Coming to you in Week ELEVEN!

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The inaugural Malaysian Week will be held for the very first time in Melbourne from 27^th September to 10^th October. It is a showcase of events that promotes Malaysia through the arts, culture, food, tourism and trade. Here is the list of events:

Fiesta Malaysia

A day to celebrate Malaysia’s rich and vibrant heritage culture.

When: 27^th of September, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Queensbridge Square, Southbank

Admission: Free

Highlights:

• performances such as the exotic dance and music of Borneo,
• opportunities to try cultural costumes,
• participate in traditional games, and a
• showcase of Malaysian cuisine from some of the best Malaysian restaurants in Melbourne.

For more information, go to www.fiestamalaysia.com

Australian Malaysian Film Festival

Returning for the third time in Melbourne, some of Malaysia’s best and latest movies will be screened to highlight unity within diversity. In addition, a batik exhibition will run alongside the film festival.

When: 4^th to 7^th October

Where: Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Federation Square

Movies showing:

• Muallaf & Talentime (films by award winning Yasmin Ahmad),
• Geng the Movie (Malaysia’s first animated feature film), and
• Cicakman 2 (a superhero action movie)

Screening times and admission prices: www.australianmalaysianfilmfestival.com.au

While some of these events have been held before, this is the first time a collaboration on this grand scale has been attempted.

You are warmly welcomed to experience a part of Malaysia, right here in Australia’s cultural capital.

For more information, visit www.malaysiaweek.com.au

Have you signed up for GRADUAN yet? We have received an update from our affliate, MASCA that GRADUAN is not only open to Malaysian university students but to China and Vietnamese students as well!

This is because INTEL will be providing career opportunities not only in Malaysia (as GRADUAN caters mainly to Malaysian companies) but also to China and Vietnam as well!

So grab your Vietnamese and China friends to join YOU at GRADUAN this coming October 13th!

As of now, the companies that will be participating in the GRADUAN Australia Recruitment Drive includes:

1. Accenture
2. Bank Negara Malaysia
3. SapuraCrest Petroleum
4. Maybank
5. Intel
6. Maxis
7. SHELL
8. ExxonMobil
9. Contact Singapore
10. Many morrreee to be released sooon

Malaysians at Caulfield is hosting yet another fun and exciting event for you and this time we’re going to the TULIP FESTIVAL on the 19^th of September!

I know most of you would probably think:

“huh, tulip farm? Meh, I’ve got better things to do.”

But what you do not know is that you’ll be missing out on one of Victoria’s most anticipated springtime (yes, its spring already) events!

What makes this festival unique from the others is that the events that are hosted follows a cultural theme that changes every week, from Food & Wine weekend to Children’s Day.

This 19^th of September falls on the Turkish Weekend so expect everything Turkish while you’re there!

So, what can you do there you ask?

The festival will be packed with fun and exciting entertainment, exhibitions and of course, loads and LOADS of Tulips!

Some of the entertainment are:

• Live performances such as the Turkish folk music
• Coffee cup reading
• Turkish marbling and calligraphy
• Belly dancing performances (for the guys) and workshops (for the girls) *hint hint

Not only that, there will be loads of stalls which exhibit:

• Turkish historical displays
• Henna tattoo
• Turkish jewellery (for all your vintage accessories hunters out there! )
• Turkish MAGIC

And of course, a festival would be pointless without its glorious food! What’s more, its Turkish weekend so you can expect to indulge in:

• Turkish Tea and Simit
• Sish Kebab and Adana Kebab (don’t know the difference? Go to the festival to find out!)
• Turkish deserts
• Pie, cakes and biscuits

Last but not least, be sure to charge your cameras..bring an extra battery if you have to! You’ll be taking LOADS of pictures that, I can assure you.

Also for being a MALAYSIAN club and also as an incentive to tempt you in coming with us; the club would be giving out free traditional and very Malaysian kuihs to every passenger!

Extra info: For this trip, we will be meeting at 8.00 A.M. and the bus will be leaving at 8.30 A.M. More information will  be given 3 days prior to this event.

All of this only costs only AUD$33 for members and AUD$38 for non-members! This includes bus fares and your admission ticket into the Tulip Farm!

Be sure to sign up for this trip @ the usual place the Student Lounge and remember to bring your club membership card as well as we are fairly strict about membership fees for this event!

Detailed information can be found in http://www.tulipfestival.com.au/events/turkish-weekend/

“ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING PART of the MASS COMMITTEE BOARD?”

Being part of the committee board not only gives you an opportunity to be responsible and take charge of a range of tasks but also being part of a close knitted Malaysian family here in Melbourne itself.

Being part of the committee is fun.

Not only you will meet people from all walks of life (think of people from different faculties, campus and even universities!), but it also broadens your network which would come in very handy in the future. It may not seem as important now, but I assure you that the experience would be worthwhile!

Even if you are unsure about committing to the club, just come along to our AGM and the current committees will brief you about each position that you might be interested in taking part in. Alternatively, you could start by being one of the committee members of Malaysians at Caulfield, that way you are able to distinguish which positions that might suit you best in the future!

Our annual AGM session will be on the 11th SEPTEMBER (FRIDAY) at 4 P.M. in A 2.06!

However, if you cannot make it for the AGM, no worries just reply this e-mail and we will try to work things out!

SEE YOU THERE!

MERDEKA!MERDEKA!MERDEKA! 

Join us this Merdeka to celebrate Malaysia’s 52^nd Independence Day this 30^th of August at Colonial Hotel, as its gonna be a blast!

