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CLIENT: PUBLIC SESSION # 23 Date: 16 DECEMBER 2006
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CLIENT: OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad Date: 28 NOVEMBER 2006
City Survival Training for Ladies
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Bala & Michael’s survival session is wonderful and every lady should have this knowledge.
2. Bala is very experienced and share all his knowledge with us!
3. Very good.
4. Limited time.
5. Very good and had managed to encourage participation.
6. Excellent – thanks for sharing your knowledge.
7. He’s good. Good performance. Informative.
8. He has sense of humour.
9. Good communication.
10. Trainer was lively and experienced.
11. Great with a lot of passion on the subject.
12. Very engaging personality, giving real life scenarios, yet putting it in a less traumatic manner.
13. Highly equip with knowledge and materials.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Very informative. Should encourage all ladies to attend.
2. How to survive.
3. Practical examples and very informative.
4. Practical knowledge.
5. Good knowledge.
6. Very practical.
7. The knowledge shared.
8. The information.
9. Awareness and preventions.
10. Everything.
11. All aspects / areas / tips presented.
12. Create awareness and alert the risk factors.
13. Practical survival tips.
14. Very interesting and useful!
15. Easy to follow.
16. Practical hands-on survival skills.
17. Very practical situations / scenarios / examples.
18. Informative.
19. Examples with great practicality and relatedness.
20. The survival techniques – how to escape from being attacked?
21. More knowledge on safety.
22. Knowledge and experience.
23. All.
Any other comments?
1. Would like to attend any course on 1st aid / emergency e.g. CPR.
2. To continue with practical teaching of survival techniques.
3. Would highly recommend for all ladies in other organization.
4. Extend to family members too.
5. Excellent tips learnt.
6. Session too short.
7. Have a more complete one as today’s session seems a bit rush.
8. Keep up the good sharing session!
9. Need more time for practical training.
10. Highly recommended on a compulsory basis.
11. To continue with practical techniques.
Would you recommend OCBC Bank to extend this training to all other female staff?
Yes = 45 No = 0
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Soroptimist International Region of Malaysia (SIROM)
in conjunction with
United Nation's End to Violence Against Women Day
24 & 26 November 2006
City Survival Training for Ladies
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. He’s a very good trainer who is very humane and should be applauded.
2. Excellent and professional.
3. Remarkably good.
4. Gets the attention with the way he talks.
5. Trainer is very good.
6. Serious yet graphic and humorous.
7. Good.
8. Very good and valuable.
9. Very entertaining.
10. Can’t see the things being shown, too dark.
11. Very knowledgeable and an expert in this field.
12. Sometimes his talk is mixed with some Cantonese. I don’t know whether other races can understand or not.
13. Excellent delivery – very experience trainer.
14. Good with humour.
15. Very energetic.
16. Capt Bala is a very good speaker, highly entertaining and captivating.
17. Excellent.
18. Very funny, delightful to listen to.
19. Fantastic.
20. Superb.
21. The trainer learnt a lot on this line and he just applies whatever he learned just for the women’s safety. He’s simply great.
22. Awareness, fun.
23. He’s 100% perfect.
24. Wonderful.
25. Message got across very well, in a humorous way.
26. Excellent presentation! Learnt to save ourselves and other women. Applaudable effort!
27. Very educational, comical and fun. Gave us lots of awareness. Thank you!
28. Should pause at intervals and expect questions from the floor.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Presentation is very good with jokes.
2. It’s very useful and practical interesting and also came with humour.
3. The topic and presentation.
4. Feel contented.
5. The tips on survival shared by the facilitator.
6. Reality check! Sometimes we take things for granted and when some things happen, we get a shock, rude reminder.
7. Easy to understand and relate.
8. Bagaimana hendak jauh dari rogol.
9. How simple defending ourselves can be.
10. FOC, good training, defence skill, never known before.
11. Very informative.
12. Gaining knowledge on defending ourselves.
13. The jokes.
14. The trainer.
15. The facts.
16. Very easy to understand.
17. Alarm system.
18. Teach me how to protect myself.
19. Survival for week women like us.
20. Practical.
21. Stuff used as weapon.
22. Self-defence tips.
23. The ways of giving the information confidently.
24. Entertaining and useful, eye opener.
25. Gave me more awareness.
26. Informative and interesting.
27. Everything.
28. Speech from Capt. Bala.
29. The facilitator and the topic.
30. I got much information from this course.
31. Everything.
32. Educational.
33. Lots of tips and hints.
34. They showed the very simple way to avoid ourselves from being in danger that doesn’t come to people’s mind.
35. Case study and survival skills, methods of safety the trainer teach the women.
36. The speech by Capt Bala is so clear and I like the program very much.
37. The way the trainer explained stuff with lots of energy.
38. The advice and tips on the awareness of violence on women.
39. Bala!
40. The method.
41. A lot of information which was very useful.
42. The course went well without any boring moment and the trainer is a very good public speaker.
43. I learnt so much today on how to protect myself.
44. Trainer knew what he’s talking about. Has first hand information.
45. Tips given, most needed by weaker sex.
46. Talking about a serious topic in a light-hearted and engaging manner.
47. Very nicely presented.
48. Creating awareness of the dangers to women.
49. Tips on how to use all the cool gadgets.
50. The weapon (tools) for protection.
51. All are equally interesting.
52. The way the trainer gave us ideas to save ourselves.
Any other comments?
1. This program should be introduced in schools and universities and work place for all females.
2. Try to launch more this kind of course. More propaganda.
3. Keep it up and continue to do case study to out smart, if we can, the perpetrators!
4. Have one in Klang, many ladies in Klang want to come but distance a problem.
5. Have more talks or training and inform the public about it.
6. More ladies should attend.
7. Congrats on work well done.
8. Should do in schools for the girls.
9. Hope this program can be organized specially for teenage girls (single parent).
10. Suitable for all girls in school.
11. Should be accessible to all women. More publicity.
12. Make this training more available to women.
13. This program is very interesting and having some more program like this in the future, important for women to survive.
