Zonal Rotaract Assembly

The Zonal Rotaract Assembly 2009, Zone 2, District 3310 was held on the 11th October 2009. The Training venue was in the Kinabalu Daya Hotel Conference room. The purpose of this assembly to train and prepare the board of director in taking the important task o fmanaging the Club. Participant from all over Sabah joined this event. Our Rotaract Club of Likas Bay has send 9 representatives to attend this assembly.

Rotarian AG Alice Kunjan is giving her opening speech.

Our Club has been Awarded with the Outstanding Communication Award, Outstanding Professional Development Project and Outstanding International Project Award... Dear fellow Likas Bay Rotaractors... Keep It up!!!

RCLB's Vocational Project

Date : 1st November 2008 (Saturday)

Time : 8am to 2pm

Venue : Dewan Masyarakat Kudat

Attended by : VP Dennis Kok, Michelle Chong, Wesley Chua and Lina Chin

Members of the Rotaract Club of Likas Bay attended their sponsoring club, Rotary Club of Likas Bay's vocational project, career guidance seminar held at Kudat. It is indeed important that school leavers have the opportunity to learn and choose their courses and career properly. The objective of this career guidance aim to help students more informed and better educational and career choices. Around 500 students from 13 schools participated in this career guidance seminar and all the principals of these schools have been most supportive.

Reported by,
VP Dennis Kok

Vocational Visit

Members of the Rotaract Club of Likas Bay attended their sponsoring club, Rotary Club of Likas Bay's 1st vocational project in this rotary year, a visit to witness the 3rd generation noodle making machine invented by Mr. Anthony Chong (1998 Sindex Winner) on 23rd October 2008 (Thursday) near Donggongon town.

Mr Anthony Chong demonstrated each functions of 3rd generation noodles making machine.

The machine motor and gear is driven by an electronic variable speed controller.

We went to a nearby coffee shop and requested them to cook the noodles that was freshly made. It was awesome, very chewy too.

Motivational Talk : The Secret

During our 7th Regular Meeting on 7th October 2008, Professional Development Director, Rtr. Nicholas Lo has presented a motivational video presentation entitled The Secret.

Baking Class

The Rotaract Club of Likas Bay members had lots of fun learning how to bake cookies. It is definitely in the spirit of the Raya that everyone turned up at Pelangi Bakery owned by Ann Theresa (spouse of Rotarian Chang Er Ling) on 20th September 2008 afternoon with excitement.

We have learned how to make chocolate rice cookies and corn flakes cookies. We managed to bake approximately 90 containers of cookies and they have been distributed these cookies to the Interact Club of Maktab National, Kian Kok High School and Bandaraya Secondary School for sale. The proceeds of sale will be used for Interactors' community service projects. Rotaractors are not only baking the cookies for interactors, but also assisting them to sell some cookies for their fund raising projects.

To all our Muslims friends, wishing you a joyous Hari Raya!

Ranau Recce Trip - 31 August 2008

The members of Rotaract Club of Likas Bay spent their National Day holiday exploring few places in the area of Ranau for their up-coming project.

Participated by 8 Rotaractors:
President Esther, IPP Veronica, PP Jason, Rtr Michelle, Rtr Wesley, Rtr Nicholas, Rtr Yap Vun Fui & Rtr Lina Chin

With 7 Guests: President Chua Soon Lan, NGD Wong Chu Lai, PP Yvonne Tan, PP Yvonne’s Guest - Mr Liew, PP Julianna, Rtr Nicholas’s Guest - Abby & President Esther’s Guest - Norman.

Activity held:

8am : Meet up at Tamparuli to have breakfast.

9 – 11:30am : Head to Don Bosco Children Home at Bundu Tuhan and had a brief discussion with Brother Ben. We have also donated 20 packets of noodles, 10 packets of biscuits & 60 packets of individually packed cereals for the home.

12pm : Lunch at Ranau

1-2pm : Donated wheelchair to a 13 years old disability boy at Kampong Bongkud.

2:30-3:30pm : Visited Sabah Tea Plantation. Attended a brief presentation about Sabah Tea & visited long house to prepare ourselves during our Professional Development trip in December 2008.

3:30-5:30pm : Head back to KK.

RCLB Weekly Meeting

President Esther, IPP Veronica, VP Dennis Kok, PP Yvonne & PP Jason attended Rotary Club of Likas Bay's weekly meeting whereby Rtn Samuel Yeh was given the opportunity to present the reason of joining Rotary and what he has learnt from Rotary. Rtn Samuel Yeh was inducted as a Rotaractor of Likas Bay in October 2007. In May 2008, Rtn Samuel was inducted as a Rotarian of Likas Bay.

