4 New Full-Time Staff – Swee Keong, Yurie Lim, Phillis Chin & Mdm Lim Han Nee
Dear friends,
Within this past month, 4 more people have decided to join Kechara full-time! I got the blog team to write a short bio on each of them… and truly rejoice for these 4 Kecharians! Please read up on them as they are interesting people and leave them a message of congratulations, perhaps?
These are:
1. Yong Swee Keong
2. Yurie Lim
3. Phillis Chin
4. Madam Lim Han Nee
I would like to wish them all a warm welcome to Kechara. I wish you well and I wish you the best from my heart. Mdme Lim Han Nee is very special. She is retired, but with the support of her husband, she came out of retirement to work in Kechara full time. She said she would like to work for Dharma for the rest of her life as it gives meaning to her retirement. What an inspiration.
Put your best forward and join our goals. Be a part of a dream of spirituality in the 21st century where we work together to build KWPC. We let people understand that working for a spiritual organization could have even more benefits than the ordinary run of the mill secular job. We bring happiness, hope and direction to many that feel and understand materialism is not everything. I recommend along with your job, learn up on the Dharma if you feel an aptitude, then you will have greater job satisfaction for sure.
(Written by the Blog Team)
1. Yong Swee Keong
Yong Swee Keong is a 30-year-old Malaysian Multimedia University (MMU) graduate. He first found out about Kechara on a lowyat.net forum, as he wanted to do some charity work and there was a thread discussing Kechara Soup Kitchen. Wanting to know more, Swee Keong looked up Kechara.com only to be impressed at how modern and regularly updated it was. His parents even remarked that they knew who KSK were as they always appeared in the newspapers.
Swee Keong’s career had brought him to many countries, being mostly based in Japan. As an application consultant for a company who are software vendors for banks, his life was fairly comfortable. However, he felt that there was more to life. He started to watch Rinpoche’s YouTube channel, which led him to purchase the book Call Me Paris. He said that Rinpoche kept mentioning someone called “Paris” in the videos, and he wanted to know who she was!
About a year ago, he came to Kechara House alone. Coincidentally, it was just before Rinpoche’s birthday and there was a Chinese Setrap puja going on – so he joined in. After that puja he joined in every single different puja, although he pointed out that he had never chanted any mantras before, prior to Kechara.
On Rinpoche’s birthday, he helped out as a volunteer and from there his volunteering initiatives snowballed.
What made him take the leap to join full-time was when Rinpoche showed severe signs of serious illness in October 2011. It made him think twice about what was precious in life, and what he should be spending his lifetime doing. He didn’t want to be the one who missed out on working in the Dharma while Rinpoche was alive.
Now, he has joined E-division as a software engineer.
2. Lim Yan Shan (Yurie)
Yurie is a 24-year-old UTAR College graduate from Ipoh. Having studied graphic design, upon graduation she joined the company Photo and Print to exercise her skills learnt at university.
At the end of 2011, she decided to resign from her job wanting to expand her horizons. Searching for a job, she saw that Kechara was looking to hire graphic designers. As she was studying Japanese at SS2 (with Kechara Paradise below her tuition center), to her Kechara was just a statue-selling shop. When she expressed to her friends about her interest in Kechara, they thought that Kechara only sold vegetarian food (as they knew about Kechara Oasis)… and when she mentioned Kechara to her parents, they too thought that Kechara only sold statues – their regular eatery was near Kechara Discovery!
With all these mixed ideas on what Kechara was about, she met up with Sock Wan – who explained to Yurie the 13 departments in Kechara.
Now, Yurie has decided to join Kechara E-division full-time… bringing her creative skills to the organization!
3. Phillis Chin Xin Yin
Phillis is the beautiful 28 year old sister of Helena Chin.
For the past 10 years, Phillis’s career revolved around glamorous but hard work. Working with Barcardi Martini, Malaysia, she also did a range of miscellaneous jobs, such as fashion and hair-shows, various product launching, event usherette and GP/GT glamour girl.
Through her school mate, Louis, she found out about Kechara and volunteered at a Kechara Soup Kitchen distribution round. From there, she volunteered at the Gompa opening – only to decide in mid-2011, that she wanted to do Kechara part-time.
At that time, many people in Kechara knew of Phillis as the shy and soft-spoken sister of Helena who helped out at Kechara Discovery. However, at the end of November 2011, Phillis decided to join full-time!
She said that her late mother had learnt Dharma by herself and at times, with a good friend. Whatever that she had learnt, she would relay it to her children. When Phillis heard Rinpoche’s teachings, she felt that it was very different from conventional teaching methods… but similar to the way her mother taught her. She thought to herself, “I finally found a real Guru”.
The people in Kechara make her feel like she’s part of a family – a family that can learn Dharma together.
Phillis is now with Kechara Discovery.
4. Lim Han Nee
As someone who has gained much respect as she grew older, everyone affectionately calls her Madam Lim Han Nee.
