Friday, April 10, 2009

President's Address - 9 Apr 2009

A Colourful World! When Chee Wah proposed this theme, I thought to myself, how do I relate that to my opening address? Turns out, it wasn’t very hard. Because everywhere I looked, I saw different colours. In the colours, I saw different hues. Can anyone say with absolute certainty that you are the exact same colour as me? I won’t be surprised if you end up asking which part of me am I talking about? Even I am not made up of only one colour.

Then, when I look deeper, in the underlying layers of each person, I see even more colour. The red of passion and anger; the blue of calm and serenity; the green of harmony and sometimes, envy; and the yellow of joy, happiness and excitement.

And that’s the beauty of this world – we are all different. Not only in colour. But in personality, beliefs, strengths and weaknesses. We are all individuals. Flawed, imperfect. And sometimes we forget that, focusing so much attention on our flaws, we neglect our strengths.

[video presentation – visit http://yasminthefilmmaker.blogspot.com/2009/04/film-we-made-recently-commissioned-by.html]

Again, that’s the beauty of this world. Flawed. Imperfect. Yet, perfect. In the eyes of all those who love you.


Best regards,

Deborah Hoe, CTM
President 2008/2009