Family of Singapore West BBQ Session

In the 7th consecutive year, RAC Singapore West organized the Family of Singapore West BBQ Session at Rotarian Tay's house. Unexpectedly, the turnout for this BBQ session is extremely good! Let the pictures do the talking~!!!

Thankfully the rain stopped!

Cooking his specially marinated beef!

RAC NUS members cooking for us^^

Working hard...

Smiling happily at the cake:)

Singing the Rotaract Song~

Celebrating the August babies:)

A big thank you to our sister clubs - RAC NUS and Interact Club of NJC for taking the time off to attend the BBQ session. Special thanks to Rotarian Tay for booking the BBQ and inviting the Rotarians on our behalf. Thanks to Keyuan for the wonderful pictures taken on that day! In addition, we would like to thank  our international guest, Margherita from RAC Sud Ovest Porta Venezia of Milan, for spending the evening with us.

Hope that everyone had a good time feasting as well as enjoying the fellowship^^

Are you looking forward to our BBQ session next year? I sure do~

Reported by:
Wendy Guo

August Installations

Let's update about the installations that we have attended over the weekends - one institutional-based and one community-based club!

RAC Nanyang Polytechnic Installation
Date: 2nd August 2013
Members Attended: Wahid

RAC Raffles City Installation

Date: 3rd August 2013
Members Attended: Evelyn, Wendy

The last installation for this month is our sister club - Rotaract Club of NUS! But it's at the end of the month...

Anyway, National Day is coming! Looking forward to the long weekend ahead^^

Reported by:
Rtr Wendy

July Installations

This month is certainly a hectic month with many club installations. Other than our club's installation (refer to the earlier post on 27th July), we attended 4 other clubs installations including our sister's club, Interact Club of National Junior College.

RAC Northwest Installation
Date: 20th July 2013
Members Attended: Wahid, Hooi Ying, Wendy

RAC Ngee Ann Polytechnic Installation
Date: 26th July 2013
Members Attended: Wahid, Benedict

RAC Singapore East Installation
Date: 28th July 2013
Members Attended: Wahid, Hooi Ying, Wendy

We had a fellowship event after the installation - Gelato @ Marina Square^^

Interact Club of National Junior College Installation
Date: 30th July 2013
Members Attended: Benedict, Wendy

Next month is also another hectic month with 3 club installations!!!

Stay tune for more updates XD

Reported by:
Rtr Wendy

RAC Singapore West 33rd Installation

Oh my... RAC SW is getting older; we are already 33 years old! However, we are still young at heart and that's why we chose the theme "Old School" to reminiscence our school days.

The Guest-of-Honour for today is President Eric Tan from our sponsoring Rotary Club, Rotary Club of Singapore West. We are also honoured to have several Rotarians which include three past presidents, DYS director and DRC. Even some district officers such as the DRR, IPDRR, ZR and District Treasurer were presented. It was indeed a grand event with many important guests from overseas as well as Singapore.

Nevertheless, we still have our fair share of photo-bombing^^ More photos will be posted on Facebook...

Once again, on behalf of the club, I would like to thank everyone who manage to take some time off to celebrate with us this joyous occasion. Please do come again next year!!!

Reported by:
Rtr Wendy

RAC SW 33rd Installation Advertisement

Are you ready for this Saturday's Installation?

If you have yet to RSVP, why wait???

See ya @ Old School Delights at 3pm!

Nearest MRT: Marymount Station

Bus: 132, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167, 410, 855, 980

Still unsure of the best route to get to Old School Delights? Check out http://gothere.sg/maps for the shortest route available!

1st Zonal Meeting

Supper after Zonal Meeting on 19th July.

Dao Huey + You Tiao @ Rochor Beancurd ^^

Hosting a Taiwanese Rotaractor

We are glad to host a Rotaractor from District 3510 Rotaract Club of Kaoshiung Chung Hsing. His name is Panny and is the Club International Service Director. He came to Singapore for an exhibition and will be in town until Monday noon.

We brought him around Chinatown to eat some of the local delights and dessert and later chill at Clarke Quay.

