My Dear Rotarians and Friends, in particular my Action Presidents, This has to be a very sad day for the families and friends of the 118 crew found dead in the flooded Russian nuclear submarine Kursk which sank to the bottom of the Barents seas ten days ago after an accident. No doubt, the media,…
My Dear Rotarians and Friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Mitford Mathew’s Dictionary of Americanisms explains that this was a short form for a blind baggage car which was a railroad car with no door at the end placed toward the front of the train or next to the locomotive. Thus, in hobo language, beating…
My Dear Rotarians and Friends, in particular my Action Presidents, In ancient times, if a husband had no proof, but only suspected his wife of infidelity, he might take her before a judge to be examined, and if she denied it, she would be given the water of jealousy to drink. In this water, some…
My Dear Rotarians and Friends, in particular my Action Presidents, This is another forgotten English phrase, meaning the long ringlets of a lady’s hair. You probably cannot find it in Longman Family Dictionary or Websters, but try Brewer. Repentir is the French for a penitentiary, and les repenties are the girls sent there for reformation….
My Dear Rotarians and Friends, in particular my Action Presidents, At the risk of boring you to tears with figures, I would like to begin with yet another clarification on the Ballot-by-Mail for the 2000-2001 Per Capita Levy for the District Fund. I would try to be brief. For serious readers, please refer to Issue…
My Dear Rotarians and Friends, in particular my Action Presidents, The 1898 Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable defines the gall of bitterness as the bitterest grief, or extreme afflictions. The ancients taught that grief and joy were subject to the gall, affection to the heart, knowledge to the kidneys, anger to the bile, and…
My Dear Rotarians and Friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Last Friday, 4 August 2000, the Balloting Committee, comprising Past District Governor Dr. Jason Yeung (Kowloon West), Past President Stanley Mok (Hongkong Sunrise) and Past President Ted Ho (Kingspark Hong Kong), met to examine the returns from club presidents in respect of the Ballot-by-Mail for…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Hi, it’s me, the new Governor of RI District 3450, talking to you in his new capacity for the first time. Rosita and I wish you well, whoever you are, wherever you are, and whatever you are doing or about to do. We wish you…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, The last week was not an easy one for the family and me. I had shared my life and thoughts with some of you and I thanked the kind souls who had taken the time to listen and to console. I would share with the…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, First, we had the warmest May in fifty something years; then the coolest June for don’t know how many years; and even as I was typing away the first two lines, I found that the tropical typhoon signal No. three was up. I wonder what…
