tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825141624249477212024-03-13T21:01:57.965+08:00The Red ProjectTHE RED PROJECTthe red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-17251755525669477432011-08-22T17:08:00.000+08:002011-08-22T17:08:53.875+08:00Egypt , Malaysia and the Red Project ..<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"> Hello , this is osama mahmoud , A 4<sup>th</sup> Year <span> </span>medical student in Cairo University .<span> </span>It has been exactly two weeks since my arrival to Malaysia and am falling in love with the beauty of the nature in this country .</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt;"> A</span>ctually , I have never imagined that I will pass by that multi cultural experience when I left Cairo on the 6<sup>th</sup> of August . But when I came here , Everything was different from Egypt , the people , the language ,, the lifestyles and once i was in KL Sentral i expected that this journey will be full of excitement . </span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"> Another problem is the Spicy food which you find here in almost all the Indian restaurants , and i`ll never forget my first experience my first experience with that kind of food . After breaking my fasting , I ordered Green Curry Soup and it was only one spoon and I felt that a bomb has just exploded in my brain . </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Ha ha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">,, from that time I learned that take care about the food i order in the next times </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span>Now we are working on The Redproject for HIV/AIDS , which aims to spread the awareness of HIV/AIDS among the youth via Workshops for high school students and conferences for college students , and next week will be the first Workshop for me which will different from any other workshops i have ever had in Egypt , Once with different people and in a different country with a different country .</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span> </span>This will be a new experience which I hope to gain a lot from it and to help the students to gain more information about HIV/AIDS and how to protect themselves from that Epidemic <span> </span>and to demonstrate <span> </span>the difference between HIV virus and AIDS disease . Also , another goal of that workshop which I hope we can spread , is that person <span> </span>living with HIV<span> </span>( pL HIV ) are not always bad people because of the stigma and prejudice we have about HIV/AIDS Patients , you can deal with those pl HIV without being infected and those patients are victims of that damned virus</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Algerian;">.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"> I had once seen an HIV patient in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">Cairo </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">during a visit to Fever Hospital , and his case was delayed with Kaposi Sarcoma </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">and after two weeks only of this meeting I knew that he passed away </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">. I felt pain because we couldn’t help those patients ,, so I hope that we can spread HIV/AIDS </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">culture to keep the youth safe </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">and Help PL HIV to have normal life without discrimination</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> .</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"> Finally ,, i`d like to say thank you to all the People here in UKM and all my friends from other LCs here in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">Malaysia </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">for all the good time am having now with them in that beautiful country .</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><u> </u></span>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-39288090472426238692011-02-04T16:13:00.001+08:002011-02-04T16:14:23.589+08:00Visiting wakehouse - It is not an endWe had a chance to go to a place called wakehouse - a place where the HIV patients stay. There are three wakehouses, for different kinds of patient - Men, women and children. The one that we visit was for women.<br />
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When we were on our way, the feeling of nervous and excitement was bumping harder and harder in my heart. We kept discussing what to do and what not to do during the visit. For example, not to be so straight forward and ask sensitive questions.<br />
Finally, we arrived the place. The woman looked more energetic than we expected. She spoke pretty good English so it was easier for us to communicate with her. There were around 8 people waiting for us in the sitting room. <br />
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It was difficult to start as we did not know which type of questions would be offensive to them. So we asked some basic questions first, for instance, the age and the time that they discovered the existence of HIV. The atmosphere was getting better and better. Since not all of the patients were able to speak English, we had to ask a lady to translate for us.<br />
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A case I found really sad was the lady who spoke good English. She got HIV from her husband and she realized it after her husband had passed away. She still got the doubt whether her husband himself and his family knew it before they got married.<br />
They even got a child and he was innocent. Fortunately, he was not HIV positive.<br />
I was not feeling that sorry after I heard the rest of the story. The woman was having very positive attitude and energy. She had the courage to tell her family that she got HIV and so to her son as well. They accepted her and would visit her. Her son was getting married soon and would have a baby. I could feel the excitement and happiness from the woman and this is actually important for a HIV patient - to have positive attitude and energy.<br />
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I was impressed after visiting the wakehouse. The patient were much more positive than I expected. You will not feel sorry or sympathy for them. As living with HIV is not an end.<br />
