hey all!

how're the holidays treating you all? mine's been cold.. a wintery christmassy season up here in calgary, canada. quite different from the dreary malaysian weather. i hear it's been consistently raining back home and make sure you take care on those slippery roads aight?

got a mail from the monash management and it goes a lil something like this:

"Monash Malaysia Open day will be held on 16 December 2006, from 10-5pm and the management was wondering whether MBC will be able to set up a booth to sell Monash merchandises. Please let me know as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation."

i've referred the booth matter to our activities, public relations, and mmshop heads. hopefully we'll be able to gather those who are free (some of you have jobs so this activity isn't mandatory!) to generate some holiday revenue for the club! there are also some perks for those who come to help out.. heheh.. ;p

either respond to the emails from your heads (which should be coming soon), or through this blog, if you are interested in participating.

adios compadres

see you guys next year. the trip has been postponed due to insufficient planning time. like, i seriously doubt if we can get 40 people to go along with us in only a week. that, and all the payments and stuff. well, fret not, the mbc trip will be making a comeback real soon. so hang on to your examination seats and write away. for those who've finished, happy holidays.

hello and welcome *edited*

to another year here at mbc. yes, it's still 2006 but a new committee has already been chosen for the coming year! after a undergoing a strict screening process involving making a speech and getting people to vote for us, here are the members of our new committee!




*Edited*
President: Laura Lim
Vice President: Vacant
General Secretary: Jakson Khung
Treasurer: Tan Shi Yan
Assistant Treasurer: Ng Wai Yin
Club Liason Officer: Chan Chik Weng

Head of Public Relations: Lim Sue Lin
Assistant PR 1: Fong Hon Leng
Assistant PR 2: Vacant

Head of Activities: Tan Yun Fook
Assistant Act 1: Hung Yongqian
Assistant Act 2: Sharifah

Head of Monash Merchandise Shop: Andrew Liew
Assistant MM Shop: Lee Jhia Wen
Treasurer of MM Shop: Chang Wei Keat
Assistant Treasurer of MM Shop: Swa Yung Yao

unfortunately, the positions of Editor, Assistant Editor, and Webmaster are currently unfilled due to the lack of candidates during the election period. the job of maintaining this blog and the site [which is currently down] shall be carried out as usual until a new [and suitable] Webmaster can be found.

as for the Editorial Department, we are looking for individuals who are interested in managing the publication of a magazine. the rules are simple, make it short, sweet, and snazzy. produce and publicize newsletters and magazines for MBC at least once every semester. interested? think you're up for it? contact mbizclub@gmail.com.

a spot of tugging

the evening came with large ominuos rain clouds hovering overhead, threatening to postphone the event for yet another day.


still, the calm weather prevailed and although the monash sports carnival was to have ended the previous week, we participated in its final event - tug of war.


there was a total of.. THREE teams participating in this event and we had to go through two rounds to clinch the title of "tug of war champions".


the other teams were the student association of monash and erm.. a bunch of friends calling themselves the rojak team or something.


what can mbc do against such opponents but to win. and fast.


musa photographer temme lee exclaims, "why did you guys have to win so fast? it was over in just 4 seconds and all i could take was a photograph or two!".


the whistle sounded and we started tugging. the strategy was to place our biggest and baddest man (sesshy) at the anchor position (the back) and tug our hearts out to the cries of our president, "kill them all! kill them aaalllll!!"


the field was a little mucky due to the rainy season and those who faced us soon found themselves sliding over the soggy ground. i contrived to remain spotless as i had to fetch qianyi from the ktm station afterwards.

flower power..

..was the theme for this semester's networking party - hosted by the monash business club and attended by its members, their friends, representatives from monash university's student association, and others. the theme was meant to extend to dressing, and even accesories.

the evening started off with the activities crew leading us into our first game, which was an icebreaking session between party-goers. it involved a sheet of paper with boxes. in each box there is a requirement. if a friend meets that requirement, you get him/her to sign the box and once you get a row [or was it two?] you win a prize. some of the requirements were: can do 20 push-ups, can down 2 cans of coke, and can do a dirty dance.

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and presenting the winner - mr dirty dancer himself

after dinner, which comprised of the old favourite [same with last semester] nasi lemak plus curried chicken and other condiments, everyone settled down to listen to a few instructions on the next game. after some lengthy preparations and such, the game was to be a form of charades. group members guessed what they thought sesshy was acting out. or something. haha. maybe you should see for yourself:

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the next game required a little more physical exertion. groups were spread out about the room. on one side, members were blindfolded and spun around a few times for good measure. on the other side, members were sat down on a chair, blindfolded, and what's worse.. they got their wrists tied together. tables and chairs were scattered between the two ends. and the game began..

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needless to say we chose the right man as musa president. so, erm.. gungho.

next, we had a few rounds of best dressed [you dressed all flowery. guys. you sure deserve somethin] pageant thing. and after that, the groups all showed their creative side as they were to present a sketch on the spot.






the laughter from presenting the sketches basically summed up the night's events - a bunch of people, brought together under the red and white of mbc, doing something crazy and having a good time.







congrats to the various groups who participated whole-heartedly and went through the night with us. a big THANK YOU to all who came and made the party alive and happening - it wouldn't be the same without you. XD
party on~

p.s. thanks to the security guards who waited for us to clean up after the party and stuff. of course it helps if they have an added incentive..

