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Vol 21 Number 35

APRIL IS ROTARY MAGAZINE MONTH

SELAMAT PAGI

13 April 2013

The month of April is annually designated as Rotary's Magazine Month, an occassion to recognize and promote the reading and use of the official RI magazine, The ROTARIAN and the regional magazines, which make up the Rotary World Press. The ROTARIAN has been around since 1911 as the medium to communicate with Rotarians and to advance the program and Object of Rotary. The primary goal of the magazine is to support and promote key programs of Rotary. The magazine also disseminates information about the annual theme and the philosophy of the RI president, major meetings and the emphasis of the official 'months' on the Rotary calendar. The ROTARIAN provides a forum in which both Rotary related and general interest topics may be explored. The magazine serves as an excellent source of information and ideas for programs at Rotary club meetings and district conferences. Many articles promote international fellowship, goodwill and understanding. Regular readers usually have superior knowledge of the activities of Rotary and understand how each Rotarian may be more fully involved in the four Avenues of Service around the world. Although each regional publication has its own unique style and content, they all provide Rotarians with up-to-date information and good reading in April and all through the year.

So, what does Super Heros do? Well, just about what we have known them for doing. They do good deeds, serve humanity, protect people and loved ones, help the poor and needy, fight every obstacle, fail but never give up, goes away in silent contemplation, returns with solutions and courage, accomplished their objectives, succeeds and become a Hero amongst those who depend on them. A little patience and thought in making choices, a positive attitude, some faith, and a whole lot of tolerance. Hold these together using sound morals, good values, and sincere and consistent attempts to make yourself a better person, shall make you nothing short of a Super Hero. In other words, they are generous and charitable in nature, helpful and giving in deeds, protective of their loved ones and others, brave enough to be willing to face every obstacle in life, and develop solutions to get over them, be willing to fail and learn from their experiences, always keep moving forward in life, think, indulge in some self-analysis, make some positive changes in self, change attitudes and muster courage and persevere until they win. Try being a Super Hero for just one single moment every day. It may become a habit. That habit may inspire another. That inspiration may become contagious and Voila! You have single-handedly influenced the world around you by that 1 single moment by being a Super Hero! You can do small great things and be a hero at work, become a hero for your spouse, for your children, for your siblings, for yourself. Try doing one thing every day that is generous, brave, selfless, caring or simply humble. Any of these will only add just another positive moment to your life. No, it doesnt take much. And once done, make it a habit and collect such several Super Hero moments and make your life worthwhile. Sponsor a child, a family, be charitable, volunteer at a local shelter for those in need, be compassionate, tolerant, loving, generous, selfless and forgiving. ... Extract from Rotary District 3300 Website

ATTENDANCE
Guests:

Last Week's Speaker


Health is Wealth by Kong Phui Lyn
The title is crystal-clear. We all know Lyn is a fitness buff and trainer. No surprise so far. However, what we heard was an outright attack on carbohydrates, especially sugar. Sugar is vice and nothing nice! Even wholemeal bread is less than wholesome to her. As a concession she did say if you must eat carbo than opt for sweet potato! Her message is that we should balance our diet away from starch more so if the source of that starch were refined and processed. They would be a strain on our ability to produce insulin and edge us towards obesity and eventually diabetes. To begin from the beginning, she asserts that we humans are a composite of the physical, the mental and the social. Take care of the first and the other two would follow fairly naturally. The power of ones concentration is directly correlated to ones fitness in other words, ones energy. Obviously, we cant have a very meaningful social life if we were bed-ridden. Of course the mainstay of her talk was exercise. It was interesting to hear her advocate maximizing the exercise making it more efficient in burning calories. So she advocates bursts of high-octane regimes that will continue to burn after the exercise itself. Finally, she held out the offer of a free session for us if we care to try. Thank you, Lyn. Do visit us often.
(President Ghaurry presenting a memento to Lyn)

Vishal Mathur, guest of Kingsley Ann Gerrie, guest of Steve Attendance: 68% Fine RM45

Announcements
- There will be an REF Study Skills seminar next Saturday at James Kelana Jaya office. Children of REF mentors are welcome to attend. For more details, see Graham. - Steve will be giving a briefing for the Car Rally event at the club meeting on Saturday 20 April. Rally will be held on Sunday 21 April. Todate 13 cars confimed. More details to follow. - TRF Nite will be held on 11 May 2013 at Eastin Hotel. Those who are keen, to inform President Ghaurry. - The Installation of the new Board of Directors RY 2013/14 will be held on Sunday morning 23 June 2013 at Bukit Kiara Club.

Words to Grow By
The difference between what we can do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems. - Mahatma Gandhi

REF Study Skills Seminar 2013


Date : 13 April, 2013 (Saturday) Speaker : Mr Ong (Former Headmaster of SMK Sri Permata) Program : Effective Learning Part 1 - Short lesson on History of China Testimonies by top-scoring mentees! Part 2 - Simple test on learning style Part 3 - Learning Tips All Mentors are to arrange for their mentees to attend this Study Skills Seminar!

