golfing fixture 2012

The Golfer • 1
The Golfer
3
Management Committee
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Editor’s Message
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Captain’s Message
6Membership
7PaybillsMalaysia
8
FIRST QUARTER ISSUE 2012
11
Golfing & Non Golfing Fixture 2012
10Happenings
CONTENTS
2 • The Golfer
• Captain’s Trophy
• Children Christmas Party
• KGS New Year Eve Dinner and Dance
• Chap Goh Mei Special
12
15 Ladies Golf
16 Golf Tips
17 Health & Fitness
18 The Library
19 Golf Jokes
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MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
PRESIDENT
YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
SBS, DP, PSM, SPMJ, SSDK, DGSM, SSAP, SSSA,
SPMT, SPDK, DPPN, Kt. WE (Thailand), KEPN
(Indonesia), SPMB (Brunei), KOU (Korea),
AO (Australia), PCD
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
YB Datuk Amar Haji Mohamad Morshidi
Abdul Ghani
VICE PRESIDENT /
MEMBERSHIP & ESTABLISHMENT /
SECURITY & SAFETY CHAIRMAN
Haji Abdul Jalil Bin Abdul Rahman
Gani Bin Matahir @
[ DEPUTY CAPTAIN /
Abdul Ghanie Tahir
HANDICAP CHAIRMAN ]
[ HOUSE & DEVELOPMENT CHAIRMAN ]
Lau Chai Seng
[ TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN ]
Simon Woon Ta Meng
[ COURSE & GROUNDS CHAIRMAN ]
Bong Tee Yen
[ SWIMMING & RULES CHAIRMAN ]
Bajuri Jaujie
[ LIBRARY & E-CLUB CHAIRMAN ]
Pauline Gan Guet Beng
[ BAR & ENTERTAINMENT CHAIRMAN ]
Augustine Chin Lee Hin
[ CADDY &
COURSE TRAFFIC CHAIRMAN ]
Prof. Dr. Mohd Syafiq Abdullah
SECRETARY
Shahary Bin Haji Alias
TREASURER /
FINANCE CHAIRMAN
Peter Chin Mui Khiong
CLUB CAPTAIN /
DISCIPLINARY CHAIRMAN
Patrick Chieng Ping Ung
Hj Mohamad Sabry Othman
[ CATERING CHAIRMAN ]
CLUB MANAGEMENT
General Manager
Bernard Lee Meng Hock
Email : [email protected]
Activities Manager
Yakop Jalel
Email : [email protected]
Course Superintendent
Chiu Nyian Shin
Email : [email protected]
Finance & Administration Manager
Wang Kheng Boi
Email : [email protected]
Assistant Manager (Activities)
Shirleyna Kim Dupo
Email : [email protected]
Acting Security Chief
Abdul Rahim Abdullah
Senior Administration Executive
Rosnah Said
Senior Accounts Executive
Audrey Edwin
Operations & Maintenance Executive
Stanley Soo
The Golfer • 3
Editor’s
Editor’s Message
T
he Fiery
Dragon
is roaring
for the entire
season of the
lunar New Year
(2012). At this stage spring is in full bloom with
the rebirth of a new life, a life of abundance
and opportunities for KGS to scale uncharted
territories in search of possibilities for greater
productivity and profitability in the coming year.
After all, this is the year of the Dragon – a year
endowed with aspirations for us to hold on to
the principles of integrity, transparency, good
governance and best practice in every sphere
of club life. Let us, therefore, keep faith with
confidence to face the future without fear. Let
us resolve once and for all to make KGS retain
its status as the best golf club in this part of our
beloved country. That pledge will certainly involve
a great deal of effort and hard work. It demands
commitment and sacrifice from every quarter. The
club is where it is today because of the recognised
excellence in its golfing facilities, its golf courses
and the services the club renders to its golfing
fraternity and visitors from far and near. It is
therefore incumbent upon us to make absolutely
sure that our golf courses are in tip top condition.
After all, golf is the club’s main business. Besides
profits it brings fame and recognition to KGS.
Speaking of golf courses, the course
superintendent, his landscaping and maintenance
crew must rectify obvious shortcomings. It is
absolutely essential for them to carry out regular
repair works especially when the fairways are
soggy and unplayable due to frequent heavy
downpours. Make sure every blade of grass
on the fairways and greens is in good health.
Decorative and flowering plants around the golf
courses are constantly fertilised, pruned and
turned into landscaping attractions. There are
trees and shrubs lining the fairways out there that
have more dead branches than leaves. That is
not a good sign. Given proper care and attention
they should be luxuriant and evergreen. There is
an urgent need, right now, to replace the dying
casuarinas and other species that are in poor
health. On this we should seek professional
advice from botanists and tree planting experts.