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Oileythe red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-12794110644357843502011-02-03T20:34:00.000+08:002011-02-03T20:34:07.374+08:00My last week in UKM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/TUqggUZhcHI/AAAAAAAABL8/cmgvlp5-Ya4/s1600/last+day.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/TUqggUZhcHI/AAAAAAAABL8/cmgvlp5-Ya4/s320/last+day.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><i>After spending more than five weeks in Malaysia, I find it hard to leave. During my stay I didn’t feel homesick because everyone made me feel home. Although I can’t wait to see my family, friends and my university, leaving was so hard. However staying in UKM in Malaysia was a real challenge, I learned a lot from this experience. Coming to a country doesn’t speak my first language, Arabic, being exposed to different life styles and traditions, meeting people from different backgrounds with different attitudes, getting out of my comfort zone and working in an international environment, gave another 10 year experience to my age. </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>During my five week stay in Malaysia, I learned and educated others about HIV AIDS, I met good and made new friends, I got the chance to see new places, I met different people but was able to tolerate and accept their thoughts. After this rich experience I feel more independent, more experienced problem solving, more adaptable to various conditions and more respectable of the others. </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Hard times, sleepless nights and stressful moments were inevitable, but rather than breaking me, they made me. Hard times made me stronger and made me appreciate the value of time management. </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>When I am at my dear home, Egypt, I will always remember my first abroad country, the first lesson I learned, the first group I taught, about HIV, the first friend I met, the first mistake I did, the first dance, the first tear and the first laugh. </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Hend El-Taher<span id="goog_2039124603"></span><span id="goog_2039124604"></span> </i></div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-74887506468132737202011-02-03T16:48:00.003+08:002011-02-03T20:39:02.682+08:00My stressful week in UKM<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/TUprNloWPWI/AAAAAAAABLs/OFFo45FzuLI/s1600/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/TUprNloWPWI/AAAAAAAABLs/OFFo45FzuLI/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 9pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">This week at work was so stressful. Several tasks were assigned to my communication department and to me in specific. One of them was to do a country presentation at work on Wednesday 12<sup>th</sup>. Another one is to do at least two blog posts and write reflection after the workshop I conduct and to write news letter. Finally, the most important task was to give a workshop to high school students. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> The purpose of the country presentation is to introduce Egypt, its culture, heritage, traditions and the problems facing the country. During the presentation, I tried to represent my country well and to touch on the misconception about the Egyptians as Muslim Arabs or “Pharaohs”. I also talked about my educational experience at AUC and the cultural shock that I had during my first week in Malaysia. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Another task was to conduct the first workshop. Before the first workshop, I was concerned about the big number of attendees and their young age. Most of the students range from 12 to 14 years old, which means that it might be hard to control them. Another challenge was that they might not be familiar with my accent in English. Not only this, but understanding some English and medical terms might also be hard. For this, intensive preparations were essential to avoid any difficulties during the workshop. Another thing that my team was concerned about is that it is a conservative school, so we decided to eliminate parts of our topic such as condom demonstration, oral and penetrative sex and to mention them quickly without detailed explanation.</span></div> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After the workshop, and in general, the outcome was satisfactory, especially that this was the first time </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">AIESEC has a workshop attended by that big number</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Being a senior student at The American University in Cairo, living in a multicultural environment and having friends from all over the world did not protect me from cultural shock. This is how I can describe my first day in UKM Malaysia. Part of the fact is that this is my first time I go abroad alone. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Before I come to Malaysia, I neither had time for thinking about expectations regarding the nature of my internship nor my accommodation in general. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The nature of my job wasn’t shocking for me because I am always looking forward to challenging myself with new tasks to add spices to my life. But, yes, it is the first time I work in AIDS project, and it is the first time I read that much about the disease. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Interestingly enough, I realized how ignorant some Egyptians, including me, regarding AIDS epidemic. But there is no wonder when one notices that AIDS is not widespread in Egypt compared to Western and Southern Africa. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I guess the most challenging or shocking thing in my job will be visiting infected people. Not because I get scared of them, but because sometimes I’m very emotional and it is hard to hold my tears. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The real shock happened once I arrived and saw the bathrooms. There is something I know very well about myself; I can adapt to any circumstances except “comfortable bathrooms”. The first day, seriously I didn’t know how these toilets are used because I have never used them before. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Another challenge I’m still facing is Monkeys. For me, Monkey = Lion, which made my first night sleepless; especially when I was told that monkeys can sneak to my rooms through the window. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Sadly, not only monkeys are my weak point, but I also get scared of insects and spiders. But I am so happy to realize that after my second day, I don’t care if a lizard or a “small” insect passes next to me. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Hend El-Taher</div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-7981173158100080832011-01-12T02:58:00.000+08:002011-01-12T02:58:38.818+08:00OILEY FROM HONG KONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">HI this is Oiley, I am a student from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This is my second time in Kuala Lumpur!!!! I love both indoor and outdoor volleyball =)!!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Cultural Shocks</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This is my 10<sup>th</sup> days in Kuala Lumpur already, I had tons of fun. Meanwhile, I had a lot of cultural shocks as well. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The first one was on the way back to my accommodation place from the airport – the KLIA line. When I was walking down to the platform, I saw a train already stopped with its door closed. I slow down myself as I thought the train was going to leave. However, IT IS NOT. It had left when I reached the platform. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">30 minutes later, another train came. I got into train and grabbed a seat. The seat was comfortable. UNFORTUNATELY, when I tried to get off from the train at my stop, the door did not open itself!! I was panic, I did not know what to do. I was lucky because a man pressed the BUTTON for me. The door opened and I could get off from the train. Otherwise, I would be staying in the train until the FINAL stop.