14. The program is very short for us.
15. Very short course. Can’t learn more.
16. I think this is a good program for women. I want this program to continue..
17. This program is simply great.
18. Should be taught in Higher Educational schools for girls ASAP.
19. Keep up your good work. God bless!
20. I think many places must have training like this because many women and ladies don’t know how to protect themselves.
21. It should be alerted to other girls (school children) and women. It could be a National Programme.
22. None, well organized already!
23. Have more of this, with earlier notice and reach out to more people.
24. Well done! This course is very beneficial to women.
25. The entire program. Very good. Thank you very much. Many points are eye-opener and interesting.
26. I wish that soon Chinese speaking version classes can be conducted.
Would you recommend Soroptimist Interinational Region of Malaysia (SIROM) to extend this training to all other female?
Yes = 125 No = 0
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CLIENT: JOHNSON & JOHNSON PTE LTD (S'PORE) Date: 19 OCTOBER 2006
City Survival Training for Ladies
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. He makes the course very lively, and it is the only talk you’ll never never fall asleep. Very informative as well.
2. They are excellent and have thorough knowledge, which was very helpful.
3. He willingly shares his experience.
4. Lively with great impact in mind that we can remember and understand.
5. Has kind heart.
6. I don’t understand Malay. It would be good if there are direct translations of the Malay words used in this training.
7. Very entertaining.
8. They are very friendly.
9. Very engaging, funny but tips shared useful.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Very enriching and trainer very humorous.
2. Relevant and interesting.
3. Lively presenter.
4. Realistic contents.
5. Practical skills.
6. Practical examples cases.
7. Results of case study and tips on survival.
8. The sharing of experiences and self defensive moves.
9. Self defence techniques.
10. Awareness of possible crime has taken things for granted.
11. The information and the delivery by Capt Bala.
12. Defence techniques.
13. Interesting and lots of case study / real case to show.
14. Raised awareness of dangers, sensible ideas, highly relevant.
15. Very useful for women’s safety.
16. Everything.
17. Real life example sharing.
18. Very entertaining and beneficial.
19. Practical and useful tips.
20. Practical knowledge.
21. Candid but informative.
Any other comments?
1. Most fun course I have taken in ages!
2. Have the session held in office premises; there would be a greater turnout
3. Would like to have practical training in self defence session.
4. All female should attend.
5. To know more about Singapore situation so we can better prepare ourselves for what needs to be done. As what is being taught is more for Malaysia.
6. Thank you for such an interesting and invaluable education.
7. Make this a recurrent course.
8. Open to public attendance in Singapore.
9. Very good.
10. Useless Malay references. Not many people understand.
Would you recommend Johnson & Johnson Pte Ltd (Singapore) to extend this training to all other female employees?
Yes = 32 No = 0
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CLIENT: BUKIT KIARA PROPERTIES SDN BHD Date: 4 NOVEMBER 2006
City Survival Training for Ladies
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…..
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Good!
2. Should do it more often – especially for teenagers/young ladies – school etc.
3. Should allow teenagers as well – young girls as they listen to professionals not mothers.
4. Very very beneficial course, congratulations.
5. An angel.
6. Very practical.
7. Honest and sincere.
8. Too fast for me.
9. A very caring and helpful person with very good sense of humour.
10. The way he presents make you absorb and remember well.
11. An excellent trainer.
12. Very dynamic, a lot of energy, make us laugh for de-dramatizing.
13. Informative yet entertaining.
14. Very experienced.
15. Very experience and energetic.
16. Absolutely great, have practical session.
17. Very motivated and Mr Bala is very helpful.
18. Just awesome. Keep it up.
19. Very entertaining.
20. Approachable, knowledgeable, good work!
21. Very professional and interesting.
22. Too long winded, less talk more demonstration of skills.
23. Interesting talk and keep it up!
24. Impressive and interesting.
25. Very informative and lively.
26. Very animated. He made the session very entertaining. The content was very useful.
27. Very inspiring and genuine.
28. Fantastic! Just love it.
29. Very good and entertaining, very beneficial to me.
30. He makes the talk very interesting and he’s also a good performer.
31. Speaks too fast.
32. Excellent trainer.
33. I would like to say a very good thank you to Mr Bala.
34. Very experienced, passionate.
35. You are doing an excellent job!
What do you like most about the program?
1. The whole programme is lively and useful to our daily life.
2. To make a serious issue light-hearted but relevant and interesting.
3. Photos, first hand info.
4. The intricate exposure to different areas.
5. Very good demos and recommendations on security devices.
6. Security issues.
7. Defensive attack.
8. Very practical.
9. Gave very good tips.
10. Slide show and demonstration.
11. Safety awareness.
12. Learn how to protect myself when under attack.
13. 3 important steps to survival and precaution.
14. All the programme brought up.
15. I enjoyed the entire session.
16. The quantity of examples of real situation.
17. Learned a lot.
18. How to survive.
19. Speaker and free gift!
20. Educational / beneficial.
21. Practical tips. Currently very aware of my weakness and vulnerability. This is just what I needed.
22. Captain Bala is an excellent speaker. Thank you very much!
23. Practical.
24. Easy to understand.
25. Spontaneous and lively.
26. Educating and entertaining.
27. I preferred the second part.
28. It’s entertaining and the message can be conveyed to the audience.
29. Explanation, action and sharing of information.
30. Self defence techniques and safety gadgets knowledge.
31. It is very practicable aspects.
32. Very useful tips, understanding how attackers “work” so that I will be better prepared.
33. Very lively and inspiring.
34. Very engaging, no dull moment, very informative.
35. Very practical and easy tips to remember.
36. Very useful, practical and life saving tips.
37. Survival skill.
38. Practical. Very educational.
39. Humour and equipment shown / demonstration.
40. Safety and preventive tips.
41. I like all throughout the programme.
42. Good examples, presentation, clear and loud.
43. Sharing of experience and knowledge.
44. Everything.
45. This is my first time attending this programme and I am very impressed.
46. Real examples and cases; simplified for better understanding.
47. The tips given in order to protect myself (I’ve been a snatch victim before).
48. Very easy to understand and use in real life.
49. The whole programme is very knowledgeable.
50. Real life demos on how to defend ourselves and prevent being a victim.
Any other comments?
