KLCC 10th Anniversary Bash: Bon Ton, KL

Yes, KLCC has finally turned 10 years old! ♪(ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉ


CONGRATULATIONS KLCC~!


To celebrate this momentous occasion, the Leo Club of KLCC threw a 10th Anniversary Dinner Bash at Bon Ton, KL on 30 June 2007!

Bon Ton, KL looks splendid at night!

Bon Ton is a delightful mix of old-world charm that warmly greets you when you step into Bon Ton. Acclaimed for its culinary fusion wonders and ambience, us Leos arrived at Bon Ton early to prepare for the night!

OC Leo Min Han with Leo JJ

By 6pm, some of us Leos were all primped set and ready to greet our guests!

2007/08 President Teck Liet, Leo Edwin, Leo Elaine and Leo Li-Wei ready to work the registration table

Finally, it was time! Firstly, we invited 2006/2007 President of Lions Club of KL Cheras, Lion Thomas, to officiate the Opening Ceremony!

Lions Club of KL Cheras President Lion Thomas officiating the Opening Ceremony with a hit of the gong!

We then had a roll call, introducing our guests for the night from various Leo Clubs, both Omega and Alpha, Lions Clubs and our Lion dignitaries, Guest of Honour Past B1 YE Chairman Lion Foo See Yow, and of course our own KLCC Presidents and Past Presidents!

Roll call: Leo William Chuah & Leo Ivan from Leo Club of KL Central (Omega)

Roll call: Incoming 2007/08 President Leo Teck Liet

After roll call, it was time for the Leo Pledge...

"Please raise your right hand..."

Next up was a speech from our Guest of Honour, Past B1 YE Chairman Lion Foo See Yow, who gave a very thoughtful speech about how he has worked with us for Youth Exchange and how he has watched our club grow for the past few years.

Our Guest of Honour, Past B1 YE Chairman Lion Foo See Yow giving his speech

Lions Club of KL Cheras President Lion Thomas then presented the commemorative 10th Anniversary Badge from Lions Club International to our 2006/07 President Leo Zetuan!

Hehe...Leo Zetuan gave a pretty happy speech, as it was the last day of his term as President for the fiscal year 2006/2007.

Freedom! Lol!

The Organising Chairperson for this 10th Anniversary Dinner, Leo Min Han (who worked his butt off on this project) then gave his share of the speeches for the night...

Speeches over, it was time to present the powerpoint slideshow prepared by Leo Edwin, Leo Min Han and several other members, which detailed the past 10 years of KLCC history!

Meanwhile, dinner was also served, starting with the famous Bon Ton Top Hats and Curry Pumpkin Soup to kick things off!

The famous Bon Ton Top Hats!

Curry Pumpkin Soup that was very spicy! (>_<)

Our main course was a choice between a simply scumplicious Pan-fried Dory Fish in Butter Sauce or Chicken in Special Teriyaki Sauce!

Totally droolacious Pan-fried Dory Fish in Butter Sauce

Chicken in Special Teriyaki Sauce

Our verdict?

Bon Ton isn't just all talk! Their fame is seriously well deserved. *nods head in appreciation*

Mm-mm~!* Both dishes were just simply amazing and had everyone smacking their lips in appreciation! To top things off, for dessert we were served their renowned Chocolate Mudcake, which to quote Leo Joanne, is "TO DIE FOR"~!

Bon Ton's legendary Chocolate Mudcake!

So who was kind enough to grace us with their presence on our 10th Anniversary Dinner?

From the Lions, we were honoured by the attendance of Past B1 YE Chairman Lion Foo See Yow, DC for Leo Clubs & Youth Region 3 & 4 Lion Ang Moo Bok, Lions Club of KL Cheras President Lion Thomas and Lion Lydia Lai, also from Lions Club of KL Cheras...

(L-R) DC for Leo Clubs & Youth Region 3 & 4 Lion Ang Moo Bok, Lion Lydia Lai, Past B1 YE Chairman Lion Foo See Yow, and President Lion Thomas of KL Cheras

We also had 7 of our Past Presidents, along with their wives, girlfriends and even baby!



Asides from members of our own club, we were happy to welcome friends from fellow Leo Clubs, Leo Ivan and Leo Sheng Wei of Leo Club of KL Unity (Omega) and the Alpha Leos of SMK Damansara Utama!

Leo Ivan, Leo Sheng Wei, and Alpha Leos from Damansara Utama

Jasmine, Leo Joon Sau, Leo Soon Yean, Leo Ivan & William Chuah from Leo Club of KL Central, and Leo Alan from Leo Club of KL Bukit Kiara

Leo Casper with Leo Frances, Khai Tzer, Bryan and Alex

Of course, we also had veteran KLCC Leos who came to show their support, as well as to renew their friendships and to catch up...

Leo Joon Sau with Leo Gin, veteran Leos who attended to renew friendships!

...along with the current batch of newer KLCC Leos, who seem to be all girls! Lol!

