As I have written a few weeks back, Mooi Chee Onn was the designer of our first tshirts and many tshirts after that too. He also helped us with a lot of design work, including the background paw prints that you see on this blog, our many buntings, banners and posters, through the years when we were actively doing events. All for free, all voluntarily.
Whenever I needed help, not once did he ever turn me away. He would always find time to help.
Recently, Chee Onn was diagnosed with advanced stage cancer and he is now undergoing chemotherapy and after the first cycle, there is an improvement in his cancer marker readings!
His friends (the Buddhist youth group called the Incovarians) has rallied behind him, taking care of him and the camaraderie is amazing and praiseworthy. I too joined the chat group even though I did not belong to their youth group previously, just to know what is going on.
About a week ago, Chee Onn starting writing this reflections on a wishing wall that had been created for him by the Buddhist Gem Fellowship. I didn’t know until I read it this morning.
I am so very deeply touched that Chee Onn’s first reflections is a letter to AnimalCare!
Produced with permission:
Chee Onn’s letter to AnimalCare: https://mooicheeonn.bgf.org.my/2023/06/18/my-animal-care/#comment-436
My reply to Chee Onn:
Hi Chee Onn!!
It’s so wonderful to hear from you! Thank you very much for taking the time to write.
Do you know that your classic GOLD (that’s what I called the first design) is still everybody’s No. 1 top favourite tshirt? It’s simplicity is unbeatable. One day, when there is a market for tshirts again and I have the time to handle all the sizes, ranging from baby to XXL (ladies and gents, too, remember?), the first design I’d revive would be this classic GOLD!
You also helped with other tshirts later on, I remember clearly. And the website background is also done by you, read by hundreds every day.
I didn’t know you had to travel so far to meet up with Daniel to do our designs – thank you so, so much! But I do know that whenever I needed help, no matter how busy you were, you had never turned your back on me. For this, I will be forever grateful.
So even though you may not be an active hands-on “rescuer”, you must know that you definitely had a hand (!) in helping thousands and thousands of street animals who would have otherwise been left on the streets, unneutered, leading a suffering life. It’s people who come to the blog, read the posts, who know about the aid we offer.
I’m bugging Daniel now, to do some work for me. I look forward to bugging you again soon, but please take your time to rest, recover and get your strength back.
Eat well too!! Throw caution to the wind, and eat nutritiously!!
I think of you every day and send you positive energy. Even though I have no time to join the metta meditation (looking after 2 grandsons and 18 cats on a daily basis), I hope the “thinking” is also comparative to sending metta!
Get well soon, Chee Onn!!
With the kindest regards,
Kah Yein and everyone at AnimalCare