From DW1SJK
8/7/2008 9:32:19 PM (2 comments) 
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It was in the Red Cross super camp 2008, tanay, rizal. An ordinary day …just other boring day in camp. I was assigned/ volunteered as a radio operator for 5 days with almost 600 participants and half are kids from the Red Cross Youth from all over the Philippines.
I was just an ordinary person in camp no body cared about what I do or being a ham; I supervise the person using the HT’s and gave some hints on how to use the HT’s. On the 2nd day in camp, I noticed this big person with a logo of IFRC/ Malaysia. He was Saiful, a guest speaker from the IFRC or the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent of Malaysia. Every Morning I greeted him and I always noticed him gazing at my table with 2meter radio rig. On the 4th day in camp, Saiful approached me then said the most wonderful word I wont forget, “ Are you a Amateur radio enthusiast?” and I said Yes! Then with a hand shake we exchange callsigns 9W2LXL and DW1SJK. We laugh or hearts out and everybody was shocked inside the room because we were laughing out loud. An ordinary day turned out to be a ham event of my life. An ordinary person and a Ham. Tnx n’ 73 9W2LXL Saiful.
