Yvonne Foong: Fighting NF

Sai Fun took mom and I to the F & N Outdo Yourself Award prize giving ceremony at Royal Selangor Golf Club yesterday. She also took some shots with her camera phone.

Three OYA awards are given out every year. This year’s awards went to:-

1. Berine – the 13-year-old boy who saved two young girls from drowning.
2. A group of teachers and two security guards who saved their students when a suspension bridge collapsed during an excursion.
3. Me

We arrived at 11:00am as advised. We met En. Syariff first and talked with him while we waited for the ceremony to begin. Elsy then led us to our table where we met Berine and his father. Berine was very shy and quiet. I tried to strike up conversations with them but they talked very little. Sai Fun explained that they came from Belaga in the deep interior of Sarawak and may not be used to conversing with strangers who do not speak their tribal language. That was understandable.

I feel extremely honored to meet these brave and simple people.

Read this news in the News Straits Times here.
And The Star newspaper.

Thank you F & N and the panel of judges.

Now, should I hang this up or not? Mom said we shouldn’t. She is sure as hell Dad will point it out to whoever visits. He is already doing that to my AYA Dream Malaysia certificate much to our embarrassment.