General Meeting (updated)

Event : General Meeting Semester 2 of 2007

Date : 31/7/2007 (Tuesday)

Time : 12.00 pm

Venue : Lecture Theater 5s_6005 (no longer LT3m_6003!!)

Agenda :

Welcoming speech by President
Special guest -- Prof. Ron Edwards
Presentation by each department
Prize giving ceremony for T-shirt design competiton
Launching of new MBC T-shirt
Sales of new MBC T-shirt
Sales of networking party ticket
Registration (select department)



Every member should, really should, attend this meeting. It is very important for new members as you will be choosing your department in MBC.

The departments are: Public Relations, MM Shop and Activities.



Also.........

THE NEW MBC T-SHIRT IS OUT !

On 31 July, we will be selling the t-shirt at a discounted price of RM15 to any student, members or non-members. The offer is only valid on that day!

After that, the t-shirt will be sold at RM15.90 for MBC members and RM18.90 for non-members.



Next...

Those who have not buy their Networking Party ticket yet, you can buy it on that day.
Price is RM6 for members and RM8 for non-members.

The party is on 3 August 2007 (Friday), 6pm-10pm at the library rooftop (accessible from Block 6 Level 4).


Finally....

Those who sold their books through us can start claiming their sales proceeds or unsold books from 1 Aug-15 Aug, 10am-3pm at our Monash Merchandise Shop.


See you in the general meeting!



Posted by,
Jeannie

Edited by,
Laura

General Meeting

Dear members,

The general meeting will be held on 31 July (Tuesday) at 12pm. Venue is at LT3m_6003 (basement).

Please make yourself available for just an hour to attend this meeting. We will be giving out the prizes for the T-shirt designing contest.

Thank you.



Jean

2nd-Hand-Books Sale

The sale is on for Semester 2 of 2007, starting on 19 July (Thursday) at 10am.

Location is at the corridor of Block 6, Level 1. (Near cafeteria and MUSA Lounge)




As usual, students who wish to sell their textbooks can come to us.

Visit our both anytime within our operating hours, which is 10am to 3pm. You are most welcomed!

Also, we offer book wrapping service. We will charge RM1.50 for each book wrapped.

Sale will end at the last day of CnS week.


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Meanwhile....

Monash Business Club will have a recruitment drive of the semester. So don't miss it! Every Monashian is welcomed to join our club, no matter which school (Business, Engineering, Arts, etc.) you belong too. We have tonnes of many activities going on to add spraks and colours to your student life in Monash.


Here's a brief introduction about Monash Business Club (MBC):

MBC has 3 departments or divisions, which are Activities Department, Public Relations Department and Monash Merchandise Shop Department. Each department is in charge of certain duties or specialisation.

The events and activities that we organise are Networking Party, Fundraising Sales, holiday trips, 2nd hand books sale, Members Appreciation Dinner and so on.

To know more about MBC, feel free to ask us during the book sale or recruitment drive. Membership fee is only RM5 per semester! Existing members, remember to renew your MBC membership. If not........ You will not be entitled for a certificate. :(


The Clubs and Societies week (CnS week) will be held on Week 2 of our semester calander. So don't forget to drop by our booth! ;-)

MBC's General Meeting will be held during Week 3. Details will be informed soon!

So much for today. Have a nice day~

Get a copy of the picture today!

For now.... You guys can email me or add me in MSN Messenger to request for the photos.

My email address is: mesmerize_luv@hotmail.com

direct URL for one of the group picture is
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2638/img3721oc8.jpg

Contact me at 0123435102 or email as above to order the photos. For 4R size, it will be 50 or 60 cents. For other sizes, of course higher price la. I suggest to have the group picture in Landscape size. Means the photo will be long. :)


XOXO
Jean.

Home Sweet Home (continued)

Pulau Perhentian trip -- Part 2

After lunch, it was leisure time. I stayed indoors all the time and chatted with my boyfriend, until dinner! Some still can’t get enough of the beach and swimming.

*god knows what was happening outside*

Everyone can’t wait to have barbeque dinner. The initial thought is that we are going to barbeque the food ourselves. It turned out to be that the kitchen crew barbeque it for us! LOL. Well, we can save our energy and enjoy the food! Barbeque was great. There were chicken, fish and succulent squid! Served with friend rice, which was not bad. However drinks are not sufficient. I was so thirsty after eating. It’s barbeque, dude.

*Am so sorry for not taking any pictures of the food because it is too delicious*

Me and my friends spent the night playing cards in our room. That’s about all for the day. And we have to leave this island the next day.

