Thanks to Yasmin for inviting me to partake in the Celebrity Lap in the recent Relay for Life event.
“Relay For Life is an over-night event,
celebrating the lives of cancer survivors
as well as to remember the lives of loved ones who have lost the battle.
It is a high-spirited event where everyone in the community can join in the fight against cancer.
It is a day filled with fun, comradeship and festivities.
A time when people you know and people you don’t know team up to raise public awareness about cancer in the community.
Throughout the duration of the event, individuals, survivors, teams, companies, and schools will take turns to walk the track to relay the message of cancer.
Non-stop. From dusk till dawn.”
A big group of us were gathered at 3pm last Sat to leave for Malacca,
where we’d walk a lap in the relay and collect money whereupon every sen goes to the National Cancer Society.
The singers like Jacyln Victor, Vince Chong and Elvira Arul performed on stage.
Thanks to Aeroline for sponsoring our bus trip down!
They even took orders for Milo and coffee, and served us food.
We each decorated our Luminaria paperbags which were to be lit up that night.
Okay, i did mine under the pressure of the Chong sisters in the bus -_-
It was a looooong ride to Malacca cos the highway was jammed,
think we took almost 4 hours!
Had a quick but awesome nyonya dinner at Straits Meridien Malacca
before heading straight to the stadium.
Yasmin being the mother hen and making sure everyone does their thang.
On left is JFK, whom i just met that day but was SO NICE to hook me up with the best deal to fix my iPhone 4 which i shattered the day before -_-
Pamela & Vanessa Chong (i can finally tell them apart), and Miss Universe/Malaysia 2010 finalist Sarah Yap
Signing the banner which we’d carry during our relay lap
Xandria; and Poesy, who shaved her head for the Bald Empathy Movement
We sold lots of blinky toys that Yasmin ordered to raise money.
Subsequently bought a few ourselves too
The more femes faces urged people to donate $ in exchange for taking a picture with them.
Hans was damn laku to take pictures with people.
There were so many shy girls lingering nearby to take a picture with him!
I think we should start a kissing booth with Hans in it next time.
Sure pau more $
Astro Supersports host Jay trying to make me take a money box.
I’m obviously too distracted grinning at camera.
Xandria & Yuri
Daphne is 4-months preggers
Harith & his wife Jezamine.
See, it’s the comedians that get the hot chicks
Vince Chong, Vanessa Chong, Jaclyn Victor
Hundreds of Luminaria bags were decorated to be lined up and lit
If you’re in KL, the Relay for Life KL event is happening in July 2011:
If you’d like to make a donation online,
you can easily do so on
http://simplygiving.com/relayforlife.
I know i have 25,000 unique visitors a month…
if EACH of you just gave RM10,
we’d manage to collect RM250,000!
Power in numbers is an amazing thing.
So do take a minute of your time to donate RM10.
Cancer knows no race, religion nor age,
and some people who are plagued with it are financially restrained to fight the disease.
Tax exemption receipt is available upon request.
Do share the info above on your blogs, twitter and FB!
i can’t help noticing – Daphne’s tummy 4 months so big edi?! :O maybee there’re twins!
great write up! glad that my salesmenship of iphone4 parts left an impression :p i thought it’d be my hyperness haha
cindy: that’s what i said haha
jfk: it was your KIND HEART, then hyperness hahahahah
Nice work. Keep it up;)
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