Visitation To Hospis Malaysia

Project Phunk has opened a Visitation To Hospis Malaysia for the public to participate. Only 6 people (maximum) per visit/a day and we would like to share our charitable, educational and understanding experience with you. *This is a volunteering activity; please take note of the necessary planning you have to make to go to Hospis Malaysia yourselves or with your group. Objectives: To educate ourselves of what is Hospis Malaysia and Palliative Care. To show love, care and understanding to the Hospis Malaysia. To achieve one of our objective; this is to encourage volunteerism among other people. Details: When: 11th September 2007 or 13th September 2007 Where: HOSPIS MALAYSIA 2 Jalan 4/96, off Jalan SekuciTaman Sri Bahtera, Jalan Cheras56100 Kuala Lumpur How: Drive yourselves to Hospis Malaysia or carpool with each other. Notice: Please confirm to Jacqueline Rowena (jacqkielyn@yahoo.com) by 9th September 2007 of any of your proposed visitations (with close friends/ family). She will confirm and brief of other things as well to you and your friends. For more details or inquiries please email Jacqueline Rowena (jacqkielyn@yahoo.com) by 9th September 2007.

Phunk Road-Show at Celebrity Fitness

Hey, you! Yes, you! Come on and hop on over to Celebrity Fitness, Subang Parade on 29 August 2007 to join our PHUNK road-show. We will be setting up a booth there. Come for more information of Hospis Malaysia and freebies are provided too! So where again? Celebrity Fitness, Subang Parade. We will be there from 10am - 9pm. We will be the ones in the PHUNKy clothes. See you there!

CRY OF SHAME

Ever wanted to PHUNK a friend? Well, we at PHUNK now give you the opportunity to PHUNK a friend with the all new Cry of Shame! Dedicate a song to your friend/enemy/frienemy and we, the PHUNK crew shall send our talented maestros to sing the special song for your friend in front of a public audience. Embarrass your friends, tell them you love them or simply just to show you care with our CRY of SHAME.. Here is the list of songs to choose from Can’t get no satisfaction My Humps Oops, I did it again Twinkle twinkle liltle star (bhangra) Tearing Up My Heart Milkshake We are the champions Stand by me Belaian Jiwa Slumber Can’t touch this (MC Hammer) Pretty fly for a white guy (The offspring) Love today (Mika) Teenage Dirtbag Ice Ice Baby Rules and regulations Only RM 5 per song The Cry of Shame will only be allowed at the stated areas: Uma's Curry House, Kai Fan Shop, Wan Tan Mee Shop, and Courtyard of Taylor's College Petaling Jaya The organizers will not be responsible for any arguments between friends. Bookings must be at least three working days before the performance Special songs are available on request for an extra RM2 but subject to organizer's knowledge. (i.e birthday songs, etc) On the day of the prank or act, 15 minutes before the shameful act, the person who requested on the prank will inform the organizers to where the victim of the shameful act. Please contact us at projectphunk@gmail.com Registration will begins now! Hurry as singers are limited!

PHUNK Garage Sale Part 2

Due to the immense success of the PHUNK garage sale at TCPJ, now we are bringing it closer to our brothers and sisters in the main campus at Taylor's College Subang Jaya. Yes, you heard us right. Coming soon to Taylor's College Subang Jaya, it is the PHUNK Garage Sale! Date: 11th and 12th September 2007 Venue: Taylor's University College Subang Jaya Campus's Carpark Time: 11am till 2pm So, see you there! Lots of mysterious treasures for you to discover and don't forget to open your heart to help those in need.

Facts about Hospis Malaysia

Hospis Malaysia is the largest hospice in Malaysia. In 1992, they accepted 44 patients and in 2006 they had a total of 1183 referrals. Most suffer from lung cancer (237 patients), followed by breast cancer (164 patients) and liver cancer (112 patients). Basically they have a total of 944 cancer patients. Patients who receive palliative care from Hospis Malaysia come from various age groups. 0-9 years old (9 patients) 10-19 years old (10 patients) 60-69 years old (291 patients) 70-79 years old (276 patients) Hospis Malaysia needs such equipment to continue providing palliative care for their patients. Pulse Oximeter (to measure oxygen level of blood, determine if need oxygen treatment) Nebuliser (to facilitate the breathing process) Sheepskin Rugs (for bedsores) Other equipments such as :- Oxygen Concentrators, Ripple Mattresses, Wheelchairs, Syringe, Hospital Beds, Air Cushions Hospis Malaysia's newsletter, Berita Hospis focuses a lot on communication. The publication educates the public in areas of how to cope with dying for patients and the people around them. A total of RM 3 Million is needed for their new building. Contributions go to building of the educational center and daycare activity center within their new building. Did you know that World Palliative Care Day is on the 6th October 2007. The day is for anyone who cares about, or is connect to hospice and Palliative Care around the world. Source: www.hospismalaysia.org

Phunk Garage Sales Day 02

Date: 20 August 2007 Time: 10morning till 1noon Venue: Courtyard, Leisure Commerce Square (TCPJ) So were you there in our second garage sales? :) Besides that, we had the Heal the Heart donation on the same time too. Although we've ended the garage sales for now, but the donation for Heal the Heart is still on. Simply donate only RM1-RM3 to help the needed ones in Hospis Malaysia. :)

