Dear fellow IMUians,
Fretting over what to get that special someone on Valentine’s Day? Want to seize this special occasion to tell your friends/family/lecturers how much you appreciate them?
Look no further then ^_^ We have got it all thought out for you. Do visit THIS BLOG for a sneak preview of what we have installed for you on this coming Valentine’s day.
1. We can’t co-organise the imu ball because the president said that profit-making is not the aim of the event; furthermore, the committee has been elected.
However, do be on the lookout for dresses and suits for tis’ the season to be jolly (over the sales =p)!
2. We need to agree on a mechanism to carry all the fund-raising projects from sem 6 onwards.
A suggestion from Alan is to divide the class into groups according to their friends. Each group is required to carry out at least a fund-raising projects. The fund-raising projects will span over the sem, hence there is a need for the leaders of each group to have discussion so that the dates of projects won’t clash.
I have conveyed this idea to a few people and so far the response is good. The reasons being that:
a) You work better with your own group of friends.
b) Sleeping partners are unavoidable, but if the culprit is in the group of their friends, he/she is more likely to give co-operation.
c) Smaller groups can combine among themselves and carry out a project if the project is on a bigger scale.
So.. what do you think?
3. Do you think we need a committee to oversee the projects? Should this committee be the same as the committee for the editorial board? The selection of the editorial board should ideally take place in the first week of sem6, for as the time goes, we are more likely to be bounded by workloads. Also, we need time to plan for the potential money-making events i.e. Chinese New Year and also Valentines’ Day.
4) Alex and group is so semangat about fund-raising that they are starting them this holz. If all goes well (I am concerned about the legality issue and how some ppl will kacau us), they will be selling sprays, glow sticks on count-down days and also the coming concert at Bkt Jalil this Sat. That’s the spirit man!
I was thinking, we can just spray ourselves if someone thinks we are selling the supply T_T (syiok sendiri, we can claim ourselves to be). I will talk to Alex for more details as I am interested in helping out on Christmas eve.
5. In case u are wondering, why should we dedicate our time for the projects? Can’t we just pay RM80 each? (one convo mag is about that price, as told to me by the editor of current medic sem 5)
Wai chiat said that we should emulate our mpharm seniors, who didn’t need to pocket a SINGLE CENT for their convo mag. Ofcuz since we are bpharmers, we don’t have all the time in the world. Thus it would be great if we just put in our best.
The convo mag is about what we have been through, and the process of making the convo mag works (the projects that we carry out) will be the contents of the convo mag (pics of you selling things and having fun instead of being a nerd in the library, for instance).
Let’s put in effort to create our own fond memories!
Meanwhile, be on the lookout for ideas as you go about shopping or painting the town red on count-down days. Have a blessed Christmas and New Year celebration b4 we embrace sem6.^_^
Hi everyone,
I have called the imu ball president and enquired about the ball. It seems that for each imu ball, there is NO PROFIT as what he told me. The ball commitee has to find sponsorship etc to make up for the cost of the ball as SAD doesn’t provide funds for the event.
THe president has offered to email me the updates of each meeting so our batch will be kept updated from time to time. He welcomes our representative (hoon hing) to sit in the meeting but I guess hh will decide if it is necessary. ^_^
Although the idea of co-organisation can’t be implemented, we b105 can still let our creative juices flow during this holz, and come up with ideas!
Hey everyone,
I am sure u all are enjoying the holz as much as I do, after all, when sem 6 kicks in, we won’t have as much time to do what we like to do and sleep as much as we would love to. ^_^
Just as sem 6 will get busier, and sem 7 will see us being physically separated (some will go to seremban, some will come to imu in different time, depending on the research project) and sem 8 will see us dedicating more time to hospital attachment (thus seeing each other less), this holz is the BEST TIME for us to think about FUND-RAISING for our CONVOCATION MAGAZINE.
Yes, we need to put 70+ of our brains together and plan now, so that when week 1 starts, we can get the commitee set up, and individual groups to start planning for projects. Why can’t we wait till sem 6 starts to plan?? WHY???
This is because:
1. A lot of money-making opportunites are right after we start sem 6- Chinese New Year, Valentines’ Day… So if we don’t have a plan by then, we will miss those opportunities altogether.
