BRAIN TEASER!!!???

If you see this lady turning in clockwise you are using your right brain. 

If you see it the other way, you are using left brain. 
Some people do see both ways, but most people see it only one way.

 If you try to see it the other way and if you do see, your IQ is above 160 which is    almost a genius.

 Then see if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the brain's        current.  

 

BOTH DIRECTIONS CAN BE SEEN

This was proved at Yale University, over a 5 year study on the human brain

And it' s functions. Only 14% of the US population can see her move both ways.

COUNTDOWN – LESS THAN 30 DAYS TO GO FOR R.I.DISTRICT 3300 CHARITY WALK/JOG/RUN/WHEEL-A-THON WITH THE DISABLED JOINTLY WITH MORE THAN 40 NGOS.

ORGANISED BY

SPASTIC CHILDREN’S ASSOCIATION OF SELANGOR & FT

DEWAN BANDARAYA KUALA LUMPUR

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 3300

DATE : SUNDAY 24^th NOVEMBER 2013

TIME : 8.00 A.M.

VENUE : PADANG MERBOK, KUALA LUMPUR.

We are less than 30 days away from this significant signature project. Have you collected the fund raising cards to collect funds to do your community service projects through this signature project?

Have you blocked off this date – 24^th Nov 2013 to come walk, jog, wheel, and run – a – thon with more than 5000 people? Have you inform and spread this headline news on this event of the year to all the people around you, near and far? Have you signed up for this project yet?

Rotary Launches Its "Strengthening Rotary" Global Public Image Initiative

EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Together with global strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale (www.siegelgale.com), Rotary today announced the launch of its global public image initiative "Strengthening Rotary" to enhance and amplify the volunteer service organization's great story, visual identity and digital experience.

The global organization includes Rotary, Rotary International, The Rotary Foundation and more than 34,000 clubs worldwide. Its membership comprises neighbors, community leaders and global citizens who come together to  exchange ideas and take action to improve communities around the world.  

"Rotary has had a tremendous global impact over the past 100 years—including the decades-long charge to eradicate polio; however, much of the organization's collective contributions were not being fully recognized by the public," said Rotary International President Ron D. Burton. "So in 2011, we engaged Siegel+Gale to help us clearly communicate who we are and what we do for greater understanding, relevance and impact."

Through extensive global research, Siegel+Gale discovered that Rotary had all the necessary strengths for greatness—it just needed to communicate its differentiated approach and impact in terms that were clear and compelling to its audiences.

"Our team worked collaboratively and tirelessly with Rotary—with input from thousands of Rotarians—to crystallize Rotary's essence, amplify its voice, and activate its values," said David Srere, co-CEO and chief strategy officer of Siegel+Gale. "Rotary is a tremendously impressive global organization, and the team's challenge was to dramatize the breadth and depth of its impact. Harnessing the power of simplicity, together we cut through the volume and complexity of the organization to present a clear, credible and compelling story."

Working with a global steering committee, the Board of Directors of Rotary International and the Trustees of the Rotary Foundation, Siegel+Gale helped Rotary to elevate the benefit of bringing together diverse perspectives to solve problems, and, ultimately, define the type of impact Rotary creates—community impact scaled globally. The team then developed a brand architecture framework that clearly signaled how both members and non-members can engage with Rotary—join leaders, exchange ideas and take action through local and global service projects.

"Rotary has an identity that's recognized around the world," said Justin Peters, global executive creative director of Siegel+Gale. "The team didn't set out to reinvent the wheel (logo). On the contrary, the goal was to celebrate the wheel's heritage and build upon an identity that has unified and inspired Rotarians for over a century. The new identity enables the organization to move forward with a stronger, more consistent visual expression. While the design system better aligns Rotary communications, it also provides enough flexibility that each club can have its own creative voice within the framework."

Next, Siegel+Gale and Rotary tackled the organization's digital experience. To elevate Rotary's collective impact and deliver on its new public image strategy, two sites were developed—based on the brand architecture framework—to meet the needs of Rotary's dual audiences.

"Together, My Rotary and Rotary.org convey the organization's global vantage point and its active engagement in communities around the world," said Thomas Mueller, chief experience officer at Siegel+Gale. "In eight languages and with a responsive site design approach that provides an optimal experience across platforms—from desktop to mobile—Rotary is now fully equipped for the new digital age."

Working through the lens of simplicity, Siegel+Gale was able to help Rotary communicate its global impact in a manner that is relevant and meaningful to its various audiences across all points of interaction.