This year, the boys and girls of Partners In Crime productions are bringing you an even BIGGER AND BETTER MERDEKA CELEBRATION than previous years!

For the first time in Melbourne’s Merdeka Celebration history, we are having 2 special guest DJs, namely Ganjaguru of Zouk KL and DJ Skeletor of Hitz.fm all the way from Malaysia to spin all your heads out there right round this Merdeka!! This is an event you will not want to miss!

Malaysians at Caulfield has reserved a table for the night, so do join in the fun! There will be two complimentary bottles of champagne at our table and a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label going at half price to the largest group that books with us, all courtesy of PIC (Partners in Crime)!

Prepaid(limited) – $20 General – $25

Table bookings – 4 free complimentary tickets for each booking. Minimum of 15 pax is required for each table. Hurry before its all booked out!

*table bookings have minimum order of two bottles of hard liquor

For more info/ticketing/bookings contact:

Cherchi CHEN

0433313811

MASS Publicity Officer

UPDATES – pictures of the bar @ Colonial Hotel!

GRADUAN is the annual career and employment resource for Malaysian fresh graduates who will be entering the working world. It provides useful information regarding recruitment, job placement, industry expectations, internships, etc.

You would not want to miss this event as TOP Malaysian companies will be there to hire and offer you jobs, perhaps even before you graduate!

That said, this event is very important especially for those of you who have already set their minds about going back to Malaysia to work after completing your respective degree.

Most students would just wait until they graduate from university before attempting to apply for their job profession, which is the reason why most graduates miss their preferred companies that they would like to work with due to “insufficient experience” in the field.

With GRADUAN, this is an opportunity for you to practice your resume writing skills and at the same time to know where your qualification stands in your preferred industry and if you are competent in doing so, you might get internship(s) that would earn you that “extra experience” for your future profession!

The event schedule is as follows:

Date : 10th – 13th October 2009

10th October 2009 – Recruitment Fair

11th -13th October 2009 - Scheduled Interview Sessions

Venue : Arrows on Swanston, Melbourne

Time : 9am – 5pm

Send in your resume to resume@graduan.com.my latest by 30th September 2009. Internships and Graduate positions available!!

The MASCA Student Leadership Forum, which takes place on 29^th August, is open to all current Malaysian university students. This forum would go about the idea of unity amongst students. This forum might interest some of you as you are able to listen to critical views of other students about unity and at the same time you are able to socialize and make new friends outside Monash!

Important details about the forum:

MASCA STUDENT LEADERSHIP FORUM

DATE    : 29TH AUGUST 2009

TIME     : 12.30 – 5.00PM

VENUE  : COSSAR HALL, MONASH UNIVERSITY PARKVILLE CAMPUS

(TRAM STOP 16 – Route 19 (North Coburg – CBD via Elizabeth St)

Under the auspices of Malaysian Students’ Council of Australia (MASCA) Victoria, Malaysian Student Leadership Forum is the first of its kind in Australia. This forum will be a platform to bring together the brilliant minds of Malaysians all over Victoria and promotes intellectual discussion between the speakers and students. The focus of this forum is to encourage the understanding of Malaysia’s background history, what already has been achieved so far in term of national unity, and defining the ideal concept of unity that applicable to the country.

OBJECTIVES
1. To create awareness among students on the importance of unity.
2. To create critical thinking on the topic of unity.
3. To encourage intellectual discussions among Malaysian students in Victoria.
4. To boost their confidence to speak their minds.
5. To enhance students’ leadership skills.
6. To create future leaders who are compassionate and contributive towards the
betterment of Malaysian society.

Programme Itinerary:

12.30 pm: Arrival of students
1.00 pm: Arrival of VIP
1.10 pm: Singing of Negaraku
1.15 pm: Welcoming speech by Project Coordinator
1.20 pm: MASCA montage video presentation
1.30 pm: Forum
3.30 pm: Intermission (Asar prayer)
3.40 pm: Independence day video presentation
3.50 pm: Question & Answer session
4.40 pm: Resolutions
4.50 pm: Singing of Here in My Home
5.00 pm: End

For more information please browse the forum website at http://forum.mascavictoria.com/
RSVP yourself through facebook event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=97150086546&ref=ts.

For more info please do not hesitate to contact:
Alyaa Ismail (0423456264) or Rozairee (0430350206).

On the same day of this seminar (17th August 2009, 1 P.M. @ H 2.35, Caulfield), a guest speaker from NotedCareers would be joining in to give a talk about how to better equip yourselves to getting your future job here in Australia, other than obtaining a PR status of course!

Here’s some background information on NotedCareers that you might be interested in knowing.

NotedCareers is a dynamic Career Management provider with more than 80 years combined career experience that crosses retail, advertising, public service, accounting, IT, entertainment, and recruiting. Possessing a client service ethos second to none, it formed through merging extensive experience in the private and public sectors from across Australia and the US.

NotedCareers career management consultants have deep understanding of career needs across all disciplines including IT,  accounting, engineering, life sciences, business management, human resources development, and personal development areas. NotedCareers is based in Melbourne and knows the local employment industry.

As NotedCareers members, we are proud of helping more and more people benefits from various career related programs and we are prepared to meet all the career management needs of our valued clients of all different backgrounds and experiences.

We are ready to respond to your individual needs in short-term job search, graduate management, transitioning your career to objectives and long-term career management.  No matter what your career needs are, we can help you.

More information on NotedCareers can be obtained @ http://www.notedcareers.com.au/main/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1