Perhaps it’s time, also, to think of course
renovation/upgrading involving professional
inputs. A report on this matter should be prepared
and presented to the management committee
for deliberation. For the time being, anyway, the
course superintendent and the maintenance crew
must do everything they can rain, wind or shine,
to prevent our golf courses from being relegated
to the status of the proverbial “padang kerbau”
particularly during the landas season. On golf
course maintenance and preservation, there is no
doubt that those assigned the task do really work
very hard to keep our courses in good shape.
But they must do more to provide a cleaner and
more pleasant golfing environment. In an era that
rewards the virtue of competitive spirit in every field
of endeavour there should be a conscious effort
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on everyone’s part to create a winning mentality.
May be, just may be KGS stands a chance to be
voted the best golf club again for the second time.
This is not wishful thinking or a narrative of idle
editorial fantasy, not at all. It’s putting into words
the power of positive thinking.
When we talk about the venerable management
committee we think of it as an all-male entity. But
to put the record straight, some sixteen years ago
(1992-1996) Ms Christina Foo became KGS first
female member to have been elected to serve
on the committee. After a 16-year hiatus a lady
member, a new face, emerged on the scene
and was elected to serve on the management
committee. She is Ms Pauline Gan. Well done
Ms Gan, and I hope more members of your
gender joining forces in the future to strengthen
this illustrious decision making body. There were
two more new faces: namely, Tuan Haji Mohamad
Sabry Othman and Mr Augustine Chin. The rest
were old faces returned unopposed during the
election at the last AGM. They must have left
traces of honourable service and outstanding
contribution to the club during their tenure of office
in the previous two years to make voting members
support for the continuation of their presence on
the committee. To all the committee members
who were returned unopposed as well as the
rookies I offer them my heartfelt congratulations!
Club members, I am sure, are grateful to those
fellow members who voluntarily sacrifice their time
and effort to be on the esteemed management
committee. The job entails an array of thankless
assignments and responsibilities. Those elected
are expected to be a committed and dedicated
bunch of selfless volunteers putting service before
self. But strangely, only a blunder or a mediocre
performance is trumpeted with loud criticism for
the whole world to hear while good deeds are
seldom acknowledged or highlighted. I am afraid
that’s the way it is with life in general.
The club’s F&B is a vital part of its setup, and
we all know why. Therefore, the F&B chairman
is expected to do a proper job when such an
assignment is entrusted to him/her. Tuan Haji
Mohamad Sabry Othman, the newly appointed
F&B (catering) chairman, we believe, would do
more than what is expected of him. There may be
problems in F&B but not a head-scratching matter
to him. Overseeing and monitoring ongoing
activities in the club kitchens, all the KGS food
outlets and club bars to him are merely routine
chores. The quality of food we serve, however,
should never be compromised whether it is a bowl
of laksa served at the Golfers’ Terrace or a culinary
display of club cuisine served at the banquet hall.
There should never be a slack or deterioration in
food hygiene and food quality, or the club risks its
good reputation being tarnished. Food poisoning
readily comes to mind. Thank goodness it has
not happened here. The source of such malady
is often the kitchen. When that happens, we can
make an educated guess that it all boils down to
contaminated and inferior food being supplied
and cooked in a sub-standard kitchen. The
MESSAGE
consequences are often disastrous. Bearing
that in mind, the burden falls on the shoulders
of the F&B chairman to see to it that a system
of quality control is in place to ensure that the
club only serves food fit for human consumption,
which it does all these years. The rules and
regulations issued by the ministry of health must
be strictly observed by food handlers: chefs,
waiters and kitchen workers. They must strictly
practise impeccable personal hygiene when
carrying out their daily duty in the kitchen and
when serving food to customers. HALAL food is
often a sensitive and controversial issue. The new
F&B chairman, being the GM of State Mosque
Welfare Trust Board, is well versed on this subject.
He is well qualified to take up this unenviable
responsibility and would do his best to oversee
and monitor the activities of food suppliers,
caterers and kitchen staff to ascertain, without the
shadow of a doubt, that KGS restaurant, cafes
and all food outlets produce and serve HALAL
food in accordance with the Jabatan Agama Islam
Sarawak (JAIS) edict. Muslim consumers should
have no misgiving that KGS is the place to be for
the best HALAL food in town. Club members and
the general public would take it for granted that an
efficient F&B department is capable of achieving
its objectives if, and it is a BIG if, the whole F&B
team is doing its very best, stretching itself to the
limits to reach for greater heights of gastronomic
and beverage excellence.