We have to gather at 9.30am to check-out. However, some took quite some time to pack their luggage. We were supposed to board the boat at 10am. Still, we must not forget to take a group picture! So the ECs gathered everyone to take position. And at the sight of me the camera-girl, some of them gave me their cameras and asked me to take the picture for each of them. Hahaha…… I actually took some time to take the group picture (I took 4 shots), in the end, I did not help them take. Hahahaha…..

We left out footprints on the beach

Waiting to leave...

Island Heaven

I only get to look this hot in Pulau Perhentian

After the photo session, we all bid goodbye to Pulau Perhentian and bring all the sweet memories with us.

Most of us are very relieved that we finally can go back home, I bet many of us missed our own beds. Hahaha….. The bus was already waiting for us at the jetty by 11 o’clock. At the jetty, the bus driver told Laura that we have a flat tyre. The bus then traveled around Kuala Besut town to search for a workshop that caters to a bus. After around one and a half hour, the driver took us to a petrol kiosk as he needed to change the tyre. So we all have to get down and waited for the tyre to be changed. After that, we stopped at KFC Jertih to have lunch.

Finally, at 2pm, we continued our journey. It was a weekend, so there were a lot of cars, and the bus moved in a slow pace. I think the driver’s moving slow just in case any of the tyre got punctured again. Most of us slept in the bus. I woke up from my nap at 4.30pm, to my horror, I can still see the sea. We were still at Terengganu. Then until evening, there’s still no sight of direction towards the west coast. At this point, I felt that something was wrong. I just didn’t feel right (fully agreed by Laura).

By 7pm, I got even more worried as we were scheduled to reach college by 6. Then we just travel as fast as possible because there are many cars on the road. At 9pm, we stopped by at Kuantan to have dinner, after getting a bit lost. We were supposed to reach Kuantan by 7.30pm. I wasn’t in the mood to have a proper meal this late so I just munched on my digestive biscuits. I just wanted to go home.

After dinner, we continued our journey. Everyone slept in the bus. We reached Penhcala Link at 8am. And another half and hour, we finally reached Bandar Sunway, and back to college. We were like 14 hours behind schedule. All of us just went home right away.

Pulau Perhentian, what an adventure. I did not regret going at all. I had so much fun with my friends without parents around. It strengthened our friendship. We discovered more about each other. The experience is just wonderful. I had the time of my life.

Pulau Perhentian -- Monash Business Club was here!

By the way, I developed the pictures. Drop by MM Shop or contact me at 0123435102 to order the group pictures.

Home Sweet Home ~

Pulau Perhentian trip -- Part 1



A bunch of 40 of us joined the MBC Pulau Perhentian 3 day trip from 27 – 30 June. Majority arrived earlier than the said time of 9.30pm. I guess all of us are so exited about the trip. We boarded the bus at 10pm. It is bed time but some of us are happily chatting and playing in the bus. Some of the people play cards throughout the night. Can you believe it? Haha! I tried to sleep but the bus is very bumpy and it is very hard to fall asleep. The floor of the bus is vibrating but I do not want 9 hours of foot massage.

Next morning at 7am, we stopped by a malay coffee shop to have breakfast. Then we continued our journey to Kuala Besut jetty. Morning is very peaceful at Besut. There’s not much activities going on, unlike the life back at KL or Sunway. We waited for the speed boat to arrive. The boat ride is really kickass! The way to the island is against the current. The boat keeps jumping up when it hits the wave. It is so fun and thrilling for me. I hope others have fun too. I don’t know if there’s anyone experienced boat sickness. And when we reached the shore, everyone has got a new hairstyle, well blown hair.

Waits.....

At the jetty... Max and Eugene

There are a lot of cats in Besut and the island!

All aboard...

Leaving the jetty...

Peace. Ready for the kickass boat ride.

After the ride...

"Look at your hair.... Hahaha...."

Whoa! MY HAIR?!?! @#$%&

The journalist and her BFF

The boat stopped right in front of our chalet, located at Teluk Dalam Beach of Pulau Perhentian Besar. And that was where everyone has their first touch of the land of Pulau Perhentian. The view is just great! The sand is white and fine. The sea water is so clear. And the weather is perfect! Then, Vic gathered everyone and we arranged for check-in. The chalet that we stayed is Everfresh Chalet. At first glance, it is a very nice place, small sized, very cozy. The downside (for us city kids) is there are many insects and animals around us. Some one found a big lizard in his room. One of the rooms even had a bat living in it! But of course, we manage to exchange it for another room. It was only about 11am, we just hang around that place and settle down.

Whoa.... Check this out!

Vic: "Hear ye.. Hear ye.."

This is exactly where we landed.

