Who organised it? Alexa & Kaveiinaa
When was it? 19th March 2011, Saturday from 7pm onwards
Where was it held? Maroubra Beach
How many people attended? Approx. 50
How much did it cost? Free of charge for members and $2 for non-members
What did we do?
The event started at around 6.30pm with some members meeting up at Uni main walkway… When we reached there, the rain was pouring, but we managed to find shade. Pizza, chips, drinks were offered. Everyone mingled for about an hours as the crowd gathered.

We organised a continuos series of games on the beach by splitting the crowd into 5 groups of 8. The first game was where groups lined up and each group member had to be blindfolded except for one person (the eye). Water balloons were hidden in the sand in advance. The eye had to lead the members to where the balloons were and pick them up. The eye however, was not allowed to touch the balloons!

The following game was a gastronomical adventure, where each group was given 5 eggs to be eaten. The fastest group won.

As a tie breaker, we had a sprinting game where participants sprinted for around 25 metres.

To top it all, two members were thrown into the sea, and as a ritual, one of them was our very own president, Ms Su Yiin.

Although it was a cold and windy day, the rain cooperated with us and it started pouring again after all the games had ended. The winning group won $150 worth of Aseana vouchers.

With a full stomach, sandy body and aching arms and legs, everyone went back with a smile on their faces.

This event is organised every year. As such, see you all next year for a different Moonlight Beach Chaos. Hopefully we’ll get to see the moon then, at least!

Who organised it? Jie Han & Kevin
When was it? 12th March 2011, Saturday from 9am to 4pm
Where was it held? All over the city
How many people attended? 15
How much did it cost? Cost of the bus tickets
What did we do?
We brought students new to Sydney to explore the main attractions Sydney has to offer. Our journey to the various locations in the city was possible with the use of public transport and by walking.

It all started out in Bondi Beach, where we had fun under the sun.

Then, we went to the city for some sightseeing. A must see is the Opera House in Circular Quay! Sorry, no photo with the Opera House.

Next, we went to the Rocks Market.

When our stomachs were growling for food, we went for lunch at the ever so famous, Pancakes on the Rocks.

We walked around a little bit more, but then it got cloudy and thus, we decided to end our day with a high note.

Join us next time for the next City Tour and we would explore more exciting destinations within Sydney city.

Who organised it? Mark & Kevin
When was it? 5th March 2011, Saturday from 10am to 2pm
Where was it held? Coogee Beach
How many people attended? Approx. 100
How much did it cost? Free of charge!
What did we do?
This event was this year’s first semester’s Welcoming BBQ party. Both old and new Malaysian students from UNSW came together for a scrumptious awesome BBQ over at Coogee Beach!

The warm summer breeze by the beach made the occasion very enjoyable. There was heaps of food available for all to enjoy, such as:
- BBQ chicken wings
- Chicken sausages
- Domino’s Pizza!

During the BBQ, both new and older Malaysian Students had a good time mingling with each other. It was a great opportunity for senior Malaysian Students to share their invaluable tips and advices to the new Malaysian students at UNSW. We also played several games and had lots of fun!

In the end, people left with a big smile and a BIG tummy! The event was a success, thanks to those who were present!

As for those who were unable to join us, TAK PAYAH TAKUT! There will be a second semester, Welcoming BBQ party and it will definitely satisfy your hungry appetite till you can’t take it no more!

AISA - Congratulations to the Malaysian Student Association

The Assembly of International Students Associations (AISA) Sports Meet is an annual sports carnival organised by International student Services with the aim of promoting friendship amongst international students at UNSW. 

This year the AISA Sports Meet was held during the Session 1 Easter break, from Tuesday 14 April – Thursday 16 April, 2009.  The competition over the three-days was very strong and in each of the sports there were some very close matches.  On Tuesday 14 April, the Singaporean (SSA), Malaysian(MSO), Chinese(CSA) and Indonesian(ISA) student associations battled it out during a gruelling one day Badminton Tournament at the Sydney Boys High Stadium.  Although all teams put up a good fight, SSA were too strong in the end, winning both the male and female games.

On Wednesday 15 April, the same teams were back to fight it out for first place in the Basketball tournament. There were some very close games, in both the men’s and women’s matches, however MSO ended up taking out first place in both the men’s and women’s games.