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/TSymLWNZzgI/AAAAAAAABLk/lWCuwCy_69s/s1600/IMG_0254.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/TSymLWNZzgI/AAAAAAAABLk/lWCuwCy_69s/s320/IMG_0254.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I did not expect the second one came that soon. I went to the bathroom and there was a water pipe. I thought it was for cleaning the floor or flushing the toilet. I was shocked by the truth actually, really eyes opening.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">MY FIRST DAY</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">My first day night out was to Kajang, there were two AIESECers here bringing to buy some necessities. We went to Econsave, this supermarket actually was 10 times bigger than the one in Hong Kong. I was amazed and understood the reason that they had to tight our bags as it is too pricy to have CCTV all around this place. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">After that, we went for dinner. I ordered DURIAN ICE BLENDED and a mixed KEBAB, I had already tried durian in Hong Kong and I loved it. However, this did not apply to everyone, one of us who is from Russia, not really into the king of raw fruit. “We should leave soon, it smells like gas” the girl said. It was one of the funniest joke I ever heard.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">PART 1</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In the slums of Bangladesh's capital, drug use is fuelling a new crisis. Most of Dhaka's drug users are young, homeless and unemployed. </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/bangladesh"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bangladesh</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> is one of the world's poorest countries, with 60 million people living below the poverty line. For those struggling to survive in its capital, life can seem devoid of hope </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">PART 2</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Caption1">While Bangladesh still has a low HIV prevalence in the general population, with less than 0.1% of the population living with the virus, among injecting drug users it is spreading at a worrying rate</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Caption1">PART 3</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The low prevalence of HIV in Bangladesh means there is a lack of knowledge and understanding about the virus. Stigma and discrimination are rife</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Caption1">PART 4</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In Dhaka, where most of Bangladesh's 23,000 injecting drug users live, 7% of them are HIV positive. In one neighbourhood, where the largest concentration of injecting drug users live, 11% are infected</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Caption1">PART 5</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mozibor Begum was a heroin addict for eight years. He started injecting drugs as a young man, when his parents arranged a marriage for him. He did not want to get married and felt out of control. After the marriage, heroin became a way to escape the life that had been forced upon him</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Caption1">PART 6</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Begum injected heroin every day. Like so many drug users he shared needles. "There were so many reasons for this," he says. "Sometimes there was a fear of the police, so we had to do it quickly, sometimes I didn't have enough money so I'd buy a hit with other people. Often we just had one needle." In 2004 he discovered he was HIV positive. He became depressed. "I had no hope," he says. "My family presumed I wouldn't live for long. I'm not sure they cared. I took money from my mother and was not a good husband to my wife."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">To be continued..... </span></div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-44784542459411326222010-07-20T18:12:00.000+08:002010-07-20T18:12:58.423+08:00Compulsory testing - bad idea or not?One of the Malaysian government's policies in response to the HIV/AIDS situation is introducing mandatory HIV/AIDS testing for any Muslim couples planning to get married. This policy has been received in a negative by many AIDS NGOs. The following clips show a short debate amongst government officials, the MAC chairlady and a social worker dealing with PLHIV <br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3bGAdOs3iI">Mandatory HIV testing - part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQdWF3aKL0">Mandatory HIV testing - part 2</a><br />
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What are your thoughts towards this policy? Please share your views over it.the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-83159071608364247332010-05-31T20:52:00.001+08:002010-05-31T20:57:51.317+08:00A Different Spin : HIV<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Are you AWARE on what you can do to help making a difference ??</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ask again, after watching this video.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Quoted</div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">" I have been given the opportunity to be here, working with community members the vulnerable communities understanding their difficulties they faced in Malaysia. " - Celeste Parin</div></blockquote><blockquote>"I did a HIV test here, at PT foundation, I just wanted to understand the process that we do, so I went through the free HIV screening myself and becomes ask me the question, are you prepared if you test HIV positive, and I had to straight up say no. " - Celeste Parin </blockquote><blockquote> " Sinilah macam satu keluarga, kami semua, golong pembawa HIVkan, jadi kami faham-memahami antara satu sama lain. " - Firdaus - living with HIV</blockquote><blockquote> " Yea yea yea, especially in Malaysia, I mean here not, people don’t always talk about, they don’t really talk about it about it openly." Cassandra Wong, student</blockquote><blockquote>" You know, these people had decided not to see it as a life sentence, but rather, they have been given life. " Celeste Parin</blockquote><blockquote>"The best is to be happy and healthy and to get on with life."</blockquote>We do not see cases of HIV being reported everyday in the newspaper, in fact i doubt you can really see it once a week. Most of us choose to be ignorant about HIV/AIDS than addressing these issues. How far are you equipped with HIV/AIDS knowledge in protecting yourself and your partner? do you know who to reach should you or your friend being infected with HIV ?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">STOP . BEING . IGNORANT</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Protect yourself. Protect your partner</div><div style="text-align: center;">make a difference starting from yourself</div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-88017657152667075002010-05-26T16:26:00.000+08:002010-05-26T16:26:18.844+08:00Workshop at Nilai CollegeHere we are, the Red Agents in Nilai College. on behalf of the Red Project, I would like to thank Nilai College and the students for giving us so much support and invited us to conduct an HIV/AIDS workshop in conjunction of the Ribbon Week. Thank you Miss adeline and Miss Daphne for providing us the facilities and refreshments for the workshop.