2. Work will start pouring in, typical of Bpharm, if we don’t start early, before we know it, we will end up like our seniors. (Alan senior gave us an advice to start early, in fact, he said something like ’sem 6 is already a bit late; I wished my batch started earlier.’ Thanks Alan!)
3. This point is very important, for I need everyone’s opinion. The next IMU ball president has been elected, and he is Yong De Jun, currently in Medic Sem 4 (will be in Sem 5 next year).
Based on the success of IMu Charity Run cum Carnival (joint effort by medic and pharm students), I have this suggestion that let the upcoming IMu ball be a joint effort by medic and pharm students, and the profits will be shared.
‘imu ball is usually done by medic sem5, but this year it was organised by the graduating batches - medic sem5 and mpharm sem5. the profits usually go towards convomag for the graduating batches. as to what batch gets the money, i dunno, but i guess if it’s a shared organising effort, the profits should be shared.’ This is what I found out from a medic student in current sem 5 who is involved in the convo mag.
By the way, the cost of a convo magazine is about RM80 for the current sem 5 batch. So we will want to try to earn as much $ as possible, and the remainder will be forked out from our pocket. MOney aside, it is the process of organising those fund-raising projects that you will look back with fond memories in future. In fact, those pics of u guys getting involved in our Msian studies project will be put down in convo mag.
So far no bpharm has been in the committee. This is because,well, we are the 2nd batch.. From what you all have learnt above, the ball is usually organised by medic sem 5 (coz they are having their ’semi graduation’ before they proceed to seremban clinical school/PMS).
Why can’t we wait till sem 8 then? Well, we need the funds for our convo mag, and our convo mag SHOULD be ready by sem 8. Thus, we need to get it done before that, hence the need of our involvement in sem 6.
I am proposing this to u guys because I feel that ball is a chance to make relatively more profits (compared to food sale etc) and it would be great if we are involved in organising a ball which we will attend. We WILL attend it, won’t we? Because none of us (except sasha) has attended the IMu ball ever since we came to IMU, and we would want to attend this time round because we would want our convo mag to be filled with ball pictures, wouldn’t we?
If you are thinking ‘I wanna go for our graduation ball..my pics will be there’ then u are wrong! The convo mag must be completed before sem 8, unless in sem 8 we can find time to dedicate ourselves in producing the convo mag amidst preparing for the OSCE where ZERO mistake is required.
So what is ur thought on this proposal? If u guys would love to be involve, then we will have to contact the SAD and the president and see if the IMU ball can be co-organised.
Oops, I did digress a bit. The other purpose of this post is to ask you all to think of idea for the fund-raising projects, since during holz, we are more relaxed..so I hope the sight of things as you guys travel/lepakl can inspire some ideas ^_^
We broke the tradition once by being the first bpharm team to join cheerleading, it can be done if you guys are up to it!!
Do leave your comments here/ on msn ya!! Happy holz!
We do NOT want our convo mag to end up like this (like some company annual’s report *yawn*), do we? So put on your thinking caps! (also time to look out for prom dresses and suits!) In B105 I trust =D
Date: 8th Sept 2007, Saturday
Time: 7.00am - 4.00pm
Venue: International Medical Univerisity (IMU), Bukit Jalil Main Campus (Directions: Next to Sri Petaling starline LRT station)
Event: IMU Charity Run-Carnival 2007 in conjuction with IMU’s 15th Anniversary Celebration
Tagline: Light a hope for the little ones
Attractions of The Carnival:
-Over 25 food stalls and game stalls, manned by future doctors, pharmacists and nurses of IMU *wink*
-Lucky draws (you just need to purchase the carnival tickets)
-On-stage interactive games & lots more……
Charity Run
if u want to participate in the charity run, it’s a 7-km run around Sri Petaling area.
Open Category: RM15 per person
School students category: RM10 per person
Registration and more info will be released after our official launch in early July 2007.
Why Join??
1. Get to know more friends!! Medical students- thick-rimmed specs, live in library, speak with jargons??? Come to see for yourself IMU medical, pharmacy and nursing students who are a FAR cry from the stereotypical healthcare students.