Datu Dr. Haji Yusoff Hanifah
Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Committee
Chairman:
• YBhg Datu Dr Hj. Yusoff Hanifah
Committee Members:
• Patrick Chieng
• Bernard Lee • Wang Kheng Boi
• Yakop Jalel • Shirleyna Kim Dupo
KELAB GOLF SARAWAK
Petra Jaya, 93050 Kuching,
Sarawak, Malaysia.
Tel: 082-440966, 444791, 443398, 443412
Fax: 082-441733, 311935
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.kgswak.com
The views expressed by the editor are his own
and do not necessarily reflect those of the
Management Committee’s. Copyrights ©2012. All rights reserved. No part of this publication
may be reproduced in any form or by any
means without the written permission of
the publisher.
Captain’s Message
Captain’s
MESSAGE
First and foremost, I would like to express my apology on behalf of our captain, Mr.
Patrick Chieng, who at the moment is not able to contribute to this column due
to his ill health. On behalf of the management committee and members of Kelab
Golf Sarawak, I wish him speedy recovery. I would also like to express my sincere
gratitude to the management committee for showing confidence in me deputising
the captaincy of the club in Patrick’s absence.
Captain’s Committee
Chairpersons
Club Captain
Patrick Chieng Ping Ung
Deputy Captain & Handicap Chairman
Haji Abdul Jalil b. Abdul Rahman
Course & Grounds
Simon Woon Ta Meng
Tournament
Lau Chai Seng
Rules
Bong Tee Yen
Caddy & Course Traffic
Augustine Chin Lee Hin
Junior Golf Development
Ken Lau Kia Tong
Racket Games
Irwan Zulkarnain
Swimming
Bong Tee Yen
Gym & Games Room
Alvin Yong Sze Lung
Lady Captain
Celine Foo
Following the club election held in the last December 2011 AGM, a new captain’s
committee has been formed for term 2012-2013 as per column on the left. I urge the
new committee members to be more dedicated and vigilant in their roles in pursuit
of excellence and to elevate the image and reputation of the club.
As this is the first publication for the year, I would like to take this opportunity to wish
all readers a belated “Happy New Year 2012”.
Once again, the club has registered a substantial number of golf tournaments in our
golfing calendar having the Chap Goh Mei Special held in February and the recently
hosted SUK Se-Malaysia ke-4 Golf. The much anticipated members’ favourite
tournament, the Team Matchplay 2012 is on the roll. Again this year, we have 16
teams registered all ready and prepared to vie for the coveted YBhg Datuk Patinggi
Tan Sri Dr. Wong Soon Kai Challenge Trophy. I wish the participating teams all the
best and may the best team win.
The club will be celebrating its silver jubilee anniversary this year and plans are
underway to organise various activities for our members among which are golf,
racket games, swimming, food stalls and exhibitions. Notices will be put up soon
and all are welcome to join in and witness the celebration.
Lately, we saw a lot of dredging, digging and earth filling activities occurring on our
golf courses. These are the remedial measures undertaken by the club to address
the drainage and weed problems that have been bothering the members as well as
our maintenance crew. These situations will continue for quite a while until all the
major problematic areas are rectified. I therefore appeal to all golfers to bear with
the circumstances. Rest assured that we will have a better course condition to play
come wet season.
Happy Golfing!
Hj. Abdul Jalil b. Abdul Rahman
Deputy Captain
The Golfer • 5
Membership
Introduction Night
•
KGS
The first Introduction night was held on Friday,
10th February 2012 at the club’s Chinese
restaurant. Twenty-five new members
were introduced to the KGS management
committee on the night and were issued the
membership certificates by the Vice-President,
Prof. Dr Mohd Syafiq Abdullah towards the
end of the function.
