My brother recently shared this with me..
Eliminating the Passive Pattern
By Barbara Pachter, president of Pachter and Associates, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and author of The Power of Positive Confrontation.November 2000, Purchasing Today®, page 8.
Did you ever wonder what may be holding you back from job advancement? Passive communication patterns may be what's stalling your career.
Business Etiquette:
Jack was the expert. No one else in his department had the same grasp on financial issues as he did. Yet Jack was passed over a second time for a promotion. Finally, his manager told him that until he got rid of his wimpy handshake and nervous giggle, he was not going anywhere in the organization. He was stunned. He didn't even realize that he was doing those things.
Jack is a real person, one of the many supply management professionals with stalled-out careers who are in need of help to break out of what is known as the "passive pattern."
The passive pattern is defined as the failure to present oneself with strength and conviction. Instead of using more polite and powerful behavior, people with the passive pattern use self-defeating communication mannerisms - like the wimpy handshake and the nervous giggle - often without knowing it.
Of course, no one is perfect. We can all have a communication habit that works against us in some small way. The difficulty is when they start adding up, when you have two or more of these behaviors. That's a pattern. It's passive. You look unprofessional.
How do you know if you suffer from the passive pattern? If you do good work but aren't getting promoted, that can be a sign. There are other signs as well - your suggestions don't get taken, your proposals aren't accepted, your ideas go ignored, conflicts aren't resolved, or your orders are not followed.
If this describes the state of your career, tune into your verbal and nonverbal communication habits and look for mistakes.
Eight Areas of Communication to TargetIn addition to the wimpy handshake and the nervous giggle, here are eight more of the most common mistakes that can add up to a career problem for supply managers:
1. Using qualifying words.
These are extra words that are added to sentences that can make even the smartest person sound tentative and unsure. Qualifying words include "kinda," "sorta," "maybe," and "perhaps." "I was kinda, in a way, somewhat sure the materials would arrive on time." Well, were you or weren't you? Remember, if you sound confident, more people are likely to see you as confident. If you discount yourself, it's easy for others to also discount you.
2. Using "I think" when you know.
If you are asked, "What time is the meeting on Monday?" do you answer, "I think the meeting is at 3 p.m." or "The meeting is at 3 p.m."? If you are unsure of the time, you can use "I think." But don't say "I think" when you know. You want to be viewed as a credible source.
3. Speaking too softly.
If your volume is low, it becomes easy not to hear you. You can then become invisible and easy to ignore. Many people have no idea that they speak as softly as they do. A suggestion you could use to detect this pattern would be to tape yourself at various distances from a recorder and then listen to hear if your volume carries.
4. Playing with hands.
It's hard to be taken seriously when you are wringing your hands or twisting paper clips. Clicking pens, twisting rubber bands, twirling mustaches, and fidgeting with glasses are examples of mannerisms that can become distractions that may take away from what is being said by the speaker.
5. Using "I don't know" as extra words.
This is not saying "I don't know" because you truly don't know something. This is using "I don't know" as a way to discount what you have just said: "I suggest we implement the original plan. It's affordable, I don't know… "
6. Standing passively.
Business professionals who stand with their legs crossed, slouch, or fold their arms over their chests don't look open, confident, and professional. They look like they would rather be anywhere else than where they are. Stand assertively. Keep your legs parallel with your shoulders, about three to four inches apart. This does not mean you must stand rigid. Keep your shoulders back, but not way back, and keep your chin straight. Unless you're gesturing, your hands can be at your side.
7. Avoiding eye contact.
In some cultures, too much eye contact is a faux pas, but in the United States, you need to look people in the eye when speaking with them. You may occasionally look away. But if you mostly look away, you can appear nervous or insincere. If a supplier is not looking at you when discussing delivery arrangements, you will have a tendency not to believe that person.
8. Overusing "I'm sorry."
This is apologizing for no reason. One woman says, "It's raining today, I'm sorry," as if it is her fault. One manager says to her customer, "I am sorry to bother you today." Again, if you discount yourself, it's easy for others to also discount you.
Suggested Solutions:
Get feedback every year to discover if you are doing any of the "passive pattern" items. The first step in eliminating any of them is to discover which ones you do. Means of correcting communication mistakes include:
1. Take a good presentation skills class that videotapes you. You need to see and hear what you are doing.
2. Listen to voice mail messages before sending them. Rerecord your messages as necessary to catch qualifying words and other communication mistakes. Five out of the eight communication mistakes can be detected through this practice.
3. Work with a career coach.
4. Ask trusted and qualified friends and colleagues to monitor your communication skills.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Friday, December 23, 2005
Merry Christmas 2005
I like to wish all my friends and family a merry christmas.
This year had been a great year for me personal. I had a lot of development in terms of career, spiritual and self-help.
As it is always a custom to associate a celebration with good news, I have found the following to be interesting.
USA cancer death rate continues to drop.
According to the news, cancer rate has witnessed a steady declined every since 1997; the year asia went into economical crisis. There isn't much of a link here.
However, personally, I have often likened cancer to the mind. If you have a bad soul, chances of contracting cancer would be higher.
Some of my friends who are smoker defended their habit, saying that tobacco don't induce cancer. Based on my theory, it is correct too. However, perhaps the worry of contracting it actually deliver the point.
Bear a healthy mind and soul. If you are perfect, you can't inspire.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Buddha Table
My friend asked me about creating a layout which has images arranged in an order manner.
What he wanted is to have them in table.
Thus, I created for him this sample.
HTML Codes:
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No identation pls:
If one does with the following; unwanted spaces would be introduced.
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What he wanted is to have them in table.
Thus, I created for him this sample.
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HTML Codes:
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No identation pls:
If one does with the following; unwanted spaces would be introduced.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005
inspiration
If you are perfect, you can't inspire.
Thus, things would be okay if you just do it right.
Thus, things would be okay if you just do it right.
- No worry that she won't go out with me.
- No worry that can't get another job.
- No stress because I can't cover everything.
- No worry that I am not her type.
If you are perfect, you can't inspire.