Madam Lim Han Nee has a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters degree in Education. Starting out as a secondary school teacher, she then went on to becoming a school principal. As a natural learner and educator, she’s very interested in Dharma teachings – and even seized the opportunity to studying the Lamrim for 2 years, under the guidance of Pastor Ngeow. While studying, she had also learnt up different pujas, prayers and practices.
In 2005, she found out about Kechara through her sister Mrs Chuah and feels like her family has grown by folds since. She feels like Kechara is one big Dharma family, with many Dharma brothers and sisters whom she has come to appreciate for their care and kindness.
While most people are retiring at the age of 66, Madam Lim Han Nee has decided to join Kechara full-time! She says that she has received so much love and care from Tsem Rinpoche and Kechara that it was time to give back and to share the same care towards others. The sad passing of Justin Ripley, whom she greatly admires, served to be a wake-up call for her to put Dharma teachings into action.
Madam Lim Han Nee is now with Kechara House.
Rejoice and Congrats to Swee Keong, Philis, Yurie and Madam Lim Han Nee. Hope many more lives will be touched by your Dharma work.
Welcome on board! Congratulations to Phillis, Yurie, Swee Keong and Madam Lim Han Nee
So happy to see more people join Kechara be a full-time dharma worker. It is so lucky can work in dharma. Of course, I want to say CONGRATULATIONS to four of them:)
I remember three or four ago, Rinpoche says he want to prove that doing dharma in full time and you still can self-sustain and survive. At that time, not more than five full time staff in Kechara, now our full-time staffs more than hundreds!!! Yes, of course what Rinpoche says is right and proved by result. Incredible!!!
Many full-time staffs who I knew them two or three ago, almost all of them are transform a lot, my point is dharma work not only can benefit others, actually the fundamental logic is you will received those benefit directly. For example nowadays I became more happier and calm while difficulties appear in front of me. I believe many full-time dharma worker have same experience like me.
Human nature is very simple, something you feel is good and benefit then you will put your afford to do it. Because of this feel good factor then you starting share with others people. By your transformation then people will start his or her interest into Buddha’s teaching or Dharma. How nice every of us can show ourself as a real example to attract into dharma, how nice is it!
Welcome to Kechara’s big family! May we all continue to GROW to benefit more people!
Rejoice!!! May u all can help Rinpoche to benefit more peoples around us… Thanks ur all with fold hand…
Congratulations to Mdm Lim, Phillis, Yurie and Yong!
It is only natural for people to work but unfortunately most jobs are not Dharmic in nature and therefore do not cultivate a Dharmic mindset. Instead the opposite is often the case and before we know it, decades pass and we begin to define our lives by the jobs we do.
Therefore it is an incredible opportunity to be allowed to work within a fun and healthy environment, learn a wide range of holistic skills, earn more than just sustenance (which immediately provides freedom the “Money-No-Enough” syndrome) and build a career which has no expiration date. Dharma work is the only work that keeps paying you dividends long after you are no longer able to perform the job physically.
The early pioneers as well as present staff make it easy for people to practice practical dharma. It is literally Plug and Play/Pray.
Once again, a big Congratulations to all of them.
I truly rejoice for the 4 new full-time staff, especially Mdm Lim Han Nee. With the blessings from her own husband to work full-time for Dharma, how beautiful it is! I rejoice for her and her husband! I rejoice for the understanding that her husband given. It’s very lucky to have blessings from the family.
And a big congratulation to Swee Keong, Yurie and Phillis!
It’s super lucky to work for Dharma and close with our own Guru
Congratulations to you all for joining this big family! Rejoice that you guys are happy with what you guys were doing and decided to take this big step and help so many people. Bravo!!
Rejoice and Congrats to Swee Keong, Phillis, Yurie and Madam Lim Han Nee. Welcome to Kechara Family and may we grow together in this Dharma family to benefit more ppl. Congrates!!!
Welcome to Kechara. As a result of your good merits you are today working for Kechara full time. Congratulations!
Dear all ,
I feel rejoice for you all to work in dhamar.
Welcome come to our family.
We do dharma work, this is a very clear n safe path for us to going success! Let us to show the world how we do it!
I don’t know how to use word to express my feeling.
Helena & Phillis , both you my Old Friend! This is the best gift I can give you. Hope that both you can share to everybody around you. Bring they to learn dharma.
Welcome onboard Kechara jetliner! Fueled by the top grade jet oil (pure motivation), piloted by the best navigator with unlimited vision (our Lama), co-piloted by 28 First Officers (the Liaison Council), served by the best cabin crews (all our lovely and hardworking staffs and volunteers), is there any reason why we cant soar sky high?? Congratulations! The four of you picked the best and fastest airlines to Kechara Paradise!
Rejoice for Swee Keong, Yurie, Phillis and MadamHan nee.
It’s inspiring to see more people working for Dharma. May them happy and do more for this auspicious work and benefiting more people.
I have been classmate with Madam Han Nee in the Lamrim class. The enthusiasm and the hardworking attitude that she has been showing is a very good example for all of us. With her life experience and her Dharma knowledge, I’m sure it will benefit more people. Bravo.
Congratulations on all the full timers. May your effort in Dharma work benefit everyone!