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Upcoming Events
The Golfer • 7
Upcoming Events
GOLFING & NON GOLFING
KGS EVENT
SGA SANCTIONED EVENT
SPONSORED EVENT
PRIVATE EVENT
NON GOLFING
JANUARY 2012
SUN
29Jan
SAT
SUN
SAT
SUN
5th Borneo LNG Golf
FEBRUARY 2012
SAT SUN
SAT
11 Feb
12 Feb
18Feb
OSK Invitational Golf
Chap Goh Mei Special
Maybank Corporate Golf
Chinese New Year Open House
SUN
M ARCH 2012
SUN SAT
SUN SAT
SUN SAT
SUN SAT
04
10 11 17 18 24 25 31 Mar
Mar
Mar
Mar
Mar
Mar
Mar
Mar
SUK Golf
KGS Matchplay
KGS Matchplay
KGS Matchplay
KGS Matchplay
KGS Matchplay
KGS Matchplay
BPSB/SS Friendly Golf
April 2012
SAT 07April
KGS Matchplay
SUN 08April
KGS Matchplay
Easter Day Celebration
SAT
14 April
Ayer Keroh Golf & Country Clubs Vs KGS
KGS Matchplay
SUN
15 April
KGS Matchplay
SAT
21 April
Racket Carnival/Swimming Fun
SAT
28 April
Poolside Members Night
MON 30 April
Advocate Association Sarawak
M AY 2012
TUE
SAT
SUN
SAT
SAT
SUN
01May
12May
13May
19May
26May
27May
SCGA GOLF (Matang/Santubong 7.45 am shotgun)
Sarawak Closed (KGS)
Sarawak Closed (KGS)
Mother’s Day Celebration
Heritage Golf (KGS)
5th Pan Borneo Golf Championship
5th Pan Borneo Golf Championship
SAT
SUN
SAT
SUN
SAT
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN
SAT
SUN
SAT
SAT
SUN
WE
SAT
SUN
TUE
WE
THU
MO
TUE
WE
JUNE 2012
MON 11Jun
WAITGC
TUE
12Jun
WAITGC
SAT
16Jun
Gawai Dayak Golf
SAT
23Jun
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Gawai Open House
Members Night With A Theme ‘Kampung Night’
SAT
SAT
NG FIXTURE 2012
NON
NONGOLFING
GOLFING
JULY 2012
SAT SUN
SAT
SUN
07 Jul
08 Jul
14Jul
15Jul
BMW Golf Cup International 2012
Bomba Malaysia Golf (Siol/Demak)
Sarawak Classic (KGS) Sarawak Classic (KGS)
August 2012
SUN
26Aug
Transview Golf
SEptember 2012
SAT
SUN
SAT
SUN
SAT
01Sep
02Sep
08Sep
09 Sep
29Sep
Captains’ Alumni Golf
Hari Raya Golf Hari Raya Open House
KGS vs KGNS (KGS)
KGS vs KGNS (KGS)
Pusaka Golf
october 2012
THUR 04Oct
PGM Sarawak Classic
FRI
05Oct
PGM Sarawak Classic
SAT 06Oct
PGM Sarawak Classic
SUN 07Oct
PGM Sarawak Classic
SAT 13Oct
Sarawak Masters (KGS)
SUN 14Oct
Sarawak Masters (KGS)
SAT 20Oct
Sarawak Inter-Community Golf
SAT 27Oct
Sarawak Senior Closed (KGS)
SUN 28Oct
Sarawak Senior Closed (KGS)
WED 31Oct
October Fest With A
Theme ‘Cowboy Night’ Halloween Night
November 2012
SAT
SUN
TUE
WED
THU
MON
TUE
WED
03Nov
04Nov
20Nov
21Nov
22Nov
26 Nov
27Nov
28Nov
Club Championship
Club Championship
Sarawak Chief Minister Cup (KGS)
Sarawak Chief Minister Cup (KGS)
Sarawak Chief Minister Cup (KGS)
SGA Cup (KGS)
SGA Cup (KGS)
SGA Cup (KGS)
december 2012
SAT
SAT
08 Dec
KGS Captain’s Trophy
22 Dec
Christmas Children Party
• The above dates are subject to change.
The Golfer • 9
Happening
CAPTAIN’S
TROPHY
The KGS Captain’s Trophy was held on Saturday,
3rd December 2011. Over two hundred golfers
including the ladies category and the invited guests
took part in the event. The overall champion was
won by John Then Yu Bin with a gross score of 73.
The prizes were presented by our club captain Mr
Patrick Chieng during the prize giving lunch held
immediately after completion of the competition.
