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Durian Feast 19 June

mensa penang durian feast

We are having our annual durian feast this month so come and join us! Like last year, we are going into a durian farm to have our fill of the king of fruits.

This is open to Mensans, their family members and their friends.

We are only opening to 40 persons so it is really first come, first serve. You are encouraged to carpool as parking places are limited in the durian farm.

Date: 19th June 2011 – Sunday
Meeting place: Tesco Extra car park lot, Jalan Sungai Dua, Penang
Time: 10.30 am

Charge/pax: Cost to be shared by all “eating” participants
Closing date: 15th June, 5pm, or when we reach 40 persons.

To reserve your seat, SMS or call Cecilia Yew at 012-471 9978.

See durian feasting photos from our trip last year.

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Photos of Puzzlers’ Challenge 2011

We had 84 participants forming 42 teams for yesterday’s Puzzlers’ Challenge 2011 held at Caring Society Complex from 2pm to 7pm. They were secondary school students from schools around Penang.

To view all 46 photos of this exciting event which made our participants think out of the box, please go to our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mensa-Penang/199015183463272

While you are there, please share and like our page!

We will be putting up the winners’ names here so check back soon!

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Volunteers Needed for Puzzler’s Challenge 2011

We are looking for volunteers to help in the Puzzler’s Challenge 2011.

As we are expecting about 50 teams (mainly from schools), we will need at least 10 volunteers as referees to judge and and mark some of the challenges. Tea and snacks will be provided.

Date: 24 April 2011 (Sunday)
Time: 2pm – 7pm
Venue: Caring Society Complex

A briefing will be given at 12.30 pm on 24 April 2011 at the Mensa office at the Caring Society Complex.

If you can help in this event, please send in your name and contact number to Jay at jay1men@yahoo.com or 012 420 1364 by this Wednesday, 20 April 2011.

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The Puzzler’s Challenge 2011

The Puzzler’s Challenge 2011 is a challenge to test minds with a series of puzzles that has to be solved within stipulated times.

Organized by the Malaysian Mensa Society-Penang Branch and endorsed by the Penang State Education Department, the challenge seeks to expose the public, especially students, about Mensa organisation and its activities.

Date: 24 April 2011 (Sunday)
Time: 2pm – 7pm
Venue: Caring Society Complex
Contact person: Jayaram Menon (012-4201364)

Registration is now open!
Closing date: 24 April 2011

Please download the entry form here (File format: pdf (26KB)

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We Will Miss You, Nick Miller!

For many of you in Mensa Penang who know Nick Miller (and know of him as the one who most resembled Einstein), please note that we received this email from Mike, Nick’s brother recently.

This is Nick Miller at our 2009 Mensa Penang AGM

This is Nick Miller at our 2009 Mensa Penang AGM

Mike wrote to inform that Nick has passed away.

I am writing for my brother Nick, he passed away on Feb 6th in Casablanca, Morocco. My other brother Pat and I are working on his final wishes and are having him laid to rest in Casablanca. We just are going Thurs and letting all the people that had emailed him recently know of his passing. Thanks for being a part of his life I am sure he is glad to been a part of your as well. Thanks. Mike, (Nick’s brother)

Nick Miller has been part and parcel of our Mensa Penang activities and events for the past few years. As he was based in Penang for a while, he helped add colour (as Cheok says) to our events. Elaine says, “Our condolences to his family. We will certainly miss him!”

BL Yeoh notes,”So sad to hear that. He definitely had been a familiar face and add to the fun around in Penang Mensa activities. I’m sure we will all miss him. May his soul rest in peace.”

For those of us who knew him well, we will truly miss him. He was funny and eccentric and he always enlivened our parties with anecdotes, funny one-liners and even once cooked for us all, especially the Committee Members of Mensa Penang.

May you rest in peace, Nick!

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Cashflow Board Game – 9 January

We will be organizing a special session this Sunday for board game lovers, especially if you’d like to enhance your financial literacy.

Come learn the concept behind Robert Kiyosaki’s bestselling books. This board game called Cashflow is very rarely played in open circles as the board game itself is expensive.

As this is an introductory game session, we are only opening it to 6 persons (open to Mensa members and family members).

We have 2 game facilitators who will explain the game and how it is played. Be warned: it is quite addictive!

Date: 9 January 2011 (Sunday)
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Venue: Stradda Cafe, Krystal Point, Bayan Baru
Entry fee: Free (normally RM30 per person)

Contact person: Nic Sim (012 421 7778)

First come, first serve. Please be punctual as we intend to start and finish the game on time.

