Anyway, t'was the perfect weekend spent on 3 lil events but a big boost to the heart :)
The first one was the Oaktree Foundation's Vision Night for 2008 which saw the handover of Hugh Evans, the founder of Oaktree to a new CEO, David Toohey (both very cute as well! Teehehe..) and the unveiling of Oaktree's Vision for the year. Hugh Evans is such a charismatic and influential speaker and to think that he started Oaktree in his early 20s and the amount of achievements Oaktree has achieved in these past 5 years is just f**king amazing! The Make Poverty History concert, the Schools for Schools project, and a lot lot more, helped Oaktree garner the attention that it deserves, both from the government and the commercial world, MTV Music Awards man! All these amazing projects are channeled towards raising funds and promoting advocacy work in Africa (and other developing countries), to provide education as the basis of change for the youths of Africa, in hope of a better future for them and for the country. What touched me even more was the passion! I know I've talked bout this over and over and most people would have realized by now my blog isn't much of a nice and easy read, it is here I seek to remind and reassure myself of what I want to achieve. Oaktree unites young people with that similar passion and draws on their energy and strengths to provide for those who truly need it and it is with this passion and drive that you see people as young as 18 t0 20, running nation-wide events, really putting themselves out there, for the benefit of others. And the result I believe is, truly rewarding!
Moving on, the night ended with an orchestra performance which of coz involves Heng Lin, my awesome awesome violin teacher (sorta) Lol.. I'm not too big a fan of classical music but to watch, among all the performers, most of them are really old, who played with such vigour and I shall not use that word again, that you become so charged and excited just watching them. Bravo Bravo!! and lil Heng Lin's sitting right behind the conductor but of coz this is another photo I ripped off somewhere. Hehe.. On another note, I think I've improved slightly in my violin, finally, progress after 6 years! Lol.. and I hope this is not the end, I tend to lose priorities sometimes. Teehehe...
www.laphotopro.comAnd finally, to cement off a perfect weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a wedding, my first Church Wedding :) OOh the excitement!! Thanks Feeny for inviting me to your sis's wedding which was simply beautiful !! And she is of coz, absolutely stunning! Held at the Scots Church, the one that I've always passed by, looking at the happy couples, wondering whether church weddings are anything like those you see on tv and hell yeah, they are and a million times more endearing in real life !
T'was my weekend as I picked up the bits and pieces on Sunday and returning to work on Monday. I'm really glad that I've settled into working life more at ease now, at least emotionally, I've learnt to accept, no pain, no gain woman! This is what you have to do now so you damn well do it good.....
Shoutout to ma babes : YC, we will get that crazy footloose day :), Izzy who thinks I'm corny :p nice yakking the other day, can't wait for more, Ernnie hang in that crazy bout of uni life and bitch we will soon (yoda style, teehehe..) and Grace Tan, I nak cekik you woman! Macam dah beribu-ribu tahun tak cakap :(
