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Continuity of Service through Effective Leadership

Rotary Club of Pudu 2015-16

We will open the book, its pages are blank…

We are going to put words on

them ourselves…

The book is called ‘Opportunity’ and its first chapter is

New Year's Day.



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December 28 , 2015 Issue# 23

New Year

Special Edition



Headings Hyperlinked Page #

Editorial 4

President’s Message 5

Pudu Events - Events / Birthdays / Wedding Anniversaries 6

About The Speaker 7

Speaker’s Text 8

Picture Gallery 12

Announcement 14

District News 16

RI News 17

Get Inspired! 18

LOL... 19

Fit Brains 20

Motivational Quotes 21

IN THIS ISSUE...



That’s it for 2015... And I thought we just got ourselves into the year! 2016 is coming and here I am thinking what this new year will bring upon us? As I am typing this, a thought came by. Do we wait for the year to reveal what’s in -store for us, in the name of fate, or do we have the choice to writing them ourselves? I am always a believer of me writing my own destiny because no one else knows better than me. Well this does not mean that I don’t believe in the Almighty, but at least those situation which I can control, I’ll take charge. Things like, how happy do I want to be, how much money I want to donate, how much time I want to spend with my loved ones and how much learning I want to acquire?

Of course, the list goes on, but instead of having too many in my blank page, I want to just stick to these couple of questions and I know that once I start writing, the page will be full in no time! Why, be-cause each question above has a tailed question that follows, which is - ‘How do I plan to achieve this?’. I have done this exercise many of times and all that I get is, list of surprises which I myself did not know that I had it in me. I say this because as much as I thought that I am incapable, these questions brings me towards the right path and a greater me. One important thing though, is to take one step at a time, which means, you don’t have to squeeze your brains to get the final list, but instead, you can take your time in re -visiting the list anytime you want so you can reframe the steps and make it into do-able action items. I want to share this exercise to you simply because I find it useful to me, and I think it will be the same for you.

So, do try it out and even if it does not work for you, the effort alone will satisfy you in this journey to-wards a brand new year… My dear friends, Here I am wishing all of you a healthy health and a wealthy wealth!

Puvaneswaran (Iswaran) Shanmugam Editor [email protected]

EDITORIAL



We are at that time of year again. This time it’s a twin celebration of Maulidur Rasul on 24 December and Christmas on 25 December. Many people will be on leave to balik kampung or go away overseas for a year end vacation. But not for some of us. It so happened that we are having an AGM on the evening of the 29th December. I wonder how many members will turn up. From the whatsapp group message that I sent out only two said they were not

coming. That means I could expect 43 members coming. Fat hopes! Another whatsapp callout by Gary Lim indicated 13 people coming. That’s more like it. But why do all this cliffhanging thingy, by the way? Well, the reason is, we have to. If we defer it to next week in January, we’ll get fined by ROS because our six months to do our AGM ends on 31 Decem-ber of the year. Why not do it earlier? I tried to. But then the accounts for year ending 30 Jun 2015 were not ready. Actually, it could have been ready much, much earlier because I gave them more than enough notice about 7 Dec as the date for the AGM. But then, we are a voluntary organization and work-ing without pay. So why worry. Let the 76 year old general go nuts – with the Hon Secretary choosing to resign at this time to boot; just to make it a bit more fun. What happens if we don’t get a quorum for the AGM? Well, we’ll have to postpone it. At least we now have an excuse to tell ROS why we are late. If they don’t buy that, then – pay the fine. My message last week already touched somewhat on the problems of “managing success.” We are expe-

riencing that right now. For so long we are used to just existing – and yet can still win awards – has put us into a mindset that we are okay. Until DG Siti Subaidah came along and told the District that she wanted the clubs to be “world class.” And AG Teoh told us that we are a mediocre Club, just 3 -star. That was a surprise and some people just couldn’t accept it. But I did accept it; and set about doing some-thing about it – to uplift us to our proper status. And we did it. It took only six months when AG Teoh announced on 10th December that we are upgraded to 5-star. Again some people appear skeptical about it, judging by the lack of enthusiasm displayed thus far; and the complacency obtaining.

Dato’ Muslim Ayob President RY2015/16 Rotary Club of Pudu [email protected]

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE



PUDU EVENTS

December 28, 2015

AGM

Please check the Club Diary...

