CFA International Division Award Banquet 2007-08
I had missed the last CFA International Award Banquet last year which was held in Kuala Lumpur and I am not going to miss it this round.
This prestigious ceremony is in celebration to all cats and their owners of their outstanding achievements getting into the Divisional Winner list. Cat owners from as far as Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia had gathered in Singapore where the award was held.
I would like to stress that prior to the event, it is just a shame to some individuals who had publicly announced to boycott this event which really shows how low their mentality were and the so called un-sportsmanship they had become.
The event had been attended by close to 100 guests and Feline Fanciers Society of Singapore had been proud to organize such an event flawlessly. The emcee of the night is a no unknown figure to the cat fancy in the International Division whom is also the owner of a famous cattery in Malaysia called Masmera belongs to Miss Adilah K. Roose aka Abymummy.
The event was started with the arrival of distinguished guests; Mr. Darrell Newkirk, Chairperson of International Division, Mr. Robert Zenda, Far East (except Japan) Liason Chairperson, Ms. Carla Bizzell, Ms. Yaeko Takano and Mr. Wilson Ng, International Division Repesentative. Mr. Newkirk, Mr. Zenda and Ms. Bizzell were from the United States, Ms. Takano was from Japan and Mr. Ng was our proud Malaysian were escorted with traditional lion dance into the ballroom.
The event was down to a moment of emotion by Ms. Chloe Chung from Hong Kong whom was declared as the very first Asian to have campaigning her cat and achieved the National Winner title for her blue British Shorthair, GC BW NW CASTLKATZ PEEVES OF CHLOEADORES. Holding on to her tears, Ms. Chung had related her experience during the course of her campaign and how she had met some new breeders whom had helped her and show that there were people whom is not selfish in knowledge sharing in the cat fancy.
I was honored to be part of the event and I had the opportunity to meet some new foreign friends. Some of my known foreign friends were there and they had privately congratulate me on some of my write ups in my blog which had been an eye-opener for the cat fancy people in this region. They gave me their support in continuing to contribute ideas or discussing matters for the betterment of the cat fancy.
Here are some of the pictures taken during the event.
Above: Me and Puan Zamina Ariffin, owner of an European Burmese Maz Esemais Velvet Paws, 9th Best Cat in CFA Asia / Latin-America Divisional Winner.
Above: Mr. Wilson Ng, CFA International Division Representative with a fellow Malaysian delegate
Above: Miss Adilah Roose as emcee for the event.
Above: Mr. Felix Yeo, President of Feline Fanciers Society of Singapore giving his speech
Again, congratulations to Feline Fanciers Society of Singapore to host such an extravaganza event.
