What`s Up 18 - Kolej Yayasan UEM

KOLEJ YAYASAN UEM
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KYUEM
Islamic
Week
DofE
Bronze
Qualifier
Expedition
Blood
Donation
Campaign
Muslim
Leadership
Camp 2016
Wida
Night 2016
Soirée
Musicale –
A Night on
Broadway
KYUEM CHARITY
OUTREACH 2015
#ReachingOutLoud
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The Natural History
Club Trip to Dark Cave, Batu Caves
O
n Sunday 25th October, 2015,
16 members of the KY Natural
History Club and Mr Boler visited
the eerie Dark Caves, at Batu Temple
Caves in Gomback, north Kuala Lumpur.
This is a large limestone hill next to the
Sungai Batu and a very popular tourist
attraction for the temple caves and giant
Hindu statue and for worshipers during
Thiapusam. Near the top of the 272
steps, however, is a side entrance to the
Malaysian Nature Society preserved Dark
Cave system which extends through
the hill in a series of big chambers and
narrow passages.
We first ventured up into the temple
caves and viewed the shrines and the
Long-tailed Macaque monkeys who
were everywhere seeking food. Then
we entered the Dark Cave where we
were equipped with helmets and given
a introductive talk about the ecology
and geology of the cave. Our guide was
conducting research, though UKM, on
the fragile and delicate cave ecology and
told us that there are about 200 species of
specialist invertebrates in the caves, as well
as many bats species, but the populations
are sadly declining. On the positive side, he
also described the new species of Trapdoor
Spider discovered in the cave recently!
Next we entered the caves themselves
and walked through huge caverns with
smooth flowstones, dramatic stalactites
and stalagmites and a connecting cavern
sculpted by fast flowing water thousands
of years ago. We also saw many scary,
weird and giant cave creatures from
cave cockroaches (yuk) to crickets,
centipedes, millipedes and many spiders
(but no trapdoor spiders were seen).
Deep in the caves we were instructed
to turn all our torches and phone lights
off - and were suddenly engulfed in pitch
black - nothing could be seen - super
SCARY!!!
Finally our dramatic short tour ended
and we returned to the entrance, but
everyone was really keen to return again
soon – for the full Adventure Tour which
takes in the narrow passages and goes
much deeper into the Dark, Dark Caves
of Batu Caves.
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Bangsawan
Night 2015
T
he Bangsawan Committee
organizes the Bangsawan Interhouse competition annually. Each
house is required to follow a theme of the
Bangsawan Competition and last year’s
theme was “Legendary Bangsawan”.
Bangsawan Inter-house Competition for
2015 was held on 28th November 2015.
The objectives of the event were:
• To expose students to the beauty of
Malay culture especially in traditional
theater.
• To create awareness about the
importance of preservation of Malay
culture especially for students who
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plan studying abroad.
To increase students’ understanding
about the Malay tradition and
culture.
To strengthen the bonds between
Malay Cultural club members and
the participants from each house as
well as the college community.
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The event was held at the Great Hall of
KYUEM, and started at 8.00 p.m. and
finished at 11.30 p.m.
The event was started with a welcoming
speech by the Event Director’s, Mohd
Nadzmi bin Nazri, followed by a speech
from the CEO of KYUEM, Datin Nor
Rubaihah Mohd Nor. CEO then officiated
Bangsawan 2015 accompanied by
Headmaster of KYUEM, Dr. Paul Rogers.
The results of Bangsawan 2015
Best Choreography:
Topaz
The first performance of that night was
‘Sanggul Puteri’ from House of Glory,
Sapphire and followed by House of
Enthusiasm, Garnet performing ‘Kerana
Tembakul’. There was a twenty minutes
break and the guest were allowed to
enjoy the refreshments prepared by
MCC. The event was then continued
with a performance by House of
Courage, Diamond with a story titled
‘Puteri Lindungan Bulan’ and the last
performance of the night was from House
of Rock, Topaz, ‘Badang Perkasa’.
Best Supporting Actress:
Dahlia (Garnet)
Best Supporting Actor:
Sultan Iskandar Muda (Diamond)
Best Villain:
Nenek Kebayan (Garnet)
Best Actress:
Puteri Zaleha (Diamond)
Best Actor:
Raja Abdullah (Sapphire)
Best Script:
Garnet
Anugerah Khas Juri:
Sapphire
Best Director:
Diamond
Fourth Place:
Sapphire
Third Place:
Garnet
The juries were then brought to VIP room
to discuss the results and in the hall,
the Bangsawan committee presented
‘behind-the-stage’ video of Bangsawan.
Second Place:
Topaz
Best Drama:
Diamond
Audience Choice:
Diamond
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Christmas Celebration 2015
A
lthough Christmas was still
months away, the KY Christian
Fellowship (KYCF) was already
hyped up about the upcoming annual
Christmas Celebration in KYUEM. During
one of the first meetings with Batch
18.0, a 2015 Christmas Celebration
committee was set up and various
ideas were contributed throughout. An
uncommon trait about KYCF is that we
do not have positions held by any of the
students; instead horizontal leadership is
practised amongst the members as we
belive this best ensures that all voices
will be heard and more importantly each
member recognises one another as
equals. Hence, when someone has an
idea and is willing to spearhead it, others
jump on the bandwagon to help make it
a success.
We started recruiting students to join
various departments by putting up
signup sheets. The response we got was
really good. KYUEM is indeed filled with
amazingly talented people. Auditions
were held to cast the best actors out of our
wide pool of talent for the Christmas play,
a choir team was formed with Batch 18.0’s
Antony Ben DeCruz leading it, and a ‘prom
scene dance team’ was also formed with
many JPA students stepping out of their
comfort zone to strut their hidden talent
in dancing. As we approached the day of
the celebration, students had to juggle
between studies, Diwali and Bangsawan
prep but we pulled through with the support
and encouragement from the entire team.
The preparation process itself served an
opportunity from above for us to strengthen
our rapport and deepen our relationship
with the One overlooking us from above.
With two other events happening on the
same month, it was difficult to schedule
rehearsals with everyone involved present.
Despite this challenge, rehearsals still
went on pretty smoothly and the team was
looking almost stage ready. Meanwhile, a
flurry of activity was going on in the culinary
arts clubroom.Over 900 chocolate chip
cookies were being churned out, drawing
anyone in the vicinity with the smell of
freshly baked cookies wafting out of the
oven. Students could order the cookies
and request them to be anonymously
delivered with a message to another
student. Proceeds from the sale of
cookies were given to aid the orang
asli in Felda Trolak Selatan in an effort
to emulate the spirit of giving. Again, it
was a first for some; there were a few
students who got overly excited over
their success of shaping cookie dough
and chopping up chocolate chunks.