1. Appreciate and Thank you Bukit Kiara Properties for arranging such training.
2. I would like to thank Bukit Kiara for inviting me.
3. Really appreciate those and the Management for such community service. Thank you so much!!!
4. To have frequent updates on new methods and have periodical training programme.
5. Ladies should be given some practical training – hands on!
6. Should have more courses available for ladies and kids.
7. Keep it up and educating more. We need it in Malaysia.
8. Don’t stop here, continue with more talks of similar topic.
9. Please conduct more classes.
10. There should be more of such sessions.
11. Perhaps it might be possible to bring at least 1 guest rather than limiting it to 1 per invite i.e. therefore open to 2 pax each time.
12. Like to attend again because missed the 1st two hours.
13. It’s worth getting up early, no regrets coming here! THANK YOU!
14. Thank you BKP for this exclusive session.
15. Don’t mind paying for another round of refresher.
16. Brilliant session.
17. More practical session.
18. Wish to get more info. Can invite trainers to school to have talk?
19. Some of the earlier slides (on rape victims) were too “disturbing”. To include more self-protection skill training / tips.
20. One of the excellent speakers I have ever come across.
21. Keep it up, well done Bala. Thank you very much Angel!
22. Suggest workshop (role play).
23. Brilliant ideas learnt.
24. Please have all equipment on sale. Let participants know so can bring more $.
25. No. Just keep up the good work.
Would you recommend this programme to others?
Yes = 71 No = 0
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CLIENT: BUKIT KIARA PROPERTIES SDN BHD Date: 14 OCTOBER 2006
City Survival Training for Ladies
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…..
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Very animated and never a dull moment.
2. Continued to the cause, sincere, enthusiastic
3. Interesting and with a good sense of humour.
4. Very good, realistic and easy to understand.
5. He is very interesting and he does a very good job.
6. Very clear, interesting, entertaining.
7. Very dedicated.
8. Great.
9. Extremely entertaining and informative but should speak a bit more slowly.
10. Excellent presentation.
11. God Bless you Bala and Michael.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Learnt new ideas on safety.
2. Learn several tactics on survival.
3. Overall – Good.
4. Educational, enlightening.
5. All sections are good and interesting.
6. Very informative and helpful.
7. The presenter – Capt Bala.
8. The info and gadgets.
9. Very knowledgeable.
10. Very applicable, easy to apply techniques.
11. Everything.
12. Benefited from this course.
13. Informal atmosphere.
14. Easy to remember techniques.
15. We’ve learnt so much in a very humorous atmosphere.
16. Very informative and has caused awareness, excellent content.
Any other comments?
1. Wish to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to Bukit Kiara Properties Sdn Bhd for fun great meeting!
2. Looking forward to the physical workshop.
3. Keep up this talk all over Malaysia. Many women out there need guidance and help. They need you!.
4. Need to continually make this presentation available to ladies.
5. I really enjoyed the 4 hour session and would love to follow through with more sessions.
6. Would like to attend the advance course.
7. Good program. Thanks!
8. Hope this kind of program is opened to more girls/women.
9. Can learn more things.
10. Thank you Bala and Mike.
Would you recommend this programme to others?
Yes = 34 No = 0
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CLIENT: BUKIT KIARA PROPERTIES SDN BHD Date: SEPTEMBER 2006
City Survival Training for Ladies
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. His presentation, talk very interesting, a lot of experience, knowledge, gives a lot of benefits.
2. Effective, lively, gets attention of audience. Gets message across.
3. Very interesting, gave life experiences, makes it easy to understand.
4. Physical practice.
5. Down to earth, very generous to share and give.
6. Knowledgeable, fun and entertaining.
7. Very clear, very interesting and entertaining.
8. Clear, concise, engaging, knowledgeable.
9. Excellent and powerful trainer.
10. Very enthusiastic.
11. Very comical but interesting.
12. As an expatriate, I don’t understand Malay, so I missed a little bit of what he spoke.
13. Excellent speaker.
14. Speak slower.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Practical. Something that I can relate to. Demonstration between Capt Bala & Mike was very good.
2. Trainers come across as being very sincere and humane, passionate about sharing city survival techniques.
3. A serious subject conducted in a way that everyone enjoyed.
4. Things to be alert and self defence skills.
5. Informative and benefiting.
6. An eye-opener, learned a lot, excellent!!
7. I like the entire programme.
8. All the prevention tips.
9. Sharing with us the reality in today’s world. We must take extra caution.
10. Presenter.
11. Everything.
12. The idea to survive.
13. Very interesting talk.
14. Tips given, create awareness.
15. Relate many live/real stories.
16. It’s very easy to understand and highly beneficial.
17. I love every area of the programme.
18. The way the trainer presents the talk.
19. Very beneficial.
20. Very applicable.
21. The speech captured a lot of attention.
22. It was very relevant to addressing my concerns on crime prevention.
23. Some techniques to get out of a dangerous situation.
24. Very clear, factual, funny.
25. Presentation from the trainer and the information shared.
26. It is very informative.
27. Knowledge and experience shared with us.
28. Case study.
29. Practical info and material.
30. Straight forward. Simple to understand.
31. Actual scenarios.
32. The trainer is humorous, very expressive.
33. Learnt a lot throughout this programme.
34. I was thought about what we should / what are we suppose to do during the critical time and some basic survival skills.
