D2YC Fellowship SpecialPublished November 25, 2011 at 5:43 pm No Comments
Hey you,
Mark this date, 27th November 2011, Sunday on your calendar!
Why?
Because this will be the LAST DAY to register for D2YC 2011 that is happening in Shah Alam Buddhist Society on the 11th – 16th December 2011.
We are extremely pleased to announce that there have been a massive amount of registrations pouring in these last two weeks and we are THAT close to reaching our target number of participants. =)
It is two weeks to camp. The energy is high and still building during camp meetings. The committees have planned an amazing agenda and we cannot wait to meet the participants of D2YC 2011! We are pretty sure that you guys are also excited for this year’s dose of D2YC!
So, if you have yet to register for D2YC 2011 and you are extremely keen to join us for a memorable year-end camp, you can either:-
a) Register online HERE
OR
b) Print out the registration form HERE and hand it in to us at our registration booth on the 27th November!The registration booth will be located outside the Sri Dhamma Hall, Buddhist Maha Vihara from 11am-1pm this Sunday.
See you in D2YC 2011! =)
-Carmen-
D2YC Fellowship Lion Dance SpecialPublished November 10, 2011 at 7:10 pm Comments Off
Hey all, Carmen here!
This is my first time contributing to a post on www.d2y.my and I am really excited! I’ve got a few things to let you readers know but I will have to K.I.S.S (keep it short and simple) as I have to rush to class in 5 minutes. They are really important so do read till the VERY end. =)
1) The number of participants who registered for D2YC has been increasing steadily and if you do not want to miss out an incredible experience at D2YC 2011, sign up HERE immediately to book your spots! =)
Take note that the closing date for registration is approaching and it will be announced soon .
2) D2Y and its Lion Dance Troupe will be making a presence at the BGF FOOD FAIR on the 13th November 2011, this Sunday at SJK(C) Yuk Chai from 9am to 3pm! We will be having our Camp Registration Booth there and we will be expecting to receive many more on-the-spot registrations!
If you would like to meet the people behind D2YC 2011, know a little bit more about D2YC, register for D2YC 2011, or bask in the lively atmosphere of the Food Fair, do drop by our lovely Camp Registration Booth.
3) D2Y will be running a Green Project during the BGF Food Fair so if you would like to do your part in preserving Mother Earth, do drop a post at our Facebook group or contact Chiew Wei Wing at 016-6781620.
See you at the BGF Food Fair this Sunday! =)
D2YC Fellowship IntroductionPublished October 31, 2011 at 11:31 pm No Comments
Hey guys!
Its November already, and we now have TWENTY registered participants.
60 more to go. Hurry Up!.
……………………………….
Anyways with T-minus 41 days before the camp of the year, I’ve decided to take the opportunity to introduce to all you readers out there – the dedicated one who’s in charge of this year’s camp.
Those who came last year and the year before, you’ll probably recognize Tuan Tynn as the camp boss. Slim, fair, pretty young lady who can be pretty fierce at times.
But she’s gone now, off to the Land of Dreams – USA to further her studies and in place we’ve got someone who’s just as capable, but sans the looks.
That was a joke.
Please *drumrolls* welcome, Carmen Lee – D2YC 2011 Camp Manager!
Good looking Carmen…..hehe
I don’t wanna describe her much. All I can say is she’s fun and spontaneous, and at the same very capable indeed (or else she would not have became camp manager).
Come visit us at our promo booth every Sunday at BMV and get to know her. She’s definitely friendly, and she won’t bite.
Also, this is her first time holding such an important post, so guys, do go easy on her. hehe.
Anyways, thats all for now. Look forward to more updates in a couple days time.
Remember…60 MORE SLOTS TO GO!!
cheers!
Zhengguan
D2YC FellowshipPublished October 25, 2011 at 2:36 am No Comments
Hear ye’ Hear ye’!
Word is, we’ve been steadily receiving forms for D2YC 2011……THATS GOOD NEWS!
Its only still October and to receive forms at such an early stage is really never been seen before.
Word is, we have about 10 forms at hand! HOORAY!
Thats 1/8, or one eighth of our quote for this year’s ever awesome camp.
Mind you, we only take 80, i repeat….EIGHTY participants this year.
Just so in order to give you guys our fullest attention and to make sure you’ll have a wonderful time without feeling neglected at all.
So with ten forms already paid and accounted for, that leaves just SEVENTY spots to be filled!!!!
I wish we could take in more participants, but that’s simply not possible, due to various reasons, etc etc etc…
So IF you haven’t signed up, or still considering, or still trying to work out your schedule….
I urge you, to WAIT NO LONGER!