On the night of the celebration itself,
guests began to fill the Great Hall at
8pm. The emcees, kicked off the night
by inviting the Headmaster, Dr. Paul
Rogers, to deliver a speech, followed
by welcome addresses by the CoDirector of the event, Carissa and the
Christian Fellowship teacher-advisor Ms.
Madeline. In accordance with Christmas
tradition, the first of five Advent candles
was lit by Dr Rogers, followed by Act
One of the Christmas play entitled
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Rekindle. The play, inspired by Dickens’
A Christmas Carol, followed the story
of Joe, a cranky old man who hates
Christmas, as he journeys through the
past - accompanied by the ghost of
his friend Olly - and rediscovers the
true meaning of Christmas. Written
and directed by Rianne, with the help
of many others, the play incorporated
many performances such as a barber
quartet ( consisting of Azizan, Kenney,
Nixon and Vernon), a choir performance,
a dance, and a solo rendition of ‘I’ll Be
Home for Christmas ( performed by
Azizan accompanied by genius Justin).
During the intermission, guests helped
themselves to a smorgasbord of food nuggets, ice cream, sandwiches, banana
cake - served buffet-style by tireless
volunteers, and were entertained by
Ms.Kate’s solo performance as well as
Wiltshire’s Niamh, who got the audience
on their feet by teaching them the Irish
jig. Throughout the night, guests also
had the opportunity to view beautifully
drawn posters illustrating the Biblical
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story behind Christmas of the birth of Jesus
Christ, which were displayed on the walls
of the Great Hall. As the event drew to a
close, the mandatory group selfies were
taken with the model sleigh at the photo
booth, star of David ‘kolam’, and brightlydecorated Christmas tree.
All in all, what was expected to be just
another annual celebration, manifested
into something far greater that will no doubt
resonate in the hearts of the Christmas
Team and all present on that night. To its
very core, the Christmas celebration this
year proved to be a night that transcended
the superficial barriers that society
misplaces on the idea of Christmas as a
whole. It truly highlighted what Christmas
really is by shifting our paradigms from
focusing on all the fancy decorative lights
and christmas trees, that no doubt still
managed to radiate an aura of warmth, love
and exuberance, to the actual meaning
of Christmas. Throughout the process
of making this celebration a memorable
one, from planning, fundraising, countless
hours of practice and even carrying out
the event itself, time was consumed,
sweat and tears were shed (albeit some
tears were shed in the name of good
acting) nevertheless, each and everyone
sacrificed so much for this one night,
but it was all worth it in the end just
to bring this one message: Christmas
is about sacrifice. Christmas is about
valuing others above yourself. Christmas
makes that tangible joy that filled the
hall throughout the celebration trump
any pain experienced in making that
night a reality. It’s much more than mere
presents. In fact we proudly declare that
the students of KYUEM, by purchasing
the “homemade” cookies, contributed
in donating to the underprivileged.
Ultimately, that’s Christmas, in all its
beauty. To place the life of others before
your own, which btw reflects what Christ
has done for you so you sure as heck
should give Him your whole heart or so
help me God, literally.
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KYUEM CHARITY
OUTREACH 2015
#ReachingOutLoud
Theme: Building the future; One brick at a time
Date: 5th December to 11th December 2015
Venue: Kg. Lingga Kiulu and Kg. Palu-Palu, Kuala Penyu
Objectives :
1. To introduce Kolej Yayasan UEM (KYUEM) as one of the most prestigious educational institution that produces a number of quality
students via media’s participation
2. To give assistance and aid to the community in Sabah in various aspects.
3. To give exposure to the participants regarding a different dimension in life in Sabah.
4. To give experience to participants in dealing with associates and authorities.
5. To enhance knowledge and understanding of Islamic Leadership within our college’s society.
A complete preparation was made since June 2014 until 4th December 2015 to plan this extravagant activity to Sabah for the second
time in KYUEM. Committee was chosen well by the High Committee lead by Abdul Sharudin and Nur Ain Syafiqah with the guidance
from the MUSCOM advisors; Ustaz Mohamad Maliki bin Shafie and Ustazah Nurul Husna binti Mat Isa.
7 different excos were formed:
EXCO
HEAD of EXCOS
Sponsorship
Aiman Fitri
Fundraising
Faez Hakimi
Food
Faris Aiman
Accomodation and Transportation
Syafiq Akmal
Special Task
Hazman Rozaimi
Multimedia and Publicity
Huzaifah
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Activities done:
1.
Barney and Friends (Recycling Project)
2.
Foster Family Handing Over Ceremony
3.
Talk by Fakhri, President of MUSCOM
4.
Opening Ceremony
5.
Event Day: Medical Check-Up by KKM, Colouring and
Model-building Contest
6.
Bonbon-Food Fiesta (Rewang session) and dinner with
the locals
7.
Cultural Night Performance
8.
Communal works at Sekolah Rendah Islam Al-Hafiz,
Tuaran and Surau Kundasang Lama, Kundasang
9.
Closing Ceremony
10. Officiation of Tahfiz School at Kuala Penyu and donation
give-away
11. Menutul and beach cleaning at Kg. Palu-Palu Beach
Kg. Lingga Kiulu,
6th December - 9th December 2015
The KYUEM Charity Outreach 2015
started off its mission in Kg. Ranglau
Lama doing some activities with the
locals and distributed books from Muslim
Care to the kids. Then, we went to
Sekolah Rendah Islam Al-Hafiz, Tuaran
doing recycling project called Barney and
Friends with the students and drew a
beautiful mural at the entrance door. We
then continued our mission in Kg. Lingga
Kiulu, a beautiful, isolated village halfpopulated by the reverted-Muslim Dusun.
Our program was officiated by Mr. Abd.
Kassim bin Razali, Political Secretary
of YB Datuk Hj. Hajiji bin Hj. Noor, the
Minister in Ministry of Local Government
and Housing . A big appreciation was
given to the locals especially Mr. Zainie
Abdullah, The President of Surau AlMustakim and the committee of Kg. Lingga
Kiulu for providing us a great hospitality
with tonnes of love despite their hardship
throughout the 4 days. 43 of us were
divided into 13 different families and we
were celebrated merrily upon our arrival
with traditional Dusun’s Gongs. The Surau
Al-Mustakim was our main gathering point
and each volunteers were well informed
about each activities because we hardly
to reach out one another and the main
communication in the village was only by
walkie-talkie. Despite the lacking in the
village, we were able to do each activities
successfully. The activities were opening
ceremony, Food Fiesta, performances,
Event day and a spiritual talk supported by
endless encouragement and help from
our foster families. Positive feedbacks
were given by each foster families about
our effort to come and live with them
for 4 days. They were very glad to be
with us as we were the first outsiders to
reach them and noticed their presence as
well as providing them with daily needs
and spiritual contents. We learned the
Dusun Language, participated in Tagal
or Bon-Bon, tasted local dishes and also
learned few steps of the Sumazau dance.
