Penang Adventurer's Club (PAC)

An Introduction to Effective Microorganisms (EM)

Dear PAC Members & Guests

A group of PAC members have recently attended several talks & practical sessions with Pak Soo on the topic of EM Technology. PAC is lending its support in a Penang state-wide initiative to bring back the shine to our beloved island. To be successful, this project must be embraced by all levels of the Community; from the State Government right down to the everyday Rakyat. To create awareness with the public, PAC is participating in the below event and we hope this will be a a loud proof-of-concept which will open the eyes of Penangites and beyond.

With this we hope PAC members & guests can enlightened themselves with the knowledge of EM Technology (which is commonly confused with Garbage Enzyme Composting) and help spread this knowledge to all your friends and families and embrace EM Technology as a way of life.

“ONE MILLION APOLOGIES TO MOTHER EARTH” - AN ENVIRONMENT BIOMEDIATION PROJECT & AWARENESS CAMPAIGN - 8TH AUGUST 2009.

This idea was initiated by MR Soo Lee Choo (Pak Soo) to organise an event of making One Million EM mud balls and throwing them into various heavily polluted rivers in Penang in a single day. Japan had used EM Technology to clean up more than one hundred heavily polluted rivers over the last 20 years. EM is a proven technology in environmental remediation and all the rivers that have been treated with EM in Japan have also managed to resuscitate aquatic life, bringing back all fishes and other water life forms and aquatic plants. The most famous project in Japan is the cleaning up of the Seto Inland Sea.

PAC has pledged to make 50,000 or more mudballs and we invite PAC Members and guests to join us in this endeavor. Do keep a lookout for the next mudball making session through July ‘09.

Below are some videos explaining and demonstrating the technology.

Introduction to EM Technology - Part 1

Introduction to EM Technology - Part 2

Introduction to EM Technology - Part 3

Direct download single file 81MB/28mins/m4v format

Example of use in Japan

Rehabilitation of Seto Inland Sea, Japan - Part 1

Rehabilitation of Seto Inland Sea, Japan - Part 2

Rehabilitation of Seto Inland Sea, Japan - Part 3

Rehabilitation of Seto Inland Sea, Japan - Part 4

B.Regards

SIn YC

Night Hike(UPDATED)

Dear members and hikers,

PENGNG ADVENTURERS’ CLUB is organizing a night hike from Balik Pulau town to Air Itam Dam (one way only)

A hired bus will transfer us from Air Itam market to Balik Pulau town.

Contact : Terence (016-4179997), Wong (012-5435612)

Giving Back to Gaia

Hi all,

Recently a group of PAC members attended several talks and practical sessions with Pak Soo on the benefits of using Effective Microorganisms (EM) to rehabilitate the environment.

In theory, our environment today consists of about 15% “bad microorganism” (think rotting), 15% “good microorganisms: (think fermentation of wine) and remainder 70% “neutral microorganisms” which will swing either way depending on the majority. Unfortunately our environment today has more “bad microorganisms” due to man-made pollution.

EM is a specially cultivated melting pot of “good microorganism”, where applied correctly to the environment will hope to tip the balance and in doing so instigate the “neutral microorganisms” to cross over and start cleaning up the environment.

More information on Effective Microorganisms (EM) will follow in the web-link above.

We are trying to organize  a briefing session for members, invited representatives of NGO’s under MPPP and those interested; to inform on the benefits of EM and how we can use EM to rehabilitate our environment and to enrich our standard or living.

On 8th August 2009, there will be an event - “A Million Apologies to Mother Nature” where the target of  1-million mudballs will be thrown into Sg Nibong (where Intel’s Red-Bridge spans). If this proof-of-concept is successful will create awareness of Effective Microorganism and it is theorized that if 20% of Penangites use EM in their daily lives, we can bring the shine back to Our Pearl of the Orient.