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here, i would also like to thank the students for buying our Red Agent T-shirt and supporting us endlessly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our own international Red Agents from UKM volunteered themselves to help out PT Foundation in AIDS AWARE - be the message. Let's see what the Red Agents feel about this.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S_P1u9nTOYI/AAAAAAAAA98/DdnvA9A1-H0/s1600/27822_397085796535_519006535_4668384_7504230_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S_P1u9nTOYI/AAAAAAAAA98/DdnvA9A1-H0/s320/27822_397085796535_519006535_4668384_7504230_n.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The volunteer work in PT Foundation’s gallery exhibit was a fresh perspective for me. Unlike the times we worked with people who are already familiar with HIV/AIDS, this time, we had to deal and ask people who do not really have the knowledge or interest in the situation in the first place. There were people who went in and just went out right away after seeing posters about AIDS. It seemed as there were some barricade between the gallery entrance and the outside world. But I told myself that this is the reason why we are here holding this gallery and volunteering to work; to spread the awareness of AIDS!</span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In commemoration of the AIDS Memorial Day, the gallery was opened to the public in the central market annex. Posters and pictures with people holding messages about AIDS were hung up on the walls for public to see. And a special event was carried out to gain support of the people and raise awareness about AIDS. The event was to raise at least thirteen thousand pictures of people holding messages about HIV/AIDS and to post them on the wall of “HIV/AIDS AWARENESS”. It was not an easy thing to ask the people to do so. There of course were people who said yes right away but there were still people who backed away or turned down. Then a question came at me; “if I was one of the people to be asked to take a picture to support HIV/ADIS, would I have done it?” My initial answer was a no. I would not have wanted to associate myself with these events or causes. But now, after coming in to The Red Project, I found how ignorant and closed I was to these issues. I found out that I cannot expect others to support something that even I am not willing to support.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">THE MESSAGE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S_P_rst3rhI/AAAAAAAABDM/D3cBRQvXizo/s1600/27822_397085816535_519006535_4668387_329554_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S_P_rst3rhI/AAAAAAAABDM/D3cBRQvXizo/s320/27822_397085816535_519006535_4668387_329554_n.jpg" /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S_P_td_b8gI/AAAAAAAABDU/iln5fWSEKFg/s1600/27822_397085821535_519006535_4668388_5280108_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S_P_td_b8gI/AAAAAAAABDU/iln5fWSEKFg/s320/27822_397085821535_519006535_4668388_5280108_n.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Karla</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: small;">The world celebrates the International AIDS Memorial Day every third Sunday of May to commemorate those who lost the battle and those who are living and still fighting the disease. This year, Pink Triangle Foundation together with <a href="http://ruumz.com/" target="_blank">ruumz.com</a> celebrated this event in a three-day exposition of pictures and movies at a gallery exhibit entitled AIDSAware: Be the Message at the Annexe Gallery, Central Market, May 16. </span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: small;">It was our pleasure as Red Agents to volunteer for the event. We ushered guests into the exhibit and asked them if they would like to be part of our campaign to spread the message about AIDS and to stop the disease. Their task was simple. All they had to do was pick a message that they think best suits their thoughts about AIDS and pose in front of the camera. We printed out the pictures and posted them on the wall. By then end of this AIDS campaign, we should have collected 13,000 pictures. So far, there have been 13,000 Malaysians who died because of AIDS. Through these pictures, we hope to send the message to everybody that AIDS is a serious issue and it needs to be stopped. These pictures could be accessed and downloaded at <a href="http://aidsaware.ruumz.com/" target="_blank">aidsaware.ruumz.com</a>. </span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: small;">The crowd reception was great. There was an ongoing bazaar just next door and a lot of young people were coming into the gallery exhibit. There were a variety of people coming in – different genders, different age, different races. And almost everybody had their picture taken. Some were aloof at first, but they agreed later on after knowing the cause of this exhibit. There were families who posed with their cute kids, there were groups of friends, there were couples, there were teenagers, there were babies. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S_QAJts9GbI/AAAAAAAABE8/aVtd0JCezk8/s1600/27822_397085906535_519006535_4668401_146995_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S_QAJts9GbI/AAAAAAAABE8/aVtd0JCezk8/s320/27822_397085906535_519006535_4668401_146995_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">This was definitely an experience for me as it enriched my ability to approach and talk to people. One of the most important things in life is to be able to communicate and deliver your message efficiently so that others may understand. This internship has so far enabled me to develop my communication skills and at the same time educate other people about one of the world’s most pressing concerns – HIV/AIDS. This event was a venue for me to deepen my passion for this cause and to share with other people the messages that must spread faster than AIDS.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On the 15th of may, Red Agents went to Central Market to volunteer at the exhibition about AIDS.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">AIDSAWARE is a project to spread the awareness on HIV/AIDS and to further stop HIV by allowing each and every one of us not only to share a message and spread a message, but to be a Message itself.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some of the messages collected were shown at the Annexe Gallery, Central Market last May 15 and 16. PT Foundation has joined up with Ruumz Causes to develop this campaign as part of its activity for International AIDS Memorial Day 2010 which fell on the 16th of May this year.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Actually we were planning to volunteer both weekdays (15th and 16th May), but the schedule was changed so we volunteered only on saturday.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our tasks are Greet guests as they walk in and Take photos of guests and stick them up on the photo wall from 4pm to 8pm.