Lew tirelessly giving out KSK leaflets by the escalator in One Utama
Dear Lew,
What a kind, generous and compassionate person you are deep inside of you. From external appearances, you just look like a normal guy. But I can see how your heart is soft and caring.
I am so happy to see helping the homeless. It is so commendable and makes me so happy to see you take the time to help the less fortunate.
Whoever we are, we have ups and downs in our lives. The people who care enough to do something are the real heroes to me.
In the end, have alot of money or not, is NOT THE KEY to feeling self worth, it is that we have contributed to others without an agenda. I am glad to see you doing this.
I send you my warm thanks, prayers and thanks for caring. Please never lessen your work for others, fight selfishness and care for others always, then your life and everyone’s lives are worth something much more my dear Lew.
Tsem Rinpoche
Please take the caring time to see more of Kechara Soup Kitchen or KSK.
Kind Lew, without any thought of himself, tirelessly passes out information about the homeless in our city. He took off from his day off to do this so he can be of service to others. If we have more people like Lew, then the world would be better. Thank you KSK for having the dept for kind people like Lew to volunteer. Kechara Soup Kitchen is such a worthy cause. I am proud of our KSK dept.
I thank One Utama Shopping complex to lend us the space to benefit the homeless so much!!!
Jean Mei, Justin, Jun Yew (Jean Mei’s friend who is a regular volunteer) and Lew (of eDivision) strategising how to approach passerby. Thinking together how to create awareness of the so many homeless people we have in our city. Look at these other wonderful people with Lew, they are young, kind and caring. This is the kind of young people we wish to have in society. People who care about others. People who selflessly take time from their attachments and self engrossed hangups to do something for others. I celebrate youth that care about others!!!!
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Rinpoche supports and encourages his students like a parent to a kid. Now the students must reciprocate lama’s kindness, care, love and enthusiasm. You are a gem to this world Rinpoche. And well done to Mr. Lew too.
Lew, although time has passed us by and yet you’re still here, working in Kechara. Thanks for everything. A small act of kindness goes a long way!
I did not know Lew well enough to comment much. But I have noticed when he spent a day in the old E Division in Ladrang,he is a very quiet guy. Don’t talk much an very seriously concentrating on his work. I had mistaken him for Allan from KMP. I thought he was Allan all the time until recently. He has purposely taken an off day to help KSK. Most people who are quiet like Lew would not be standing near an escalator distributing flyers and having to talk like a saleman. But surprisingly he did and it is for KSK. And he did it from his heart with compassion for the homeless.
What is the name of our friend? 🙂
Hi Lew, you are a gem to the E-Division and KSK! Irrespective of what duties you are in or volunteering in, we do it all the way to help others. You have shown that qualities even just by distributing flyers. You have set yourself as an example for all to follow suit. It is not the fame or position that one should look for but to let go of oneself to help and motivate that one being especially the needy and homeless people out there. Even with this simple act of distributing flyers and exuding sincerity, may inspire others to come volunteer, donate or sponsor towards KSK’s cause. Kudos to you!
Hi Lew,you are an asset to helping Kechara Soup Kitchen fulfil its objectives and good example to inspire more to join.
It is not how many brochures you pass out or how many hours you worked but the fact that you cared enough to volunteer to help spread the message of care and kindness to others is the high point of what you are doing.
Many don’t even want to think about the homeless owing to guilt.I salute you and the other young team members like Jean Mei and Justin who are true angels for the needy and unwanted.
Lew has the heart of an engineer. I studied engineering during university days and one of the traits of engineers is when faced with a problem that they can’t solve, it bothers them until they have solved it. His passion towards work is similar to his passion for social work whether its Kechara Soup Kitchen or Recycling, of which he has a key role to play in the going forward strategy of the recycling activity. He is always up for good food and always up for a good hearty laugh.
I hope he and his family will be part of the Kechara for a long time and he and his family will derive much benefits that the Dharma has to offer. He is very passionate in his school’s alumni and boasts of many friends from school days. This is a testament of what a really nice matured man that he is.
Terima Kasih Rinpoche!
How wonderful to have people like Lew so selfless and wiling to give himself and his all to great causes like KSK & E-Div. These photos speak for themselves on his big heart and efforts for Rinpoche and Kechara and despite being a family man, he makes time for Dharma through Kechara.
