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NLDS Malaysia 2007 Sharing…

On the 5th-9th December , 4 delegates from Singapore namely, YunZhou, Yi Zhen, Ruby and I had joined an extraordinary conference in University of Malaya(UM), Malaysia. Guess what, it was our first ever international experience as well as NLDS. Woo!!! It was great, especially so when I myself who is a Malaysian joined the event as international delegate.

Something really unexpected had already happened even before we left for KL. Just for your info, Ruby is from NUS and she just finished her final exam the morning on the day we are leaving for KL. And she actually left her passport in the hostel and find out about it just minutes before we left for custom. So we just have to delay our schedule. And so the story begins…

It took us 5 hours to KL and I really ‘enjoyed’ the bus ride very much. Thanks to the ‘very comfortable’ massaging seat on the bus. We had reach there one day before the conference. We are not the only one arriving the day before the conference, in fact, there are a few LCs had reached there few days earlier for their pre-NLDS to better prepare their members for the real NLDS.

Having dinner cum supper at one of the cafeteria in UM (from left: Ruby, Yi Zhen and YunZhou)
Some facts, that I found out during the 5 days in Malaysia. It serves the purpose like the Jumpstart we had in Singapore. It aims to let their members know more about AIESEC, eg. What is AIESEC, what we do and so on. This is because some of the delegates are very new to the organization and they joined the conference through invitation by friends.

Well, I’m never attend anything these massive before. Imagine you are joining an event run by youths and participate by more than 500 delegates. What a number! Almost 5 times the delegate we had in NLDS Singapore. The ambience outside the plenary was amazing before everyone enters. Everybody was so excited and chants from different LCs can be heard all the way into the plenary. I guess it was that kind spirit and passion that kept all the organization alive and thriving success after success.

Terrible condition in the hostel… Imagine you gotta stay there for 5 days…

Opening Plenary (Imagine you are one of them…)

The people there are so passion and they put in so much effort to make this event a successful one. The external sessions are very interesting whereby it was attended by Loreal, General Electric, Accenture, Standard Charted, Digi and etc. The sessions conducted by the externals really gave us some real insight of what’s going on and how are things done in the real world. It was wonderful. Although the session are very useful but some are really dry and people just can’t help feeling this way. (see below)

YunZhou couldn’t hold on anymore… : P

After the daylong training and learning, its time to PARTY!!! Yea, we have party almost every night. Everybody was dancing and dancing. And it was a great opportunity to make new friends and of course learn some new dances… I enjoyed it very much because I like to dance. There are 2 theme parties going on. The 1st one was themed ‘Back to school’ where everyone was asked to dress in their school uniform. And you will realized how diverse the culture of the people just from their school uniform.

Ever mass dance in your school uniform before? It feels good… ( DJ of the night, Nick. The guy in green.)

Facis leading the dance.. (top left: Alan, our NLDS Chair)

And you’ll get so tired after all night long, where you are sitting at your place hoping the time to pass, so that you can go back and rest. But the others are just so excited and energetic where they keep on dancing.

The 2nd party was themed ‘ Mad Hat party’ where everyone must wear a hat. Not necessary the conventional one. It’s all up to you! Yea, and you can see so many funky hats with different accessories. There were even some guys who wear shower cap with facial mask…

Lets see if you recognize the guy with the white hat… Yes, he is David with his funky hat!

Besides all the fun part, there are also times for serious stuffs. And one of it which I personally like the most is the LCP election simulation where members are able to experience the process to be elected as LCP. I’ve tried my luck in that event but I failed. The better one wins after all. Yet, I’ve learn so much from the simulation. I realized my weakness in public speaking and so on. It was a wonderful experience for me.

The LCP candidates are waiting for the result to be announced… Waters awaiting them…

4 ‘wet’ newly elected LCPs!!!

It was really to say goodbye to everyone during the last day, when all of us are going to go separate ways and get busy with our own stuff. None of us are sure, either any of us will be meeting again in the near future. Everything was in doubt and no one is able to give a definite answer. Though my group which called ourselves as ‘Magnetic Maggots’ who won the best group award had made a promise among ourselves that we will meet again next year in NLDS Malaysia. But no one was sure about the promise. But I will join again if I’m allowed too, for it means something special to me.

One sentence says it all – I am an AIESECer!!!
And I’m PROUD to being one!!!

Before I end this sharing, I would like to pay some tribute to these 2 guys who really help us, the Singapore delegates a lot after NLDS. It was them who help us with all our problems and let me realized once again that people do cares, even if we are different in many ways but there is one important thing that join us together, which is the only thing that matters – AIESEC. Thanks for all the opportunity.