35. Case study, factual, demonstration, sincerity.
36. Preventive action to be taken for violence/criminals.
37. A lot of tips to protect ourselves.
Any other comments?
1. Would like to join a practical training should BKP organize one in near future.
2. Well done, please continue the effort and spread the wings.
3. Continue giving more of these courses to help all women.
4. Share this course with young girls (students).
5. Keep up the good work.
6. Have more workshops.
7. A longer session can incorporate some practice session.
8. Conduct more of these courses.
9. Excellent over all.
10. Great! Keep up the good work.
11. ½ day doesn’t enough to cover so many topics.
12. I feel that the training could be more “structured” i.e. go by category of “events” to remember the safety measures better. Thank you.
13. To learn practical ideals/extra tips to ladies.
14. Keep it up! Perhaps include handout on topics discussed.
Would you recommend Bukit Kiara Properties Sdn Bhd to extend this training to all other female employees?
Yes = 59 No = 0
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CLIENT: RANHILL ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS (M) SDN BHD Date: SEPTEMBER 2006
City Survival Training for Ladies
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…..
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Well equip knowledge base, good tips, very informative and very useful and helpful, great support.
2. Give me a lot of lesson to protect self, very helpful.
3. His experience makes the programme interesting and fun.
4. Excellent.
5. He’s damn good, knowledgeable, lively, etc.
6. Keep up the good job!
7. Excellent, genuine.
8. Good, we are not bored at all.
9. Knowledgeable, very experienced person.
10. Best!
11. Good.
12. Very interesting and enthusiastic.
13. Funny.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Knowledge, awareness. Interested to participate in the physical training.
2. The exposure of simple things which we didn’t realize before.
3. Built up confident, knowledge, information, and use things / tools to protect ourselves and pepper spray etc.
4. The entire programme is great – would enjoy more practical hands on tips.
5. How to defence ourselves and to avoid dangers and to overcome it.
6. Experience and safety for women.
7. Protect myself.
8. All the sessions.
9. Useful, practical.
10. Defense, awareness, demonstration.
11. Self defence, experience.
12. Self defence, women’s rights.
13. The presentation is not boring.
14. Everything.
15. Self protection.
16. The information given by the trainer.
17. Trainer and slides.
18. The presentation is very helpful.
Any other comments?
1. Should conduct more training of this nature.
2. Should have follow up programmes.
3. Please continue the good job.
4. Interested to donate and help in anyway I can.
5. Very interesting, full of knowledge.
6. No comment because is very good.
7. Is really help.
8. Great session!
9. Allow for Q & A.
Would you recommend this programme to others?
Yes = 31 No = 0
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CLIENT: TYCO ELECTRONICS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD Date: 16 OCTOBER 2006
Location : Bayan Lepas, Penang
City Survival Training for Ladies
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Excellent tips on self protection for any female.
2. Excellent.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Self protection skills.
2. Knowledge on how to protect and be prepared to protect ourselves.
Any other comments?
1. Should encourage/share more techniques on self protection.
Would you recommend Tyco Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd to extend this training to all other female employees?
Yes = 15 No = 0
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CLIENT: TYCO ELECTRONICS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD Date: SEPTEMBER 2006
City Survival Training for Ladies
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Angel to the planet.
2. Experience and handled reality and not based on theory.
3. Excellent, knowledgeable.
4. Excellent.
5. Very useful.
6. Good.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Easy to understand and practical.
2. The reality of life.
3. Not boring and very knowledgeable.
4. Create awareness, safety awareness introduced.
5. The safety for ladies.
6. Informative.
7. How to protect ourselves.
8. Survival products.
9. All topics.
10. Survival tools.
11. All the preventive actions.
Any other comments?
1. Learn CPR.
2. Give us more this kind of training.
3. This training has enlightened us on safety awareness for ladies. Surely beneficial training.
4. Good. Will recommend to ladies friend on the survival skills and recommend for practical.
5. Excellent course.
Would you recommend Tyco Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd to extend this training to all other female employees?
Yes = 22 No = 0
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CLIENT: CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (CIDB) MALAYSIA
Date: AUGUST 2006
CIDB CST GRADUATES RECEIVING THEIR PEPPER SPRAYS WITH COMPLIMENTS FROM CIDB MALAYSIA
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…..
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Mungkin boleh dipentingkatkan lagi dengan practical untuk menahan diri.
2. Penyampaian amat berkesan, komunikasi mudah difahami dan sentiasa bertenaga.
3. Bagus dan tidak membosankan.
4. Pengajar mempunyai banyak idea yang boleh dikongsi bersama.
5. Sangat best.
6. Sangat menarik, dapat menarik perhatian dan tumpuan para peserta.
7. Cara penyampaian sangat bagus dan mudah difahami.
8. Sangat menarik, banyak pengajaran dan contoh-contoh.
9. Friendly.
10. Seronok dan sedikit sebanyak mendapat pengajaran untuk menjaga keselamatan diri serta keluaga.
11. Cara menyampaikan tajuk-tajuk semasa amat padat, saya dapat lebih berhati-hati dalam apa juga hal.
12. Entertaining.
13. Teknik pengajaran yang sungguh berkesan, menarik dan isu-isu mengenai “City Survival” berjaya dikupas dengan baik sekali.
14. Sangat menghiburkan dan memberi maklumat terkini.
15. You are good Mr Bala!
16. Mesra, dan cara memberi pengajaran yang mudah difahami.
17. Cara penyampaian sangat baik disamping diselitkan dengan humor.
18. Very good.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Maklumat yang disampaikan dan cara tenaga pengajar menyampaikannya.
2. Kefahaman, menjaga keselamatan dan lain-lain.
3. Cara penyampaian yang berkesan.
4. Cara penyampaian menarik dan sangat jelas.
5. Cara penyampaian penceramah sangat menarik dan jelas.
6. Cara pertahan diri dan mengetahui banyak pengalaman.
7. Cara penyampaian Capt Bala sangat menarik dan tidak membosankan serta dapat belajar cara-cara mempertahankan diri daripada diserang.