"Rotary is an organization defined by the compassion and great work of its members. With our new public image platform, visual identity and digital experience, Rotary's passion for a better world is now at the forefront for all to see," said Rotary International General Secretary John Hewko.   

Rotary Club of Seputeh Charter Installation Night

Our baby club, RC Seputeh will be having their Charter Installation as follows:

Date:           1st December 2013

Time:           7 pm

Venue:         Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Resort,

                    Jalan Jalil Perkasa 3,

                    Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur

Dress code: Formal (gents/ladies) or evening dress for ladies

Tables are being sold at RM1000 or individual seats @ RM100 each.

As a new Club they will need all our support to get going.

For reservations, please contact the Organising Chairman Chris Chin (012-3340108), Shireen (019-9922706) or Ngeu Keng Boon (012-3881965)

Why I became an ambassador for polio eradication

 

Archie Panjabi addresses the 2013 Rotary International Convention. 

By Archie Panjabi, Emmy-winning actor and celebrity ambassador in Rotary’s “This Close” public awareness campaign 

When I was 10 years old, I had an opportunity to stay in my parents’ homeland, India, for a period of two years. Coming from England, it was a huge cultural shock. But it was also a great experience for me to learn about my heritage. 

One of the things that affected me deeply was my daily walk to school –  I would witness children crawling on the streets. Some of them were on planks of wood with wheels and just rolling themselves along. When the traffic would stop they’d knock on the car doors, begging for money. 

I would ask about it, but people would avoid talking about it or give me an explanation that wouldn’t make sense. It disturbed me for years. When I was asked to become a Rotary ambassador for polio I researched it and it was only then I realized it was the crippling disease that these children were suffering from. 

In April of this year, I went to New Delhi and I actually got to meet not only the people who were carrying out this incredible work, but also mothers and parents who were bringing their children for the oral vaccine. Brothers and sisters were bringing their little siblings in. 

It was quite an incredible experience. No matter how much you read about and learn about it, being there is different. One witnesses how much effort actually goes into getting the vaccine to the children and you see how quick and simple it is to just give them the drops. 

I got the opportunity to place the drops myself in quite a few babies’ mouths. I was so moved … knowing that this child was now safe from this devastating disease forever. Just connecting with the mothers was also quite an experience. There were long lines of mothers waiting in the heat to come in and get the vaccine. 

This is a journey that I’m on with Rotary. And I can’t wait to see it to the end. 

Presidential Message - November 2013

Every Rotarian joins Rotary for his or her own reasons. Often, the reason someone decides to join isn't the same as the reason that person ultimately decides to stay. When I was asked to join Rotary, I accepted because I thought it would be a good way to get more involved in my community. In the end, though, what really got me excited about Rotary service was something I didn't even know about when I joined: our Rotary Foundation. 

I knew I could do plenty of good work through my Rotary club in Norman, Okla., USA. But through our Foundation, I could have a hand in the work of every single Rotary club and district around the world. I could look at any Foundation-supported project, any Foundation program, any country that was declared polio-free, and say: I helped make that happen. 

Once I realized that, there wasn't any turning back. 

I've been very fortunate that over the years, I've gotten to see an incredible amount of our Foundation's work firsthand. The more I see, the more passionate I become about our Foundation. When you visit a school for AIDS orphans and meet the kids who are being cared for, educated, and taught a trade – and when you know, as you look into their faces, that if it weren't for our Foundation, they would be sleeping on the street, eating out of the trash – you don't ever see our Foundation in the same way again. 

We are in the middle of one of the most exciting years we have ever known for our Rotary Foundation. We've just rolled out a new grant model, one that will challenge and inspire us all to think bigger and to develop more ambitious projects that will have a more lasting impact. We've accepted a new challenge from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has committed to match, two to one, every Rotarian dollar contributed to polio eradication for the next five years, up to US$35 million per year. And we are now fighting the final battles in our war against polio – a war we are absolutely committed to win. 

Our Foundation's goal always has been Doing Good in the World. With our new grant model, we aren't going to be satisfied with simply doing good. We will do the most good we can, in the most lasting ways possible – for the people who need us the most.

TRF Trustee Chair's Message - November 2013

Celebrate Rotary Foundation Month. 

November gives us the chance to build greater ownership and pride in our Foundation. PolioPlus is successful because Rotarians believe in our commitment and support it financially. We give to the polio eradication effort because we see clearly what our money is doing and what we are helping to achieve. We all take pride in knowing that the money we give is helping to fund a polio-free world. 

