us and had us puzzled. Kids were "sailing" on their "aluminum boats"... asking for money. My heart sanked as I saw more than 15 "sailors" were doing so...

Our candlelight dinner didn't really end up too romantic as that experience stopped us to ask ourselves... Have I made a difference in my life? Do I value life? Should I be happy with what I have now? Should I complain about what I don't have until I realize what I already have is a luxury to many?

From that day onwards, our Lionism somehow strengthened. Well, that's just the two of us.. and a story to share. Both Cheryl and I have not made any plans for 10-10 this year.. let alone.. 10-10-10....

She asked me the other day about our plans for 10-10-10.. and I told her, instead of spending loads of money doing lame stuff every year.. how about we be M.A.D (Making a Difference)... not in our lives.. but in the lives of others? LCI and our MD308 alone are celebrating 10-10-10, World Sight Day and a lot of us are going for the Walk for Sight projects. 

A friend asked... "Aiya.. Alan... But it's YOUR anniversary!!!! You can put everything else on hold... What difference does it make for the two of you?" And my answer to him was... "It may just be an extra two Lions on the road supporting this cause... but... I know we would have Made a Difference... it's the baby steps we take!"

What are your plans for 10-10-10?
*Penang*Klang Valley*

Regards

Lion Alan Thoo
B2 Passion Editorial Team

B2 Lions Serving with Passion! (Random news)

District 308B2 Lions Clubs would like to wish all Muslim Lions a belated SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI! We apologize for not being to post up materials as we were caught up with a lot of workload prior to the Raya Holidays. Anyway, here's some news for all of you!

DID YOU KNOW? ... 

that we have a LIONS HEADQUARTERS? No? Oh well...No kidding! It is a 3 storey building located at No: 25-1 Jalan Tanjung SD 13/2, Bandar Sri Damansara, Kuala Lumpur! it;s just 10 minutes drive from One Utama Shopping Mall! The ground floor is currently rented out and the 1st & 2nd floor house board rooms and a large seminar hall that can cater up to 70 people forseminars and talks.

Board rooms for small discussions

Seminar Hall

District Governor Hudson Hah in his office on 1st floor & the cabinets housing past year awards, souvenir programmes and a rich history of District 308B1 & B2!!!!

Should you need more information, kindly contact Lion Veronica Koh or Lion Richard Choo at 03-62725399 for booking!

DID YOU KNOW? ...

Lions Clubs in Penang, District 308B2, donated All Terrain 4 x 4 Ambulance to the St.John's Ambulance of Malaysia? This First-in-Malaysia ambulance will be making its debut in Malaysia very soon! The Ambulance Project was first mooted in 2008 when the Rt. Hon'ble Chief Minister of Penang, Tuan Lim Guan Eng in a discussion with the then District Governor Kenneth Saw suggested that Lions try to help out the State Government by providing an ambulance to serve the North East tourist belt of Penang (from Tanjung Bungah to Batu Feringghi). The ambulance will be based in Batu Feringghi and its response time to any emergency in that area will be very quick due to its location. There is already an ambulance serving the South West area of the Island manned by SJAM's EMAS team. Penang Lions managed to raise some RM180,000.00 through direct donations, club contributions and a charity fund raising dinner held at the Han Chiang High School Hall in Penang in June 2009. Major  individual contributors are the 45th OSEAL Forum Committee, Lion Dato' Goh Eng Hoe, numerous Lions and Clubs in Penang. After a much awaited two years, tthe Ambulance will be put to good use to serve the people of Penang through the kind and generous efforts of Lions and the generous public.

DID YOU KNOW? ... The Leo Clubs in Malaysia just celebrated their 40th Anniversary a few weekends ago? Instead of a mega scaled concert, event or dinner, Leos and Lions chose to give back to mother nature by planting trees, cleaning-up, and organizing 3R/Eco related projects!!! Dubbed the M.A.D Celebration (Making a Difference), Leos and their sponsoring Lions Clubs worked hand in hand in green-ing Mother Earth! Here's a video of the biggest concerted event ever held! The best thing is the project gained approval from the Ministry of Education (MoE) and also endorsed and supported by MCG2 (Malaysian Celebrities Go Green)

Video compilation courtesy of LTv!

TV1 Coverage of the event


What's up with the New Century Lions in B2?
A picture paints a thousand words... A video... oh well... happy viewing!!!

New Century Lions Club Penang Island
Conferment Ceremony of Honorary Member
YB Koay Teng Hai,
(Pulau Tikus, Penang, State Assemblyman)
by 1st Vice District Governor Shawn Lee

IMNC Lions Club (Ipoh Metro New Century)  

created historyby being the first club 

in the district to organize a Joint District (308B1 & B2) after the MoU
signing ceremony between the two districts. The event was
a Buka Puasa event & Santai Ramadhan held in Giant Kota Damansara
with local celebrities giving laughter and fun to orphans and the disabled.

What's next?

10-10-10....is International World Sight Day (Click here for Lions International link on this topic) and both Districts 308B1 & B2 (Malaysia) are coming together to pull off a mega scale concerted effort in our respective zones/areas! Is your club a part of the Zone/Regional project for this? Do you have any idea where it will be held in your region? Well, the best thing to do right now is to contact your President or your Zone/Region Chairpersons for more details. We are sure they will be able to help you!

Well... that's all for now... Stay Tuned to B2 Passion for more info! Roarrrr!!!!!!!

Regards

Lion Alan Thoo
B2 Passion Editorial