The document provides a summary of several Rotary Club events and meetings: 1) A workshop was held for mentees of the REF on student time management and exam preparation techniques. The trainer discussed balancing study, family, wellness, and spirituality. 2) The second meeting of Rotary mentors discussed updates to the mentoring program including the mentoring policy, evaluation forms, and an awardee pledge. 3) At the Group 7 Intercity meeting, the speaker discussed the rapid depletion of marine biodiversity and coral reefs. Members were reminded of the importance of environmental protection efforts. 4) A PR seminar recommended that Rotary clubs utilize internet platforms like blogs and social

1. Vol 19 Number 7 SELAMAT PAGI 28 August 2010
REF News
Studying Techniques
Session for Mentees
21 August 2010
On a fine Saturday afternoon on 21
August'10, REF organised a special
workshop for our Mentees. 12
Mentees together with their Mentors
were present. The trainer conducting
the session was Ms Julia Lai
Abdullah.
Student Time Management was the know about life. This diagram below
topic of the day. Since the exams are shows a picture of LIFE in a frame
around the corner and the awardees
under the REF needed a boost to “PICTURE OF LIFE”
plan their days and to motivate
themselves. Julia with her smiles and
Study/Career Family
bubbly nature, did Inspired all with a a The students were also taught how to
lively and informative presentation. plan their study time starting from
September to November, when their
All students got involved and exams will begin. Mentees Darshini
participated during the session, they LIFE and Au Yong shared their study
were drilled on how to value time and techniques. It was a great motivating
on the importance of time and an interactive time for all.
management in order to excel in the .... by Ghaurry
coming exams. They were taught the Wellness (physical Spiritual/Hope
FOUR areas on which they have to & mental)
Second Mentors Group
Support Meeting The 2nd Mentors Group Support • The Mentoring Policy
Meeting was held on 23 August'10. • “ Keeping in touch with non-rotarian
23 August 2010
A total of 23 mentors comprising of mentors
Rotarians and volunteers attended the • Mentee Performance Evaluation form
session. The meeting was chaired by • Introducing the Awardee Pledge.
Dato Yau with REF Chairman PP Dr • Awardee passbook.
Yee leading the power point presenta- • Mentors manual.
tion. The topics discussed were:
Rotary Club of Bukit Kiara Sunrise warmly welcomes.....
District Governor Lim Kok Beng

2. ATTENDANCE Member's Contribution
Visiting Rotarian:
PP G Balasundram, RC Orewa,NZ Group 7 Intercity Meeting
17 Aug 2010
Guest:
Shiksa N., guest of CY DG KB Lim said it was the first
intercity meeting this year. The
Attendance: 67% Fines: $69.00 venue was the 12th Floor
Ballroom of the Sunway Resort
Hotel. It was a modest crowd
Announcements but the atmosphere was warm
and welcoming. For the rate
charged, the menu was pretty
- There will be a Group 7 Intercity good.
meeting on 18 August'10, Dinner
meeting will be at Sunway Lagoon There were brief announcements from the respective presidents including
Resort Hotel at $40pp. Lim Poh Huu of RC Danau Desa, M C ‘Mick’ Menon of RC Bandar Sunway,
Amarjit Singh of RC Bernam Valley and Leong Yeng Kit of RC PJ and Poay
- Next Saturday's regular meeting will Lim. DG KB Lim reiterated his call to action.
be cancelled.
The speaker was Rotarian Julian Hyde from Rotary Club of Danau Desa. A
dive operator turned coral reef crusader, he devised a very engaging way of
- President's fellowship is on 31
drawing attention to the depletion of marine life. From the mangrove
August '10 at Bandar Utama condo,
swamps to the ocean depths and the coral reefs in between, the loss of
poolside at 12.30pm. All spouses and
biodiversity is rapid and frightening. The message was driven home with a
children are welcome.
quiz in which we were to determine which statements about the state of
the marine biodiversity were true. Seemingly drastic figures on the
- A club assembly will be held during
deterioration turned out to be grossly understated! As luck would have it
the District Governor's official visit on
[well, they might have been more enlightened], the high table won the prize
28 August'10. Directors are reminded
– recyclable shopping bags, how appropriate.
to prepare their reports.