Friday, December 09, 2005
Friday, December 02, 2005
Earthquake Prediction for Malaysia
Quake and tsunami predicted in S'pore & M'sia
BANGKOK: Thailand's now iconic meteorologist, Dr Smith Dharmasaroja, who in Year 1998 predicted a killer tsunami would hit Thailand one day & was ignored, said S'pore & M'sia were also in danger from a future earthquake and tsunami. "I believe the epicentre of future quakes will shift northwards, north of the Andaman & Nicobar islands."
"A big earthquake with a more northerly epicentre than the Dec 26 quake will generate a tsunami which will have a more direct route down to the Straits of Malacca, swamping S'pore and M'sia." during the month of december 05' and january 06'.
"As the sea passage narrows, more water will build ! up and the wave will become bigger. S'pore is relatively low-lying & quite flat, and would be badly affected.
Remember,in Dec,the tsunami was 30m high at Banda Aceh. At Khao Lak, it was 16m high," he said."
Dr Smith,70,retired as chief of Thailand's Meteorological Department well before last Dec's disaster.But before that, he had warned first in a speech and then in a memo that Thailand's Andaman coast was at risk from a killer tsunami.
Tragically his warning, although widely reported by the media, was ignored.
Government officials, fearful of tourists staying away, branded him a cranky and dangerous man. The authorities in Phuket castigated him & said he was not welcome to visit. After the tsunami, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra recalled him and made him the chairman of a committee tasked with developing a national! disaster warning centre and strategy.
"I'm not happy that I have made the right prediction," he said. "Nobody can accurately predict an earthquake; you can only assume from historical data," he added. He said big natural disasters occur in 80 year to 100 year cycles, apparently randomly across the world.
"If you speak out too much, forecast too much, you will get a lot of criticism, from government agencies, the tourism sector and so forth," he added. Explaining the northward shift of future epicentres, Dr Smith stressed: "This is no joke. I would like you to put this message out to S'pore and M'sia."
A researcher working on the hypothesis, who did not want to be named, said the research was on-going and final results were not yet ready.
Dr Smith said: "I have seen the simulations that indicate this and they look believable. From my own experience, it is possible."Only a few days ago, there was a 6.1 quake in the Andaman sea near the Nicobar islands, which is about 321.8km north of the Dec 26 quake.
So, this is an indication that the epicentre is moving north."
BANGKOK: Thailand's now iconic meteorologist, Dr Smith Dharmasaroja, who in Year 1998 predicted a killer tsunami would hit Thailand one day & was ignored, said S'pore & M'sia were also in danger from a future earthquake and tsunami. "I believe the epicentre of future quakes will shift northwards, north of the Andaman & Nicobar islands."
"A big earthquake with a more northerly epicentre than the Dec 26 quake will generate a tsunami which will have a more direct route down to the Straits of Malacca, swamping S'pore and M'sia." during the month of december 05' and january 06'.
"As the sea passage narrows, more water will build ! up and the wave will become bigger. S'pore is relatively low-lying & quite flat, and would be badly affected.
Remember,in Dec,the tsunami was 30m high at Banda Aceh. At Khao Lak, it was 16m high," he said."
Dr Smith,70,retired as chief of Thailand's Meteorological Department well before last Dec's disaster.But before that, he had warned first in a speech and then in a memo that Thailand's Andaman coast was at risk from a killer tsunami.
Tragically his warning, although widely reported by the media, was ignored.
Government officials, fearful of tourists staying away, branded him a cranky and dangerous man. The authorities in Phuket castigated him & said he was not welcome to visit. After the tsunami, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra recalled him and made him the chairman of a committee tasked with developing a national! disaster warning centre and strategy.
"I'm not happy that I have made the right prediction," he said. "Nobody can accurately predict an earthquake; you can only assume from historical data," he added. He said big natural disasters occur in 80 year to 100 year cycles, apparently randomly across the world.
"If you speak out too much, forecast too much, you will get a lot of criticism, from government agencies, the tourism sector and so forth," he added. Explaining the northward shift of future epicentres, Dr Smith stressed: "This is no joke. I would like you to put this message out to S'pore and M'sia."
A researcher working on the hypothesis, who did not want to be named, said the research was on-going and final results were not yet ready.
Dr Smith said: "I have seen the simulations that indicate this and they look believable. From my own experience, it is possible."Only a few days ago, there was a 6.1 quake in the Andaman sea near the Nicobar islands, which is about 321.8km north of the Dec 26 quake.
So, this is an indication that the epicentre is moving north."
Friday, November 11, 2005
Volunteers Needed - 11-Nov-05
I am looking for volunteers for 2 events as below.
1. Anti smoking brochures to hand out- The GrimReaper-www.grimreaper.org ( a Canadian Anti Smoking Org and MyWatch- AMalaysian Women for tobacco control and health)want to give out brochures atThe International Tobacco Exhibition and Conference from Nov 14 - 16 (thisMon) at the KLCC Convention Centre. Please e-mail Dato' Hatijah and offeryour services if you can. her e-mail is mywatch_malaysia@yahoo.com .
2. Any writers and budding photographers amongst you? I need to have 2'reporters'and 1 or 2 photograpers for a daily newspaper I am doing for aninternational conference next week. I will need the volunteers from the 18thtill the 20th of NOVEMBER (next week)during the day basically. Ideally itshould be students or people starting out in the writing field or haveinterest in it or people who have a couple of free days to spare and wantto have a good time. You will get to meet over 1000 people from the AsiaPacific region. There will be a small allowance to cover travel and food.please e-mail me directly at brian@lariche.net
thanks all
Brian Lariche.
1. Anti smoking brochures to hand out- The GrimReaper-www.grimreaper.org ( a Canadian Anti Smoking Org and MyWatch- AMalaysian Women for tobacco control and health)want to give out brochures atThe International Tobacco Exhibition and Conference from Nov 14 - 16 (thisMon) at the KLCC Convention Centre. Please e-mail Dato' Hatijah and offeryour services if you can. her e-mail is mywatch_malaysia@yahoo.com .
2. Any writers and budding photographers amongst you? I need to have 2'reporters'and 1 or 2 photograpers for a daily newspaper I am doing for aninternational conference next week. I will need the volunteers from the 18thtill the 20th of NOVEMBER (next week)during the day basically. Ideally itshould be students or people starting out in the writing field or haveinterest in it or people who have a couple of free days to spare and wantto have a good time. You will get to meet over 1000 people from the AsiaPacific region. There will be a small allowance to cover travel and food.please e-mail me directly at brian@lariche.net
thanks all
Brian Lariche.
