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AEAWA's Newsletter for August 2010TRANSCRIPT
THE EURASIAN
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President’s Message
Inside this issue:
Business Classifieds
2
Sunday Menu 2
Special Events 3
“Black & Bling”
Dance
and Heritage
4
News and
Golf
5
Coming Events
and July Lunch
Special Raffle
Report
6
Members Affairs
& Renewal
7
Seniors Events
8
Christmas in July
Bus Trip
9
Sunday Lunch
Photos
10
Sunday Lunch
Photos
11
My Calendar 12
THE EURASIAN
AUGUST 2010 VOL 23 ISSUE 3
Special points of interest:
SUNDAY LUNCH
PHOTOS
SPECIAL EVENTS
SPRING DANCE
QUIZ NIGHT
Dear Members Kai, teng bong? I hope most of you, my friends, are enjoying good health despite the cold and if you are not, rug up and get well soon. I would like to take some time to reflect on what it‟s like to be Eurasian, a walking tapestry of cul-tures. I now personally find it exciting and chal-lenging. This has not always been the case. Growing up in Singapore, I always had a need to belong and being Eurasian was like being in no
man‟s land! Why couldn‟t I just be normal or Chinese, Malay, Indian anything but Eurasian – no national dress, no language but English and the list just went on until my dear father showed me how lucky I was to be able to relate to cultures from different ends of the world. Who could be so fortunate to say I am part French, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Burmese, Chinese, a walking United Nations, a Eurasian mystique. I was fortunate to have a detailed family tree that took me to my roots and I began to be so proud to have such international blood running through my veins.
Our August lunch will be dedicated to our young Eurasians and I would dearly like to know how they feel being Eurasian and living in Australia. Popular TV programs like „Who do you think you are?‟ indicates a cur-rent lively interest on exploring our roots – who were our ancestors, where did they come from and what did they do? More importantly what did they eat?? I am looking forward to meeting and speaking with our young members and friends at the August lunch. We are deeply indebted to Chad Beins and his family and all committee members for organising this Youth activity day. There is a lot of work that goes be-hind the scenes.
The website „Serani Sembang‟ is truly amazing. I can spend hours on it, looking at photos, and just taking nostalgic trips back to the past. It is also a great way to explore family links and get updates on Singa-pore and Malaysian Eurasians throughout the world. If you are not al-ready one, get on the website and become a member.
As some of our members enjoy a sumptuous Christmas in July meal on 31 July, efforts are already underway to ensure our next function which is the Quiz Night on Saturday 28 August is an enjoyable event with lots of laughs and prizes. Please come along and invite family and friends to what will be a guaranteed fun night. On Saturday 25 September, we will be putting on our dancing shoes once again and celebrating Spring and the return of warmer weather.
Till we meet again. Nang skiseh, kumih tantu! Don‟t forget, eat lots! The only way to keep warm!
Genevieve De Souza —President Tel: 9398 5375 email: [email protected]
Genevieve De Souza
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BUSINESS CLASSIFIEDS
C & V Theseira Enterprises ([email protected])
Thanks for your support. Education Consultants – English School for non-English speaking adults. (Osborne Park) http://www.atherleys.com.au/web/homeschool.asp Migration Consultants (China). Managing agents for „COLOSTRUM‟ health and wellness products. Call Viv 0417 171 440
Finance Edge Australia—Mortgage Brokers Let us assess your current loan to ensure that it isn‟t costing you more than it should. Call Emile Dawson 0413 513 606 or Troy Quintal 0415 764 672 for all your finance needs. Office ph 9 3 2 8 9 6 0 0 i n f o @ f i n a n c e e d g e . c o m . a u www.financeedge.com.au
D&L LINTELS For all your Structural Steel Solutions. Suppliers of Galvanised, Dimet & Duplex coated. Call David Mikaere 9356 1797 or 0438 661 739.
Keith & Angie’s Dance Classes Why not add another dimension to your social life and learn to waltz, rhumba, cha-cha, rnr and slow rhythm. Call 92072819 or 0419907960.
