MD 308 Leo Forum is the biggest event of the fiscal year and has always been the most anticipated event annually. Every year, there are at least 800 participants counting Leos only attending this 3 days 2 nights event.
This year, the MD 308 Leo Forum was held in Johor Bahru at the Zon Regency Hotel located by the seaside from 28th to 30th of May 2011. This year’s Leo Forum was organized by the Lions and Leos of District 308 B1.
On the morning of 28th May, Leos from Leo Club of SMK Damansara Jaya, Leo Club of SMK Taman SEA and Leo Club of PJI gathered outside SMK Damansara Jaya while another group with Leos from the , Leo Club of SMK(P) Assunta and Leo Club of PJI gathered outside the A&W located near Taman Jaya LRT station at 5.10am. At 6.00am, after everyone has boarded the bus, we headed down south to Johor Bahru. The journey to Johor Bahru took approximately 4.5 hours.
It was about 11.00am when we reached our destination. All of us headed to the 6th floor of the hotel and left our luggage in the luggage room that prepared for us. Then, we had lunch and soon after, the Opening Ceremony started at the Grand Ballroom. As usual, there were speeches by the District Governor, District Chairperson, Forum Organizing Chairperson, etc. Then, this was followed by a drum performance and House Rules & Safety Briefing.
At 3.30pm we had a Motivational Talk at the Expo Hall that was located next to the hotel ballroom. The motivational talk was basically about how to plan to achieve something. It was basically about having a clear vision on your goal, planning out in detail, and to execute the plan to achieve the goal. It was quite a well conducted motivational talk and besides that, there were many thumbdrives given out as prizes when the question was correctly answered as well!
Soon, we got our hotel room keys and we headed to our respective hotel rooms to get ready for the next event - The Fellowship Night. The theme was “Wild wild West”. We were asked to dress up as Cowboys, Cowgirls and even Red Indians. At 7pm, the Fellowship Night began. The ballroom was decorated with many cacti, cowboy-related decorations and most of the Leos and Lions were dressed aligned with theme. As usual, there were performances and speeches throughout the night. The dinner was good. Besides that, we had a footloose session where all the Leo delegates danced and partied in the ballroom. It was a fun and amazing night. There were colourful laser lights around the ballroom topped with speakers blasting our favourite dance music.
The next day, we had breakfast in the Expo Hall and then we went to the ballroom for the Forum Talk. Then, we had tea break outside the ballroom before moving on to the workshop that was organized by the forum organizers. After that, we had lunch at the Expo Hall before heading to our Sub-District Leo Forum held in Auditorium 2. There were many awards given to various Leo Clubs.
As soon as the Sub-District Leo Forum ended, we quickly head back to our hotel rooms to get ready for Banquet Night. The theme for this year’s Banquet Night is “Enchanted Fairyland”. As we step into the ballroom, I actually felt the atmosphere of a wedding dinner. The ballroom was decorated with romantic white roses, candlelight, flower petals on the dinner tables and romantic music playing throughout the dinner. Besides that, the Leos and Lions present were all very well dressed. The ladies dressed in their beautiful dinner gowns while the gentlemen dressed up with their blazers, smart tuxedos and ties.
The dinner went on with performances and awards session. Our club’s secretary, Leo Justin Yap was recognized as District 308 B2’s Top Secretary!
Besides that, Leo Beatrice Grace and I were nominated as the Best Dressed of the night. Beatrice won the Best Dressed Overall. It was a great experience for both of us as we were asked to perform on the stage in front of almost a thousand people. Trust me, it wasn’t easy. Both of us were literally shaking in excitement.
As soon as the dinner ended, we had a short footloose session topped with photo session. We were basically spamming our cameras as everyone was well dressed. We returned to our respective rooms after that and called it a night.
The next day morning on the 30th of May, we had breakfast in the Expo Hall and had the Closing Ceremony at the Grand ballroom. Then, we checked out our hotel rooms and had our last lunch of the forum together with the Leos from other clubs at the expo hall. We took some group photos and then we headed to our respective buses. The Leo Forum was definitely a great experience to all of us as we managed to enjoy and bond with other Leo members from various clubs. I’m looking forward to the next Leo Forum.
Written by Michelle Lee
Edited by Justin Yap
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