But many Rotarians do not have the same pride and ownership of the Foundation's Endowment Fund and Annual Fund. We are still falling short of our goal of Every Rotarian, Every Year. Why? Because Rotarians do not know what good works the Endowment Fund and Annual Fund enable us to do. 

The Endowment Fund and Annual Fund are what make Rotary more than just an association of Rotary clubs. They allow us to share our resources, work together, and bring our work to a higher level. The greater our Foundation's resources, the greater our ability as Rotarians to meet the needs of our communities. 

And when every one of us donates to The Rotary Foundation, it truly becomes our Foundation – and we all share the pride in the good that it does. 

This is why we have Every Rotarian, Every Year. And this is why our goal for the Annual Fund in 2013-14 is US$120 million, which represents a donation from every Rotarian, averaging $100 each. 

If we want the freedom to be ambitious in our service, we must know that we have a strong Foundation supporting us. And if we want to know that Rotary will endure, we need a strong Endowment Fund – for whatever lies ahead. 

I Don't Regret A Mile - shared by IPDG Mansoor Saat

I've Dreamed Many A Dream That's Never Come True,
I've Seen Them Vanish At Dawn
But Enough Of My Dreams Have Come True
To Make Me Keep Dreaming On.

I've Prayed Many A Prayer
That Seemed No Answer Would Come,
Though I'd Waited So Patient And Long
But Enough Answers Have Come To My Prayers
To Make Me Keep Praying On.

I've Sown Many A Seed That's Fallen By The Wayside,
For The Birds To Feed Upon
But I've Held Enough Sheaves In My Hands
To Make Me Keep Sowing On.

I've Trusted Many A Friend That's Failed Me
And Left Me To Weep Alone
But Enough Of My Friends Have Been True-Blue
To Make Me Keep Trusting On.

I've Drained The Cup Of Disappointment And Pain,
And Gone Many A Day Without A Song
But I've Sipped Enough Nectar From The Roses Of Life,
To Make Me Want To Live On.

~ By Howard Goodman

Opening The Door To Polio Eradication

 

It’s been more than two years since the last polio case was reported in Côte d’lvoire. Time enough for people to become complacent about immunizations. But that would be a mistake – a potentially deadly mistake.

“The public sometimes doesn’t understand why, after so many rounds of polio immunization, they are still being asked to bring their children to the immunization post,” says Marie-Irène Richmond-Ahoua, chair of Rotary’s National PolioPlus Committee in Côte d’lvoire.

As a long-time advocate for polio eradication, Richmond-Ahoua knows you can’t let up against this tenacious and crippling disease. With Nigeria one of three remaining polio-endemic countries, the possibility of fresh outbreaks in Côte d’lvoire is a constant threat. The only way to keep the poliovirus out of the country are regular immunizations of all children under age five.

During National Immunization Days (NIDs) in April, thousands of volunteers and health workers, together with Rotary and Rotaract members, canvassed the streets throughout the country in search of children to immunize. They traveled from house to house knocking on doors in shantytowns and rural villages. But gaining entrance to these homes required another round of convincing.

“Côte d’lvoire has just experienced a conflict and people are still cautious. They don’t want to open their door to just anyone,” says Richmond-Ahoua. But once they see the polio T-shirts and hats that Rotary clubs supply to identify vaccinators, she says they feel safe opening their doors.

Communication is also key to mobilizing public support. Rotary members use the media, television, radio, and even griots, African tribal storytellers, to encourage participation in immunizations. As a result, 7.5 million children received two drops of oral polio vaccine, along with vitamin A supplements and de-worming tablets, during the NIDs.

Supplementary immunization campaigns like this one are part of the comprehensive 2013-18 Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan. The plan outlines what is needed to eradicate all polio disease by 2018. In June the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new fundraising agreement with Rotary. If successful, the campaign, which matches donations two-to-one (up to $35 million per year), will help raise $525 million for polio eradication.

“Polio eradication is not an option, it’s an obligation,” Richmond-Ahoua says. “When you consider what’s been done in Côte d’lvoire, despite the many obstacles we’ve faced, you are deeply convinced that polio will soon be eradicated.”

The Rotary Foundation - Trustee Chair's Message - October 2013

On 24 October, we mark World Polio Day. It is a time to reflect on the progress we've made and to strengthen our determination for the work ahead.

