CITY SURVIVAL TRAINING

FOR LADIES

 HERE'S WHAT SOME OF OUR 40,000+  GRADUATES HAVE TO SAY…

Public Session 16 December 2006

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad

Soroptimist International Region of Malaysia (SIROM)

in conjunction with

United Nation's End Violence Against Women Day

Launched by

YABhg Datin Seri Rosmah bte Mansor

Y. Bhg Puan Sri Siew Yong Ghanalingam (SIROM President)

Johnson & Johnson Pte Ltd (S'pore)

Tyco Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Penang)

Tyco Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

Ranhill Engineers and Constructors Sdn Bhd

BUKIT KIARA PROPERTIES (session 3)

BUKIT KIARA PROPERTIES (session 2)

BUKIT KIARA PROPERTIES (session 1)

    Some interesting personal testimonials....

____________________________________________________________

Hello,

The talk was really informative and made me realise that we need to protect ourselves well because we are all at risk.Overall it was good, very light yet serious at the same time so it was not boring at all.I would recomend all my remale friends to attend your talk.Keep up the good work!

Hie Michael,

I've received the mail. Thanks for calling that day to follow up.

The whole experience was shocking as well as educational.. the solutions given throughout the course were simple to follow and i would never have thought of those solutions in times of crisis..

This course have made me feel more prepared for travelling alone.

Thanks again to you and to Bala for caring for all the ladies!

Anitha Selva Kumar (Graduate, Public Session 15 January 2005)
 

____________________________________________________________

Dear Michael, 

If God only allowed me to choose one training in my life, I would choose City Survival as I know it will save my life and the lives of my loved ones...

Alice Yee

Prudential MDRT (Million Dollar Round Table) Club

President - BNI (Affinity Chapter)

____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Good morning Michael, Capt. Bala & partners!

Thank you to you and your team members, not forgetting Capt. Bala for a very enlightening and educational session last Sat.

I really hope that you could conduct the session for all ladies and girls in this WORLD!

On my part, I will help to spread the info on your forthcoming sessions once I receive some info from you.

Please do keep in touch and hope that our effort put together will create a strong impact on crime prevention!

Take care and best regards to all in the team!

Grace Ng, Kuala Lumpur

Attended Public Session on 18 December 2004 (Saturday)

_____________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

Dear Michael,

Thanks for the follow-up e-mail. Yes, I have your e-mail and would like to be on your updated list for forthcoming events.

Michael, I thoroughly enjoyed last Saturday and Bala was most enlightening. In fact, he was SUPER and was totally committed the entire afternoon. Please could you let Bala know that I do appreciate his pointers and that I would want to remember and keep in my mind a lot of things that he taught us at last Saturday's course.

I want to also say that I learnt a great deal from the course and am hopefully wiser about my surroundings and in being a better "city survivor" in coping with possible unforeseen and unfortunate scenarios.

I truly felt that the course was most beneficial and worth every cent the afternoon. Hence, it goes to say that I am so glad that I attended your course.  Thanks also to Constance for introducing me to your course as I would not have known better.

Thanks again.

Keep in touch. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Priscilla Thean                                                                                                  Onn Hussein & Yee, Advocates & Solicitors

Attended Public Session on 18 December 2004 (Saturday)
_______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Good day Micheal & Vivian.....

Thank you for having me as part of your "team".... Am waiting in anticipation on any updates from your side.... Anyway would like to thank you and Capt. Bala on the most effective.... most informative... "course"

we had the other day....

Most appreciative participant,

/nbye

Good morning,

Thank you for info.

I really enjoy and appreciate of the advise and now I'm trying to teach my children about safety especially when there are in school, around public i.e. road and shop.

Hoping we can meet again for the next time with the new info .

Helloo Bala..

>Remember me??..I'm Zaza..

>The one yang kene belakon as a "Perogol Bersiri" bawak teksi mase City

>Survival Training dkt Petronas tadi ...

>I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and ur team di atas

>usaha2 u membantu n menyedarkan kaum wanita..

>It was so usefull..

>I really appreciate what u have done..Well done...!!

>Keep it up..!!  Thank you again...

>-zaza-

Dear Michael

Greetings from Garden International School !  Thank you very much for the very informative and entertaining session last Saturday.  My compliment goes to the trainer;  the young, free and single Captain Bala.

