Bringing a Piece of Home to You!
Dear Members!
One of our proud sponsors, AusEd-UniEd is bringing us the International Students EXPO 2010 on MAY 7TH! Be sure to check it out!! :D
Its going to be extremely useful for us! So hope to see you guys there! :D
Warmest Regards,
UQMSA Committee
Got some stuff you wanna dispose of? Have some things in your garage and don’t know what to do with them? Come sell them off on UQMSA Jumble Sale!! Details as below:
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Date: 6th May 2010 (Thursday)
Venue: UQ Grassy Knoll (the grassy area opposite the lolly shop)
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Items for sale: clothes, knick-knacks and other non-perishables.
Info for sellers:
1. All members are invited to bring in whatever goods they have that are in good condition for sale (clothes, books, knick knacks, etc – no food allowed)! A minimum of 10 items and maximum of 20 items will apply.
2. Sellers will be charged a flat fee of $5.
3. All sellers must be present by 9 am on the day for registration. You will be given sticker labels to affix to all items, and the information that will be written on these labels is your seller ID (three alphabets), item codes (1-20) and price (as determined by you).
4. Feel free to stay at the booth throughout the day or come by at 4 pm to collect any unsold items and sales proceeds.
5. Please register your interest by the 30th of April (Friday) by sending an email to uniqmsa@gmail.com with the subject heading ‘UQMSA Jumble Sale’ as well as your name, contact number, a description of the items you intend to bring in (eg women’s clothes) and estimated number of items.
Note:
1. UQMSA will not be held accountable for any losses, so all items are to be brought in at your own risk.
2. All registration will be on a first come, first served basis.
3. All unsold items that are not collected by 4:30 pm will be disposed of or donated to charity.
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Remember to register with us by sending an email before 30th of April (Friday)! Hope to see you guys there!
Warmest Regards,
UQMSA Committee
P/S: There has been a mistake on the date of this event in the circulating emails we sent out. This event will be on the 6th of May (Thursday), not the 8th. Sorryyyy!
It was one of the Saturdays where one would just sleep in, enjoying the first weekend of the Easter/mid semester breaky. However, that was not the case for 24 enthusiastic Malaysian youngsters! Armed with water bottles and a curiosity as to what they were about to face, Kian our coordinator marched us down to the Rosksport Centre situated at the Valley. “Wow!So high ah!!!” and “Nice!!!Let’s go man!!” were the common catch phrases amongst our participants as they made their way into the centre. After a safety briefing and a quick harness check, everyone could be seen looking around eagerly for a place to start off. As many of them were first timers, it was a sight (or most probably a nightmare for a few of them who were afraid of heights!)as they enthusiastically made their way up the walls.
A few Spidermen (whoops and not to forget a few Spiderwomen!!) were adventurous enough to scale the more challenging walls, equipped with tinier rocks and of course a more slanted wall.
With much encouragement and people on the floor giving directions as to where to put your right foot or your left arm on the different colours of rocks, many made it to the top, exhausted, but with an accomplished smile on their faces! MALAYSIA BOLEH!WHOOHOO!!!!!!:D
Towards the end of the sessions, one could see members dragging their feet up the stairs, tired but still chatting excitedly about their rock climbing experience. Complaints of having aches and pains were heard across the room(Our very own Kian’s arms had veins almost popping out of his skin!!). All in all, everyone enjoyed themselves being Spiderman or Spiderwoman for a day with UQMSA. Special thanks to members for participating and for joining us in our event! Mount Everest anyone??:) (Ivan’s totally in!!!:D)
Warmest Regards,
UQMSA Committee.
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Saturday 27th of March was an unforgettable day for 36 odd members of UQMSA.
A week before, the Events-Date-Selection Committee seemed to have made a very bad call in choosing 27th March, as Cyclone Ului lashed the central coast of Queensland. Backup plans and contingencies had to be drawn up and members of the organising committee dutifully overfed themselves with stress (the chief organiser himself having grown an extra few strands of white hair :). But before bad news of a cancelled event could be emailed out, Cyclone Ului receded and lady luck smiled upon our UQMSA’s Learn To Surf Event! J
With the clear autumn weather giving a “Malaysia Boleh!” thumbs-up on Saturday morning, participants gathered and boarded the charter bus at UQ at 9 in the morning for a scenic hour-long journey to Currumbin Alley. Currumbin, one of the safer surfing spots in Gold Coast with its gentler waves, welcomed our troupe of eager surfer-wannabes with its breezy and beautiful sandy beach, a picturesque skyline of Surfers Paradise on the horizon to the north, and the occasional Air-Asia jet flying overhead :P (Cooloongatta airport is just next door !).
After sitting through 15 minutes of instruction on wave-catching and prone-to-feet methods by the instructors from Surf Easy Academy, we began braving the waves with our surfboards.
Unfortunately, everyone found out the hard way that surfing (the first time at least!) is not as easy as Liverpool beating Man Utd (=P), but fortunately, everyone had a good time tumbling from their surfboards and rolling in the waves :P Those lucky enough to catch a wave and get to their feet on their boards hooted with great joy, much to the amusement of the pro-surfers around :D
An hour-and-a-half later, our tired and happy group trudged back to the bus after having returned the surfboards and thanking Gary and his team from Surf Easy Academy. We stopped by Surfers Paradise for lunch and some sight-seeing before continuing back to UQ. Our bus finally unloaded us at UQ at 5pm, with everyone exhausted, smiling, and with an unforgettable experience to keep (not to mention tonnes of photos to upload and tag on Facebook :P)
Our UQMSA committee would like to extend a warm thank you to EVERYONE who participated in and made this event a great success J Thanks and see you guys at our next event!
Warmest Regards,
UQMSA Committee.
