checked-in, Day 1 of Redang !

Right, so we jumped off the boat… and checked-in. We stayed in three’s in various blocks of D, E, F… + etc.

The resort was cosy and comfy, no complains from me at least. It really feels like home when staying at Redang Beach Resort. That's what i like about it... not too classy, just nice a resort.

It was 11.00 p.m. plus… and lunch was at 1 p.m. We were starvinggg……………..


Finally lunch was served, and everyone was happy and gay. Wahaha. Just jk. :)

Shortly after that… there was an announcement …

“music blaring - - - bla bla bla --- it’s snorkelling time - - - bla bla bla - - - music blaring”.

So we gathered around … the Snorkelling Centre for a short briefing.

And this is our Guru of Snorkelling.


Some interesting things that he mentioned…

First…
“Guru : Don’t worry… I wash the mouth piece with acid already.
Student: HURHHHH ??? ACID… ???
Guru : No lah… soappp… hehehe.”

Second…
“Guru: Over there you can see baby sharks, fishes, and and and and.
Student: What’s and and and and?
Guru: And and and and means bla bla bla bla larrr…

Student:…. Sweat….”

Once our snorkelling tuition was done, we left for our very first snorkelling trip.

During snorkelling…
Wah Chai : the snorkelling guide in charge of us.


After snorkelling… tired out + bitten out by baby jelly fishes.

Can you believe i thought those jelly fishes was mucus? Hahaha. Must watch the discovery channel more often. I'm sure most of the other 39's knew it was jelly fish... cause most of them went up the boat early enough.

When we got back to the resort… it was tea-time! They really feed us well back at the resort.

Tee-hee.

Next up, was the Treasure Hunt.

It was quite funny… cause one of the requirements was to make a cup of hot tea or milo. Yen yoong first ran to the cafeteria to make the tea… then dona ran in as well. And they were racing against each other to make the tea. When they were done… they ran around to look for their respective groups… only to find out… they were from the same group!!! Rofl.

At 6.00 p.m. , the cut-off time… we calculated the scores… AND … the results…

Jeng jeng jeng jeng!!!

Consolation prizes (x3) goes to…….

3rd prize to:

2nd prize to:

and the Grand prize winner is ………………… ta-da… the group below:

*sorry, can't remember the numbering of groupings... but you know yourself through the pictures right? If you don't... hrmmm... look in the mirror and see the resemblance? k lame. moving on...

Hrm, one tip on MBC trips… always bring your MBC shirt… it was an extra 5 points if you had the shirt for the game. So… if you haven’t got your shirt yet… head on down to MM Shop and get one now!!!

And we had steamboat for dinner that night…

Later…

Some played mahjong/gin rummy...

Some searched for blue sand at redang reef…

Some was busy sucking balitong out…

And some slept early? Makes sense to sleep early now, cause Day 2 was even more happening. Muahahahaha. You’ll have to wait for tomorrow for even more pictures and happenings.

But to end the day’s post… i shall leave you with one interesting picture…









HRMMMMM...... :p

You figure it out.

Till... the next post, ta!

Done by, sher leen.

ding-a-ling! for Redang too?

If you happen to pass by the ice cream booth often enough, you would have heard the ding-a-ling’s for ice creams for sure… but did you hear the one for Redang? Hehe. There were indeed a few members who very well portrayed their pasar malam marketing skills by ringing the bells and shouting “REDANG, REDANG, REDANG, 3 days 2 nights, RM300 for members, RM315 non-members, 3 snorkelling trips, all meals included………….”.

Well, thanks to their greatest effort, the booth did attract quite a number of people. The countdown of seats left were going off pretty fast… summing up the final happening bunch of 40 who were going to Redang as soon as the mid-sem break commences!

The night of 15th April finally came… the foyer was filled with island-goers all excited n ready to have funnnnnnnn !!! Everyone climbed in the bus as soon as it arrived… we had to wait for Indon mafias : enrico, indra, reza + marlene for a bit. But as soon as they hopped on, the bus driver shot off to Kuala Terengganu.

K lar, he didn’t actually shoot off.. he took off. And he was a very safe driver. Safe enough for us to take pictures and try to doze off to sleep.

We stopped a couple of times before reaching the Jetty… but everyone looked abit zombie-ish. So no pictures till breakfast time. We stopped at some cina hawker at 6.30 a.m. which plays eery chinese orchestra music. But served quite a variety of food… which was pretty cheap as well.

The journey continued n we reached the jetty. It was drizzling… but there was a rainbow in the sky. Definitely a sign of a good trip ahead!

The boat wasn’t punctual. Thankfully there was a decent funny toilet around. If not, burst lar.


When the boat came… priority was given to onions, eggs + chicken wings first.


But finally…. We got on the boat and were on our way to Redang… our paradise.

As we came close… the water was crystal blue… just beautiful...

And we all just couldn’t wait to get out of that BOAT!!!

*This post shall continue tomorrow (i hope!)… more exciting, scandalous pictures coming up soon!