Overall, the objectives were obtained as
we gave full commitment in every activity
done. We took part in every activity
enthusiastically and able to communicate
well with the locals despite of the new
environment and different culture and
accent. Before leaving, we donated
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some money to the families and it was
a heart-breaking moment to leave them
as they had already accept us as a part
of them and hardly letting us go. We saw
tears on every foster parents as it was
such a great memories we had together
for 4 days.
Kg. Palu-Palu,
10th December – 11th December 2015
We continued our program at Kg. PaluPalu and stayed at SMK Kuala Penyu. A
special gratitude to Ustaz Abd Malik for
helping us to conduct activities for 2 days
there. We had a sharing session with the
local students ranging from 15-21 years
old. We shared about the experiences
in study and scholarships to boost their
confidence to pursue themselves into the
next level. Apart from that, we went to
the seashore of Kuala Penyu Beach and
cleaned the surrounding. The garbage were
collected into plastic bags then put into the
lorry of District Council to be disposed. It
was very satisfying to watch the change we
made on the seashore. Then, we enjoyed
searching for ‘tutul’, a family of snails
around the beach. The snails were then
gathered in the pails and washed at the
school. They were cooked into two dishes,
‘Masak Lemak’ and ‘Masak Kicap’ for lunch
and we had a memorable time together.
Before we depart, we spent half day at the
town of Kota Kinabalu shopping and enjoy
the view of the sea.
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Overall, this excellent program wouldn’t
be a success without the endless support
from our MUSCOM advisors, Ustaz
Maliki and Ustazah Husna and also Puan
Halijah, Manager of Student Services.
We would like to express our utmost
gratitude from our sponsors; Muslim
Care, FGV, Perodua, YaPEIM, Pharma-D,
Pfizer and Karangkraf. We would also like
to thank for those who kind-heartedly
contributed to this program financially
and morally. We hope KYUEM especially
MUSCOM will continuously organize
this charity work annually and spread
the message of peace and care to the
society.
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Date :
08 December 2015
(Tuesday)
Venue :
Lecture Theatre 1 (LT 1)
Piping Gas Safety
Training
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Uem
Introduction
Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG)
are classified as hazardous materials
because of their extremely flammable
properties and explosive potential when
stored under pressure. The purpose of
this training is to give knowledge to the
respective staff and officers of Kolej
Yayasan UEM who are responsible for
monitoring the operation of the gas
system and take every possible step to
ensure the safety and health of every
staff is safe during the operation.
The syllabus is designed to meet the needs
of Gas Supply Act 1993 and this course
will provide participants with theoretical
and practical knowledge of the operation
and the safety of gas installations and
handling. 40 Participants attended this
training, they are from four Departments
which is from Food Department, Science
Lab Department, Fasilites & Services
Unit, Administration Department and 3
representatives from Straits Force Security
(M) Sdn. Bhd. This training was conducted
by En. Zainal Zakariah from Gassuply Sdn.
Bhd.
Trainer :
En. Zainal Zakariah
Training objectives.
• To identify gas product correctly.
• To understand the gas system and
types of gas equipments.
• To recognise the hazardous
products resulted from gas.
• To introduce safety practices into
the working environment.
• To be more pro active in assessing
risks when using gas cylinders.
• To know the actions to be taken
during emergency.
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2015 Biology
Department Ecotrip
O
n Saturday 5th December until
Monday 7th December, 2015,
the keenest senior biologists
attended the Biology Department
Ecological Expedition which took place at
MyGopeng resort by the Sungai Kampar,
7km from Gopeng, Perak. The objective
of the trip was to provide opportunity
for invaluable fieldwork experience to
complement and re-inforce their subject
studies. The aim was to investigate the
biodiversity and other aspects of different
ecosystems and natural habitats,
complementing the Biology GCE A Level
section 18 Biodiversity, Classification and
Conservation and helping prepare for
their Paper 5 on Planning, Analysis and
Evaluation.
We arrived in Gopeng at 9:30am by
the college bus and transferred to a
lorry to ferry us to the resort which
was accessible only by small back roads
through the jungle Kampungs. After a
delicious lunch provided by the resort on
our arrival, and after prayers, Mr Boler gave
an introductory talk regarding the objectives
and itinerary of the Ecotrip followed by
instructions on setting up apparatus and
recording the biodiversity of the area.
The students were then split up into groups
and headed into the nearby forest to set
up invertebrate pitfall traps and Longworth
mammal traps in hidden spots in the
jungle. These traps were left to catch ants,
millipedes, centipedes and other ground
invertebrates simply by their falling into
a buried pot, and to attract in rodents,
shrews and ground squirrels in a baited
trap in order to see and record the species
present.
Once the traps were laid, the groups
then spent time exploring the jungle
and surrounding areas for various
invertebrates and collecting them for
identification. Back at the resort, the next
activity was to begin regular measuring
and recording of the tree trunk diameters
of several of the trees around the site
to monitor and assess the rates of
transpiration in the trees at different
times of the day through reduction of tree
diameter during high transpiration rates
(water movement up the tree).
After completing this exercise, the
biology students returned to the
shade of the resort to try and identify
the invertebrates collected, with the
teachers’ help. Many interesting species
had been captured including Common
Sailor Butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera:
Nymphalidae), Orange Leaf Hoppers
(Insecta: Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha:
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Cicadellidae), Red Dragonflies (Insecta:
Odonata: Libellulidae), Leaf beetles
(Insecta Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae),
Katydid grasshoppers (Insecta:
Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), Blue-headed
centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda:
Scolopendromorpha) and a leech
(Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinea)! All the
invertebrates were identified to their
Class, Order and Family and Species if
possible to learn about the Classification
of organisms and then sorted into trophic
levels to reflect their ecological roles.
After a break for Tea, the students then
set up light traps in various parts of the
resort. The light traps consist of metal
boxes with a funnel shaped entrance
at the top where an actinic light is
situated. The light shines in ultra-violet
which attracts night-flying insects, such
as moths, which fall into the box. The
funnel-shaped entrance means that the
way in is much larger than the way out
and they stay trapped. A white sheet was
also placed next to the trap to reflect and
enhance the ultra-violet and for insects
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to land on. Invertebrates captured in the
trap or landing on the sheet were again
captured and brought back to the resort for
identification and recording.
After setting the light traps, the biologists
checked the pitfall and Longworth traps
and collected any organisms caught and
also continued monitoring the tree trunk
diameters until the delicious BBQ Dinner.
At 9:00pm was the evening highlight – a
night jungle walk – up through the dark,
scary forest along narrow, spooky trails,
over the hill and back with glimpses of
wan moonlight and few torches to guide
our way. Many nocturnal creatures were
seen, and recorded again, along the trail,
including giant orb-web spiders (Arachnida:
Araneae: Araneidae), giant chafer beetles
(Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), loud
calling cicadas (Insecta: Homoptera:
Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadoidea), longlegged centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda:
Scutigeromorpha) and large Changeable
lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertilia:
Agamidae: Calotes versicolor). The last job
of the night was to check the light traps and
collect any other insects caught but the
traps were left overnight and collected in
the morning.