(Front) 2nd Vice President Leo Elaine Tham with Leo Michelle Kong, Leo Yee Wen, Leo Frances
(Back) Leo Tammy, Leo Jesslyn

Perhaps the highlight of the night were the performances, which began with an amazing Gu Zheng performance from one of our Past Presidents, Leo Jason Chen, and then followed by a singing rendition by Leo Elaine Tham, with Leo Soon Yean accompanying on the guitar.

Leo Jason Chen giving a fantastic performance on his Gu Zheng

Singing performance from Leo Elaine and Leo Soon Yean

Somehow, the KLCC Leos were cornered into performing an inpromptu "performance", the infamous Chicken Dance! Lol. This was then followed by a solo late-night-flight DJ-style session by Leo Soon Yean.

Impromptu "dance" performance from KLCC!! It's the chicken dance again! Do the wave!

Late Night with Leo Soon Yean! Great and moving talk by him...

Finally, it was time for the cake-cutting ceremony! All the Past Presidents, as well as Lions, President, and IPP were invited upfront to cut the cake together.

Lions, Past Presidents and Presidents gathered around the cake..

1, 2, go! Everyone give a hand in cutting the cake!
Happy 10th Anniversary KLCC!!

We then presented a memento to our Guest of Honour, Lion Foo See Yow, who not only is the Youth Exchange Chairperson for District 308-B1, but was also our well-loved Leo Advisor!

Presenting souvenir to Guest of Honour, Lion Foo See Yow!

Alas, all good things come to an end, and it was soon time to officiate the Closing Ceremony. However, to commemorate this memorable night, everyone then gathered for a massive group photo, which took a lot of squeezing in to fit everyone into the picture!

Lion Thomas officiating the Closing Ceremony

Final group shot with everyone!

All in all, it was an unforgettable night and we hoped that everyone enjoyed themselves!

Once again, we would like to thank everyone for their massive wave of support, from our Lions to our fellow Leos from other Leo Club, to our senior KLCC Leos who came to support and our new Leos who pitched in to organise this fantastic 10th Club Anniversary!

To the organising committee, especially to the Organising Chairperson, Leo Min Han...big kudos for a fantastic job well done. To all Leos, let our Leo Spirit burn proud and strong for many years to come!

Congratulations again to the Leo Club of Kuala Lumpur City Centre! (*≧▽≦)

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!

2007 MD 308 Leo Forum: Penang

Last weekend, amidst busy work schedules and several riskily-taken annual leave, a bunch of us KLCC Leos happily trooped up to Penang to attend the 34th MD 308 Leo Forum that was held from 1 June - 3 June 2007.

Now the last time the Leo Forum was held in Penang was in 2005, during PP Leo Robert's year.

This year, the Leos who went was our 2006/07 President Leo Zetuan, IPP Leo Daryan, Secretary Leo Min Han, IT Director Leo Edwin, and Ren Li, while Asst. Treasurer Leo Joanne & 2nd VP Leo Elaine were only able to join on Saturday morning.


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Day 1: 1 June 2007

After a gruelling 4-hour drive, we finally arrived in Penang! (^_~)/ "Hello Penang!"





Now our first important mission was find our way to our designated hotel: Cititel. People who think Penang is small obviously has never been there before. Several twists & turns and many, many one-way roads where we wound up lost, we finally found our way to Cititel.




Unlike most forums where everyone would be housed in a single hotel, due to the smaller sizes of most hotels in Penang, everyone was scattered apart in several hotels.

The Lions stayed in G Hotel, while most of the Alpha Leos were housed in Evergreen Laurel and Bayview Hotel. As for the rest of us Omega Leos? Well, we ended up in Cititel, which strangely has no swimming pool, which totally made Leo Zetuan very, very disappointed. Lol.

(P/s. For those who went for the 2005 MD 308 Leo Forum that was also held in Penang, it's the hotel in front of that mamak place we had our yumcha sessions with the Lions last time. Hee!)

View of Komtar from our hotel room

As usual, Leo Forums are a great way to interact with other Leos and to renew old friendships. It was also great to catch up with fellow KL Omega Leos, more notably the Leos from Leo Club of KL Unity, KL Perennial and Bukit Kiara.

That evening, we had our Leo Parade down the entire length of Gurney Drive all the way to the Former Uplands School field - our venue for our Fellowship Night!

Would you believe they actually sealed off Gurney Drive JUST FOR US? Apparently it caused the most massive traffic jam in Penang history! (O_o)

Delegates gathering before the Leo Parade...

KLCC Leos with Alpha Leos before the Leo Parade

Ren Lee, Leo Daryan, Leo Min Han & Leo Zetuan discussing who would hold the banners...

Leo Zetuan & Daryan carrying the District 308 B1 banner!

Leo Min Han & Ren Lee carrying our KLCC Club banner

To make the Leo Parade more special, we also had extra entertainment such as Lion Dance and Dragon Dance! Haha! Kinda festive and grand indeed.

KL Omega Leos unite! (From left: KL Perennial, KL Bukit Kiara, KL Unity & KLCC)

At this point, perhaps it's only fair that we point out we had to sympathize with some of the Forum female delegates who had dressed up for the occasion, only to have to walk all the way down Gurney Drive and then through the field in high heels.

