MAHAN'S 35th SALVATION DAY 2016 & GURUPIRAN MAHEN SANKARAN'S 81st BIRTHDAY

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BENJAMIN ZANDER

A FAR SIGHTED & SHARP STRATEGIST

TEASER INTERVIEW : TAN SRI MEGAT ZAHARUDDIN, CHAIRMAN, MAYBANK

A Teaser Interview with Tan Sri Megat Zaharuddin, Chairman, Maybank. 

Question: How's your golf game these days? Do you play often and where are your regular golfing haunts?

FULL INTERVIEW on the Inaugural Maybank Championship Malaysia to be uploaded on 1st January, 2016.

ENJOY YOUR GOLF EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAYS WITH BIG HOLE GOLF AT PALM GARDEN GOLF CLUB

Big Hole Golf will start tomorrow Wednesday 2 December, 2015 officially at Palm Garden Golf Club.

Make your first Wednesday of every month more enjoyable with Golf ! To find out more, call KC Yum, Marketing Manager 03 8213 6333.

KAESHAFF FIRST YOUNGEST AMATEUR GOLFER TO PLAY IN BIG HOLE GOLF

Kaeshaff became the first amateur golfer to play in the Big Hole Golf event at Palm Garden Golf Club. He talks about his idol, Tiger Woods and the love of his game. Also his parental guidance and support which made him what he is today.

GOLF DECLINE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CONCERNS MELAKA GOVERNOR

Melaka Governor Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob describes Palm Garden Golf Club as his favourite golf course. “I find it interesting and challenging. You need to be a good golfer to enjoy at Palm Garden.” He then talks on the Junior Golf scene in Malaysia and also the decline among University students playing the golf game. Lastly but not least, he briefly talks on Golf Tourism in Melaka.

THE POWER OF RE-FRAMING : JURGEN KLOPP

Jurgen Klopp is an interesting character.

Klopp has recently been given the job of manager of Liverpool football club (a top-flight English football club).

One of the reason's Klopp was given that high-profile job in football is because of his impressive track record as a football manager in Germany.

And one major factor behind his impressive track record in football management is Klopp's charismatic character and ability to motivate his players to perform beyond their natural abilities.

A case in point of Klopp's charismatic motivational powers:

Back in 2003 a young Klopp was manager of Mainz - a small-time, semi-professional, non-league

German football club.

At the end of that season many fans had congregated in Mainz square to pay homage to the players of Mainz football club.

The fans mood was a mixture of both respect tinged with a palpable sense of resignation.

See Mainz (who had played exceptionally well under Klopp's management) had - just the day before -missed out on gaining promotion into the German Bundesliga (the top-flight league of German football).

It wasn't the first time, either.

Because just the year before (2002), the same "so-close-but-so-far"  fate had befallen Mainz football club under Klopp's management.

And the fans in the square that day at the end of the 2003 season (naturally) felt resigned to the idea that Mainz would never break into the top-flight Bundesliga league.

But then Jurgen Klopp changed that resigned, wistful mood rather quickly.

Klopp, jumped up on stage in front of 15,000 fans, took the microphone and addressed the crowd:

"I've been thinking about yesterday and decided that it must have happened for a good reason. And I've decided that someone, somewhere wanted to show to the world that when you get knocked down, not once, not twice but even three or four times, that you can get up again and keep fighting. And that person decided there is no better town to show this to the world than Mainz."

"Which club experienced what we did last season? Which club have gone through what we've been through this season? And now which club are going to have the story we're going to have next season when we come back even stronger?"

Talk about RE-FRAME the perception and the mood of the fans!

Jurgen Klopp, in just a few sentences galvanized the fans and inspired them to see that the season was not a failure but part of an unfolding history of the club in the making.

Oh, and by the way, Mainz football club (under Klopp's management) were promoted into the Bundesliga the following season (2004) for the first time in their history.

One suspects Jurgen Klopp's ability to inspire and motivate his players (and the fans!) played a HUGE factor in winning promotion to the top-flight league!

This story is an good reminder today about the undoubted power of re-framing!

IN THE NEWS: PLANE CRASH IN JOHOR

IN THE NEWS: PLANE CRASH IN JOHOR

Piper Warrior Light Aircraft Crashes Into Golf Course

A Piper Warrior PA28 light aircraft crashed landed on the 11^th hole and skidded along its fairway before crashing into a palm tree at IOI Palm Villa Golf and Country Resort Course in Johor today. The incident happened round 1.00pm today.

Luckily no one was injured as the golf course was closed due to heavy rain.

Picture courtesy of Suresh Kumaran.

Suresh Kumaran, the Golf Superintandant was contacted over the phone and told us that the light aircraft could have lost control due to bad weather and crashed along the 11^th fairway. "We found some debris sitting on its green and fairway," said Suresh who captured photos using his mobile device.

“Luckily the course was closed, thank God no one was injured,” said the 35 year old Suresh.

Suresh continued: "I received a phone call from the airport (name not revealed) who was aware that a plane had crashed. They sent a rescue team who quickly rushed to the location where the aircraft had crashed and the airport authorities quickly rushed the pilot who was a Singaporean to the nearest hospital.”

Picture courtesy of Suresh Kumaran.

“A chief engineer from the airport (name not revealed) told us not to remove the debris of the plane and will send an investigating team (officers) from Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to conduct a detailed investigation,” Suresh concluded.

Meanwhile the club manager when contacted, Mohamad Fadil Bin Ami told us that he had seen an aircraft hovering above the golf course earlier noon.

“I saw some smoke at the planes tail and knew something was not right. I went for my Friday prayers and got a call from Suresh who notified me on the incident. By the time, I went to the crash site, they have taken the pilot away to the hospital."

"Thank God the plane did not hit any nearby homes or golfers.”

IN THE NEWS: Big Hole Golf

Interview with Datuk Vijaya who spoke on Palm Garden Golf Club and the recent launch of Big Hole Golf which he thinks is pretty cool and good for the golf industry.