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KDN: PP16888/09/2012 (030643)<br />
VACCINATED<br />
& PART OF<br />
THE HERD!<br />
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB<br />
Affiliated to the Kuok Group<br />
ISSUE <strong>24</strong><br />
2021<br />
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PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
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MY SHARING …<br />
“STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” - This has been the toughest<br />
task for all of us for the past 18 months.<br />
Nevertheless, we thank everyone for doing their part in<br />
safeguarding the community.<br />
SCAN ME<br />
Have a meal at<br />
Cafe and<br />
GET 1 person’s portion<br />
of our signature<br />
GINGER FRIED CHICKEN<br />
FREE*<br />
* Subject to prior reservations<br />
** Valid: 1st October – 31st<br />
December 2021 Only<br />
We are also thrilled to reopen the club on 21st August. By<br />
adhering strictly to the SOP guidelines provided <strong>by</strong> the<br />
government, it will give an assurance to everyone coming<br />
into our premises, be it golfers, room guests or visitors a<br />
sense of security and well-being. For golfers to be able<br />
to play again is an activity to be rejoiced. Being in the<br />
outdoors among the greens and especially being socially<br />
connected again, is a Happiness that is a definite booster<br />
to enhancing the immunity.<br />
We are glad to announce that more than 95% of 180<br />
persons working at <strong>Ponderosa</strong> <strong>Golf</strong> & Country Club, has<br />
completed their 2 doses of vaccination and this number<br />
is growing steadily towards herd immunity. Vaccination is<br />
a crucial exercise that we all must commit to so as to keep<br />
everyone safe.<br />
Safety is unquestioningly the main priority for our fellow<br />
employees and staff of our partners such as caddies,<br />
security personnel, tenants and trainers.<br />
We would like to continue to encourage all our members,<br />
partners and guests to get fully vaccinated so that they<br />
can visit us soon. After such a long stretch of inactivity, we<br />
need to re-charge and rejuvenate at <strong>Ponderosa</strong> <strong>Golf</strong> Club –<br />
all for the betterment of body, mind and soul.<br />
Let our Commitment and your Trust Forge the Immunity<br />
of our Future Together.<br />
TAN KAI YANG<br />
General Manager<br />
PONDERS newsletter is published <strong>by</strong> <strong>Ponderosa</strong> <strong>Golf</strong> & Country Club (No. 3, Jalan <strong>Ponderosa</strong> 1, Taman <strong>Ponderosa</strong>, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor)<br />
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PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
PERSONA...<br />
Dominic’s golf career is quite similar to a ride on the<br />
buggy path that undulates from high to lows, then<br />
to rise up again eventually to become an instructor<br />
to help others to achieve their dreams. His objective<br />
to teach golf is both noble and a passion. As he<br />
struggled, he did not want others to struggle as he<br />
did and hence, took up teaching golf so they would<br />
have an easier route to excel in the sport.<br />
<strong>Golf</strong> was his chosen path because it was one of the<br />
few sports that he felt could be played till he became<br />
old and justifiably, he was very good at it.<br />
“I was very good at golf even at a young age of 16 years.<br />
I beat everyone that I played with, regardless of age.<br />
They included champions, longest hitters in South<br />
East Asia and I was even matched with a professional<br />
that had just won a tournament in Singapore and I<br />
beat him hole for hole.”<br />
One would think that there is no stopping for a young<br />
lad riding high on the golf circuit with so much<br />
potential ahead of him.<br />
But Dominic stopped playing for 2 years after<br />
something his father said to him, which shook his<br />
resolve and confidence. Even after he came back to<br />
the game later, he was never the same again.<br />
“I teach <strong>Golf</strong> because I struggled and I<br />
don’t want anyone to go through what<br />
I went through…”<br />
Dominic Chong, <strong>Golf</strong> Professional<br />
He decided to travel the world to meet golf<br />