It's important to realize how far we've come. We have reduced the number of polio cases by over 99 percent, from more than 350,000 a year in the 1980s to 223 in 2012. But now for the road ahead: Polio is still endemic in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Difficult terrain, civil unrest, remote settlements, and poor sanitation are just some of the obstacles to immunization. That's why we, and our partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, are determined to finish our work.

With the announcement of the extended fundraising partnership between Rotary International and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at the 2013 RI Convention in Lisbon, Portugal, we have the chance to introduce millions of new dollars into the campaign. The value of this extended partnership is more than $500 million, and through it, your contributions toward polio eradication will work twice as hard.

It's more important than ever that we all take action. Talk to your government leaders, share your polio stories on your social networks, and encourage others in your community to join us in supporting this historic effort. When Rotarians combine their passion for service with our strong global network, we are unstoppable. With the backing of the Gates Foundation and you, the Rotarians around the world, we can change the face of public health forever.

D K Lee

Trustee Chair 2013 - 14

FROM OUR PRESIDENT - WHY MARRY????

MARRY?  Why why 

You have two choices in life:
You can stay single and be miserable,
or get married and wish you were dead.
__________

At a cocktail party, one woman said to another,
'Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?'
'Yes, I am. I married the wrong man.'__________

A lady inserted an ad in the classifieds:
'Husband Wanted'.
Next day she received a hundred letters.
They all said the same thing:
'You can have mine.'__________

When a woman steals your husband,
there is no better revenge than to let her keep him.__________

A woman is incomplete until she is married. Then she is finished __________

A little boy asked his father,
'Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?'
Father replied, 'I don't know son, I'm still paying.'__________

A young son asked,
'Is it true Dad, that in some parts of Africa
a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?'
Dad replied, 'That happens in every country, son.'__________

Then there was a woman who said,
'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married,
and by then, it was too late.'__________

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
__________

If you want your spouse to listen and
pay strict attention to every word you say -- talk in your sleep.__________

Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life
thinking they had no faults at all.__________

First guy says, 'My wife's an angel!'
Second guy remarks, 'You're lucky, mine's still alive..'
__________

'A Woman's Prayer:
Dear Lord, I pray for: Wisdom, To understand a man , to Love and to
forgive him , and for patience, For his moods. Because Lord, if I pray
for Strength I'll just beat him to death'__________


AND NOW FOR THE FAVORITE!!!


Husband and wife are waiting at the bus stop with their nine children. A blind man joins them after a few minutes. When the bus arrives,they find it overloaded and only the wife and the nine kids are able to fit onto the bus.

So the husband and the blind man decide to walk. After a while, the husband gets irritated by the ticking of the stick of the blind man as he taps it on the sidewalk, and says to him, 'Why don't you put a piece of rubber at the end of your stick? That ticking sound is driving me crazy.'

The blind man replies, 'If you had put a rubber at the end of YOUR stick, we'd be riding the bus, so shut the hell up.'

Nikolaj Arndt's Artwork is Amazing and Realistic.All pictures are painted on flat cement!

MAKE THE CHILDREN SMILE - A POEM BY PP SIVA

Children all over the world

are looking for a hero.

Hunger and destitution

poverty and misery

shape the common destiny

of many a child, sadly.

They scream, what are we to do?

We watch them everyday.

Reaching out with little hands

pleading, begging for mercy.

No end for their suffering.

No respite, no light, no end.

We can do nothing. NOTHING!

Too many woes, to care for.

Too many tears, to wipe away.  

A heart filled with pain and woe

Yearning for a time and place

Where children can smile again

Sevice above self – go forth

Let the light shine on your soul.

Wake up from your slumber now.

Do something before you die.

Make the children smile again.

Before, you go and sleep in peace.

MAKE THE CLP WORK

I love going to Rotary clubs and giving talks. It's a process by which I learn more than I teach and it's a great opportunity to meet up with old friends and make new ones. One of the talks I used to give was on the Club Leadership Plan (CLP) several years ago, when the buy in to the idea in the District was not so good. In fact they had a special district committee on CLP Training which I chaired.  

The CLP for me was a way for clubs to renew their Rotary spirit and to reinvigourate the club. Put simply, the CLP means that 25% of the clubs' efforts should be to bring in new members and sustain the existing members. 25% on carrying out service projects of benefit to the community. 25% on supporting the work of the Rotary Foundation and 25% on developing leaders beyond the club.

