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THE KL HUB Issue # 15 15
The KL HUB
Issue # 15
SSA KL MEMBERS HAD A VISIT AT TENMOKU POTTERY IN THIS ISSUE
Hello Members,
Welcome back to another newsletter, Time flies by, Summer is here and it is that time of the year
where most of us plan for a vacation back home or for most of us it is that time where we need to say goodbye to most of our dear friends who need to move on to a different location, I am sure it is a tough challenge but at the same time it is exciting for a new change you are about to embark.
It has been a year in KL, Last summer we moved to Kl from Houston with lot of expectations and the journey so far has been really enriching. Kl gave me an opportunity to meet some interesting people, make friends and also understand the true meaning to live “Life “at the fullest. Within my 3 months stay in Kl, I was given the opportunity to serve the SSA chapter as KL Coordinator. Initially I was really worried whether I would carry on this huge responsibility but with the
SSA team by my side, I was able to accomplish this task with ease. This opportunity instilled a sense of responsibility and also courage to carry on this role.
I was able to appreciate the efforts that goes to make a wonderful coffee morning, an interesting activity or even helping the refugee people. Thank you SSA board members for your time and energy as well your commitment to our KL SSA.
We have some interesting activities planned after summer, so do have a great summer and join us back to experience some fun activities and wonderful coffee mornings.
Here is famous quote from~ Jose Ortega Gasset+- Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future, because to live consists inexorably in doing, in each individual life making itself.
Have a great summer!
Best Regards
Anjana Subramanya
SSA KL Coordinator
Coordinator’s message
From The Welcome Desk
The Charity Hub
HSE Update
Events Review
Upcoming events
Coordinator’s Message
by [Article Author]
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 2
FROM THE WELCOME DESK
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Andrea Corredor
Beau Mielke
Divya Trivedi
Fathima Koumouris
Genia Nagara
Germaine Ferrao-Lenn
Hala Haddad
Ira Kurniawan
Jiang (Guang Hua) Jia
Marie-Noelle Fotsa
Maritza J. Quintero
Rizki Laila
Sanaa Ibrahim
Senny Karjadinata
Shazia Khalid
Sneha Biniwale
Yuvita Fandy
Donalda Stewart
Sophia Omosa
Laura Fillon
HELP US WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
If you hear of any new arrivals to KL, please let us know so we can start the membership process and ensure the officially welcomed and added to the email list, directory and Facebook page.
Please contact Melanie at [email protected].
Thank you!!
HELP US UPDATE OUR FILES!
Are you leaving or have you left KL? Any changes to your address or contact information? Please let us know so we can update our KL chapter directory and email list!
Please contact Marie at [email protected]
Thank you!
Farewells
Fereshteh Ahmadvand
Hana Hendrawan
Onyinye Bafor
Yira Wetherborne
Camilla Davies -
Chantel Bremner
Laila Zariman -
Vanessa Esteban Castro
Zarah Ahmad
FACT SHEET
If you have any useful information
that you would like to contribute to
Kl Fact sheet for our new arrivals,
please send it to Khizra at
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 3
The SSA Charity Team has grown in size and has been busy. At our April coffee,
we had a book sale and a used clothes drive. We now have children’s books for sale, which is proving to be popular with our members. Thank you for your book donations! We also collected many lovely used clothes that were taken to the Sahabat Support Centre. We filled a minivan with your kind donations! We also brought many gift bags to the SSC, filled with our donations of travel-sized toiletries from hotels and airlines. We heard that the refugees at the center really liked their gift bags. Please continue to collect those and bring to our coffee mornings.
Handicrafts sale to benefit the Sahabat Support Centre.
In May, we had our charity raffle, used bookstall and charity team also collected carloads of clothing and toys for the center. The SSA KL is now providing nutritious snacks to the Kindergarten at the SSC. (For more details, please see “SSA in Action”.)
Thank you for your donations, SSA KL!