The full results of the tournament are as follows;
Men Group A
Gross
1st John Then Yu Bin 2nd Kho Hua Sin 3rd Hoan Kee Hock
4th Muas Sebli
5th Mohd Yusri Jusmail
Nett
1st Abdul Aziz Ismail
2nd Kong Chun Man
3rd Kim Gi Duk
-
-
-
-
-
- 70
- 71
- 72
Nett
1st 2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Men Group B
Sim Teck Seng
Loong Seh Kiong
Peter Lee Kok Chiang
Abd Rahim Bin Abdullah
Jeong Yong Hun
71
72
72
73
73
-
-
-
-
61
68
68
69
- 76
- 87
Invited Guests Category
Nett
1st Lai Cho Sim
2nd Nafri Mohamad
3rd Hj Abd. Jalil B. Hj Abd Rahman
4th Bajuri Jaujie
5th Bong Tee Yen
6th Chin Hau Shin
Gross
1st Waili Abang
2nd Patrick Chieng
3rd Sukiman Hj Aini
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-
-
-
-
-
Ladies Category
Nett
1st Boon Kim Theen
2nd Wong Yien Hua
3rd Laura Goh Hui Ee
4th Susan Toh Siok Tin
Gross
1st Getrude Lee
2nd Beatrice Miren Dayus
73
75
76
78
79
-
-
-
-
-
-
69
70
70
71
71
73
- 80
- 81
- 81
Happening
The Golfer • 11
Happening
Children Christmas Party
The Children Christmas Party was held on Saturday, 17th
December 2011. More than 50 children attended the party,
including the less fortunate children from the Green Ribbon,
Sarawak Cheshire Home, Pibakat and the Salvation Army.
Amongst the activities organised on the day were the
Christmas carolling choir by church members, musical chair
and not forgetting the special appearance of Santa Claus who
brought some excitement and thrill to the children. He also
gave away gifts and ang pows.
At the end of the function, entertainment committee member,
Mr Irwan Zulkarnian, handed the donation cheque to five
charitable organisations, namely: Green Ribbon, Sarawak
Cheshire Home, Pibakat, Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society
and Salvation Army.
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Happening
The KGS New Year Eve Dinner and Dance was held on Saturday, 31st
December 2011 by the KGS entertainment committee with “Shanghai Nite”
as the theme. Nearly three hundred members and guests who were present
to celebrate the 2012 countdown were also given door gifts. The party started
off with a “Food Presentation” from the staff of Thank Food Restaurant. The
highlights of the events were the Ballroom Dancing presentation, live band
performance, Diva Show Girls, games and best dressed awards. Ms. Pauline
Gan, a KGS management committee member won herself the Best Dressed
Award for ladies category. The men category winner went to our club
member, YBhg. Datu Dr Hsiung Kwo Yeun. As the clock struck 12.00 midnight,
everyone gathered on the dance floor to witness the new chapter of year
2012. A lot of lucky draws were given away to the lucky ones. The two grand
lucky draw prizes were one unit Sony Bravia 40” BX42 LCD TV and one unit
of LG 32” HD LCD TV.
The function ended at 1.00a.m.
The Golfer • 13
Happening
Chap Goh Mei Special being the opening golf event for the year
was held on Sunday 12th February 2012. Over two hundred
golfers took part in this ever popular event. Members and their
guests were invited to the open house which was held at 1.00
pm on the same day. The audience was entertained by the lion
dance performance. Vice
president Prof. Dr. Mohd
Syafiq bin Abdullah, Encik
Shahary Alias, club secretary
and Mr Lau Chai Seng the
tournament chairman were
among the KGS management
committee members who
attended the function.
The results are as follows:
SCOREBOARD
Group A
Group B
Gross
1st Mohd Lokman - 76 ocb
2nd Mohd Yusri Jusmail
- 76
3rd Abdul Rahim Abd Rahim - 77
Gross
1st Laura Goh Hui Ee
2nd Chan Chang Tung
3rd Hj Mohammad Sani
- 89 ocb
- 89
- 90
Nett
1st
2nd
3rd
4th 5th
6th Nett
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th -
-
-
-
-
-
Immanuel David
Kim Gi Duk
Sukiman Hj Aini
Abang Ibrahim Salleh
Park Kisuk
William Manggoi
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-
-
-
-
-
-
69 ocb
69 ocb
69
70 ocb
70
71 ocb
Augustine Chuo
Mohli Amri
Lee Dae Gun
Yokota Osamu
Sahdi B. Sema’on @Saadi
Zafirah Osman
66
69 ocb
69
71 ocb
71 ocb
71
Ladies Golf
KGS
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Congratulations! to Cho Hyun Suk, winner
of Queen Bee Trophy 2011 with a total of 30 points
accumulated throughout year 2011.
KGS lady golfers kick off 2012 with busy bees in
January cum Ang Pow Golf.
14th Borneo Ladies Golf Challenge Trophy 2012
(hosted by KGM). 20 ladies left for Miri on 12th
March 2012 to represent KGS for Team Sarawak.
This was a 2 days’ event and prize giving gala
dinner was held on 14th March 2012.