It was particularly pleasing that Kamarulzaman Omar [KO] of RCPJ told us
- Members are reminded to be present
that he had read Graham’s article in Expat magazine, his wife being
for the REF sessions for the mentees
British.
and the mentors which will be held on
21 August and 23 August'10 The dire state of the reefs’ health did not stop the party from going on
respectively. For more details, contact afterwards even if our contingent left quite sober!
Vocational Director Yau.
LAST WEEK’S SPEAKER PR Seminar organized by RC Central Damansara
Mr James Brook
- Square Dancing The half-day seminar was held on Saturday 14 August 2010 at the
Commonwealth Club.
The takeaway that I want to highlight for ourselves is that the media is
saturated with all sorts of news and announcements. To make space for
ourselves, we may have to tap the Internet: blogs, websites, twitter and
other social networks. Word of mouth has a new meaning today, even more
powerful than before. When the message gets repeated five times, all
skepticism evaporates.
To achieve results for these we learned that the communication needs to be
personalized. Name names, keep the language accessible and so forth. Co-
create the news. Go with partners like NGOs to spread the appeal. Get our
‘consumers’ to speak for us. So think of getting a message from SMK Sri
Permata, for example. A satisfied customer is very good PR. Entertainment
Words to Grow By value adds to the attraction of the message. And make use of the CSR
factor. Use industries’ network.
Laughter is like jogging on the
The most significant question from the seminar is whether Rotary is relevant
inside.. Exercise your ‘innards’ today? It was asked in various forms again and again. Interestingly guest
every day. speaker Raymond Siva, MD of Edelman Malaysia confessed not being a
Rotarian and said that it is because no one has asked him! Actually he said
that as a provocation only. He did say that his perception of Rotary is that it
is a little “old”. I see this to be an issue that the district should resolve since
we are on a recruitment drive. .... by President Poay Lim

3. Today's Programme
NEXT CHANGE
District Governor Lim Kok Beng
4 September (Sat) 7.30am
Speaker: Tbc
DG Lim Kok Beng joined the Rotary Club fof Gombak in 1992 and transferred to
Rotary Club of Pudu in 2006. He grew up in Penangand was very active in
scouts and sports. He read law at the University of London King's College and CALENDER of EVENTS
graduated with an LL.B(Hons) in 1968. He then trained as a Chartered Accoun-
tant qualifying in 1971 as an ACA of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
President's Fellowship
England & Wales. He started private practice in 1987 as a partner in his present
Date: 31 August 2010 @ 12.30pm
firm.
Venue: Bandar Utama Condo
Poolside
He served as President of RC Gombak in RY2001/2002, as GSE Team Leader,
District Enviroment Protection Chair, RYLA Chair, Assistant Governor, District
76th District 3300 Conference
EREY Chair and District General Secretary.
Date: 10 - 12 December 2010
Venue: Concorde Hotel, KL
He has a daughter and son in the UK (with two grand-daughters)
Host club: RC Pudu
Around the
Rotary World District NEWS
Rotarians send help to Pakistan INTER-DISTRICT INTERNATIONAL
flood victims FELLOWSHIP EVENING
Rotarians are reaching out to victims of the
heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, as the About 150 Rotarians and spouses
country continues to cope with its worst from District 3230 would be arriving in
flooding in decades. Major rivers have flooded KL on a friendship visit. The District
valleys in about one-third of the country, comprises of clubs in and around the
claiming as many as 1,600 lives and washing city of Chennai (formerly – Madras),
away bridges, roads, and entire villages. The United Nations estimates that South India. The evening will be
more than four million people have been left homeless. graced by the presence of Incoming
Rotary International Director for Zone
Relief efforts 6 A, PDG Shekhar Mehta from RC
Calcutta.
