Blood donation for fallen heros,

Singapore's Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo visited the Burmese Buddhist Temple at Toapayoh on Saturday(20 October, 2007) while Overseas Burmese Patriots(OBP) are organizing blood donation drive as a symbolic tribute to fallen monks and people in Burma at the Safron revolution recently. OBP planned to bring medical team, in consultation with Red Cross and blood Bank of Singapore, to Toapayoh monastery for blood donation. Singapore Red Cross official have already visited the designated blood donation place at the Toapayoh monastery and had given permission. However, at the last minute, OBP got a call from the monastry committe that they would not allowed OBP to donate blood at the monastery as VIP was comming on Saturday. So we called Singapore Red Cross to cancel the planned blood donation at the monastery, instead we will come to blood bank for donation, but gathering point will be at the monastery as we could not informed all individual donar in time. Red Cross official understand our situation and arranged to two bus trip from the monastery to blood bank. The confirmed donar list is only 50 on friday, however 108 patriot Burmese donated blood on Saturday . OBP offered hamburger and mineral water to donars but food run out shortly as people coming to doante blood are more than expected. . While OVP members are in panic on how to get some more hamburger, two "May Khala" come with more Macdonald Hemburgers. We did not know each other before, they initiated by themself to offer foods to blood donars. I appreciated so much to the two ladies(more than 15 yrs younger than me, but i call her ladies). Then another group come with " Shwe Yin Aye". Oh What a lovely Burmese culture and theer patriotism.

That Saturday blood donation drive would be so much marvelous if one of the monastery committee member did understand the purpose of the visit of Foreign Minister. Even though this committee member was a Burmese lady, now singaporean(before she work in Hongkong and migrated here), she has no political sense at all and I think she might feel nothing at all on the death of monks and people at recent safron revolution.
While people come for blood donation are sitting quietly at the third floor of the temple waiting for a bus to go to Blood bank, she make noise to monks why they are gathering there as VIP visit is coming soon. Two of OBP members and the committee lady had argument and exchanges war of words.
If she allowed us to do blood donation at the monastery, visiting foreign minister can see how our Burmese are contributing to Singapore. As far as I understand it is very rare to get more than 100 donars in single day blood donation drive in Singapore. OH Burmese Boleh lah. Proud to Be Burmese