Hope that he had an enjoyable time yesterday^^

Rotaract District Assemby (RDA) @ Ngee Ann Polytechnic

This year's RDA is also held at Ngee Ann Polytechnic with more than 100 Rotaractors from Malaysia and Singapore who attended.

Our new DRR - Wiu Pei Yan

District Team 2013/14

It's crowded in here~!

After the Assembly, some of the Malaysian Rotaractors joined us at Al-Azhar for dinner.

Looking forward to our next event which is our Installation Ceremony on 27th July!!!

Stay tune for more updates^^

Members Attended:

Benedict, Evelyn, Wahid, Hooi Ying and Wendy

Reported by:

Rtr Wendy

Rotary Club of Singapore West Installation Dinner

Our sponsoring club, Rotary Club of Singapore West, held their installation dinner at Singapore Island Country Club on 4th July 2013. Let the pictures do the talking, shall we?

Congratulations President Eric

Mr and Mrs Tay still look so young^^

Our table for tonight's dinner. Sat together with our sister clubs - RAC NUS and Interact Club of NJC. We also sat together with the new member in Rotary Club of Singapore West^^

Other pictures that were taken tonight with our Rotarians:

Members Attended:
Benedict, Aini, Hooi Ying, Wendy

Reported by:
Rtr Wendy

World Rotaract Week - District 3310 Blood Donation Drive

In conjunction with World Rotaract Week, District 3310 organized a Blood Donation Drive at the Bloodbank@Dhoby Exchange on 16th - 17th March 2013. 

The total number of volunteers who helped out on both days exceeded 100 and we managed to hit our target of 100 donors per day. On 16th March 2013, a total of 169 people registered and there were 104 donors. Although it was raining heavily the next day, there were still 152 people who came down to the Bloodbank to register and a total of 103 people donated.

What is World Rotaract Week?
World Rotaract Week is the week starting from 13 March to commemorate the founding of the first Rotaract club in 1968. It is also the time to celebrate the success and importance of the Rotaract program. During this week, the Rotaract clubs and their sponsoring Rotary club will usually collaborate in a project to celebrate the Rotaract program. After completing the event, the sponsoring Rotary club or District Rotaract Chairperson can download a certificate of recognition for presentation to the Rotaract club. For more information, you may refer to
http://www.rotary.org/en/studentsandyouth/youthprograms/rotaract/pages/events.aspx

Pictures of the Blood Donation Drive:

 

Did you manage to get our flyer when you are roaming around Dhoby Ghaut area over the weekend?

Call out to O+ people~! Please donate if you can^_^

Guess whose arm is this???

We are thankful for the HSA staff (nurses, doctors and administrative staff) and the Rotaract volunteers who helped out in the registration and distribution of flyers. Moreover, we need to thank the main organizing IC - Shiyu who liaised with HSA and managed to secure the venue. The event would not have been successful without everyone's combined effort. 

If you have missed out this chance to join us during this Blood Donation Drive, just visit one of the nearest Bloodbank Center to donate;) Check out the link below for the locations: http://www.hsa.gov.sg/publish/hsaportal/en/health_services/blood_donation/wheretodonate.html

Do you think we should make this an annual district event???

Anyway, remember to check out our blog in another three weeks time for the update on the various directors' report as we are going to have on Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 7th April!!!

Have a nice week, everyone~!

Members Attended:

Benedict, Aini, Wahid, Hooi Ying and Wendy

Reported by:

C.S. Dir. Wendy

Blood Donation Drive (16 - 17 March, 12pm - 8pm @ Dhoby Xchange)

Not sure what to do this weekend? Come down to Dhoby Xchange (at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station) to donate blood and save lives!!!

Do you know that every hour of the day, 15 units of blood are used in Singapore and thus 100,000 units are needed in a year.

Life is unpredictable. Your blood donation can help to save the life of an accident victim, a patient undergoing major surgery or even a newborn baby!

Just a few minutes of pain, and you may save a life. ^_^

Annual IMH Outing

This year marks the sixth year that RAC Singapore West has collaborated with the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) patients. Similar to the previous year, we brought our VIPs (Very Important Patients) to the Labrador Park.

