Selamat Hari Merdeka

Hey Peeps!

A little Merdeka photo for you.

Some of the Taylor's students was having a little Independence Celebration themselves just to remember this date when our first Prime Minister shouted MERDEKA for 7 times.

Maybe because of Raya, it doesn't feel like Merdeka.

Still, I am wishing Malaysia

Selamat Hari Merdeka. 

Hopefully Malaysia Day will be one awesome celebration!

Invitation!
Taylor's Student Experience department is inviting you to join the colourful Merdeka Day celebration on the 13 September (tuesday) 10-10.30am in the Ampitheater. For more info email: studentdevelopment@taylors.edu.my

Mental Health, School of Meds & Engineering fair updates

Ohla, 

I'm here to update you all on things that are going on with Taylor's University. 

The Counseling and Psychological Services Centre (CPSC) is organizing the "Taylor's 3rd Annual Mental Health and Healthy Living Campaign" on 6-8 September 2011. 

Learn more about living a healthy lifestyle and participate in interesting talks and activites e.g bone scan, blood donation, colestrol level check, BMI check and etc. 

Interested in Medical Degree? 3rd October intake is open for interview. More info click here.

Below are captions on what happened in the engineering fair in Taylor's. It is uploaded on Taylor's Uni FB. Check it out in the link http://www.facebook.com/TaylorsUniversityMY
It's kinda cool.

 Above is a 3 in 1 recycle bin, it helps to separate your waste into different compartment like plastic, glass and etc. There is a sensor inside that will do the separating job for you!

Above is a cooling cap. It has an aluminium sheet inside and a fan to cool your head since Malaysia is super hot.

To check it out, link below!
http://www.facebook.com/TaylorsUniversityMY
cherio!

What you missed: Taylor's Science Discovery Day

Taylor's University Health Sciences Division recently organised the Science Discovery Day 2011 in August 2011. Over 160 pax of Pre-U, Foundation in Science, UEC to present Form 5 and Form 6 students had the opportunity to visit the science laboratories and facilities in Taylor's University, and also gained a better understanding of the health sciences programmes offered and its career pathways. 

Pictures paints a thousand words. Check it out to see what they had learned. 

Students arriving and registering.

 

Some classroom theories and learning.

Now we get to play with some tools.

Learning about the various biochemical tests conducted on blood and urine sample.

Students working with Friability tester in Pharmaceutics Lab.

 Demonstration on how to analyse blood glucose level and identify blood group.

Students candy making class!

 FYI, this is how paracetamol is being made. For a noob like me, I think this is very cool!

Lecturer explaining on how paracetamol pills are made and synthesized in a laboratory.


Lecturer explaining on how a Disintegration Tester works in Pharmaceutics lab.

Finally, some food to fill the stomach.

Chao for now!

Selamat Hari Raya in advanced. 

Happy Merdeka!

TEG World Food Day

Remember my last post regarding TEG World Food Day?
I came across this video and it seems fun and interesting! It gives you a whole idea of how things are done and at the end you can see that the food they packed tasted pretty good. The 375 grams packed food contains 6 meals of soy protein, rice, dried vegtables and nutrint-filled flavoring.

They did one round for food packing in July and managed to packed a whole 10000. I'm gonna give it a go for the next round on the 16th October 2011. They are targeting 1000 volunteers to pack 1 million meal within one day!

What about you?
Can't make it on that day but want to contribute?
They are looking for kind-hearted sponsors and contributors.

For more info: http://www.taylors.edu.my/en/university/about_taylors/teg_world_food_day

An afternoon with Prof. Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Khoo Kay Kim, I Love Bazaar at Snopz and Personal Development Planning

So we are not all just study and serious talk.

Learn how to build positive synergy through different ethnic diversity with Prof. Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Khoo Kay Kim.

If we are tired/stress of studying, we pamper ourselves with a little shopping time!

We get ourselves inspired by understanding our personal development planning and check out the previous portfolios. 

Ready for them?!

Studio.aCoustic

Studio aCoustic organizes live band performance, acoustic night, open mic music sharing event and etc. It is an independent event supported my The Creativists. 