Done by, sher leen.

pic of the day

ding-a-ling!

most of you either took part in it or stopped by for a cone or two: mbc's charity drive ice cream sale! we got nestle to come over in their big blue truck to supply us with two freezers, ice cream scoops, and tubs and tubs of ice cream! they came in flavours like chocolate ripple (best seller), mixed berries, yummy raisin, pistachio, and the like.



from the 3rd to the 7th of april, we sold ice cream (1 scoop rm 1.50, 2 scoops rm 2) and floats (rm 2 a cup) to students, lecturers, administrative staff and practically anyone who heard the call of the ice cream bell. yes, they managed to get a bell somehow and the high pitched peals helped to bring in the customers though some at the foyer found it abit noisy - they were studying. well here's three words for ya: li-bra-ry.




every morning sleepy 'just woke up' cafeteria goers were entertained by the freezers being pushed from the cafeteria to the foyer and every evening sleepy 'after class' cafeteria goers were entertained by the same pushing of freezers. sunway cleaners stood aside in awe at the mess we were making - everytime we shook toppings for the ice cream (chocolate rice, coloured rice, nuts) bits of them were sprinkled all over the place.




but nonetheless, what with all the greasy fingers, nuts stuck to your shoes, and yells of 'ice cream!', the club managed to raise a grand total of rm1k to be donated in a small ceremony (coming soon). a big thank you to all who came and helped especially the activities members and not forgetting those pr members who lent a hand when the orders became too numerous to handle.

the car wash fundraiser

ello everyone! it's me again bringing you coverage of the previous car wash fundraising event! we've been planning it for a long time already. for about two days. and together with help from students of the one academy, who designed and produced posters and sandwich boards advertising the event, we managed to wash about 30 cars over the span of three days! soo.. that's rm10 per car, we get rm5, they get rm5, minus a couple of bucks for the soap, sponges, etc. well that's an okay sum i guess. for such hard work.



sherleen told me to be there by 8 that monday morning. waking up at 7.30 to gloomy skies and a light drizzle, i had bad feelings about the whole enterprise. but you know, duty calls. and on the way pass the ldp toll, which was jammed as usual, i received a call from the friendly one academy correspondent asking me where i was and when i would be there and he cheerfully informed me that they've been there since 7.30.



i jovially replied i'd be there soon. but oh, the rest of the days were fine. apart from slight drizzles, which didn't do much to hamper customers with dirty cars, there were of course those excuses some gave when we asked if we could wash their car for rm10. some of them went, "i have an indonesian maid at home". i'm like, "dude i'm an indonesian student. so can i wash your car?".



others went, "oh i just washed my car". i wanted to remind them that lying is a sin, after noticing dust, leaves, and dried bird poop on their cars. i mean why don't you just tell me that you don't want your car to be washed? instead of saying you've washed it already? that's like telling a lottery ticket seller that you've just won the lottery and you don't need to buy anymore tickets.



all in all it was exhausting work as we had to borrow trolleys from the reluctant facilities people and ferry pails of soap and water into the carpark to wash staff cars as far as the side gate. it's hard to hold a carwash when the girls who are helping out refuse to dress more obscenely. even after the guys beg them to do so. for the sake of business of course.

Campus Trivia!

Did you know there's a red kancil parked in the campus parking almost everyday? It's near the side gate and has the number plate WET (some numbers). We washed it during carwash event, day one.

since it's been about two weeks since the party, some have questioned my ability to write about it. indeed some have even gone so far as to claim i can hardly remember a thing about it (other than having alot of sweet drinks). well here's my retort: neither can you.



so let us together reminiscence about the time when a group of mbcians got together to plan for the party of the sem, an event steeped in tradition and passed down from generation to generation since the 90s, mbc's networking party.



it isn't just a walk in the foyer. dinner needs to be ordered and transported from restaurant to campus, games need to be constructed (synchronizing the amazing race was a headache!), prizes need to be bought and wrapped, people need to be told what to do and when to do it, and a whole lot of other stuff like inviting friends and doing ticketing all contributed to making the party a success.




all the planning doesn't compare to the actual event though. that's when things tend to happen a little out of the plan. would you believe, the first game was unplanned? some of you may have recognized that game we played during the pangkor trip last year - blow wind, blow. well it made a comeback because all you guys were clustered up and we needed to mix things up a little see?




oh yes! congrats to those who won during the lucky draw! just for those who are wondering, the prizes were an mbc 'bill them all' t-shirt, a discount for the redang trip, and some monash merchandise from the shop! heheh, like highlighters, keychains, those kinda stuff.




well soon after, that balloon stomping game ensued. note to self: games like these need boundaries! some groups fled the scene, balloons bobbing at ankles, and hid behind the scenery. but nevermind, it got you guys stretched and all geared up for the following game - running necessary - the amazing race.






i didn't know we had to pass the straws mouth to mouth. i thought it was just feeding the gooey stuff in the straws to your partner by hand! well in any case it proves that parties like these help promote camaraderie among members. hohoho, peace and goodwill to all mankind!






after a little drink of mixed vegejuice, pepsi tarik, some kind of santan, and limejuice concentrate, the groups got their prizes and everyone posed for pictures. yes, i'm running out of things to say. oh but don't forget it was the committee who ended up having a whole bottle of limejuice concentrate. no water added. and yours truly attempted (bleh) to finish it all off. kids, don't try this at home. or anywhere else for that matter.



and there it is - monash business club's networking party of sem 1, 2006! oh the people there are the committee i think. well, some of them anyway. for those who participated thank you for making history with us, as part of the 90+ crowd who came, being the reddest, most tiring networking party ever!

ps. oh and sesshy, do add me to your msn or email me or something. whazoole@hotmail.com