January 2012 winner : Lim Wui Ling
February 2012 winner : Haseria Hashim
Ladies event calendar for year 2012 is available on
the notice board at the Ladies Changing Room.
Please take note and register with the organising
chairperson accordingly.
On 7th January 2012 some 36 ladies got together
to play Siok’s memorial golf in remembrance of
our dearly departed Ms Teo Whye Siew.
Happy Golfing!
Ladies also participated in the By Invitation Golf
(Mixed Greensome) and SCGA AGM Ballsweep
in February 2012.
CELINE FOO
LADY CAPTAIN
The Golfer • 15
Golf Tips
PUTTING
The key to great putting is making
sure your shoulders, arms and putter
all move together as one unit, whilst
keeping the lower body absolutely
still, rather than independently using
hands and wrists only, and the lower
body moving from its original setup
position (photo 1).
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Try this drill. It will feel uncomfortable
at first, and will alter the normal
position of the arms, but will do great
things for your putting.
Place a shaft under the armpits.
Assume correct posture, tilting from
the pelvis and now rock the shaft and
shoulders together.
Right shoulder up (photo 2) left
shoulder up (photo 3), whilst keeping
the hands, wrists, and lower body
very quiet. Practice on short putts to
start with. You will very quickly start to
feel everything moving together, and
the shoulders being the engine of the
stroke.
Tips From
Andrew Ratcliffe
Lessons
Tuesday – Sunday
7.30 am – 6.30 pm (by appointment)
Contact No:
019-484 9357
P.G.A Professional,
Kelab Golf Sarawak
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THE KNOW, TAKE
LESSONS WITH A
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Health & Fitness
GYM NEWS
By Clarence Soh (Gym Instructor)
O
nce again after the long school holidays and the festive season,
I am sure we must be loading in a lot of good food and gain an
extra inch on our waistline. As an instructor, it is my duty and
responsibility to sound the alarm by calling out to all the club members
if you are really concerned about your health. Please pack up your gym
gear and come to the gym with no excuses to start burning off the
excess fat.
It is a good idea for us to try doing push up, weight lifting of some
form or repeatedly use your muscle to counter some kind of resistance.
These are called resistance exercise which we believe could strengthen
our muscle by increasing bone density and it can help to prevent
osteoporosis.
You can do all this at home but realistically, how many of us have that
determination to train consistently at home? So the best alternative is to
enrol in a gym and start your exercise.
By training consistently it will help you achieve or maintain a healthy
weight by burning the extra calories. If you exercise, your body
automatically needs more fuel to burn even after you stop exercising
and that’s how you lose weight.
However, it is important to remember that it is body fat loss not muscle
loss that’s important for your health. If you just diet and did not exercise
the weight loss could be just a loss of muscle tissue and body fluid only.
Strength training should be included in your training schedule with
a routine of two or three times a week. For older people, strength
training is particularly more important for bone density as well as
maintaining muscle mass. Interesting findings have it that if combining
both aerobic exercise and strength training, it has successful result in
treating depression and it is as effective as taking medication like antidepressant in older folks.
Why I repeatedly stress on exercising for the older folks is that I want
to encourage them to add the strength training to their programme and
that this form of exercise is helpful in maintaining their good health and
well-being.
Many people have problem with sleep but if you do some moderate
exercise three hours before bedtime, it will help you unwind and relax
and sleep better at night too. Regular exercise can activate production
of recovery hormones during sleep. Not only that, it will increase our
body metabolic rate and promotes fat burning too. So starting from
today, make sure you get a good eight hours sleep every night after
exercising.
The Golfer • 17
The Library
Title: Animal Legends
Author: Carol Watson
Title: The Sixth Man
Author: David Baldacci
Title: Chicken
Some tails are long.
These
tales
are
tall, but they reveal
secrets of the animal
kingdom. Did you
know that cats were
once best friends
with rats? And do
you know why
monkeys now live
in trees? Well, once
upon a time…
Edgar Roy – an alleged serial killer – is awaiting
trial. He faces almost certain conviction. Sean
King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by
Roy’s attorney, Sean’s old friend and mentor
Ted Bergin, to help work the case. But their
investigation is derailed when Sean and
Michelle find Bergin murdered.
Author: Answered Prayers
Title: The Best Of Me
Author: Nicholas Sparks
In the spring of 1984, high school students
Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply
in love. Though they were from opposite sides
of the tracks, their love for each other seemed
to defy the realities of life in the small town of
Oriental, North Caroline. But as the summer of
their senior year came to a close, unforeseen
events would tear the young couple apart,
setting them on radically divergent paths.