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The inside of the gallery</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In front of the AIDSAWARE sign, So Woon</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Although we had a volunteer work with PT Foundation before, the day with AIDSAWARE was more meaningful than the other days. We collect a lot of pictures and it might help to increase the awareness about HIV/AIDS.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The International Red Agents Karla, MJ, Sowoon</span></div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-38171024903929790292010-05-19T21:44:00.001+08:002010-05-19T21:55:49.239+08:00Wake House visit by the interns<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">he Rumah Wake ( Wake House)</span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The journey to the Rumah wake was mixture of emotions such as excitement, uncertainty, and little bit of fright, because this was the first time that I was actually encountering someone who is HIV positive. Human perceptions can be scary. They actually shape up the things to form a certain definitive shape even before we actually see or encounter it. But I told myself that this trip will be one that would break my perceptions and help me to grow and mature.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our first destination was the women’s house, where the HIV positive women and homeless women stayed. The place itself looked weary and old. To be honest I actually thought ‘can the patients live in this condition?’ But proving my expectations wrong, the people living in the house all looked healthy and were friendly. They were just like any of us who visited the place. As we sat down and started talking with the women, they opened up their stories. Some had the disease for 13 years already while some were new and joined the wake not too long ago. They were provided with medicines and check-ups through the support of the government. It was an interesting experience listening to them speaking their side of the story. But at the same time, it also was also heart aching to see some abandoned by their family and having no dreams for the future.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In our second destination of the transsexual house, the people there were more opened up with their experience and the current situation of the transsexuals in Malaysia. There in fact are lots of transsexuals out there who are HIV positive and it is continuously spreading. It was a scary thing to learn about, but also was a call for The Red Project team to do their job and take part in educating the people about HIV/AIDS!</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We may not know any HIV positive people around us FOR THE MOMENT. But as we always say, AIDS does not discriminate. The people in the Rumah wake would not have guessed that they would one day become HIV positive and live their lives with AIDS. Thus it is really important that we could build a community that is ready to accept these people, to care for these people and treat them just like any other human being. Discrimination is what makes them more difficult. Disease itself maybe a part of it, but the eyes of the people looking down on them, ignoring them and judging them is what makes them feel the pain and give up all hopes. Hope we could contribute in building that kind of society. Start by changing ourselves!!</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-73143576491989227372010-05-14T00:40:00.001+08:002010-05-14T01:48:34.776+08:00Well, well. It's about time something like this happened in our LC!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Be there or be square! Get the best of BOTH Projects under the SAME roof!! TRP and EYLN is HOT-TO-GO!!!!the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-49906235758459229462010-05-05T22:00:00.004+08:002010-05-05T22:05:05.223+08:00Workshop at SMK Jalan Reko<div style="text-align: left;">Red Agents on the move! At 4th May, We went to SMK Jalan Reko for HIV/AIDS workshop, which is located in Kajang.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">First, We would like to thank the officials of SMK Jalan Reko for giving us this opportunity to conduct HIV/AIDS workshop, hope you meet later again :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some pictures of this day's HIV/AIDS workshop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, the Red Agents hope the students enjoy the session. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">do visit us in Facebook :) </div>Sign,<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-20353314364001753192010-05-03T21:25:00.000+08:002010-05-03T21:25:58.254+08:00workshop at SMK Taman Bukit MaluriRED Agents on the run. and Red Agents from The Red Project UKM stops at SMK Taman Bukit Maluri for a half day workshop. Here, we would like to thank the officials of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri for giving us this opportunity to conduct two slots of HIV/AIDS workshop. on behalf of the Red Agents, I hope that the students would benefit from it and spread the awareness on HIV and AIDS :) woohoo~ here are some of the photos.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S97JgUuJubI/AAAAAAAAA58/SvqBimT6e_U/s1600/15696_1298239018573_1308308266_30851723_1012351_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S97JgUuJubI/AAAAAAAAA58/SvqBimT6e_U/s320/15696_1298239018573_1308308266_30851723_1012351_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and it all ends with a group photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, the Red Agents hope the students enjoy the session. do visit us in Facebook :) (just click on the link beside) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sign,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Red Agent </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The RED Project, AIESEC in UKM.</div></div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-32740752850108510062010-04-21T20:15:00.000+08:002010-04-21T20:15:31.811+08:00RED Agents on the move<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">YEA, </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Red</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> Agents on the mo</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">ve : </span></div><span class="UIStory_Message"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">but, where will be next ? </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">check the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Red</span> Team out at </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Venue : SMK Taman Bukit Maluri</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Time : 9.00am - 12.00 pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Date : 23 / 4 / 2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">talking about spreading awareness for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">HIV/AIDS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">, none can be done if you do not take the first step. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">WE had taken it. have you?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">followed is an article on how a little effort can make a gigantic difference.