Macroeconomic Discourse 2017

There was a Macroeconomic discourse that organised by Faculty Economic and Management on 17th of May 2017 which was yesterday at Dewan Kuliah 1. This discourse was compulsory attended by all the students who took the Macroeconomic course for this semester.

The title of the talk was "Future of Work'' by YM Tunku Alizakri Raja Muhammad Alia, Deputy CEO (Strategy) KWSP.

The proceedings began with a speech to welcome the guest by Dekan FEP, Prof Dr. Norman. Our special guest started his discourse by sharing his experience since he started working until now. Prior joining the EPF, Tunku Alizakri was the chief marketing officer and chief operating officer to The Iclif Leadershio and Governance Centre. He had also held the positions as director of strategic management of Bank Negara; director and head of group strategic and corporate affairs at DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd; and vice-president and head of group strategic planning at Malayan Banking Bhd.

According to the information of The Star newspaper, there was a statement said by EPF, ''Tunku Alizakri brings a broad experience of strategic planning, communications, human resources and marketing to the role.''

A holder of Masters of Business Administration from Cornel  University and Bachelor of Laws from King's College, University of London, Tunku Alizakri had practised as an advocate and solicitor in the courts of Malaysia and is qualified as a Barrister (Lincoln's Inn) in the courts of England and Wales.

Besides that, there was a Q&A section for all the students who were concerned about their to ask Tunku Alizakri to increase their information and do the proper decision. I'm glad to attend this Macroeconomic discourse which could increase my knowledge and saw the special person who were succeed in his life.

Life of Strays 2017

Spokesperson : Desmond Teoh from 8TV & NTV7 TV Host

           I had been attented to a programme this morning named Life of Strays 2017 at NEw Block, Faculty Science & Technology. It was the first University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) event that emphasis on strays issues. They were trying to show that humans, strays can cohabit and humans learn about their nature and manage their population. 

Life of strays aims to 

- raise awareness for managing strays and animal rights among students and public .

- remove misunderstanding, misconception and fear towards stray animals through education of animal body language, animal nature and psychology and the spread of diseases.

- create a platform to get information and involvement in animal rescue of NGO for students and public.

- to invoke the sense of responsibility for all members of the public, including pet owners, in the battle of animal rights in Malaysia society.

 

       There were various talks such as Animal Health & Nutrition by Dr Hasliza Abu Hassim and Dr Gayathri Thevi Selvarajah. The title of the talk was 'What should you know about health care for your pet cat or dog? Promoting Responsible Ownership'.

      The second talk is about Dog Nature 101: The Basics bt Dave Teoh who is Dog Trainer & Behaviourist Founder of Knine Professional Dog Services. He teached us that dogs are not necessarily nuisance, unpredictable and dangerous. He also talked about the basics of dog's nature, body language and avoiding aggression.

      The third programme was a forum that talked about Animal Rights, Abuse and Rescue by Dr Saravanakumar Supramanium from DVS and Mr Kelvin Cheach Kheng Tatt fromm SPCA. They discussed about animal rights in Malaysia, the reality of abuse and the need for the rescuing strays.

      The next talk was the Dog Training & Psycology Training by Stephanie Keong who will ne conducting a workshop for those that struggle to train their own dogs, show how to create a balanced and happy dogs.

          On top of talks, there also had a mini pet expo that I could learn more about pet products and companies.

Day Out with Oppa : Rep Off Challenge

            On the 13^th of May, Optimum Nutrition organized Rep Off Challenge at One More Rep Gymnasium in Serdang. My oppa participated in this challenge so I went with him and his friend to give him support. It was open to everyone above the age of 15. There were two categories, one for male and one for female. The event started at 11am and ended around 7pm. We went there at 5pm and my oppa joined the last batch of participants in this challenge. 

  

              The participants needed to perform 3 different types of exercises which are called squats, bench press and deadlifts. Given one minute for each exercise, the participants needed to perform as many repetitions as possible of a fixed weight. The repetitions needed to be done with the correct form. The competition was tough for both categories. However, my oppa did pretty well. He received a T-shirt as a gift for participating.