Now,
twenty-five
years later, Amanda
and Dawson are
summoned back
to Oriental for a
funeral.
Neither
has lived the life
they imagined…
and
neither
can forget the
passionate first
love that forever
changed their lives. Forced to confront painful
memories, the two former lovers soon realise
that everything they thought they knew- about
themselves and the dreams they held dear –
was not as it seemed. And in the course of
a single, searing weekend, they will ask of the
living, and the dead: can love truly rewrite the
past?
Title: The Time Of
Author: Cecelia Ahern
It is now up to them to ask the questions
no one seems to want answered: Is Roy a
killer? Who murdered Bergin? The more they
dig into Roy’s past, the more they encounter
obstacles, half-truths, dead-end, false
friends, and escalating threats from every
direction. Their persistence puts them on a
collision course
with the highest levels
of the government and
the darkest corners of
power. In a terrifying
confrontation that will
push Sean and Michelle
to their limits, the duo
may be permanently
parted.
Soup
For The Soul
101 Stories of Hope, Miracles, Faith, Divine
Intervention, and the Power of Prayer.
Miracles happen all the time and these
amazing stories of answered prayers will fill
you with awe, inspire you, and strengthen
your faith and hope.
101 Answered Prayers
to inspire you, deepen
your faith, and make
your day brighter!
These
fascinating
stories prove that God
is actively involved in
our lives, listening to
our heartfelt hopes
and needs. You will be
awed by miraculous true accounts of healing,
divine appointments, angels among us, sign
from above, timely gifts, and other answered
prayers, including:
Bryan, whose terminal bone cancer
disappeared after his name was put on
prayer lists all over the country.
Title: Mr
Dot, who prayed for a white station wagon to
replace her broken down car, and was given
on the next week by her boss.
Author: James Lee
Joy, blinded by eye surgery, who found her
husband in a snowstorm having a heart
attack, after asking Jesus to show her the
way.
Midnight :
Mangled Man
The Ghost Factory
Story #1: Mangled man is the ugliest ghost in
the Dead World – so ugly that his face had to
be permanently covered. But what happens
when he comes to Jordan Koh’s school? We
dare you to read every single word!
Story #2: Hundreds
of
ghosts
have
been turned into
slaves by the evil
Dr Mortis. Can Tin
Siew Yan and her
friends save them?
If they can’t, they
too will be trapped
in THE GHOST
FACTORY.
Ellie, who asked God for a sign from her late
son, and was given a dream in which he
assured her they would meet again.
Carol, who substituted prayer for a cigarette
every time she had a craving and finally
managed to quit smoking.
Six-year-old Clem, whose long-divorced
parents reconciled the day after he asked
God to put them back together.
My Life
Lying on Lucy Silchester’s carpet one day when she returns from work is a gold envelope. Inside is an invitation to a
meeting with life. Her life.
It sounds peculiar, but Lucy’s read about this in a magazine. Anyway, she can’t make the date: she’s much too busy
despising her job, skipping out on her friends and avoiding her family.
But Lucy’s life isn’t what it seems. Some of the choices she’s made – and stories she’s told – aren’t what they seem
either. From the moment she meets the man who introduces himself as her life,her stubborn half-truths are going to
be revealed in all their glory – unless she learns to tell the truth about what really matters to her.
Lucy Silchester has an appointment with her life and she’s going to have to keep it.
18 • The Golfer
Golf Jokes
Uncle Tony and the barman
E
ntering KL Golf & Country Club, Uncle Tony went
straight to the bar and asked for a pint of draught
Guinness. The barman politely nodded and said,
“That will be one Ringgit please, Uncle Tony.”
Somewhat taken aback, Uncle Tony replied, “That’s very
cheap,” and handed over his money.
“Well, we try to stay ahead of the competition,” said the
barman. “And we are serving free pints every Wednesday
evening from 6 until 8. We have the cheapest draught in
Asia.”
“That is remarkable value,” Uncle Tony comments.
The barman said, “I see you don’t seem to have a glass, so
you’ll probably need one of ours.
That will be 3 Ringgit please, Uncle Tony.”
Uncle Tony scowled, but paid up. He took his drink and
walked towards a seat. “Ah, you want to sit down?” asked
the barman. “That’ll be an extra 2 Ringgit. You could have
pre-book the seat, and it would have only cost you a Ringgit.”
“I think you may be too big for the seat sir, can I ask you to
sit in this frame please?” Uncle Tony attempts to sit down
but the frame is too small and when he can’t squeeze in he
complains, “Nobody would fit in that little frame.”