Speaker:

Dr. Koay Chew Aik

Topic:

The Sustainable Strategy To Outsmart Aedes Mosquitoes For Dengue Control

Duty Table:

Rtn Iswaran

Fellowship:

Rtn Lawrence Kwan

Finemaster:

Rtn Shiou Ting

Introducing:

Rtn Shuyi

Thanking:

Rtn Sannice

Date/Day Time Event Venue

28 (Mon) 06:30PM Club Weekly Meeting + AGM Shangri-La, Kuala Lumpur

TODAY’S PROGRAMME NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAMME

CLUB DIARY OF EVENTS FOR DECEMBER 2015

December Rotarians

5th - PP Tai Chin Peow 7th - VP Jeffrey Yap 9th - PP Tan Sri Soong Siew Hoong 23th - Rtn Steven Ho 25th - Rtn CT Heng 26th - PP Ray Choo 27th - PP Tan Sri Tay Ah Lek 30th - Rtn Daryl Kok December Spouses’

29th - Spouse Eng Lee (PP Dato’ Rosemarie Wee)

December:

8th - Rtn Mohan Raj & Ann Rani 8th - Rtn Iswaran & Ann Suzan 12th - Rtn Richard Liew & Ann Angeline 27th - Rtn Leong Choy Ying & Spouse Edward 30th - Rtn Gary Lim & Ann Rowena

BIRTHDAYS WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES



Dr. Rajindar Singh has a classification on Medicine – Obstetrics and Gynaecology as he is a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist. He is a member Rotary Club of Teluk Intan, District 3300 since 1989. His Zone Appointments:

Rotary Public Image Coordinators -2016 Seoul Convention Deputy Regional Coordina-

tor

Assistant Rotary Public Image Coordinators

Then,

GETS Training Team Member in 2013, 2014, 2015

DGNTS Training Team Member in 2013

District Governor (DG) for 3300 Y2008/2009

Fellowship Secretary - International Fellowship of Rotarian Doctors

Awards:

International Fellowship of Rotarian Doctors

The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service

Major Donor Level 2

ABOUT THE SPEAKER



SPEAKER’S TEXT



PICTURE GALLERY

The gentlemen getting ready to start the meeting... Rtn Laura Lee with her ‘collection’.

PDG Dr. Rajindar giving his talk...

Gift exchange... Banner exchange...RC Southbank

Weekly Club Meeting - December 21, 2015

PP KH Low presenting the memento to our speaker...



PICTURE GALLERY

Weekly Club Meeting - December 21, 2015

Fellowship...Fellowship...Fellowship...



ANNOUNCEMENTS

Event:

RC PUDU 49TH AGM & CHARITY FOUNDATION 43RD AGM Date/Time:

December 28, 2015 (Monday) @ 07:30PM Venue:

Shangri-La, Kuala Lumpur. OC:

RC Pudu

Event:

INTERNATIONAL NIGHT - IU Date/Time:

February 2016 Venue:

TBA OC:

PP Alex Chang

Dear Rotarians

The Rotary Club of Pudu's regular luncheon meeting on Dec 28, 2015 will

be adjourned to the evening at 7.00pm to be followed by

our Annual General Meeting of members.

The evening meeting at 7.00pm and the AGM at 7.30pm will be held at the

Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

Visiting Rotarians are welcome to join us for dinner and fellowship from

6.30pm till 7.30pm.

Thanks

Best Regards

PP Alex Chang

Acting Hon Secretary



ANNOUNCEMENTS



Dear Fellow Rotarians, Another feather for District 3300, the publicity on our Interact Conference in the media – The efforts of Organising Chairman, Capt Gunasekaran and host club Rotary Club of Klang gave our Interactors the opportunity to experience life in the Navy. Congratulations too, to President Adrian Minjoot and the club’s Youth Service Chair, Rtn Anthony Das for an excellent and successful 2015 Interact Conference. While we do experience challenges with our Interact Clubs not being recognised in some schools, these continued ef-forts to showcase the youth activities Rotary is involved, hope to change the mindset and perception of schools and some government agencies to support and facilitate our Youth Services programs. We need to take cognizant of these challenges and must remain committed to promote positive development in our youth through Interact and Rotaract. This responsibility lies on Rotarians. It is only through smart-partnerships with both government and corporate bodies can we further enhance Rotary’s presence in Malaysia and to add value to the good work many of our Rotary clubs are doing. Thank you to all the clubs who sponsored their Interactors to the District Interact Conference. The presences of over 450 Interactors at TLDM over the 4 days and the talents some of the Interactors displayed was to the amazement of the Vice Admiral himself. We are certainly proud of our Interactors, they are a Gift to us. Thank you Regards Siti