We then kicked off the Fellowship Night with special performances from Digi Celebriteens, while the Forum delegates had to grab tables pronto as it was free seating that night. Food that night wasn't very good, definitely not what we had expected actually.

We shared a table with KL Perennial Leos, and met some very active and friendly Alpha Leos from SMK Damansara Utama!

KLCC Leos having fellowship with KL Perennial Leos

Leo Min Han with the Digi Yellowmen!

[To know more about why Min Han is with the Digi Yellowmen, you'll have to ask him directly. Hee hee!]


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Day 2: 2 June 2007

The next morning, it was time to take part in the Opening Ceremony and Special Project in Sri Pinang Hall.




This forum, we were honoured with the presence of our Guest of Honour, Penang Chief Minister YAB Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon, who delivered a long but inspiring speech.

VIPs, Lion dignitaries and Leos all eyes and ears on the presentation

We also had the Banner Presentation session, where KLCC President Leo Zetuan represented our club and went onstage to display our KLCC banner, along with Leo Thiam Beng from KL Unity and Leo Kok How from KL Perennial.




After the morning session, Leo Joanne & Leo Elaine arrived together with Leo Mervyn from KL Unity just in time to join us for Bak Kut Teh on Gurney Drive! Hehe! We had escaped earlier to have lunch outside because no one really had a yen for the catered chicken curry and mee hoon for lunch.

After lunch, it was time to head back for the District Leo Forum in Sri Pinang Hall, where we sat together with Lion Soh from our sponsor club, Lions Club of KL Cheras, and also with the KL Perennial Leos.

On a mutual agreement, we decided to roar for every single KL Omega Club that won. What we didn't expect was how often that would be, and pretty soon the other leo clubs were pretty astounded as we kept popping up and down from our chairs yelling "KL Omega, Roar! Roar! Roar!" non-stop. Lol!

[Sorry, no pics here. We were too busy roaring and going to the front to take pictures that we simply had no hands to shoot pics!]

Although we did not retain our Top Club position for this forum, nevetherless KLCC Omega did quite well, garnering:

• Outstanding Club Award: Leo Club of KLCC
• Merit President Award: Leo Chiang Zetuan
• Outstanding Secretary Award: Leo Chai Min Han
• Merit Treasurer Award: Leo Ng Yedda
• Outstanding Leo Member Award: Leo Joanne Wong

For our projects, we also gained recognition for our efforts, receiving:

• Environmental Award: PD Beach Cleaning project
• Fundraising Award: Jumble Sale
• Leo with Children Award: Sharing Hearts Sharing Hopes projects
• International Relationship Award: Project with Leo Club of Hong Kong, The Peak


CONGRATULATIONS KLCC LEOS for a job well done!


That night, we had the Banquet Night, which was held at Han Chiang School Hall.

Front of Han Chiang School Hall

Han Chiang is OLD. They had a statue that was unveiled in 1958 by our very first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman!

The theme for the night was Shanghai Night! So it was very nice to see many forum delegates dressing to the occasion in cheongsams!

Because we were on time, while waiting for the Banquet Night to proceed, we decided to fool around with the camera.

Leo Joanne & Leo Elaine

Here's Zetuan trying to act cute. Please note the 'stoned' expression on Min Han's face. It's like he's thinking "I so am not seeing Zetuan act cute. Ignore. Ignore. Ignorance is bliss...". Bwahaha!

Leo Zetuan (finally normal again) with Leo Edwin & Leo Min Han

We shared a table with KL Unity Leos during the Banquet Night. (^_~)v

We had a GLOW-IN-THE-DARK PINK DRAGON DANCE to kickstart the performance. (O_o). But it was unique all the same, only we couldn't see our food to eat! Lol!

Finally! The first course to assuage our starving stomachs!




We then had the long-awaited Top Awards Presentation. Congratulations to the Leo Clubs of KLU, KL Perennial and Skudai for winning Top Club and President awards!

After the banquet dinner, we were STILL hungry so we went for supper at Gurney Drive!


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Day 3: 3 June 2007

Having decided to go explore Penang's yummilicious food the night before, we all woke up earlier to go food-hunting before the Closing Ceremony.

Zetuan the driver and Min Han, our map-reader a.k.a Zee Navigatorrr...

We headed to this char kuey teow auntie at Lorong Selamat that we heard was good, but the stall wasn't open yet so we had dim sum instead!





Hehehe...dim sum was quite good, but we had to rush our breakfast to get back in time for the Closing Ceremony.

After the Closing Ceremony, it was time to head home.


Bye, Penang! さよなら！


We left Penang at 2:30 pm, thinking we would be back just in time for an early dinner, only to run into a long-lasting storm that dogged us all the way back to KL!

The stubborn storm that wouldn't leave us alone

Thanks to the storm, we suffered a horrible traffic jam all the way home, where we only reached KL around 8pm! Gah!

Oh, we also had several exciting moments when we needed a rest stop URGENTLY and there weren't any around, and when we found one we couldn't get to it because of the massive jam. Lol!

Well, there you have it guys. Our KLCC experiences at the 2007 MD308 Leo Forum in Penang.

Until the next forum then! Ta~! (^_~)/