Congratulations, UQMSA Board 2009!

Hey everyone...



Thanks for attending our Annual General Meeting/ Deepa-Raya Fest (16 Oct) ! We had fun and we hope you did too!


Congratulations to those who have won the awesome prizes for our Lucky Draw and last but not least, let us present to you our newly-formed UQMSA Board 2009!!

UQMSA Committee-elect 2009 (not in picture: Alvin Teh)

President: Hiresh Devaser
Vice President: Tim Chong
Secretary: Ahmad Nasri Mohd Shafie
Treasurer 1: Alvin Teh
Treasurer 2: Tam Ai Wei
Social Conveners: Alia Adam, Fahimah Badrulhisham (Fehy) and Michael Ng
I.T. Conveners: Ali Azman Jalaludin and Kong Mun Cheong
Education Convener: Leong Lin Jing
Sponsorship Coordinator: Pinky Liang Shih Ping




UQMSA Board 2008 would like to thank all of you for your support this year. You guys rock!


May our new Board bring you another year of excitement! All the best, guys!

Fehy and Patchay : This will be our OFFICIAL last post here. It has been a wonderful year for us the IT freaks at UQMSA haha. Anyway, congrats to the new committee. Time flies and people move on. So with this, we bid you farewell muacks :) !!Signing off!

AGM DeepaRaya and UQMSA 2008 Best of the Best Photos will be posted on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=64916&l=ee56c&id=516895831

Warmest Regards,
"Retired" UQMSA Board 2008

UQMSA Paintball 2008

UQMSA Paintball 2008

Date: 4 October 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 9am to 12pm
Venue: Top Gun Paintball, Cnr Glengarry Rd & Cobalt St, Keperra
Price: AUD55 per person (member price)


The price is inclusive of transport, gears and 200 paintballs per person.


Original price is AUD70 per person. You only get this price after the subsidies of UQ Union and UQMSA. You can't get a better deal than this!


Our bus will be departing at 7am next Saturday from UQ Chancellor's Place to Keperra and coming back to UQ from Keperra at lunchtime. For those who doesn't live in St Lucia, you can take a ferry to UQ or go for a carpool with your friends as there's free parking on Saturdays in UQ.


Call Linggesh 0416948478, Tomoko 0401797881 or Karen 0402262936 ASAP to arrange a time for payments. Final confirmation of spots with payments should be made by 1 October 2008 (Wednesday).

*UPDATED - PHOTO*
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>>> more photos of UQMSA Paintball by Preston Ng

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ATTENTION!!!

Latest: MASCA Hari Raya Photos by Amalina Salleh ; Hari Raya Aidilfitri Open House at Sir Fred Schonell St Lucia

Previous event photos, pls check out!!!

1. UQMSA Lantern Festival Photo Album

2. Lantern Festival by Wan Yian (restricted access)

3. Makan Nite 23 Sept 2008 by SSS, UQMSA, BSA and ISS

4. MASCA National Conference & Games 1-4 July 2008

(a) Part 1 - Welcoming BBQ and Opening Ceremony

(b) Part 2 - Day 2 Action Athletics

(c) Part 3 - Day 2 Action Basketball at BGGS

(d) Part 4 - Closing Ceremony Masquerade Ball at The Greek Club

For more information or query regarding previous event photos, please email directly to webmaster at patchayik@yahoo.com.

Asean Uni Games QLD 2008

THE INAUGURAL ASEAN UNI GAMES QLD
10 - 12 October 2008

UQ Singapore Student Society, Malaysian Student Council of Australia (MASCA QLD), Brunei Student Society and Indonesian Student Association are proud to jointly present to you the first ever Asean Uni Games!

This is a 3 day sporting event beginning from the 10th to 12th of October will pit nations against each other in basketball, netball and soccer competitions. With a participation of 250 athletes, this would be an exciting event to be witnessed and shared by all.

The Opening Ceremony is to be held on the 10th of October and followed by the basketball tournament. 11th October marks the day for the quick pace and hard tackling of soccer. The netball tournament will be on 12th October and is followed by the Closing Ceremony and the Gala Lunch.