Dear Fellow Rotarians, Below is the Seoul Registration Report as of to date. I set the goal at 50 when I was in San Diego in January 2015 but with our District Promotion Chair and Co-ordinator, IPP Dr Bernard, we set a target of 200. Today, with 6 months to go, we have 140 registered, not too far from our target. I understand there are many Rotarians who are still consider-ing, register early and book the hotel rooms and flight, or through our several travel agents (Rotarians) to avoid disap-pointment. Our Malaysian batik will stand out as we showcase our District at the opening of the Convention. Please contact IPP Dr Bernard for any assistance. “See you in Seoul”

서울 에서 당신을보고

seoul eseo dangsin-eulbogo Regards Siti District 3300 has its own Facebook page. Click on link below to see the happenings: https://www.facebook.com/rotary3300 (click on the link above if you are viewing this page online)

DISTRICT NEWS

Message From DG - District Interact Conference

Message From DG - Seoul Convention

https://www.facebook.com/rotary3300



Purpose

The purpose of the Rotaract Outstanding Project Awards is to recognize exceptional community or international service

projects that further the goals of Rotary International.

Selection Process

Each online nomination form must be submitted by 1 February 2016. Awards will be granted to one winner in each of

the designated regions. Awards will also be granted to international winners for projects submitted by a single club,

projects submitted by more than one club or an entire Rotary district, and multi-district projects. We encourage clubs,

districts, and multi-districts to work together to maximize their impact and increase collaboration, however each Rota-

ract club, district, or multi-district may submit only one project for consideration each year. Winners will be announced

at the Rotaract Preconvention Meeting. Projects that took place from 1 February 2015 through 31 January 2016 are

eligible for consideration. Rotaract clubs that have won the award in previous years are still eligible to win again.

Criteria

Project submissions will be evaluated in the following areas:

Impact and sustainability (25%)

Alignment with Rotary's six areas of focus and promotion of Rotary's commitment to change lives locally and glob-

ally (25%)

Collaboration with Rotarians and community organizations to enhance effectiveness (20%)

Innovation (15%)

Percentage of Rotaract club members involved in development and implementation of project (15%)

RI NEWS

Nominate Your Club For A Rotaract Outstanding Project Award



GET INSPIRED !

Many years ago three soldiers, hungry and weary of battle, came upon a small village. The villagers, suffering a mea-ger harvest and the many years of war, quickly hid what little they had to eat and met the three at the village square, wringing their hands and bemoaning the lack of anything to eat. The soldiers spoke quietly among themselves and the first soldier then turned to the village elders. "Your tired fields have left you nothing to share, so we will share what little we have: the secret of how to make soup from stones." Naturally the villagers were intrigued and soon a fire was put to the town's greatest kettle as the soldiers dropped in three smooth stones. "Now this will be a fine soup", said the second soldier; "but a pinch of salt and some parsley would make it wonderful!" Up jumped a villager, crying "What luck! I've just remembered where some's been left!" And off she ran, returning with an apronful of parsley and a turnip. As the kettle boiled on, the memory of the village improved: soon barley, carrots, beef and cream had found their way into the great pot, and a cask of wine was rolled into the square as all sat down to feast. They ate and danced and sang well into the night, refreshed by the feast and their new-found friends. In the morning the three soldiers awoke to find the entire village standing before them. At their feet lay a satchel of the village's best breads and cheese. "You have given us the greatest of gifts: the secret of how to make soup from stones", said an elder, "and we shall never forget." The third soldier turned to the crowd, and said: "There is no secret, but this is cer-tain: it is only by sharing that we may make a feast". And off the soldiers wandered, down the road. "The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have." - Leonard Nimoy

Stone Soup



LOL!



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