professionals “but none of them could give me an<br />
answer.”<br />
Finally, after 33 years it came. Dominic met Stuart<br />
Leong, who was named the 2015 Australian PGA’s<br />
Teacher of the Year, touted as one of the leading<br />
golf teachers in Australia.<br />
“My confidence in golf was reinstated. I now<br />
teach the sport knowing WHAT, HOW, WHY and<br />
the WHEN of the golf swing. It was an awfully<br />
long journey of struggle to find myself in golf<br />
but it is all worth it in the end. I now impart that<br />
knowledge to my students and feel a sense of<br />
pride when they grow into the sport. I prefer my<br />
pupils to question what I teach. If a professional<br />
cannot answer his pupil’s questions, then they<br />
don’t know how to teach.”<br />
Dominic Chong is one of<br />
several <strong>Golf</strong> Pros tutoring <strong>Golf</strong><br />
in <strong>Ponderosa</strong>’s BE A GOLFER<br />
PROGRAMME (B.A.G)<br />
AT RM1999 ONLY<br />
• You are guided on golf<br />
learning <strong>by</strong> a certified <strong>Golf</strong><br />
Pro<br />
• Get a <strong>Golf</strong> Starter Kit to<br />
set you off on the basics of<br />
equipment and attire<br />
• Practice from Driving Range<br />
to the <strong>Golf</strong> Course<br />
• Get a <strong>Golf</strong> Handicap<br />
certification<br />
• Finally, experience your first<br />
play-on-course challenge<br />
with other students<br />
FOR MORE<br />
INFORMATION, CALL US<br />
AT 019-779 9841
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
GOING BEYOND THE WHITE FLAG<br />
The pandemic is challenging<br />
every mettle of strength – from<br />
companies to employees, from<br />
community to families, from<br />
authorities to frontliners.<br />
Resort provided 22,600 packed<br />
lunch (300 packs a day) to reach<br />
out to 7500 people who were<br />
displaced due to loss of job,<br />
income and homes during MCO.<br />
SO WHAT CAN WE DO? … LET’S<br />
DO WHAT WE CAN, THE BEST<br />
WE CAN!<br />
Since the announcement of the<br />
first round of MCO on 18 March<br />
2020, and despite the Government’s<br />
actions to introduce numerous<br />
stimulus packages to ease the<br />
financial burden of Malaysians for<br />
over a year, the rising cost of living<br />
and loss of jobs have caused more<br />
than 600,000 households who<br />
were initially in the middle 40%<br />
(M40) income group to slip into the<br />
bottom 40% (B40) category. Due<br />
to the prolonged lockdown, social<br />
issues have emerged where more<br />
Malaysians have turned to crimes<br />
to survive or to commit suicide to<br />
end their problems.<br />
So desperate were the situation<br />
that in July, the “White Flag”<br />
Movement became a nationwide<br />
initiative to encourage individuals<br />
and households who were<br />
struggling financially to reach out<br />
for help without fear or shame <strong>by</strong><br />
displaying a white flag in front of<br />
their homes as a sign that they<br />
need immediate assistance. It<br />
was a time when Malaysians came<br />
together from every walk of life to<br />
share whatever little they have, to<br />
stock up make shift food banks<br />
set up outside mini-markets, hair<br />
salons, provision shops, petrol<br />
stations and even laundrettes<br />
where the needy would stop <strong>by</strong> to<br />
take whatever they need from the<br />
shelves.<br />
<strong>Ponderosa</strong> had reached out in<br />
other ways and beyond the white<br />
flag.<br />
• MCO 1 : From April to June<br />
9, <strong>Ponderosa</strong> <strong>Golf</strong> & Country<br />
This project was in collaboration<br />
with YAYASAN KEBAJIKAN SURIA<br />
JOHOR BAHRU<br />
• MCO 2 : From 23 January –<br />
22 February 2021, the resort<br />
supplied 6,800 packed lunch<br />
to COVID patients and their<br />
families, estimated at 36 families<br />
of about 250 members, who<br />
were under home quarantine<br />
in Taman Cendana flats, Pasir<br />
Gudang. It also went to those<br />
with loss of income due to MCO<br />
and to elderly without financial<br />
support.<br />
This project was in collaboration<br />
with NGO FREEMARKET JOHOR<br />
• MCO 3 : From 1 June – 30<br />
September 2021, as more COVID<br />
positive patients emerged<br />
with more families confined to<br />
quarantine, 19,520 more packs<br />
of food were picked up <strong>by</strong><br />
