Kechara Soup Kitchen Dinner with Melvin Lam & Mouawad Jewellers!
Kechara Soup Kitchen is one of our Kechara’s Depts that we are really proud of. Each week we go out on the streets and feed over 800 homeless people. We are doing our best to also find jobs for something which has been successful.
My long time student and friend Ms Ruby khong is the President of Kechara Soup Kitchen or KSK. She is here throwing a gala dinner to fundraise for the homeless. Renowned Fashionista Melvin Lam organized this for us and we are eternally grateful. The sponsor was the internationally well respected Jewellers Mouawad. Also ECMI. We are very thankful to Mouawad and ECMI.
There was a great fashion show by Melvin Lam hosted by the Local Celebrity host Xandria Ooi.
His Excellency The Chairman to Tourism Malaysia Datuk Dr.Victor Wee also graced the occasion.
Prestige Magazine and Astro 304 were also there to cover this very special event.
Ruby gave a powerful speech on behalf of KSK and you must watch this video.
Another Note: You may be wondering why this video is so well done, well that is because it is made in-house by Kechara In Motion or KIM which is another dept of Kechara.
Please watch and enjoy and rejoice!! Kechara really is going places and pledges itself to continued social welfare according to it’s principle of compassion.
Tsem Rinpoche
KSK gala dinner
Astro Channel 304 interviewing President of KSK, Ruby.
Ruby with Ms Celene and Left is Melvin Lam.
Ruby giving a wonderful speech.
The fashion show.
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Dato’ Ruby Khong has been a well dressed lady for her clothes and jewellery up till today and she still is. She has been a student of Rinpoche for a long time. I feel she still can be herself and she can still be wearing fabulous clothes and at the same time practicing Tantra with people not even knowing. Dato’ Ruby to me you are a Tantric Practitioner under the quise of a well groomed social person who can influence people into Dharma and can easily raise funds for Kechara with the powerful energy from Vajrayogini. You will be a real asset for the future KWPC. May you have long life and good health to continue the good work of KSK for the benefit of sentient beings.
The Dinner was organised by Melvin Lam Haute Couture with renowned Fine Jewellers Mouawad and ECMI Trade Fairs as Sponsors. With an appetising dinner on the programe, the charity dinner was in aid of KSA and it was definetly for a good cause. The raising of funds was not only to renovate and purchase fixtures for KSA new primises, but also for its operations for the recent acquired shoplot at jalan imbi to serve as a permanent base. There is also the need to purchase tables, chairs, washing machines, tablewares, ovens & office equipments. Once the premises is set up,it serves as a KSA permanent shelter. Main aim is to get the homeless and urban poor off the streets by getting jobs or putting them in homes
Ruby is indeed an amazing lady of many talents with a heart big as an ocean opening itself to help others in dire need. She is modern, skillful, beautiful, hardworking and dynamic as a mother of 3 wonderful kids raised in a Dharmic environment and leads a wonderful team of people feeding the homeless.
Ever since Ruby took over KSK as the head, KSK has been jumping in leaps and bounds creating waves everywhere they went to help the homeless. Every fund raising dinner in the name of KSK is always successful and have many rich and influential offering their help in making KSK dinners a success.
Ruby has shown by example to the people working under her and her kids how Dharma can be integrated into our daily lives without compromising our livelihood.
May KSK continue to inspire more homeless to return into society to find themselves again and to inspire more of us to open our hearts to help others.
Such a fine, poised modern lady that epitomizes the fundament to Kechara’s saying – that you don’t have to give up everything to live spiritually. Ruby (out of respect I think I should say Aunty Ruby, haha.. or following in Wee Liang’s footstep, call you Ruby Che Che? :p) embodies compassion, modernism, spiritualism, dedication, leadership and proficiency. In such a modern society, having a balance between spirituality/dharma and living your life proves to be hard for some people, but Ruby has found the perfect balance in both. She lives with Kechara, Dharma, Rinpoche, and KSK in her. There is no one more fitting in this role that you have as KSK President. Your grace and abilities in promoting awareness and raising funds for KSK is well beyond commendable. The speech you delivered in that video was very poignant and compassionate yet so confident and alluring – reflecting the person you are. You have built and dedicated yourself to the cause of KSK, and I am very happy to be able to witness its growth. I thank you for the ease you and your very dedicated and talented team have made for us as volunteers to participate. I am utterly proud of you, and I’m sure I speak for Jean Mei too! haha 🙂
Terima Kasih Rinpoche!
All the glam, glitter and pomp….for who? for what?
Yes, it’s guessable…
The poor, homeless and downtrodden…
KSK has done it again…
Born from the heart of Rinpoche, KSK has gone to great heights and strides in keeping the homeless and hungry off the streets and returning back their lost dignity & lives.
Like Tara, who said to be born from the tears of Avalokitesvara, ever swift and compassionate, KSK has swiftly assisted many, not only to satiate their hunger but to return back to them the meaning of life by getting them back on their own feet and being independent again.
Who would have ever thought that all that glam and glitter could be used for such a spiritual cause like KSK’s? Wonderful!
Ruby was the first person I met in Kechara; she’s one of the main reasons I am here in Kechara and doing what I’m doing today. When I first met her, 6 years ago, I was struck by the fact that someone could be so full of glamor, fun, a big FAT LAUGH and style and yet be so spiritual at the same time. It was funny to hear that the centre of her life used to be parties at Sri Carcosa, tennis games and a prized collection of Chanel handbags.
Actually, she is still the heart of every social occasion, still beautiful as ever and, once in a while, you’d still spy a vintage Chanel on her. But now, she turns all that around for the benefit of KSK. She’s in every top magazine in Malaysia, meeting all the most generous and prominent people in the city – and bringing to them awareness of the homeless, and how she is helping them through her incredible work with KSK.
This is what true glamor is – when you’re using all that you have, your beauty, style, social-butterfly network, talents for the SAKE OF OTHERS and not just for another big fat pointless ego trip!
Whether she dresses up or dresses down, one thing remain consistent is her unrelenting commitment to KSK. As President of KSK, Ruby has worked tirelessly to bring KSK onto the media’s limelight. When she is not busy raising funds for KSK, she is raising awareness about KSK. Sometimes, she even goes on for days without sleep. This is the kind of leadership qualities that Ruby upholds on a daily basis. Her inspiring characteristics certainly must rub off on her team, as they are just as committed to KSK as her. They also work untiringly in serving the welfare of the homeless. KSK has changed not only the lives on those living on the streets, but also those volunteering. Now, even families come to volunteer at KSK on Saturday nights religiously. This signifies that KSK is making an indelible impact on our community at large. Bravo, KSK!
I love how kechara can do PR. It’s so hard to break stereotypes about homelessness.