This time they are having:

Retro, oldies.... any songs as long as it's not new!

Best part of all, it's free to all!

Special thanks to:

'The V' Cafe for venue sponsoring

'The creativists' for making this event possible

'Music club @ TU' as supporting club.

Event fb page

Studio aCoustic fb fanpage

Sports Nutrition

Taylor's Sports Faculty invited a special speaker from Institut Sukan Negara Malaysia to give a seminar on nutrition for the sports men and ladies of Taylor's University. 

I'm under volleyball club and some other teammates below: 

Miss Azimah is the special guest speaker.

So this is what I learn/gather, I jot down some interesting facts.

1. Guys, your testosterones level is higher in the late evening thus building body will be easier during that time. Girls were advised to build in the morning. 
2. Key factor to lose weight is to do some kind of physical activity. Play it the healthy way.
3. Not eating causes risk on injuries due to weak muscles.
4. Ideally, we should only consume 3 ulas(the inside fruit) of durians. Otherwise, it is considered as excessive consumption. hahaha, too bad for durian lovers
5.  Fats in Avocado are good fats.
6. Males have more lipids around the stomach area while females have more lipids around the butt and thigh area. No wonder I got big thigh!
7. Female has more body fats compare to males as they contains more water than females. Unfair :(
8. Fat cells don't decrease in number, it will only shrink but fat cells can increase in number. so sad
9. Mayo made up of egg yolk + oil = FAT!!!!!
10. Napping should not be more than one hour. Crap.... I sleep too much

 Quite a full house!

Thank you so much for coming! Some token of appreciation.

Fun stuff! Keep it up!

TEG World Food Day, Taylor's Science Discovery Day, SOC New Programmes!

Fuh! So many updates this week and I can't go in detail for each because my classes just started. I will place the link for each announcements below:

World Hunger Crisis: 
Here at Taylor's, we believe strongly in service: not only to our students and our country, but to the world as a whole. Hunger and malnutrition are at the forefront of urgent problems in the world today, especially with the current Somalian crisis. Over a billion people on our earth go hungry every day, and malnutrition plays a role in more than half of all childhood deaths. We believe that this is a severe and urgent problem. More importantly, we believe that all of us are part of the solution. 
Thus, Taylor's Education Group (TEG) has pledged to pack and donate 1,000,000 meals through TEG World Food Day, when we will hold a series of Meal Packaging Events at Taylor's University and Taylor's College campuses as well as Garden International School and Nexus International School on 16 October 2011. Each pack consists of 6 meals. Partnered with NGOs such as Stop Hunger Now and Food for the Hungry International, we aim to pack 166,667 packs (or 1,000,000 meals) to be distributed to crisis-burdened areas or school feeding programmes.  
Read More........

Taylor's Science Discovery Day offers you a unique opportunity to get a taste of the real thing to help you decide on your career in Medicine, Pharmacy or Biosciences.

Read more.......

We offer a wide range of communication courses, from foundation up to degree level. Courses have been designed with input from our academic partners, the University of South Australia (UniSA), as well as industry experts. 
The various courses offered will equip students with knowledge and skills that are continuously updated in content and relevance so that they will have the expertise to excel in the dynamic world of communication. 
Programmes conducted at SOC are:
Foundation in Communication
Diploma in Communication
Bachelor of Mass Communication (Hons) (Advertising) *NEW
Bachelor of Mass Communication (Hons) (Broadcasting) *NEW
Bachelor of Mass Communication (Hons) (Public Relations) *NEW
Bachelor of Mass Communication (Hons) (PR and Event Management) *NEW
Bachelor of Mass Communication (Hons) (Public Relations and Marketing) *NEW
UniSA Bachelor of Arts (Communication & Media Management)
UniSA Bachelor of Journalism
Read more..........

For any other enquires, visit www.taylors.edu.my 

Warning: No Fishing Unless is FISHING DAY!

Our lake is finally utilized! 

Fishing competition was held on the 30 July 2011. It's a Saturday morning and everyone was so ready with their fishing rods in hoping to catch the biggest fish! The twist is that you don't get to keep the fish, it will be released back to the lake. :)

It will be so cool if they allowed students to fish on other days xD