Bored? Then Read This!

Hi Hi Hi?

It's close to 2am and I seriously need something to do. So I thought, "Lets do some revisions!" and here I am! *sigh*

Okayyy, here's where I should name the event I want to write about. So lets see, hmm...blublublub (the rewind sound) - Mooncake Festival and Buka Puasa Night!

This was MSA's first, night event and I can safely say that it was a huge if not full of success! The turnout itself was pretty impressive...or should I say, VERY impressive? At first we estimated the crowd to be around 50 but then the number came out to be double! So on behalf of the committee, I'd like to apologize if the food wasn't enough. Because you see, during this fasting month, everyone's giving the same excuse, "Alaa...can I have extra for my baby here?" *point to tummy*.

We honestly hope you enjoy the meal provided and also the limited-edition homemade roti canai made by one of our member!! How cool is that??

When the mooncakes were served, everyone formed a line so quickly that if the Nazis saw it they will be like "Achtung aAaaAa...". I don't blame them. I found em VERY tempting myself. I mean the mooncakes ya people? Sooo yummy and...cute. Amigad.

Next, the lanterns were distributed to all members by the committee. I was one of them. People was like;

"Qawiemmm can I have the one with shape??" 

"Why mine is just round and she have the flowery-flowery one??"

"This...is...awesome...dude"

And I was like;

"Amigad"

"Amigad"

"Amigad"

Then, we made our way to the Uni Lakeside from MUV. We walked side by side, holding the lanterns in a line like the typical kindergartens we usually saw in Uni. Except that we are much more cuter...Of course.

We didn't actually go to the Lakeside because it was really dark and wet and...dark? Sooo, we only play near the Lighthouse Theatre because there's...light? Then we took a group picture which I didn't bother to check until daylight.

Here are some of the piccas fo u viewas:

That was it! The LAST event from your beloved MSA Committee 2007/2008. See you at the next event where I'll be the one who's gonna say "Alaaa...can I have extra for my baby here?" :P

Cheerio,

Your IT Nerd

Semester Break Events!

Dear members,

It's spring! It's festive season!

In the spirit of Hari Raya, MSD with Malaysian students' societies is organizing events for your wonderful spring break experience at Malaysian Hall Sydney.


A. Mari berbuka puasa beramai-ramai

This is your chance to have a look on newly renovated Malaysian Hall and the details are as the following:

PETRONAS sponsored Iftar
Date : Saturday, 27th September 2008.
Itenary : 5.00 pm - Tahlil on the achievement of PETRONAS
5.35 pm - PETRONAS' Hari Raya advertisement video presentation
5.45 pm - Official opening of newly renovated Malaysian hall
5.55 pm - Breaking fast and prayers.

MSD and individuals sponsored iftar
Date : Sunday, 28th September 2008.
Itenary : 5.56 pm - Breaking fast and prayers.


B. Takbir dan sembahyang raya

Depends on the regional Islamic council on the date of 1st Syawal, the details for the event are as the following:

Venue : Malaysian Hall
Date : Wednesday, 1st October 2008 OR Tuesday, 30th September 2008
Itenary : 7.00 am - commencement of Takbir raya
7.30 am - Sembahyang and Khutbah raya
8.00 am - Light breakfast.


C. Hari Raya Open House

All Malaysians from different backgrounds are welcomed to celebrate the Raya together at:

Venue : Malaysian Hall
Date : Saturday, 4th October 2008.
Itenary :
11.00 am - Welcoming guest to the Open House Raya with lots of Malaysian delicacies served
12.30 pm - Gathering of guest from all ages for Raya family potrait
3.00 pm - End of Open House.