volunteers of Freemarket Johor.<br />
The contributions are ongoing.<br />
Sending 150 lunch packs to medical<br />
volunteers and hospital staff who<br />
tirelessly serve the public at one of<br />
the city’s vaccination centres.<br />
Providing approximately 4,000<br />
lunch and dinner packs for the<br />
BOMBA frontliners who are on<br />
COVID duty for the months of<br />
August and September.<br />
• Food parcels to underprivileged<br />
staff. The Human<br />
Resources Department sent<br />
out food parcels to its own staff<br />
who are single mothers, the<br />
elderly, the mentally-disabled<br />
as well as contract caddies who<br />
lost income due to golf being<br />
disallowed to play.<br />
• Financial assistance was given<br />
to employees with the ranks of<br />
Executives and below, and to<br />
long-serving contract caddies.<br />
• Offering jobs to the jobless (due<br />
to MCO) in general positions,<br />
where some have remained<br />
gainfully employed and happy.<br />
YAYASAN KEBAJIKAN SURIA JOHOR BAHRU was a recipient of the Iskandar Malaysia Social Hero Award (IMSHA)<br />
Winner for Year 2015. Contact: James Ho – 019-772 4172<br />
FREEMARKET JOHOR was a recipient of the Iskandar Malaysia Social Hero Award (IMSHA) Winner for Year 2019.<br />
Contact: Rye Yassin – 012-707 2722
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
“NO MAN IS AN ISLAND ENTIRE OF<br />
ITSELF; EVERY MAN IS A PIECE OF THE<br />
CONTINENT, A PART OF THE MAIN…” –<br />
JOHN DONNE<br />
IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT MEMBERSHIP … IT’S<br />
ABOUT FELLOWSHIP<br />
Belonging to a membership is much more than<br />
paying, putting your name and gaining a number<br />
in a long line of people who are associated<br />
together for a certain activity. Rather than being<br />
superficial, if you delve deeper, there are in fact<br />
more emotional and deep-seated motivations<br />
in wanting to belong to a membership.<br />
It’s more about creating a fellowship of likeminded<br />
people; fulfilling an innate need for<br />
belonging in a community that would do the<br />
same things with you and like the same things<br />
you do. No man exists in an island. Being<br />
in a membership enables you to make new<br />
friends, while strengthening relationships<br />
with people who are already friends. Forming<br />
little groups of people you can clique with and<br />
meeting once in a while to get away from the<br />
rough and tumble of reality and routine. Whether<br />
it is playing golf, hitting a tennis ball, working<br />
out at the gym or stretching out at yoga, you<br />
know you are in seclusion from public eye and<br />
ensconced in a comfort zone of your own<br />
A Fellowship of the Seniors<br />
Being in your club also means you are at a<br />
familiar place. A place where you can enjoy<br />
perks, recognition and always placed as a<br />
priority; a place where you know and are known.<br />
A membership can be like your second home – a<br />
social version of home.<br />
Nowadays, belonging to a club is no longer about<br />
an investment, expecting a higher monetary<br />
value when your membership is sold. It is about<br />
owning an experience and having a private space<br />
of your own time sometimes spent with people<br />
you like to be with.
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
At <strong>Ponderosa</strong>, the members are closely-knit due<br />
to a smaller membership base as compared<br />
to other clubs. It’s not about volume but a<br />
preference to maintain a smaller community of<br />
members which is easier to cater to, at the same<br />
time keeping its facilities well-utilised without<br />
being overwhelmed.<br />
Here, be it the seniors, the ladies, the young or<br />
the juniors, there’s always a place and publics<br />
for them to embrace fellowship. For the early,<br />
fortunate ones, they belong here for life!<br />
Night Time Sport Respite for the Adventurous<br />
A Competitive Ground for the Juniors<br />
A Brotherhood of the “Young & Dangerous”<br />
Group<br />
A Sanctuary for the Ladies<br />
Let <strong>Ponderosa</strong> be your ISLAND<br />
and the fellowship your ROCK<br />
Join our various types of<br />
membership.<br />
Ask us at 019-790 8857
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
RECIPE FROM CAFE...<br />
Many regulars at Café would tell you that the<br />