             It was an interesting event as it promotes a healthy lifestyle among the people in the community. 

PS: He wants me to call him Oppa. Hahaha.

Panggung Bodhi 2017 < DEMONS >

Yesterday night, I had been attended to a small event but it's a meaningful lesson for everyone. 

Panggung Bodhi 2017 was a event that organised by UKM Buddhist Fellowship (UKMBF) on 10th of May 2017 at Dewan Sri Kayangan Danau UKM. The purpose to organised this event was to encourage students to put down their hatred bacause all the hatred was coming from the heart. Every human has both side attitude that one is dark and evil while another side is the good side.

These theme of this dance drama was the < Demons >  which was match up with Wesak Day Celebration. This was the first time that they try to delivered the message from Buddhist Stories by organising a dance drama which was built up by 3 short stories and each of the story had their own value and every value represented different types of human's attitude such as ‘greedy', 'angry' and 'silly'. 

Even though I'm a Christian, but I attended to this event not only went to support my friends who were actor and actress. I also learnt what the message that they tried to try tell us which are not only emphasize in Buddhism, but also in other religion. 'Greedy', 'angry' and 'silly' should keep away from everyone to make better life.

20th New Tune Live Performance

Last Friday, 5th May 2017 was the 20th New Tune Live Performance (NTLP20) which was held at Dectar. The theme of this year is 'Music is what we need; what we crave'.

I'm so proud that one of the New Tune Dance Crews and had opportunity to perform on the stage in front of thousand of people.

 

I had involved in all the dance slots such as Bang Bang, Toy Soldier, Say You Won't Let Go and Can't Stop The Feelings. 

Actually, my favourite dance is Tango that I have never try before and it was my first time with my partner named Zia Wei. The cooperation between us was getting better and better even though we only had 2 weeks to practice. Thanks choreographer believed in me and chose me as the dancer of this song ' Tao' and thanks to my partner.

Besides that, there were 15 songs were performed with live band and all the songs were written and arranged by students of UKM.  

The wonderful night that I won't forget, the precious moment that I had been through with you guys, the hardcore moment during the practice, the thought that we won't give up easily.

Thanks all the dance crews and glad to know you all.

My first year uni life was bright because of you all.

Movie Review - GET OUT

Get Out is an indie thriller that came out recently. I had the privilege to watch it at the cinemas with some friends. It is a horror movie that touches the issues of racism in America. I found the movie to be very interesting as to how the plot developed. There were several foreshadows that gave the audience the idea of where the story is going but it's atill mysterious at the same time. The movie kept me at my toes the whole way.

The story talks about a mixed couple who was visiting the girlfriend's parents in her hometown. The guy was an African-American while the girlfriend is a Caucasian. The movie got eerie as soon as they started their journey back with weird events happening. Spoiler alert......

It turns out in the end that the girlfriend was actually a fraud. She is part of a syndicate that kidnaps people from the black community for the advantage of her people in her hometown. The girlfriend's father is a neurosurgeon that has mastered a brain transplant process. This surgery allows the transferring of human life from people who are aged or handicapped to healthier and genetically superior beings--the black folks.

The movie ends on a good note as the black boyfriend successfully escapes the syndicate. Ienjoyed the movie very much as it gave me food of thought and raised awareness on the racial stereotypes that should not be allowed to continue exist in our community.

Exploration Macroeconomic 2017

On 26th April 2017, i had been attented to programme Exploration Macroeconomic. For those who took macroeconomic in this sem were compulsory to attend to this programme because it carried 20 marks over 100 marks. 

Before 8.30am, all of us were reached to dewan kuliah on time and waiting for the open ceremony. First of all, Dr. Mohd Adib Ismail was giving us speech and briefing about the programme.