The AISA Sports Meet finished on Thursday 16 April with the Soccer Tournament.  Six teams participated in the soccer Tournament, including, SSA, MSO, CSA, the Iranian Sports Organisation (ISO), the Botswanan Sports Association (BSA), and the Vietnamese Cultural Ensemble (VCE).  It was the first time that ISO had participated in the AISA Sports Meet so it was fantastic to have them join the soccer and we hope that they can join us again in future events.  Although the soccer fields were a bit muddy at Centennial Park each team gave their best and put on an entertaining show.  After a thrilling but exhausting day, the finals came down to a very exciting game between MSO and SSA.  Both MSO and SSA’s scores from the previous day’s tournaments were so close that whichever of these teams won the soccer they would also be the winner of the overall AISA Tournament for S1 2009.  The competition between MSO and SSA in the final soccer match was so tough that neither team scored during the 2 halves.  The game then went into overtime during which MSO scored a goal, making MSO the winner of the soccer and thus the overall winner for the S1 2009 AISA Sports Meet.

Congratulations MSO and a big thank you to all of the student associations who participated, for making the AISA Sports Meet so exciting and fun!!

From ISS UNSW

Adapted from ISS Newsletter

~ The Publishers ~

COMETH RAYS, HAIL, RAIN & SHINE. WE FEAR YOU NOT.

First and foremost, MSO UNSW would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the members who made their way to Coogee for our WELCOMING BEACH BBQ. Hooray to our very first event this year! Coogee Beach was our hand-picked spot due to its well-known reputation as one of Sydney’s favourite beaches and the close proximity to home. For those still unfamiliar with directions around town, MSO provided our very own escort service led by charming Kai Xian and Sabrina. The turnout on that day was spectacular and when I say spectacular I mean “WHOA.LOOK AT THE LINE….” SPECTACULAR! =) We had more than 300 attendees of both freshers and oldies mingling in one of Sydney’s favourite beaches close to home.

The committee members *special drumroll for Mei* rigorously prepared sausages, onion rings and other grilled items while some distributed vegetarian and flavoured pizzas, garlic breads, drinks etc  assorted halal food. The barbeque pits never got cold and even the sudden storm left as quickly as it came, intimidated by the sheer enthusiasm of fellow MSOians. With the dark clouds gone and the sun out again, more food were supplied. Fellow MSOians baked *i mean basked* *coughs* themselves under the sun while meeting new friends and acquaintances.  Even beeps were honked by the petrol units whom amazed by the crowd, very “gently” and kindly reminded us to clean up the bbq area.

For those who stayed and lingered long enough, one cannot miss out on the laughter pealed as members and red shirts partake in social games.

All in all, this event was a success and we hope all of you had as much fun as we did. Thank you once again all for supporting MSO.  This also goes out to committee members from other SUAMS, MSA and MASA . =) We do hope to see you in our next upcoming events. CHeerioZ~

~ The Publishers ~

Pictures courtesy to Sabrina, Dinesh and YL.

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Although i’m pretty sure not everyone might be looking forward to starting a new academic semester at uni, they sure seemed to look forward to the satay that was promised to be served at the Welcoming Lepak! My mouth was watering as the other committee members brought two trays full of satay with the works at 2pm on that sunny but chilly Sunday afternoon.

It started off with a slow trickle of people but soon enough (in less than an hour!) the food was gone and the crowd was hankering for more satay and nasi impit. See, next time it pays not to follow ‘Malaysian time’. It was good getting to know new faces and catching up with old ones.

It was certainly entertaining to watch the Banana Game in progress, although it ended pretty quickly because the winning team expertly manuevered their bananas to win themselves brand new webcams! You should have been there to see the weird..urm..stuff they got themselves into. Later on, some of them played a round of ultimate frisbee while the rest mingled about and dispersed.

All in all, it was a good beginning to the new semester. Here’s looking forward to the upcoming events! You definitely wouldn’t want to miss it. After all, it’s always nice to have familiar faces from home, especially during winter!

Finally, THE Mamak Night has arrived. I’ve heard a lot about it from the senior committees and has been anticipating it since starting of the semester.

 6.15pm – Reached Ananda’s place to help carry the Teh Tarik.

6.30pm – Carrying the uber heavy Teh Tarik from Barkers ALL THE WAY to the RoundHouse with Kai Xian.

6.45pm – Helping out with the arrangements of food and stuffs at Cougar Bar. Heaps of hungry people are already queueing outside the bar.

