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

Bukit Harapan Home Visit

A joint project with Rotaract Club of Kota Kinabalu Rotaract Club of Osaka North, Japan on 1 Nov - Visit to Bukit Harapan Home, Inanam.

Rotaract Club of Likas Bay has donated 420 Puree Adult Diapers, 48 packets of strawberry pies and 48 bottles of Silk Shampoo to the home for their needs. Other than donation, we also mingled around by playing games with the children of Bukit Harapan Home.

Zonal Meeting

Zonal Meeting on 1 Nov attended by members of Rotaract Club of Likas Bay and Kota Kinabalu with DRR Wee and Treasurer Lenny

International Fellowship

Fellowship dinner at Sri Melaka Restaurant with DRR Wee, members of Rotaract Club of Kota Kinabalu and Rotaract Club of Osaka North.

Exchange of banneratte with District Rotaract Representative of Osaka North, Japan with our International Service Director, Rtr. Leong Wah Kon.

Environmental Project

A joint project with Rotaract Club of Kota Kinabalu, Rotaract Club of Osaka North and Rotaract Club of Likas Bay on Sunday morning - Beach Cleaning project at Tanjung Lipat.

Joint Fellowship

The Rotaract Club of Likas Bay organised a joint fellowship project with Rotaract Club of Kota Kinabalu on 26th October 2008 at K-Box Karaoke. It was attended by 10 members + 2 guests from Rotaract Club of Likas Bay. We had a crazy and joyful fellowship. We start partying from 6am - 2am. It was also a birthday celebration for Oct & Nov birthday babies.

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.

Blood Drive ~ Give a Little, Save a Life

Our blood donation drive dated 12 October 2008 at City Mall Shopping Complex from 11am - 5pm. It was a joint project together with Hospital Likas Blood Bank. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Encik Haji Hashim (Head of Hospital Likas Blood Bank Department) & his team for their hard work. We managed to collect 50 pints throughout the day.

In addition, we would like to take this opportunity to thanks our sponsors. Our sincere appreciation to Vico whereby they have set a dispensary booth for the donors. Our sincere thanks also go to Tong Guan Food Products Sdn Bhd, Rinajadi Sdn Bhd, Guiness Anchor Marketing Sdn Bhd & last but not least, The Management of City Mall.

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.

Installation of Rotaract Club of Kota Kinabalu

Rotaractors and Rotarians of Likas Bay attended the Rotaract Club of Kota Kinabalu Installation dinner which was held at Atlantis Restaurant on 4th October 2008.

Membership Gathering

We had our dinner gathering on 1st October 2008 at The Hut Restaurant, City Mall Shopping Complex, in conjunction with the 17th Installation Post-Mortem meeting. Congratulation to OC Chelwin and her organising team for making our Installation a BIG success!!

Congratulation to Rtn Aldrin Wong (05/06 & 06/07 NGD)

Baby Isaac Zoel Wong celebrated his full moon (it's a direct translation of mandarin words) on the 28th September 2008. It is a Chinese cultural practice, to celebrate the baby’s first month.

Rotaractors and Rotarians of Likas Bay joined Rtn Aldrin Wong, Ann Soon Mun and Zoeys' celebrating the big day of handsome little I. Z. (a name given by sister Zoey..haha..).

Congratulation from all of us!!!

New Members Induction

We wish to welcome our newly inducted member namely Suzanna, Diana and Norman to the fold of rotary family - Rotaract Club of Likas Bay. The induction ceremony was held after our 6th Regular Meeting on 23 September 2008, witnessed by our NSG Rtn. Wong.

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.

GSE Presentation

Rtr. IPDRR Lina Chin shared her experience as the 2007/2008 GSE participant to Ohio, USA, at the RC Likas Bay Weekly Meeting on 27th August 2008.