Your Charity Team,
Karine, Sneha, Anu, Noor and Laura
At our Mother’s Day Coffee, we had guests from the Sahabat Support Center. The Sahabat Support Centre (SSC) provides educational programs for refugees (adults, teenagers and children), a kindergarten, supervised home schooling, a resource center, vocational training, and family health care program, among others with the goal of improving their situation.
The SSC brought handicrafts to sell at our coffee. They were made by refugee women to help them make money for their families. The proceeds of each sale go to the woman who made the item. Many of our SSA members went home with some great handmade items that helped women provide for their families!
We had a guest speaker from SSC, Yolanda Lopez, explain to us what refugees have to go through to obtain asylum: it is a process that can take years. Meanwhile, refugees do not have access to government schools, which could mean long gaps in a child’s education. The SSC provides a schooling program at the center. The refugees also do not have affordable healthcare, so the center’s volunteer doctors play a major part in keeping the refugee community healthy.
Many of us were very discouraged to hear that malnutrition is affecting the refugee families and in particular, the children need more protein to stay healthy. To that end, the SSA KL is providing a healthy snack twice a week to the children of the kindergarten at the Sahabat Support Centre. This will help ensure good nutrition for the younger children, and assist the parents in providing healthy food for their children while at school.
SSA KL was able to provide this food support through the SSA Charity Team. They collected over RM 1400
at our Mother’s Day Coffee Morning through raffle tickets and our used bookstall. Most importantly, our guest speaker raised awareness of refugees. Our SSA members have already rose to the challenge: some sponsored a child’s education at the center for a year, or volunteered to teach at the school or gathered up their used clothes and toys for the Charity Team to bring to the SSC. It is this kind of continuing support, long after the raffle tickets are sold, that is so beneficial to helping the needy in our temporary home, Malaysia.
Thank you, SSA!
How Can I help?
We are collecting the following items at our coffee mornings. Just leave with a member of the Charity Team, and they will take care of the rest!
Donate a raffle prize—donated prizes ensure our entire raffle monies go to the needy. If you find an interesting gift from your country or your travels, it would make a great prize for someone while helping to raise money for an SSA supported charity.
Donate used books—the SSA Book Shoppe needs more books, for children and adults!
Collect travel-sized toiletries from hotels and airlines—these will be collected and put into gift bags for the needy.
If you would like to help out the Sahabat Support Centre, get more
information at
www.msri.org.my
FROM THE EDITOR
Did you know? SSA funds are not to
be used for charity purposes. Our
amazing charity team comes up with
great fundraising ideas to help the
needy. Your donations are
contributions are wonderful! Thank
you!
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 4
Simple ways to live a
healthy lifestyle
You hear a lot about living a
healthy lifestyle, but what does
that mean? In general, a
healthy person doesn't smoke,
is at a healthy weight, eats
healthy and exercises. Sounds
simple, doesn't it? The trick to
healthy living is making small
changes...taking more steps,
adding fruit to your cereal,
having an extra glass of
water...these are just a few ways
you can start living healthy
without drastic changes.
Exercise.
One of the biggest problems in
the world today is lack of
activity. We know it's good for
us but avoid it like the plague
either because we're used to
being sedentary, every time we
tried to do some exercise the
next morning is impossible to
walk or maybe we are afraid
that exercise has to be vigorous
to be worth our time. The truth
is, movement is movement and
the more you do, the healthier
you'll be. Even moderate
activities like chores, gardening
and walking can make a
difference.
Just adding a little movement
to your life can:
Reduce the risk of heart
disease, stroke and
diabetes
Improve joint stability
Increase and improve
range of movement
Help maintain flexibility
as you age
Maintain bone mass
Prevent osteoporosis and
fractures
Improve mood and
reduce symptoms of
anxiety and depression
Enhance self esteem
Improve memory in
elderly people
Reduce stress
So, even if you opt for small
changes and a more modest
weight loss, you can see the
benefits are still pretty good.
One study has found that just a
10% weight reduction helped
obese patients reduce blood
pressure, cholesterol and
increase longevity.