Sunday 6th December began with
prayers and a delicious breakfast after
which it was time to check the traps
again – pitfall, Longworth and light
traps – and collect all organisms caught
and bring them back for identification,
classification and trophic level
categorising. The main morning’s activity
then followed – the butterfly transect! A
transect is a long path or line through
a habitat along which the biodiversity
of all organisms or particular groups of
organisms can be counted and assessed.
In this case, a distance of 500m was
walked along the (fairly open) forest
trail and butterflies of different species
seen within 5 metres either side were
counted. The butterflies didn’t need to
be identified formally, just in terms of
colour, size and flight pattern, e.g. “small
yellow fluttery”. The different groups of
biologists each walked a transect through
a different stretch of forest and one group
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recorded along the forest edge road. It
was amazing to see how many different
types, colours, sizes and behaviours of
butterflies there were!
Once back in the shade of the resort,
after a full lunch, the biologists analysed
the butterfly transect data using
Simpson’s Diversity Index to assess the
biodiversity of butterflies in the forest.
The results were good – very high
butterfly diversity was found in the forest
and slightly lower butterfly diversity was
found along the road edge. As an ongoing project, the senior biologists will
later be comparing the data between the
groups using a T-test statistical analysis
to determine whether the difference in
biodiversity between the forest and forest
edge road is significant or not.
During the hot Sunday afternoon,
the students continued their work,
checking pitfall and Longworth traps,
measuring tree trunk diameters and
surveying and collecting organisms
around the resort. The results of these
surveys were used to calculate the overall
biodiversity in the area (again high)
and, using trophic level assessment, to
construct food chains and food webs of
the areas’ organisms. Many other exciting
organisms were seen including a huge
Common Birdwing butterfly (Insecta:
Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Troides helena),
a rare, beautiful Nawab butterfly (Insecta:
Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae:
Polyura jalysus), Long-tailed and a young
Southern Pig-tailed Macaques (Chordata:
Mammalia: Primates: Cercopithecidae:
Macaca fascicularis and M. nemestrina) and
a gorgeous Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
– (Chordata: Aves: Psittaculidae: Loriculus
galgulus ).
In the late afternoon/early evening,
the biologists were then taken on a
trip, first through the plantations to a
hot spring emerging into a brick pool
where, amazingly, 16 Rajah Brookes
Birdwing butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera:
Papilionidae: Troides brookiana) were
mud puddling! ‘Mud puddling’ is when
butterflies (mostly males) drink salt-laden
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fluids to gain essential minerals. This
was an extraordinary sight in an oil palm
plantation! From there, the biologists
were taken to another beautiful sight – a
jungle waterfall, where other groups were
abseiling down the fall! Whilst viewing the
falls and surrounding jungle, and bathing
in the river, a giant cylindrical millipede
was then seen (Myriopoda: Diplopoda:
Chilognatha: Spirostreptida).
Back at the resort, a delicious dinner
was consumed and the biology students
completed their activities, retrieved all
the pitfall and Longworth traps, packed
up the equipment and wrote up their
projects before retiring. On Monday
morning, sadly, it was time to return
back to college and then home for the
holidays after an exciting, adventurous,
informative and elucidating ecological
expedition.
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KYUEM Islamic Week
T
he third week of the new semester
was definitely a memorable one as
the students of KYUEM celebrated
the annual KYUEM Islamic Week (also
known as KIWee) organized by the
Musolla Community. The events and
activities held throughout the week from
the 26th to the 28th of January 2016 were
indeed successful with involvement not
only from the students but also from the
teachers and staffs of KYUEM.
The week started off with the Opening
Ceremony held during the Headmaster’s
assembly at the Great Hall with the
presence of our beloved headmaster,
Dr Paul Rogers. There was an opening
speech by KIWee 2016‘s director,
Muzammil, followed by an interesting
video presentation prepared by the
committee to encourage students,
teachers and staffs to participate in all the
activities planned throughout the week.
“1,2 Pull!! 1,2 Pull!!” The synchronized
shouting and cheering by the participants
and supporters proved their determination
and great teamwork during the first game on
the 26th of January which is Tug of War held
at our very own field. Highly spirited, the
contestants wore uniform attire according to
their houses’ colours. Around 6.30 pm, the
final battle was between Garnet and Topaz.
With all their might and remaining energy,
Garnet successfully rang the bell. This
indicated that Topaz was the first runner up,
followed by Sapphire and Diamond.
Later on the same day was the Ladies’ Night
- a night designed specifically for all ladies
in KYUEM to evince their talents in singing,
dancing or even modelling. The highlight
of this event was Interhouse Fashion
Show, a battle among the four houses,
Topaz, Sapphire, Garnet and Diamond
in expressing their creativity in styling, of
course, in the appropriate Muslimah way. All
the contestants looked very confident and
professional on the runway with their own
poses and beautiful dresses. The ladies
also had the chance to interact with our
special guest, Arliana Banana, a famous
motivator and writer who shared her life
stories which inspired the audience to
be brave and confident in making life
choices.
On the other hand, the boys had their
very own bonding session where they
played Fifa 16 on the big screen in LT1.
Despite only sending 2 players from each
house, the crowd was quite big as the
boys came down to cheer on their friends
and housemates. The night ended with
Sapphire winning the game.
KYUEM’s first ever Running Man was
held during the second day of Kiwee
2016 where contestants from each house
compete among each other to earn the
title as “Champion”. Starting from 5.00
pm, each team gathered at the respective
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checkpoints and had to go through
challenges such as dodge ball, chicken
fight, pepero run and so much more. The
activities were proposed to inculcate
teamwork and trust among teammates in
order to win. Furthermore, each team can
be more creative to think of a complex
manoeuvre to become the last group
standing. After hardships and challenges,
a team from Topaz was the team with the
highest point. This activity finished at 7.00
pm.
“From Zero to Hero” was the title picked
for the second night event which was a
forum held at the Great Hall by inspiring
speakers, Puan Norhafsah Hamid, Sheikh
Hussain Yee and Mohamad Raimi Abdul
Rahim. The forum aimed to give chances
for everyone, Muslims and non-Muslims
to bombard the speakers with any types
of questions regarding Islam that need
further clarifications.
Praise be to God, as expected the speakers
managed to unravel all the confusions that
these inquisitive people had. Not to forget,
we also had a mini food bazaar outside
of the hall for the audience to enjoy while
attending the forum.
The evening of 28th of January 2016 was
spiced up with a futsal tournament among
the boys and a Zumba session among
the girls at the futsal court and the MPH
respectively. Both activities were a success
as there were a lot of participations and
supporter from the students of KYUEM.
A happy ending is what been usually
told in fairy tales. An ending that brings
satisfaction, excitement, full of moral values
and good messages.