Monash Business Club - Contributing to the safety of our campus :)

heave-ho!

hey folks! just a little announcement here. the club will be going against musa [student association] and the engineering club this thursday! it will be a battle of strength, leverage, and most importantly, which club takes the most steroids! haha kidding. so dudes, come on out to the field on thursday evening [around 6] to show the other two organizations who's boss!

p.s. contact this blog [leave a comment!] to confirm your participation! guys, the club needs you. ;p

p.p.s. oh noes! i think it was the weather that caused this, but the tug of war's been postphoned to next monday! at five! see you then! geez, i was so prepared for thurs already..

the ice cream man is back!

that's right! for those of you who haven't realised yet, this week is the club's ice cream sales week! the sale of nestle ice cream has already started since yesterday and is scheduled to continue all the way till the end of the week! the ice cream booth will be set up and ready for business from around 10am till 3pm! stop by, bring your friends, and come out and support us by getting a cone or two!

ah, finally

i've procrastinated for as long as i could and i can do so no longer. here are some pictures from this semester's general meeting which happened a couple of weeks ago. ;p

the booth pics

here are the pictures of the mbc booth which was set up during the first 2 weeks of this semester. since the 1st day itself, all the way till the end of musa's clubs and societies week, members were stationed at the booth during peak hours to handle the receiving and sale of books, book wrapping, member registration, and networking party registration. it all ended with a great big bang when mbc, for the second time this year, won the best booth award.

the mbc booth this semester

glittery foil and gold dust. a new colour for mbc? 'bling' anyone?

artwork by laura + meiyin [the pr girls]. can anyone guess what it means?

monash's pro-vice chancellor ms liddel:
you sure they deserve it?


and the winner is..

prizes? we'll take it in cash please. why?
it's nothing personal. just business.

best booth award episode 2

the booths were judged based on how they looked of course. but other than that, my guess is the judging had to do with how the booth was presented to the general public. whether the people at the booth were helpful in explaining what the club does.. that sort of thing.

during the first few weeks of every semester, mbc holds the secondhand book sale at the booth which draws big crowds who loiter around and scour through stacks of books. this creates, what i call, the 'happening' effect - when the club's activities seem to generate alot of interest from the student body.

but anyway, the judging of this semester's best booth award was done last friday - the final day of musa's clubs and societies week. and mbc won! again!

many thanks to those who came and helped out. by carrying books from the mmshop, setting up and taking down the booth, handling large amounts of transactions in the form of books received and books sold, handling the accounts, explaining the club's activities to would-be members, and by just being there to lend a hand - the award really belongs to you guys.


p.s. pix soon! blogger.com seems to have a problem with uploading them.

up and running

this is just a notification post to let you guys know the monash business club booth is open! it's located in the foyer, down the stairs from the financial counter and has been up since the first day of the semester. the booth will be open for about the next 3 weeks or so but it depends lah. if the activity and pr departments get tired of waiting for people to buy second hand books, they might close it up.

yes, call your friends, call your tutemates, call people from the cafeteria, call anyone who'd be interested in making money, making friends, and having fun, to sign up at the registration side of the booth. for those who're looking for secondhand books, the other side of the booth has mounds of secondhand books which are mostly business in nature. i've personally seen some science books in there. engineering and communications students, you may try and see lah.


here's what you can do:

if you want to join the club
step 1: congratulate yourself for choosing to invest your parent's hard earned money on a cause that's as worthwhile as this. instead of spending it on movies, handphone credit, or dota.

step 2: go to the booth.

step 3: ask someone at the booth on how to register yourself as a member.

step 4: register yourself as a member to receive various benefits such as:

i. discounts if you buy a used book from the booth
ii. discounts if you attend the networking party, the club trip, or other club related activities.


if you want to sell a used text book
step 1: bring your used text book to the booth.

step 2: hand it to the people behind the mound of books at the booth.

step 3: wait for them to process your transaction.

step 4: receive a receipt.

step 5: about 2 weeks later, produce your receipt at the mmshop to either:

a) get back your book if it hasn't been sold
b) get your cash if your book's been sold

if you want to buy a used text book
step 1: rummage around said mound of books.

step 2: haggling is futile. prices stated are final.

step 3: thank you for doing business with us :)


p.s. book wrapping services are also available

we're back!

monday was the first day of orientation for the second semester of 2006. we didn't go for that one though. the one we went for was on tuesday which was the orientation day for the business and i.t. faculty. getting there in the late morning, meiyin photocopied some flyers and we gave them out after the new students finished their games in the multipurpose room, next to the student lounge.

the flyers were well received suprisingly. i think it's because of the general blurness new students have after undergoing brutal orientation, which led them to stagger out of the lounge not knowing where to go. and THAT's where we hit them! "here you go/here's a flyer for you/hey check this out" was all we had to say for them to take a flyer. let's hope they did look at them though. but not to worry. our semesterly second hand book sale booth will be up soon enough. so hang tight and watch this space!

appreciation dinner

so we booked about 7 tables at nando's chicken place in sunway pyramid. with about 5 - 10 to a table, the turnup totaled to about 70 people. dinner started soon enough after the arrival of the mbc bigwigs, namely the president and her cohorts. the menu went something like this:



- chicken
- fries
- potato wedges
- salad
- some other kind of salad
- coleslaw
- soup
- drinks
- garlicy bread



personally, i'd choose nando's over kenny roger's anytime. and as you can see, that was quite a braw deal for just helping out. i prefer the tangy zest of the peri peri to the savoury black pepper mushroom sauce. no matter how much or little everyone contributed, as long as the department heads remembered your name and/or face they'd invite you to this one night only event.



sherleen hit a glass with cutlery to halt our ravenous gorging and as soon as we made sure our food was out of the reach of the person next to us, we warily looked up.




"thank you for your help"

"can we get back to eating?"



"everybody go mbccccccccccccc!"

"okay okay fine, mbc!"




"can the committee stay back after dinner for a short meeting?"

"no we can't"

"thank you!" *grin*




the meeting mainly involved thanking everyone and discussing what to do next semester to live up to our fame. target: club of the year award!