Review: Strike Bowling

Hi everyone,

There are so many first time events in MSA this year. Bowling Competition was one of them. The bowling competition was held at Strike Bowling near Darling Harbour on 22th Sept.

Everyone was amazed by the atmosphere in Strike Bowling. Almost everything can glow in dark eg the bowling ball, pathway and so on. There were even a karaoke area and a bar to buy drinks.

There were a total of 30 people who participated in this bowling competition. With 6 people in a team, the 5 teams compete with each other to claim the prize of the competition. There were 2 game played each team where the first game was a warm up exercise and the later is the actual competition.

Everyone enjoyed themselves and of course the winners won the secret prizes. I don't really know what's in there. I think they are chocolates.

Here are some photos of the event:








From
Lawrence
MSA Publisher

Review: Buka Puasa

Hi,

On 15th Sept at MUV, MSA have organised its very first Buka Puasa event ever.

For those of you who do not know what Buka Puasa is, it is when the Muslims break their fast for the day(Muslims fast during this Holy month of Ramadhan, everyday, from the start of dawn to sunset).

MSA's Buka Puasa was not only for MSA Muslim only, we also welcomed non-Muslim members to come and join us for the delicious food. There were many food served on that day such as fruit , vegetables salads, chicken bakar, curry chicken, nasi lemak (coconut rice) and so on. A lot of fruits and salads were prepared as these food are easier to digest which were appropriate for puasa (fasting).

After having the delicious food as dinner, Muslim members stayed back for prayers. I think it is called Maghrib or Isya and Tarawikh prayer. Once they have finished the prayers, everyone left home. MSA Muslim members appreciated the opportunity to do the prayers together.

Here are some photos for the events.





From
Lawrence
Ex-MSA Publisher

Review: MSA AusEd Education Q&A & Migration Seminar

Hi guys,

Long time no see!

How is everyone doing in their holidays?

I have been really really busy for the pass few weeks since Mfest and Relay for Life were both so close to each other.

Here the review for MSA AusEd Education Q&A & Migration Seminar (The name is too long. I will just refer the event as PR Seminar to make life easier).

This is the every first time that MSA actually arrange a seminar for its members.

Basically, MSA invited James Kon form AusEd to give a seminar on PR or migration advice on 11th Sept 09 in Macquarie University.

As the name of the event suggest, the aim of this seminar is provide students an opportunity to ask professional advice on how to apply PR after graduating from Macquarie University.

However, the turn out did not meet our expectation. Possible reason behind this maybe due to the time of the seminar (many students were having class during that time) or the nature of MSA members (who are normally sponsored students who need to return to Malaysia to work or continue thier student).

Basically, there was a PR presentation done by James which was followed by Q&A session. The presentation provided basic and general information on migration. On the other hand, the Q&A session was very informative as MSA members asked many relevant and specific question.

Despite the low turn out, the seminar was a success as those who attended the seminar managed to receive first hand information on migration advices. In addition, all of them had a self-assessment which provides a brief insight on what they need to do in order to apply for PR in Australia. Of course, there were refreshment provided for the seminar.

Unfortunately, we forgot to take photos on the day of seminar so there're no photos on this blog. Too bad.

Thanks.


From
Lawrence
Your MSA Publisher

Review: MSA Rock Climbing

Hi Everyone,

I'm getting tired of blogging MSA reviews. if you do the counts correctly, up until now, MSA had over 16 events through out this year only and there are more to come.

Anyway, here the review for MSA Rock Climbing.

First, I need to apologise for causing some confusions regarding the date of the event. It was my fault to miss-inform that the event was on the 29th Sept where by the correct date was 29th August.

Now, back to the review. MSA Rock Climbing is an annual 2nd semester for MSA. If you missed the opportunity to climb like spiderman this year, you can also try next year. The venue for this event was Trafalgar Gym near MUV. The cost for members was only $10 whereas the actual cost was $20 per person. MSA was the one who subsidies the difference.

