FIFTY ELDERLY DISABLED and their caregivers had an unforgettable Chinese New Year Outing in Mid Valley Megamall recently. It was held on January 31, 2008 in conjunction with the Year of the Rat.The event was sponsored for PETPOSITIVE by the good folk over at Mid Valley City Sdn Bhd comprising Mid Valley Megamall, Cititel and Boulevard Hotels and The Gardens.
Here is the final installment, as we promised, of the glorious event in pictures by PET+BLOGSPOT in conjunction with Chap Goh Mei today.
ABOVE: Some of the elderly disabled posing at the Centre Court of the Mall for a family album. Standing fourth from left is Sara Lew who is a Petpositive Committee Member as well as President of the Malaysian Parkinson's Disease Association in Kuala Lumpur. Standing third from right is Catherine Lim from the Advertising and Promotions Department of Mid Valley City.
BELOW: A very pleased PETPOSITIVE member Mr Sivaraman Kannan waiting eagerly to dig into the 8-course Chinese luncheon prepared by the Bintang Ballroom of Cititel. What were the mouth-watering delights served? 1) Prosperity Salmon Yee Sang 2) Seafood Soup 3) Boneless Chicken with Thai Sauce and Mango 4) Teochew Steamed Fished Fillet with Kei Chee 5) Loh Hon Chai with Sea Moss and Gluten 6) Golden Fried Rice with Seafood 7) Fried Stuffed Yam Dumplings 8) Sweetened Longan with Snow Fungus and Red Date.
PETPOSITIVE also received a couple of huge surprises. Daniel Yong, the Organising Chairman of the function announced that Mid Valley City had pledged a total sum of RM10.000 to our Society. The money in the form of things would be to help equip our animal-assisted therapy centre when we get it started.
On the same day, Mid Valley also organised a four-day charity bazaar within their premises. It was to raise further funds for PETPOSITIVE where all proceeds from that event would be fully directed to us.
Each of the handicapped members also received Ang Pows and goodie bags to take home.
A guest with Parkinson disease surprised us all when he suddenly decided to get up on stage to give us his personal rendition of a Chinese favorite song. (Pix at bottom with yellow T-shirt and holding a microphone).
His rendition grabbed everyone's attention - including Daniel Yong whom I was sitting next to. Daniel told me that the elderly gentleman gave a much better performance than many of the non disabled performers he had heard. 
We also relished the music by the Chinese traditional instrumentalists who performed for us during the luncheon.
When all that heavenly action was over, we were led to watch the acrobatic performance by some extremely skillful youths from China. Click HERE to watch their performance on video.
You can see by Idah's and my look in the crowd how mesmerised we were by their enrapturing show.
It was really hard to take our eyes off them, I tell you!
That's all folks! Happy Chap Goh Mei to U all.
Click HERE to read previous part of this story.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A BIG THANK U TO RUWAIDY MAT RASUL FOR ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS!
PET+BLOGSPOT
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