You don’t really want to miss the most happening Buddhist youth camp of the year.
So hurry up, either register online, or get the hardcopy forms from one of us.
We’ll be eagerly awaiting your registrations!
Cheers,
Zhengguan
D2YC Fellowship Syiok SendiriPublished October 11, 2011 at 1:31 am No Comments
Hi guys!
time for another update me reckons..hehe
Camp prep has been progressing pretty……well.
We’re following true on schedule and planning one of the best camps in recent years for all you teens out there.
Routine stuff yea…
But thats not what I wanted to write about.
Since we’ve been organizing D2YC for the past years, I figured its a good idea to bring some of you back down memory lane. Especially those of you who are not too familiar with what we used to plan.
Many of you many know that D2Y love dance, and every year there’s bound to be a dance “class” for morning exercise or during our opening/closing ceremony.
And here’s one dance that we’ve really really haven’t done in a long long time……..Para Para Sakura!
hehe..remember Aaron Kwok’s famous song? no?
well here you go
Aaron’s Para Para Sakura
But yea, we used to perform a pretty mean feat of that dance, so much so that it became one of our favourite dances…well not all of us. hehe
But that is one dance that we seriously haven’t did in a long time…the last being D2YC 2006?
I would show you a video of us doing that dance, only, there’s no such video…pity.
Good old times indeed.
I daresay we’re still able dance Para Para now (forgot the steps already), but with our current young and upbeat group of committees, I wouldn’t bet against them.
It be nice to do the Para Para again, but only by popular demand…..(get the hint?)
Anyways, have I gotten your attention already D2YC 2011? I’m telling you its going to be a blast.
But if I’ve failed to convince you to check out D2YC 2011 – happening from Dec 11-16, at Shah Alam Buddhist Society (SABS), worry not, because I’ll be back with more updates!
So stay tuned!
cheers!
and metta.
Zhengguan
wow look at the date on the pic! hehe
D2YC FellowshipPublished October 7, 2011 at 3:26 pm No Comments
WE’RE BACK!!!
The team that have brought you the best December holidays throughout the years!
Its that time once……D2YC 2011!!!
Not yet, but a month is not a long time to go and seriously, its high time to start planning your December schedule pronto!
As many of you would have known, D2Y have been regularly organizing camps since 2001 and this will be our 11th camp.
I shall not reveal too much regarding camp, except that our theme,…. is - “Do 8 Right“.
Sounds cliched? Think again.
Think it’ll be the same old camp from previous year? You’re Wrong!
Want to know more? Stay tuned for more WEEKLY UPDATES!!!!
For now, you’re doing yourself a great favour if you could start registering now!
Just head to:
1)http://www.d2y.my/d2yc-2011-online-application/
2) http://www.d2y.my/d2ymy/wp-content/uploads/files/D2YC_2011_Application_Form.pdf
to either register online or download the camp forms.
Till then, adios!
ps: remember to come back in a few days or a week for more updates!
The Awesome guys and girls from the previous years are back once again!
D2YC Fellowship Introduction Special Syiok SendiriPublished August 19, 2011 at 12:38 pm No Comments
Its true the saying that once you meet a Kalyana Mitra (spiritual friend), you’ll treasure him/her for the rest of your life because these are the true friends that you can really count on.
Thus its with great regret that we at D2Y will be bidding farewell to Tuan Tynn come Saturday, 20th August, as she will be flying off to the US to further her studies. Whether she comes back or not, we are totally unsure.
Usually its not a big deal when someone leaves for studies, but in TT’s case, its different.
To those who are unaware, she has been the D2YC camp president for the past two years and is also D2Y chairman for 2 years (if i’m not mistaken). The amount she contributed to D2y in terms of leadership and ideas and initiating events are priceless and therefore she deserves a good sendoff.
Here’s what TT had to say before she jets off to the Land of Dreams.
Q: How did you first get involved in D2y?
A: I joined as a participant back in 2006 and I still kept in touch with the likes of Jason and Haw Lun and when I got invited to join The Race back in 2008, I thought why not since I had the time. After that the likes of Haw Lun and Nicole eventually persuaded me to come and help out.
Q: How was it like back in 2008, becoming a camp organizer for the first time?
A: It was a bit different from being a participant and straightaway I was given the task of organizing Station Games with Jason. However the thing about D2Y is that everyone is friendly and there was no feeling lost as I felt at home straightaway.
Q: After the first year of helping out in 2008, you were asked to take on the role of camp manager in 2009 and was reluctant at first. What persuaded you to change your mind?
A: Well I get to make the camp PINK!
Q: Seriously?
