Car boot sale a big hit with visitors 2009/07/20 Halimatul Hamid

Visitors shopping around at the car boot sale yesterday. — Picture by Ghazali Bujang

SUBANG JAYA: Summit-NST- SJ Echo Car Boot Sale was a hit among visitors from around the Klang Valley yesterday as they flocked in search of bargainable items and to sample homemade delicacies while contributing to charity at the same time.

It is the biggest car boot sale ever organised here in collaboration with The Summit mall, the SJ Echo community newspaper and the New Straits Times.

The Summit advertising and promotions manager, WivienSan, said the mall allocated 100 parking lots for the event and a minimal fee of RM50 was charged per parking lot or booth.

The fee would be channelled to the Children Wish Society Malaysia, an organisation that fulfils wishes of terminally ill children.

Shariza Hazrin Abdul Halim from Kampung Baru had always wanted to sell her father’s collection of Reader’s Digest magazine. The car boot sale gave her the avenue to do just that.

“My father is an avid reader and his favourite reading material is Reader’s Digest. I take after him as I grew up reading it too.

“He subscribed it in the late 1940s and still reads it.

“I am selling the 1960s till the late 1980s editions,” she said.

Ivan Chong, a plant manager for a local printing company, was fascinated by the magazine collection at Shariza’s booth.

“I am a big fan of Reader’s Digest. It has interesting short stories that caters to every age group. I often visit flea markets to buy the earlier editions so I could add them to my collection,” he said.

Mariam Hashim, who has been baking cupcakes since she was 11, sold them for the first time yesterday.

Accompanied by her sister Majidah, the 19-year-old was excited that her cupcakes were attracting customers to the booth. They also sold drinks, hair accessories and books.

The car boot sale which started at noon was launched by Subang Jaya municipal council president, Datuk Adnan Mohd Ikshan.

The event ended at 6pm.

10-year-old’s wish granted 2009/07/23

Yap Soon Heng with Candy Lee (left), a representative of Mahkota Parade, and Alan Yip of the Children’s Wish Society of Malaysia.

MALACCA: Ten-year-old Yap Soon Heng is like any typical boy his age — active, cheeky and loves spending time in front of the television watching his favourite cartoons.

But unlike a child his age, Soon Heng only weighs 20kg and is all scrawny and bony to the touch.

His condition is due to ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Soon Heng has suffered a relapse and his chances of getting better after another cycle of chemotheraphy are only 30 per centhis chance with
re-chemotherapy is merely 30%.
The family has decided against chemotheraphy made a decision against the re-chemo as well as looking for a donor for a bone marrow transplant.

On July 8, the Children’s Wish Society of Malaysia paid a visit to Soon Heng’s home in Merlimau, Malacca.Melaka.

The group, which included staff from Mahkota Parade, brought a PlayStation for Soon Heng, a wish he had made just a week earlier to replace his old set.old Play Station game set.

Soon Heng’s face lit up like a Christmas tree as he expression immediately brightened up when he unwrapped his present.

He immediately checked out thetook to explore the games in the set, oblivious to the visitors.

Soon Heng and his mother Chong Su Kui were then treated to lunch and an afternoon of shopping at Mahkota Parade.

Both were also presented with shopping vouchers and cash by the mall’s centre manager, Gloria Koh.

Soon Heng asked for KFC and he got it. He was then accompanied to Toy City and Inverno Music Station where he got to pick his choice of yet more toys.

He chose an electronic piano set and some DVDs, which were sponsored by the two outlets.

Mahkota Parade staff spent the rest of the afternoon entertaining the boy at the shopping mall.

Soon Heng’s father Yap Ah Wat, who could not join the mother and son at the shopping mall, said he appreciated the gifts presented to his son and the trip to the mall.

“Thank you for the gifts and the fun afternoon you arranged for my son. I am grateful,” he said.

For more information on the Children’s Wish Society of Malaysia, visit www.cwsmalaysia.com. — SJ Echo

Ailing Aiman gets his wish

2009/07/18

By R. Sittamparam

KUALA LUMPUR: Life has been indeed unkind to Aiman Hafiz Abd Halim who has been dealt a double blow, diagnosed with duchenne muscular dystrophy and leukaemia.

Aiman Hafiz Abdul Halim with Manchester United’s (from left) Paul Scholes, Ben Foster, Michael Carrick and John O’Shea at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. With them is Telekom Malaysia’s Sherene Azura Ali (right).

The 12-year-old was, however, seen beaming with pride and joy yesterday as he shared the limelight with four players from the Manchester United football club.

Aiman, an MU fan, was feted at a meet-the-fans session organised by Telekom Malaysia Bhd here yesterday.