As for KIWee this year, the closing ceremony
began at 8.00 pm, took place at the Great
Hall and we were honoured to have Dr
Paul and his wife, teachers, staffs and
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students with their spectacular attires
to suit our theme “Arabian Night” who
came to support our very last event. The
ceremony started with a doa recital and a
closing speech from the director.
To not waste any time, two final
competitions, Video Competition and
KYUEM’s Got Talent began. It was a
delightful and fair battle among the four
houses where each house portrayed their
utmost effort in becoming the champion.
Also, we had a special performance by
students from the Tahfiz who recited the
zikr and qasidah in a melodious tone.
All in all, KIWee 2016 was a great
success. The committee as well as the
students learnt a lot from the events
throughout the week and we hope that
this continues for the years ahead.
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DofE BRONZE
QUALIFIER EXPEDITION
30th & 31st January 2016, Kerling
The DofE Bronze Qualifier Expedition ran
on Saturday and Sunday at the end of
January, 2016 – 24 gruelling kilometres
across the plains and hills and through
the plantations and jungles of Lembah
Beringin, Ladang Kerling and Ladang
Sungai Jernai. With Mr Boler going
ahead to check the route, staff manning
checkpoints along the way and Matron
ready in the van for any casualties, all
was ready. The first group, Bronze 3, set
of at 10:00am from the college Guard
House, trekking along the trail, through
Lembah Beringin to Checkpoint 1 just
past the school. From here careful
navigation was required to follow a
narrow path through ferns, dangerous
pitcher plants and wild orchids, around
deadly swamps and into the deep, dark
forest of rubber trees. The students
then followed the tricky trail choosing
the correct routes at many junctions,
backtracking when going wrong and
applying liberal doses of insect repellent
to keep the hungry hordes of mosquitoes
at bay. Checkpoint 2 lay deep within the
forest and was unmanned (no one could
survive the mosquitoes for long) and the
trail then descended down the plantation
to the forest edge, where, crossing two
deep drainage ditches, requiring courage
and teamwork, the group emerged onto the
track through the scary ‘ghost town’ and up
to checkpoint 3 for rest, refreshment and
lashings of insect bite cream!
Meanwhile, Bronze 1 had begun:
“At 10.30 a.m., the four of us embarked on
a journey from the guard house of KYUEM,
not knowing any of the challenges and
strain that the journey would bring upon us.
On our way to Checkpoint 2, we faced our
first challenge of the journey. We were lost!!!
But after many attempts, we managed to
get back on the right track. Yay!! Words
cannot express our happiness when we
found the orange arrow on the ground,
indicating that we are on the right track.
Before we proceed, let’s take a selfie!
Picturesque view along the way. “
From checkpoint 3, Bronze 3 continued
up the village, heading East in blazing
sunshine and over scarred wastelands
past a skeletal college ruin and to
checkpoint 4. A short length of trail
beside the road was next completed
before overcoming another deep
ravine (through teamwork) to reach a
trail through the oil palm plantation.
This serene, shady route took the
intrepid participants past a large lake,
with blossoming water lilies, across a
shallow river and up a higher trail to…
a herd of cattle with one very mean and
determined-looking BULL standing in
the middle of the trail! A careful and quiet
circumnavigation later and the successful
group reached Ladang Kerling and on
to the luxurious campsite for the night
– the football field. In fact, it was cricket
that was to be played that evening and
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very shortly many of the villagers arrived
to begin a thrilling game whilst Bronze
group 3 pitched camp over to the side of
the ground.
Meanwhile, Bronze 1:
“However, our spirits are not dampened
by the scorching hot sun. GO BRONZE
1! After a torturous journey, we finally
reached our campsite! Here we are
resting, exhausted but relieved, before
setting up our tents. Our campsite!
(with a partial view of our camp) We are
admiring the sunset. Cooking as fast as
possible before we settle for the night.
Our dinner: Hot and spicy Johor Laksa.”
With the cricket game under way, Mr
Boler showed the groups the facilities
for the night – toilets and showers in
an empty house in the village, then left
them, and the college security guard, to
sleep well.
In the morning, the groups began
trekking soon after breakfast and striking
camp at around 8:30am and headed first
northeast into the rubber plantations.
Again some tricky navigation was needed
to find the right route at each junction
and also a river needed crossing with
ingenuity and, again, teamwork! Over the
hills and heading back south they reached
checkpoint 5 back at the road. The groups
then followed the road south to Landang
Sungai Jernai and checkpoint 6 before
heading into the plantations again. The
route through the plantation was very
long and tricky, with many junctions,
changes between rubber (and hordes of
mosquitoes), oil palm and jungle, past
unmanned checkpoint 7, until reaching
checkpoint 8 at the Viewpoint south of the
college where Mr Boler awaited. From here
Mr Boler led them down a narrow, hidden
track to the old logging site which led back
to the college and completion.
Bronze 1 started first this day:
“DAY 2 Morning. We started with a fast
pace, ready to embrace any challenges
and obstacles that may get in our way.
Confused and Bewildered! Bronze 1 :
Where is Checkpoint 6? Being treated to
ice creams by En. Azlan. We were rewarded
for being a tough cookie. Picture taken
in the ATM machine at the guard house
after the expedition. Mission Impossible?
Accomplished! Thank you! Bronze 1, I
love you! Thank you Mr. Boler for making
this expedition a reality!”
Due to Bronze 3 getting lost and delaying
the staff at checkpoint 5, Bronze 1
walked past checkpoint 6 before staff
could get there and overshot. Luckily
Mr Boler and Norazlan went ahead in
the van and found them and brought
them back to the checkpoint where he
had also arranged an ice cream man
to meet up! Bronze 3 also duly arrived
and headed off into the distance of the
plantations.
Both groups completed successfully
with no injuries or illness (apart from
blisters and many, many insect bites).
CONGRATULATIONS BRONZE 1 AND
3!
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Blood
Donation
Campaign
A
blood donation campaign was
organized by health clinic on
29/1/16 was very successful.
Initially students were quite apprehensive
about donating blood; however the
volunteers and the team of doctor carried
out discussions and cleared their doubts
regarding the myths on blood donation.
There were doctor (Dr.Nurzaimah Binti Amir
Abdullah) from slim river blood bank who
guided and advised the donors.
The donors were also given a certificate
of appreciation. The total numbers of
blood collected were 75 bags.
Refreshment was provided to the donors
each donor’s hemoglobin level, weight
and blood pressure was checked before
donation.
We hope that even in the future our
college continues to render its name and
support to such social and we continue
to help humanity in all the ways we can.
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KYUEM Chinese New
Year Celebration
O
n the night of February 2nd,
2016, the Chinese Cultural Club
of Kolej Yayasan UEM organized
the College’s Annual Chinese New Year
Celebration. Preparations for the event
had started as early as November of
the year before, with the election of the
organizing committee and the fund-raising
for the event. The theme of this year’s
event was ‘Home’, emphasizing on the
importance of family ties and traditions.
