Heap Hope Angels

Say Leng 因为要搬家，所以不能出席今天的会议。

会议进行到一半时，我接到他的电话，说他需要一些志工的帮忙，会议结束后，我们几个志工一并到他的新家去。到了Say Leng的家，大部分的东西都整理好了，只剩下那两张原本被拆开的床还没装好。花了一些时间，几个男生七手八脚地终于把床装好……

我们经常在生活上会遇到一些小难题，这些难题对肢体健全的人来说可能不起眼，但是对残障朋友来说可能是一种挑战。这个时候，介助人和志工就扮演一个重要的角色–协助残障人士解决生活上的难题。

It was Lynn’s b’day on 28th Sept. As a gesture of friendship, Serena and I went for the K-session that a bunch of Lynn’s good friend had organized for her a day before.

It would have been just about any other gathering for a b’day girl, but this time, it was rather unique. Lynn and about half of the people who turned up are disabled friends.

I was observing how the group of disabled frenz and volunteers actually mingled around and this is what I saw.

I saw how the volunteers went around helping the under-privileged frenz adjust their sitting posture every now and then, I saw them wiping away the remains of food on their mouth after they were fed (by the volunteers too), but most important of all, I saw the pure heart to want to give selflessly and to just brighten up the days of a few disabled frenz.

Also, I saw how our disabled frenz actually went about singing, K-ing and happily playing the arcade games just like normal people, I saw how their faces beamed with joy and excitement despite their disabilities, but most importantly, I saw how this group of marvelous friends can accept their fate and move on very positively in their lives.

And through all the events happening around me, I too saw some of the sad truth about how some friends was actually placed in the same situation as the disable friends as mentioned, yet could not face the reality as well as them.

I have a disabled friend who got paralysed from waist down due to a fatal accident overseas 5 years ago. Back then, judging from his condition, doctor already proclaimed he probably had only 1 month left, and even if he should wake up, he would have been a vegetable.

But he proved everyone wrong and surprised even his parents by not only gaining consciousness after 2 months, but also able to speak (although his speech is seriously impaired by the accident) and go about his daily life independently.

However, instead of counting his blessings, he actually plunged himself into an abyss of blaming his destiny for what had become of him. He was with BG for close to a year, yet he still could not pick himself up from where he was 5 years ago, no matter how hard the volunteers had tried to encourage him.

My initial compassion for him actually turned into an immense feeling of wanting to motivate him by bombarding him sternly how lucky he was that he is having so many people who are so concerned about him. Yet, from the last time I had a chat with him via phone, I could still sense he was still very much on the pessimistic side ever since returning to his hometown 2 years ago.

As such, I personally feel that for those like Say Leng (our DoSomething web master), who not only has a positive mindset about what he wants to achieve in his life, but also stretches himself to motivate his friends like Lynn (he was the one who initiated the K-gathering for Lynn coz he knew it was Lynn’s dream to wanna expand her network of friends and contacts in pursuing her own dreams), it takes great courage and acceptance to be where he is today, in terms of his outlook on life.

So Say Leng, Lynn and my other disabled friends, KuDos to all of you for inspiring others with your great, exemplary example!!

To Lynn, once again– many happy returns of the same day as your b’day!!

前几天，朋友问道：如果有义工愿意帮助你，你希望他们怎样帮你？
他忽然冒出这个问题，我的反应有点迟钝，愣了几秒。。。
过后，我的回答是 — 提供我一些课程，以便有机会提升自己。
朋友对我说，他的答案竟和我一样。

我想，许多残障人士都需要自我提升的机会。无论是生命价值的提升，抑或学问、技巧的提升。
而我希望的是两者。

人，并无完美。生命，也无永恒。
惟有不断提高生命的深厚度，才能让即使短暂的生命不留白。
我们都需要各方面地使自己更进步，IQ、EQ、PQ及SQ是“人的全面”思想发展的四大要素。
由于身为“残障”，体能方面自然输人一大截了。所以，我一直很希望可以透过各方面的培训，
提升一技之长，尤其是一些专业的课程，以便可拥有更理想的工作。

我对朋友说，我目前有两个愿望：
1。提升自己的生命价值及技能
2。扩大人际关系，并寻求更好的学习机会

残障人士，有许多的心愿。。。
你的愿望是否和我一样？

加油吧！^^

不知道是怎样认识美门的，总觉得对它们的认识不深，有机会会继续认识。打从心里的认识，比任何媒体上“煽情”的报道来得真实。

“美门？”

“到！”

“进贺？”

“到！”

美门、我和饥饿30算是小小的缘分。

这几年，美门和我都没有缺席饥饿30的活动。

在我的眼中，饥饿30是一个有意义的活动；美门的朋友，也是普通的一群人。

对于“残缺”，我一点概念都没有，他们比很多人都坚强。往往，内心的力量是大于身体的力量。

原本，我有机会去美门举办的DIY饥饿30营打气，奈何，有学记活动撞期了。没关系，以后还有很多机会。

饥饿30营当天下起大雨，可是却浇不息我们心中的爱。

Buka Puasa Charity Program with the underprivileged children from Yayasan Nursalam

Host : Kelab Sukan Sunway (Sunway Group)
Date : 11/09/2008 (Thursday)
Time : 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Venue : Atrium Cafe, Pyramid Tower Hotel