Just a short note to let you know that I have recommended this training to our sister institutions, namely, Taylor's College, Taylor's Business School and Sekolah Sri Garden.  Please see my email below.  So if you receive a call from them, then you know it is from our sister institutions.

Once again, million thanks and may you and Bala continue to make this world a safer place to live in !! 

Warm wishes

Millie

____________________________________________________________

I would like to thank you on behalf of everyone in the School for running the course on safety for women on Saturday. There were many positive comments and I know that it was very worthwhile for all concerned.

Regards and best wishes,

JaneKuok

Acting Head of Primary

Hey Michael,

It was great catching up and I'm STILL amazed by what you're doing.  What a head turner!!!  And what a breath of fresh air.

In fact, if you don't mind... could you see if you could squeeze me in to your Saturday's class this weekend.  Just checked my schedule... I'm only on standby mode.... so what the heck!

Hear from you soon then

Cheers,

Cindy

Hi Michael,

How are you?  Congratulations again in successfully helping so many women out there in equipping themselves with knowledge of self-defense.  I spoke to my uncle (Sharine's dad) when i came back from the states and he told me Sharine was really excited about what she learnt and was talking about it non-stop.  My auntie is keen too for a session.  I'm so glad i've referred them and that they are referring and helping others out there.

Good luck on your coming sessions.  I've also noticed that you've changed your payment collection and reservation technic.  Good for you..think that's the best way to avoid irresponsible cancellations and headache!

All the best.  Hope to catch up one day. Take care.

Sherlynn

Dear gal friends,

I have recently attended the above workshop. I would say is a life saving work shop as it make me realized that v are not train and prepare to safe guard ourselves. Being a lady. all my friends that know me I m a very careful and cautious person. 1 important thing that i learn from the workshop is to prepare your mindset in case of emergency. Multiple scenarios will be showed on slides.

So my daer friends, pls make time for it as I value all of you. Your safety is at my concern.

Regards,

Juliana

____________________________________________________________

Hi Michael,

It's kind of delayed, but better late than never: Thank you guys for organizing such a useful and informative training for all we foolish ladies!

Basically, to my mind, we females are rather foolish and gullible to some extent though we pride ourselves that we're armed with knowledge from whatever source. It's not surprising that even the 'smartest' or 'most intelligent' of the female species end up at the receiving end all those crimes. be it robbery, con jobs etc.

Ha! Ha! Please keep this to yourself lest the other females feel I'm a traitor to the species for saying this.

You can be sure I'll tell more of my friends about the training. I do get frustrated when I see 'the kind of look' on their faces when I tell them about it...they're just like your potential participant going for facial.

 Keep up the fantastic effort,

Dr Linda.

 hi michael

 I attended the seminar on 'city survival' - 6.3.04.

 I find the seminar an eye-opener and could prove useful for us (ladies).. at least I'm wide awake & alert during the session compared to other seminars I've been to.

have been passing round the pamphlets and encouraging my girlfriends to go for it (as i can now personally vouch for the seminar). 

 have a good day.

 best regards

LILIAN

Dear Friends,

Please take some time to go through this email and consider attending this workshop on City Survival for ladies.  This is not a spam mail and neither is it a profitable thing.  I must admit when I first received the email , I did not pay much attention to it due to workload but luckily for me, my kind sister took the liberty of enrolling us. I have totally no regret attending the workshop eventhough I thought I was quite well informed when it came to being careful.  Let me stress once again, I am not profiting from your attendance but feel that it is necessary for us ladies to take care of ourselves with all these maniac out there.

 I strongly recommend that if you're a lady that cares about yourself to take some time off to attend this very beneficial, informative and entertaining talk!  Trust me, you will not feel the 4 hours at all.

 Poli.

 Thanks Mic,

 I am really greatful that you can organise another session on this topic.  It was definitely an eye opener, and of course, good things are meant to be shared among your family and friends, besides, there are really too much crime out there, hopefully I can do my bit to reduce the possibility of it happening, at least not to the people I know.

 Dear Michael

 Just thought I drop a quick email to thank you for inviting us on Saturday and to congratulate you on an extremely successful session. It was a real eye-opener for my mum and me, has made us think of things we normally take for granted. Please also pass our thanks and appreciation to Bala and his team.

 Esther Cheong.

G Morning Michael & Capt. Bala,

Just got back from leave.