The organizing committee included
Koh Ze-Xin as the Director of the team,
Florence Lee and Tan Chern Horng as
the Deputy Director of the team, Carmen
Ng Jia Wen as the secretary, Kenney Ting
Kai Ken as the treasurer, Chew Heng as
the Decoration Exco, Khor Jun Hern as
the Special Task Exco, Chang Ji as the
Performance Exco, Siah Qi Zhuang as
the Food Exco, Kevin Chew Jin Yuan as
the Fund-Raising Exco and Chai Jing
Si as the Publicity Exco. Throughout
the preparations of the celebration, the
Organizing Committee had received the help
of many students and also the guidance of
the Supervising teacher, Ms Marina Bull.
The event commenced at 8:00p.m. and
ended at 10:30p.m.. It was attended by
many of the teachers and students of
KYUEM. The celebration began with a
speech by the Headmaster followed by a
speech by the president of the Chinese
Cultural Club Koh Ze-Xin. The first
performance of the night was a festive
lion and dragon dance performed by the
Selangor Elite Lion and Dragon Dance
Group. Many students had looked forward
to this cultural performance and were
immensely entertained as the performers
danced across the Great Hall, interacting
with the delighted spectators along the way.
After the first performance, the students
and teachers were invited to have dinner.
For this year’s celebration, the Chinese
Cultural Club had decided to have buffet
styled catering services from the Garden
Seafood Restaurant, receiving many
positive reviews from the students and
teachers. Among the types of food on
the menu that night were sweet and sour
chicken, Singapore meehun, fried rice
and fried Wantons. Orange cordial was
served to the students as well. Apart from
that, vegetarian food comprising of tofu,
Vegetarian styled Singapore meehun and
fried mushrooms were served to cater for
the vegetarian students of KYUEM.
The performances that ensued included a
duet performance (Na Xie Nian) by Azizan
Wazir and Kristen Lim. This was followed
by the dance performance by the Senior
Chinese Cultural Club Committees and
Members. After that, Li Xuan performed a
song entitled Tong Hua. Next is a concept
dance by Luqman, Darwish and Danial
entitled Straw Hats. Later on, Sonia
Manocha performed a song entitled ‘Yue
Liang Dai Biao Wo de Xin’.
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After that, a video made by the Junior
Chinese Cultural Club Cvommittee
was played. The video was made in
conjunction with the theme of the night,
which was ‘Home’. This video, filmed in
Malacca, depicts a story about an old
man who was abandoned by his five
children. During the night before Chinese
New Year, his children had neglected him
again by calling to say that they will not
be joining their father for the Reunion
Dinner. Sad and desperately missing his
children, the father decides to fake having
Alzheimer’s Disease, and upon hearing
this his children spent more time together
with their father. The story ended with a
happy note when the father revealed the
truth and the children realized that they
should not have taken their father’s love
for granted. The heart-warming video
reminded the students and teachers that
no matter how busy our lives get, we
should always dedicate our time and love
to those who matter the most to us.
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The performances for the night ended
spectacularly with two dance performances
by the Junior Chinese Cultural Club
Committees and Members, entitled ‘Qing
Chun Xiu Lian Shou Ce’ dance and ‘Lei Ren
Wu’.
The series of performances ended at
approximately 10:00p.m., which left the
students with ample time to take pictures
and enjoy the beautiful decorations in the
hall. The decorations displayed showcased
paintings made by members of the Chinese
Cultural Club during a club event. Besides
that, students also had the opportunity
to take pictures in the photo booth which
was beautifully ornamented with flowers
and Ang Pao packets. At 10:30p.m., the
organizing crew started cleaning up the hall.
Many of the students who attended the
event helped with the cleaning. The cleaning
process proceeded smoothly and swiftly
with everyone’s help. Finally, the organizing
committee took a group photo together
with the senior members of the Chinese
Cultural Club.
The Chinese New Year this year was a
huge success, thanks to everyone who
helped out during the event and also
the College for agreeing with the sum
of allocation of funds for the celebration
so that the preparations for the event
proceeded smoothly. Not only had this
event allowed the students to have a
greater understanding about the Chinese
Culture, it had also strengthened the
bonds between the organizing committee
members who worked together to help
make this event a successful one.
KOLEJ YAYASAN UEM
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SC Camp
T
he KYUEM Student Council Camp
is an annual event held after the
elections of the new Student
Council (SC) members and House
Captains. The former Student Council
collaborates with the Student Services
Department to conduct the camp for
the new batch of student leaders. The
previous House Captains will also be
involved in the organising of the camp.
On the 26th of February 2016 the SC
Camp was held in KYUEM. Since it was
a Friday, the students were expected to
be in the New Block 1.1 at 3.00 p.m. The
event started off with the ice breaking
activities among the students organised
by the seniors. This was followed by an
activity called “The Best and The Worst”
where the students were divided into a
few groups. A case-study was given to
all groups. They were given 10 minutes
to discuss about it. By the end of the 10
minutes, each group had to come out
with 1 best solution and 1 worst solution
that they could think of. The facilitators
collected all the solution. The ‘best solution’
was torn in front of them, leaving them with
all the ‘worst solution’. The ‘worst solution’
was shuffled before the facilitators handed
it back to the group. So every group got the
‘worst solution’ from other groups. They
were given 30 minutes to discuss among
the members of the group on how to use
the solution to handle the case and had
to make a presentation using a mah-jong
paper afterward. The last activity for
the day was a session with the student
services. The students were given a
list of contacts of the Student Services
managers and a briefing regarding the
role of the Student Services.
On the very next day, the staffs and the
students left to Kalumpang Resort after
breakfast. They arrived there at about
9.15 a.m. Everyone gathered in the hall.
The first activity was called “Handling
an event” where the students were
combined to form a big group. They
were given a college event. During the 1
hour 30 minutes, they had to discuss on
how to conduct the whole event. The
participants presented everything that
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they had agreed upon during the meeting
on handling the event. The facilitators
commented based on their presentation
and tried to improvise it. The facilitators
also shared their experience in handling
such event and also compared them with
other type of events. The next activity
was a session with the KYUEM alumni
and this was followed by the “Heart 2
Heart Session”. In this session, both
the predecessors and successors of
each posts were given time to share the
former’s experiences and the latter’s
queries personally during a given amount
of time.
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On the last day, the activities began with
the morning exercise. This was followed by
a session called the “Philosophers”. Each
participant was given a card that contained
details about the participant’s character in
the activity. Assuming an oncoming atomic
apocalypse, there was a bunker to shelter
them for a year, but it only had supplies
for ten people, participants had to decide
who of them should be allowed in. The
participants defended their right to enter
the shelter, then there was a group vote
after discussion. Participants with skills
judged useful for survival were allowed
in whilst those who don’t were refused.