A: Haha a minor reason yes. But actually I relented to taking up the role because there was the guarantee of people who will help and support me. It was also a personal sense of achievement and motivation having joined the organizing committee just a year ago and being entrusted with a leadership role so soon. In a way it was a learning process and it was through D2Y that I learned a lot especially as how to become a leader.
Q: So how was the experience of being camp manager for the first time?
A: It was actually quite good and there weren’t much hiccups throughout camp. I guess I was being too strict, tensed and stressed up at times which set the entire mood for camp and honestly I did not even know I was being that way until last year.
In a way I was a bit of a perfectionist then and I wanted to pull it off nicely and make sure the camp is up to standards.
Q: And you’re no longer a perfectionist now?
A: Well maybe still a little, but I’m not that much of perfectionist anymore and it was all through D2Y. In D2Y things can happen in an unpredictable way and I’ve learned to take things easy and relax a little.
It means I’m not so “gan jeong” anymore and I do not push people to do things like I used to because I now know that things will eventually fall into place.
Q: So how did that affect your second stint as camp manager?
A: Haha, well last year’s camp was definitely more messy compared to 2009. Back then I used to know everything that was going on, from one activity to another. Last year I took a more laidback approach because I know it’ll be all right in the end and the result was a mess in some activities such as the committees’ sketch.
Q: So in overall, after being with us for 3-4 years, how do your rate your time with D2Y? And your best memory of D2Y perhaps?
A: I definitely can’t have a best memory with D2Y because every experience that I gained with the gang matters a lot to me and each is a good memory in its own way.
D2Y is forever laughing and there are always jokes among ourselves, never a dull moment at all. I’ll definitely miss D2Y a lot when I arrive in Michigan because of all the good times we’ve been through.
We had so many inside jokes, stuff that I might see in the US which may remind me of D2Y and the people back here but the effect isn’t the same anymore. Instead of telling you guys face to face or even through a phone call, I can only tell you guys online.
I will definitely make new friends there, but it will never be the same.
Q: Thats sweet of you. So any final words for the D2Y gang here before you jet off?
A: Yes! Please do’t tag me in any pictures of camps or outings or events! That’ll only make me feel lonely and jealous and it’ll make me feel worst!
Well we’ll miss you TT. we had much good times indeed and hopefully you’ll come back someday.
cheers!!
ps: to those who wanna catch a final glimpse of her before she flies off, contact me (Zheng Guan)
Camp X D2YC Fellowship SpecialPublished June 14, 2011 at 1:43 am No Comments
By Tan Tuan Tynn
Introduction: D2Y Camp X was held from 3rd till 5th of June at Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS) in Taiping, Perak. Compared to our annual year-end D2YC, it focuses more on matured content that helps develop leadership & teamwork qualities among participants. Participants are expected to reflect on their actions and think critically as well.
Our journey began when we reached the foothill in Taiping after a 5-hour bus ride from Brickfields, KL. To go up the hill, we all had to ride in their lorries and trucks. It was a first time experience for most of us to take a ride on the back of a pick-up truck as we ascended the steep slopes of the hill. Personally, I hope my screams & laughter did not scare the animals living at the hills. I had loads of fun sitting at the back of the truck with the happy campers!
Truckload full: Trip on a truck. Believe it or not, its either a beat up truck like this, or walk 30 minutes.
The highlight of the first day at SBS definitely had to be the activity carried out at night. The dark, mysterious and quiet camp venue was a perfect setting for a spine-chilling game. And knowing our habits from past camps, some of our participants saw it coming.
Honestly, I was a little nervous about it at first and was looking forward to be freaked out that night. But somehow, while I was guiding my group around SBS, it wasn’t scary one bit ! It was pretty romantic in fact, to see the sky filled with stars and fireflies flying around us. Teehee.
The story here is that there are many ghostly spirits in SBS that has not been put to rest. We had to guide each group to stations to perform various rituals in order to calm the spirits down. There was a chained ghoul (Alex), the gate keeper (Juwee), undead bodies (Melvin & Sim Yi) and the possessed (Jolyn). I was quietly snickering to myself watching my friends behave “ghostly” that night.
The next morning, we used the camp venue to our advantage for morning exercise. Participants had to run around the hilly area in search of the stations to get the committees’ signature. Each signature obtained entitles them to a privilege for breakfast, such as the privilege to have a chair to sit or to have cutleries to eat during breakfast that morning. I was in-charge of one station and participants had to complete whatever task I assigned to them. Different people got different tasks to complete.
Unfortunately, everyone managed to get all our signatures so no one had to eat breakfast with their bare hands or sit at the table without a chair…
Needless to say, I camwhored with most of the girls who came to my station.
Epic: Siew Lin and her Epic-ness! Need I say more?