8. Learnt / good tactic.
9. Seronok.
10. Pendedahan yang diberikan oleh pengajar.
11. Dapat memberi kesedaran.
12. Semua.
13. Banyak manafaat untuk protect diri.
14. Tenaga pengajar yang kelakar.
15. Program secara tidak formal menjadi lebih menarik dan peserta lebih banyak input.
16. Kes study, kes rujuk, alat-alatan pengajar.
17. Teknik defense diri.
18. Program ini memberi kesedaran pada peserta-peserta.
19. Dapat mempelajari teknik-teknik mempertahankan diri.
20. Penyampaian cerita dan memek muka En Bala yang menyeronokkan dan tidak memboringkan.
21. The presentation, trainers, tips, skills and free gift.
22. Program yang berjaya memberi pendedahan dan informasi yang berkesan.
23. Mendapat maklumat tentang cara mencegah jenayah.
24. The truth about situation that happening.
25. Pengajar yang tidak membosankan dan pandai untuk tackle mood peserta.
26. Maklumat terkini mengerai keselamatan.
27. Kaedah-kaedah / langkah-langkah yang diajar.
Any other comments?
1. Jika ada peluang, ingin mengikuti kursus ini secara praktikal – TQ.
2. A day program maybe on practical training by the student themselves.
3. Buat lagi.
4. Saya pernah hadiri kursus ini sebelum ini, saya ingatkan ada perbesaan tapi ia sama dengan yang dulu tapi it’s ok – ia boleh mengingatkan saya.
5. Program ini patut diberi kepada semua wanita untuk tahu cara-cara pertahankan diri bila dalam bahaya.
6. Good job!
7. Tajuk ini boleh disampaikan ke setiap sekolah untuk keselamatan murid-murid sekolah yang sentiasa terdedah dengan bahaya.
8. Don’t mind to attend this course for many times because it’s useful.
9. Teruskan usaha dalam mendidik masyarakat mengenai kesedaran “City Survival”.
10. Kursus ini boleh dibuat 2 kali setahun dengan kursus-kursus yang memberi kesedaran keselamatan.
11. Masa untuk kursus haruslan lebih lama lagi di masa akan dating.
12. Memperbanyakkan lagi program seperti ini.
13. Pihak CIDB teruskan membuat kursus seperti ini agar dapat memberi pengetahuan kepada para wanita.
Would you recommend this programme to others?
Yes = 44 No = 0
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CLIENT: TAYLOR'S COLLEGE Date: JULY 2006
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…
Any other comments on the trainer(s)?
1. Excellent speech! God knows that your time is not up yet, so he sent you here to protect us. An angel among us. You will always be… Thank you!
2. Tell us a lot of things that we don’t and never think about.
3. I think the trainers are very funny and he gives much explanation clearly.
4. We should have this very often!
5. Very dedicated and informative.
6. Bala made the training very informative and entertaining.
7. Bala’s very good, know ladies very well.
8. Keep up the great work!
9. No comments! I think very good.
10. Captain Bala is just cool!
11. It’s totally nice.
12. Funny. Very dedicated.
13. Keep up the good work – Kudos.
14. Very good and direct.
15. So far so good.
16. Fun and attracted. But sometimes his voice is unclear. Thank you.
17. Very helpful.
18. Acting is very good, can be a good actor, however. His pronunciation is quite difficult to understand.
19. They are good.
20. Should teach more ways to defend.
21. Very friendly, nice and funny.
22. Very professional.
23. Very interesting, really helpful.
24. Keep up good works. Professional and good speech.
25. Clear good presentation with very detailed explanation.
26. Amazing performance. Very good.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Simple understanding / explanation that gets thru the participation in realizing things.
2. Teaching us to be aware and Bala’s humour.
3. How the trainers share the knowledge politely and seriously but not boring.
4. All the information given and just about everything.
5. All.
6. Action “How we protect ourselves”.
7. The knowledge that he had given us.
8. Informative.
9. Mr Bala.
10. Everything.
11. The gadget.
12. Beneficial for my own safety.
13. The safety things.
14. Very informative and eye opener.
15. Every single part.
16. All the information given.
17. How to protect ourselves.
18. The information that had given.
19. About the conversation.
20. The information. It’s very informative & I’m sure it will really help us.
21. I like all, because I think very a few people or organizations that take care of female. In general, it’s a must for commercial organization.
22. It was interesting in a way it wasn’t boring and very helpful.
23. Safety things in our life.
24. The trick and make me know more.
25. The research of all that happened.
26. Made me realize how much I can learn to save myself.
27. Teach us how to protect ourselves.
28. The real life experience given, the participation by participants and steps / tips / solutions that are presented.
29. All the demonstration.
30. This course makes me to be careful always.
31. Know about public transport safety and identify dangers.
32. Safety things (just for women) what I’ve never known.
33. The contents and speaker.
34. Presentation. Very interesting.
35. Easy to understand.
36. Being aware of unsuspected events.
37. Very practical and informative.
38. Can teach me many ways that defend us.
39. Let me know the fact.
40. The action and the explanation.
41. The way Capt. Bala presented was interesting, serious & comical at the same time.
42. The explanation.
43. The way to react when “something happen”.
44. Teaching us to be a smart girl.
45. In the lift, taxi & in the fitting room.
46. The information given on survival skills.
47. How to survive in any situation we encounter.
48. It’s an eye opening programme. I have known a lot of useful protection which I never known before.
49. All of it.
50. True information, given real life experiences.
51. The inspiration to survive in this crazy…….. world.
52. A guy standing up to help the ladies.
53. Everything that had been taught.
54. Educative, kinda more aware of a different situation.
Any other comments?
1. Go Captain Bala!!!
2. Excellent session on reaching out to ladies about safety.
3. Any way of trying to introduce this sort of talks / programmes to young kids (age 6 – 10 yrs) to make them understand what strangers can do to you or what is out there.