以“圆聚欢喜心”为主题的双福7周年爱心义卖会的脚步已近！感谢许许多多关爱双福的朋友，用爱心化为行动，陪伴我们走过这七年里甘苦的岁月。因为您，双福从无到有，从职能培训，到积极开拓外展服务：居家就业以及居家手工授课，现在更把服务延伸到柔佛分会的居家探访、教学和个案就铺，许多被遗忘在一角的残障朋友因此而蒙福，他们慢慢地走出黑暗，接受职训，并开始拥有自信与尊严。

“圆聚欢喜心”爱心义卖会的宗旨是让大众的爱心与双福感恩的心欢喜团聚。同时，也是一个平台，让拥有煮食天份或糕点大师、游戏王、才艺天王等等大展身手，我们也荣幸邀请到“共享空间”专业舞蹈团作为我们的表演嘉宾，并为当天的活动精心策划一番。配合中秋佳节，我们特别会在现场进行一系列的节目，让公众能够饮水思源，纪念中秋的意义。我们希望藉着这次的活动汇聚社会大众的爱与支持，为残障朋友常年就业职能培训基金而筹募，所以设下RM 200,000.00为这次的筹募目标。

双福7周年“圆聚欢喜心”爱心义卖会的时间及地点如下：
日期 ：9月21日(星期日)
时间 ：10am-3pm
地点 ：吉隆坡尊孔独中

此外当天我们也非常荣幸的邀请到士布爹区国会议员YB郭素沁硕士在上午11时主持开幕仪式及见证颁发感谢状给所有赞助人。其他出席的爱心伙伴则有乌鲁冷岳兴安会馆妇女组和雪兰莪福建会馆妇女组、安邦狮子会、共享空间舞蹈团、尊孔独中、宝岛妇女联谊会、北区区部八打灵民政党及“新闻报报看”5位主播也将到场为我们打气。

我们诚心邀请您带着一家大小参与我们的爱心义卖会。许多爱心的捐献者和商家们已为您预备琳琅满目的物品、食物以及多姿多彩的游戏和节目。当天将摆设的100个摊位及节目包括：台湾小吃及本地各籍贯美味小吃、素食食物、雪糕、各种健康饮料、糕点、包子、面包、手工艺品、二手货品、舞台表演、轮椅舞蹈、盲人按摩、青光眼检验；猜灯谜比赛、趣味游戏、体验游戏（可赢取丰富的奖品）等等。这个老少咸宜的义卖会肯定让大家乐而忘返，我们等着您来哦！

任何疑问，烦请联络公关干事廖春莲小姐012-7340016。

Persatuan Kristian Shuang Fu
No.125, Jalan Hujan Emas,
Taman Oversea Union,
58200 Kuala Lumpur.
(O)03-79831842/1843 (F)03-79831844
www.shuangfu.org

在大约一个月前，Serena在facebook里开了一个Pages，叫Do Something。
她把link send给我后，我便加入成为fans了。
那时候，我是第3位fans，也是第一位残障朋友。

在这之前，我已大概知道Serena想和几位义工朋友开始一个义工团队，为社会服务。
对于这个义工团队，我是非常的认同和支持的。
但是，有谁愿意去开始呢？
我看到了已经有人默默在耕耘，一步一步的把这个团队的架构建立起来。

刚刚开始，我还质问自己，我可以做些什么呢？
于是，我贡献了我的一篇文章。（呵呵，这也是叫Do Something哦！）
虽然，只是举手之劳，但这也许只是我们的一个开始。
当你不懂你能为这个社会做些什么的时候，我们需要的是您那份参与感。
当您愿意以那真诚的心来参与我们后，你自然会晓得你能付出些什么。

我发现，这个社会好多人都会觉得生活仿佛缺乏了意义。
就连我自己，偶尔也会有那样的感触。
我常常告诉自己，如果要让生命充满价值，一定要为这个社会付出一些。
不然，感觉自己好像一无是处。

非常高兴，Serena让我有机会，担任一个小小的角色–网管。
这也是我可以胜任的工作。
我觉得还蛮轻松的，因为很多东西她都自己去负责。:P
只有在面对技术上的问题，才会找我帮忙。
但是，虽然只是少少的付出，却能让她完成她所想要做的东西，也是值得欣慰的。

我希望，大家一起来努力，一人付出那么一点点，把这个组织越滚越大。
只要大家愿意用行动来支持，没有什么是不可以的。

Thanks to Wing that organising the mid autumn festive “smoke gets into my eyes - BBQ dinner”. We have been enjoyed and fun when taking the photos - being naughty, cutie, and sexy!!

Formation of Do Something

The initial concept emerged from a casual conversation between William and I while returning from a speaking engagement, where we spoke about volunteerism in the Malaysian context. The concept of volunteerism is relatively new in Malaysia, and many NGOs are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit, manage and retain volunteers.

Therefore, the whole idea of forming this organization is to relieve them (NGOs) of their burdens and take it upon ourselves to provide an efficient “mechanism” or system for volunteer management.

We have been working on this idea and recruiting committees and members. The team has established :

• mailing list
• facebook
• blog
• website (under construction)

The name of Do Something

That is to encourage everyone to “Do Something” to make a difference to others. If everyone can actually make a small move to help each others, we believe that the world will be getting better and better.

FUNtastic Volunteers Training

In conjunction with International Volunteer Day on 5th December, the team will be organising its very first event FUNtastic Volunteers Training :

• Date : 6th & 7th December 2008 (Saturday) & (Sunday)
• Time : 9:00am - 5:00pm
• Participant Fee : RM 50 per person (including food & beverage, t-shirt)

The kick off meeting on this event is scheduled on 14th September 2008 (Sunday), it is also the mid autumn day. Very thankful to this dedicated team of committees that willing to sacrifice their valuable time on this special day.