In response to the floods, The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees is Date : 30 September 2010
accepting contributions to help fund Rotary projects that will support long- Venue : Perdana Ballroom - Bukit
term disaster recovery in the affected areas. Jalil Golf & Country Club
The district is coordinating with ShelterBox, a grassroots disaster relief Host Club: RC Danau Desa
organization supported by Rotary clubs around the world, to help distribute
emergency aid. ShelterBox is sending 5,000 water filtration units and 2,500
water containers to flooded areas. More than 1,900 tents and 600 Duty Roster
ShelterBox containers have already been deployed.
28 August (Club Service)
RC Sharpstown, Texas filled two 40-foot shipping containers with relief
supplies, and is coordinating with District 3271 to deliver them to Karachi, Sargeant-at-arms Sunny
where local clubs will help distribute the goods. Desk Duty Karen
Introducer Cecelia
Meanwhile, RC Multan Metropolitan, Punjab, has established five flood relief Thank Speaker James Lau
camps at local hospitals. Club members are collecting tents, household Fines Siew Hwa
items, food, and medicine.
4 September (Vocational Service)
World Water Works, a Rotary-club sponsored relief organization that
provides disaster victims with water purification tools, has sent more than Sargeant-at-arms Yau
600 boxes to the southern province of Sindh. Hugo Pike, chair of World Desk Duty Niklas
Water Works and a member of RC Chelwood Bridge, UK, says each box Introducer Sanjay
contains a water purification kit that can supply each member of a family of Thank Speaker Teng Yoong
four with about 2 quarts of drinking water every day for a year. Fines Jeremy
Syed Shahab Balkhi, governor of District 3271, says Rotary clubs can do
the most good by planning for the rehabilitation of flooded areas. “This is
unprecedented flooding and has been incredibly widespread,” Balkhi says. Visit our Blog @
“Long-term recovery will be acute and painful. But help has been promised http:// rotaryclubbks.
by every club in my district and District 3272.” blogspot.com

4. Board of Directors 2010/11 HEALTH
NEWS
President
Tan Poay Lim
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Knee pain relieve
President Elect
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add up to big benefits for knee health. ?A number of foods have powerful
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some prescription medicines for arthritis and other types of knee pain,
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Diet and Knee Pain: Go Fish
Vice President The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish are natural anti-inflammatories.
Alvin Tan Calming joint inflammation can often help ease knee soreness.The acids
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people with rheumatoid arthritis.
Honorary Secretary
Ghaurry Diet and Knee Pain: Order Indian Food
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A helping of curry could do wonders for your knee pain. Because turmeric,
Honorary Treasurer a spice used in curry and other Indian dishes, contains curcumin, a
PP Sunny Khoo powerful anti-inflammatory.
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Diet and Knee Pain: Use Ginger Generously
Club Administration
PP Karen Chong The herb ginger traditionally has been used to relieve upset stomach, but
012-2893380 researchers recently discovered that it also reduces knee pain by
decreasing inflammation. In a study of 261 patients with moderate to severe
Service Projects knee pain due to osteoarthritis, ginger extract significantly reduced knee
PP Graham Bennett pain during standing and walking. Cooking with this spice can increase the
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The Rotary Foundation
PP Jeremy Ng
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Membership Development District 3300 Sister Clubs
James Cheong
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03-21630292(O) Saturday, 08:00 am
New Generation limakbmy@gmail.com Hotel Inter-Continental
Ghaurry 80 Middle Road, Singapore
23003757(O) Assistant Governor Mani Raja
03-79805529(0) 03-79813514(Fax) RC ChiangmaiThinthaingam[D 3360]
REF Chairman Thursday, 12.00 noon
PP Dr Yee Yoke Leong International Center
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Bandar Sunway
Bernam Valley
Bulletin Committee Bukit Kiara Sunrise
RC Chungli Chung Shing [D 3500]
Thursday, 12.00 noon
Kong (Editor) Karen (Production) Danau Desa No 4, Ln 10, Gwo-Ti Street
Abdul/Kong (Speakers Programme) Petaling Jaya Chungli, Taiwan