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Golden
News
Volume
16, Number 24 - Monday 9 December 2002
The official bulletin of the Rotary Club of Kowloon
Golden Mile is published
most Mondays and is distributed to all club members, District officials and other "friends of KGM". Winner "Best English Language Bulletin" in District 3450, 2001/2002 This Week's Meeting:
Our speaker this week is Mr. David Osborne on the topic "Looking for a sign". David Osborne is founder and managing director of graphia|BRANDS, Asia's leading design consultancy for environmental graphics and spatial branding. In what promises to be an
illuminating lecture, David will expose the urban myths that attempt to
link clients, projects and common sense, and provide definitive proof that
the art of wayfinding never stood a chance in the cold of commercial
daylight. Alternatively he will demonstrate that, given a decent
wayfinding system, the three wise men could have shaved 17 hours off their
journey and arrived on Christmas Eve in time for egg nog and mince
pies.
Milestones:
There are no KGM members celebrating birthdays, Mark 6
wins, divorces or other such occasions this week.
Boring.
Annual General Meeting: KGM Club Secretary David "Party Dude" Harilela has given notice that the next AGM for the Club and the Company will take place during our regular club meeting on Wednesday 18 December 2002 at the Holiday Inn Golden Mile. At this time, the election of Directors to serve on the incoming Board, who assume office on 1 July 2003, will take place. Fellowship
News:
Our old mate KGM Fellowship Director Miranda
"King" Kong has announced our December fellowship will be
a "Beef, Boogie &
By-pass" night from 7:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. on
Saturday 21 December 2002, at JJ's
Grill at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Wanchai North.
The price is only $320 per head, and this gets you an
impressive selection of appetisers, grilled main courses and very
fattening desserts, all washed down by copious amounts of beverages
including beer, wine and hooch. After dinner, you can make a complete
fool of yourself on the dance floor as you attempt to replicate your
dancing skills from your youth, if you ever had any. Paramedics will be
standing-by.
Members interested in attending this event should contact Miranda by email or on telephone 9199 3077. Fund-Raising KGM Polio Plus
Cookbook: Our sweet and
elegant President-Elect Patricia "Iron
Lady" Blair (of the Blair Witch Project), and her
faithful side-kick Sonya "Woo-Hoo"
Wu (of the Wu Tang Clan), are actively promoting
our new & improved KGM cookbook entitled "Dining In with Great Chefs of Hong
Kong".
The price is only HK$188 per
copy and an image of the cover has been uploaded
to the KGM website.
Recipes, contributed by Hong Kong's leading chefs, include world renown exotic dishes such as "Fromage Sur Le Toast", "Filet Mignon Vache Fâchée", "Le Poisson et Pomme de Terre Anglais" and "Le Haagen-Daz Avec Le Sauce Chocolat". For more information,
contact Lady Patricia on
telephone 9312 3606 or by email.
By the way, KGM can now accept online payments by major
credit card through PayPal. Please tell your friends in Hong
Kong and overseas about this new facility, in order to assist sales of the
cook book in support of our Polio
Plus fund-raising activities.
Community Service
News:
KGM Community Service Director Diana Chou
announces that she has organised a visit to
the Nam Long Hospice, 30 Nam Long Shan Road, Aberdeen at
2:00 p.m. on Saturday 21 December
2002.
The purpose of the visit is to bring some Christmas cheer and gifts to terminally ill patients living out their final days. Entertainment such as Chinese Opera and a magic show have been arranged, and volunteers will also give patients hand and feet massages. Bringing some warm and laughter to the patients will be a wonderful Christmas gesture and Diana hopes KGM members will be willing to give up a few hours of their time to support this worthwhile "hands-on" project. As Diana is currently
travelling, members willing to lend their support should contact Elissa Cohen by email.
District
3450 News:
Intercity Meeting in
honour of the visit to Hong Kong by RI President Bhichai
Rattakul
This will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Thursday 19 December 2002 at the Grand Ballroom, Intercontinental Hotel (formerly The Regent Hotel), in Salisbury Road, Tsimshatsui. The cost is $500 per head, and there are only
500 seats available on a "first come, first served" basis. Members interested in attending this event should contact Club Secretary David Harilela by email as soon as possible. Rotary International
News: KGM Club Secretary David "Party Dude" Harilela has been appointed "On To Brisbane Chairman" in respect of the next RI Convention to be held in Brisbane, Australia from 1-4 June 2003. Visit
the RI website or the
event website for more information, or
contact David on 9168 8333 or by email.
Who Am I?: What is the more common name of USA based, Cuban actor Andres Arturo Garcia-Menendez?. The
answer appears at the bottom of this issue.
Click Da Geek:
Are you sexually
adventurous or is your idea of being "wild 'n' crazy" mean getting
rumpy-bumpy on a Tuesday night when it's not your birthday? Whatever,
and I really don't want to know.
However on the off chance you're a thrill seeker (and you have a good back), why not join the Mile High Club? No, you won't get many frequent flyer points but you'll certainly Fly United, regardless of which airline you're taking. Golden
Smile:
Sam and Susie are celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary, and Sam asks his wife: "Susie, in our 50 years
of marriage, have you ever cheated on me?
She says, "In all honesty I must confess that I did, but I only cheated three times but each time was for very good reason". Sam was shocked but he said to his wife, "Three? Well, what were the good reasons?" Susie replied, "Well, Sam, remember when you were 35 years old and you really wanted to start your own business, but no bank would give you a loan? Then remember one day the bank president himself came over the house and signed the loan papers, no questions asked?" He says, "Oh, Susie, I love that you did that for me. I respect you even more than ever, to do such a thing for me. So, when was the second time?" She says, "Well, Sam, remember when you had that massive heart attack and you needed a very tricky and expensive operation, but no surgeon would touch you? Then remember how Dr. Jones came all the way up here, to do the surgery himself, and then you were in good shape again?" He says, "I can't believe it, Susie, that you should do such a thing for me, to save my life. I couldn't have a more wonderful wife. You must really love me, darling. I couldn't be more moved. So, all right then, when was the third time?" She says, "Well, Sam, remember a few years ago, when you really wanted to be president of the golf club and you were 29 votes short?" Quotable Quotes:
"It's just a job.
Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up".
Muhammad Ali
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| "Who Am I?" answer: Andy Garcia. |
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