Our Rotary clubs have made the constitutional and structural changes to accommodate the CLP but in substance, many clubs do not adhere to the spirit of the CLP. That is why 80% of our clubs are hovering below 30 members and 70% below 20 members. We are doing fantastic service projects even though our numbers are becoming smaller and this seems to be the justification for not being alarmed. But there will be a critical tipping point when it will be too late to save Rotary. 

If our clubs are to exist in perpetuity then we must share Rotary with younger and more energetic people OR ELSE, when we die, so does our Rotary club! It is vital for Rotarians, especially Past Presidents to take a more active interest in club and district matters. This allows the District to benefit from the experience and service of these great Rotary soldiers.

I know many Past Presidents, who think that they have done their bit for Rotary by serving their club as President. But my friends, the journey must continue because the destination has not arrived.

Let me share a wonderful poem by Robert Frost with you,

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there’s some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

NEXT WEEK'S GUEST SPEAKER - ARDY TIMMER

Born and raised as the oldest of five in a village in the South of the Netherlands, Ardy Timmers was trained as a secretary at Philips Electronics where she met her husband Eric. Eric worked in the flying brigade of the Engineers squad and was traveling a lot. Both of them have the same wanderlust and curiosity for the unknown, so it was obvious that one day they would move abroad. Ardy is the proud mother of two sons, aged 20 and 16. She moved to Medan, Indonesia in 1997. Then after Suharto's demise in May 1998 she was asked to move to Jakarta where she lived for four years. After Jakarta, she moved to Kuala Lumpur where she has lived now for almost 11 years.

 

During her time in Indonesia, she was the facilitator of an Art Appreciation group. The group traveled the country from Bandung to Bali, Yogjakarta and so on to visit galleries and artist’ studios. On the island of Java, the cradle of many art forms, her love for art was sparked!

 

When she came to Kuala Lumpur in 2002, she decided to start art classes and try her hand at painting.  She joined the Kuala Lumpur Speakers club in 2005. In 2010 she initiated an art appreciation group in Kuala Lumpur. The group called RASA, now over 20 members, goes to visit artists and studios once monthly and is a mixture of locals and expats, both male and female.

 

The focus on being an artist, art appreciation with like-minded souls, bonding with local artists, all really worked in synergy to the person and the artist whom she has now become. Her extrovert character and love for people made it easy to connect people.

 

In October of 2012 she staged her first exhibition at Living Food Bistro in KL, and sold half of her works. That was followed with an exhibition in January of 2013, with four other female artists, called Elements 5.

Ardy is grateful to have reached this point in her life and being able to liaise with all kinds of wonderful people through her love for art.  For her, her life has totally changed since she discovered her love for art. Art reconnects her to her soul essence. For Ardy art is life.

AND SHE WILL BE SHARING THIS WITH US AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON MONDAY, 14TH OCTOBER 2013, AT 7.30PM. DON'T MISS IT.

HARI RAYA CHEER AND BUKA PUASA WITH ORPHANS

The'Cheer Project' is an annual project organised by the Rotary Club of Greater Kuala Lumpur in conjunction with the multi cultural festivities. The patron of this year's Hari Raya Cheer was our very own Honorary Rotarian, Dato' Hj Pahamin Rajab.

Honorary Rotarian Pahamin donating and handing out the duit raya, assisted by President Pathepen and IPP Gnana

Goody bags for all

Such joy on the faces of the children!

Buka Puasa with the orphans and underprivileged children

LAUGHTER THE BEST MEDICINE - BEER STORY

Banta Singh walks into a bar in London , orders 3 glasses of beer and sits in the backyard of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.

When he finishes, he comes back to the bar counter and orders 3 more. The bartender asks him, "You know, beer goes flat after I fill it in the glass; it would taste better if you buy one at a time."

Banta Singh replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in Dubai , the other in Canada and I'm here in London . When they left home, we promised that we'll drink this way to remember the days when we drank together."

The bartender admits this is a nice custom and leaves it there..

Banta Singh became a regular in the bar and would always drink the same way. He'd order 3 Beers and drink them in turn.

One day, he came in and ordered only 2 Beers.

All the other regulars notice and fall silent.

When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bar tender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my sincere condolences on your great loss."

Banta Singh looked confused for a moment, and then he laughs.... "Oh, no,"

He said, "Everyone's fine; both my brothers are alive. The only thing is . . ..I have quit drinking"!!!

DG'S OFFICIAL CLUB VISIT

Yesterday, was the District Governor's Official Visit to the club. All the members were in full attendance and it was an eventful day for all. The DG arrived at 4pm and was met at the entrance of the Royal Selangor Club upon his arrival by the President and members. 

