Some 400
big-hearted friends enjoyed a dazzling floral show with a difference in the
recent Love and Peace fund-raising event.
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| A section of the line-up of models in a range of dazzling costumes decorated by a variety of flowers |
Organised
by a group of volunteers who helped to raise funds for building the Metta Lodge Buddhist Meditation Centre in Taman Johor Jaya, the event was dubbed “Love and
Peace” to promote more goodwill in the community.
After
enjoying a sumptuous High Tea spread, guests then enjoyed a floral exhibition
and show, coordinated by organising chairman, Doris Looi.
Looi, a
past-president of the Johor Baru chapter of Ikebana International, drew upon
her experience in floral shows and invited her friends who are award-winning
flower arrangement practitioners in Malaysia and Singapore, to participate in
the event.
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| A demonstration by flower arrangement professionals, Tong Weng Seng [Left], Lim Li Jun [3rd from Left] and Peter Chin [2nd from Right] who showed off their skills in arranging flowers on their models |
"I
just want everyone to share the joy of giving and the power of flowers,” said
Looi who was glad that the show participants contributed voluntarily and the
bulk of donations went into the building
fund.
The show
comprised a programme of ballet and
Spanish dance performances interspersed with a parade of elegant models who
showed off a range of dazzling costumes that were creatively decorated by a
variety of flowers.
The
event highlight was a demonstration by flower arrangement professionals, Tong
Weng Seng, Lim Li Jun and Peter Chin, who demonstrated their skills in
arranging flowers on their models.
“This
Love and Peace High Tea and Floral Exhibition & Show is the first in a
series of fund-raising events planned to raise funds for the new building,”
said fund-raising chairman, Lim Hock Teck.
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| Fund-raising chairman, Lim Hock Teck [Left] presenting a donation cheque to Metta Lodge Meditation Centre JB chairman, Heng Chai Teet |
He said
that generous donors contributed in cash and in kind, and thanked the
professionals who volunteered their skills in the Floral Exhibition & Show
and big-hearted friends like the venue-owners who offered the use of the event
halls at minimal cost.
Lim
presented a donation cheque for RM119,500.00 on behalf of the organisers to
Metta Lodge Meditation Centre Johor Baru chairman, Heng Chai Teet.
Heng said
their fund-raising effort started two months ago and the encouraging response
in support of the building fund meant that construction should start in the
last quarter of this year.
A version of this was published in The Malaysian Insider on 13 March 2016
Special thanks for this piece of work......so well written to help keep the memories alive. Also thanks for making time to join us.
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