7.00-9.45pm – Party started. People began coming in and lined up for fooodddddddddddd. We had fried chicken, chicken curry, satay chicken, fried rice, white rice and roti canai. It was a great deal, for a mere $5(members), you get to have unlimited rounds of food and drinks! A lot of people had more than one round and soon we ran out of food even before 9.45pm.

9plus/10-ish pm – Most people have left. Committees and some really nice people stayed back and clean up the mess.

At the end of the day, it was a superb night! About 150 (gross estimation) people turned up for the event! Thank you peeps, and we hope to see you during our next event – The Ski Trip 2008

Good luck in your finals!

Upon reaching the UNSW bus stop at about 10am, I was shocked to see there just so few of us going for the paintball. Heaps of people who comfirmed on facebook or with Bryant failed to turn up, some even decided to turn off their handphones!!

Anyway, instead of 30-40plus people that I initially expected to see, there were merely 13 of us. Nevertheless, I am very sure we had all the fun that we’re supposed to have if everyone turned up!

We hopped on to the bus(I think it was called the “Fun Bus” or something) and off we go to the paintball venue. Here are some pictures on the bus.

I just noticed this…everyone please look at Ananda’s eyes!!

aww….he wants Picnic…

 After the registration, we were each given a mechanic-like-uniform and NO vests(execpt for the girls).  Following photo was taken after changing into the uniform.

The YouTube video is the commercial of Action Paintball, just to show you guys how paintball is like and also imagine how much fun we had getting shot at!

By the way, kudos to the fella who shot me at my tits and my manhood while I’M ACTUALLY STANDING IN THE DEAD ZONE!! If you did that because of what we wrote on the email “Now you can get us back for all the spam we send!”, I did not send out any emails okay, it was our Webmaster!!!

Last but not least, a group photo!

The event offcially ended at around 4 or 5pm, it was really fun playing paintball with you guys!

Thank you to all those who showed up!!

Sorry for the late blog entry guys, was busy with assignments & tests!!

Anyway, that morning, Michelle, Kai Xian, Huey Shyan and I decided to be nice human being and be punctual for the event. We reached the pier at about 9.30am, only to be told by the person-in-charge that he was suprised to see us there so early!!!! Apparently the meeting time was Malaysian Timing(it means the real meeting time is at least half an hour or an hour later)!

After waiting for n-hours, we started off with a short briefing where we were taught about how to paddle and the safety measures. There were four boats, one society each which consists of about 12-14 strong men and women. We were given a 30minutes training and synchonizing our movements before the official run. By the time we finished the training, my hands were already tired!

During the official race, all that I can remember is someone counting the numbers and me getting wet on one side of my body!! Dragon boating is not as easy as it seems okayy, I recalled when the person in front increased the speed on the counting, we were paddling like machines, at one point I seriously can’t even feel my hands and I even felt like throwing the paddle away! Anyhow our hardwork did pay off cause as far as I am concern, it looks to me that we’ve won. Although others might have some say about it, but to me, We’ve won, I don’t care =P.

After the race, it was time for PIZZAAS. There were too much pizzas for too few of us that quite a few of us had one box each and we couldn’t even finish it by ourselves. Shortly after the meal, everyone started packing up and left.

It was a great experience to actually participate in a Dragon boat race, especially during such a cooling weather(the water is sibeh cold). For all those who missed it, be sure to join us again next year!

I must say, it feels great to see so many of you actually came to our lepak-lepak night as initially I thought most of the people will prefer to stay at home because it’s too cold or just study at home cause it in between the mid-sessions.

Anyway, we gathered at the Physics Lawn at about 5pm, hanged around talking to each other and played frisbee and football. Teh tarik, kuih and some desert were served and I personally think the food and drinks were superb!!(though a bit less sugar would be better). Having a hot drink in such a cold weather just feels goooooood.

When the day turns darker, we departed to the cinema to watch the “Iron Man”. The movie lasted for 2 hours plus and seriously those who haven’t watched it should go do so immediately! I recommend  GMax @ Greater Union, George Street, the seats are large and comfy and the screen is huge.

Once again, we @ MSO sincerely thank all those who came yesterday and certainly hoped you have enjoyed yourselves. Please stay tuned for more upcoming exciting activities.

 P.S Sorry for not having any photos as it was too dark!