Gendering around us
Ziploc bags are Male. They are male because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.
Copiers are Female. They are female because once turned off, it takes a while to warm them up again. It's an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can wreak havoc if the wrong buttons are pushed.
Tires are Male because they go bald and are often over-inflated.
Hot Air Balloons are Male because to get them to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under them, and of course, there's the hot air part.
Sponges are Female because they're soft, squeezable and retain water.
The Web Page is Female because it's always getting hit on.
The Subway is Male because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.
The Hourglass is Female because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.
A Hammer is Male because it hasn't changed much over the last 5000 years, but it's handy to have around.
The Remote Control is Female. Yes, you thought it would be male. But consider this -- it gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying.
Friday, November 04, 2005
爱欲
学佛者当知，智度论说： [ 烦恼有二种， 一属爱，二属见]
[爱欲] 是轮回六道的根本，因为爱欲的绵缚，最容易使修行人堕落其中，被爱欲迷惑心窃之后，一切的行为更不正确了，所说的言论也不正确了。
情根断似枯丝薄，
戒体芬如出水莲，
他日神至极乐国，
七珍池上礼金仙。
卢胜彦-异郎的漂泊
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Volunteers for GEMMA humanitarian launch
GEMMA is a youth based humanitarian organization. We will be organizing our organization's official press launch on the 18th November 2005 at the Putra World Trade Centre and will be officiated by YA Bhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. We have also invited officials
from various government and non government agencies such as The Ministry of Youth and Sports, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Ministry of Education and The UN to support our organization Launch.
we are looking for volunteers to assist this launch. We dont have much time and resources and hope that you all may be able to help in these departments:
1. Inviting and following up on guests to the launch (Urgent!!).
-expected number of guest: 150
-corporate sector
-Higher Learning Institutions
-NGOs and Youth groups
2. During the event day
-usherers
-decoration
-general helpers
GEMMA's vission is to embed the humanitarian spirit within the youths of Malaysia. our objectives are:
To provide a platform for the youth to be involved in humanitarian activities;
To provide knowledge and skills to the public especially the youth on constructive and positive reactions towards disasters;
To provide the best and most effective humanitarian assistance for civilians in any disasters, conflict, or underdeveloped/ impoverished communities; and
and To promote global humanitarian culture and ideology in Malaysia
GEMMA plans to achieve its objectives by creating and providing a platform for everyone espescially youths in humanitarian related activities and programs such as:
a. HUMANITARIAN WORKSHOPS
GEMMA has identified the basics and the dynamics of working in a humanitarian relief aid environment. Get trained by highly qualified trainers on emergency rescue where you can learn the basics of First Aid, Ascending and Descending (A&D), Search and Rescue (SAR), and
safety precautions and coordination.
Learn from experienced humanitarians the different aspects of disaster and conflict management, distribution of humanitarian aid, refugee and IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) care, trauma relief, needs assessment techniques, and many more. We hope to cultivate a
generation of dynamic and efficient humanitarians.
b.GEMMA HUMANITARIAN EXPEDITIONS
Our humanitarian expeditions is an activity that combines the adventurous experience of backpacking. With the soulful satisfaction of community based work. Travel and experience different and unique cultures, sceneries and people from places like Africa, Aceh,
South Asia, Philippines, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, or wherever place that requires humanitarian assistance. Many areas in Malaysia too need alot of humanitarian assistance in places and communities that have been devastated by flash floods, String winds, and also
poverty.
Not only you get to travel, we will coordinate participants and volunteers of our expeditions with the vast scopes of humanitarian duties such as Emergency Rescue, IDP and Refugee care, or maybe even education and psychosocial programs. With GEMMA, anybody can be a
humanitarian.
c. GEMMA Road Show and Humanitarian Campaign
One of our strategies of attracting youths here in Malaysia in humanitarian relief is by conducting a National Road Show and a Campaign on Global Humanitarian Plights across higher learning institutions all over the country. The theme of the campaign is "A TOUCH OF YOUTH, FOR THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY". The objective of conducting this campaign is to educate the youths of Malaysia and make them aware of global issues such as world poverty, repercussions of war and conflicts, famine, and disasters. We would also like to educate these youths on what is humanitarian relief and the different aspects involved in it. With the backing of potential sponsors, we are hoping that we would be able to do this by early 2006. We are
initially planning to have ten of these road shows. Our minimum target of the road show is for GEMMA to be established in the universities and colleges that we visit. We hope that in the future, GEMMA will have humanitarian volunteers from Universities and colleges all over Malaysia.
If anyones intersted to help out, please get back to me asap. you may
contact me at 016 929 8317, Max 012 6700 790 or Ellyne at ehlamin@yahoo.com.
Sincerely,
M. Zhariff
President
from various government and non government agencies such as The Ministry of Youth and Sports, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Ministry of Education and The UN to support our organization Launch.
we are looking for volunteers to assist this launch. We dont have much time and resources and hope that you all may be able to help in these departments:
1. Inviting and following up on guests to the launch (Urgent!!).
-expected number of guest: 150
-corporate sector
-Higher Learning Institutions
-NGOs and Youth groups
2. During the event day
-usherers
-decoration
-general helpers
GEMMA's vission is to embed the humanitarian spirit within the youths of Malaysia. our objectives are:
To provide a platform for the youth to be involved in humanitarian activities;
To provide knowledge and skills to the public especially the youth on constructive and positive reactions towards disasters;
To provide the best and most effective humanitarian assistance for civilians in any disasters, conflict, or underdeveloped/ impoverished communities; and
and To promote global humanitarian culture and ideology in Malaysia
GEMMA plans to achieve its objectives by creating and providing a platform for everyone espescially youths in humanitarian related activities and programs such as:
a. HUMANITARIAN WORKSHOPS
GEMMA has identified the basics and the dynamics of working in a humanitarian relief aid environment. Get trained by highly qualified trainers on emergency rescue where you can learn the basics of First Aid, Ascending and Descending (A&D), Search and Rescue (SAR), and
safety precautions and coordination.