Simple Ways to Move Your
Body
You can start the process of
weight loss now by adding a
little more activity to your life.
If you're not ready for a
structured program, start small.
Every little bit counts and it all
adds up to burning more
calories.
Turn off the TV. Once a
week, turn off the TV and
do something a little
more physical with your
family. Play games, take a
walk...almost anything
will be more active than
sitting on the couch.
Walk more. Look for
small ways to walk more.
When you get the mail,
take a walk around the
block, take the dog for an
extra outing each day or
walk on your treadmill for
5 minutes before getting
ready for work.
Do some chores.
Working in the garden,
raking leaves, sweeping
the floor...these kinds of
activities may not be
'vigorous' exercise, but
they can keep you
moving while getting
your house in order.
Pace while you talk.
When you're on the
phone, pace around or
even do some cleaning
while gabbing. This is a
great way to stay moving
while doing something
you enjoy.
Be aware. Make a list of all the
physical activities you do on a
typical day. If you find that the
bulk of your time is spent
sitting, make another list of all
the ways you could move
more--getting up each hour to
stretch or walk, walk the stairs
at work, etc.
HSE UPDATE
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 5
Eating Well
Eating a healthy diet is another
part of the healthy lifestyle. Not
only can a clean diet help with
weight management, it can
also improve your health and
quality of life as you get older.
If you're looking for smaller
changes, you can use these tips
for simple ways to change how
you eat:
Eat more fruit. Add it to
your cereal, your salads
or even your dinners
Sneak in more veggies.
Add them wherever you
can--a tomato on your
sandwich, peppers on
your pizza, or extra
veggies in your pasta
sauce. Keep pre-cut or
canned/frozen veggies
ready for quick snacks.
Switch your salad
dressing. If you eat full-
fat dressing, switch to
something lighter and
you'll automatically eat
less calories.
Eat low-fat or fat-free
dairy. Switching to skim
milk or fat free yogurt is
another simple way to
eat fewer calories
without having to
change too much in
your diet.
Make some substitutes.
Look through your
cabinets or fridge and
pick 3 foods you eat
every day. Write down
the nutritional content
and, the next time you're
at the store, find lower-
calorie substitutes for
just those 3 items..
Creating a healthy lifestyle
doesn't have to mean drastic
changes. In fact, drastic
changes almost always lead to
failure. Making small changes
in how you live each day can
lead to big rewards, so figure
out what you can to be healthy
today.
Cristina Teran
HSE coordinator
HSE MEETINGS KLCC AND MONT KIARA
As you know, there have been security incidents all around Kuala Lumpur, some of them involving SSA members or friends.
HSE meetings were organized in order to prevent this kind of incidents or in the worst case, to avoid injuries. We all know that material things are not that important as health.
Bala, from SLB office, helped us with the meeting; he gave us some tips to avoid snatching or burglary. Also he showed some videos about how fast the things could happen sometimes.
Many spouses are working and they couldn’t attend the meeting, which is why I send some useful
information to all the members. If you have any doubts about that information please let me know.
I would like to thank all the ladies who attended the meetings, I hope none of us have to be involved in this kind of situations, but as always, please follow your common sense and be safe.
Also, I would like to thank the Activities Team for the support.
Cristina Teran
HSE coordinator
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 6
\The April coffee morning saw Marie Thielens warmly welcome SSA members into her home. Sandrina Vrignaud and Tania Melhem joined her in organizing a wonderful morning. With delicious homemade quiche, scrumptious chocolate brownies, divine cupcakes and a huge spread of fresh fruit, zestful dips and freshly baked bread....the SSA members enjoyed every bite at the coffee morning.