So keep a lookout for the coming informative briefings, informative websites, mudball making sessions & 8th Aug 2009 and we hope to see many of you participating in our coming events. Sign up on Feedburner on the sidebar to receive updates via email.

Sin YC

2nd Half 2009 Activities

Hi all

below activities planned for 2nd Half of 2009. This is tentative and a downloadable copy will follow soon.

27^th June – Night Hike Balik Pulau to Air Itam Dam

12^th July – Mt Olivia & Bukit Cendana

2^nd Aug – Hikathon 09

22^nd Aug – Dinner Gathering (Gold Coast restaurant)

30 Aug – Merdeka Fun Run. – Alvin Yeoh

29-31 Aug – Jelawang Waterfall, Jeli Kelantan

13^th Sept – Air Itam Dam to Penang Hill

27^th Sept – PAC 30^th Anniversary Family Day

23-25 Oct – Management Training Langkawi

15^th Nov – Longest Trail

4^th – 6^th Dec CAC 09

25-27 Dec – Bungalow Stay

3 Jan 2010 – New Year Day lunch for PAC committee

More Activity Photos Added

More photos added from PAC recent activities. Click on photo to follow the link.

Pulau Perhentian Retreat

Mt Tebu hike, Terengganu

PAC 30th Anniversary Dinner

PAC 30th Anniversary Dinner - Freddy Tye's Pics

PAC Bowling 2009

Penang Earth Day Fun Run 2009

MT CHAMAH - ULU SEPAT EXPEDITION

Dear hikers, Mt Chamah (Kelantan) and Mt Ulu Sepat (Perak) Expedition

Date : 6-11 June 2009

Fee : Members (RM270) Non Members (RM300)

Car pool. Designated drivers will only need to pay RM100. Have to take 3 more hikers. Only sanctioned drivers will be given the discounted fee. If you want to drive, let me know.

No. Tshirts.

Please confirm participation before or on 13 May 2009. Max - 14 participants.

Compulsory Training / Briefing: Date : 17 May 2009 08.30 am Taman Rimba Teluk Bahang Full backpack - minimum 10kg.

Zaidi

zaidi_bidin@yahoo.co.uk

PAC Cendana Hikathon Postponed

PAC Cendana Hikathon postponed to July 2009. Details to follow.

PAC 30th Anniversary Dinner - Photos

For more photos click here or here (by freddy tye)

PAC Bowling 2009 - Photos

Zaidi in action

Click on photo for more,,,

PAC Badminton 2009 Results

Group Photo

As part of the activities for PAC 30^th Anniversary, a badminton tournament was held on April 5^th 2009.

The competition venue was Tenby School (formerly Sri Inai) in Jalan Kelawai and was open to members, members’ family as well as guests.

A token sum of RM5 was collected from all participants to help defray the costs of holding the competition.

A total of 25 persons took part, and were divided into 3 teams.

The results are as below:

Champions

Champion    :    Team B

1st Runner Up         :    Team C

2nd Runner Up            :    Team A

Team A    :   (1) Jonathan Tye   (2) Doris Ong   (3) Rudy Yeap

(4)  Bonnie Loo   (5) Lim Tok Phiaw (Captain)

(6)  Ken Lee   (7) Winson Khaw   (8) Aaron Tan

* not all players present in photos. Names not in sequence

PAC rented all 3 courts at the venue for 3 hours (1pm to 4pm) and a total of 15 matches were played on round-robin basis consisting of 3 mens’ doubles, 1 mixed doubles and 1 ladies doubles.

It was a very well run and friendly competition and all participants had a lot of fun.

Since this was to commemorate PAC 30^th anniversary, it was decided that all participants would be provided prizes. The winners received PAC new round neck t-shirts, runners-up PAC grey round neck t-shirts and the 2^nd runners-up received PAC 30^th anniversary towels. Prizes were presented during PAC 30^th Anniversary Dinner.

By:

Organizing Chairman: Terence Kee

Assistants: Alvin Yeoh, Rudy Yap