Phunk Garage Sales Day 01

Date: 16 August 2007 Time: 12noon till 2noon Venue: Courtyard, Leisure Commerce Square (TCPJ) Were you there in the garage sales? Or not, you've missed out all the good stuffs! We have alot of new and old good stuffs on sales (with good deals). Plus, everything you spend in the garage sales will be included in our project's fund raising for the Hospis Malaysia. We have a range of stuffs from teddy bears to music CDs. From shirts to bags. From little gifts to earrings. They are all from RM5 to RM15 only. The hardworking Phunk People who were there helping out in the garage sales. :) Don't worry if you did not make it on our garage sales yesterday, because we're having one last garage sales on the coming Monday, 20th of August 2007 at the same place and same time. Do come and bring along your friends to show your supports towards the Hospis Malaysia and Project Phunk. Don't forget about our teddy bear sales too! See you there! :)

Heal the Hearts

Have you heal the heart? Just kindly pay RM1 to get a plaster/bandage from us to heal the heart! :) It's all for charity.

PHUNK Garage Sale

Ever found a diamond in the rough? Look no further, the PHUNK Garage sale is here! Project PHUNK proudly brings to you another fun fund-raising event for Hospis Malaysia, the PHUNK Garage Sale. The PHUNK garage sale would be held on Thursday, August 16, 2007 and on Monday, August 19, 2007 at the Courtyard at the Taylor's College Petaling Jaya Campus. Sales of merchandise will begin from 12 pm onwards. An assortment of goodies could be found at our garage sale, so come one, come all!

PHUNK Merdeka Teddy Bear Sales

In conjunction with Malaysia's 50th Merdeka anniversary, Project PHUNK would love to introduce to you the PHUNK Merdeka Teddy Bear Sales. Two types of bear will be sold. A small bear and a big bear in three different colours. The small teddy comes in white, light brown, and brown, while the bigger teddy comes in pink, brown, light brown. The small teddy is priced at an attractive RM 8.00 while the bigger teddy is priced at an affordable RM 10.00 each. The bears would be sold around the Taylor's College Petaling Jaya campus, starting on 14 August 2007 to 28 September 2007. The sales of the bears is to help raise funds for Hospis Malaysia. Proceeds of the sales will go to Hospis Malaysia. Teddy bears are symbolic to a hug. We care about the patients receiving palliative care, which is provided by Hospis Malaysia. So look out for us! We will be carrying a big basket of cute, lovely bears! Hug a bear, show that you care. Call us if you spot us.

So what is Palliative care?

Palliative medicine is the treatment and care of patients diagnosed with life-threatening conditions, such as cancer and AIDS. Regarded as a holistic form of care, palliative care not only addresses the physical needs of patients with life-limiting illnesses, but places equal importance on their psychological, psychosocial and spiritual needs. The objective of palliative care is not to cure, but to provide comfort and relief to patients, and maintain the highest possible quality of life for as long as life remains. Palliative care was not always acknowledged as a professional branch of medicine in its early years. Even today, not enough people are aware of the existence of palliative care, believing that patients with terminal sicknesses are lost causes. Hence, there are still many patients with life-limiting illnesses who are skeptical of where to seek pain relief and hospice services. Established in 1991, Hospis Malaysia now has a full-time palliative care team comprising of medical professionals and dedicated volunteers working in their centre in Cheras. They have been tirelessly providing palliative care for their patients for more than 15 years while providing counseling services to bereaved families. They believe that all patients deserve care and attention regardless of what stage their illness is in. Caring for them till the end of life is never too much of an effort. Being a non-profit organisation, Hospis Malaysia is in urgent need of funds for medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators, ripple mattresses, nebulisers and pulse oximeters; which have a high usage among their patients. They are also hoping to raise enough funds for the extension of their current building due to the drastic increase in number of patients over the years. As they provide their services free of charge, they depend greatly upon corporate donations and public support to maintain their standard of excellence in providing palliative care for their patients. However, this year corporate donations have been channeled mainly to environmental causes, therefore rendering Hospis Concordantly, Project PHUNK hopes to assist Hospis Malaysia in their mission to create public awareness towards palliative care, as well as to promote prevention of needless suffering. We believe that people with terminal illnesses should still enjoy the best quality of life possible, just as healthy people can. Source: http://www.hospismalaysia.org/ Do visit www.hospismalaysia.org to find out more about palliative care and on Hospis Malaysia

Project Phunk 2

Project Phunk is founded on 10th July 2007. It consists of students from the Diploma in Communication of Taylor's College Petaling Jaya from three different majors: advertising, public relations and journalism. The initials "PHUNK" stands for "Providing Hospis Understanding N Kare". We are organizing a project to help raise funds for Hospis Malaysia, a non-governmental organization which provides palliative care services. We also hope to raise awareness of palliative care amongst the society.

Project Phunk

What the phunk is this?! Well, this is going to be our Project Phunk's official blog. The design and the themes are not confirmed yet. Loads more info will be uploaded as soon as possible. You are welcome comment in here, and use the tagboard placed on the right side of the page. :)