The Gala Lunch is a scrumptious authentic Indonesian cuisine which will certainly entice your taste buds. The menu: Beef Rendang, Gule Kambing, Ayam Bakar, Capcay, Telor Balado, Rice & Mee. The Gala Lunch is a measly $7 and please rsvp with your respective clubs;
BSS - bssbne@gmail.com, PPIA - albefiandi@hotmail.com, MASCA - masca.qld@gmail.com, UQ SSS - uq.singapore@gmail.com

As you dine in the beautiful scenery of UQ Lakes, you shall be entertained with our various performances lined up for the day. It will be followed by our Award presentation of the respective tournament champions and the Champion Nation award.

We call out to all to support your nation as they battle it out to become the Champion Nation in the Asean Uni Games. Come on down for each event and cheer your team on to success.

Who will win in the intense neighbour rivalry between Singapore and Malaysia? Would we see the Singapore soccer team dominate the soccer tournament as the Singapore National Team does in the Tiger Cup? Or would we see a thrashing by the Malaysian team?

Who will become Champion Nation? Brunei? Singapore? Malaysia? or is it Indonesia?

There is only one way to find out, come on down to the events and support your nation! Rsvp now to register your name for the Gala Lunch and witness your country raise the Champion Nation Trophy!

Facebook RSVP: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=26515538809

Lantern Festival 2008

Hello everyone!!


Are you guys ready for our next event?

We've got our Lantern Festival 2008 coming up next Friday!!



Have you seen our fabulous photos for the first Lantern Festival last year? Do you wanna be in it too?

Or do you wanna experience another great one?


Come join us next Friday night!!

Date: 12 September 2008 (Friday)
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: In front of Lolly Shop (UQ Union Building)


This is a FREE event!! Mooncakes, Chinese tea and lanterns will be provided.

And... Surprise surprise!!


This time around, we've got a Treasure Hunt planned out for you guys!!

3 great prizes to be won!! So are you guessing what the prizes are already? Here's a sneak peek... Mega hamper of Nando's sauces... Ferrero Rocher chocolates... and more!!


You know you can't miss this!!


Warmest regards,
Your Committee of 2008

UQMSA take this opportunity to wish Selamat Berbuka Puasa to all Muslim members/friends out there...

Brisbane Merdeka 2008

51st MERDEKA Event @ Brisbane Australia

brought to you by

MASCA QLD, PPMQ and UQMSA

Malaysian Students Council of Australia (MASCA) is an official Malaysian student body that is affiliated with the Malaysian Students Department (MSD) of Australia, led by MASCA National and all other state bodies i.e. MASCA Queensland, NSW, etc. The main purpose of MASCA Qld is to help coordinate and unite Malaysian student bodies within Queensland. MASCA QLD does this by supporting the main Malaysian student associations in Queensland i.e. from the University of Queensland (UQ), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Bond University (BU) and Griffith University (GU). This year, MASCA Qld hosted the National Conference and Games (NCG) and this event boasted 400 participants from all over Australia. Other events that MASCA Qld has been involved with are the Merdeka Celebration, Hari Raya Open House and the Queensland Sports Carnival.

BBQ Semester 2, 2008

Dear UQMSA new/old/ex/wanna-be members,

UQMSA will be holding our Semester II Welcoming BBQ this Sunday (3 August 2008) at South Bank Parklands at 12 pm.

If you have missed your registration with us on Market Day, feel free to register with us on the BBQ itself. Registration fee is AUD($)4 for the semester. Free food and drinks for all our members as usual.

So hope to see you guys there yea? Come and join the fun!!!

BBQ Welcoming Party Semester 2, 2008

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Date: Sunday, 3 August 2008
Time: 12.00 noon onwards
Venue: South Bank Parklands, Brisbane City
Dress: Patriotic theme (colours of red, white, blue, yellow)

Foooooodssss, gamesssss, and come meet your fellow Malaysians at UQ !!!