Thank you for your quick response and all tips you have given, hopefully I will remember the whole load of it. Shared it with my daughters and they were equally amazed with the kind of work and assistance rendered to the public. Sorry to hear about yr bruises but with more sessions with MISC I am sure it will toughen yr knee/shin he he he.

Bye for now and thanks again.

Best regards/Peggy

Dear Mike & Capt. Bala,

My teenage daughter who is studying in Melaka has used her pepper spray once to a 'flasher' who was 'waiting' for victims near  her hostel gate recently! But according to her she didn't press it hard enough (1st timer!) but still that guy 'lari lintang pukang' after being sprayed!!  I cannot thank you enough for sharing the valuable tips with us and especially on when to use a simple thing like the pepper spray.

Keep up the excellent work guys.

Kindest regards,

Raja Noraini

Hi Michael

Thank you for your e-mail.  Please let Bala know that he did a wonderful job of entertaining the ladies while getting the serious message across.  The gory slides were a bit disturbing though, so much so that my secretary Celes had trouble sleeping when she went home.

I think all ladies should attend this course and will certainly send my daughter to one when she is of age (... she is only 6).  In any case, I have passed the pink flyer to my sisters and nieces and have encouraged them to attend.  You will probably see them on Saturday.

All the best. 

Regards,

Hi Mike

Thanx for yr mail, and thanx again for your call on Sat. And I want to tell you again, how appreciative I am of your care & concern - to get feedback on the session.

Not only I enjoyed the session, I learnt a lot which I couldn't find in any text book. I do karate too... (still beginner though) for the exercise and the self-defense. What I found from the course is --- the best defense is still the brain -- have common sense and BE SMART!  

I bought 2 units of personal alarm gadget --- one for me and one for my friend (lady) as her birthday present. Not only she appreciates it, she appreciates it a lot too!

Let me know of your next public session. I would like to join again as a refresher.

Best regards

Ruhaini

Hi Michael,

Yes, the last session was superb!

I learned a lot!  Bala did a good job by explaining why such crime took place (eg; rape, murder, theft, etc) and also the consequences if we ladies are not prepared.

Anyway, I just wish that you can extend the session to a day program instead of half-day program for future training.

Well, let's hope that I get a chance to meet you and the team again with my colleagues. Our SHE team is preparing a proposal to have the safety briefing at our workplace for ladies based on my feedback on OSH City Survival Training.

Keep up the good work! I'm sure the ladies who have attended this training will value it.

Regards.

Sharmila Shahrani

____________________________________________________________

Dear Michael,

Thank you for the email. I'm glad to join this mailing list so that I'll be updated from time to time about your activities as well as new survival techniques. The saturdays's session was really informative and fun. I learnt a lot from the course and it was like a wake up call for me to be more careful on the street. Many thanks.

best regards,
Nurhana Baharudin

Dear Michael and Bala,

Hope you have fully recovered from the kicks and punches you received last Saturday. Thank you for highlighting  the unsavory things that are occurring around us and sharing with us effective tips for survival. 

btw do you conduct first aid courses too?

regards

wai yeen

Hi Mike

Thank you for your personal follow-up in respect of the last seminar on Saturday. I personally think that I am fortunate to be one of the participants in the seminar presented and organized by yourself and Bala. This seminar has provoked my awareness on safety every split seconds, especially when we are in the 'yellow' or 'red' zone.

Pls keep your effort ongoing and may this valuable knowledge be shared with other LADIES!

Cheerios

Pei Geok

Dear Michael,

Thanks for the session last week. The course is indeed invaluable as it serves a s a reality check to all the women participants on the "ugly" side of life. However, the team did a great job in educating us on the best way to safeguard ourselves. Though no means a guarantee that we'll be safe, it is still a comfort knowing that we can at least try to evade the "red situations".

Thanks again to Bala & yourself.

Regards,

TUTY HUSSAIN

Legal Services Unit

Petrochemical Business, PETRONAS

Dear Michael & Bala,

I've received your e-mail, thanks. I'd just like to say that I enjoyed the training immensely - both of you are definitely natural born speakers and very knowledgeable in your field!

Attending the training made me reflect on the state our society is in. How can there be such horrible people in the world? And we always tend to think that it will not happen to us, always to someone else...but I've realised this is not always true. I just pray that I will never have to go through what all those women had gone through.

I find myself more alert now to the potential dangers around me...I'm slightly paranoid as well - but like you said - better paranoid than dead right.