Future doctors, pharmacists and nurses, it is time for you to NETWORK ^_^ What better place to start than through this event!
2. Prospective students, come have a look at IMU’s new look, along with its upgraded facilities ^_^ See for yourself the conducive environment in which you will pursue your tertiary education in future. *Disclaimer: IMU did not pay me to say this T__T*
3. Your little effort will go a long way towards helping the needies. Do ‘light a hope for the little ones’!
This event is organised by IMU students to raise funds to adopt 3 charity bodies:
-St Jerome Home and Rumah Shalom(orphanages)
-Kg Orang Asli Serendah
ALL proceeds will be channelled to these bodies, for which we would like to pay for their rental,electricity bill and some other basic needs for 2 years.
How?
Purchase tickets from ME beforehand. Contact me via my hp (For thsoe who have) , email or friendster.
It is time you COME out of your own university and get to know students from other universities. IMU welcomes you ^_^
Here is a sneak preview of IMU girls:
For ZOOM-IN version, come to IMU on that day. =P
I knew it all along that magical moment only happened once in a blue moon; in fact, I was very sure that a repeat of that moment in 2 years time is near to imu abolishing the formal dress code.
Yes, I wished that the superb display of football in Istanbul 2 years back will be revived in Athens on 23/5/07. But I knew the match, as close it might be, wouldn’t be like that of 2005- whereby Liverpool caught up with the score of 3-0 in a span of a MERE 6 minutes. For those football fanatics, you all would have known that AC Milan and their fans thought that they had secured the uefa cup by half time, when the scoreboard showed 3-0.
I was so hoping that scene like this would emerge at the end of the match between Liverpool and AC Milan, though I know that Liv’s attack is not as strong as that of AC Milan.
I was told not to stay up at 2a.m. to watch the match as I have to ensure myself fit for the trip to china. So I satisfied my desire by watching 1 hour of the pre-match stuff *and basically more of steven gerrard* before I went to bed, only to dream that Liv lost 4-1 on penalty to AC Milan. *Talk about bad omen*
This morning, I woke up early at 8.30 a.m. to catch the replay. There would be suspense since nobody told me the score and the results aren’t in the papers yet, or so I thought. ARGH BUT MY DAD had to spoil it by telling me ‘they lost; opponent had 1 goal in the first half and another in the second half’ .
I went on to watch the match as I wanted not only the results, but also to see how they played. Liverpool really played better than I expected; usually they are quite conservative, but this time, they really did well in attack and had many chances, albeit missed ones. *Sob* Steven Gerrard was not in his usual top-form either. I guess life is like that, the winner goes to the side who knows how to grab hold of opportunities.
Hope Gerrard will reach another peak in his career in the coming season. With the new American bosses, I really wish that Liverpool will get some good attackers (They are really deprived of this) and also some (young) dynamic defenders. Hopefully, Liverpool will succeed in winning at least one silverware in the coming season.
*You will never walk alone!*
OK I admit I don’t know what title to put; I have many things to blog but the thoughts are scattered all over, never mind the fact that I have other channels to pour out my musings.
Elizabeth, I hope u are reading this, so are you, wei yin and alen.