CLOSED DOOR MEETING

The first meeting from 4pm to 5pm was a closed door meeting with the principal office bearers to discuss the progress of the club and other matters pertaining to membership and compliance issues. 

MEETING WITH INTERACTORS

Between 5pm to 6pm the DG met with the Interactors. The Interactors were very excited to meet with the DG and shared their projects and achievements with the DG. 

The DG was pleased with their reports and inspired them with his ideas and suggestions. The Interact Clubs that were present were from the Global Indian International School and the SMK Sentul Utama, together with the teacher Advisors, Mrs Merlin Maria (who incidentally is also the Youth Service Chair) and Mrs Surinder Kaur respectively. 

Our Interactors with the DG

CLUB ASSEMBLY

Our Club Assembly was conducted from 6.30pm - 7.30pm and was attended by 90% of the members. The President and BOD explained their plans for RY 2013-14. The President provided an overview of the club's progress and plans and this was followed by presentations by the Chairs as follows:

• Club administration chair - The club has a good weekly programme organised by Programme Chair - Rtn Sham Sunder, the club also organises regular fellowships and firesides. Rotary information is also shared at weekly meetings and all the RI and District affairs are in order.

• Service Projects chair - the club will focus on a major project planned to be implemented over the next 3-5 years, the setting up of a Dialysis Centre in collaboration with the National Kidney Foundation. The club remains committed to its award winning - FELLOWSHIP THROUGH SERVICE CHEERS PROJECT and will also undertake a reading mentoring project with 3 orphanages in partnership with the Revolving Library. 

The DG exchanging ideas with the Rotarians

• Membership chair - membership started on July 1st with 20, now standing at 25, with a new member being inducted today, bring the club's current membership to 26. 

• TRF chair - the club will raise USD15,000 this year for the TRF

• PR chair - the club has several PR efforts, with reports in the major newspapers about our important projects, in particular the SPLASH project, the club also has a Facebook page and operates a club blog - Greater KL News.

• Youth Service chair - all our 3 interact clubs are in good shape and the clubs provide constant support and guidance. We also recently concluded the ILTS for our future Interact leaders. 

The DG was very satisfied with the plans proposed and congratulated the President and the BOD for having a balanced and well planned programme of service.

REGULAR MEETING

Our regular meeting started at 7.30pm and we had one visiting Rotarian, Rtn Markus from Germany and one guest, Professor Akram Shair. Also joining us was our very special guest Datin Helen, the District First Lady. 

The SAA, PP Puspa Devi,  welcomed the guests and visiting Rotarians and invited President to call meeting to order. The President called meeting to order and handed back the proceedings to SAA. We then sang the Negaraku and the Loyal toast to Seri Paduka Baginda Yang DiPertuan Agung was proposed by Rtn Priya. The Rotary information for the day was shared with us by Rtn Eileen, who shared with us the RI President's message for October and proposed the Loyal toast to Rotary International and also led us in the 4 Way Test. The President made his weekly announcements and this brought us to the highlight of the day - THE DG'S SPEECH. PP Dr Siva introduced the DG with aplomb and what followed was a most inspiring speech by the DG. He spoke about the need to learn from our past mistakes and lay a strong foundation for Rotary in Malaysia, going forward. He spoke about the Building Fund for the District to own its own premises and inspired Rotarians from RC Greater KL pledged RM10,000 towards this fund. The DG was thanked by IPP Gnana and the club presented a few mementos to the DG and First Lady. The first lady was very excited with the saree the club presented to her - she quipped "Shocking pink is my favourite colour!".

First Lady Helen receiving her gift.

PP Siva then led the reintroduction of PP Kanages back into our Rotary club, he had everyone in stitches referring to PP Kanages as a lost sheep returning to her flock. PP Kanages was inducted back into the club by the DG and in her acceptance speech, said she would do her best to support the club in its endeavours. 

Welcome back PP Kanages!

After that, PP Siva informed the DG that there were 3 new PHFs and 4 multiple PHFs thus far this year and the club had raised a contribution of USD15,000 for TRF this year. This was followed by a fining session led by Rtn Anusya and much hilarity. RM251 was raised in fines and the meeting came to a close.     

This was followed by fellowship, which continued till late, the DG and Helen left the club for home at 11pm. All in all, it was another fantastic and fabulous day at RC Greater KL.

The Great RC Greater KL Family.

HEALING HERBS AND SPICES