Learn from experienced humanitarians the different aspects of disaster and conflict management, distribution of humanitarian aid, refugee and IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) care, trauma relief, needs assessment techniques, and many more. We hope to cultivate a
generation of dynamic and efficient humanitarians.
b.GEMMA HUMANITARIAN EXPEDITIONS
Our humanitarian expeditions is an activity that combines the adventurous experience of backpacking. With the soulful satisfaction of community based work. Travel and experience different and unique cultures, sceneries and people from places like Africa, Aceh,
South Asia, Philippines, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, or wherever place that requires humanitarian assistance. Many areas in Malaysia too need alot of humanitarian assistance in places and communities that have been devastated by flash floods, String winds, and also
poverty.
Not only you get to travel, we will coordinate participants and volunteers of our expeditions with the vast scopes of humanitarian duties such as Emergency Rescue, IDP and Refugee care, or maybe even education and psychosocial programs. With GEMMA, anybody can be a
humanitarian.
c. GEMMA Road Show and Humanitarian Campaign
One of our strategies of attracting youths here in Malaysia in humanitarian relief is by conducting a National Road Show and a Campaign on Global Humanitarian Plights across higher learning institutions all over the country. The theme of the campaign is "A TOUCH OF YOUTH, FOR THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY". The objective of conducting this campaign is to educate the youths of Malaysia and make them aware of global issues such as world poverty, repercussions of war and conflicts, famine, and disasters. We would also like to educate these youths on what is humanitarian relief and the different aspects involved in it. With the backing of potential sponsors, we are hoping that we would be able to do this by early 2006. We are
initially planning to have ten of these road shows. Our minimum target of the road show is for GEMMA to be established in the universities and colleges that we visit. We hope that in the future, GEMMA will have humanitarian volunteers from Universities and colleges all over Malaysia.
If anyones intersted to help out, please get back to me asap. you may
contact me at 016 929 8317, Max 012 6700 790 or Ellyne at ehlamin@yahoo.com.
Sincerely,
M. Zhariff
President
Sunday, October 16, 2005
South Korea Trip October 2005
No time to read the text? Just view the photos then...
During 12 - 15 October 2005, I was granted a great gift; a business trip to South Korea; the country of morning calmness. According to some sources, Koreans are descendant of god and bear (i don't know how). God makes them elegant and wise, bear makes them square and tough.
Jet-Lag:
I took a flight from KLIA, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia at 00:45 (12-october-2005) and touched down at Incheon, Korea on around 7:45 AM (12-October-2005). Even though I slept on the plane but yet I felt the jet-lag.
I finally understood what is jet-lag; it is due to the fact that air-stewardness try to wake you up at the wrong time to eat something.
The journey from Incheon airport to Seoul took around an hour. We were rushed to the hotel and was ordered to change into formal dress quickly because the traffic jam of Seoul, Korea is pretty bad.
But traffic jam is good for us because it provides opportunity for site-seeing. We weren't planning to go to office anyway!
Seoul City:
It is a great city, personally I have never seen any city that beautiful. Singapore is okay, Kuala Lumpur sucks. I am not good at describing cities, however in all, the combination of mountains, well planned city management and nice architecture of the buildings cater for a wonderful city.
COEX
The first exhibition we got into was the WCEC(World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention) 2005.
It was organized to enable collaboration between korean and chinese companies. As a result of such spirit, I actually encountered a few chinese speaking Korean.
Nothing great that I can remember except for the free lunches at 3rd floor.
For the first time in my life, I got to eat Korean food and of course kimchi; a free and cheap Korean-mandatory food made out of vegetable and some spicy source. In fact there are like 200+ types of Kimchi according to my tour guide for the D.M.Z (Demilitarized Zone)
At night, I was taken to eat the claypot rice which could be presented in many formats (vegetarian, beef and etc) It was hot and spicy and it cost me around RM40 for just one meal. Thankfully, the drinks and Kimchi was free and always is.
Eating normal noodles by the road side cost me around RM8 (2K won)
Civilized Culture
The best part about Korea is its civilized culture where it is filled with high moral values. Out of the total 48 millions population, 20 millions inhabited in Seoul. I saw people walking on the street at 11:30PM and still feel fresh because it feels like morning.
I have a few arguments to serve as my basis for saying that Korean have high moral values.
1. Traffic System - the roads have no divider in the middle to separate east and west lanes. This is because they allowed for vehicles to take U-Turn at appropriate spots and thus having fixed divider would take that privilledge away. But due to their high moral values, no one actually takes short-cut at the wrong spot.
2. Crime Rate - People walk on the street up to 12 AM. According to some sources, the highest percentage for crime comes under the category of "drunk and fight", not much of robbery and theft which are usually carried out by foreigners. This could also due to the fact they Koreans are entitled for social subsidies.
3. Weather - the weather affects people's thinking and hence mindset. Everybody is having a clear conscience and direction in life. For obvious reason, people don't actually suffer from frustration and wrath related social illness, the weather gives one calm and steady bless. Also the weather makes them a stronger human being than other races, this is especially true comparing to Malaysian.
4. Patriotic - My tour guide for D.M.Z kept mentioning that South Koreans are proud of the subway systems, Ginseng, Korean girls and kimchi (a common Korean dish).
5. Being the "South" Korea - South Korean often compared themselves with the North Korean and is proud that democracy has taken them thus far.
With all these factors, I have no reason to doubt that South Korea is now an advance country and I think they deserve the place. According to my organizer Mr. Kim, South Korea had nothing 30 years ago, the Korean war destroyed everything and now they created a wonder.
Technology:
The big guys are Hyundai (whose founder is actually a North Korean), LG Digital, Samsung, SK Telekom and etc.
I have seen universities building robotics and etc. The apartment that I lived in (Co-op Residence) has got a LG Digital TV cum Computer monitor which allows me to watch T.V and also go online at the same time. This is the reason why 90% of population uses the Internet. This actually reflects how successful the telecommunication sector is. I think that percentage includes those who uses 3G for emails and some mobile ATM.
Korean Girl:
Korean girl gives me the impression of being too serious. They are elegant creature but I am just not sure how to attract their attention. The fact that they walk on the streets with such great self-esteem, I can't possible stop one and say "hi, how r you ?"