A facilitator was part of the exercise but
her skills were hidden. They tried the
exercise again. The cards given earlier
were revealed to contain a secondary
detail that changed the votes. The camp
ended with the headmaster’s speech and
the closing ceremony. Each group was
given prizes for their involvement.
Overall, the students enjoyed the camp
very much. They got to know their
seniors better. It was undeniably a
memorable camp for both the juniors
and seniors. Most importantly, the future
student leaders obtained invaluable
knowledge through the activities
organised.
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Muslim Leadership Camp 2016
O
n the 4th March to 6th March
2016, Musolla Community
along with KYUEM alumni had
organized the annual Muslim Leadership
Camp. With the theme ‘Leaders
Within You’, the 3 days 2 nights camp
conducted in Teratak Riverview Camp,
Tanjung Malim, aims to prepare the
participants to work as a team as
the students leaders based on Islamic
principles and at concurrently, strengthen
the bond of the members in order to get
a synergy between the members.
Departed after the Jumaat prayer and
arrived at 4.00 pm, students who
comprised of 30 Muscom members
including 9 Muscom seniors from Batch
17.0 had undergone an unexpected
challenge upon our arrival. We had to
put up our own tents at the campsite,
4 students in each tent. To get to know
each other better, that evening, after
some relaxation, the facilitators had
organized 2 games where we get to work
as a team and strengthen our bond and
relationship to its fullest potential. That
night, after dinner and Maghrib prayer,
Ustaz Nizzam was invited to give a talk
about the history of a leader followed
by our first presentation according to
groups.
On the next morning after Subuh prayer
until the afternoon break, we managed
to gain lots of precious knowledge,
experience and even solutions to our
own problem from the invited speakers
and the super seniors. For example,
the most crucial part during the camp
was a talk regarding on how we create
an effective meeting and the best ways
in monitoring and guiding people. In
fact, as we were sorted into different
groups and we were given a topic to be
discussed among ourselves, we could
really understand more on ourselves and
how to work as a whole. Later in the
evening, an additional of 14 participants
from Muscom members and 2 members
from Student Council joined the program
with the others. They were just in time for
the second team building game where we
were divided into small groups and we
need to build ourselves a building made of
only newspapers and we were given about
30 minutes to build it. The day continued
with a forum from the super seniors where
we get the chance to hear their own
experiences leading KYUEM in the old
days and this had given us a glance on the
things that we will face for the next few
months. We spend the rest of our nighttime
by involving in-group works making the
SWOT analysis and brainstorming several
resolutions for us to conduct after the
camp before hitting the hay around 11.30
pm.
On the last day, some of the brave
comrades amongst us willingly dared
to accept the challenge of deep jungle
trekking. The journey to the wonderful
sighting was so challenging, as it was
full with obstacles hence, taught us that
there are always challenges in achieving
something. Along the journey, all of us
had to face one of our biggest fears and
challenges where we had to go through
thick mud and rivers. It was a great
experience for all of us and it is surely
one of the precious moments at the
camp. The closing ceremony which
started at 12.00 pm was attended by
Ustazah Husna and Ustaz Malikie and
completed by Amir Hashim, one of the
KYUEM super seniors. At the end of the
camp, everyone seems to be engaged
in photography especially with the super
seniors. We came back to college at 3.00
pm. Although everyone seemed to be
tired, surely, it is a meaningful and worth
program to be attended as we, the future
student leaders managed to gain a quite
number of good tips and motivations in
leading the students in the college.
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‘BOOK
PASSAGE’
PROGRAMME
2016
B
ook Passage is Malay Cultural
Club’s first event involving the
introduction of a literature; a novel
by Mr Aizuddin Hamid entitled ‘Aku,
Muslim dan Britain.’ The main aim of
the event was to introduce inspirational
young writer with aspiration to instil the
interest in KYUEM students to learn and
appreciate the beauty of our language.
The event started at 8:00 right after a
brief speech from our Student Service
Manager, Mrs. Halijah Ahmad. The event
then was continued by the speaker,
Mr Aizuddin himself, who was in fact a
former student of KYUEM. His talk was
mainly about his experience in United
Kingdom when he was still a student and
his interesting perspectives of the beauty
and the positivity of culture and some
manners of UK residents which should be
implemented in Malaysia. Additionally, he
shared his tips and advices on survival of
being a Muslim abroad.
The beneficial and inspiring speech was
well received and enjoyed by approximate
40 students who joined the program that
night. A Q&A session was held directly
after the end of his talk. At the end of the
programme, students were allowed to view
or buy his book and ask for the author’s
signature. A photography session with the
students, the advisors and the guest was
Venue :
Lecture Hall 2 , KYUEM
Time :
8:00 -10:30 pm
Date :
9 March 2016
Participation:
KYUEM students
done afterwards. A simple feast was
prepared by the MCC team to celebrate
the success of our first programme of the
year.
I sincerely hope that the event will be
an annual programme of Malay Cultural
Club from this year onwards; seeing
how the events benefitted everyone
who participated in the programme. I
hope this also will continue to be one
of MCC’s highlighted events for the
upcoming future. Book Passage was
indeed a success and was well received
by all the people who were present and
joined the event.
KOLEJ YAYASAN UEM
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Inter-House
Cooking
Competition
T
he Inter-House Cooking
Competition was organised by the
Culinary Arts Club on 10th March
2016( Thursday) from 5-7 pm in the
Japanese Garden.
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The objective of the competition was
to induce a sense of teamwork among
students especially between juniors and
seniors. Considering that this will be one
of the earliest events in the college, they
will have an idea on the significance of
house spirit and the dedication to our
respective houses. Since the competition
has time limit, the students will learn the
importance of planning and organising
their tasks effectively. This will also give
the students the opportunity to show their
creativity and brush up their cooking skills.
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Below were the rules of the competition:
• Number of participants: 3 from each
house
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Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Judges: 1 teacher from each house
Ingredients: Chicken as the main
course and fruit trifle as the dessert
Equipment available: Oven, grinder,
gas, stove, rice cooker, refrigerator.
Each house need to submit the recipe,
list of contestants, nutritional value and
the name of the judge on or before 6th
March 2016.
All the ingredients used need to be
fresh.
No pre-prepared or canned food is
allowed to be used.
All preparations such as cutting,
chopping, marinating, blending need to
be done during the cooking time.
Judges are required to be present
throughout the duration of the
competition and are encouraged to
go around and observe the cooking
activities such as :
1.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Steps involved in preparation
Organizational skills
Teamwork
Cleanliness
Time management
This event began with an opening
speech by the president of Culinary
Arts Club. During the competition, the
participants were given 15 minutes to
prepare their ingredients and arranging
the cookware in their cooking stations.