The barman continued, “I’m afraid if you can’t fit in the frame
you’ll have to pay an extra surcharge of RM 4 for your seat
sir.”
have brought your laptop with you,” added the barman.
“And since that wasn’t pre-booked either, that will be
another 3 Ringgit.”
Uncle Tony was so annoyed that he walked back to the
bar, slammed his drink on the counter, and yelled, “This is
ridiculous, I want to speak to the manager.”
“Ah, I see you want to use the counter,” says the barman,
“that will be 2 Ringgit please.” Uncle Tony’s face was red
with rage.
“Do you know who I am?” asked Uncle Tony.
The barman promptly answered, “Of course I do, Uncle
Tony.”
“I’ve had enough. What sort of bar is this? I come in for a
quiet drink after a round of golf and you treat me like this.
I insist on speaking to a manager!”
The barman said, “Here is his e-mail address, or if you
wish, you can contact him between 9 and 9.10 every
morning, Monday to Tuesday at this free phone number.
Calls are free, until they are answered, then there is a
talking charge of only 10 sen per second provided you
use Tune Talk. Using other mobile carriers would incur our
normal charges of 30 sen per second.”
Uncle Tony fumed, “I will never use this bar again.”
Uncle Tony swore to himself, but paid up. “I see that you
“OK Uncle Tony, but remember, we are the only bar in
Asia selling pints for one Ringgit...so that Now everyone
can drink!”
Sleeping with Mark
Golf fence
F
our golfing friends, Mark, Mel, Mick and Mike,
decided to go for a bike tour after a successful
golf outing.
Mark snored so badly that no one wanted to room with
him during their stopover in motels and resthouses.
They decided it wasn’t fair to make one of them stay
with Mark the whole time, so they voted to take turns.
The first night Mel had to sleep with Mark. At breakfast
the next morning, Mel’s hair was a mess and his eyes
all bloodshot. They said, “Mel, what happened to you?”
Mel said, “Mark snored so loudly, I just sat up and
watched him all night.”
The next night, it Mick’s turn to sleep in the same room
with Mark. In the morning, same thing, hair all standing
up, eyes all bloodshot. They said, “Mick, what happened
to you? You look awful!” Mick said, “Man! Mark shook
the roof with his snoring. I watched him all night.”
The third night was Mike’s turn. He was a tanned,
older biker, a man’s man. The next morning he came
to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. “Good
morning!” he said. They couldn’t believe it. They said,
“Man, what happened?”
Mike said, “Well, we got ready for bed. I went and
tucked Mark into bed, patted him on the buttock and
kissed him good night on the lips. Mark sat up and
watched me all night.”
A
JOKES
To break the monotony
of serious writing, “The
Golfer” includes jokes
in this issue for your
entertainment. KGS
members are welcome to
contribute jokes to help
enrich our collection.
They will be credited (or
blamed) for whatever
jokes they sent in and
are published in this
section. “The Golfer”
reserves the right to edit
any joke submitted. We
will make sure that jokes
published are decent
and acceptable humour.
little old lady was walking down the street
dragging two large plastic garbage bags behind
her. One of the bags was ripped and every once
in a while a $20 bill fell out onto the sidewalk.
Noticing this, a policeman stopped her, and said, "Ma'am,
there are $20 bills falling out of that bag."
"Oh, really? Darn it!" said the little old lady. "I'd better go
back and see if I can find them. Thanks for telling me
officer.”
"Well, now, not so fast," said the cop. "Where did you get
all that money? You didn't steal it, did you?"
BAD RELIGIOUS
JOKE DISCLAIMER:
We recognise that
religious humour can be
risky. It is our hope that
"Oh, no, no," said the old lady. "You see, my backyard
is right next to a golf course. A lot of golfers come and
pee through a knot hole in my fence, right into my flower
garden. It used to really tick me off. Kills the flowers, you
know. Then I thought, 'why not make the best of it?' So,
now, I stand behind the fence by the knot hole, real quiet,
with my hedge clippers. Every time some guy sticks his
thing through my fence, I surprise him, grab hold of it and
say, O.K., buddy! Give me $20, or off it comes.'"
by laughing at ourselves
"Well, that seems only fair," said the cop, laughing. "OK.
Good luck! Oh, by the way, what's in the other bag?"
are unknown – but we
(and others) we can
make this subject more
approachable. If you find
religious jokes published
here objectionable, we
apologise. As with most
jokes, the original authors
thank them anyway.
"Not everybody pays, you know," replied the old lady.
Moral of the story: With age comes wisdom.
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20 • The Golfer