That afternoon, we brought everyone to the waterfall. It was a 15-minute walk through the jungle. We were so tired when we finally reached the waterfall but exhaustion aside; we quickly got into the cold waters and started playing! It was really fun and I found everyone laughing a lot while playing in the waters. It was truly an enjoyable time for all of us at the waterfall.
Throughout camp, we encouraged everyone to speak up and voice out their opinions. And since Camp X is a leadership camp, we had each participant go forward to share on the last day how they feel about their contributions in the group and the leadership qualities they each possessed. It was a great exercise as we were able to listen to each and every participant speak. We even had their friends give constructive feedback for each of them, which made it a very meaningful session. I’m sure everyone walked away with a fresh outlook on themselves.
And that… was the perfect conclusion to our awesome 3-days-2-nights camp in Taiping. (The jokes in the bus journey home is a different story 
)
Camp X 2011 – the spirit lives on forever
P/s: this post was entirely written by Tan Tuan Tynn with only minor modifications due to regular blog writer unable to attend Camp X because of work circumstances.
Cheers!
Zheng Guan
Fellowship Special WesakPublished May 28, 2011 at 11:04 pm No Comments
So was it a success? OR did it flop as bad as Dragon Ball in the box office?
The D2Y initiated Green Wesak was a totally new sorta revolutionary movement that was started, aimed at instilling the “Save the Earth” mentality into minds of the public. And the first step to it was to encourage recycling.
Well, I can’t say that it was major success in terms of educating the public because as the rest of D2Y gang would agree, there are bound to be ignorant people as well as those who can’t really be bothered even though all we asked on that day was to throw your into the right bin.
Still, we’re looking at how such a first effort project like this make a difference, where a group of youngsters who really don’t know much about recycling come about try to get people to be aware of such a recycling project.
And in that sense, I daresay we succeed.
As what Wing said, “People who are very concerned and impressed by the effort we’re putting in, and tried to help to make a difference. (walk in volunteers, kitchen people who helped to place their oil and waste nicely in our bins, devotees who came and said “Good effort guys.”, other volunteers kept asking us whether we’ve eaten, ask us to rest etc)”
“We definitely made a difference. Most of the people around the temple knew that there’s this recycling campaign going on. What we were doing is definitely an eye catcher and we could do more to educate them.”
Couldn’t be said any better than the one who was running around the whole day.
This year has been a great effort, maybe next year we can aim bigger and achieve better.
For now, cheers! (even though its belated)
and here are some pictures…
Jolyn and Wan Zhen under the "hot sun"
awesome help we received!
The Tongshan Gang: No better way to initiate a GO GREEN project than to wear GREEN!
Till then!
Zhengguan
Fellowship WesakPublished May 15, 2011 at 11:49 pm No Comments
Wesak’s in a day’s time. The biggest most celebrated Buddhist event in the calender every year is back. And of course D2Y will not be left out at all.
For those who are unaware, Wesak Day marks the birth, the enlightenment and the passing of the Buddha.
Well this year we’re going to make Wesak just a lil bit more special, Green Wesak.
First have a look at this poster…
Then this….
Yes, we’re having a project that is based on reduce and recycle. Save Mother Nature, save the earth.
In order to make such a project work, we have enlisted the help of known environmental NGOs Khatulistiwa and TrEES for this one day campaign. Khatulistiwa are the waste management experts, while TrEES are the recycling pros.
For this Wesak, we are aiming to help reduce the amount of recyclable waste such as cooking oil, candle wax, plastic cups/bottles, Styrofoam lunch boxes etc.
Every year a lot of these becomes purely waste and gets sent to Wasteland straight. It’s a pity because plastic bottles and Styrofoam lunchboxes do not really disintegrate… Therefore enter a D2Y project where we will be collecting all the thrash at BMV on Wesak itself, before segregating them accordingly to be brought away to be recycled.
Exciting right? I sure hope you are excited!
Because we really need tons of manpower!
This is not something that a handful of us can handle. We need as much help as possible even if its for 2 hours a day. Any help of yours would be more than welcomed and appreciated indeed.
So come along this Wesak Day (Tuesday) to Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields. Bring your friends and family and come join us in making this a successful Green Wesak.
Details as followed:
o 7am-11am (20 volunteers),
o 11am-3pm (30 volunteers),
o 3pm-7pm (20 volunteers),
o 7pm-11pm (10 volunteers).
For those who are interested, please hesitate not to contact Bro. Wei Wing (0166781620) or Bro. Melvin Seow (0166651839).
We will see all of you at the entrance of BMV on Tuesday.
Cheers!
and Sadhux3 to you.
Zhengguan