Due to the good rapport with IMH that have been built up over the years, we had more VIPs as compared to the previous five outings. A total of 32 patients, 8 nurses, 5 IMH volunteers and 10 volunteers from our side participated in this event.

Some games include the Spelling Bee, Guess the Number and Make your Bracelet. It was a fun time interacting with the patients despite the unexpected heavy downpour. Luckily, Labrador Park has a nice sheltered area for us to conduct the games.

Many thanks to Evelyn for organizing this outing and the volunteers for taking time off to participate in this event. I hope that all the VIPs and volunteers had a fun time!!! (I know that I did^^)

After the event, we proceeded to the Arc for dinner and then we had our monthly BOD meeting:) Stay tune to our next community service event - District 3310 Blood Donation Drive!!!

Members attended: Evelyn, Benedict, Wahid, Wendy, Yancy & Guests - Ibrahim, Ibrahim's brother, Evelyn's friend, Teck Sing, Graduated member - Dawn

Reported by:
C.S. Dir. Wendy

CNY Outing & Club Meeting

Thanks KY for the pictures~ ^.^

Chinese New Year Celebration

Did everyone enjoy your Chinese New Year? Collect a lot of red packets? Ate a lot of new year goodies and scared about gaining weight? Met up with your relatives and friends to gather around the pot for a meal?

I guess most of us (other than those who have lots of assignments to do or upcoming examinations) would have enjoyed this festive season^^

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, is one of the most eagerly anticipated occasions each year. This is the biggest and most significant event of the Chinese community, and it is observed by Singaporeans from all walks of life. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th day.

Symbolically, new clothes are usually worn to signify the new year. It is also the tradition for every family to thoroughly clean their homes to “sweep away” any ill-fortune, making way for the arrival of good luck. Chinese New Year also brings people together, and is marked by visits to kin, relatives and friends, a practice known simply as "new-year visits". The highlight for children and younger members of the family during these visits comes in little red packets, or “hong bao”, filled with money. Another significant tradition is the Reunion Dinner, which takes place on the Eve of Chinese New Year, and is an occasion for families to come together and eat.

This year, we have decided to follow the tradition of sitting around a pot to have a meal instead of visiting one person's home. Do you realize that the only halal steamboat restaurant in Singapore is Seoul Garden?

Having no alternative, we had to make that as our destination. Catching up with one another's activities, talking about the stress that we faced and funny events that happen at work... I guess that's what makes it so important to make friends and spend some time with them. Don't you find that the CNY period allows you to reflect on your relationships with others, making you treasure them while you can.

Really hope that everyone who manage to read this post take some time to tell your family, your friends, the people around you, how much you appreciate them to be with you. Make them feel that they are important and not regret it when it's too late:)

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

Members attended:
Wahid, Wendy, Hooi Ying, Yan Xing, Aini, Suk Kwan, Evelyn Graduated member - Ke Yuan

Reported by: 
C.S. Dir. Wendy

Wahid's Birthday Celebration

Tried the new restaurant at Plaza Singapura opened by Chef Wan! Celebrated Wahid's birthday and Yan Xing is finally back from his exchange programme!

Happy Birthday, Wahid Members attended: Wahid, Hooi Ying, Yancy, Evelyn, Wendy, Aini, Yan Xing and Graduated Member - Dawn
Reported by: C.S. Dir. Wendy

Zonal Bowling

This year's Zonal Bowling has held at Bukit Batok CSC and is organized by RAC Marina City. Due to space constraints, our club could only send one team to represent us;( But we still managed to emerge as the 4th~5th placing! (Aw, no medals...)

Can you spot us in the picture?

Congratulations to Augustine on getting the Best Male Rotaractor Bowler^^

Reported by:

C.S. Dir. Wendy

Happy New Year!!!

HY's Birthday Celebration @ Mellben

Had a mini birthday celebration at Mellben for HY;)

Happy Belated Birthday, HY!!!
Reported by: 
C.S. Dir. Wendy