As for the skeptics - there's one in my office who said she has read everything from the internet - I would say there's so much more out there that can be learned through your training. There's nothing like hearing real-life stories and seeing pictures, etc. I would definitely recommend this course to others. And there are of course the SURVIVAL TIPS you taught us which cannot be learned effectively through the internet.

There's just one thing that's been at the back of my mind - you showed us the various personal alarms & door alarms - I was just wondering how effective they will be knowing how Malaysian society is - the "tidak apa"

attitude - if an alarm goes off, whether anyone will bother checking if it's a real emergency or just dismiss it as another car alarm which accidentally went off (which happens about 10 times a day in car parks).

Anyway, all in all, I give you top marks for your noble efforts in coming up with this training and keep up the good work! And keep those updates coming....

Thanks & warm regards,

Sharifah Isadora Alyahya Syed Mohamed

Legal & Secretariat Department

PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your email which I received this morning.  Kindly keep me on your mailing list for latest updates.

I would just like to say how enlightened, practical and useful I've found the City Survival session.  It's also very interesting yet real and serves well to create awareness that is so essential for our safety in this evil world.  I certainly enjoyed and have benefited much from the session and have no hesitation to recommend that every girl and lady should attend.

Once again, I would like to thank Bala, your good self and team for bringing this session to us and congratulation for your noble efforts - keep up your good work!

Best regards to all of you.

Kristine Low

PETRONAS

Good day Michael,

Received your mail in good order, we really appreciated what your team had done for us, not many people can do this, you & Bala, two in a hundreds million, that what can I say.

This is a great, valued & give us motivation that what we suppose to do in a part of life, somehow.

I'll pray for our late girl, Farah Deba & the rest.

All the best & may god bless you guys. (Send my regards to Bala- on my eyes, he is the most handsome guy in this world)

Sincerely,

Zara

Hello and good morning to City Survival Team (Michael and Bala especially).

Thanks for the email, I really appreciate it. Just want to tell you guys that I really having fun and it's the most precious experience while attending your program (even though it's only a 4 hours program). This program has made me more alert and extra extra extra careful while I’m in the yellow and the red zone environment. Fyi, I'm now practicing all the technique that you have thought us in the lessons, and I’m sharing the information with my sisters and all my girlfriends. Once again, thank you so much for organizing such a perfect program for working women like us.

Keep up the good work.

Norzrin Fadzlina Bt. Nordin @ Erine Nordin.

Hello Michael.

I was in your last session on the 17th.

I have no regrets in attending the session. Bala is a great speaker! It was very educational and it keeps me paranoid all the time now! I am aware of the techniques and skills when alone or in the 'zones'!

I told my sister in law about you and Bala giving MISC this program.

She said she would like to know more to get you come to her company and give the talk.

Just say if it is possible, provide me with your contact details and I will inform her as well as contact you direct.

Thank you again for the knowledge and awareness you and Bala have given me.

Imee Juiana Tajuddin

MISC Bhd Insurance Dept

Hi Michael,

Thank you for your mail. I would like to inform you that it is my pleasure to be in your mailing list for other new City Survival tips or new development.

This City Survival program has really opened up our eyes on so many matters around us (we are not even aware of some of them). As mentioned by Bala time and time again, we ladies have to be street smart, to be always alert and aware of our surrounding. I really enjoyed Bala's presentation of all the gruesome news and also the useful information during the program in his very comical manner. It was not boring at all and through his way of presentation, I think most of us could remember and absorb most of the information in the program. Please convey my appreciation to Bala for sharing his knowledge and experience with us.

Thanks again and have a nice day!

Regards,

Loo Woan Yin

Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad, Group Treasury Dept.

Dear Michael/Bala,

received your message loud and clear.

It feels GOODDDDDD to release the punches and kicks....except for the kasut melayang....malu nyeee.... :)

Would like to thank you for the wonderful session..hope to see you guys sometimes..

best regards/

Farah Elina Ali

Dear Michael and Capt. Bala,

Thank you so much for your e mail.  Attending the course has made such a difference in the way I go about with my errands and chores.  The course was also timely as I am currently home alone and I found the tips you gave very, very useful.  Although it got me worried after seeing what CAN go wrong (and believe me, imagination runs wild when you're alone!) I appreciated knowing where danger may be lurking as we go about doing our seemingly 'mundane' routine.  I think the lesson learnt is that we should NEVER take things for granted -- and be aware always!