Among the players present were Michael Carrick, John O’Shea, Paul Scholes and Ben Foster.

The players, who arrived yesterday on the first leg of their Asian tour, presented Aiman with a team jersey and an autographed poster of the MU team and posed with him for photographs.
Aiman was a normal child studying at Sekolah Kebangsaan Raja Muda in Shah Alam until his eighth year when he was found suffering from the incurable DMD.

His father, Abdul Halim Ismail, said three weeks ago when Aiman eyes became swollen, doctors found that he had leukaemia as well.

“I am thankful to the Children’s Wish Society of Malaysia and TM for fulfilling Aiman’s wish to meet the players of his favourite football club.

“I’m also an MU fan and I passed my love on to my son, the second of three children. Both of us never miss watching the club’s matches on television.”

Teoh Teik Hoong of CWS Malaysia said the society learnt about Aiman from doctors at University Malaya Medical Centre and visited him.

“When asked about his wish, Aiman said he wanted a portable playstation . Then we discovered he was an MU fan.

“We gave him a playstation and as MU was coming here, we decided to get Aiman to meet the team. It was probably our most difficult wish to fulfil but thanks to TM, it has now materialised.”

Teoh said CWS worked with hospital doctors, many of whom were its members, to identify children facing serious diseases and try to bring some smiles to their faces.

He said Aiman’s case was especially touching as he was suffering from two fatal diseases.

DMD is a slow debilitating disease which affects boys and causes progressive muscular weakness.

A few hundred MU fans gathered at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel where meet-the-fans sessions were held.

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Saturday July 18, 2009

Aiman meets favourite team at special event

By CHRISTINA LOW

Manchester United hits KL
Manchester United in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR: All 12-year-old Aiman Hafiz Abd Halim ever wanted was to meet his favourite team – Manchester United – and yesterday his wish came true at a special function here.

The wheelchair-bound youngster was pleasantly surprised when four of the team’s players, Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Ben Foster and John O’Shea, presented him with a PSP console and an autographed team poster.

During the meet-the-fans session, organised by Telekom Malaysia (TM), Aiman whose favourite player is Wayne Rooney, did not speak much but could not stop smiling, especially when the footballers presented him with the gifts.

Abd Halim Ismail said his son knew the team would be in the country but only knew of the surprise the night before when they were informed by the organisers.

“He enjoys playing video games and the console will definitely be well used during family outings,” he said.

The closed-door session was part of the team’s programme for their Malaysian stopover of their 2009 Asia tour.

Abd Halim said his son would insist on watching Man U matches on TV even if it was after his bedtime.

“We will usually watch the matches together,” he said.

The student from SK Raja Muda Seksyen 4 in Shah Alam, Selangor, who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at the age of eight, became wheelchair bound a year later.

He developed Acute Myeloid Leukaemia three weeks ago.

For more stories on Manchester United’s visit to Malaysia, log on to the R.AGE website at rage.com.my. You can also read R.AGE’s Twitter feed from their interview with Rio Ferdinand at twitter.com/thestar_rage.
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Jualan but kereta di Summit USJ (July 17 2009)

KUALA LUMPUR 15 Julai - Anda banyak barang terpakai, masih elok, tetapi tidak digunakan? Ataupun mempunyai barang-barang baru dan ingin dijual?

Mungkin anda boleh menyertai jualan but kereta yang bakal diadakan di tempat meletak kereta terbuka di Summit USJ.

Jualan itu akan berlangsung pada Ahad ini dari pukul 11 pagi hingga 9 malam.

Sebanyak 120 tapak akan dibuka kepada orang ramai untuk menjual apa sahaja jenis barangan bermula daripada bahan makanan, pakaian, barangan kemas, alat solek, ataupun bahan bacaan seperti buku dan majalah.

Menariknya, orang ramai yang ingin menjual barangan mereka hanya dikenakan bayaran yuran sebanyak RM50 bagi satu tapak jualan dalam sepanjang tempoh jualan berkenaan.

Hasil sewa tapak tersebut akan didermakan kepada Persatuan Impian Kanak-Kanak, pertubuhan yang cuba memenuhi impian kanak-kanak di Malaysia yang menghidap penyakit kronik dan jangka hayat yang singkat.

Sementara itu, Utusan Malaysia difahamkan, tapak jualan tersebut hampir penuh ditempah.

Bagaimanapun, jika sambutan menggalakkan, kemungkinan besar pihak penganjur akan menambah tapak jualan.

Mereka yang berminat boleh menghubungi terus pihak pengurusan Summit USJ melalui talian 03-80233493 (Debby atau Vivian).