Mt LAWLEY OPTICAL
Bulk Bill Medicare and all private funds. Frames to suit all budgets. Call Eric Remedios - 9328 1705. 430 Fitzgerald St. North Perth
Precision Panel & Paint For all your vehicle smash repairs. Take the worrying out of an accident. Call Ian Wilkin on 9271 5311
SAVE ON YOUR PHONE BILLS No costs involved. No contracts. Cheap international rates. Ring your friends for free. Get paid when the phone rings. Call Jean for more info. 9472 5923
Finlink Finance Julian Long is willing and ready to assist with all your HOME LOAN,REFINANCE, REVERSE MORTGAGE,INVESTMENT, BUSINESS & CAR LOANS. Call Julian on 9443 9660 or 0402 334 538. (FB Licence Number 3197)
Prepare2Drive – Automatic Driving Lessons
Fully qualified, friendly and patient driving instructor. Automatic vehicle with power-steering and dual controls. Price covers one full hour with pick up and return. Call 0418 237483 now to book.
PlaneTorque Australia Pty Ltd An aviation consulting company providing a range of technical, administrative and logistical services. Visit www.ptaaus.com.au Contact Alan Jupp on 93774669 .
Special Offer to AEAWA Members & Friends Would you love to have a slide show to mark that special occasion (Birthday, Wedding Anniversary, Family Reunion etc.) but you do not have the equipment, know how or time to produce one? Interested? Contact Alan Jupp for more details:
[email protected] or 040 0377054
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SUNDAY LUNCH MENU 8th August
Curry & Dahl with String Hoppers
Chicken Rice
Mee Siam
Nasi Lemak
Selection of
cakes
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Regular Sunday Lunches are at Redcliffe Community Hall Corner
Morgan Road and Field Avenue in Redcliffe, entrance also from Grand
Parade.
Tickets given out strictly on a
first come first served
basis. Tickets will not be given
out for those who
are yet to arrive.
Lunch served from
12 noon.
Members bringing guests, please sign in the Visitors Book at
the door.
Hope to see you there!
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Special Events
August 8th 2010 - Youth Day Celebrations and Annual Soccer Challenge II Hi everyone ...its that time of the year again for our 'Youth Day Celebration' lunch to com-
memorate International Youth Day in August. As we did last year our youth will provide the entertainment for us with some exciting performances. We have some special items lined up as entertainment for our members especially our
younger members and we have a finale performance by a group of talented young musi-cians.
We will conclude the celebrations with our 2nd Youth vs Veterans Annual Soccer Challenge. Its going to be fun so please stay behind after lunch and give us and your favourite team your support....REMEMBER ....GIRLS AND LADIES ARE ENCOURAGED AND WELCOM
TO PLAY and so is everyone else, so just bring along your boots/shoes...... Please do come and support the efforts our youth have put in over the last few weeks pre-
paring the entertainment for you. Please ask your children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces...anyone between 7 and 35 years of age. Remember its FREE lunch for all 'Youth'!!!
The 'Trophy' and a free sausage sizzle will be awaiting the Champion Team and all players at
the end of the game. Redcliffe Community Centre
11am till 6pm
Ten Pin Bowling 48 people have registered their interest to participate in next months (September) ten pin bowling. We are now arranging the details and will reveal all in next months newsletter. If you have not yet registered and are interested in participating or are able to help with any arrangements eg recommend a good price to book a bowling alley etc please contact me on 0402 113 897. JULY SUNDAY LUNCH ENTERTAINMENT....... A very big Thank You to the fantastic members of the band that provided last months entertain-ment.....Colin Nunis (Guitar), Shaun Sandosham and Ryan Evans (Drums/percussions), Peter De Mello (Trumpet), Chad Beins Jnr (Keyboards), Shoshanna & Jermaine Beins (Backing vocals) and John San-dosham (Bass)......a great effort given they only had ONE practice session and most of the young mem-bers heard many of the songs we played FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!! Great work guys!
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Spring Dance— “BLACK & BLING”
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Ida Da Silva Andrew Clarke Ivan Richards
ANNUAL AWARDS
To all members, Please be advised that applications/nominations for the annual awards will
be called for soon.
