Meeting the Truly Loving Company Part 3

There was basically 2 parts to meeting the Truly Loving Company this time around.

The first part started at 10.30am in the morning, in which they arrived in Tunku Abdul Rahman College to attend a meeting with the 7 representatives Truly Loving Campaigners to discuss the progress since the last meeting on 20th of June 2008. There were 6 members present, namely, Ms Julia Chong, Mr Khaw Chay Tee, Ms Yap Lai Peng, Ms Lee Ming Siew, Ms Mabel Ooi and Ms Tan Sim Lan.

Despite it was not the first time I was going to meet up with them, I was honestly nervous about the whole deal, I suppose that is to say that I hold these people at such high regard. There is such a respect for what they do. It may be safe to say the same for the other members present too, because during the preparation of the meeting we were rushing about like monkeys...hehe, maybe they were nervous too.

Presentation of the progress of the event was done one by one by the representatives of the Charity Exhibition Team, the Company Exhibition Team, the Sales and Redemption, Sponsorship and finally Publicity and Promotions...being the representative that was to present last, I practically suffocating in suspense!

The meeting ended at 12.30pm.

The second part of the meet up was actually a public talk, in which Ms Julia Chong presented about the Truly Loving Company. She talked about the initial inspiration for starting up such a company. Her story of how she was so consumed by the corporate world and overlooked certain things in life, that really drew a few sniffs and tears from a very macho audience. Videos were displayed showing the charity partners of TLC with Ms Julia Chong as the narrator. I have personally seen the video before, but I was not imune to it's effects, the message was emotional and strong. Everyone was drawn by the video.

After a very heartfelt presentation from Ms Julia Chong, there was a standing ovation. This certain nameless emcee came out of nowhere and summed up the basic message. That it all involves choice, the choice we make in life. These days, we have chosen to take too many things for granted... our parents, family, love, material things... But when offered a choice such as all quality for charity, why not take it? By choosing to use a soap, a dish wash or a body wash and it helps others, why don't we choose that?

As people took a moment to ponder. It suddenly turned less serious! It turns out that this very day it was the anniversary of the Truly Loving Company, and everyone took this opportunity to stand and sing birthday wishes to TLC.

Once the scene settled, there was a short Question and Answer session between the attendees of the talk and Ms Julia Chong in which she answered with such charisma and grace.

We ended the entire talk with a short presentation by that emcee presenting pictures taken during trips to factories and charity homes.

Finally,a big group picture of the TLC members and the attendees of the talk! It was in essence a success...and we felt it in our hearts! SPREAD THE LOVE!
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Look at the number of the attendees!... I dare say we are not as attentive during lectures, hahahaha!
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The presentation... Ms Julia Chong telling the story behind the Truly Loving Company and displaying slideshows
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Watching closely... The TLC members lending their emotional support as they watch the presentation by Ms Julia Chong
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Q&A session...Ms Julia Chong gets a question from a curious attendee
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Spreading the love together... and watching it grow further

* Special thanks to Mr Loi Yaw Yuen(Manager of the Centre of Continuing Professional Education of TARc) for the group photo