CV! Appreciation Nite

There have been a few thank you notes written lately, and published to all to see. So I thought I do the same, but publishing all of them (including the latest one by Ehon)...

Special Note of Thanks to Curtin Volunteers! (CV!)

By Mr. Abel Nelson Nang

To all my "babies" of CV!,

Curtin Volunteers! At time of trying to put all these into words, I have a mix feelings about everything - it won't fit if I were to list them down in here. But I am sure of one, and that I am so proud of all of you for all the untiring support and effort you have put into making the John Curtin Charity Month 2004 a great success, despite of all the challenges coming our way. Zillion of thanks to all those wonderful people who were involved, for without their sacrifices, commitement and team spirit, JCCM04 could not have happened.

A saying goes "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Sowing seeds that benefit others probably won't mean traveling to another country to serve the poor or anything like that, but to help others in your own small ways like what you have done, whether it's sacrificing your Saturdays & Sundays to reach out the community in need, or putting your desires on hold for the sake of your team's success. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others. The success journey will not look the same for everyone because the picture of success is different for every person. But the principles used to take the journey don't change.

My very special thanks to Serena and Jae - the two iron ladies who stand still with all the ups and downs ever since the initiation of CV! in 2002. You both have brought CV! to greater heights and remember, NEVER QUIT!

Gretchel - I could not have made Dance for Humanity a reality without you sacrificing your Hong Kong trip. Of course the rest of the CV! dancers - Tiang, Ehon, Lis, Navodi, Iqbal, Jack, Kian, Barke, Fiona, Jae, Sara, VJ, KC, Azie, Bella, Joanna and the great Eng Kiat. We all were awesome!

Ehon - thank you for coordinating the Kidney Dialysis visit and the Love Box Campaign. Your spirit and enthusiasm are your strengths to share with others.

Iqbal - I have so much of things to say about you but first, let me thank you for coordinating the Blood Donation. I am always amazed by your friendliness. Your kindness and easy-going attitude have touched many people around you, and yes that is including me. I have no regrets that you are Mr. O-Week Feb 2004.

Tiang - with all the preparation you have done and your "never give up" spirit in coordinating the Sunflower visit, you have earned trust from others. From the moment of awarding the Mr. O-Week July 2004 title to you, I have seen big potential in you. Learn to grow and share with others.

Daryll - with a question "How can I help?", you became the head for the Maths Workshop facilitators. Thank you for a job well-done. The modules prepared are fun, inspiring and informative. Many thanks to the other facilitators - VJ, Iqbal, Serena, Jae, Jessie, Nadia, Lis, Amos, Edmund, Navodi, Bay, Jenny, Tiang, Ehon & Joanna. Great team!

VJ, Jenny & Navodi - Excellent Happy Hour for charity. My deepest appreciation for your hard work and preparation for a lovely night. My special thanks to Azie for without your live band perfomance, the night would be dull and empty. It is hard to imagine what some people had missed for not being there.

Bay - Your Charity Singing contest was a great success. I can still remember how nervous you were in the beginning, but hey, it turned out so well. To all my babies, the dancers - Gretchel, Giegel, Joanna, Lis, Bella & Icha: You guys were AWESOME!

Amos - i know you had lots of stress coping up with your studies and at the same time coordinating the Longhouse visit but it was fantastic. I must say, it's the best! For the rest who came, i can't thank you enough for your active participations.

Mother Teresa once said, "We can cure physical disease with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair & hopelessness is love".
You guys have brought that love to others and certainly to ME, and I thank you all, deep from the bottom of my heart.

Love - abel

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This is from SERENA, as the VICE PRESIDENT of CV!, on behalf of CV! (She guess)

To Abel, thanx so, so, so much for everything, most of all you support for CV! all this while. If Jae and I (and once Deb) are the pillars, you ARE the FIRM foundation that keep us all standing. Since 2002, when you first came to Curtin, you have always been there for us. I don't know HOW you can stand all the criticism for people but the way you handle them, it always gives us THE MOTIVATION to GO ON (esp our 'best friends'). I know there are times we don't do our work as well as you expected but we learn through time and I know, in time we'll improve. Look how CV! have grown (member wise and reputation wise). It's all through all OUR (you, then Deb, Jae, Me and of course, the members) hard work TOGETHER. I really appreciate your help, guidance and motivation. Thanx so much & I know, there's not enough 'THANK YOU's that I can say. Basically, there's no words to say how much your support means to US. Thanx once again for working together WITH US.

Jae... 3 yrs... It's a long time. Now it's up to us to keep the flame alive, to keep CV! alive. We've been through high and lows together and yes, some days of PMS, depressions and I guess, there were one or two misunderstandings. Then again... I hope we can remain as we are work well together for CV! The PMS is normal for us right? Let no guy problems (esp. mine) keep us from doing our work together.

Hmm... everyone else... too many to mention.

EHON: thanx for organising the Love Box & Kidney dialysis. And of course, writing the minutes. Thanx so much for running around too... hehehe...

GRETCHEL: thanx so so much too for the dance team & the Cheerleading team. Without your help, support & enthusiasm there would be no dance team and definitely no cheerleading team. Thanx thanx so much for your support and I hope we as CV! can work together for a long long time.