Service Committees RY 2013/2014


Club Admin Steven Aravind Graham Poay Lim Susan Teng Yoong Community Service CY Alvin Ee Lay Frankie Junie Krishnan Mike Vocational Service Sanjay Ghaurry Kingsley Kong Siew Hwa International Service Fang Keong Angie Peter Steve Paul Grant New Generation Membership Karen Frances Jeremy Sunny Willa Cecelia Yoke Leong

Today's Speaker
Mr Robest Yong 'Thinking Without the Box' Robest Yong is an Innopreneur / Innovation Ambassador for Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM). He is regarded as one of the most talented and best known enterprising inventors around today. His invention, the Polyclone Instant Rubber Stamp Machine which won the GOLD medal at the International Invention Competition in Geneva in 1994 revolutionized the rubber stamp industry globally. His invaluable experience and unique expertise had seen him serving as a member of the PEMANDU NKEA LAB and as judge in almost all the major innovation competitions such the IDEAS Malaysian Inventors Challenge, ITEX, MTE, PECIPTA amongst others.

NEXT CHANGE
20 April Speaker: Dominic Chandran Topic: The Benefits of Acidic and Alkaline Water 27 April Business meeting

CALENDAR of EVENTS
Study Skills Workshop Date: 13 April @ IPP Kelana Jaya Picnic with Dai Community Children Date: 24 April @ Lake Titiwangsa Mentor Support Group Meeting Date: 25 April Car Rally (Treasure Hunt) Date 21 April 79th District Assembly Date: 26 - 28 April Venue: Grand Dorsett, Subang Jaya REF Values Education Workshop Date: 27 & 28 May RCBKS 22nd Installation Date: 23 June

REF - Special Feature


To all Rotary Club members, Good day, I'm Sasmitha. I would like to take this opportunity to send my regards to everyone. Currently I am continuing my studies in Bachelor of Public Relation at Management and Science University (MSU) Shah Alam. This is my second year there. I'm grateful to Dr Kong, who gave me the opportunity to send this message. I would like to thank everyone who helped me during my Form 6. I'm looking forward to meet Aunty Elsie and Aunty Ghuarry again. Recently I was nominated for the International Excellent Student Award. My latest pointer is 3.05 Love, Sasmitha

April Celebration
Happy Birthday Sunny 18 April

Rotary International
Engage Rotary, Change Lives - 2013-14 RI theme
RI President-elect Ron Burton will ask Rotarians to Engage Rotary, Change Lives in 2013-14. If we really want to take Rotary service forward, then we must make sure that every single Rotarian has the same feeling about Rotary that each one of us here has today, Burton said. We need to make sure that every Rotarian has a meaningful role to play, that theyre all making a contribution, and that their contribution is valued. It takes everything that is wonderful about Rotary and raises it to a new level by encouraging bigger, more sustainable projects while providing increased flexibility for local projects, both of which address the needs of the community being served, he said. Burton applied that lesson also to membership development, which he insisted is the responsibility of every Rotarian. The job doesnt end when a new member joins: Its not done until that new member is engaged in Rotary, inspired by Rotary, and uses the power of Rotary service to change lives.

Duty Roster
13 April (Club Admin) Sargeant-at-arms Desk Duty Introducer Thank Speaker Fines Karen Siew Hwa Sunny Cecelia Steven

20 April (Vocational Service) Sargeant-at-arms Desk Duty Introducer Thank Speaker Fines Peter Karen Poay Lim Teng Yoong Frankie

Visit our website @ www. rcbks.org.my

Board of Directors 2012/13


President Ghaurry 017-3854905 President Elect James Cheong 012-2214543 Immediate Past President Steve Robinson Vice President Cecelia Matuya Honorary Secretary Mike Carr 012-2822999 Honorary Treasurer Angie Ng Club Administration Steven Lim Service Projects PP Karen Chong The Rotary Foundation PP Frances Po Public Relations Tan Siew Hwa Membership PP Aravind Viswanathan REF Chairman PP Graham Bennett Sargeant-at-arms PP Tan Poay Lim
Vocational Service Chair - Poay Lim Community Service Chair -Dr Sanjay International Service Chair - Alvin New Generation Chair - Susan

international mother Earth Day - april 22nd


Mother Earth is a common expression for the planet Earth in a number of countries and regions, which reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet. For instance, Bolivians call Mother Earth Pachamama and Nicaraguans refer to her as Tonantzin. The proclamation of 22 April as International Mother Earth Day is an acknowledgement that the Earth and its ecosystems provide its inhabitants with life and sustenance. It also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for in the 1992 Rio Declaration, to promote harmony with nature and the Earth to achieve a just balance among the economic, social and environmental needs of present and future generations of humanity. This year in June, world leaders will gather at the Rio+20 sustainable development conference, to discus on two main themes: how to build a green economy to achieve sustainable development and lift people out of poverty; and how to improve international coordination for sustainable development.

District 3300
District Governor Mansoor Saat 019-323 7630 mansoor.saat@gmail.com Assistant Governor Michael Foong 012-201 2288 foong.michael@gmail.com Rotary Clubs in Group 7 Bernam Valley Bukit Kiara Sunrise Pantai Valley Petaling Jaya Tropicana Damansara

Sister Clubs
RC Bugis Junction [D 3310] Saturday, 08:00 am Tanglin Club 5 Stevens Road, Singapore RC ChiangmaiThinthaingam[D 3360] Thursday, 12.00 noon International Center Chiangmai University, Thailand RC Chungli Chung Shing [D 3500] Thursday, 12.00 noon No 4, Ln 10, Gwo-Ti Street Chungli, Taiwan

Bulletin Committee
Sunny (Editor) Poay Lim/ Mike (Prod) Siew Hwa (Speakers Programme)

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