Liz and Wy, remember you all asked me to go MPO? Well I just checked the schedule and the ones with Joshua Bell are as listed:
Do let me know when you all want to go and let’s book the tics! Wy, u want good food, there is California Pizza Kitchen in KLCC *bet u trust my taste after Chilis*
| Fri 13 Jul 07, 8.30pm
LEGACY Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Matthias Bamert conductor Joshua Bell violin WAGNER Prelude: The Mastersingers The 06/07 Season closes, as is customary, with a major symphony by one of the two great Austrian masters of the late Romantic era, Mahler and Bruckner, But as Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony (premièred by Mahler) is one of his most concise and direct, that gives us time to include not only Wagner’s majestic Prelude to his most cheerful and entertaining opera, but to welcome back on to the DFP stage star violinist Joshua Bell. |
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| Sat 14 Jul 07, 8.30pm
LEGACY Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Matthias Bamert conductor Joshua Bell violin WAGNER Prelude: The Mastersingers The 06/07 Season closes, as is customary, with a major symphony by one of the two great Austrian masters of the late Romantic era, Mahler and Bruckner, But as Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony (premièred by Mahler) is one of his most concise and direct, that gives us time to include not only Wagner’s majestic Prelude to his most cheerful and entertaining opera, but to welcome back on to the DFP stage star violinist Joshua Bell. |
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| Sun 15 Jul 07, 3.00pm
LEGACY Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Matthias Bamert conductor Joshua Bell violin WAGNER Prelude: The Mastersingers The 06/07 Season closes, as is customary, with a major symphony by one of the two great Austrian masters of the late Romantic era, Mahler and Bruckner, But as Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony (premièred by Mahler) is one of his most concise and direct, that gives us time to include not only Wagner’s majestic Prelude to his most cheerful and entertaining opera, but to welcome back on to the DFP stage star violinist Joshua Bell. |
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‘Featured in countless articles and named one of the “50 Most Beautiful People” by People magazine, the boyish-looking virtuoso is considered something of a heartthrob among classical music fans. ‘
The website where I got that quote from states he is 37 (and they still call him ‘boyish-looking’) !! Wei yin told me he is good-looking so I went to google the pics.
I was imagining him to be younger.
Wow, he looks good here. I bet it is the pics of his younger days. See, age does catch up with you. But then again, I will be there for the music, not the looks. Want to look at lengchais, go google pics only la, why would I bother to pay like RM 30 to see him *I do NOT google lengchais ok, except for the time when I need to feature takeshi kaneshiro in my blog*
I am enjoying life now =) I love the look at people studying hardcore in the library while I am enjoying my freedom( that was wat michi did on the last day of exams, not me!!) I love watching astro for hours with the feel of remote control on my hands, I love being a youtube junkie, I love reading my story books.The only thing I will about uni during holz is friends; but then again, we are a happening bunch and tonight itself we have poh leen’s 21st bday party to attend. Then we have hui xin’s. Then we are seeing each other during industrial attachment.
I love holidays^_^
I figure out that I had better write down an entry on the event held yesterday when it is still fresh in my mind.
To me, the event was kinda like a ‘mini prom’ cum interactive sessions among B105 and P106 students. One week before the event, you could hear lines like ’so what are you wearing?’, ‘can you lend me your saree?’ and ‘what is the colour of your cheongsam?’ among the B105 and P106 students, especially the girls. Ain’t it like a pre-prom scenario, where girls try hard to get a nice dress that is of their size? This is because all of us were required to wear traditional clothes on that day to reflect our theme ‘Fusion. Confusion. Truly Malaysian’.
The lovely backdrop, designed by Hui Ling and team.
Hui Ling and I.
Indeed, it was a potpourri of colours yesterday when we see pharmacy girls donning their head-turning sarees, baju kebaya, baju kurung, cheongsam, and natives’ traditional clothes. Some of them came with a simple hair-do and adorned with accessories. Like Prof. Peter said in his opening speech later which won cheers from us girls , ‘Mrs. Phoong asked me if we only recruited slim girls to Pharmacy, which I replied, as far as I know, we only take academic performance into account, I am not aware that they has set a new criteria’.
Fun at Ah Leng *cough..Pui San..cough* Tong Yuen booth
It is unfair to leave out the guys, whereby most of them get their traditional clothes from our ’suppliers’, Ridzam and Nithya of B105 and Shazwan and Gobi of P106. It was a sight to behold, with Chinese guys looking good in baju Melayu and jepa.
Of course, there were Chinese guys who came in their marvellous Chinese top, which filled some of us girls with envy and guilt- ‘wow so rich eh the guys!’ If you didn’t already know, a Chinese traditional top or cheongsam from Chinatown cost us a bomb, ranging from RM50 for a simple top to sky-rocketing price that you can think of.
*note: I vow to get a Chinese top or cheongsam during my trip to macau/hk/guangzhou after the EOS*
Our version of wishing tree known as wishing vine.
The event started off at 11 a.m. with the interactive workshop-henna, sari wearing, roti canai, wishing tree, tong yuen making, calligraphy, ketupat folding, gasing and bamboo dance. I would say there was a crowd because B105 and P106 already made up about 170 people.