Mee Mamak Goreng is highly-recommended.<br />
Chef Azaar shares the recipe.<br />
Ingredients<br />
150 gms-Yellow Noodle<br />
1 pc-Fried Beancurd<br />
30 gms-Choy Sum (Sawi)<br />
20 gms-Beansprouts<br />
20 gms-Fish Cakes (sliced)<br />
60 gms-Prawns<br />
30 gms-Chicken meat<br />
1 no-Egg<br />
5 gms-Blended chili<br />
5 gms-Oyster Sauce<br />
10 gms-Sweet Soya Sauce<br />
10 gms-Ketchup<br />
5 gms-Sugar<br />
3 gms-Chicken Stock<br />
1 no-Kalamansi Lime<br />
2 tbsp-Cooking Oil<br />
2 cloves-Shallots (sliced)<br />
fried mee mamak<br />
Method:<br />
Heat wok and pour in the cooking<br />
oil. Once the oil is hot, add in the<br />
sliced shallots and fry till fragrant.<br />
Add in the prawns, chicken and fish<br />
cakes and fry till cooked. You can<br />
now add in the sauces, followed <strong>by</strong><br />
the egg and lastly toss in the yellow<br />
noodle.<br />
After the noodle and sauces<br />
are well blended, drop in the<br />
vegetables until cooked, and your<br />
Mee Mamak is ready to serve.<br />
Try it out and give us your feedback<br />
as to how your Mee Mamak turned<br />
out!<br />
Remember, the first try may not be<br />
what you expect. Practice makes<br />
perfect.<br />
SIMPLY ‘HONEST-TO-<br />
GOODNESS’ AT CAFE<br />
When dining gets back to normal, you are<br />
invited to come to the Cafe@<strong>Ponderosa</strong> to<br />
savour the kitchen team’s self-made fare.<br />
Chef Azaar’s Assam<br />
Laksa created to suit<br />
Johorean taste<br />
The <strong>Ponderosa</strong> Burger<br />
with 100 grams of pure<br />
minced chicken patty<br />
This Satay is definitely<br />
made <strong>by</strong> our kitchen<br />
team. Not sourced from<br />
suppliers. Must try!<br />
To order WhatsApp: +60 19 758 8093
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
OUR KIDS MATTER<br />
Developing Life Skills through Sports<br />
emotional, and interpersonal benefits for growing<br />
up children.<br />
• Better vision. Children who spend time<br />
outdoor playing sports, are less likely to<br />
develop vision problems.<br />
• Healthy weight. Obesity is increasing in<br />
Malaysian children, but data shows that kids<br />
who are more active, especially after school,<br />
are more likely to be of normal weight.<br />
• Motor skills development. Sports<br />
participation helps with coordination and<br />
learning new skills.<br />
• Social skills development. Playing as a team<br />
means learning to work with others and to be<br />
inter-supportive of one another.<br />
Ready Steady Go Kids (RSGK), a popular Australian<br />
children multi-sports programme is the ideal<br />
activity if your children are aged between 2½ to<br />
6 years old.<br />
Rather than letting them be confined at home<br />
with electronic gadgets, going to the outdoors<br />
and playing sports has a range of physical,<br />
• Self-confidence. Success as a team member<br />
and an athlete builds confidence.<br />
• Sportsmanship. Learning fundamental rules<br />
of the game, respect for coaches and referees,<br />
and how to stay positive even when losing are<br />
all valuable life lessons.<br />
• Fun and enjoyment. Fun sports nurture<br />
lifelong love for sports in children.<br />
• Friendship. Playing sports allow children to<br />
meet new friends and to be sociable.
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
It is important to find a sports program<br />
that matches your child’s abilities.<br />
At RSGK, children are divided into<br />
different age groups based on their<br />
ability. Parents’ participation are always<br />
welcome during the programme as you<br />
are the most crucial role model for your<br />
child.<br />
Sports Safari JB is the first licensee of<br />
the famous Australian children multisports<br />
programme in Johor Bahru.<br />
WhatsApp Coach Jason at<br />
+60129876250 to join the<br />
program today!<br />
SPORTS & RECREATION ACTIVITIES<br />
OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2021<br />
Sunday<br />
10/10/2021<br />
TRAIN SMART WITH TERRENCE<br />
Saturday<br />
23/10/2021<br />
TENNIS FRIENDLY MATCH<br />
Sunday<br />
31/10/2021<br />
ZUMBA BLAST<br />
Saturday<br />
- Sunday<br />
13/11/2021-21/11/2021<br />
BEST-LAP-FORWARD SWIMMING COMPETITION<br />
Saturday<br />
11/12/2021<br />
TABLE TENNIS FRIENDLY MATCH<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL OR WHATSAPP THE SPORTS TEAM AT 016-702 7852.