So whenever I start getting a feel of the snakes, roosters and pigs manifesting, I should start looking at Lew’s pic to remind myself of what commitment is all about and getting it accomplished!
What a small world that my friend met Lew at the one Kechara Care function on ‘Buddhism for Beginners’ some time ago (that I attended with him in KH2) being a former schoolmate of Lew. Sadhu!
Though having started his Dharma career in Tsem Ladrang’s E-division for just a few months, Lew has found more than just work in his new office. Lew found passion within the Kechara Organization to help and be of service to the people out there – especially the homeless.
He is a happy, jovial and down to earth guy whom have gained much experience in his profession. Now he brings his life to a new frontier in Kechara. When i saw him passionately disctributing those brochures in the public areas of 1 Utama, I thought to myself how wonderful that there are so many more like Lew out there who are so sincere in wanting the Dharma to grow and to help people with it doing so much!
With people like Lew, we’ll inspire more and more people to the Dharma. With that, one day, one less person will suffer less because of this inspiration!
Keep it up bro!
Both Lew and his wife Wei Theng are very nice people. I have known them for many years. Those years, Lew was only half the size he is now. Even though he has grown bigger, his heart grew even bigger! Lew, you are an inspiration to me for your efforts in helping the poor and the homeless! You Go mate!!
AND TWO TOES UP TOO!
Lew is a great treasure. We met over a year ago work on http://tsemtulku.com – back then he was just the consultant and I was the client. I was struck by his patience, intelligence and his quiet confidence. Everytime I wanted to add this and that to the website, I would ask him “Can you do this?” and he would say “CAAAAAAAN”.
One year later, we now work side by side in the Tsem Ladrang e-Division, and I would find it difficult to find anything negative to say about him. He’s always thinking about how to improve something in the office, or on the website or for Kechara Soup Kitchen, which he is very dedicated to. Both Lew and his wife Wei Theng are regular volunteers on KSK’s Saturday night round, and I just received news today that Lew is now a team leader on one of the food distribution routes.
Congratulations Lew, and I am honoured to call you friend.
Prior to meeting Lew in person, I saw him in a photo where he posed as Winnie the Pooh (or more affectionately known as Pooh bear!!)–how fitting isn’t it!!
When you first meet Lew, at first glance he looks like he could either be a CEO of a big techno company or a char kuay teow seller!! It’s hard to make out Lew’s story, but once he starts speaking to you you can tell by his soft-spoken demeanor that he’s one of those guys who you feel doesn’t seem to have a single bad bone in the body. The kind of person whom you can constantly poke and he wouldn’t snap (although I wouldn’t want to push my luck!).
Lew and I had actually devised a plan whereby he would stand by the escalator to hand out flyers (Lew was smart enough to point out that people getting off the escalator had no choice but to take the flyers!!) and as some of those people walked around the bend, I would be standing there waiting to rope them towards the KSK stand!
In order to walk around the mall giving out flyers legally, we both had to get passes from the Information Counter. Whilst waiting for someone to entertain us (and also while I was filling out the forms), he would hand out flyers and speak to people who were also waiting in line to be entertained by the staff! 😛
I realized that he was someone who had a high level of patience and tolerance. There were a lot of passerby’s who would ignore us and whilst I was boiling with annoyance he would remain his cool-as-a-cucumber self.
Lew doesn’t seem to ever run out of energy, and even when he’s tired he would never show any feelings of anger, annoyance or that he’s easily irritated.
TWO THUMBS UP LEW 🙂
Lew is a down to earth guy, brilliant techno savvy professional who is ever ready to share his knowledge and help.
Lew, thank you for being part of Kechara and giving your time to more than just doing a wonderful job in eDiv but also involving yourself in what Kechara is about..bringing happiness to many. Also, I wish to point out that people in kechara are very helpful and supportive of the various departments and not just their own department. Knowing what each other’s work is enriching and certainly gives a sense of closeness. We can never get enough support from each other, can we? This is the culture Rinpoche has tireless promoted over the years!
Being giving and helping others selflessly is truly an amazing quality. I am so inspired by this, and I hope to make an impact like KSK… Maybe even make a group like KSK in the future… Thank you, Rinpoche, for sharing this with us. 🙂