JOANNA: Thanx for your help and support too... both you and Gretchel were the backbones of the cheerleading team. Without both of you and your team... I don't know how the publicity for Curtin Carnival & JCCM would be. Thanx again & let's work together for CV! again next year ya!!

IQQY: Thanx so much for actually being able to understand all my ups and downs! I dunno wat to say... I guess you know wat I haf to say esp thank you so, so much!! Oh! Abel says "My @** is bigger than yours!" hahahaha.... You are a great guy and I really appreciate you handling the donation money (with Nadia) and most of all, the t-shirts. Hey, need my help to sell t-shirts next time?? If I'm free. after all, it's for the CV! we love. Thanx thanx so much.

NADIA: Thanx for helping to keep the donation money and helping to look after the booth. :-) And Yes, you were also a great MC at the Happy Hour!!

LIS: Thanx for your support and participation in the dance & cheerleading teams. also, thanx for looking after the booth. :-)

JENNY: Yo! You put a lot of effort in the promo for Happy Hour & I really thank you for your help & support. Without you, Navodi & Vijay doing the promo & organzing the Happy Hour would have not been a success. Thanx so much.

NAVODI: Sis, I really dun know wat to say. Just a simple thank you isn't enough. I know you sacrificed a lot of your time for CV! (like many others) and your lifely & happy -go-lucky attitude actually motivated (You didn't know, but there were some bad days...)Thanx so much for working together once again. CV! would not be a lifely without you and these past 2 years since you were in CV! we've worked together... I dunno wat else to say... Love ya, sis!

VIJAY: Yes, the man. You were the core of all the promos man (of course, the Cheerleader, Jenny & Navodi too! ) But the way you handle the mic & catch ppl's attention in d canteen... I salute you. Charity Happy Hour... You & Nadia were great!!! Be our MC next year again can? ;-)

AZIE: You have a great voice girl!! Thanx so, so much for singing at Charity Happy Hour. Please thank your relatives too for their support! Oh yeah, you can dance too!

TIANG: Mr Pole dance... hehehehe... I'm so, so sorry I didn't attend the Sunflower visit & I'm really disappointed I didn't go. I heard it was great fun! Thanx so much for organizing it... You were also a great sandwichman!! I haf a cute pic of you... hehehe... Keep up the good work and hope that we can work together agian next year.

DARYLL: Mr Maths himself. I really salute you man, esp the way you did the maths thingy. So far, I know how to do question one already! hehehehe...

AMOS: Hey, u seemed so quiet all trip... I know you were worried about the Long House Trip but Hey! It was a success. I hope we can haf more of such activities. It's an eye opener for many especially the international and non sarawakian student. Thanx so much 4 ur hard work... next year ya!

To everyone else Thanx so much. There's so many of you that I wanna say THANK YOU to... Words can't describe the gratitude to all... Keep on working together for CV! and the community. Keep the CV! Flame burning and may we achive better things in the future. I'm so, so sorry IF I DID HURT ANYONE'S FEELINGS ALL THIS WHILE. SOMETIMES, AS WE ALL KNOW, WHEN WE ARE ALL BUSY, EMOTIONS TEND TO FLARE... So, so, so sorry... I dunno what else to say... Thanx so much!! :-)

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Message from Ehon:

Well, I think it can be said that the longhouse visit marks the end of JCCM '04 and fellow CV!s, I'm proud to know that JCCM '04 was carried out smoothly and with GREAT outcome. Thanks to everyone! Since that Abel did this, I think I shoud as well. Hehe..

Abel - Thanks for your guidance and also plan. Thanks also for the time and sacrifices. You've managed well between your office time and also time for JCCM. ;)

Tiang - Whatever happens, take it as a mistake and just do better next time. You can make people come by telling them bout the activities we'll do there cos a lot of ppl duno what are we supposed to do there.

Bal - GREAT success on the blood donation & launching! ;)

Serena - Thou not many saw the John Curtin history but you've put in a lot of effort on it! Great job! ;)

Daryll - Thanks for the help. At least I did not get the wrong person to help out. Thanks! ;)

Jenny - I could not but hafto salute you. You took your time and effort to publicise the Happy Hour. You did your best! You took the effort to print those thinggy, give it out on campus and also stick it all around hostel in the middle of the night. I must say that nite was a success as we collected quite a lot as well.

Bay - The great man! Thousands of sorry for not being able to be there for the charity singing competition cos i was trying to do my CT till i forgot the time. But anyway, I was hoping the best for that event and with the effort that you've put in, Im sure it was a blast! ;)

Amos - Last but not least, your turn now. I know how worried you are bout the visit *ahems* and also I know you've tried your best. Well, I must say it was the most meaningful & GREATEST program as we had fun at the same time help everyone. Great job between u and Abel. We all enjoyed ourselves as well as helping them. Way to go boy and make sure you make CV! grew..

All the other CV! committees, members and people who participated, donated and also helped, thank you all very much. Thanks a lot for helping us to help others. JCCM '04 would not be a success without the support from all of you. God bless you all and take care!