29th Oct, 2008

Canon Goes Green

Greetings from Singapore! Yup.. I have officially relocated to the tiny island country down south since last Saturday.

Haven’t gotten my own Internet line up yet, haven’t gotten my iphone either. :P Will be starting work next Monday though. Am using Jacq’s mobile broadband access right now to upload this way overdue post cause she’s out and I’m home alone wee..

I got an invite from Soo Lee to attend the Canon Goes Green tree-planting event the weekend just before I left. Waking up for it was NOT easy - it was supposed to start at 730am and I slept at 4am the night before. But it was a good thing I did, because it was a heckuva lot of fun!

An environmental marketing campaign by Canon (a pretty good effort too), the project kick started with a Katamari inspired website (with a cute catchy song) asking for the public to upload photos of anything related to nature or their love for it. For every photo uploaded, Canon will purchase a tree to be planted at the set date and time. Their target - 2,500 photos / trees, which was easily met - and was the amount of trees everyone planted that morning at the Kota Damansara field green lung.

Canon Goes Green - Thumbprint Poster

See all those small leaves on each of the trees on that poster? They are all thumbprints from the attendees that day. :)

Canon Goes Green - FoOie with Boo Bear and Bunny

Soo Lee brought most of her homemade softies that day (in part cause she knew I appreciated them hehe). That’s me with Boo Bear and Bunny. Do check out the rest of her awfully cute toys at her blog.

Canon Goes Green - FoOie Planting

I love playing with dirt.. :P

Canon Goes Green - Jason Planting

Jason doesn’t apparently.. haha

Canon Goes Green - Li Yi Planting

Li Yi doing her part..

Canon Goes Green - Soo Lee Planting

Forever Happee Soo Lee

Canon Goes Green - Three Stooges

EnvironMENTALS wannabes :D

After the planting, all 4 of us thought of taking part in one of their many activities there, so we joined this Eco Drum Circle thingie.. we were the 4 oldest people - signs that we are truly young at heart no? Hitting, shaking and thumping away at homemade percussions.. it was all strangely detachedly entertaining.. :P

Canon Goes Green - Eco Drum Circle

I had to sync my shaking with this dude. A can filled with seeds mind you..

Canon Goes Green - Group Shot

L-R: Jason, Soo Lee, Li Yi & FoOie

A great event to close off my final weekend in Malaysia. It feels like I’ve left behind somewhat of a positive mark - in the form of around 5-6 young saplings, which I hope will grow tall and strong in the years ahead while I’m away.. :)

Responses

Captain Planet’s Planeteers! :-)

Thanks for your ‘final’ contribution to Malaysia. Looks like the next time I’m seeing you it’d be in Singapore!

arrgghh !! me me me !! hehehe… i like the last pic very much!! hugz!!

*all the best in Spore!*

hahaha..foo..
u don’t think u’ll lose ur small boy look lah

And ooooooo…. Liyi went with you go plant tree. So did it bear the fruit of love yet? =P

Soo : Thanks! :)

Jenn : Apparently, some people think I’m very ‘pruney’ wor hahaha

Yuin : Trees where got grow so fast wan? :P

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