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
COVID POSITIVE VS MIND POSITIVE<br />
We all agree that for the past two years, or almost, have been extremely difficult for every facet of<br />
society – not only in Malaysia, but the world over. We have been reminded over and over on how<br />
dangerous and volatile the Novel Coronavirus 2019 has been, not only in its initial form of spread, but<br />
the subsequent mutations that have become speed-lighting contagious and highly deadly.<br />
Putting all these cheerlessness aside and the daily media reports that can dampen even the happiest<br />
of larks, perhaps we should look at the good side of what Covid-19 has brought us!<br />
Better family relations<br />
Many of us have found ourselves spending far<br />
more time than pre-pandemic times with our<br />
loved ones at home. What was once caught in a<br />
rat race of datelines and schedules, now there is<br />
more time being spent on meals eaten together,<br />
in the evenings or between WFH (work from<br />
home) hours.<br />
With much of our freedom curtailed due to<br />
several phases of the MCO, we all have come to<br />
appreciate our previous freedom of travelling,<br />
shopping, attending concerts, functions, parties,<br />
and dine outings.<br />
More compassion in society<br />
People have become kinder and those who can<br />
afford it, become more generous towards others<br />
in society who are badly affected financially.<br />
There’s been a lot of caring, sharing and giving<br />
during these times. There’s definitely more love<br />
in the world!<br />
Not taking common things for granted<br />
A friendly smile not hidden behind a mask,<br />
freedom to hug and shake hands, friends sitting<br />
elbow to elbow for a meal around the table,<br />
dressing up for occasions, watching movies on a<br />
big screen are just some of the simple, everyday<br />
things that we took for granted.<br />
Older people have become techno-savvy<br />
To become more connected to friends and<br />
families, older people have become much more<br />
adept at using technological apps, such as Zoom,<br />
WhatsApp, Facetime and even TikTok. Covid-19<br />
has opened a vast tech world to these people.<br />
Learning to appreciate freedom<br />
Closer to Almighty<br />
The pandemic has brought about greater spiritual<br />
self-reflections. Perhaps it is the fear brought<br />
on <strong>by</strong> the times, or maybe the solitude due to<br />
lockdowns, people have turned to strengthening<br />
their faith in their respective religions.<br />
Working ladies turned ‘Home Chefs’<br />
Just swipe through your FB page and you will see<br />
the number of new ‘Home Chefs’ among working<br />
ladies – even those who previously could not<br />
cook - share dishes, breads, cakes and beverages<br />
(Dalgona Coffee went viral!) they made at home.<br />
With YouTube for reference or sharing <strong>by</strong> friends<br />
and plenty of time on their hands, it has become<br />
relatively easy to become a good cook.
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
PLASTICS<br />
A GLOBAL TRAGEDY AWAITS OUR OCEANS AND SEA LIFE<br />
内 部 堵 塞 , 而 导 致 饥 饿 , 溺 水 甚 至 死 亡 。<br />
每 年 多 达 100 万 只 海 鸟 也 无 一 幸 免 。 与 海 龟 一 样 , 被<br />
诱 导 的 海 鸟 误 以 为 塑 料 是 食 物 而 将 其 吞 食 , 因 无 法 被 分<br />
解 而 形 成 体 内 垃 圾 , 最 终 死 亡 。<br />
We’re surrounded <strong>by</strong> plastic. It’s in the singleuse<br />
packaging we discard, the consumer<br />
goods that fill our stores, and in our clothing,<br />
which sheds microplastic fibers in the wash.<br />
Discarded plastic wastes inevitably get into<br />
our drains, waterways and eventually out into<br />
the ocean.<br />