Good Samaritans – Raj (1st right), Kemal (2nd right)Just a personal note : It was drizzling when we took this picture in front of KLCC… So romantic…

By Ivan, ICX officer 07/08

AIESEC collage

i snapped a shot of @ at different places as and when i thought of @. wanted to share the places i've been with everyone. :) so i did a little collage for my trip to aussie while thinking of @. :) so @ went around with me to a few places. great barrier reef, great ocean road, sydney opera house and more! hope you guys like my postcard with love.


cheers,

min! :)

Xmas Dinner & Welcome Party This Friday!!!

Hey AIESEC!!!

This is me, Yunzhou here. There will be a Xmas Dinner & Welcome Party at Grace's house this Friday!

We are taking this opportunity to welcome three interns! Yeah! They are Nichole, Hazem and Natasha!

Following are the details of the party:

Date: 28th Dec 2007 (Friday)
Time: 7pm
Address: 26 Gentle Road, 309147
Every AIESECer is welcomed to join us!

For people living in NTU, maybe we can go together from NTU. It may take about 1 hour and half to reach there. So shall we meet at 5:15pm on 28th at Boon Lay MRT?

I'll be at the mrt station waiting for you. For more info, you can contact me directly at 9633 6406.

See you there & Happy New Year!

Cheers,
Yunzhou

Celebration of Xmas + Rina's Bday

Hey AIESEC!

You are invited to join a fantastic Celebration of Xmas + Rina's Bday!

Date: 25th December 2007

Time: 730pm --- gather @ Boon Keng MRT station (NE9 - 4 stops from Dhoby Ghaut station on the northwest line)

Place: Irina's

Pls contact Lucia @ 98445624 if you'll be late:)

Cya there!!

Love,
Lucia

CPA Australia Christmas Party

"CPA Australia is a partner of AIESEC NTU. Every year it organises over 120 events for more than 5,400 Singapore CPA Australia members. It is amazing that the organising team has only 2 people in charge but they can make their event so successful! "

There was a Christmas Party held by CPA Australia for their members yesterday. 6 of us went down to helped out for the event!

Fu Da, WWF, Lucia, Guo Meng, Zhang Xu, Li Shuai

the event was held in Conrad Centennial Hotel. How I wish if we could hold the EVOLVE Gala Dinner there! EVOLVE OC, let's work hard!!

Cheers

WWF

First EB Outing

After Member Holiday Enrichment Day, we went to Penang for the First EB Outing.

Penang is really a good place to travel! The people there are friendly; the environment there is clean; the food there is delicious...The whole trip was full of fun and we got to know each other better after the "spot light game"~~Thanks Rachel for bringing us around Penang!

Act cool at night~

FOOD! Do not miss the food in Penang!!

SHE--let's go to K-Box together next time!

Nice scenery at the beach!

It was a pity that not all EBs joined in the trip. We are looking forward to the next EB outing with full attendance!

Cheers

WWF

Member Holiday Enrichment Day

After post exam party, we met again the day after that--Member Holiday Enrichment Day! Thank you PD for arranging such a cool day for us to learn more during holidays!

That day, we had:

Event Management (Planning and Execution)—by Rina
Marketing Projects & Writing Proposals—By Jean-nic
Agenda Planning for Conference + Facilitation skills—By Sharon
Cold-calling training by ICX members—by Celine
Public Speaking—by David
Belbin Personality Test—by Alvin
The Market Value of Your AIESEC XP—by Mayas




Thanks them for their support!

Rina, Celine, Mayas, Sharon, Jean-nic and David(David was building Rapport with his mentee...)

(Alvin was busy taking photos for others, but forgot to take photos for himself ^_^)

Cheers

WWF

Post Exam Party

"After half a month’s silence in the fight for the exam, I am excited to see so many familiar faces again!"

What was this? It was our post exam party in Yunnan Corner last Friday night! Thanks to PD's effort, we had a lot of Fs there: Fun, Food and Familiar faces!! Let the pictures say a thousand words~~~

Guest of Honor: Prof Hooi (our teacher advisor)

Mayas, Trainee from Japan, Aman, Sharon and Rina

Delicous Food!

Do not forget those who work at the back! haha, Lan was said to be the BBQ queen that night!

I am not so excited about gossips as Alvin and Wan Xin are. However, there are really some nice pictures to show you~~ who is the one behind Li Shuai? who is talking to Jun Ming? Who is enjoying the conversation with Rickie?

WOW!!! Here are the answers! Judging from their smile, they were having a good time, heehee

Get sick of gossips? Ok, let me show you the real case!

Sweet!!

At the end of the party, Rickie was the lucky one to get the chance to compare the taste of Heineken and the taste of the water in Nanyang Lake.

Cheers

WWF