Words by Achugovind Kumar Photos by Lee Weng Kent On the 7th of December 2013, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Malaysia and IMechE Monash University Malaysia (MUM) Student Chapter jointly organized one of the most prestigious public speaking competitions in the engineering industry, Speak Out for Engineering (SOfE) Malaysia National Finals 2013. Speak Out…
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9th MSC Meeting – Highlights
By Lestari Hairul Photos by Brian Soong The 9th MSC meeting, also the final meeting for MUSA 2013, began at 12.31pm on Friday 22nd November 2013. Aside from the usual suspects, the meeting was also attended by the incoming MUSA 2014 office-bearers and Mobashsher Fahad, the ex-President of the now-defunct Comic Club. Incumbent President, Melvin…
MonGa The Opinion Issue is out!
Our final issue for our term is finally out! Copies are available in front of the Library, next to the Maybank ATM machine, on a wobbly table by the round tables near the cafeteria and soon enough in the new MUSA student lounge! Grab them now :)
PhD Life is…
“Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com By Claire Grant In this article we will look briefly at some of the challenges and joys of PhD life on campus. PhD life is: 1. Independent. A solo act in itself, you can make your PhD as sociable a journey as you want, but the end result…
Monash Sports Carnival 2013
Words By AA and Naadia Buhary Photos by Ai Lin Soh and Yiow See Yeng It was the 19th of October, a Saturday and it was 8am. That’s right, you heard us. 8am MOTHAF*****. Why were we in Monash at 8 am, you might ask? Well, the Monash Sports Carnival was being held that very…
Student Trip: Asian Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium 2013 Report
By Tan Zhi Shan Konichiwa! A couple of us pharmacy students (Zhi Shan, Wei Yang, Jamie Leong, Hui Shun, Chai Yee, Jia Yung and Rachel Tan) were fortunate enough to be selected from a pool of other pharmacy students in Malaysia to attend the Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium (APPS), which was held in Chiba prefecture,…
8th MSC Meeting – Highlights
Will we see a full house like this in upcoming meetings? By Lestari Hairul The 8th MSC Meeting commenced at about 6.19pm on Thursday, 10th October 2013. The meeting saw a large number of attendees as the recently voted-in Council candidates were also there. Vice-Presidents’ report was up first as they presented two subsidy applications….
A cliché from me to you, with frikkin’ love
By Thamindri Aluvihare The cliche goes something like this; “If you ask me, I wouldn’t know to say that THIS was the moment that I realized that I’m moving on with my life, but for all I know, somewhere along the road, I had” Contrary to popular speculations and much adored clichés, I am fully…
The Battle of the Giants: MUSA Election Debates 2013
By Hanny Kee *All photos taken from their respective Facebook groups.* Two parties: Team Transcend (represented in purple) and Team Sapientia (represented in blue), are currently vying to fill the 38 MUSA positions for 2014. The highlight of the elections was of course the debates of the office-bearers (with the exception of General Secretary), namely…
Monash Annual Ball 2013 prep: The Food
By Lestari Hairul “Oooh fancy!” We’d just rolled into the driveway of the Majestic Hotel and were treated to a sight seldom seen on the KL streets. Doormen and valets, all dressed up in colonial livery, were greeting the owners of the expensive cars driving up just ahead of us. Since we are but broke…
Film Screening: Brazil – Getting To Know The Monash Film Society
Theatrical Release Poster (Photo credit here) By Anushiya Suresh Recently, the Monash University Film Society had their first movie screening for the semester, which was the movie Brazil. In my opinion it was a suitable film, which sadly lacked the audience of students, as it was not a typical movie. I attended the screening of the…
7th MSC Meeting – highlights
By Lestari Hairul The 7th MSC Meeting started at 6.17pm on Thursday, 5th September 2013 and for that evening, a few members of each party contesting for the upcoming MUSA Elections were present. At the advice of the MUSA President during a Q & A session earlier in the week, party members of both Transcend and Sapientia sat in…
All Purpose, Affordable Black Smokey Eye!
Let’s face it, we’re poor, University kids with a limited budget. Going to a formal event is never a cheap endeavor. Aside from the entry tickets, we have to pay for the dress, the hair, the shoes… and let’s not forget about the accessories… Don’t worry, I have an affordable solution for you makeup wise,…
10 Reasons to Watch Running Man
By Joel Wong Not many people are willing to give in to the power of the Hallyu wave, and those who haven’t have been drenched by the waters of all things Korean and may find it difficult to wallow into the idol-infested waters. It’s understandable to not want to be a part of the mushiness or…
Monash Annual Ball 2013 prep: Mr & Ms Monash nominees
By Lestari Hairul The best part about being in Editors is behind-the-scenes access to MUSA events and thus, through the pretext of informing the student populace of Monash Annual Ball (MAB) 2013, we managed to wheedle some exclusive insider passes into the prep-work that goes into creating what is set to be the best ball…
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