After that, all of the students are divided into groups into diffrent parts such as Ujian Bertulis, Pop Quiz Macroeconomic, Pantun 4 Kerat Macroeconomic, Jigsaw Puzzle Macroeconomic and Debate Macroeconomic. After all of this, we had our lunch and rest to wait for the next section.

We were having Warcry competition among 10 groups students and that was really fun during the competition.

Closing speech was spoke by Timbalan Dekan, Hal Ehwal Ehwal Pelajar, Akademik, Alumni & Antarabangsa. Awarding ceremony was carried on for those won the competition in different parts.

Finally, the programme finished in 4:15pm.

Public Lecture: Zero Poverty Through Job Creation

On 20th April 2017, there was second public lecture that attented by first year students who was taking Course Fundanmentals of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The title of the day was 'Zero Poverty Through Job Creation'.

The speaker of the day was Puan Nerfarini Daing who is the CEO of myHarapan. MyHarapan is a Youth Trust Foundation that non-partisan, not-fot-profit and non-governmental organization and supports youth projects by providing platforms and opportunities.

I have learnt a lot of things from this public lecture. I discussed the topic and done the project with my gang. 

UKM Career and Entrepreneurship Expo 2017

This afternoon, I had been attented to an event which was UKM Career and Entrepreneurship Expo 2017 which was held at Dectar UKM. The purpose of this event was to improve the knowledge of students about their course. For me, I'm not only knew better about my course, but I also had a clear mindset for my future and made the proper decision.

Besides that, for who were taking Business courses compulsory to attend to this event to carry on the interview section. This could improve the presentation skill, the courage and the experience of every students. There were 50 different types of companies for different courses of students. For example, AIA company is a company which need their workers good at calculation and recording because of a lot of data, students from Faculthy Economic and Management are more suitable comparing with science stream students.

Even though I'm just a first year students and still have a lot time to prepare, but I got a lot of information from this event which could help me for my future of work. By adding our effort, I think that many of us can ready to fight for future with a clear mindset.

Lumut Hiking Day

 

In this mid sem break, I back to hometown and back to the body uniform that I involed in secondary school named The Boys' Brigade and particapted the Lumut Hiking on 8th of April at Perak that organised by juniors. 

When we reached the top of the mountain, we had a break and enjoy our breakfast that prepared before we departed to here. This was the time that we chitchat and established bond among each other. 

Hi! My juniors. Do not forget me altough I had graduated and entered the university. I will be there when you need for help.

UKM NewTune Dance Camp

UKM New Tune Music Workshop will be held at Dectar on 5th of May 2017. They are entering the 20th years that they had never failed to chase their dreams. Theme of the year is 'Music is what we need; what we crave'. 

I'm one of the dancer in New Tune Dance Crew so that I have a chance to perform at the stage of Dectar on 5th of May. Hope you guys can come and support us.

To prepare the up coming show, we had New Tune dance camp to practice each part and had a inofficial rehearsal during 1st until 3rd of April. 

Pesta Angpau UPM

I had been attented to the 12th Programme Perta Ang Pau Universiti Putra Malaysia that organised by Zhong Hua Cultural Arts Society UPM in cooperation with Student AffairsDivision UPM last Friday night. This year the theme is 'The Great Reminiscene', which indicate 'hope'. 

The event reached its climax with the drama named 'A Winter Tale' that consists of musical, dancing, singing and wushu. The story happened during the Ming Dynasty. 

We had a photo with the director of this drama Emiko Ten who was directed our UKM PAP drama on 5th March. 

Singapore Trip Day-3

 OMG... ... I had to back to school after a short trip.

Before my brother sent me to bus station to back to UKM, he brougt me to have a delicious brunch with a nice restaurants.

Marche Restaurant stands for healthy nutrition and offers food that is cooked right before my eyes. Experienced my tasty food with all my senses. They cook with seasonal products which are free of preservatives, artificial colours and flavour enhancers.

The smell of fresh rostisserie chicken was so nice.

The best things in the world is enjoying all the delicious food.