For those who're new to Brisbane, you can get to South Bank Parklands by taking the City Express Bus (444, 425, 450, 460, etc) that stops at the Cultural Centre Busway. Or, you can take the Citycat Ferry that stops at the South Bank Terminal. Check out the Translink website http://www.translink.com.au/ for further details regarding transportation.

For St Lucia newbies, take the city-bound CityCat from Guyatt Park or UQ, and stop at South Bank Parklands (after North Quay). Fare: $2.10 offpeak (weekend two-n-fro within 2 zones) concession per person with student ID.

Upon arriving, walk along the Brisbane river until you see the BBQ pits area (green lawn area) near the Suncorp Piazza. Look out for our Malaysian flag and if you really can't find us, just call Linggesh - 0416948478 or Karen - 0402262936 for help. Or, you can check out where Suncorp Piazza located by yourself at http://www.visitsouthbank.com/visitor_information2/maps/.

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Both existing and new members are invited to join the event for FREE!!

For new members, don't forget to bring your cash receipts to obtain your membership cards.
For old members, make sure you bring your membership cards on the day itself yea?

Warmest regards,
Your Committee of 2008

Masca NCG'08 Part I

MASCA National Conference & Games (NCG) 2008
Brisbane, Queensland
1 - 4 July
- Part I: Team Queensland Briefing ; Malaysian Employment Talk ; NCG Welcoming BBQ -

[Photos by http://www.patchay.blogspot.com/]
MASCA: Malaysian Students' Council of Australia

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- team.Queensland -

Spirit. Clap.
Mighty. Clap.
Defence. Clap.

QLD Is Hot To Go.
H-O-T T-O G-O. AUM...
Hot To Go. AUM...
Hot To Go.

It's OK. It's Alright.
Come on QLD,
Fight. Fight. Fight.

Read All About It,
Who's Gonna Win It and Who's Gonna Lose It,
When You're Up, You're Up,
When You're Down, You're Down,
When You're Up Against QLD,
You're Up Side Down.

Don't Mess With The Best
Cuz The Best Don't Mess,
Don't Fool With The Cool
Cuz The Cool Won't Fool,
Don't Mess, Don't Mess,
Don't Fool, Don't Fool,
Cuz QLD Is Here To Rule.

- queensland.cheer -

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- malaysian.timing.always.late -

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*** Getting dark ***

- joget.lah.finale -

*** Clean-up ***

*** The End. Part II coming soon. ***

MASCA NCG '08 Queensland

MASCA National Conference & Games 2008

Queensland 1 - 4 July

Visit http://www.qld.masca.org.au/ for more information !!!

Attention to: Malaysian Final Year Students

Maxis is currently recruiting Malaysian fresh graduates for their Maxis Graduate Trainee Program (MGTP).

MGTP is a one-year program in which the trainees undergo a training program consisting of 6 months management training and 6 months business attachment.

More information about the program can be found in the brochure below or at their career website http://www.maxis.com.my/personal/about_us/careers/mgtp.asp

Interested candidates can email the following details to gnornaz@maxis.com.my (Nazira Ghazali) before 15^th September 2008.

• Most current university results
• A-Levels or Pre-U results and transcripts
• SPM results and transcripts

There will be two stages of interview. The first phase will be the phone interview, which can be conducted anytime after 15^th September 2008. They will be coming to Australia in early October to conduct the second phase of the interview.

Regards,
Your Committee of 2008

Mamak-ish Night (Updated)

Hello everyone!!!

Hope the exams and the assignments have been fine so far.

UQMSA misses all of you and in return, we're organising a Mamak Night!!

We've got a little surprise for our lovely members this year.

Artist impression of the kinds of food that *might* be available. So don't miss out!

To ensure that you keep your day FREE, here are the details for the extravagant night:

Date: 16 May 2008 (Friday)
Time: 6 pm

Venue: Outside UQ main refectory

***Updated*** The menu:

Nasi lemak
Mee mamak
Roti John
Roti canai
Curry puffs
Onde-onde
Ketayap / kuih dadar (pandan layer cake)
Ice kacang
Teh 'O' Panas

All food is certified halal.