We began the morning with Melanie Thompson from the Hospitality team, introducing new SSA members who were attending their very first coffee morning in the KL chapter. A huge welcome to Likensto Shuping, Casey Okabayashi, Hanane Benahmed and Nurga Amir. We wish them a wonderful stay in Kuala Lumpur. We also welcomed Julien Hoffman, Hospitality coordinator for the SSA male spouses. We moved on to give a farewell to Zahra Ahmed, our SSA member for the last 31 years. Zahra shared with us her moments with the SSA chapters all over the world and we must say ... it was enlightening and
encouraging to hear her absolute positivity and see her warm smile. SSA KL wishes Zahra “All the very best “in her future endeavours.
Florence Lambert Lee, our guest speaker for the day, is the creator of the GADIS MANIS store. The store products are gifts, souvenirs and accessories which reflect Malaysia's culture. Gadis Manis supports local Craftsmanship and all the products are made in Malaysia. We saw on display some of the products ... and they are beautifully crafted and reflect Malaysia's rich heritage. Ladies, do check out their website www.gadismanismalaysia.com/ and their products at the stores.
Laura Miller, our charity coordinator worked hard at putting up a sale of used books which was well supported by the SSA members. 100% of the proceeds go towards the charities supported by the SSA. With the start of a new tradition of celebrating birthdays at the coffee mornings ... we cheerfully wished Raquel Izquierdo, Randi Nesset,
Sandrina Vrignaud, Dee Brink and Melanie Thompson a marvelous birthday.
Amid smiles, new faces, old friends and delicious food ... the April coffee morning ended ... with a huge "Thank you” going to Marie, Sandrina and Tania for a fabulous morning. Warm regards,
Mita Hussain KL Welcome and
Hospitality Team
April coffee morning
EVENTS REVIEW
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 7
May 2013 Hospitality
Coffee Morning
Our May Hospitality coffee morning was held at the Royale Chulan Hotel on the 14th May. This is a beautiful hotel in the centre of KL with a fusion of traditional and comtemporary architectural styles. Every corner of the hotel showcases a vivid parade of Malaysia’s historical past as well as its thriving present and future. We thought this would be the perfect venue to host our Mother’s Day celebratons as well as welcoming our new members to this vibrant KL Chapter.
As our members arrived they were warmly greated by our Hospitality Team and to commemorate mothers around the world each member was given a beautiful Mother’s Day gift. Once inside we enjoyed the delicious selection of scones, finger sandwiches, miniature cakes and pastries, along with tea, coffee and juice.
Anjana opened the morning by inviting the spouses who were celebrating their May birthday’s to join her and cut the delicious cake that she had brought along. Our guest speaker for the morning was Yolanda from Sahabat Support Centre. Laura, our Charity Coordinator will explain in more detail in this Newsletter about the wonderful work that Yolanda carries out with the Sahabat refugees.
As our coffee morning came to a close Laura held a raffle with 100% of the proceeds going to her charitable causes. Some of the lucky winners of these lovely prizes were Laurie Donald, Casey Okabayashi, Hana Hendrawan, Niniek Wijaya, Karine Schipper and Gwen Pasang. The lucky winners of our door prizes this month were Mitra Gholami, Zhansulu Abisheva, Marie-Laure Barbier and Anu Biju.
EVENTS REVIEW
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 8
The hospitality Team would like to thank everyone attending for giving our new members, Genia Nagara, Germaine Ferrao-Lenn, Hala Haddad, Jennifer Houghman, Jiang Guanghua, Sanaa Ibrahim, Sneha Biniwale and Yuvita Fandy such a warm and friendly welcome to our KL Chapter.
Special thanks to our Hospitality Team, Amel Aouci, Dina Chalik, Khizra Bilal, Mihaela Salvesen & Mita Hussain for working so hard to make this event such a success. Thanks also to Laura Miller for her continued enthusiasm in all she does for her charitable organisations and finally thanks to Patricia, Elena, Raquel & Mily our activiy team for their contribution to the Hospitality Team.
