Golden
News
Volume 13 - Number 27 - 3rd
January, 2000.
The weekly newsletter of the Rotary Club of Kowloon
Golden Mile, Hong Kong.
Web site: www.rckgm.org
Last Week's Meeting - The Twilight
Zone.
Hello ? Is anybody home ?? Judging by the fact that we could
barely muster two tables for lunch (and no head table) last week, I guess most
KGM members have either left town for the New Year or they decided to start
their celebrations early somewhere else. Oh well, never mind. You guys
certainly didn't miss anything.
Our guest speaker was (in my humble opinion) from La-La Land,
or possibly from the Planet Dork, coz I have absolutely no idea what the hell he
was on about. The topic was supposed to be "Stress Management" but I was
definitely more stressed after his talk than before it.
Anyway, the Y2K bug has been and gone with barely a whimper,
and life in Hong Kong continues as normal. However I was quite surprised to
receive telephone calls from the U.K., Hungary, France and Germany in the first
15 minutes into the New Year in Hong Kong from friends who anxiously wanted to
know whether Hong Kong had survived unscathed. Amazing, really.
In retrospect, it was all a bit silly really but, despite
this, the doomsday pundits are now predicting problems with the leap year as
concern is now centered on whether or not our computers will recognise 29
February.
How foolish. My main concern right now is what I'm gonna do
with all these damn batteries and gallons of water I've got stored up in my flat
:-)
Welcome
Committee:
I have no idea who is
supposed to be on duty this week, nor do I know who is in town at the
moment, so here's the deal guys.
Would the first 2
members who arrive at the hotel this Wednesday kindly assume the task ?
Thank You.
Note to Holiday Inn staff:
Expect a sudden rush of members at 12:55 p.m.
This Week's
Speakers: Position Vacant
Topic: To Be
Announced
I also have no idea who
is our guest speaker this week so, if nobody turns up, just talk amongst
yourselves, OK ? Thank you.
This Week's Birthday
Celebrants:
01 January - Kishu "Choo Choo" Chotrani, who shares his
birthday with J.Edgar Hoover, the former head of the FBI who reputedly liked to
dress up in ladies clothing. Hmmm. Nothing wrong with that, really.
However having personally donned fish-net stockings, an
industrial strength G-String and other female paraphernalia for DG Dipo's 50th
birthday some years ago (you had to be there), all I can tell you is that
if you are a lad and you happen to drop your keys while dressed that way, DO NOT
attempt to pick them up by yourself. Trust me on this. My eyes have started
watering just thinking about it ............
08 January - Angel "Can You Guess My Vocation This Week" Yan,
who shares her birthday with THE KING (i.e. Elvis "The Pelvis" Presley), who is
actually alive and well and doing the rounds at Lan Kwai Fong.
Next Fellowship Event:
Indian Night !
Yes folks, it's on again !!! Our exceedingly generous
Indian members have once again graciously offered to host what has arguably
been the most fun fellowship on the KGM calendar for the past few years:
Time and date: 7:30 p.m. (Indian
time), 22 January 2000.
Venue: The Viceroy of India
Restaurant, Sun Hung Kai Centre, Wanchai North, Hong Kong.
Cost: ZIP (unless you are an
Indian, in which case your share is a truck load of rupees).
Forthcoming Club and District
Events:
1) 15 January 2000 - District Mahjong Tournament, World Trade
Centre Club, Causeway Bay.
2) 21 January 2000 - District Golf Tournament, Hong Kong Golf
Club, Fanling.
3) 25-27 February 2000 - Rotary International Presidential
Conference, Regent Hotel, Tsimshatsui.
4) 27-29 February 2000 - KGM visit to our
sister club, the RC of Paranaque, Manila, to celebrate their 25th
anniversary.
More information about these events will be provided at the
next few regular club meetings.
KGM Web Site:
OK, so now it's the New Year but the Webmaster STILL needs a
break, so he has nothing new to report. Go away.
Cool Internet Sites Of The
Week:
http://www.freeflowers.com/ is a web
site tried and tested by The Phantom to send flowers to people around
the world. Excellent service and highly recommended.
http://www.efax.com/ is an excellent
service where you can obtain a free "e-fax" number, whereby people can fax you
documents but you receive the documents by e-mail. An excellent service for Road
Warriors (i.e. frequent travellers).
Quote Of The Week:
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and
controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Joke Of The Week:
Two dwarfs on vacation in Las Vegas are delighted when
they each manage to persuade a beautiful young woman to accompany them back to
their rooms.
However the first dwarf is extremely disappointed because he
is unable to reach a certain physical state that would enable him to
consummate his relationship with his date. His depression is further
enhanced by the fact that, for the rest of the evening, he hears cries of "ONE,
TWO, THREE ....... HUP!" from his friend's room.
At breakfast the following morning, the second dwarf asks the
first "Well, how did it go?"
The first whispered back "It was so embarrassing. I simply
couldn't rise to the occasion, if you know what I mean."
To which the second dwarf replied "You think that's
embarrassing?" he said. "I couldn't even get up on the bed!"
The
Phantom