In continuing the tradition, we invite you to bring anyone to enjoy the Malaysian delicacies ranging on:

Stall 1 : Roti canai, roti jala and curries.
Stall 2 : Satays, nasi himpit and mee hun.
Stall 3 : Kuih muih and fruits - anyone is invited to share your homely baked kuih raya.
Stall 4 : All sorts of drink
Stall 5 : Nasi Briyani and Nasi Ayam

For heads up, the guest are to obtain their set of plates by redeeming with coupon at the coupon stall. This is an effort to estimate the number of people attending the event for future reference and also to avoid wastage of plates as an effort to care for the environment.


Also, PPMS and MHRC are organising TONG's Art Exhibition at the Malaysian Hall on Thursday, 2nd October 2008 from 5.00 pm till 10.00 pm. Everyone is invited to indulge and experience the creativity of fellow Malaysian students in this art exhibition. Light barbeque snacks will be served for guests.

Attached is MSD's official website for further details of each event


Please take note that guests are highly recommended to take public transport as parking will be difficult around Malaysian Hall. Please click on Malaysian Hall Sydney for maps and for guest coming with own vehicle, limited parking spots are available at King Street.

For your transportation planning, please refer to Sydney Buses maps and timetable (371, 372, 373, X73).

We hope to see you there!

Warm regards,
MASCA NSW 08.

AGM: From The POV of An Insider!

Hi, My name is Mr Ex and I'm here to reveal the shocking truth behind the role of EACH position in the committee! *drum roll* Note that my identity should be kept anonymous to protect myself from being mentally tortured or squeezed to death by the semi construction truck parked at the end of Vimiera Rd.

Lets start with the position at the top of the hierarchy; the IT Director...i mean The PRESIDENT!
President plays an important part in the organisation. Besides the boring job specifications stated in previous post, by being President, you can meet beautiful ladies/guys all around Sydney for FREE. And if you're lucky, you might end up being in a relationship with them! Still not buying? Ask our ex-President Shawn Shim! :P

The Vice President, on the other hand, has the role of knocking, slapping or even spanking the President whenever he/she feels needed to make sure that the President does his job. VP usually has the opposite personality of the P. Thus, P and VP cannot be the same person because that will mean the P cum VP has a split personality, isn't it? Relationship status? Well, history has shown that VP has had/is having a relationship with fellow committee member :P

Next, the Honorary Secretary, his/her job is to jot down meeting minutes and other stuffs that involve brain and hands at the same time. Therefore, it is important for the coming S to have the same criteria. If the S only knows how to use the brain, then just wait for VP to hand in his/her hands on your face.

The Treasurer unlike popular beliefs, doesn't need to have an accounting knowledge. Just 6 credit points from MATH 100-levels will do the trick. Special considerations will be given to anyone who is deemed cheapskate by the Board.

Social Director is one of the positions that has 2 empty seats. As the name suggested, SDs must be able to socialize with the public like presidential candidates fishing for votes. SDs also must be able to stay sober after drinking 2 gallons of alco and have the guts to say "Show me some ID please!" to the club's bouncer.

Sports Director has 2 empty spots too and you don't need to be good at sports. Someone who have experience competing at state-level should suffice. People with extra rackets may receive favourable votes from the Board.

Next is Cultural Director which also has 2 empty seats. You must be able to cook awesome food or at least be able to search for recipes and apply it excellently. You must have experience or interest in cultural performances or gained Level 12 aka 'Batu 12' in Batu Seremban game.

Activities Director or previously known as Public Relation Director must have the ability to think outside the box. He/she must have a facebook account and the kind of person who like to poke someone and invite people to add applications.

Publisher starts working after the event is done. History has shown that the Publisher usually is the one who did the dishes after events and wrote its recap for blog and the annual newsletter.

IT Director jeng jeng jeng..plays the most important role of all. You will be the one who are close to members using the website and blog as the way of communication. Don't worry, you don't have to know HTML codes. You just have to know Flash and MySQL. HTML is so yesterday dude. History also has shown that IT Director is indeed good looking. Enough said.

That's all from me. I hope you guys have an insight of the true role of each committee member. Any misunderstandings and biased information are by no mistake my intentions. My apologies.