We look forward to seeing you all again at our next coffee on the 18th June at Starhill Tea Salon. For those of you who are leaving for the summer, we would like to wish you all a wondeful break and we hope you have a lovely time with your families. For all of our spouses who are leaving our Chapter, we would like to wish you and your families all the very best. It was a pleasure to meet you all and we wish you good luck in the transition to your new locations. SSA KL Hospitality Team
Hospitality Cover during July and August 2013
If you hear of any new members arriving this summer, the Hospitality Team will have at least 2 members working throughout July and August. July arrivals, please contact Melanie at [email protected] Arriving after July 27th until 2nd September, please contact Mita Hussain at [email protected] after 2nd September revert to normal mode of communication by contacting Melanie at [email protected]
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 9
EVENTS REVIEW
PLAY GROUP
THE KL HUB Issue # 15 15
SSA Sushi Class
On April 25th, we got together at Mid
Valley Mall to learn the wonderful
Japanese Cuisine “Sushi”. We were a
group of 30 members. It was
amazing to see how everyone was so
focus in the instructions and recipes,
for most of us this was the first time
cooking sushi and we were surprised
by the difficulty to master this
technique. We learned to cook the
rice for the sushi: 1 kg of raw sushi
rice (Kome-chan) and cook it with 1.2
liters of water, after cooked add 200
ml of rice vinegar and mix until it is
cool down.
Also we practiced to do:
- Nigiri: 2 types of Nigiri
were taught: Inari Nigiri:
a pouch of fried
tofu typically filled with
sushi rice alone; and
Kanikama Nigiri: with is a
ball of sushi rice topped
with a Crabstick
(“Kanikama”) tied with a
piece of nori of seaweed.
Gunkan: In order to hold soft
toppings in place, a thin piece
of Nori is wrapped around a
ball of rice. We did Gunkan
with tuna mayo and egg ayo.
-
- Temaki: hand rolls were
made by placing
ingredients on a seaweed
sheet and then shaping it
into a cone.
As Additional, we learned the Maki:
- Which is a cylindrical
piece, formed with the
help of a bamboo mat, for
this type of sushi we
discover the California
Roll, Kanikama Maki and
Kappa Maki (cucumber).
We finished this gourmet activity with
a nice Bento lunch in the restaurant.
Thanks for coming and helping us to
have a different morning… It was
very Mmmmmmm!!!!!
By: Patricia Ysaccis
EVENTS REVIEW
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 11
Tenmoku Pottery Workshop
On May 7th, 36 SSA KL
Members had a visit at
Tenmoku Pottery located close
to Batu Caves.
The welcome was very warm.
We were surprised with a
beautiful table of different
Chinese cakes, sponge cakes
and more!
After having visited the fabric,
we had the opportunity to
dirty our hands when we
learned how to mold
dinosaurs, pots and more! The
atmosphere was good and fun!
We had a really good time.
Many of us finished our
activity doing some shopping
in their Sale section and got a
good prices and beautiful
pieces to take home.
Thank you Tenmoku.
EVENTS REVIEW
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 12
SSA – KL Cake
Demo with Hellen
On behalf of all SSA members
we would like to thank
HELLEN for conducting the
baking class.
About 36 ladies attended this
class. We all had a great time
learning about the basics of
baking cakes and various
ways of decorating it with
fondant. In the process she
demonstrated how to make a
butter cake and decorate the
cake with butter cream icing
and fondant. She showed us
how to decorate a Teddy Bear,
Barbie and Flowers cakes.
At the end we all ate a slice of
the butter cake and it was
super delicious.
EVENTS REVIEW
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 13
UPCOMING EVENTS
Date: 18th June 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 9.45am – 12noon
Venue: Starhill Tea Salon
Starhill (lower ground floor)
181 Jalan Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur
RSVP to Dina Chalik at: [email protected] by Thursday 13th June, 2013.
EVENTS CALENDAR
Coffee morning
18th of June
Play ground
19th June
Coffee morning
4th of July
Royal Selangor Pewter workshop
20th of august
Coffee morning
29th August
Tour to Chinese temple
17th september
International coffee morning
24th September
Date: 4th July, 2013
Time: 9.45am – 12noon
Venue: La Boca Restaurant
Ground Level (opposite Coffee Bean) Pavilion KL 168 Jalan Bukit Bintang, KL RSVP to Dina Chalik at: [email protected] by Friday 28th June, 2013.