4. The trainer(s) are very funny and has lots experiences (my thoughts). Come again next time!
5. Should have more programmes like this to give awareness to the female society.
6. Should realist and protect ourselves.
7. Any girl should be trained about how to face the robbery, etc. Not only theory but practically.
8. Good kind of training. Keep up the good work.
9. An amazing experience.
10. It’s quite a good speech for ladies because of this dangerous world.
11. It will be more interesting if the trainer can speak slowly.
12. Everything I get is enough, but nobody’s perfect man!
13. Continue the good job on giving safety talk to ladies.
14. Keep fighting.
15. All females must attend this course. We need this kind of course to survive in this crazy world.
16. Hope to give more workshops on this type of topics to create awareness. Well done!
17. Subsidize for the gadgets.
18. Highly recommended!
Would you recommend this programme to others?
Yes = 110 No = 0
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CLIENT: YOUNG PRESIDENTS' ORGANIZATION MALAYSIA CHAPTER Date: JULY 2006
The fortunate Personal Assistants of The Young Presidents' Organization Malaysia Chapter. Our Love, Thanks & Gratitude to James Ng & Debbie Loo for organizing this training. We believe this session will make a Change & Difference in their lives, in line with YPO's objective of providing IMPACT WEALTH!
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…..
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Keep up the good work!
2. Excellent.
3. Very impressed with his volunteer community services provided for others benefits.
4. It was very interesting and not boring at all.
5. Very practical and interesting.
6. Knowledgeable, experienced.
7. Impressive, highly commendable.
8. Excellent job!
What do you like most about the program?
1. Informative, interesting.
2. Practical demo & lively presentation.
3. Survival tips.
4. Creativity of trainer.
5. Great take home value.
6. Lots of live experience and real cases.
7. Everything.
8. The whole programme.
9. The tips given and also the “tools”.
10. Learn to be careful and not to fight back – safety!
11. Very good knowledge on safety and survival.
12. Very practical and relates to our daily life.
13. Making us truly aware of security, survival etc.
Any other comments?
1. Wish the course is longer.
2. Really benefited.
3. Wish had a longer time with the trainer and gets more knowledge.
4. I know you were given limited time by organizers – but would have appreciated participation and Q & A.
Would you recommend this programme to others?
Yes = 26 No = 0
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CLIENT: PUBLIC BANK BERHAD Date: JUNE 2006
The "lucky secretaries" of Public Bank Berhad to have acquired survival skills for the Secretary's Week.
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms...
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Very interesting and enlightening.
2. Very Excellent.
3. Excellent speaker.
4. The course is informative and entertaining.
5. Good presentation.
6. Well Done! Thank you.
7. Humourous and knowledgeable
What do you like most about the program?
1. Not to take safety for granted.
2. Informative and make us aware of the dangers lurking at our “assumed” safe areas.
3. Every aspect of the programme is equally interesting.
4. Giving me the opportunity to know the survival technique as well as creating awareness among us.
5. All topics are most relevant. Very informative and useful and helpful.
6. Eye-opener.
7. Presenter and topic.
8. Demonstrations.
9. Bala’s presentations.
10. Practical and relevant.
11. Useful tips picked up.
12. The safety prevention technique.
13. Steps in self defence and escape methods.
14. The humour.
15. The preventions and security knowledge.
16. The practical suggestions and the non-stop jokes.
17. Presentation was very good.
18. Protect ourselves and the stories.
19. Ways of protection.
Any other comments?
1. It has been a very beneficial programme as it will help me to be more alert, wiser, smarter especially when I wan once upon a time a snatch thief victim.
2. To incorporate physical self defence (hands on)
3. If possible, to also include sale of some of the gadgets or to leave referral for purchases.
4. Keep up the good work !
5. Definitely a good course.
6. Time is too short. Trainer has to rush thru’ the topics.
7. Good talk and should extend 1 day.
8. Very informative and humorous.
9. Could be a one day talk instead of ½ day.
10. The course is good for safety education.
11. Should extend the time.
12. Insufficient time to cover all the topics adequately.
13. Yes, I think all ladies will be benefited from this course
Would you recommend Public Bank IT & Training Centre to extend this training to all other female employees?
Yes = 48 No = 0
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CLIENT: COURTS MAMMOTH BERHAD Date: MAY 2006
The Graduates of City Survival Training wish to thank the Management of Courts Mammoth Berhad in materializing this pro-active program and Ms Jessie Tang for Introducing this program to Courts Mammoth Berhad. Our Thanks & Gratitude to the Management and En Ahmad & HR Team for their support.
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms...
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Sangat bagus.
2. Sangat menarik dengan cara penyampaian.
3. Bagus dan senang memahami cara pengajaran dalam program.
4. Sangat bagus.
5. Menarik.
6. Sangat baik dan tidak membosankan.
7. Penjelasan sangat terang dan jelas.
8. Should show some physical defence styles.
9. Best in performance
10. Very impressive and descriptive.
11. The trainer not serious, jokers so that the programme not “boring”.
12. Superb, realistic.
13. Bala is such wonderful “person”, gifted from god to help others.
14. The trainer is good, friendly and approachable.
15. Very impressive.
16. Everything is excellent.
17. Cara-cara mempertahankan diri untuk keselamatan diri.
18. Clear and loud.
19. Excellent, excellent, excellent. Keep up the good job.
20. Very good, his doing is made of caring and loving. Well done.
21. Very open minded and trustworthily.
22. Very captivating and highly amusing.
23. Very good and interesting.
24. Kept everyone’s attention until the end of the program.
25. Very informative, give us awareness / a wake-up call for security.
26. Very entertaining, informative and knowledgeable.
27. Very informative, clear, illustrative, sincere.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Mengedarkan tentang bahaya sentiasa ada sekeliling kita so kita sentiasa ready.