我 们 即 弃 的 一 次 性 用 品 、 商 店 贩 卖 的 各 种 塑 料 包 装 消 费<br />
品 , 甚 至 是 衣 物 洗 涤 后 脱 落 的 微 塑 料 纤 维 , 都 包 围 了<br />
我 们 的 日 常 生 活 。 人 们 消 耗 的 塑 料 废 物 , 不 可 避 免 地 通<br />
过 排 水 沟 、 水 道 , 最 终 流 入 海 洋 。<br />
Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly<br />
effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and<br />
sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals<br />
are killed each year after ingesting plastic or<br />
getting entangled in it, causing suffocation,<br />
starvation, and drowning. Plastic waste kills<br />
up to a million seabirds a year. As with sea<br />
turtles, when seabirds ingest plastic, it takes<br />
up room in their stomachs, sometimes causing<br />
starvation.<br />
塑 料 污 染 对 野 生 动 物 构 成 致 命 影 响 及 伤 害 。 每 年 , 数<br />
以 千 计 的 海 鸟 、 海 龟 、 海 豹 及 其 他 海 洋 哺 乳 类 动 物 被 塑<br />
料 制 品 缠 住 或 把 塑 料 误 认 为 食 物 吞 食 后 , 因 无 法 活 动 及<br />
Can you bear to see these disappear from the<br />
face of our Earth?<br />
你 是 否 舍 得 让 它 们 从 地 球 上 消 失 呢 ?<br />
The above pictures are courtesy of Ryan Chua, Scuba<br />
Diving Coach of Seanergyscuba, who are conducting<br />
Scuba Diving classes at <strong>Ponderosa</strong>. They were<br />
captured during one of his Scuba Diving trips.<br />
照 片 版 权 声 明 : 以 上 图 片 提 供 者 为 @Ryan Chua, 本 俱 乐 部<br />
<strong>Ponderosa</strong> <strong>Golf</strong> & Country Resort 潜 水 教 练 (Seanergy<br />
Scuba) 之 一 。 此 图 片 于 他 们 一 次 潜 水 之 旅 中 所 捕 捉 到 的 画 面 。
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
SEE A WATERY WORLD OF WONDERS<br />
BEFORE POLLUTION EXTERMINATES THEM ALL<br />
It’s sad but true. Perhaps it is time to pick up SCUBA<br />
diving so that you can dive into our vast seas, now<br />
still rich in marine life, to see them first-hand.<br />
This certification illustrates the first or entry level<br />
scuba certification level. A highly-trained PADI<br />
Instructor will teach you how to scuba dive in a<br />
relaxed, supportive learning environment.<br />
The course which is conducted at <strong>Ponderosa</strong> will<br />
include:<br />
POOL SESSION: 2 sessions of dive in 1 day. The<br />
student will start to learn the diving skills, from the<br />
easiest to advance, step <strong>by</strong> step starting from the<br />
shallowest end at only 1 metre in depth.<br />
THEORY: Textbook or e-learning material are given in<br />
advance for students who are required to complete<br />
the exercises. 1 day is set aside for discussions and<br />
explanation.<br />
A certified SCUBA diving coach will tell you that you<br />
do not need to swim like a pro in order to learn how<br />
to dive. All you need is to be able to snorkel using<br />
a snorkel, mask, and fin for 300 metres OR swim<br />
without aid for 200 metres, you will be fine.<br />
About SCUBA<br />
SCUBA is an abbreviation for Self-Contained<br />
Underwater Breathing Apparatus, allowing humans<br />
to breathe underwater using special equipment.<br />
Often referred to as Recreation Diving, it is in fact a<br />
leisure diving activity not more than 40 metres in<br />
depth, and depending on certification.<br />
OPEN WATER SESSION: With the skills learnt in<br />
the swimming pool, students will be taken to the<br />
practical open water dive on an island for 3 days,<br />
together with the instructor. There will be a total of<br />
4 dives on the island to enjoy the underwater world.<br />
CERTIFICATION: After completing all the dives and<br />
a theory exam, students will be awarded the world’s<br />
most recognized diving certification, PADI Open<br />
Water Diver, which allows divers to go as deep as 18<br />
metres (or 12 metres for juniors) in the ocean.<br />
There are plenty of diving associations in the world<br />