President Esther gave a short presentation of what we have learnt during our Rotaract District Assembly (RDA) in NTU (Nanyang Technology University, Singapore) dated 12-13 July 2008. 7 Board of Directors attended the RDA and we were exposed to learn more in depth in each avenue. The presentation was short but precise whereby rotarians were being informed the purpose of RDA and a quick view of the overall RDA program through power point presentation with photo shots.

Investment Opportunity

Professional Development Director, Rtr. Nicholas Lo presented a talk on Investment Opportunity during our 12th Regular Meeting on 18th December 2007.

Fine Dining & Table Manners

In this busy world of both parents working, table manners are no longer taught at home. Many young executives are unprepared for the business dinner. Grappling with the decision of which fork or knife to use instead of concentrating on the business at hand can break any business deal. Learning the art of fine dining is the best way to make a good impression in business and social situations. The business arena is fierce and many deals are made over business dinners.

We have invited our ex-member, Mr. K. Hafez H. Yahya, who is also an academician to show us some necessary fine dinning skills to make the best impression. We have learned:

- How do you eat soup?
- Do you use a fork or spoon for dessert?
- How do you eat salad?
- Who is seated first at a dinner party?
- How do you signal to the wait staff that you are finished with your meal?
...and some others.

We also celebrated November birthday babies, where later we ate our birthday cake elegantly!

Self Confidence & Team Spirit

On 2nd December 2007, we went to KK Adventure Park for a self confidence and team spirit building program. We started off with 9 HOLE KRAZY KEN GOLF COURSE which looks extremely easy but took us almost half day to complete the course..huh!

We then move to one of the most popular activities and, to our knowledge, the longest FLYING FOX in Sabah. We collect and put on our climbing harness and helmet and proceed to the base of the 40 foot tower and climbs to the launch platform. On the launch platform the operator is waiting to attach not one but two flying rigs to two cables before releasing the safety line. Now comes the “Act of Faith”. We must launch ourself into space. Terrifying! Speed increases as we descends, some even scream at their highest note. Mercifully, the breaking system kicks in and the we swings to halt. Then it’s back for another go!

We then proceed to “HIGH ROPES Challenge Course” which is ideal for team building programs. Again, we are equipped with harness and helmet and secured to a belay line by the instructor before we leave the ground. The safety line is attached behind us giving the illusion of being completely un-tethered. Balancing on a tiny rope twenty feet in the air with no visible safety line is most unnerving. It takes a strong nerve and much encouragement from friends below to take on the challenge.

The guys then moved to next activity, WALL CLIMBING. The Climbing Tower reaches 30 feet above the park and has three climbing faces of varying difficulty. Each climber is equipped with a climbing helmet and safety harness.

BUNGEE TRAMPOLINES looks like a child's play. Bungee cords attach to the waist of the trampoliners to allow enormous jumps and multiple somersaults. But it's really tough to make even one somersault, a great fun though.

The last activity - KAYAKS. The five kilometer beach is perfect for kayaking; shallow water extends to the reef some 500 meters off shore. We kayaks in a pair. Kayakers are issued with an approved life vest which must be worn at all times and a qualified staff is always in attendance when kayakers are on the water.

We had a good fun and promised to come back and conquer the other challenges!

The Coffee Experience Tour at Cap Kuda Coffee Factory

There's more to your cup of coffee than you think! The Coffee Experience Tour at the Cap Kuda Coffee Factory which was held on 6th October 2007 gave caffeine aficionados an opportunity to learn more about their favourite beverage, its origin, manufacturing process and history.

The Cap Kuda Coffee Company (or Yap Yu Sendirian Berhad, trading as Hock Lee Coffee Powder Factory) was established in the early 1960s. Today, it is one of the largest coffee manufacturers in Sabah, operating from specialized office-plant on a 1.5-acre site.

At the Coffee School, we were introduced to the various types of beans, followed by a video presentation. The highlight of the visit is none other than the coffee tasting session. We learnt the difference between a cappuccino, espresso and Sabah's very own concoction, the Kopi-O, also known as Borneo's Drink.

At the end of the visit, we were given one of their coffee products as a souvenir. We were informed that the Coffee School also offers specialized courses for coffee enthusiasts, teaching them how to brew coffee for personal or commercial needs.

Lok Kawi Wildlife Park

Rotaract Club of Likas Bay, Interact Club of Kian Kok Middle School and Rotary Club of Likas Bay had an enjoyable and educational outing together to the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park on 13 August 2007. Lok Kawi Wildlife Park (or Lokkawi Zoo) is located at old Penampang-Papar road, about 15km from Kota Kinabalu city. The visitors can see Borneo and Malaysia wild animals such as orang utan, proboscis monkey, Asian elephant, rhino, deers, clouded leopards, sun bears, gibbons, civets, birds, tigers, etc. Open daily from 9.30am - 5.30pm. We spent more than 2 hours, and the entrance fee is only RM5 for student and RM10 for adult.