I was among the first few to taste the sea water of Pulau Perhentian. My friends coaxed me to go down to the beach. And I ended up soaking my clothes wet. We swam a bit in the cool sea. Then I get up to change into dry clothes. I waited for lunch while chatting with friends. Alas, lunch is served after 20 minutes delay. We had rice, chicken, mixed vegetables and iced Ribena. After lunch, it’s free time. Most of us went out to the sun to have fun with friends. At 5pm in the evening, we had a friendly match of beach volleyball. Some who stayed outdoors whole day got sun burnt a little.

Afternoon at Perhentian Island ~

After the match, we showered and waited for dinner. Everyone is so hungry that the food prepared is not enough, we had to request for a second round of cooking. For dinner we had tom yam sotong, rendang chicken and iced orange juice. There was not much activities going on after dinner as all of us need to catch up on some sleep.

Dinner.

The next morning, we gathered for breakfast at 8am. We had bread, sausages and fried meehoon and tea. While we were having breakfast, it rained! There was a slight drizzle and all of us are a little disappointed as it was our snorkeling trip that day! Everyone prayed hard enough that the rain stopped. Haha. At 9am, everyone couldn’t wait to get on the speed boat.

The ECs

High tide in the morning...

First, we are driven to Long Beach at Pulau Perhentian Kecil to have a “snorkeling practice session”. Within a blink of an eye, many had already swam far out into the sea, when it wasn’t the real snorkeling site yet. I guess they were too excited. Most of us are first-timers, including me. There are no instructors or anyone to teach us how to snorkel, so we teach each other instead! I saw that all are doing good except me -________-v Although I know how to swim but I am always afraid of water, so it took me a lot of guts to dip my face into the sea water. I was struggling on the gear and have to cope with my fear and at the same time trying my very best not to breathe with my nose. I choked on the sea water a few times. I looked at the rest of them, they were swimming so happily. Of course, I did not give up (and never will) so I kept attempting to look into the sea.

After warming up, we then depart to our first snorkeling site to see the corals! The corals are really pretty! But there are some dead corals too. Eeeww. Unfortunately I did not get to snorkel PROPERLY. I was so nervous as this is my first snorkeling experience!

Next, we are brought to see the sea turtle. There is one or two sea turtles on that beach. I did not go down the water this time. Felt tired from the forceful breathing using only my mouth. It was kind of funny because there are 40 people chasing one turtle. Hahaha. I wonder how the turtle feels actually.

After watching the turtle, we then go to see the baby shark. I was so excited about it so I went down to the water this time but I did not see any sharks! However, there are thousands of little colourful fishes in the sea! I felt a sudden gush of happiness flowing into my heart. I felt so happy that I did not realise the state that I was in and I started talking. I just can’t keep my mouth shut even under water. The fishes are so small like those you see in house aquariums. I was trying to catch a fish with my palms but I had too much movement and I scared the shit out of the fishes. All of a sudden the view is empty and blank. Then I turned around, “there you areeee……!” How childish.

Snorkelling was really fun. It is so enjoyable to swim with the fishes and to see the corals 3 metres away from you, in 3-dimension. LOL. We reached back to our chalet at 12.40pm. That day’s weather was perfect for snorkeling! Not sunny, not cloudy. Perfect! I’m sure no one gets any sun burn! Hehe...

*to be continued...*

Pictures!

Hi all! Here are some of the pictures taken during the Pulau Perhentian trip. I know you have been waiting quite long. Sorry for the delay. The entry about the trip will be up soon! =)



















Posted by,
Laura

MBC T-Shirt Contest *RESULTS*!!!

Hey guys!!! Are you one of them who are waiting for the latest design of MBC T-shirt? =)

After some discussions among the MBC's committee members, we had chosen the best three (3) designs out of the nineteen (19) entries!!! Thanks for all your entries, efforts and contributions... *clap clap*

As mentioned in our poster earlier, the GREAT prizes are as follows:
First prize: RM70 cash prize + 1 MBC new T-shirt + 1 "Bill Them All" T-shirt
Second prize: RM50 cash prize + 1 MBC new T-shirt
Third prize: RM30 cash prize + 1 MBC new T-shirt

Let's see who the winners are...

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Yeah...

The WINNERS are:
1st Prize: Megan Ong
2nd Prize: Vania Kooslarto
3rd Prize: Calvin Ang

Congratulations to all!!

The prize-giving ceremony will be held during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of our club in this coming semester, i.e. Semester 2, 2007. Further details of the AGM will be confirmed and announced later. Do look out for our posters!

*Cheers*

Reported by,
Jacqueline

Edited by,
Laura