Just remember that this is not a competition. So don't worry, Win or Lose...


Win OR Lose


Only 2...either you win. Or you lose...


Goodluck!

Mr Ex

p/s: You guys do realize I made up most of the above right? So come to our AGM on 17 September and run for your favourite spot! 4-7 pm at Lindsay Room, Level 3, U@MQ Building (above the food court). See you there!

?Takes It What Have You Do

Hey all,

It had been an amazing year for us - the MSA committee members of 2007/08. We had heaps of fun planning and organizing events for our members. It’s now time to step down and hand over our duties to the capable hands of current ordinary members. If you think you have what it takes to be part of the committee and you’re serious about it, don’t be shy to nominate yourself for the position.

This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on the 17th September 2008 from 4pm to 7pm at Macquarie University . We will update you again for the exact location of the AGM. There will be 13 positions available and they are:

1. President
Duties: Lead the organization and make sure that it functions well, chair/attend all internal (MSA) and external (MASA-UTS, MSO-UNSW, SUAMS-Uni Syd) meetings/events, motivate and encourage participation of committee members, and run for positions at MASCA (state) level.

2. Vice President
Duties: Assist the President in every way, administer the organization in the absence of the President, help chair/attend all internal and external meetings/events, and watch over the committee system and committee chair, and run for positions at MASCA level.

3. Secretary
Duties: Prepare meeting minutes, attend all meetings and events, and represent Vice President in the absence of the Vice President.

4. Treasurer
Duties: Prepare and look after the finances of the organization, attend all meetings and events, and represent Vice President/Secretary in the absence of the Vice President and/or Secretary.

5. Social Director (2 positions)
Duties: Organize Dance Parties and other social events with other social directors from their respective societies (MASA, MSO, SUAMS), attend all meetings and events. This position requires you to do a lot of traveling to the city especially nearing the date of the event. Dance Parties are traditionally held once every semester (total twice in a year) and it is the main income generator for the four organizations.

6. Sports Director (2 positions)
Duties: Organize the annual Sports Carnival (first semester), National Games and Conference (NCG), other sporting events, and attend all meetings and events. This position requires you to do a lot of traveling to the city especially nearing the date of the event.

7. Cultural Director (2 positions)
Duties: Plan, prepare and cook for MSA eating events, become team leader for cultural performance for Malaysia Fest and/or Malam Gema Merdeka (MGM), and attend all meetings and events. This position requires you to have culinary and performing skills. Over the years, MSA has been the main contributor in regards of performances for the annual Malaysia Fest. This position requires you to do a lot of traveling to the city and hectic dance practices especially nearing the date of the event.

8. Activities Director (formerly known as Public Relations Officer)
Duties: Plan events for MSA members, inform members about events (e-mail, Facebook and Blog), retrieve information regarding logistics, and attend all meetings and events.

9. Publisher
Duties: Liaise with the Activities Director and IT Director to do a recap of every activity/event to be posted on our blog, create MSA’s annual newsletter, and attend all meetings and events.

10. IT Director
Duties: Manage members’ mailing list, blog and official website, and attend all meetings and events.


Please note that besides the specific duties that are being listed above, all committee members will have other commitments such as preparation of events (i.e shopping, cooking, cleaning up, etc) and attending the events held not only by MSA but by the other three Malaysian student societies – MASA (UTS), MSO (UNSW) and SUAMS ( University of Sydney ).

Besides holding a position in the MSA committee, committee members will also have a commitment to other collaborated events such as Malaysia Fest, Malam Gema Merdeka and the Annual Dinner and Dance.

As a tradition, the President will be in the Malaysia Fest team and the Vice President will be in the Annual Dinner and Dance team. Half of the committee members will join the Malaysia Fest team and the others will be in the Annual Dinner and Dance team. Committee members are encouraged to run for Executive Producer positions in the collaborated events to represent MSA. Committee members who do not wish to run for any positions will automatically hold the director’s position. Most meetings will be held in the city and this requires committee members to go to the city quite often especially nearing the date of the event. All travel costs are at the committee member’s own expense.