Regards Gerry Carroll 0416 709 106
HERITAGE
“BLACK & BLING” DANCE Saturday 25th September 2010
from 7.30pm till Midnight
at Belmont Sport & Recreation Club
Cnr. Abernethy Road & Keane Street, Belmont
Music by XPOZAY & D.J. Black Diamond Music
Tickets: $18 pp
Fully Licensed Bar (No B.Y.O.)
Tickets available from:
Margaret 9377 6280 Robert 9453 6615
Joan 9276 9439 Hellen 9450 4381
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NEWS …………….
Suggestion Box
No suggestions received this month. The Management Committee encourages and welcomes con-structive feedback from members. All signed suggestions will be discussed by the Committee and responded to in the newsletter.
Member’s Draw—Be there to win
The $40 member‟s draw was won by Vivian Bartels who was not present so the prize jackpots to $80 for August. The $40 taxi vouchers kindly donated by Philip De Mello was won by Molly and Max Stevens who were also not present so this jackpots to $50 for August. Come along and support AEAWA‟s lunches to be eligible for the member‟s
draw.
Donations, Donations Please!!!
If you are able to donate prizes for our coming Quiz Night on August 28th please contact any member of the Committee. Thank you for your generosity!!!
Get all the AEAWA NEWS—Electronically!! If any member would like to receive updates on AEAWA activities by email, please send a short email to our Vice President, John Sutton who is compiling an email distribution list. John will then add you to the list. Emails sent in this way will not reveal your email address to other members on the distribution list. John‟s email address is [email protected]
AEAWA CLUB GOLF
Maylands Golf Course - Sunday 15th August $20 green fee per person No carts booked Own arrangements ($40 per cart) Contact: Graeme Mitchell on 0403 336 899
Next game Sunday Sept 19th
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FUNCTIONS—COMING EVENTS
DON’T FORGET TO BOOK YOUR TABLE
Quiz night - 28th August 2010 7.00 p.m. Redcliffe Hall. Get together in tables of 8. Tickets $10.00 each BYO drinks and nibbles, tea & coffee
provided. Donations of prizes welcome. __________________________________________________________________
New Years Eve Dance 31st December 2010. Beckenham Hall Music—Eurasia 22nd Anniversary Dance 19th February 2011 Belmont Sports and Recreation Club
Thanks to everyone for taking part in the special raffle to benefit the Shevgaon Village Hospital School of Nursing and Midwifery in India. Sponsored through St Vincent De Paul, this provides training for very young girls to earn an income for their families, instead of being mar-ried off for a dowry. We raised the wonderful sum of $520 from the raffle which will go a very long way to assisting this worthy cause.
The winners were - 1st Prize Hamper - Kenny Massang 2nd Prize Lamp stand- Valerie Whitaker
3rd Prize Chivas Regal large Carol Beins 4th Prize Chivas Regal small Gary Shields 5th Prize Perfume Vivien Chan 6th Prize Perfume Freddy Minjoot
Thanks to Robert and May Harding for organising the prizes and the draw.
July Lunch Special Raffle
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MEMBERSHIP
AEAWA welcomes the following new members—
Valerie & Steven Cowe
Lenny & Barbara Martinus
Ken Massang
Please make them welcome when you see them.
Those who wish to pay direct to AEAWA’s Account
here are the details:-
Account Name: Australian Eurasian Association of W.A. Inc. Bank : Bank West BSB: 306 042 Account Number: 082 139-5 Reference: Subs (name) or (membership number)
Fees for 2010 are payable from 31 December
2009. Please post the form below to renew.
Pensioner: 1 yr $15 or 3 yrs $40.50
Single: 1 yr $19 or 3 yrs $51.30
Family: 1 yr $28 or 3 yrs $75.60
Charles Reincastle [email protected]
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ENJOY
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outings
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HERITAGE
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MEMBERS RENEWAL FORM
Name (s)……………………………………………………………………………………………
Address…………………………………………………………………………………………….
Amount $........................................................
Membership No…………………………….
Send this form to
AEAWA Members Affairs
PO Box 875, Cloverdale WA 6105
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SENIORS EVENTS - MARK YOUR DIARY …
Not just for Seniors—but for All Members and Friends!
