Golden
News
Volume 13 - Number 23 - 6th
December 1999
The weekly newsletter of the Rotary Club of Kowloon
Golden Mile, Hong Kong.
Web site: www.rckgm.org
You never call, you
never write .....
OK guys, here's the drill.
As much as I would love to, I cannot personally attend every
single event organised by KGM. I travel frequently, I have businesses and a
sports shooting organisation to run, and I have a family of two and four
legged creatures who occasionally want to see me.
This newsletter should be a joint effort and I therefore
need spies to report back to me on what happens at KGM events which I cannot
attend. For example, I received no feedback whatsoever on the Vocational Service
visit to Miranda's factory. Now how can I make fun of the usual suspects if
nobody gives me any gossip ?
Ditto for the Walk-A-Thon yesterday ? Did anybody get lost ?
Did Elissa wear her "Firehouse" T-shirt again ? Did anybody get drunk and roll
down the hill ? OK, who DIDN'T get drunk and roll down the hill ? Catch my drift
?
If I don't get feedback from you guys, I am gonna have to
revert to taking the mickey out of President Ram "Bo" again each week and I
think we need a bit more variety ? However, while we are on that subject, I
found out that the "M.V." in his name actually stands for Mullikkottu Veetil.
Hmmm. I wonder if he has forgiven his parents yet ?
Anyway, in a typical "Press" manner, all sources of
information will remain 100% confidential, and I will be happy to publish
blatant lies too. Hey, it works for Rupert Murdoch's publications
!!
Next Board of Directors
Meeting:
All KGM Directors are reminded that the next Board of
Directors meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the 2/F, Holiday Inn Golden Mile
hotel on Tuesday 7th December, 1999 (i.e. tomorrow evening).
If you are unable to attend, kindly have the courtesy to
inform Club Secretary Nanu Lachman in advance, to whom you should also send your
written report of the status of your plans and activities since the last Board
meeting.
Alternatively you may send someone from your Committee to
present your report on your behalf, however your representative will NOT count
towards achieving a quorum NOR can they vote on resolutions presented to
the Board for consideration.
Member News:
The following message was sent to us by Patricia
Blair (who is visiting Vietnam) in respect of Martyn Davies (who, despite being
an active member of KGM, actually spends most of his time living in
Vietnam):
"Martyn Davies will be back in Hong Kong enroute
to the UK on 16th December, arriving around 2:30pm and departing again around
8:00pm. He will be on his own and intends being in the Chin Chin bar where
he hopes to run into lots of friends."
Hmmmm. Let's just hope he doesn't bring his
tricycle into the Chin Chin Bar, 'coz that "run into" bit could be somewhat
painful.
Welcome
Committee:
On duty this week
are "Toyota" Carola Masuch and James "L.A. Law" Tsang.
Usual drill
- extremely loud red sashes and be
at the Holiday Inn not later than 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
This
Week's Speaker: Karin
Weber
Topic: Chinese Furniture - When is an antique an antique
?
This Week's Birthday
Celebrants:
06 December - Don "Slip In, Slip Out" Sakhrani, who
shares his birthday with musical genius Ira Gershwin, who wrote many of the
songs made famous by such legendary singers as Frank Sinatra and Ella
Fitzgerald.
07 December - Silva "Space Jam" Yeung, who shares his
birthday with former Boston Celtics star Larry Bird, one of the few
white men to make it big in NBA basketball.
Next Fellowship Event:
Horse Racing Night ?
OK folks, we are working on this with Club Advisor PP
Larry Parmanand, and I hope to be able to confirm details in the next issue of
Golden News.
Our preference is for a Wednesday evening at Happy Valley,
however we are also considering a Sunday outing at the Shatin race track. If we
cannot get a date in December, we will probably defer this fellowship until
January and do something else in December.
Forthcoming Club & District
Events:
1) Rotary Zone 4
Institute - Taiwan:
Not exactly an exciting
event on the Rotary calendar. This is where they basically discuss Rotary
"procedural" rules and so on.
2) RYLA Conveners Training Seminar
Again, not really your cup of tea. This is when they "train
the trainers" for the RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) camps.
3) "Hong Kong Our Home" Youth
Jamboree
Three strikes, you're out !! This is being organised as a
joint effort between the HKSAR Government Home Affairs Bureau and our District.
It's for youth. None of you guys qualify. Stay home.
However if you wish to attend any of the above events, more
information is available on the KGM web site under "What's On".
KGM Web Site:
Judging by the comments and emails I received during the
week, you guys really liked the "electronic" greeting card web sites I gave you
in the last issue of Golden News.
As a result, your Webmaster has now added four (4) hyperlinks
at the very bottom of the KGM web site (under "Search Engines"), so that these
sites will remain a permanent feature for your use as required.
As and when bigger and better sites are found, these will be
added to the same section.
Cool Internet Sites Of The
Week:
Since Xmas is rapidly approaching,
I thought readers might appreciate some sites where they can SAFELY purchase
products with their credit cards on-line:
Quote Of The Week:
"Being powerful is like
being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you
aren't."
Margaret Thatcher
Joke Of The Week:
A woman was in bed with her lover when she heard
her husband opening the front door.
"Hurry!" she said, "Stand in the corner."
She quickly rubbed baby oil all over him and
then she dusted him with talcum powder.
"Don't move until I tell you to," she whispered.
"Just pretend you're a statue."
"What's this honey?" the husband enquired as he
entered the room.
"Oh, its just a statue" she replied
nonchalantly. "The Smiths bought one for their bedroom and I liked it so much, I
got one for us."
Nothing more was said about the statue, not even
later that night when they went to sleep.
Around two in the morning the husband got out of
bed, went to the kitchen and returned later with a sandwich and a glass of milk.
"Here," he said to the statue, "eat something. I
stood like an idiot at the Smith's for three days and nobody offered me so much
as a glass of water".
The
Phantom