providing such certifications, namely PADI, SSI, NAUI,<br />
SDI, etc. which in general, provides certification of<br />
similar standards.<br />
PADI Open Water Diver Course<br />
ALL INCLUSIVE & NO HIDDEN COSTS!<br />
SCUBA LESSONS @ RM1500<br />
*Price may vary only based on sharing of rooms<br />
Includes :<br />
• All course material • Equipment rental<br />
• Instructor fees • 2-way boat transfer<br />
• License fees<br />
• Swimming pool entrance fee<br />
• Room, meals and drinks on the island<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
WILL YOUR DISCARDED MASKS<br />
CONTRIBUTE TO OCEAN POLLUTION?<br />
(SOURCES of text and pictures: sciencedaily.com; news.cgtn.com; the guardian.com)<br />
已 成 为 大 部 分 国 家 的 “ 强 制 口 罩 令 ”<br />
。 世 界 卫 生 组 织 (WHO) 估 计 , 每<br />
个 月 需 要 1290 亿 个 口 罩 以 保 护 全 世<br />
界 的 人 们 。 然 而 , 严 峻 的 现 实 仍 存<br />
在 。 口 罩 提 防 了 我 们 免 受 病 毒 侵 害 ,<br />
却 加 重 了 生 物 及 自 然 生 态 系 统 的 压<br />
力 。<br />
You do know that the single-use face masks you discard will eventually make<br />
their way to our waterways and potentially harm marine life?<br />
你 是 否 知 道 被 丢 弃 的 一 次 性 口 罩 , 将 可 能 排 入 我 们 的 水 道 并 危 害 海 洋 生 物 吗 ?<br />
According to the latest report<br />
released <strong>by</strong> the marine<br />
conservation organization,<br />
OceansAsia in December 2020,<br />
there were 1.56 billion masks<br />
estimated to have entered our<br />
oceans in 2020 which amounted<br />
to between 4,680 and 6,<strong>24</strong>0<br />
metric tons of plastic pollution.<br />
This would take as long as 450<br />
years to break down endangering<br />
marine wildlife and ecosystems.<br />
worldwide. The stark reality<br />
remains, however, that while<br />
it protects us from the virus,<br />
it will not protect our natural<br />
ecosystems and those lives that<br />
are dependent on it.<br />
不 幸 的 是 , 在 COVID-19 爆 发 的 这 段<br />
时 间 , 口 罩 已 成 为 保 护 人 们 免 受 病 毒<br />
传 播 的 必 需 用 品 。 在 公 共 场 合 戴 口 罩<br />
There is yet to be known<br />
guidelines for mask recycling<br />
and disposable masks are<br />
plastic products that are nonbiodegradable.<br />
A key factor that<br />
frustrates the recycling process<br />
of masks is that most masks are<br />
manufactured using multiple<br />
materials. Experts are calling for<br />
masks to be made from polymer<br />
alone, which would make<br />
recycling much easier. Until then<br />
it is advised to dispose them<br />
separately in designated bins.<br />
目 前 , 正 确 处 置 废 弃 口 罩 的 指 令 与 规<br />
程 尚 未 发 布 。 其 的 一 个 关 键 因 素 是 ,<br />
大 多 数 口 罩 是 使 用 多 种 材 料 合 成 制 造<br />
的 , 一 次 性 口 罩 也 被 归 类 为 不 可 生 物<br />
降 解 的 塑 料 产 品 , 因 此 大 大 阻 碍 口 罩<br />
回 收 过 程 。 因 此 专 家 呼 吁 只 用 聚 合 物<br />
制 成 口 罩 , 这 将 使 回 收 利 用 过 程 变 得<br />
更 加 方 便 容 易 。 在 此 之 前 , 建 议 将 用<br />
过 的 口 罩 弃 于 指 定 的 垃 圾 箱 中 。<br />
根 据 海 洋 保 护 组 织 OceansAsia 于<br />
2020 年 12 月 发 布 的 最 新 报 告 , 估<br />
计 15.6 亿 个 口 罩 已 流 入 海 洋 , 塑 料 废<br />
物 污 染 高 达 到 4,680 至 6,<strong>24</strong>0 公 吨 。<br />
这 需 要 长 达 450 年 的 时 间 才 可 挽 回<br />
自 然 生 态 系 统 。<br />
Unfortunately during these<br />
times fraught <strong>by</strong> the COVID-19<br />
pandemic, masks have become<br />
a standard accessory to protect<br />
ourselves from the spread of the<br />
virus. It has become a mandate<br />
in many countries to wear<br />
masks in public, and the World<br />
Health Organization (WHO) had<br />
estimated that 129 billion face<br />
masks would be needed on a<br />
monthly basis to protect people<br />
You do know that the single-use face masks you discard will eventually make their<br />
way to our waterways and potentially harm marine life?<br />
你 是 否 知 道 被 丢 弃 的 一 次 性 口 罩 , 将 可 能 排 入 我 们 的 水 道 并 危 害 海 洋 生 物 吗 ?
PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
DISPOSE OF MASKS RESPONSIBLY<br />
WHILE AT PONDEROSA<br />
在 PONDEROSA 齐 为 保 护 环 境 尽 一 份 力<br />
Indeed masks have been found littered all over the grass verges,<br />
pavements and especially at the carpark, where they were<br />
conveniently dropped onto the ground <strong>by</strong> visitors before getting<br />
into cars.<br />
Covered trash bins have been arranged at strategic areas around<br />
the resort and all those associated with it are requested to use<br />
these to dispose of their used masks responsibly.<br />
不 可 否 认 , 在 草 地 边 缘 、 人 行 道 上 , 尤 其 是 停 车 场 里 , 不 难 发 现 口 罩 踪<br />
迹 。 人 们 总 爱 在 上 车 前 往 下 个 目 的 地 之 前 , 把 用 过 的 口 罩 随 手 往 地 上 扔 。<br />
为 此 ,<strong>Ponderosa</strong> <strong>Golf</strong> & Country Resort 于 俱 乐 部 各 角 落 设 置 了 有 盖 垃<br />
圾 桶 , 方 便 人 们 处 理 用 过 的 口 罩 。<br />
Work with us to save the environment.<br />
Drop old habits, adopt new ones for Earth’s<br />
sustainability.<br />
与 我 们 一 起 保 护 环 境 !<br />
为 了 实 现 可 持 续 的 未 来 , 摒 弃 坏 习 惯 , 坚 持 好 习 惯<br />
FOOD WASTE SEPARATION @ CAFÉ<br />
Moving our Green Leap Forward campaign forward,<br />
our Kitchen & F&B team have looked into separation<br />
of food waste. Once MCO opens, the plan is to dispose<br />
of discarded food responsibly <strong>by</strong><br />
arranging the food to be recycled into organic<br />
fertilisers. Meanwhile, it is to get the staff trained in<br />
separating tissue, tooth picks, cigarette box wraps<br />
that people conveniently discard into uneaten food<br />
as soon as they are cleared from the table and to have<br />
them segregated directly into the FOOD WASTE BIN.<br />
THE<br />
FIRST<br />
STEP<br />
TODAY,<br />
TO<br />
GREEN<br />
LEAP<br />
TOMORROW.
GOLF FIXTURES 2022<br />
DATE EVENT TIME PARTICIPANT<br />
Saturday<br />
8 th Jan 2022<br />
Tuesday<br />
7 th February 2022<br />
Saturday<br />
26 th Feb 2022<br />
Saturday<br />
26 th March 2022<br />
Sunday<br />
27 th March 2022<br />
Saturday<br />
28 th May 2022<br />
Saturday<br />
25 th June 2022<br />
Thursday<br />
21 st July 2022<br />
Saturday<br />
27 th Aug 2022<br />
Tue – Wed<br />
13 th – 14 th Sept 2022<br />
Saturday<br />
1 st Oct 2022<br />
Saturday<br />
22 nd Oct 2022<br />
Saturday<br />
12 th Nov 2022<br />
Saturday<br />
26 th Nov 2022<br />
Sunday<br />
11 th Dec 2022<br />
1 st <strong>Ponderosa</strong> Quarterly Medal 2022 1:30 p.m. Members / Guests<br />
Tuesday 9-Hole<br />
Grand Final 2021<br />
1:30 p.m. Members only<br />
1 st Leg <strong>Ponderosa</strong> <strong>Golf</strong> 7:30 a.m. Juniors only<br />
Junior Open 2022<br />
Club Championship 2022 7:30 a.m. Members only<br />
(Day 1)<br />
Club Championship 2022 7:30 a.m. Members only<br />
(Day 2)<br />
2 nd Leg <strong>Ponderosa</strong> <strong>Golf</strong> 7:30 a.m. Juniors only<br />
Junior Open 2022<br />
2 nd <strong>Ponderosa</strong> Quarterly Medal 2022 1:30 p.m. Members / Guests<br />
Night <strong>Golf</strong> Open 2022 4:30 p.m. Members / Guests<br />
<strong>Ponderosa</strong> Ladies Open 2022 7:30 a.m. Ladies only<br />
Junior SportExcel 2022<br />
(Day 1 & Day 2)<br />
7:30 a.m. Juniors only<br />
3 rd Leg <strong>Ponderosa</strong> <strong>Golf</strong> 7:30 a.m. Juniors only<br />
Junior Open 2022<br />
Carlsberg <strong>Golf</strong> Classic 2022 1:30 p.m. Members / Guests<br />
Inter-club 2022 1:30 p.m. Members only<br />
3 rd <strong>Ponderosa</strong> Quarterly Medal 2022 1:30 p.m. Members / Guests<br />
Par 3 Challenge 2022 1:30 p.m. Members / Guests<br />
Enquiry??<br />
Please call at +607 354 9999 or +6019 790 0501 (<strong>Golf</strong> Reception) / +6019 758 8784 (Zara)<br />
Email: enquiry@ponderosagolf.com