Monday, July 5, 2010

'Building Communities -- Bridging Continents' is 2010-11 RI theme

After taking the stage to the tune of "California, Here I Come," RI President-elect Ray Klinginsmith announced the 2010-11 RI theme, Building Communities -- Bridging Continents, during the opening plenary session of the 2010 International Assembly .

Klinginsmith said he arrived at the theme after reviewing RI themes of years past. He noticed that only a few spoke to non-Rotarians.

"As a result, I decided to search for a briefly stated theme that would fulfill two objectives: the first to explain Rotary to non-Rotarians, and the second to validate our work for Rotarians," he said. "The words I have selected to describe Rotary's current mission and to highlight our achievements are what we do best: Building Communities -- Bridging Continents. "

The president-elect described how his 50 years of Rotary experience have contributed to his focus on communities at home and abroad. For example, as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar, he studied for a year in South Africa, becoming the first student from his small town of Unionville, Missouri, USA, to study abroad.

The timing of the theme announcement, which took place in the evening, was a break in tradition from past assemblies and a reflection of Klinginsmith's willingness to embrace change. He encouraged district governors-elect to reexamine traditional procedures that were no longer best practices and to begin new traditions where appropriate.

He also paid homage to Rotarians of the past who helped raise Rotary to a place of prominence on the world stage. He urged district governors-elect to meet the past RI presidents and other former officers in attendance to deepen their connection to Rotary's past.

"I love it," says Governor-elect Robert Martin, of District 5020 (British Columbia, Canada; Washington, USA). "I'm going to be promoting Rotary pride in our district next year, and Building Communities -- Bridging Continents is something we can all be proud of."

Quoted: http://www.rotary.org/en/mediaandnews/news/pages/100118_ia10_theme.aspx

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Rotary Club of Penang's Installation 15/08/09

Saturday evening ... It was the Rotary club of Penang's 78th installation. It was held in Traders Hotel. The event started around 7.30 pm and it was an 8 course dinner but guess what ??? We only need to pay RM 25 for Rotaractors (Half Price). hahahaha cool right ??? It started off with ...

1st Dish: 4 seasons ... there are octopus, fried wantan, kerabu and chicken meat =)


nice dressing right ?


All standing for a toast ...


I think there are around 300 till 400 people ...


2nd dish: Szechuan seafood soup (like tornado right)


Nice soup ...


Slide presentation by the Rotarians


The members of RAC Penang and wives.


3rd Dish: Salty Roasted Chicken ~


Live Band


The Interactors


Linderman's Red Wine ...


The Main Table


My fair share of red wine =)


The Rotary handbook ...


The 4th Dish: Abalone Mushroom with Brocolli


My portion ...


5th Dish: Garlic Butter Prawns


Looks like what you get in those fine dining eh ?


6th Dish: Steamed Fish with soya sauce


7th Dish: Fried Rice


Performance by people from on of the Rotary club of South Korea


The Final Dish: Wo Peng and Fa Shang Wu


JX and Me ...

The dinner ended at 11 30 and we left after that ... The Dinner was quite worth it and i did quite enjoy the night =)


~ The End ~
By Nicholas G.

Kl Trip - RAC Pudu Installation 08/08/09

It was a Saturday, me and my fellow RAC Penang macha's (Alvin, Jacky,Kelvin, Boon siew) was getting ready to head down to KL to attend RAC Pudu's 36th Installation. It's my 1st time attending another Rotaract Clubs other than my own. The theme of their installation is Masquerade Night, so i guess masks will be an essential part of the dinner right ??? Anyways, we started our journey at 12 30pm, so.....

Along the Highway


Nice Scenery we have in Malaysia eh ?

Soon, we detoured to Ipoh for awhile for lunch and so that Boon Siew can pass something to his relatives. We when and eat at a famous chicken/pork rice shop.

The restaurant...


Some Herbal-longan-tang qua drink ...


Finally, The soup is here ... only the soup !!!


Looks delicious eh ??? Roasted Duck n Chicken


Siu Yok and Char Siu =)


Our IPP, Kelvin Thum was too chiak-ba-bo-su-cho ... *why so serious?*


Words of wisdom from Boon Siew !


After that, we continued our journey and headed to KL ... We reached the Hotel Dynasty around 6 pm and headed straight up to our room. The hotel is like a maze... to enter our room, we had to 1st take a lift, enter another door, walk up a stairs, walk down a hallway and only we can reach our room. *not kidding* ...

Nice View eh ?


Not bad eh my HP camera :P


I like the Lighting effect ...


Our Hotel room ...


Quite a big hall ...


Soon after that, we got ready and started our journey trhough the ever-so-jam KL roads to Hotel Coronade where RAC Pudu's installation is held.

Before that, picture time =) me in my suit n tie ... lol


We manage to reach there in time just when the dinner is served =)

1st round, some nice salad, mushroom soup bla bla bla ...


2nd round, sorry ... the close up ones did not manage to take picture of it cause its all in my stomach ...


The guest


Performances, Its really great because even disabled people sitting in the wheelchair also can dance ... really wonderful !


The New Board of Directors ...


Pudu-rians ...


Masquerade anyone ?


*pictures of the DENTIST CHAIR could not be posted up due to many underage viewers* hahaha, anyways back to the topic...

Soon after the entire installation which was fun and exciting me, alvin, kelvin, boon siew, jacky, james and christine went to the Pavillion for a midnight movie .... GI JOE !!!!

Pavillion KL ...


People ? lol


GSC KL ??? lol


GI JOE ROCKS !


End of the world people ...


Soon after that, we headed down to quattro to meet up with dylan n jeffrey just to check on them ... It was around 3 am already, so we all went back to the hotel and sleep ... lol The next morning, we woke up, packed our bags, showered and went for BREAKFAST !!!

Sorry, forgot to take the pictures when the food was there ... TOO HUNGRY !!!


Whats left of the Bak Kut Teh ... sad ....


Crap and crap n more crapsssss ....


After that, we all hugged and say goodbye and started our journey bak to Isla de Pearl'e ...

kelvin took over the driving ...


Our tired president that drove us to KL yesterday ...


I'm coming home ...


~ The End ~

By Nicholas G.