Nevertheless, Korean are actually very friendly, civilized and highly morale people. I felt that they have the right mindset for success and being patriotic. The good weather gives them the ground to have a positive thinking because cooler weather calms one down and hence no anger, hatred and jeolousy arises.
The language:
My translator(Josh Jan) taught me a few things:
Gam Sa Hap mi da = Thank You
Je Song Hap mi da = Sorry
Ang nyang ha se yo = Hello
yue gi you = Excuse me
I love u = I love u
Korean likes to mention the word "hap mi da".. just like the japs who say "...gato.."
D.M.Z (Demilitarized Zone)
This is the most profitable official tourist attraction for the country. The D.M.Z is actually the border between North and South Korea, two nations separated by different ideologies; democracy and communism.
The D.M.Z is where both sides are not allowed to be having any armed military stationed. The government of South Korea encourages civilian to live near the D.M.Z where they work as farmer for living. Their annual income is USD100 according to my tour guide. The idea of having civilian activities is actually to encourge the process of reunification after the Korean war. The Olympic game was also another element of reunification.
The Korean war and its history has high impact on the Koreans. Both side are always ready to withstand attacks from one another. North Korea, being the pro-activist has always been plotting strategies to evade South Korea effectively. One of their weapon is to make use of tunnels digged underground via the means of explosive dynamite to allow for army invasion. (The border is only 1 hour drive from the capital city) Up to date, 4 tunnels had been located and the North Korean denied responsibility. Therefore, Korean men upon 18 years of age has to serve the country for a mandatory 2 years military training.
Conclusion:
I like South Korea because its people have the right mindset and attitude for life. In buddhism point of view, this is the most fundamental element for success. Having visited the country, I couldn't help but to remind myself to always maintain a great attitude for life and leverage on the Korean spirit.
Link to other photos
During 12 - 15 October 2005, I was granted a great gift; a business trip to South Korea; the country of morning calmness. According to some sources, Koreans are descendant of god and bear (i don't know how). God makes them elegant and wise, bear makes them square and tough.
Jet-Lag:
I took a flight from KLIA, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia at 00:45 (12-october-2005) and touched down at Incheon, Korea on around 7:45 AM (12-October-2005). Even though I slept on the plane but yet I felt the jet-lag.
I finally understood what is jet-lag; it is due to the fact that air-stewardness try to wake you up at the wrong time to eat something.
The journey from Incheon airport to Seoul took around an hour. We were rushed to the hotel and was ordered to change into formal dress quickly because the traffic jam of Seoul, Korea is pretty bad.
But traffic jam is good for us because it provides opportunity for site-seeing. We weren't planning to go to office anyway!
Seoul City:
It is a great city, personally I have never seen any city that beautiful. Singapore is okay, Kuala Lumpur sucks. I am not good at describing cities, however in all, the combination of mountains, well planned city management and nice architecture of the buildings cater for a wonderful city.
COEX
The first exhibition we got into was the WCEC(World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention) 2005.
It was organized to enable collaboration between korean and chinese companies. As a result of such spirit, I actually encountered a few chinese speaking Korean.
Nothing great that I can remember except for the free lunches at 3rd floor.
For the first time in my life, I got to eat Korean food and of course kimchi; a free and cheap Korean-mandatory food made out of vegetable and some spicy source. In fact there are like 200+ types of Kimchi according to my tour guide for the D.M.Z (Demilitarized Zone)
At night, I was taken to eat the claypot rice which could be presented in many formats (vegetarian, beef and etc) It was hot and spicy and it cost me around RM40 for just one meal. Thankfully, the drinks and Kimchi was free and always is.
Eating normal noodles by the road side cost me around RM8 (2K won)
Civilized Culture
The best part about Korea is its civilized culture where it is filled with high moral values. Out of the total 48 millions population, 20 millions inhabited in Seoul. I saw people walking on the street at 11:30PM and still feel fresh because it feels like morning.
I have a few arguments to serve as my basis for saying that Korean have high moral values.
1. Traffic System - the roads have no divider in the middle to separate east and west lanes. This is because they allowed for vehicles to take U-Turn at appropriate spots and thus having fixed divider would take that privilledge away. But due to their high moral values, no one actually takes short-cut at the wrong spot.
2. Crime Rate - People walk on the street up to 12 AM. According to some sources, the highest percentage for crime comes under the category of "drunk and fight", not much of robbery and theft which are usually carried out by foreigners. This could also due to the fact they Koreans are entitled for social subsidies.
3. Weather - the weather affects people's thinking and hence mindset. Everybody is having a clear conscience and direction in life. For obvious reason, people don't actually suffer from frustration and wrath related social illness, the weather gives one calm and steady bless. Also the weather makes them a stronger human being than other races, this is especially true comparing to Malaysian.
4. Patriotic - My tour guide for D.M.Z kept mentioning that South Koreans are proud of the subway systems, Ginseng, Korean girls and kimchi (a common Korean dish).
5. Being the "South" Korea - South Korean often compared themselves with the North Korean and is proud that democracy has taken them thus far.
With all these factors, I have no reason to doubt that South Korea is now an advance country and I think they deserve the place. According to my organizer Mr. Kim, South Korea had nothing 30 years ago, the Korean war destroyed everything and now they created a wonder.
Technology:
The big guys are Hyundai (whose founder is actually a North Korean), LG Digital, Samsung, SK Telekom and etc.
I have seen universities building robotics and etc. The apartment that I lived in (Co-op Residence) has got a LG Digital TV cum Computer monitor which allows me to watch T.V and also go online at the same time. This is the reason why 90% of population uses the Internet. This actually reflects how successful the telecommunication sector is. I think that percentage includes those who uses 3G for emails and some mobile ATM.
Korean Girl:
Korean girl gives me the impression of being too serious. They are elegant creature but I am just not sure how to attract their attention. The fact that they walk on the streets with such great self-esteem, I can't possible stop one and say "hi, how r you ?"
Nevertheless, Korean are actually very friendly, civilized and highly morale people. I felt that they have the right mindset for success and being patriotic. The good weather gives them the ground to have a positive thinking because cooler weather calms one down and hence no anger, hatred and jeolousy arises.