I do wish we had more time to practice the basic 'evasive maneuvers' that you taught us during the course as I found these moves simple but that I needed to get used to the movement so that they would come naturally and without hesitation if I encountered a 'red-zone' situation.

I am so very glad that I attended this course and would encourage all ladies, young or old to attend this course.  We may not be 'lady-Rambo' but we are AWARE and thus, can PREPARE!!!

Please keep my address and details (as below) on your database.  I already

have your number on my hand phone in case of emergency.     Thank you for educating us and making us feel safer in this world.

Wanazlina Idaham Merican

Legal Services Unit

Petrochemical Business

Dear Michael & Bala,

Thank you for your mail and hope you and your team are always in good spirit and health.

The session last week was really refreshing and enhances my awareness on the need to be extra vigilant and alert to safeguard our safety. Having a daughter myself, I can empathize with the agony each mums and families of the girls who had fallen victims to all those perverts & criminal men. The tactics and insights you shared with us were indeed worth sharing with all women folk.

I look forward to receiving updates on current safety issues from you and wish your team all the best, always.

Regards

Norzita A Samad

Legal & Corporate Affairs Division

PETRONAS

Hello, Michael.

So sorry for taking so long to reply to the acknowledge receipt mail, but I have been away and only returned today.

My comments on the City Survival program is that, it was an excellent course and I think all of you did very well in communicating the vitality of being aware of the people around you - even for those whom you think you know. Many of the accidents that happened could have been avoided and it pays not to take people as well as things for granted.

I read the book by Anne Rule, "The Stranger Beside Me" where she wrote about Ted Bundy. At the time when she was writing the book, she was also researching along with the police to find the murderer of the increasing number of women being murdered in the State. The unnerving part was finding out the man who was working along with her in a voluntary helpline service was the very man they were looking for. I can't remember exactly what she said about her experience, it's been quite some time since I read the book, but it was something along the lines that she would have never suspected him because he was always this sweet guy working next to her consoling people, offering a sympathetic ear, lending his time to help counsel others in need. And then, BAM! He, Ted Bundy was discovered and become a legend until today.

Anyhow, I would like to say that you and Bala did a great job. It's people like you and those who assist you who make the difference, doing your bit to make the world a better place. With that, I offer you my humble thanks.

Words cannot explain the impact the course has made on me personally.

All the best for the future, and I know your team will keep on improving as you go. Do keep us posted!

Thank You and Best Regards

Adlin Zaharah Omar

Executive

Management Performance Reporting and Budgeting Liner Controller Division Liner and Logistics Business Unit Malaysia International Shipping Corporation

Dear Michael,

My apologies for this late response to your request. First and foremost, I would like to say "Bravo!" to Bala and the team for the session. To be honest, I was one of those skeptics you mentioned in your mail. I attended it simply to get away from the office. But what a revelation! I am one of those who sometimes take it/safety for granted. Although I am cautious of my surroundings but more often then not I am in a mindset where "this won't happen to me" and that "i won't panic"...until I attended the session. I realize these attackers pry on opportunity, the second you are careless...that's when they strike. Thank you for making me realize that we have to be prepared for all eventualities and the last thing we need to do is panic. I really enjoyed the last bit of the session - the self defense.

Thank you for making the session available to the ladies.

We can never be too cautious.

regards.

Rafidah Mohd Hamidi

Corporate Services & Technology

Legal Services Unit, PETRONAS

Dear Mr. Michael & Mr. Bala.

I received your e-mail today.

Before attending your programme, I think this programme is not very useful to me but I'm wrong. This programme actually gives a very good knowledge to me and I enjoy attending your programme that day.

Thank you very much coz sharing your knowledge with us.

Rgds.

Norfadilah

Dear Mr.Michael and Mr.Bala

Saya amat tak puas masa yg diberi..kalau boleh buat la satu hari pun tak apa.Saya amat berterima kasih kepada Mr.Michael dan Bala kerana amat prihatin terhadap kaum wanita. Saya dapat banyak tips dari anda berdua.

Saya harap jika ada peluang lagi sekali saya pasti akan menyertai city survival.

Dear Michael/Bala,

I acknowledged receipt of your mail with thanks. After attending the survival team I went home disseminating/sharing the knowledge with my sisters/nieces so that they know how to survive/handle difficult situations.

 I would also like to suggest to both of you to extend/share your expertise to schools on the awareness of safety for children which I highly recommend for their attendance for such a programme such as this.