2. Cara penyampaian yang berkesan dan mudah difahami.
3. Cara untuk menlindungi diri daripada kejadian jenayah.
4. Cara penyampaian tenaga pengajar sangat menarik. Very interesting.
5. Pengisiannya.
6. Semua program yang disampaikan.
7. Sangat berfaedah dan mendapat perkara baru teknik-teknik menyelamatkan diri sendiri.
8. Belajar cara-cara mempertakan diri dan keselamatan.
9. Penjelasan yang sangat difahami.
10. Kamera litar.
11. Stories of the victims.
12. Sincerity and most affordable items which can safe our life plus the items that we carry.
13. We know how’s lady want to defense their self, even not all.
14. The knowledge/scenarios presented and the humour of the trainer.
15. Keep up the good work, excellent, to help more women.
16. Very beneficial to me. Very informative and interesting.
17. Teach us about safety which before that we do not know.
18. Benefit the public.
19. Personal safety.
20. All session.
21. Very practical.
22. Awareness and tactics.
23. The way to protect ourselves.
24. The explanation.
25. Showed real life incidents.
26. The information is very useful.
27. The program teaches us how to be more careful.
28. Real life incidents related – made it more meaningful.
29. Full of information.
30. Everything – enlightening.
31. The information how to defence myself from others.
32. Informative and very knowledgeable.
33. Self protection.
34. The way of presentation very good.
35. Teach us how to be careful with our environment.
36. Awareness of potential areas and to avoid at certain public areas.
37. Very insightful and useful for us ladies.
38. The personal experience and involvement of Capt Bala, the variety of real illustration and content.
39. Most valuable info!
Any other comments?
1. Perlu diteruskan kursus ini.
2. Lebihkan lagi cara-cara untuk mempertahankan diri.
3. Satu kursus yang baik dan patut diteruskan.
4. Hidup Bala! Jauhkan Bala!
5. Kami ingin menyertai kursus ini dengan lebih mendalam (secara intensif)
6. Adakan kursus seperti ini di masa akan datang supaya semua boleh beringat.
7. Keep it up and more example and stories.
8. Excellent.
9. Suggest doing the programme not only at office but at resident house (for housewives).
10. Everybody needs this type of knowledge, to be a survivor. Very very good.
11. Better give this training to all lady in Malaysia (at secondary school).
12. Wish to have more understanding about polis’s right and public rights.
13. Teach this to school students.
14. Well done and keep it up.
15. Hope we can continue this programme in the future. Thank you.
16. This program must be conducted to all level of ladies and girls.
17. 4 hours is not enough. Maybe you must do the training for the whole day.
18. More useful preventive advises.
19. Wish that this course is compulsory for all schools, colleges, universities and organization.
Would you recommend this programme to others?
Yes = 105 No = 0
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CLIENT: LAFARGE MALAYAN CEMENT Date: APRIL 2006
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…..
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Perfect class!
2. You are a rare team – well done!
3. Very good speaker, knowledgeable and speak the truth from heart.
4. Engaging, lively.
5. Trainers are very informative and knowledgeable pertaining to current social problems in the country.
6. Very practical and important info made and relayed in a very interesting manner.
7. Very simple method of explanation and very focus to topic.
8. Excellent and true issue has been raised up to public.
9. Fantastic, very informative.
10. It would be good if a demo on physical self-defence is done.
11. Excellence!
12. Explanation is very interesting and clear and precise.
13. Excellent info and an eye opener.
14. Good trainer.
15. Very captivating.
16. Keep it up.
17. Very well presented and knowledgeable on subject matter.
18. Interesting speaker.
19. Good, very experienced.
20. Very engaging and down-to-earth.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Ideas, tips – simple preventive measures that anyone can do.
2. To know technique and tips on how to protect ourselves and also how to observe people and surrounding.
3. The engaging way of presentation.
4. Very practical advice delivered in a fun way.
5. The tips given to protect ourselves.
6. Know how to protect ourselves from strangers.
7. Very informative. May more trainers be available so that more women can benefit.
8. The presentation is interesting and easy to understand. Some life saving skills is easy to apply.
9. Everything.
10. Truthfulness.
11. Show you how to take precaution and some basic practical.
12. All the topics.
13. Sharing of information.
14. Very informative and great impact.
15. All
16. Very good presentation, information, skills.
17. The rapist programme.
18. Very informative in a very light and enjoyable manner.
19. Very informative and benefit to ladies.
20. The practical tips.
21. Self defense and tips.
22. Good case studies with lots of tips.
23. The way the trainer brief (every aspect).
24. Beneficial.
25. Know how to reach and become more observance on my environment.
26. Create a lot of self awareness.
27. Tips and simplicity of suggestions can be applied.
28. Better understanding of prevention techniques.
29. The real case scenarios and the protection devices.
30. Always highlight on safety – personal, family members and friends, awareness of surroundings.
31. How to protect ourselves and method of crime and to avoid it.
32. Presentation materials very interesting and meaningful.
33. All the visuals and practical training.
34. I enjoyed every moment.
35. Interesting topic and experienced trainer.
Any other comments?
1. This is the best class I ever attend.
2. Hope to have more sessions in either practical or theory.
3. Please continue this training to the ladies.
4. Thank you for being our savior.
5. Although we were shown gruesome pictures, grim statistic, it was definitely an eye-opening experience and a wake-up call to all ladies to be alert at all times.
6. Excellent programme, would suggest for the younger ones to attend.
7. Definitely for all ladies.
8. Should let more ladies aware of points for survival.
9. It should be longer.
10. Time too short.
11. Not enough time for demo.
12. Should have additional demonstration if extended time required.
13. Time allocated too short and trainer had to rush through program.
14. Photos very gory.
15. Keep up the good work. May God always be with you!
Would you recommend this programme to others?
Yes = 119 No = 0
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CLIENT: TAYLOR'S BUSINESS SCHOOL Date: MAY 2006
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…
Any other comments on the trainers?
