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Golden News
Volume 16, Number 03 - Monday 15 July 2002
The official bulletin of the Rotary Club of Kowloon Golden Mile is published
every Monday and is distributed to all club members, District officials and many other "friends of KGM". Winner "Best English Language Bulletin" in District 3450, 2001/2002
This Week's Meeting:
Our speaker this week is Dr. Hildemar Dos Santos, and the topic of her presentation is "The Diet of the 21st Century'.
Milestones:
1) Congratulations to Jaya and Jagdish "Poppa" Pusram on the birth of a new baby boy (pictured left), who we suspect was photographed at the recent District Installation. Although we are not aware of the handsome guy's name, we understand that mother and son are both doing well. Apparently there was lots of screaming, nervous panic, erratic behaviour and general flailing about during the birth, and a large dose of sedatives had to be administered, however we hear that Poppa Jagdish is much calmer now :-)
2) Birthday greetings for Sunday 21 July to PDG Dipo Sani "Tarium", who shares his birthday with comedian Robin Williams, star of many hilarious movies including "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "The Birdcage".
Member Updates: Nothing to report!
Fellowship News:
New KGM Fellowship Director Miranda "King" Kong has deserted us for a long holiday, so she has passed the fellowship buck, er, baton to our old mate David "Party Dude" Harilela, who has announced that our next fellowship will be:
"Shanghai Shanghai Night" which, oddly enough, will be held at the Shanghai
Shanghai Restaurant, B1 Ritz Carlton Hotel, Central at 7:30 p.m. on Friday 26 July.
The cost will be $300 per head and this includes a sumptuous 7 course meal, unlimited
wine and dancing until dawn.
Members interested in attending should contact David's efficient secretary Amazing Grace by email. Semi-Annual Dues - 3rd Reminder: Our multi-talented Club Secretary David "Show Me The Money" Harilela reminds members that the next tranche of semi-annual dues for the period 1 July to 31 December 2002 is now payable.
Cheques in the amount of $1,500 payable to Rotary Club of Kowloon Golden Mile should be handed to David or sent to his attention, care of P.O. Box 98129,
Tsimshatsui.
And remember to write your name on the rear of your cheque if you're paying by company cheque.
District Roster & KGM Privacy Policy:
Every year our illustrious District publishes, (at considerable expense), a District Roster which is invariably out of date as soon as it is printed.
It has been the policy of the KGM Board for many years (even long before Hong Kong's privacy laws were enacted), that the only information we release to District
about members is your name and your Rotary classification (e.g. Joe Bloggs, Exporter-Widgets).
We do not, under any circumstances, release member's telephone, fax or email details to anybody apart from other KGM members. Our privacy policy is being continued again this year.
However KGM members who want their contact details included in the next District Roster are advised to contact Club Secretary David Harilela
as soon as possible by email.
This is known as an "opt-in" policy. In other words, unless you specifically authorise the club to release your personal contact details to others, only your name and Rotary classification will be released.
District 3450 News:
1) RC Admiralty has changed the venue of their meetings to the Dynasty Club. The entrance is adjacent to the Grand Hyatt hotel, Wanchai North. The meeting time and date, namely 12:45 p.m. Fridays, is unchanged.
2) A District Membership Development seminar will be held on Saturday 17 August at a
venue to be announced.
Rotary International News:
1) The RI Presidential Conference of Peace & Development will be held from Friday to Sunday, 9-11 August 2002 at the Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel, Malaysia.
2) The next RI Convention will be held in Brisbane, Australia from 1-4 June 2003. Visit the official website for more information.
Web Side Story:
Dear Geek:
If I buy a "dual-band" cellular telephone, will it work in North America? Yours, Telly Fone.
Dear Telly, No, not necessarily and, in fact, the description "dual-band" used by most cellular operators in Hong Kong is
very misleading, because it is self-serving.
Most "dual-band" telephones sold in Hong Kong offer the GSM (900MHz) and PCS (1,800MHz) bands, but consumers usually stick to one of those bands. Generally, the GSM band
is used by business people, because it offers a roaming option for Europe, South America and most of Asia. The PCS band is mostly used by kids or others who only need to use their
telephones within Hong Kong.
Hence most "dual-band" handsets are merely a benefit to the cellular service providers, who can offer a common handset for customers of either service. It is no advantage to consumers, because a GSM handset cannot receive PCS bands, and vice versa.
If you need a truly global cellular telephone which includes roaming in North America, you need to get either a "tri-band" handset (such as the Ericsson T68i), or a
handset which operates on GSM 900MHz and GSM 1,900MHz (such as the Nokia 8890).
Note that Japan and Korea have different systems to the rest of the world, so regular visitors to those countries will require dedicated handsets to suit. Yours, Da Geek.
Who Am I?
What is the more common name of American husky-voiced country/rock singer Gaynor Hopkins?
The answer appears at the bottom of this issue.
Cunning Linguist:
Are you curious about the origins of the word "Nightmare" ?
No, a nightmare is not a dream about a scary horse. The origin is fairly simple, but not obvious. The night portion is straightforward, but it's the mare part that makes some
people think it has to do with horses.
Mare is simply an Old English term for a demon, also known as an incubus (male) or succubus (female), that descended upon a sleeper, paralyzing and suffocating them, before having sexual relations with them!
Over the centuries the meaning has become generalized to any frightening dream.
Golden Smile:
John O'Reilly met regularly with his toastmasters club and one evening they were hitting the Guinness and having a contest to see who could make the best toast that evening. O'Reilly won the contest by toasting: "Here's to spending the rest of me life in bed, lying on top of me wife!". When he finally arrived home, O'Reilly said to his wife: "Mary, I won the prize for the best toast of the night." She said: "Congratulations. What was your toast?" O'Reilly replied, less than truthfully: "Here's to spending the rest of me life sitting in church beside me wife." "Oh that is very pleasant toast indeed" she replied. The next day, Mary ran into one of John's toasting buddies on the street corner. The man chuckled leeringly and said: "Your husband won the prize the other night with a toast about you Mary." She said, "Yes, John told me, but I thought his toast was rather odd, because he's only done that twice. The first time he fell asleep, and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come!".
Quotable Quotes:
"When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until much later I found out that Uncle Caveman was actually a bear".
-- Jack Handy --
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