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Applying Science into Our Daily Lives
How do we apply scientific formulas or theories into our daily lives?
According to Associate Professor Dr Hon Wei Min, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at UCSI University, the
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happenings
Of kuih raya, buffets and everything in between
Yes, Hari Raya is just round the corner and this is when the frenzy of doing Raya shopping overtakes Raya itself. I was in the heart of K.L. just to catch a glimpse of all the craziness that was a ritual with every major celebration in this country.
The roads leading to K.L. were crammed because
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Leisure & Lifestyle
The Last Airbender - Visual Treat!
If I mention the word ‘Avatar’ in passing, I am sure you would imagine blue creatures jumping from one tree branch to another.
I love THAT Avatar, but I’m not here to talk about the inhabitants of Planet Pandora.
It is sad that not many people recognise that Avatar was originally the name used for a cartoon
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Talk To Us
By Sashareen Omar On Friday, 16th of July 2010, Dulux ICI Malaysia started their Dulux Paint Bank campaign to create awareness amongst the public about the dangers of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) that could be found in old paints. Dulux Paint Bank is an educational and empowerment campaign initiated by Akzo Nobel, the world’s largest paints
"Creating awareness with public campaigns"
Collaboration of JCI Youths Malaysia
By Patrick Ugbana Tari
The UCSI University youths Junior Chambers International (JCI) travelled to Penang to attend the area peninsular annual JCI Convention. The event held on the 19th and 20th of June took place at the Sunshine Square Bayan Baru shopping complex and was hosted by Inti International College Penang in collaboration with JCI Malaysia.
The objective of the convention was to create a positive impact on the students by involving them with various tasks, games, competitions and sporting activities that simulate the inventive side in each student. They were instructed to form groups to create their own company logo, description and a yearend event for the company.
Several students from high schools like Junior Chung Ling, Junior Darul Ridwan, Junior Hua Lin, Junior Jit Sin as well as University of Nottingham, INTI Penang and UCSI University participated in the event. JCI Senators, George Ong and Ang Chin Boon spoke and gave encouragement to all who attended the forums. Participants were also encouraged to speak to the crowd focusing on different issues of youths in Malaysia.
Group presentations
Other talks were by Dr Yeoh Pit Shing an activist from Malaysia who spoke on the topic ‘Improve Memory’. It was indeed an inspirational session as the speaker presented various examples regarding the human memory as well as education. According to Dr Yeoh, “It’s always good to prepare ahead of time before an examination in order to excel and to avoid stressing the memory. Late preparation never pays”.
A presidential session followed immediately after the talk. All leaders and JCI youths officials from various schools came together in this session. The task was to individually present a report of the events that they had hosted in their respective schools and the outcome of these events.
Groups in discussions
Amidst the fatigue that plagued most of the participants due to various tasks, the sports session was still the most fun of all. It was a motivating session as participants were assigned leaders and presented with a mixture of tasks within the duration of 3hours. Although some found it hard, they eventually saw the realities of becoming future leaders and that it takes a lot of effort to achieve good things in life.
Later, a dinner was held at the Sunshine Square Ballroom to commemorate the event. It began with a speech by JCI Senator Dennis Tan followed by several musical presentations by INTI Penang. Above all, the JCI slogan, BE BETTER had the participants conceded in mentality improving themselves in all aspects of life, especially their studies.