1. Awesome! Able to bring this very important message to ladies
2. Good sense of humour
3. Very knowledgeable, very good, very good sense of humour, Excellent
4. Dedicated to the job
5. This is really a great talk
6. Thank you. Great Job
7. Should teach us CPR to save other people’s life
8. Keep up the good work!
9. BRAVO!
10. Interactive and very funny
11. Humorous and Informative
12. You’re very passionate with your work, TQ
13. Humorous and sincere
14. Can’t hear your voice but good job!
15. Knowledgeable & practical
16. Very enthusiastic about his work
17. Very dedicated person
18. He has done a GREAT Job!
19. Energetic person
20. Excellent. Able to make the training interesting
21. He is an excellent trainer
22. They make the course lively
23. Highly dedicated and friendly
24. Good. Very knowledgeable
25. Very entertaining, easy to understand, funny.
26. Very Good!
27. GREAT!
28. Excellent Trainer
29. Talked too fast. Should have more participants to participate.
30. Cool, very interesting presentation
What do you like most about the program?
1. It’s relevant to our lives & straight to the point
2. Sense of humour of the trainer Capt Bala
3. the trainer has made the session so interesting
4. Case studies
5. Interesting, beneficial to all ladies
6. A lot of survival tips
7. The stories & real life scenarios
8. Everything
9. Exciting, informative and extremely interesting
10. The interactive session and introduction of all the devices
11. Tips to prevent us woman from all danger / risk
12. Practical tips on how to survive
13. Hilarious – making the programme easier to understand and memorable
14. It’s very funny and knowledgeable
15. Honesty
16. Very impressive and benefited everyone.
17. Awareness!
18. The knowledge that they share
19. More information that I did not know before
20. All interesting
21. Very informative about the real cases
22. Different ways of self protection
23. Add on practical of survival skills like self defence
24. Enlightening
25. Everything was Great!
26. Resourceful
27. Very Informative
28. He has gave us awareness and made us more careful to our surroundings
29. The gadgets for protection
30. Very educational and interactive
31. Little everyday tips & methods that can help us stay alive
32. Real life examples
33. Skills to prevent from danger & out of danger
34. The way it was presented
35. A lot of real life cases were quoted
36. Very thought provoking – simple things we take for granted
37. The in-depth explanation
38. Very educational
39. Very realistic showcase
40. Knowing how to escape from unwanted situations
41. Presented in a humorous way yet very informative
42. The things you do when you are in the red zone.
43. The way the trainer gives the ladies confidence.
Any other comments?
1. Should be compulsory to all ladies
2. Continue other time with practical training
3. Thank you Mr Bala & Mr Michael for the most interesting session I have ever attended.
4. A very interesting and knowledgeable workshop that every lady / woman should attend.
5. Please come back to train more ladies on these essential tips!
6. Please have this training again, I missed the first half of it
7. Please explain more about the 2 way mirror since the trainer only explain it briefly.
8. Should be promoted to all ladies
9. Keep up the good work
10. The pictures of the victims. Gosh I’ll have a nightmare tonight.
11. Hope to have a longer session. Interesting
12. Very informative and expose us to dangers that surround us, so that we will take precautions
13. Should use cordless microphone
14. Keep up the good work
15. Really enjoyable and beneficial
16. I’ll surely recommend this to all my family and friends. Please keep up the Good Work!
17. Highly interesting session
18. Q & A session
19. More talks should be made for the public
20. Thank you for your Advice
21. More detailed programs on specific aspects of security and survival skills
22. Par Excellent
23. Have a 2 days workshop, don’t have to rush
24. Keep up the Good Work… Now I know who else to look for – haha
25. A very good program to create awareness amongst ladies
Would you recommend this programme to others?
Yes = 72 No = 0
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CLIENT: EXXONMOBIL - MALAYSIA Date: APRIL 2006
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…..
Any other comments on the trainer(s)?
1. Extend the duration. Make it a 2 days training session.
2. Message and training very clear.
3. Very engaging, and good info and tips for safety.
4. He’s great!
5. Very, very good.
6. Keep up the good work!
7. Trainer made it interesting, easy to understand and sounds sincere.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Bala is very informative.
2. The issue highlighted.
3. How to protect ourselves.
4. Everything.
5. To make us aware that we can’t take things for granted.
6. The ways to change our mindset-noticed our bad habits.
7. We learn how to protect ourselves using daily equipments in our bags – which I never think of before.
8. True facts! Down to earth reality.
9. Eye opener about crimes against women.
10. Good tips on the practical session.
11. All the demos – very useful and practical.
Any other comments?
1. Commendable.
2. Excellent program! Thank you.
3. Longer session - can learn more about survival training.
Would you recommend this programme to others?
Yes = 18 No = 0
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CLIENT: JOHNSON & JOHNSON PTE LTD (SINGAPORE) Date: APRIL 2006
Comments extracted from Course Evaluation Forms…..
Any other comments on the trainer(s)?
1. Very good effort to give understanding on safety, interesting presentation.
2. Entertaining experience.
3. He makes the session extremely interesting.
4. Very entertaining and knowledgeable.
5. Very enthusiastic and not boring at all.
6. Very experienced and knowledgeable, made the session fun.
7. Excellent.
8. Very lively, straight to the point.
9. Wonderful, excellent information shared, funny.
10. Very food and entertaining.
11. Very funny guy. Makes the lesson very interesting.
What do you like most about the program?
1. Very beneficial – an update on what’s going on in reality.
2. Lively, practical tips.
3. The tips on how to protect ourselves.
4. Tips on how to react in difference situations.
5. Weapons as defence, counter-attacks to loosen the attacker’s grip.
6. Simple stuff from handbag that we can use for self defence.
7. Practical.
8. Bala speaks with loads of personal experiences and he’s a fantastic speaker. Learnt a lot from the criminal’s standpoint.