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What Patients Can Do to Make Their Health Care Safer & Better

Date: 12 December 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 2.00 – 4.00 p.m.
Venue: Caring Society Complex, Seminar Room 1
Entry fee: RM10 per person

Despite major advances in health care over the past century and highly trained and dedicated staff with the best intentions, patients continue to experience “adverse events”. An adverse event is any unintended harm to a patient as a result of medical care. Examples include: infection because a health care provider failed to wash their hands properly, prolonged hospital admission due to a medication error, and surgery on the wrong patient. Research conducted in North America, Britain, Europe, Australia and New Zealand indicate that adverse events occur at an alarming rate – between 3 and 17 out of every 100 hospital admissions (3 – 17 %) are associated with an adverse event.

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Geometry Puzzles

Here are some geometry puzzles you can try out.

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Can You Figure Out Einstein’s Riddles?

We know Einstein as Einstein but do you know how to outsmart these riddles?

Have a go! Remember finding the solution on your own is the greatest pleasure! ;-)

What Colour is The Bear? And I Don’t Mean Lotso From Toy Story 3.

The famous physicist allegedly made this riddle for his scholars.

A fellow encountered a bear in a wasteland. There was nobody else there. Both were frightened and ran away. Fellow to the north, bear to the west. Suddenly the fellow stopped, aimed his gun to the south and shot the bear. What color was the bear?

If you don’t know, this may help you: if the bear ran about 3.14 times faster than the fellow (still westwards), the fellow could have shot straight in front of him, however for the booty he would have to go to the south.

Which Neighbour Owns The Fish?

It is said that this quiz was made up by Albert Einstein and according to him 98% will not solve it.

There is a row of five different color houses. Each house is occupied by a man of different nationality. Each man has a different pet, prefers a different drink, and smokes different brand of cigarettes.

  1. The Brit lives in the Red house.
  2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
  3. The Dane drinks tea.
  4. The Green house is next to the White house, on the left.
  5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
  6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
  7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
  8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
  9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
  10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
  11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
  12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
  13. The German smokes Prince.
  14. The Norwegian lives next to the Blue house.
  15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

Who has fish at home? Are you one of the 2%?

Which Ship Goes Where and Carries What?

There are 5 ships in a port.

  1. The Greek ship leaves at six and carries coffee.
  2. The ship in the middle has a black chimney.
  3. The English ship leaves at nine.
  4. The French ship with a blue chimney is to the left of a ship that carries coffee.
  5. To the right of the ship carrying cocoa is a ship going to Marseille.
  6. The Brazilian ship is heading for Manila.
  7. Next to the ship carrying rice is a ship with a green chimney.
  8. A ship going to Genoa leaves at five.
  9. The Spanish ship leaves at seven and is to the right of the ship going to Marseille.
  10. The ship with a red chimney goes to Hamburg.
  11. Next to the ship leaving at seven is a ship with a white chimney.
  12. The ship on the border carries corn.
  13. The ship with a black chimney leaves at eight.
  14. The ship carrying corn is anchored next to the ship carrying rice.
  15. The ship to Hamburg leaves at six.

Which ship goes to Port Said? Which ship carries tea?

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Engineer to Lead Mensa Programme

The Sun
Updated: 06:57PM Thu, 15 Jul 2010
by Opalyn Mok

GEORGE TOWN (July 15, 2010): A retired semiconductor engineer from Penang has become the only person

Jayaram with his certificate of appreciation.

outside of Europe and the United States to be selected for Mensa International’s pilot Leadership Programme.

Jayaram Menon, 58, is one of the seven Mensa members in the world to be chosen for the programme. The others are from the US and Europe (three each).

“I feel very fortunate and honoured to be chosen to undertake the international programme,” he said.

In recognition of his achievement, the state government presented him with a RM500 award and a certificate of appreciation.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, who presented the certificate and cash to Jayaram, said it is a proud moment for Penang that Jayaram was chosen from so many countries outside of Europe and the US. Jayaram, who worked at Renesas Semiconductor Sdn Bhd before he retired two years ago, is Malaysian Mensa Penang branch chairman.

He is actively involved in team building and treasure hunt activities.

He was invited to sit in at the Penang Science council (PSC) Task Force meeting at Lim’s office on Thursday due to his vast experience in the science and technology field.

“I have organised Puzzler’s Challenges for the public, specifically for schools, to train students to solve mathematics or any subject-related problems in a more challenging way,” he said.

He said Penang Mensa is actively getting more students involved in such activities to help them think out of the box.

Mensa is a society for people whose IQ is 148 and above. – theSun

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