For the positions of President and Vice President, any current ordinary member can run for these positions. However, since these two positions will be opened to ordinary members with no prior experience within the MSA committee, the current MSA President, Galven Chia, and current MSA Vice President, Shirlynn Ong will be elected as MSA Advisors to train and guide the new President and Vice President of the insides and outs of the organization.

None of the 2007/2008 MSA committee will be running for positions this coming AGM. So please do not assume that top positions will be challenged by the current 2007/2008 committee. Everyone will have a fair go at any of the positions listed.

The important thing is we want ENTHUSIASTIC, RESPONSIBLE, SOCIABLE AND DEDICATED members to be running for these positions. So if you’ve got these characteristics already, please, we urge you to run!

So what should you do in the AGM if you would like to run for a position?

Come dressed formal (if possible), otherwise smart casual would be fine.
Provide a short speech of around 3-5 minutes (a brief description of yourself, your past experiences/achievements with other clubs/societies if any, your qualities, and basically anything that would help you persuade members to vote for you)
Be able to answer questions from the crowd.
Lastly, MEAN WHAT YOU SAY. If you provide a very convincing speech and eventually get elected, we expect you to live up to your word. If you’re all talk and no action, then please do not bother running because it will just defeat the entire purpose.


A NOTE TO ALL VOTERS: THIS IS NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST. We urge you not to vote just because he/she is your friend, but vote because of his/her capabilities. Vote rationally please.

So if you think you’ve got what it takes to be part of this great society, please reply to Ophelia at o.domingo[at]yahoo.com stating the position(s) you would like to run by this Saturday ( 13/09/08 ). However, if you do not reply this e-mail, on-the-day nomination is still allowed.

Note: You can run for as many positions you want, but we highly suggest you stick to just one and the most two. For example, if you think you are not confident in getting the position you wanted, you can run for another position.


Regards,

MSA commitee 2007/08

Let Me Help You, Yes?

Hello peeps,

I know that this is a busy week for you. I'm also like you, you know; Wake up, watch tv, eat, sleep, wake up again, watch another tv and so on. So busy and I hate it.

That's why I'm spending my precious time here to help you guys out with this week's activities. As you all know, this coming Saturday, there are 2 important events lined up for you which are GRADUAN Career Fair and Mooncake Festival & Buka Puasa Night.

Okay maybe you guys are thinking "Hold up Qawiem, that's 3!".
Well I'll say, "You hold up dummy! The latter is 2 things in 1 event!" :P

Sooooo, as I was saying, below is an example how you could organise your day:

8.00 am: Wake up
8.01 am: Sleep back
10.00 am: Wake up...again
10.01 am: Sleep back...haha jk jk..Freshen up and iron your FORMAL wear
10.30 am: Open a textbook..any will do & read one line from any page...just so that if your mum call u up and ask whether you've studied, you can confidently say YES MOM, OF COURSE!...thats enough studying for this week.
10.32 am: Entertain yourself (Play games, watch tv, listen to songs, or kick a stray cat up the a$$ and laugh)
12.00 am: Assuming you're not arrested for animal abuse, head to the shower and get yourself ready (make sure you take a dump so that you won't crap your pants when the interviewer bomb you with questions you wish you know the answers for).
1.00 pm: By this time, you MUST already be outside your house, lock the door and flying kiss the girl next door.
1.13 pm: Are you now at Waterloo Park's bus stop? Sorry dude, you've missed the bus.


You see, planning is important. So why not plan your trip here and avoid wasting your time that you could've use to kick another stray cat?

Here's an illustrated map to The Grace Hotel (where the GRADUAN at?)

Your IT Nerd

GRADUAN Career Fair This Week!