The participants were formally allowed
to cook at 5:15 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. After
the cooking time, one participant from
each house need to present on what they
had cooked to the judges, starting from
6:30 p.m. to 6:40 p.m. The judges would
taste and give marks to all the houses
until 7:00 p.m.and that marked the end
of the event. The results of the cooking
competition will be announced soon.
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List of contestants:
Diamond:
1. Amirah Farhanah
2. Fatin Farhana Ali Badron
3. Nurul Hamizah Afandi
Sapphire:
1. Dayang Nurfarahin binti
Abang Usop
2. Muhammad Farhan bin Romli
3. Khor Wei Wen
Topaz:
1. Atikah Umairah Mahmood
2. Arina Al-Rhosky
3. Sue Balqis
Garnet:
1. Noris Damia
2. Hannah Zulhimi
3. Arina Zaharah
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Evaluation of the event:
There were Broadway Performance and
Personal Statement Talk on that day as well
and hence the students who participated
in the competition were a little bit rushing
as they were also involved in those events.
Besides, the organiser was lacking of
utensils and they were not enough for
each house. For example, there was only
1 oven and need to be shared among
all the houses. Due to this, some of the
houses did not have sufficient time to
use the oven. The Culinary Arts Club has
planned to buy more cookware for the
next cooking competition in the future.
Last but not least, the time provided to
cook the trifle was not suffice because
the trifle need at least 1 hour to cool
down and the participants had lesser
time than that. Thus, the organiser need
to assign a more realistic dish with the
time allocated. All participants were very
responsible and they helped in cleaning
the venue after the event.
KOLEJ YAYASAN UEM
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Soirée Musicale – A
Night on Broadway
O
n 10 March 2016, the KYUEM
Music Society organized an
inter-house musical competition.
Incorporating elements of dance, drama
and music, Soirée Musicale – A Night
on Broadway was aimed at providing a
stage for KYUEM students to express
their talent in addition to strengthening
the ties in the KYUEM community.
The event began at 8.30 pm at the
KYUEM great hall. First off, the director
of the event, Sancialita Sathiyamoorthy
delivered a speech explaining the
theme and objectives of the event. The
event was judged by Mr Shahrizuan
Shaharuddin, Mr Reuben Cheow, and Mr
Aaron Teoh. Following that, the audience
was granted a performance by the Garnet
House. A mix of old favourites such as
Grease!, Hairspray and even Mulan,
Garnet’s performance left the audience
riveted to their seats. Then, Diamond
House’s production provided a sharp
contrast with a story revolving around three
groups of people from different walks of like
who aspire to find success and happiness
in the big city. Starring a dazzling and
talented cast of Diamond house members,
their performance too left the audience
hungry for more. This was followed by a
production by Topaz House, also featuring
songs from Grease!. Finally, we finished the
night with a spellbinding performance by
Sapphire House, featuring their own twist
on the popular musical Les Misérables.
After much deliberation by the judges,
the results of the Soirée Musicale – A
Night on Broadway inter-house musical
competition were finally announced. The
results of the competition are as follows:
1st Place: Sapphire House
2nd Place: Garnet House
3rd Place: Diamond House
4th Place: Topaz House
Best Actor/Actress: Amir Fariq bin Anuar
Finally, ending the event on a high note,
there was a photography session for the
cast of each house, the judges and the
organizing committee of the event.
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Issue 18 | 2016
MUSCOM KPO 2016
O
n the 8th April 2016, the
MUSCOM KPO was organized
as to lay an outline on the future
plans and activities of MUSCOM. The
event was held at LT1. The event started
at 9.30 a.m. with an opening speech
from Ustaz Malikie followed with an ice
breaking session involving all MUSCOM
members.
The participants were also taught to apply
the SWOT AND SMART techniques. Aside
from that, method of preparing a proposal
was also discussed by Intan and Amir. At
10.45, presentations were made by the
MUSCOM’s HICOM. The presentation
topics include, MUSCOMS vision and
mission in detail inclusive of all the activities
related.
session was held to clarify certain issues
after each Syukbah’s presentation.
Later onwards, the Participants were
given a recap on the content of MLC.
It began with, Irfan and Rohmah,
explaining on the basis of vision and
mission making. Then, Amanina, gave a
brief explanation on the brainstorming
method which will later be applied in the
discussion session in the evening.
At noon, the Participants were had break
for lunch and their Zohor/Friday prayers.
The event ended at 430 and everyone
was dismissed. All in all, the event was a
success as an outline of the MUSCOM
events has now been laid out.
Later in the afternoon, presentations were
made which focused on plans by every
syukbah. This includes, their vision and
mission and the future programs they
intend to do. A question and answer
As the event came to a close, the
MUSCOM president of 2015/2016
session gave a short speech as to remind
the MUSCOM members as to have a
clear and correct intention as they fulfil
their obligations as MUSCOM members.
KOLEJ YAYASAN UEM
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WIDA NIGHT 2016
W
ida’ Night was carried out
by the Musolla Community
(MUSCOM) on Thursday,
the 14th of April, as an annual farewell
ceremony for the MUSCOM 15/16
seniors. All students and teachers were
welcomed and invited to the event held
at Surau as-Saad, as one of the main
objectives was to unite the Muslim
juniors and seniors in a final gathering
before the commencement of our AS and
A2 examinations.
The event took place after the
congregational Isya’ prayer at 9.00 PM.
It was initiated with a prayer recitation by
a member of the worship exco (syukbah
ibadah) and was followed by farewell
speeches given by MUSCOM’s advisor,
Ustaz Malikie; MUSCOM 15/16 president,
Fakhri Fitri; and lastly by MUSCOM 16/17
president, Amirul Asyraf. The emcee for the
night was Luqman Naim, a non-MUSCOM
junior from batch 18.0.
Subsequently after, the head of each exco
of MUSCOM 15/16 was presented with
certificates of achievement for their exco
members as well as tokens of appreciation.
Formal photos were taken before we
proceeded to closing the ceremony with
another prayer. With this, juniors, seniors
and teachers that were present began
forming two circles (male and female)
in which we exchanged salams and
embraces, and asked for forgiveness from
each other.
We then finally moved on to the
refreshments; food was handled by
the special task exco and consisted of
satay and bihun, as well as sarsi as our
main beverage. During the duration in
which guests ate, two video montages
were presented. These comprised of a
variety of photos from events handled by
MUSCOM between 2015 and 2016, such
as Faithbooster and Street Dakwah.
The night finished at roughly 11.00
PM; guests were dismissed and others
cooperated to return Surau as-Saad to
its initial condition. Wida’ Night 2016
was thus evidently concluded as the first
successful open event handled by the
new MUSCOM 16/17.
E
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Dr. Paul Rogers
(522267-A)
Lembah Beringin
P.O Box 62, 35900 Tanjung Malim
Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
Tel : +603 6460 1234
Fax : +603 6460 1122
www.kyuem.edu.my
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Nona Julia Hashim
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Norazlan Mohd Nordin