That's why it is always better to attend MSA events as MSA subsidies the events very very often. The event was suppose to begin at 11am. However, not many people came on time. I guess MSA members are still finding it hard to get rid of the "Malaysian Time habit".

Later, more and more people started to come. Not long later, the rock climbing room was filled with people. Basically, the rock climbing room is room where all the wall was the "rocks" and the "rock" was around 2 story tall. Yet, it was very scary when you are on the top.

For this event, there were a lot of first-timers. Hence, there was a need for an instructor. Who would think that the instructor was only a kid. I'm not joking. I have a photo as proof. Fortunately, there were some experienced MSA members there to help the first-timers.

Since there was not a time limit to the rock climbing service, most people left when they were tired or hungry. It was amazing for MSA members who were fasting on that day to come and climb the rocks. Most people went home around 2pm and by 5pm the event ended officially.

Rock Climbing is a lot of fun and very challenging. I encourage all of you to at least try once during your Uni years. You may even find some amusing scenes.









That's all from me.


From
Lawrence
MSA Publisher.

Review: Mafia Dance Party

hi everyone,

This is the second review of the same day.

Here's the review for this dance party.

Mafia Dance Party was the second dance party in the year 2009 and was also the first dance party in Semester 2. Mafia dance party was organised as a joint event for MSA, MASA, SUAMS and MASA just like any other dance party.

This dance party was at Darling Habour in Homebar which is one of the expensive clubs in Sydney. The dance party was on 14th August and started at 10pm and finished at 4am.

There were three main area in the bar. They were the dance floor, drink bar and and outside area. The dance floor was filled with people dancing and enjoying the DJ music. The drink bar was where people bought their drinks and sat down on comfortable sofas and table. Of course, the bar was crowded with people trying to buy drinks. The outside area was basically a smoking area and a place to enjoy the view of Darling Harbour.

Through out the night, the clubs was so packed that finding a chair or seat to rest was difficult. The theme of the dance party was Mafia so there were so many guys dressing up as Mafia by wearing Coats, hat and etc.

All in all, the event was filled with joy, musics and dances. Everyone enjoyed themselves and had a wonderful night.

The photos for this event was hard to find since no many people to bring their cameras to dance parties.

That's all from me.






From
Lawrence
MSA Publisher

Review: MSA Welcoming BBQ (Sem 2)

Hi everyone,

How's Uni so far? Now, here is the review of MSA most recent food event.

On 12th August, MSA welcome all the new members and old ones from returning to Uni after a long 1 or almost 2 months of Semester Break. The BBQ was next to the Gym from 2pm to 5pm.

As the name of the event suggested, MSA Welcoming BBQ Sem2 was organised to provide a platform for new members to see/taste/feel what is MSA all about. Of course, MSA don't just serve the new members.

On the day itself, a lot of people came, both old and new members. The crowd started to grow after 3pm. I guess most people finished classes at 2pm or 3pm. At first, MSA is only serving Malaysian style fry noodle and drinks as the BBQ food like sausages take time to cook.

Not long later, our Committee, Jason, came to the BBQ with desserts. Guess what, the desserts we were serving this time was "Apong Balik" which is a Malaysian peanut pancake. This was the first food to finish in supplies. Fortunately, there were enough sausages to go over.

Within less than 2 hours, we run out of food except sausages. I guessed MSA members prefer Malaysian food over Australian BBQ food. To add more then just food to this event, MSA brought Frisbee and members soon started games of Frisbee. Since the basketball court is so near the BBQ, MSA members would not let this opportunity slipped away.

Something surprising happened on that day as well. The 12th August was also the birthday of one of our MSA members, Sarah. Therefore, everyone sang a birthday song to her. I hope she had an unforgettable birthday.

Members started to leave the BBQ and by 4.30pm, we started packing the equipments and tools. The BBQ came to an end by 5pm.

Overall, the event was successful in many ways such as being able to connect members via playing Frisbee games. The best part is, of course, everyone get to taste some delicious Malaysian food. Of course, the BBQ was also a great opportunity to chat with friends and make new ones too.

That's all from me. enjoy the pictures.









From
Lawrence
MSA Publisher.