The language:
My translator(Josh Jan) taught me a few things:
Gam Sa Hap mi da = Thank You
Je Song Hap mi da = Sorry
Ang nyang ha se yo = Hello
yue gi you = Excuse me
I love u = I love u
Korean likes to mention the word "hap mi da".. just like the japs who say "...gato.."
D.M.Z (Demilitarized Zone)
This is the most profitable official tourist attraction for the country. The D.M.Z is actually the border between North and South Korea, two nations separated by different ideologies; democracy and communism.
The D.M.Z is where both sides are not allowed to be having any armed military stationed. The government of South Korea encourages civilian to live near the D.M.Z where they work as farmer for living. Their annual income is USD100 according to my tour guide. The idea of having civilian activities is actually to encourge the process of reunification after the Korean war. The Olympic game was also another element of reunification.
The Korean war and its history has high impact on the Koreans. Both side are always ready to withstand attacks from one another. North Korea, being the pro-activist has always been plotting strategies to evade South Korea effectively. One of their weapon is to make use of tunnels digged underground via the means of explosive dynamite to allow for army invasion. (The border is only 1 hour drive from the capital city) Up to date, 4 tunnels had been located and the North Korean denied responsibility. Therefore, Korean men upon 18 years of age has to serve the country for a mandatory 2 years military training.
Conclusion:
I like South Korea because its people have the right mindset and attitude for life. In buddhism point of view, this is the most fundamental element for success. Having visited the country, I couldn't help but to remind myself to always maintain a great attitude for life and leverage on the Korean spirit.
Link to other photos
Saturday, October 01, 2005
Beautiful Heart
原来，大悲咒这么多句里一直在强调的是。。要存美丽的心。
但是，这世界是丑陋的。比如，ABC先生一直都不心甘情愿的来为我开导Mobile Money的程序，是因为妒忌心太强了。原来，这世界充满妒忌之心，别人是不愿看您成功的。有好的东西，通常都不于你分享。
要在这世界活下去，唯一的是创造一个美丽的心灵世界在自己的心中。这心灵世界只属于你而不他。因为如果我们告诉他人说其望看他/她成功，没有任何方法可证明诚心，反而起傲慢之逆。
美丽世界只属于您，别人不可知，但可以期待。不可以分享它的内容，因为会受到攻击。在电脑的概念里，美丽的世界不可以online, 必须offline.
如果不享于他，又如何确定美之丽？
这是一个挑战，这是生命的目标。虽然如此，我们可以向大悲咒学习，因为它的每一句，都再强调美丽心态的奥妙。
如何克服妒忌心？
1。创造美丽心灵。
2。了解真理。俊男不一定娶美女；聪明不一定发达；成功不一定健全。
但是，这世界是丑陋的。比如，ABC先生一直都不心甘情愿的来为我开导Mobile Money的程序，是因为妒忌心太强了。原来，这世界充满妒忌之心，别人是不愿看您成功的。有好的东西，通常都不于你分享。
要在这世界活下去，唯一的是创造一个美丽的心灵世界在自己的心中。这心灵世界只属于你而不他。因为如果我们告诉他人说其望看他/她成功，没有任何方法可证明诚心，反而起傲慢之逆。
美丽世界只属于您，别人不可知，但可以期待。不可以分享它的内容，因为会受到攻击。在电脑的概念里，美丽的世界不可以online, 必须offline.
如果不享于他，又如何确定美之丽？
这是一个挑战，这是生命的目标。虽然如此，我们可以向大悲咒学习，因为它的每一句，都再强调美丽心态的奥妙。
如何克服妒忌心？
1。创造美丽心灵。
2。了解真理。俊男不一定娶美女；聪明不一定发达；成功不一定健全。
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Youth Social Enterprise Initiative
It is a unique challenge to see whether our human networks can make all the differences in the world.We are working on a global initiative that empowers young people tochange the world through social entrepreneurship.If you know young people (age<30)>
The Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI)wants to support projectsby young people who are creating impact with innovative solutions tosocial problems. Especially those using information and communicationtechnology (ICT) for development as well as other appropriate technologies.We seek to support them by providing mentorship & training programs,networking & seed grants up to 15,000USD per project.If you are a young social entrepreneur (age <>
Please visit www.globalknowledge.org/ysei OR www.futureshifters.net to learn more and submit your proposal by 30thOctober 2005.
Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI) is a Global KnowledgePartnership (GKP) Youth Program supported by the Swiss Agency forDevelopment and Cooperation (SDC).
Its partners include MITRA, OrphanIT,TakingITGlobal, YoungAsiaTelevision, Philippines Resources forSustainable Development (PRSD), Development Research Network (D.Net)with TRN as the intiative's lead.(Please send a copy of all mesages that you are forwarding toysei@globalknowledge.org, so we can try to track the search challenge!)
The Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI)wants to support projectsby young people who are creating impact with innovative solutions tosocial problems. Especially those using information and communicationtechnology (ICT) for development as well as other appropriate technologies.We seek to support them by providing mentorship & training programs,networking & seed grants up to 15,000USD per project.If you are a young social entrepreneur (age <>
Please visit www.globalknowledge.org/ysei OR www.futureshifters.net to learn more and submit your proposal by 30thOctober 2005.
Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI) is a Global KnowledgePartnership (GKP) Youth Program supported by the Swiss Agency forDevelopment and Cooperation (SDC).
Its partners include MITRA, OrphanIT,TakingITGlobal, YoungAsiaTelevision, Philippines Resources forSustainable Development (PRSD), Development Research Network (D.Net)with TRN as the intiative's lead.(Please send a copy of all mesages that you are forwarding toysei@globalknowledge.org, so we can try to track the search challenge!)
Thursday, September 22, 2005
be a farmer and love your wife
Sometimes i would wonder that when can i get out of this rat-race life.
Not long ago, i have figured out the answer without timeline given. The day will come when I can finally pay back all debts and have a lot of cash in the bank for reserves. This is the day I will satisfy my partner during sexual intercourse with maximum effect, when there is no stress..keke!
anyway, there are times i thought about being a farmer and live a quiet life. Go to places that is humble and peaceful such as on top of the hill or far-away-paradise like Semporna, Sabah. Be a farmer, plant your own food and eat it, try to sell it. At night spend most of the time socializing and spiritual cultivation.
