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Golden News
Volume 15, Number 39 - Monday 25 March 2002
Road Warrior Blues:
This Week's Meeting:
This week's guest speaker is Mr. Nury Vittachi, who will be speaking to us on "Unprintable Truths".
Milestones:
Birthday greetings on Wednesday 27 March for KGM Secretary Clarissa "Ring My" Bellstedt who shares her birthday with pop diva Mariah Carey.
Birthday greetings on Friday 29 March for Kumar "Rumpole"
Ramanathan who shares his birthday with American tennis player Jennifer Capriati.
Fellowship News:
1) LAST CALL: A "Spice Of Life" night has been organised for Thursday 28 March 2002 at "Mum Chow's Restaurant", 5B Winner Building, 37 D'Aguilar Street, Central.
Fellowship Director David "Party Spice" Harilela informs us that this restaurant, operated
by "Yo Momma" er, sorry, I mean "Chow Ma
Ma", has received rave reviews. Moreover, the cost of only HK$250 per head, which includes a lavish 13 course menu,
lots of drinks and a supply of Imodium, is truly a bargain!
However, as space is limited to 30 seats, I urge you to contact
David's efficient assistant "Amazing" Grace by email without delay.
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2) LAST CALL: KGM Attendance Director Neerja "Da Numbers" Sujanani advises that we have been
invited by our mother club, the RC Kowloon, to attend their meeting at the Peninsula Hotel, at 12:30
p.m. on Thursday 28 March 2002.
This is an excellent opportunity to enjoy fellowship with our buddies at RC Kowloon and, at the same time, to do a "Group
Make-Up", which is the best fun you can have while wearing a Rotary pin. Members who can attend this meeting are asked to contact Neerja by email.
The Love Boat:
International Service Director Elissa "Captain Hook" Cohen announces that she has organised the
first-ever KGM ocean cruise on board the "M/S Star Leo".
The ship will depart for a 4 day/3 night cruise to Vietnam on Sunday 9 June 2002, and will
return to Hong Kong on Wednesday 12 June.
Tickets are very reasonably priced at under HK$3,000 per head, and members interested in joining what will
undoubtedly be a fantastic fellowship are urged to contact Elissa by email
without delay.
Moreover, in honour of next year's Rotary International theme, Elissa invites you to bring a friend and "Sow The
Seeds Of Love" on board The Love Boat. Cheeky!
Talking about cruises, if Penelope Cruz marries Tom Cruise, will she become Penelope Cruz-Cruise?
KGM 15th Anniversary Ball:
This year's Annual Ball, to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel ballroom on Saturday 4 May 2002, celebrates KGM's 15th Anniversary. The theme of the evening
is "70's Night Fever", so dust off your bell bottoms, your hot pants and your chunky shoes (Brian Hodgson, just come as
you are!).
Anyway, your intrepid Ball Committee, capably lead by joint Chair-Thingies Elissa "Pass The
Peanuts" Cohen and David "Party Dude" Harilela (aka "Abbott & Costello"), will be
doing everything in their power to make this the "Mother Of All Balls"!
Ticket prices have been set at $1,200 per head.
Although this may seem like a high increase over the $1,000 charged last year, this is the first increase in six (6) years and, in any case, it's still a bargain in Hong Kong terms. As usual, our maximum
capacity is 450 seats however considering that in recent years we have had +400 guests, we urge you to start forming your table now!
Please contact our handsome and suave table sales guy Pico "Lino" Dialdas by telephone on 2543 8006 or by email to reserve your table.
Note that 26 tables have already been "pre-sold", so don't delay, or you may miss out.
Remember our annual ball is primarily a "Fun Raising" not a "Fund Raising" affair and,
if you only go to one ball each year, this is the one!
District 3450 News:
1) Thursday 28 March 2002 - Visit to Provisional RC Shanghai by RI President Rick King. KGM members interested in attending this three (3) day event should contact DG Johnson Chu by email.
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2) Saturday 20 April - District Assembly.
This year's event will be held at the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel and is being co-organised by KGM. More details will be given in a future issue of Golden News.
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3) Sunday 21 April - District Tree Planting Day.
More information will be published when available (don't hold your breath waiting!).
Rotary International News:
The RI Annual Convention will be held from 23 to 26 June 2002 in Barcelona, Spain, and you can register on-line here. For more information about the convention, visit their web site! STOP PRESS: RI has announced that comedian Jerry Lewis and former Soviet leader and Nobel Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev will be attending the RI Convention, and both gentleman will be presented with the RI Award of Honour.
Web Side Story:
Nothing to report this week. The Web Monster is missing in action!
Dear Geek:
By an amazing coincidence, the Geek can't be found either.
Who Am I?
What is the more common name of American country 'n' western singer Virginia
Patterson Hensley, who died in a plane crash in 1963?
The answer appears at the bottom of this issue.
Cunning Linguist:
Did you ever wonder about the origins of the word "Boondocks" ?
British English imported lots of words from its far-flung colonial possessions, but American colonial aspirations mainly produced words derived from Spanish and
adopted with the settling of the West.
This one, however, is an exception because it derives from the Tagalog word "bundok" meaning "mountain." It was adopted into the language by occupying American soldiers in the Philippines as a word meaning any remote and wild place. By 1909, only some ten years after the American conquest of the islands, the word had caught on enough to rate an entry in that year's Webster's New International Dictionary. Despite this, however, it remained primarily a military slang term, especially among Marines, until the 1960s, when, probably because of the Vietnam War, it gained wider, civilian usage..
Golden Smile:
A young man visits a pharmacy to buy condoms. The pharmacist explains the condoms come in packs of 3, 9 or 12 and he asks the young man which size pack
he needs.
"Well," he said, "I've been seeing this girl for a while and she's really hot. Tonight we're having dinner with her parents, but then we're going out and I've got a feeling I'm gonna get lucky. Once she's had me, she'll want me all the time, so you'd better give me the 12 pack." The young man makes his purchase and leaves. Later that evening, he sits down to dinner with his girlfriend and her parents and he volunteers to say grace. He begins the prayer, but continues praying for several minutes. The girl leans over to him and whispers: "You didn't tell me you were such a religious person." The boy whispers back: "You didn't tell me your father is a pharmacist."
Quotable Quotes:
"Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese and, since there are 5 people in my family, one of them must be Chinese. It's either my mum, my dad, my
older brother Colin or my younger brother Wong Chu. But I think it's Colin."
-- Tommy Cooper --
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