Contest: Getting Oriented Mystery Man

Image of hand courtesy of winnond/FreeDigitalPhotos.net 1. Count the number of times the mystery man appears in the Getting Oriented 2013 booklet (available in your Orientation pack and also in the left sidebar on the MonDo). 2. Comment below with the correct number and your student ID, name, mobile number and MONASH STUDENT EMAIL ADDRESS. 3….

4th MUSA Council Meeting 2013 – Highlights

By Lestari Hairul The 4th MUSA Council Meeting started at approximately 6.40pm in the MUSA meeting room with an announcement by the General Secretary regarding the previous meeting’s minutes and the acceptance of its final draft. The President then went on with his report that included the clarification on the extended length of time being…

Too Cute For Words? Part II

  By Parvin Sandhu Once, when I went to the pet store to purchase dog food, I came across some dogs too big for their tiny cages, and told the owner, “That cage is too small for this dog, don’t you think?” His response was, “That means you have to buy them faster.” This shows…

Monash Parking Woes – Information Session recap

By Hanny Kee On Tuesday 30 April 2013, Mr. Pang Koon Tuck, the Executive Director of Monash University Sunway Campus (MUSC) held an information session. The MUSC community was notified of the major projects going on around Bandar Sunway that will directly affect us, namely, the construction of an underpass linking Sunway South Quay to the new…

Monash Parking Woes – Redux

Photographed on 8th April 2013 By Lestari Hairul This video was shot over two days to visually document the problems with the parking at Monash University Sunway Campus. Based on cursory looks at the parking condition each successive day after the filming, the situation does not appear to be getting any better at all. Cars…

Year of the Gamer in coming

By Rahat Alam Twenty-Thirteen is the year when all the gamers of the world start counting the days and tightening the grip on their wallet. We have overcome an apocalypse last December so in accordance to universal Newtonian laws, we get to game A LOT. Sony announced their PlayStation 4, Microsoft’s still holding back on…

Monash Nerf Club

The Monash Nerf Club meets every Friday evening at the basement 6 to 8.30pm. By Geraldine Tan

3rd Council Meeting 2013

By Lestari Hairul The 3rd MUSA Council Meeting 2013 started at 6.35pm, Thursday 18th April with an explanation by the GenSec on new council meeting procedural. Once the administrative housekeeping was out of the way, the President then informed those in attendance of an upcoming plan by the Administration to implement a shuttle bus service in…

5 Reasons Why Corporate Giants Should Hire Professional/Highly Skilled Dota Players

By Brian Soong What crosses your mind when you hear the term ‘Professional Dota Gamers’? A fat, long-haired, pimple-face with thick-rimmed specs eating a bag of chicken nuggets? Hold your orgasms: Of course, not all e-sports athletes are this good looking. Stereotypes aside, pro Dota players have superhuman-like abilities that would make them dream employees for…

Monash Parking Woes – the Issue of Safety

By Lestari Hairul The dissatisfaction over the loss of more parking spaces has generated a lot of discussion, both on- and offline. The petition that has been making its rounds online have now reached 471 signatures with the target number increased yet again to 750. As the weekend comes to an end, the foremost question…

Monash Parking Woes

By Lestari Hairul It all started with an email sent, on Thursday 4th April 2013,  to each Monash Sunway student account, informing us about the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project that will be commencing soon, further decimating the number of (legal) parking spots. As disgruntled students Tweeted; updated their Facebook statuses; and groused with friends,…

The Woman Behind the Door (1950)

Kenny has been translating old Iranian short stories into English in his free time in the hopes that more readers will be able to enjoy these intriguing stories. This is his latest translation.  Originally in Farsi by Ahmad Shamlou Translated by Khashayar Mohammadi (Kenny) Photo from WallpapersCraft  You would take me as a madman if I…

Shake with Style!

By Yong Jo Leen Most of you Monashians would have already known by now the two dance crazes, Harlem Shake and Gangnam Style, that have taken over the Web especially because of the proliferation of numerous social media platforms. Those of you who do not know what exactly these two dances are, well, perhaps it’s…

Movie Review: Cloud Atlas

By Jimmy Liew Perhaps the film most overlooked by the Academy for a Best Picture Award nomination this year has to be none other than Cloud Atlas, helmed by no less than three directors including the Wachowski siblings of ‘The Matrix’ trilogy fame and German director Tom Tykwer, who conjured up the masterpiece that is…

Game Review: Tomb Raider 2013

By Sam Wijesoma Boobs…boobies…less boobies? Huh? What? WHY!? Yup, that was me mired in frustration as I hotly anticipated the fresh new take on my beloved Lara Croft in Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider (2013). My beloved Lara Croft you say? Having grown up playing with her in Tomb Raider to watching her breasts evolve (augmentation)…