So here it is, for those share similar interest, there is a farming course for us.
CETDEM (Centre for Environment, Technology & Development Malaysia) will be organizing courses on organic farming/gardening. Courses are designed into 3 different categories, ranging from short course to in-depth course.
1) Weekend Short Courses on Composting on 2 Oct 2005, 3 - 5pm - This course tells you what organic gardening is and teach you how to make compost from kitchen, garden & market waste.
2) Course on Organic Kitchen Gardening on 22-23 Oct 2005 - This course is for those who want to know the theoretical and practical aspect on how to start an organic garden.
3) Course on Organic Farming on 4-6 Dec 2005 - This is an in-depth course on organic farming, suitable for converted or potential farmers, extension workers from government agencies or NGOs, organic food operators or organic compost/fertilizer manufacturer.
CETDEM will also be organising an organic farm tour to Cameron Highland on 8-9 Oct 2005.
Details please call 03-78757767 or go to www.cetdem.org.my/organic_farming
or email f21@cetdem.org.my
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Volunteer for Special Olympics
Hi, I'm Jee Ching from Malaysian Care and Special Olympics Selangor & KL.(SOSKL)
SOSKL is organising 2nd State Games for our Special Athletes.
Date: 9/9/05 (Friday)
Games: Badminton & Bocce
Venue: Cheras area (to be confirmed)
Date: 11/9/05 (Sunday)
Games: Track & Field
Venue: Stadium Football KL
Date: 12/9/05(Monday)
Games: Bowling
Venue: Cosmic Bowl, Sg Wang
On Sunday, 11/9, we are expecting about 150 special athletes and we need 150 volunteers too. Hope u can join us in this event. There will be a rehearsal and volunteer briefing on 5 Sept at Stadium Football KL, the competition venue. Really hope u can join us. Please let me know whether u can make it. Bring along your friends and families to join us too.
Looking forward for your reply.
Thanks & God Bless
Jee Ching
SOSKL is organising 2nd State Games for our Special Athletes.
Date: 9/9/05 (Friday)
Games: Badminton & Bocce
Venue: Cheras area (to be confirmed)
Date: 11/9/05 (Sunday)
Games: Track & Field
Venue: Stadium Football KL
Date: 12/9/05(Monday)
Games: Bowling
Venue: Cosmic Bowl, Sg Wang
On Sunday, 11/9, we are expecting about 150 special athletes and we need 150 volunteers too. Hope u can join us in this event. There will be a rehearsal and volunteer briefing on 5 Sept at Stadium Football KL, the competition venue. Really hope u can join us. Please let me know whether u can make it. Bring along your friends and families to join us too.
Looking forward for your reply.
Thanks & God Bless
Jee Ching
Monday, August 29, 2005
[hatifriends] Volunteer for national cancer week in september.
Dear All,
The national cancer society(NCSM- http://www.cancer.org.my )( we are not MAKNA! in case some of you think so J ) will be doing a cancer awareness weekend on the 16th – 18th of September 2005 ( Friday to Sunday) at the Bangsar shopping centre and I would like to request for volunteers for the days mentioned. Besides that, we may also need volunteers for the set up on the night of the 15th – late starting at 10 pm or so.
The jobs will entail simple things like running the 2 booths we are having there and giving out information- people who are cancer survivors or have had experience as cancer carers are encouraged to join us. (Besides the other partner organisations also there). I will most likely need volunteers in shift duties as below.
Also, if you have any exciting event that can help pull in the crowd and would like to offer your services… please also do get in touch with me…
These include
{ children’s activities-
{ singing
{ dancing
{ poetry recital
{ Book reading and so on…..
Please write to me directly at brian@lariche.net and I will sort out the times best.
Hope to hear from some of you.
warm regards
Brian Lariche
Project person
National Cancer Society of Malaysia .
http://www.cancer.org.my
The national cancer society(NCSM- http://www.cancer.org.my )( we are not MAKNA! in case some of you think so J ) will be doing a cancer awareness weekend on the 16th – 18th of September 2005 ( Friday to Sunday) at the Bangsar shopping centre and I would like to request for volunteers for the days mentioned. Besides that, we may also need volunteers for the set up on the night of the 15th – late starting at 10 pm or so.
The jobs will entail simple things like running the 2 booths we are having there and giving out information- people who are cancer survivors or have had experience as cancer carers are encouraged to join us. (Besides the other partner organisations also there). I will most likely need volunteers in shift duties as below.
Also, if you have any exciting event that can help pull in the crowd and would like to offer your services… please also do get in touch with me…
These include
{ children’s activities-
{ singing
{ dancing
{ poetry recital
{ Book reading and so on…..
Please write to me directly at brian@lariche.net and I will sort out the times best.
Hope to hear from some of you.
warm regards
Brian Lariche
Project person
National Cancer Society of Malaysia .
http://www.cancer.org.my
Monday, August 08, 2005
Life long employability
According to the DPM, graduates should now focus on life long employability and not life long employment.
Original Article
This is good thing... which would settle for questions like "why do you keep hoping jobs ?"
Then answer is that "I want to increase my employability..."
This is bad for companies for good for employees.
Original Article
This is good thing... which would settle for questions like "why do you keep hoping jobs ?"
Then answer is that "I want to increase my employability..."
This is bad for companies for good for employees.
How much of your money goes to charity- The Star August 7th 2005
Original article
Important facts:
1. Charity organization like NKF only receives 10% the value which you paid.
2. NKF received like RM8k per month out of the 10 cents received from bookmark sales. For past 11 months, the total valued received is RM79K. (This is not really a big amount)
3. The are around five major charity groups which collect fund from public.
3a. NKF (National Kidney Foundation Fund)
3b. National Cancer Council (MAKNA)
3c. WWF Malaysia
3d. Kiwanis Down syndrome foundation
3e. Shelther Homes for Children.
4. MAKNA has around 40k contributors which contributed around RM1 million monthly.
5. Under the direct-debit program, money would be debited to the foundation first before being paid to solicitors like Sharity Greetings(M) and Asian Direct Support.