June Hospitality Coffee
Morning
Date: 29th August, 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 9.45am – 12noon
Venue: Magenta Restaurant
No.42, Level G2 , PUBLIKA Shopping Gallery, Solaris Dutamas, Jalan Dutamas 1,#50480, Kuala (Magenta Restaurant is located right next to information desk at Level G2 )
RSVP to Mita Hussain at: [email protected] by Friday 23rd August, 2013
PLAY GROUP
Handcraft
Date: Wednesday 19th June
2013
Time: 4:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m.
Venue: at Scarlet’s Place Unit
B-8-7 Dua Residency, Jalan
Tum Razak KlCC area ( in front
of American Embassy ).
Children around 2-6 years,
extra bring an old shirt RSVP to Scarlet at
July Hospitality Coffee
Morning
August Hospitality Coffee
Morning
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 14
SSA KL Chapter invites you to enjoy a colorful Coffee Morning this coming September 2013
International Coffee Morning
September 2013
On the International Day you can get involved just by being little creative. It will be a community wide celebration of world cuisine, cultural display, performances, dancing and intercultural sharing. You are
encouraged to bring along your country’s national flag, typical crafts and anything you consider represents your country’s cultural heritage. Let’s get together and share with our fellow SSA members from as many
as 55 nationalities!!
Date: September 24th.
Time: from 10:00
Location to be confirmed
How to participate?? It is very easy: form a group (from same country or region), decide if you are bringing your favorite dish or a typical food from the area that you are representing. Your country or region will have a table for you to display handcrafts, painting, pictures, decorations, etc. Get dress with your typical costume or choose a colour that better represent your nation, a cultural display, performance or dance, amount others.
This is a morning to be proud of the SSA-KL diversity and to show the best of your culture.
Please join us in this adventure, let’s celebrate together and have an intercultural sharing.
We will have prizes for best costume, best dish and proudest table!!! Amount others….
UPCOMING EVENTS
THE KL HUB | Issue # 15 15
ROYAL SELANGOR PEWTER WORKSHOP Date: Tues. 20th August Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Venue: Royal Selangor Visitor Centre. No 4, Jalan Usahawan 6, Setapak Jaya, 53300 Kuala
Lumpur. Phone: 03 4145 6122.
Web page: www.royalselangorvisitorcentre.com
GPS Coordinate: 3.196, 101.724
RSVP to Raquel Izquierdo by August 6th, 2013 by email: [email protected].
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Date: Tuesday September 17th 2013 at 10:00am
Time: 10:00 am- 12:00 am
Venue: 65 Persiaran Endah, Taman Persiaran Desa, Kuala Lumpur
Meeting point: To be announced
The Lantern Festival is on September 19th, this festival is also known as the Mid-Autumn or Mooncake Festival, traditionally signifies the end of the harvest season. Malaysian Chinese homes celebrate with family get-togethers, prayers, and moon cakes, while kids show off their latest lantern designs. In these days Thean Hou is decorating for the festival and is a good opportunity for visit the temple, souvenirs and enjoys some activity.
The temple was built by the Hainanese community living in Kuala Lumpur, It was completed in 1987 and officially opened in 1989, the temple has elements of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism is a grandiose structure and represents a successful combination of modern architectural techniques and authentic traditional design featuring imposing pillars, spectacular roofs, ornate carvings and intricate embellishments. Its grand architecture has made it a popular tourist destination.
RSVP: Raquel Izquierdo by Monday 2nd September 2013, email [email protected], [email protected] or SMS 0142234403
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thean_Hou_Temple
http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/Master/Web-Page/Events-n-Festivals/2013/9/1Malaysia-Lantern-Tourism-Festival?evty=2013&evtm=9
UPCOMING EVENTS