Hi everyone
Another month of cold weather, and soon we‟ll welcome “spring” when we can all come out of hibernation!
A bus load of merry makers would have gone for the Christmas in July at Ye Old
Quindanning Inne on 31/07/10, by the time you receive this Newsletter.
At the August Sunday lunch , an expression of interest notice will be pinned up for the Kalbarrie trip, using the Free Travel Voucher for pensioners. Mark this date on your Calendar – Friday 5
th November
till Tuesday 9th November 2010. More details regarding accommodation,
meals etc. will be arranged. Transport will be by TransWA 5 Star Road Coach.
Christmas Lights at Mandurah Date: - 18
th December 10
Cost: - $59.00 p.p. Registration at the September /October Lunch Family Get-Together Date: - Mid October 10 More details later, so keep posted God bless and be happy to welcome spring so that we can all “BLOOM” again. See you at the August Sunday Lunch. Seniors Co-ordinator Joan Reincastle 92769439/ 0419906719
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Fifty-five members and friends boarded a very com-fortable coach for a winter‟s journey through the sparkling bush to our first stop at North Dandalup Dam for morning tea. The views were breath-taking, although the very low water level is a concern in view of our coming hot weather!
We boarded the coach again for the last part of the journey to Quindanning through miles and miles of jarah forest. We passed the site of the old
Prisoner of War camp Number 16 at Marrinup. German and Italian prisoners of war were based here and sent to work on farms and timber yards throughout the south west.
We arrived at Ye Olde English Inne in Quindanning to roaring log fires and a wonderful Christmas lunch with all the trimmings, including Christmas pudding and custard. The welcoming glass of warm mulled wine was very well received!
The Inne is run by a local farming family and has just been Heritage Listed so it will be preserved for its histori-cal value. It was first built in 1901, with the current build-ings completed in 1925. One of its previous owners was an Indian sea captain with a suspicious past who tried to
use the hotel for a less than reputable pur-pose. This was soon stopped by the local population who threatened to cut down his palm trees! The Inne has a beautiful outside entertaining area nestled close to the banks of the Williams River which unfortunately had hardly any water in it!
All too soon it was time for us to head home. Full of Christmas Cheer and Guinness and Wine, many of us nodded off on the way.
Thanks again to Joan Reincastle and the Seniors‟ Committee for organising another great outing!!
Heather Fitzgerald
Christmas in July—Ye Olde English Inne at Quindanning
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SUNDAY LUNCH PHOTOS
Some lucky raffle winners
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SUNDAY LUNCH PHOTOS
Our talented young AEAWA musicians
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YOUR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
President Genevieve De Souza 93985375
Vice President John Sutton 0437 286 301
Secretary Frank Hedges 93897105
Treasurer Gary Fernandez 0407 330 612
Seniors Joan Reincastle 92769439
Member Affairs Charles Reincastle 92769439
Catering Daisy Westerhout 94565435
Children’s Party Thelma Green 94547251
Functions Margaret Chowdhurie 0403 179 505
Special Events Chad Beins 0402 113 897
Heritage Gerry Carroll 0416 709 106
Committee Member Sue James 93321294
Committee Member/Golf Graeme Mitchell 0403 336 899
AUSTRALIAN EURASIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
PO Box 875, CLOVERDALE
Western Australia 6105
Letters to the Editor
Or write to our PO Box
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Please contact any one of the
Committee if you have any questions or
ideas.
We are always happy to hear from you!
My Calendar 2010
AUGUST 2010 8th Sunday Lunch International Youth Day Celebrations and Soccer Challenge
28th - Quiz Night
SEPTEMBER 2010 12th Sunday Lunch 25th - “Black & Bling” Spring Dance
OCTOBER 10th Sunday Lunch
NOVEMBER 14th Sunday Lunch Remembrance Day Cricket Game
5th to 9th - Kalbarrie Trip Away
DECEMBER 12th Sunday Lunch 18th - Christmas Lights Mandurah Cruise 31st - New Year‟s Eve Dance
JANUARY No Newsletter HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!