Dear members,

After a successful Career Fair in Melbourne with approximately 500 Malaysians turning up last Saturday, GRADUAN and Malaysia's top employers are here to discover the best talents in Sydney.

The GRADUAN Career Fair 2008 is happening this week at The Grace Hotel, 77 York Street, Sydney CBD (one block away from the Sydney CBD Apple store), from 10am to 5pm on the Friday and Saturday, 12-13 September 2008.

Below is a list of participating employers:
British American Tobacco
Philip Morris International
PricewaterhouseCoopers*
Opus Group
Accenture
Motorola
Bank Negara
Securities Commission
HSBC Bank*
* Representatives only attended the Melbourne Fair but they will have access to Sydney resumes.

Representative package
These employers will not be at the Fair in person, but resumes are collected on their behalf and they will contact successful applicants directly:

Standard Chartered Bank
Maybank
Technip
Shell
Microsoft
Intel
Resorts World (Genting)


We on the committee would like to congratulate the successful applicants who have secured interview sessions with the participating employers. Please turn up at your allocated time on Friday the 12th and don't miss the interviews!

For those who missed out on a scheduled interview, don't worry as you may be eligible for walk-in interviews during the Fair itself on Saturday the 13th. Please note that the dress code is formal and bring copies of your resume and academic transcripts. Personalised cover letters for specific companies would lend your application an edge over your competitors.

Upon arriving at Grace Hotel, please proceed to Level 2 where all information booths are located.

For further enquiries, please contact Azlan ( 04-3015 1002 ), Ananda ( 04-1299 3326 ), Edison ( 04-0304 7375 ) and Qawiem ( 04-3303 8128). If you wish to subscribe to our newsletters and videos resources archive, please send an e-mail to alvish86[at]gmail.com.


Best wishes for your application and we hope to see you there!

Warm regards,
Education, Career and Development
MASCA NSW 2008.

As a Farewell to You!

Hi everyone !

Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Macquarie University Village (MUV) East Side Green (Volleyball Field)


For our last event this semester before handling over to the 2009 committee, we're having...

Mooncake Festival - Buka Puasa Night !!

A 2-in-1 celebration !

Come join us for some fun & its FREE for all members .
Mooncake + Malaysian Food + Lanterns will be provided for FREE !

There'll be mooncakes plus Malaysian food provided for berbuka puasa from 8pm-9pm. All food is HALAL.

From then on, we'll be heading towards the Uni Lakeside with the colourful lanterns !

Our first night event so its a must come !!

See youuuuuuuu there !

MSA Commitee Members 2007/08

Those Guys Were Simply...AWESOME!

August 15, 2108 - Exactly 100 years ago, there was this, relax but yet great event, going on at UBar Macquarie University, Sydney. I believe that this particular event deserves a recognition of some sort that it should have been received way wayyy long longgg time ago. With that, I shall start the review that you've waited a hundred years for - MSA's Welcoming BBQ Semester 2 in the historic year of 2008.

After minutes of screening pages and pages of dusty files in the National Archives of Jamaica, I got bored and continue reading OK!, FHM and ZOO magazines instead. Then I came to a conclusion - Jamaicans Know Nothing Bout MSA...well, at least in 2008.

This left me no choice, we have to do it 'OldSkool' style; The Internet.

After hours and hours of Google-ing and Yahoo!-ing with a little bit of Facebook-ing (Note: Facebook was a hotstuff back then and also one of the reasons why people nowadays are anti-social and like to play with stuffed animals), I then found out the hurting truth...most of the witnesses are dead (oh come'on, no hard feelings guys! it's a fuzzing 100 years already!).

But according to my grandpa, the BBQ was simply awesome and I quote, "Best gilee!!". He also said, "4 thoz of u whu din come, u miz'd out BIG time...datz SO unolympic! Restecpa!". He did keep some photos from the BBQ and here, for the first time, I take you back to the glorious days of MSA, in 2008. Enjoy!

Have a nice day,
The Descendant of IT Nerd