Michelle, my ketupat-making sifu, and I at the Malay booth.
It was a pity that sem 4 medic are on rotation and sem 3 medic was having their haematology test. The nursing students too are away on posting. So the beginning hour was more like a warming up for all of us and mingling among ourselves-what we termed as ’syiok sendiri’. Lol. We really did enjoy ourselves tremendously! I could steal time off amidst supervising and taking care of the booth (because my fellow friends are so efficient and capable) to have a go at the bamboo dance and throwing ‘bao die’ onto the wishing tree.
A helicopter view of the hexagon-shaped structure.
The official opening ceremony was a grand one. It began with a fusion dance by the P106 girls and guys. Given the short time frame, the guys were really great!! You wouldn’t have guessed that they were so sporting=) Then we have a really-worth-your-money lion dance performance from students of Connaught School (Note: the initial troop that we approached demanded RM 500 and it was WITHOUT the lion head. A lion dance without the head?? *Shakes head*)
The impressive opening ceremony was a crowd puller -students from other batches were watching from above the atrium. I guess it also has to do with 12.40 p.m.-1.30 p.m. being the ‘peak hour’ whereby students have no lecture and are free. After the lion dance, there was a duet by Vincent and Shin Hun of P106. The pair of songbirds rendered a fusion song -’Melodi’ which mesmerized the audience. The finale amply reflected our theme too-it was a choir performance on a fused ‘Rasa Sayang’ and ‘Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin’ (The Moon Represents My Heart) by B105 and P106 students.
That marked the end of the official ceremony, which gave way to the roti canai making competition. The other workshops continued to attract crowds as the emcees, Jason and Hui Ling of P106, invited more people watching from above to join in the fun. There were 3 rounds of 8 participants each, and the winners were Yeu Lou of P106, Kong and Carol of B105. *Salutation to the Jaguh Roti Canai*
Time whizzed past when you were having fun. Before we realised, it was almost 2.30 p.m. We took ‘one last group photo’ again and again among ourselves before leaving the P106 friends to attend our Medicinal Chemistry Workshop.
Although the turnout wasn’t as many as expected, all of us are proud that our effort in 6 weeks have turned out to be a success. The booth designs people, led by Yeu Lou, Chu Siang and Michelle of P106, were fantastic in creating such a wonderful hexagon shaped structure. Personally, I think that they can qualify to design booths that you usually see in the open area of shopping malls. Bravo! Credits go to Yeu Lou, who visualised and materialised the wishing tree idea with the help of the girls of B105 supervised by Michelle aka Michibun.
The cultural bazaar wouldn’t have been successful without the workshop facilitators, who went for ‘practices’ in their respective activity to master the skills. Throughout the process, we ourselves have learnt much more about the culture of various races too. Thanks to Jason, my assistant, who flattered me in his comment in the previous post, whose work ethics I look up to. Thanks to Laura, the secretary, who supervised our department and rendered assistance to us. Finally, thanks to the main commitee, headed by the chairlady, Adeline, who oversaw this joint project that has brought B105 and P106 much closer.
To reward my ardent blog readers who read my entire article, I have saved the best for last: ^_^
Click HERE for the video of the chun Fusion Dance
Click HERE for the video of the chun shava-shava dance
Click HERE for the video of our chun choir
p/s: And please, leave some comments to show your appreciation towards my effort! =P I have put in effort in updating you all (especially B105 and P106) when I should be studying.
Yup, that is Y-O-U!! If you are an IMUians, do read on-this is about a big joint event that is going to be held in 2 weeks time!!
Project: B105 and P106 Joint Malaysian Studies Project
Date: 13th April 2007 (Friday)- Interactive Workshop
Theme: Fusion? Confusion? Truly Malaysian
Time: 11 p.m- 4 p.m
Cost: FREE!!except for henna (indian tattoo) charged at a reasonable price
Activities:
Wishing Tree
Write your wish on a piece of paper attached to a load and throw in onto a specially designed ‘tree’ to make your wish!! Get to know more about why the Chinese do that.