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><h2 class="date-header" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(85, 51, 70); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #666633; font: normal normal normal 95%/normal Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.35em; text-transform: uppercase;"><span>TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2010</span></h2><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" style="margin-bottom: 2.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="5605686012214094389"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www1.blogblog.com/dots/bg_post_title_left.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0.25em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #553346; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal bold 100%/normal Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 45px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/2010/04/woman-who-made-hiv-real-to-vip.html" style="color: #553346; text-decoration: none;">The Woman Who Made HIV Real to a VIP</a></h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm away visiting my kids, folks, hence the long silence. Meanwhile so many things have been happening that I can't keep up to comment on them. Others have written some great comments on various issues that I don't think I can match them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But one little personal event happened which I thought I would commemorate. In one way it's very sad and indeed I feel very bereft but on the other hand it's also possible to see what changed in our society because of one person.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Early this morning my friend LYL passed away. She wasn't anyone famous or wealthy or someone we would have thought was extraordinary. But to me she was special.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I met LYL around 1995. At that time I had just started working in HIV and was beginning to learn about all the issues involved with it. One of the main issues (and sadly still is) was stigma and discrimination. It was severe enough that there were doctors in private hospitals who refused to treat people with HIV and sent them off to government hospitals to be seen by the few over-burdened doctors there. At the time there was not a lot that even those doctors could do because there were hardly any treatments for anyone with HIV.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The plight of Malaysians living with HIV at the time was quite severe. Most lived in fear of society's judgment on them. They were afraid of applying for jobs or of losing what jobs they already had. Most felt there was no better fate for them than death. But elsewhere in the developed world, people with HIV were fighting stigma and prejudice and were beginning to find hope in the treatments that were becoming available there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So my colleagues and I decided that we needed to make our case to the country's political leadership. So as President of the Malaysian AIDS Council I wrote a formal letter to the Prime Minister asking for an appointment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And waited. And waited. <i>Nine</i> months later, we got a call. Nelson Mandela had cancelled his visit to Malaysia and a slot had opened up for us! It was to be a week later. (Perhaps Mandela, an HIV campaigner himself, somehow knew the appointment was really important to us.) So my colleagues including Dr Christopher Lee who is now the head Infectious Diseases doctor in the Ministry of Health, Professor Dr Sharifah Hapsah Shahabuddin (now Vice-Chancellor of UKM) and several others had meetings to prepare for our presentation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We also made one important decision and that was to include a person with HIV in our group. That person was LYL.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">LYL was a teacher whose fiance had died of an AIDS-related illness . It was only then that she found out about her own infection. Instead of retreating into depression, she decided that she would do what she could to educate others about HIV and to advocate for better treatment of people living with the virus. She often spoke at seminars and workshops, often using a different name.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When we went to meet the PM at his office at Parliament House, we had programmed our presentation so that LYL would speak last. I spoke about the general state of the epidemic and Dr. Lee spoke about the need for better medical treatment for people with HIV. After we were through, LYL got up nervously and started. "My name is LYL, I'm a teacher and I'm HIV-positive". I remember Dad's eyebrows shot up in surprise at the sight of a perfectly normal-looking young woman standing in front of him disclosing her status.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">LYL spoke about what it was like to live with a virus that she always had to keep secret. She talked about her service teaching students in a government school and how she feared someone would find out her status and fire her. And how what she really needed was the treatments that were coming online in the West but were yet unavailable in Malaysia at the time. Those treatments meant everything between life and death for people with HIV.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I know that that little presentation did a lot. At our fundraising dinner a few weeks later, the PM mentioned how sad he was to hear of doctors turning away patients with HIV. I remember Dr Lee had tears in his eyes when he heard that.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Three years later at the opening of the 5th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) in KL, the PM announced that Malaysia would look at <a href="http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/TRIPs_e/public_health_faq_e.htm" style="color: #0066cc;">compulsory licensing</a> of antiretroviral drugs in order to make them more accessible to Malaysians living with HIV by making them cheaper. Indeed soon after that, the price of the drugs went from over RM2000 a month to about 10% of the price, thus allowing more people access to them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(And I know LYL had an effect on Dad because he often asked after her.) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Eventually the Ministry of Health managed to provide free treatment to Malaysians living with HIV in government hospitals. Unfortunately the take-up isn't 100% mostly, I think, because few people know that they can get this treatment for almost free. And many are still deterred by the stigma and discrimination around HIV and that is also why they don't go to get tested and onto these life-saving drugs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But LYL was one of the beneficiaries of these drugs. Although in the last few years she has not been too healthy, she did survive far longer that she would have without them. And while she lived she was always an inspiration of strength to all of us who worked in HIV. She was always a quiet person, not one to shout out her frustrations with the state of prevention and treatment of HIV in our country. But she was an example of a model Malaysian just by being a person of such dignity, care and compassion for others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Every once in a while I would get an sms from LYL wishing me Selamat Hari Raya or whatever the occasion was and asking me how I was. Not once did she ever sound depressed, bitter or complained about anything. She liked instead to ask after my parents and children.