‘Wah, best-ah, got bazaar again leh.’ (Please appreciate the pun, I realise it’s a stretch but I didn’t know how else to start the article ok sue me.) Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get down to business (TO DEFEAT THE HUNS!). Week 6 marked the return to school for all of us…
Category: Event Coverage
To Teach Is To Touch A Life Forever (Educator’s Appreciation Week)
It gets almost too easy for us in this age of fast paced technology to take for granted important components in our life, one being our educators. Educators, teachers, guardians of knowledge; however you’d like to put it, they are those whom guide us, motivate us and most of enlighten us to be better, more…
Experiences of Attending a Cantonese Dialect Workshop
Hello! My name is Hans Willard and I’m a 2nd year medical student from the MBBS course in Monash University Malaysia. On the 24th of March, I attended the Cantonese Dialect Workshop organised by the MUSA representatives of the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Personally, I felt that the dialect workshop would…
War Amongst The People of MUSA (MUSA Wars 2018)
8.45 in the morning, I found myself sitting in the MUSA Office, staring blindly at the wall. The thought of why I had woken up so early on a Saturday morning pondering on my mind. Then I heard someone scream, “Registration is now open!”. I dragged myself off the chair to get myself registered. Only…
Viridis Green Awareness Campaign
With Earth Day being just around the corner (22nd April to be exact), campaigns on environmental protection are doubled to serve as reminders for the ones who contribute the most to Earth’s pollution – us. As part of the #MonashGoesGreen movement, Viridis organized a campaign to enlighten students on the environmental issues going around globally….
Glow Up In The Dark
For most of us here, week 5 is normally regarded as ‘stress week’, seeing as some of the units (unless you’re unlucky like me, then all of the units) has an assignment or test due. On Thursday of this week, the Monash University Student Association (MUSA) hosted the Glow Up event. Essentially, it was a…
SOB x SOS Mingle Night (Sem 1, 2018)
Editor’s Note: This is a special, wholesome guest-written piece by our MUSA Business and Science Representatives. Show them some love! #MUSAEditorsLoveSOS&SOB Mingle Night was the first event organized by the new Science and Business reps in year 2018. FROM THE SCIENCE REPS: Leading up to the event was a whole load of obstacles standing…
FLY Article 3: Budgeting Before Examinations
Editor’s Note: In collaboration with Financial Literacy for Youths: Malaysia (FLY), MONGA will be releasing some of their articles on our blog. This is to promote financial literacy among millennials, in hopes to ease their way into the scary realm of personal finance and adulting. For more articles like this, feel free to hop on…
Obsession: Vined
Editor’s Note: For our very first thematic month competition, we’ve decided to explore the extremely personal theme of ‘Obsession’. After much internal deliberation, we settled on Katherine Khaw’s ‘Vined’, a delicate poem that not only showcases her obsession and adoration, but successfully blurs the fine line between a gentle caress and a chokehold. Perhaps, she’s…
C&S Review: Monash Dance Fusion Club
This week I tried out Monash Dance Fusion Club. Well to be more specific, since I couldn’t exactly go for all the classes they offer (of which there are loads), I tried out their beginner Jazz class. Having no solid dance experience and terrible coordination, I was feeling anxious and somewhat terrified. Dance was something…
Money Management: House or a Car?
Editor’s Note: In collaboration with Financial Literacy for Youths: Malaysia (FLY), MONGA will be releasing some of their articles on our blog. This is to promote financial literacy among millennials, in hopes to ease their way into the scary realm of personal finance and adulting. For more articles like this, feel free to hop on…
MUIG Week
The entirety of Week 4 in Semester 1 wasn’t just a week when assignments were starting to pile up, but a rather triumphant string of events for the Monash University Investment Group’s annual MUIG week. Their ambitious, collective effort sprawled across 3 major events, namely their ‘Survival in the Metropolis’ board game tournament, a two-day…
C&S Review: Model United Nations
Editor’s note: If you’ve wondered about what really goes down during the clubs and societies you didn’t get to sign up for (or decided to let that RM10 stay in your wallet for a little longer), here’s an insider’s look! “WHO ARE WE TO QUESTION GOD-“ The room was bustling with people as…
Student Living: The Economist’s Way
Editor’s Note: In collaboration with Financial Literacy for Youths: Malaysia (FLY), MONGA will be releasing some of their articles on our blog. This is to promote financial literacy among millennials, in hopes to ease their way into the scary realm of personal finance and adulting. For more articles like this, feel free to hop on…
‘Depression: Let’s Talk’ by MUPhaS
On the 14th and 15th of March, MuPhas was back in action with their annual Public Health Campaign and this year with a theme that is not foreign to us – Depression. The campaign was officiated by A/Prof Dr. Victor Chuang followed by a melodious performance by our very own Monash Chamber Orchestra. Both days…
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