Wishing tree in HK
Tong Yuen Making
Tong yuen is the colourful glutinous balls chinese eat on ‘Dong Zhi’ (Winter Solstice Festival). Get your hands on making tong yuen, cooking them and eating them on the spot!! Hygiene guaranteed!! Come find out about why tong yuen is eaten, and learn the skills of making tong yuen with fillings from our (skilful) workshop facilitators!! ^_^
Calligraphy
Here is the chance to know more about Chinese characters and the Chinese calligraphy from our friendly and helpful workshop facilitators! We will provide papers and templates for you; and for those who do not know their chinese name but are curious how to write it, our workshop facilitators will help you out too!
Henna 
You all must have seen it but may not know that henna is the ‘indian tattoo’. This activity is not gender biased cuz guys, there’re ‘manly’ henna designs for u all too! Or you all can come and find out why henna is done among indians, the history behind it, and perhaps, check out the girls who are getting their henna done =P
Sari Wearing Demo
Ever wonder how our Indian friends wear their saris? It is not easy! There is an art in wearing sari too’ come find out. There will be a LIVE model (not telling who it is) at the demo =P
Roti Canai Making
Personally, mamak culture is THE malaysian culture to me. You don’t even find mamak stalls in India whereby ppl like us hang out with friends and watch football matches. Come try your hands at making roti canai (won’t be cooked, and no worries you won’t be asked to eat it)-flip them, toss them, design them! There are hampers to be won!!
Bamboo Dance
Come have fun with our workshop facilitators who have been going for ‘dancing classes’ in our bamboo dance! Find out the how the natives do it and why they do it.
Ketupat Folding
Remember the white rice cakes that usually come with your satays? Well that is ketupat. Remember those little ketupats you find in malls during Hari Raya? Well, come check out the workshop and we will show you how to fold ketupat =) You may bring it back too!
Gasing
In this age where DOTA and War of the Worlds prevail, we urban ppl barely know the tradiational games. Remember how your dad or your grandpa used to tell you about their ‘victory’ in gasing games back in the kampung? Well, come experience your second childhood with us =)
IMUians, especially my friends, please come and support us!! My friend, Jason and I are the leaders of this interactive workshop and we really hope it will be a success!! We need your participation!! This is entirely educational and not so much on profit-making-we have forked out $$$ to organise the workshop.
This project is our Malaysian Studies assessment as we are NOT going to sit for paper *so DO NOT want to* So your presence will be greatly appreciated. You have nothing to lose, after all, it is FREE!*
Get to know new friends =) and have fun yourself on 13 April too!! The workshop facilitators will be dressed in tradiational clothes.
*Disclaimer: The henna tattoo, as stated above, will be charged at a reasonable price to help us cover our cost. Activities are subjected to change.
Does getting into a hectic course suck up all the creativity from you? Gosh, I hope not!! Lately, I haven’t been blogging much as I used to; it is a good sign since it means I am not spending unneccesary amount of time on something that will be placed in archive. However, it also means that I have not been putting my thoughts down, that is, if I had the time to think, to start with.
Blogging is my way of expressing myself and speaking out my mind. It also serves to connect my dear friends out there who are scattered all over the world. However, how open can one be in a blog without being judged by other people? How far can you write about your feelings without the so-called friends in your friendster prying into your private life when they have no interaction with you in person?
I am quite sick of unknown people adding my on friendster and not making any effort to intro. Let me rephrase that, I am sick of unknown people who have no mutual friends with me, adding me on friendster and bombarding me with Qs like ‘are you local?’ ,’ where are you studying?’ and etc.
People who keep adding ‘friends’ to their list just to show their popularity are so fake. I hate that but since friendster has evolved to this extent, I just leave the rubbish be.
I have signed in to facebook and I hereby urge my MC friends, HELP friends and IMU friends who are actually MY FRIENDS to join facebook and add me there too!! I am not really familiar with the functions in facebook but the fact that you can add unlimited no. of photos beat frienster FLAT! Then you get to see how you are linked up with another person etc…
I would love to keep facebook as my personal, private network with friends so I hope it won’t evolve to be a rubbishful of ‘friend list’ like friendster!