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two days ago her brother sms'd me to say that LYL was in a coma and in hospital. Being thousands of miles away I couldn't do much except pray that she would recover somehow. But friends who visited her said there was not much hope. She came out of her coma briefly and was conscious enough to know that she was surrounded by family and friends. Then in the early hours she slipped away, finally at peace.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The whole HIV community mourns the passing of LYL, the first Malaysian to stand in front of a Prime Minister and make him understand what it means to live with HIV. That act of courage alone changed the lives of so many people. Not least by making the lives of HIV+ people real to those without the virus.</div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">article from : <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/2010/04/woman-who-made-hiv-real-to-vip.html">http://rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/2010/04/woman-who-made-hiv-real-to-vip.html</a></span></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></h3></span>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-45037256113769282422010-04-07T11:07:00.000+08:002010-04-07T11:07:27.992+08:00Adam the Musical<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adam The Musical</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7v2iea5jXI/AAAAAAAAAwU/f-fCdvwPKCY/s1600/banner3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7v2iea5jXI/AAAAAAAAAwU/f-fCdvwPKCY/s400/banner3.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for more information, please log on to <a href="http://www.mac.org.my/">http://www.mac.org.my/</a> click on the following link :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://axcess.com.my/s_adam10.asp?id=2577768986657849548897954802019139843366">http://axcess.com.my/s_adam10.asp?id=2577768986657849548897954802019139843366</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">thank you for your attention. </div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-20138278394837314632010-04-05T23:47:00.001+08:002010-04-06T12:06:03.258+08:00GUESS WHAT? MARATHON WORKSHOPS COMING TO A SCHOOL NEAR YOU!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7oFGMzcoZI/AAAAAAAAAv8/y_YgY1F_gmY/s1600/marathon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7oFGMzcoZI/AAAAAAAAAv8/y_YgY1F_gmY/s400/marathon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Red Project</span></b> in <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">AIESEC UKM</span></b> is working hard to bring you this event. Nearing exam week, we wish all the Red Agents who are taking their finals <b>ALL THE BEST</b> in their exams and in conducting this workshop, educating others while being educated themselves. Please spread the word to your friends who are in this school, to kindly participate in this workshop. See you there!!!! </div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-10157374115960506822010-04-05T22:06:00.001+08:002010-04-05T22:08:00.154+08:00Exhibition in Sunway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">In conjunction with Entrepreneurship and Youth, a Learning Network (EYLN) launching, the Red project had an exhibition in Sunway Piramid. Reaching to the public, The Red Agents play none but an interactive role in spreading awareness on HIV and Aids to the public. And most importantly, the Red Agents had impacted people with knowledge on HIV/AIDS. on behalf of the Red Agent, we would like to thank Sunway and EYLN for this opportunity and amazing experience in Sunway Piramid.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay, done much of writing, dear readers, do indulge in some of the photos.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Layout. help from other AIESECers in UKM.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7QTjUryqzI/AAAAAAAAAtc/S4XgaezrQG0/s1600/25804_380141099629_848124629_3642711_2825028_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7QTjUryqzI/AAAAAAAAAtc/S4XgaezrQG0/s320/25804_380141099629_848124629_3642711_2825028_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and we would like to thank interns from UM, Kate Pote and Marie and also OCP of HIV/AIDS project of UM, Chia Yinn for joining us in the exhibition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who said this exhibition is only for shoppers... we managed to grab a guards attention by asking him on issues on HIV/AIDS. that was so coooool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7nt3IlVj_I/AAAAAAAAAv0/gM3r_FR-Ty0/s1600/P3271451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7nt3IlVj_I/AAAAAAAAAv0/gM3r_FR-Ty0/s320/P3271451.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And lastly our dear OCP and interns posing in front of the lenses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7ntHf4igPI/AAAAAAAAAvk/GxV_a4urB-A/s1600/P3271463.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7ntHf4igPI/AAAAAAAAAvk/GxV_a4urB-A/s320/P3271463.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Cheers, Agents and interns from UM, you have all done a great job in spreading the Red awareness, HIV/AIDS awareness. </div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-49809506895267157962010-04-02T01:27:00.000+08:002010-04-02T01:27:08.174+08:00More Workshops!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7TW34AmWjI/AAAAAAAAAvc/HByqHKC_Wn8/s1600/Untitled-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7TW34AmWjI/AAAAAAAAAvc/HByqHKC_Wn8/s320/Untitled-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To all students of SMK DATO HAMZAH, we would appreciate your full participation today. We will see you in about 9 hours!!! The Red Agents are coming to you!</div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-22045016709673642122010-03-31T16:22:00.001+08:002010-04-01T10:31:12.376+08:00More HIV/AIDS 101 workshops!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7QFFkY7NTI/AAAAAAAAAtM/jFd9ijD0P-8/s1600/24320_384014796535_514046535_4349447_6370980_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7QFFkY7NTI/AAAAAAAAAtM/jFd9ijD0P-8/s320/24320_384014796535_514046535_4349447_6370980_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">There will be a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">HIV/AIDS 101 </span><span class="Apple-style-span">Workshop tomorrow,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> 1 APRIL 2010.</span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Place: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Kalangkasa, KIY</span></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Time:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">8.30 -10.30 pm</span></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Feeling tensed and need something to take your mind off the upcoming finals, but don't want to waste time on Facebook? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Come and join our workshop! It's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIONAL </span><span class="Apple-style-span">and you are playing a part in <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">WORLDWIDE</span></b> HIV/AIDS prevention. See you there!</span></span></div></div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-14982046222368256832010-03-31T00:13:00.001+08:002010-03-31T00:15:40.274+08:00HIV/AIDS roadshow in University Kebangsaan Malaysia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>RED Roadshow</b></span> in Pusanika in UKM. Whoohoo... this roadshow had proved to be beneficial to the students in UKM and of course AIESEC in UKM because we managed to brand ourselves and students participate a lot in the roadshow. a round of applauds for the RED agents and students in UKM... whoohoo~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7IOui7q5OI/AAAAAAAAAq8/hhPUP4AT7Bc/s1600/P3191223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7IOui7q5OI/AAAAAAAAAq8/hhPUP4AT7Bc/s320/P3191223.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Approaching students about</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What we do and how we are doing it ? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">click on the links above to know more about The Red Project and HIV/AIDS</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7IPW1zcKjI/AAAAAAAAAs0/S3e3uQmGlFw/s1600/P3191264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7IPbDKI3RI/AAAAAAAAAtE/cKh4ULZoSZc/s1600/P3191273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S7IPbDKI3RI/AAAAAAAAAtE/cKh4ULZoSZc/s320/P3191273.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thats all for now. a sneak preview of what coming up next</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Exhibition in Sunway Piramid. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay tuned</div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-64456223923616380312010-03-26T10:54:00.003+08:002010-03-26T17:22:55.250+08:00HIV/AIDS exhibition in SUNWAY<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">red</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> agent is setting a booth in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">SUNWAY PIRAMID </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">at the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ORANGE CONCOURSE</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">from 11am-5pm</span></span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Besides that, we are having a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">Global village</span>, whoohoo~ </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it is going to be a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: red;">BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></span></div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-3539858711858530202010-03-18T10:07:00.000+08:002010-03-18T10:07:00.320+08:00HIV/AIDS roadshow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Think you knew it all about HIV/AIDS?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Think again...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Red Project is going to have a HIV/AIDS Roadshow in Pusanika level 2 on Friday (19/3/10) at 9am.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do drop by our roadshow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Join us in spreading awareness on HIV/AIDS. Be a Red Agent yourself.</div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682514162424947721.post-24581686184006413322010-03-15T15:46:00.000+08:002010-03-15T15:46:52.929+08:00HIV diagnosis is not a death sentence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S53ld1Org0I/AAAAAAAAAmk/dIG0Bf0ph98/s1600-h/Photo_Bradford_2009_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wp7_npRAyjA/S53ld1Org0I/AAAAAAAAAmk/dIG0Bf0ph98/s320/Photo_Bradford_2009_sm.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">November 28th 2009</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">- Today, I am celebrating an Anniversary. I don't recall the exact day I found out I was infected with HIV, it was sometime in 1984. The day that stands out most for me is November 28th 1985.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">On November 28th 1985, I was told by my doctor to inform my family, arrange my finances and funeral, I had six months to live!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Soon after, I left my job, friends and family and moved far away so that no one would see me get sick and die...but I didn't die. Twenty-five years later I'm still here.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">The point is that I missed out on so much during those years when I hid my HIV status and lived far away from family and friends. Years, when I could have been close to those I love but instead I lived in isolation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Years that I could have been close to my father (my mother died when I was young), brothers and sister, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins and all my friends. All of whom when I did finally disclose I was HIV+ asked,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">"Why didn't you tell us? We love you!"</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">What was I thinking? I was deciding for others; deciding what others could or could not handle, what they could or could not know, instead of letting people make up their own minds!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">The truth is that people infected with HIV can and do live normal lives. They go to school, have careers, marry, have children and much more!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Don't waste time worrying about what could or might be. Be present NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Enjoy all life has to offer. Learn about HIV. Learn what you can do to stay healthy!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Fear will undermine every aspect of your life if you let it. Don't let HIV occupy your mind. Don't let HIV take away your JOY for living!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Do everything you love to do and spend time with people who you care about and who really care about you.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">I must say that once I decided to no longer be afraid of people finding out I was HIV+ and since coming out about my HIV status...my life has been rich and full!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Yes, there have been health concerns, sickness, HIV/AIDS medications and side effects with HIV affecting every area of my life, but there is so much more that has made my life worth living!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">You have one chance in life; make the most of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0mm 0mm 1.0pt 0mm;"> <div style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0mm 0mm 1.0pt 0mm; padding: 0mm;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">adapted from</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bradford McIntyre</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.positivelypositive.ca</span></div></div>the red teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341240099956244425noreply@blogger.com2