This event is open to EVERYONE!!! Members, non-members, whoever you are... All are welcome regardless of membership. Just come and join us!!

Conclusion: Cheap and tasty food awaits you....

Looking forward to see you guys,
Your Committee of 2008

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Byron Bay

Byron Bay is a confluence of the hot, the adventurous, the topless...and a bus- full of Malaysians. The sun decided to shine that day so the place was absolutely gorgeous. We visited the light house, walked down the cliff to the easternmost point of mainland Australia, hiked through the forest, walked on the beach, swam in the ocean, chilled out in the sand, had a nice lunch, went window shopping...you know, the usual.

It was great, though.

Byron Bay Photo Collage...

Loads of photos on Facebook:

Byron Bay
Byron Bay 2
Byron Bay Trip Part I
Byron Bay Trip Part II
Byron Bay Trip Part III

SELECTED PHOTOS WILL BE UPLOADED TO BLOG SOON...

Too bad to anyone who missed out! hahahaha. Just kidding :)

Get Ready Byron Bay !!!

Hey there funky people!!!!

Well, its about time we got to Byron. What do you know... Byron bay is just a sleep away:D Weeee~!!!

Just a couple of reminders :

• Please be at the UQ bus stop by 7.30am on tuesday. Bare in mind the bus will wait for no man after 7.30....unless the bus is late.


• You might wana bring a good pair of shoes, coz there's gonna be a scenic walk...a very very long one...


• Bring your own supply of water and snacks / lunch (if you dont wana buy there)
  Beach ball,frisbee, soccer ball...


• Camera to snap away those b-e-a-u-tiful sceneries and of course your UQMSA execs *ehermm


• Binoculars( if you have one)...you might get lucky and spot an off-season Dolphin


• most importantly, ALWAYS AND AT ALL TIMES BE IN GROUPS AND WATCH YOUR STEP

For those of you who registered for your friends and did not write their email addresses on the sign-up sheet, please please pass the word around.

We dont want anyone being left behind on that day.

Have a good rest and get ready to rock out!!!!! see you at the bus stop.

Lovin' UQMSA

Social Volleyball

UQMSA organised a great game of beach volleyball on Saturday, 15th March 2008. A lot of our members showed up, slapped a ball around and some even got to eat sand. It was a great show of sporting spirit where newcomers had a go at playing beach volleyball wholeheartedly and people who had experience gave tips and encouraged the newbies and their team members. At the end of it, the sun had set and a group of people had the court booked for 6pm and kicked us out but some of us kept on playing on the grass hitting the ball to each other. UQMSA went around collecting gold coin donations for the good cause of the club and to help pay for court hire and future events, and we got quite a decent amount, including $2 Singapore dollars! People, gold coin donation doesn't literally mean the coin has to be GOLD...it just means donation of any amount, in Aussie dollars! So, next time the collecting bag goes around, you know what to toss in there. No more SGD, or, the outphased RM1 coins, ok! but whomever that was, thanks anyway; your heart is in the right place...right?

Team UQMSA!

Waiting for the ball

Team UQMSA 2!

We be chillin'

That gorgeous sunset

Team UQMSA 3!

BOINK!

Hit it, girl!

We be chillin 2

That gorgeous sunset again

UQMSA Welcoming BBQ Part II

*UQMSA Welcoming BBQ Part II - The Photos*

Committee 2008

(left) Johan, Mr President and Fehy

Karen, Vy and Navii

Food -lah...

Atmosphere

Some Malaysians can't wait for food...

Well actually... most Malaysians can't wait for food :)

New friends... old friends...

Games

Playing soccer while holding Malaysian flag... how patriotic that is!


After BBQ... (exclusively for Committee 2008 members)

The person with the above shirt (guess who?) invited all committee members to chill-LAH...

Hoho... that person is Mr President Linggesh-LAH. As you can see, he's explaining ICE-CREAM to the girls... and certainly the girls listened to him intently.

Anyway, here's my YUMMY ice-cream!

And that's all for now. Adios.