Hello my friends,
It is funny how time passes very fast when you are enjoying yourselves!
It is a bit more than a month since my first note on the website & everything just “moved”…

I must thank everybody who responded to our appeal to forward their blogs/website or any articles to be put into our website.
Special thanks to Ernie Lopez (now residing in Australia) who attended the First Standard (now known as Classic) 25-day Course held from 30th April 1955 till 24th May 1955 contacted me via email! Of course, I have to mention the following people who also responded through email namely Dato Mohd Muslim Ayob (SC 44 =11th July 1959 till 4th August 1959), Ariel Fernandez (SC 150 = 21st February 1970 till 17th March 1970) who is now residing in the Philippines, Abdul Aziz Masod AlHaj, Ms. Melissa Kong plus others who attended the Alumni One (Kenneth Yee) & Chan Senior who attended the Alumni Two.

We will definitely provide a link to ALL Alumni blogs/websites so that anybody who checks with our Website can have a wide range of choice.

Below are some comments since my last Note:

1. A team from Outward Bound International completed their biannual programme review (before known as Safety Review) of our Risk Management on 19th June 2009 and already presented a detailed report to our President for his comments. The exercise is very useful for us where they evaluated ALL safety procedures and have provided constructive recommendations for improvement in the risk management of our School.

2. We have taken preventive actions in managing the risk arising from the rather hot weather conditions recently, namely the impact of haze, heat wave & Infuenza A H1N1 on our participants throughout their stay at the School. We have a Safety Management System in place where the reporting procedures and action plans are strictly followed by all staff.

3. Our School Director, First Admiral (Retired) Thiruchandran, who has served at our School for almost eight years, will be leaving us by the end of August 2009. All the best for his future.

4. There has been poor response for the coming Children Adventure Course (CAC), Youth Adventure Course (YAC) & also the Overseas Youth Programme/Adventure Challenge Course (OYP/ACC) due in November/December this year.
Normally by now, the Courses would have been fully subscribed. The current uncertainty condition of the hot weather and the Influenza A H1N1 pandemic throughout the world is not helping in convincing parents to register their children for these courses.

Nevertheless, we are still keeping the registration open but have reduced the numbers reserved, so that we can fit in other corporate courses.

5. Your School will participate in the Adventure Show Asia 2009 Exposition which will be held from 9th to 11th October 2009 at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre Hall 1 & 2. Please come with your friends to visit our booth.

There are so many new & exciting things happening to the Outward Bound Malaysia and please watch out for the updates!
Thank you for coming back.