6. NKF official said 30% of deductions went to Asian Support Direct for overheads in the first four months of the programme, with another 10% to Sharity Greetings to maintain the database of donors. For every month after that, Sharity Greetings receives 10% of the donors' contributions.
7. Granton and Appco are both part of the Cobra Group, a direct marketing company based in Britain and Australia. Appco operates Asian Support Direct as full subsidiary.
8. Related law:
The Societies Act 1966, he said, required any organisation registered under the Act to obtain approval from the Registrar to collect money from the public.
--------------What do I learn ------------------------
1. At least I know how cross-marketing collaboration works.
2. Not all money goes to the fund but at least we are providing jobs as well.
3. Don't take things for granted, even maintaining the fund requires funding.
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Important facts:
1. Charity organization like NKF only receives 10% the value which you paid.
2. NKF received like RM8k per month out of the 10 cents received from bookmark sales. For past 11 months, the total valued received is RM79K. (This is not really a big amount)
3. The are around five major charity groups which collect fund from public.
3a. NKF (National Kidney Foundation Fund)
3b. National Cancer Council (MAKNA)
3c. WWF Malaysia
3d. Kiwanis Down syndrome foundation
3e. Shelther Homes for Children.
4. MAKNA has around 40k contributors which contributed around RM1 million monthly.
5. Under the direct-debit program, money would be debited to the foundation first before being paid to solicitors like Sharity Greetings(M) and Asian Direct Support.
6. NKF official said 30% of deductions went to Asian Support Direct for overheads in the first four months of the programme, with another 10% to Sharity Greetings to maintain the database of donors. For every month after that, Sharity Greetings receives 10% of the donors' contributions.
7. Granton and Appco are both part of the Cobra Group, a direct marketing company based in Britain and Australia. Appco operates Asian Support Direct as full subsidiary.
8. Related law:
The Societies Act 1966, he said, required any organisation registered under the Act to obtain approval from the Registrar to collect money from the public.
--------------What do I learn ------------------------
1. At least I know how cross-marketing collaboration works.
2. Not all money goes to the fund but at least we are providing jobs as well.
3. Don't take things for granted, even maintaining the fund requires funding.
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Thursday, August 04, 2005
Life is painful
Everything is associated with positive and negative energy.
Being nice is also painful because of the following problems:
1. Not appreciated.
2. Being manipulated or make used of.
3. Not achieving objectives.
4. Get into a lot of misunderstanding and dispute.
However, depending on mindset, it is still worth it for me. There are many times I vowed not to do anything that is related to human or people, because I was deeply disappointed with the response. Nevertheless, every morning I worked up and was recharged again, I want to deal with human being again. To me, it is worth it and that is the beauty which balances off the pain.
Therefore, it is appropriate to “eat like poor man, stay healthy” – Yin & Yang
Being nice is also painful because of the following problems:
1. Not appreciated.
2. Being manipulated or make used of.
3. Not achieving objectives.
4. Get into a lot of misunderstanding and dispute.
However, depending on mindset, it is still worth it for me. There are many times I vowed not to do anything that is related to human or people, because I was deeply disappointed with the response. Nevertheless, every morning I worked up and was recharged again, I want to deal with human being again. To me, it is worth it and that is the beauty which balances off the pain.
Therefore, it is appropriate to “eat like poor man, stay healthy” – Yin & Yang
Don't ever give up on other people, for they are also having the same pain as you would. You have the power to make a difference.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
NCSM is looking for volunteers
Dear All,
NCSM (Not MAKNA :-)) is looking for volunteers. The details are as below. Please contact Adeline or Anne and join in to help make our campaign a success.
Thanks
Brian
As usual The National Cancer Society will be running the annual Cancer Awareness Week in September. This time, the week will be from 12-18th Sept. There would be exhibitions , info booths and awareness programs in different malls in KL. Also, there will be schools, companies, banks, embassies etc who will be participating in the Wear Yellow Day which is on Friday, 17th where participants make a donation and don a Yellow ribbon to show their support for cancer!
In conjunction with these, this time around we will be running a competition with the wristbands during the CAWeek. So far, we have our wristbands that sell at all Starbucks outlets all over Malaysia But for the Yellow week, the contest will be targetted at those who purchase a band and thus become eligible to participate in this contest.
So we need volunteers on 6th and 7th (Saturday& Sunday) August-this weekend-to help insert the contest cards into small packages. We have 30000 cards to be inserted!! The staff will be there from 10am- 5pm but those who can come need only to offer the time they can spare and what is convenient to them.
So will need loads of volunteeers...as they say.." more hands make light work".
If you can help, call me or Anne at 03-26987300/26917300. Even if it is
a few hours that you can spare, we'd be thankful and appreciative.
Your time and efforts for these projects is greatly appreciated and will
surely help us in the success of our September Cancer Awreness Programs.
Thanks
Adeline
NCSM (Not MAKNA :-)) is looking for volunteers. The details are as below. Please contact Adeline or Anne and join in to help make our campaign a success.
Thanks
Brian
As usual The National Cancer Society will be running the annual Cancer Awareness Week in September. This time, the week will be from 12-18th Sept. There would be exhibitions , info booths and awareness programs in different malls in KL. Also, there will be schools, companies, banks, embassies etc who will be participating in the Wear Yellow Day which is on Friday, 17th where participants make a donation and don a Yellow ribbon to show their support for cancer!
In conjunction with these, this time around we will be running a competition with the wristbands during the CAWeek. So far, we have our wristbands that sell at all Starbucks outlets all over Malaysia But for the Yellow week, the contest will be targetted at those who purchase a band and thus become eligible to participate in this contest.
So we need volunteers on 6th and 7th (Saturday& Sunday) August-this weekend-to help insert the contest cards into small packages. We have 30000 cards to be inserted!! The staff will be there from 10am- 5pm but those who can come need only to offer the time they can spare and what is convenient to them.
So will need loads of volunteeers...as they say.." more hands make light work".
If you can help, call me or Anne at 03-26987300/26917300. Even if it is
a few hours that you can spare, we'd be thankful and appreciative.
Your time and efforts for these projects is greatly appreciated and will
surely help us in the success of our September Cancer Awreness Programs.
Thanks
Adeline
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