Team Building - C'est La Vie!

As old members leave and new members enter SCSC, an ice-breaking session is called for. And what better way to break the ice is by Team Building. As for every team building ever organized, this year’s SCSC Team Building Semester 1 2017 theme was “C’est La Vie”.

“C’est La Vie” is a rather famous French expression which translates to English as “That’s Life”. Why we choose this theme? Our main objective for this team building is to create an everlasting bond within our members. With future events that SCSC will organize, conflicts among ourselves are bound to happen. This team building will teach us that every incident that will happen can be resolved by a simple phrase. “C’est La Vie!”

Day 1

9am, 30 members of SCSC gathered at Sunway University. After the members registered and settled down, Team Building officially commenced!

The first activity we conducted was a simple ice-breaking session. The purpose of this event was to allow the members to get to know each other better and to develop the first bonding experience. Throughout the whole session, the members had a good time.

After ice breaking, our team organized a special surprise birthday celebration for the January, February, March, April and May babies! As you can see in the photos, the members thoroughly enjoyed themselves as well.

After a quick lunch, we departed from Sunway University and started to make our way to OUTBAC Broga. Once the members checked-in and settled down, we began our first activity at OUTBAC Broga! As part of the package deal we did with OUTBAC Broga, the first activity was entirely conducted by them. Overall, the activities planned by them were excellent. Raft-building was particularly the most fun and memorable one.

As we were getting tired and hungry after the first activity. The members were given two hours to rest, shower and have dinner. Dinner was served by the OUTBAC Broga team.

With food in our belly and our body rested, it was time for Night Games! The activities for the night consists of ‘One Two Jus Fight’, ‘Musical Chairs’, and other Group Games. The purpose for these activities were to encourage members to have team work, coordination and communication instill in them. As added encouragement for them to do their best, the losing team will receive a hefty punishment.

Before we ended the night, supper was provided by team building team.

Day 2

After a light breakfast, we kicked-off the day with Flying-Fox and Wall climbing activities. These activities served as a platform for our members to conquer their fears as some of them were afraid of heights.

During break time, some of the members went kayaking.

Besides that, another group activity was conducted by team building team. These activities were based on the ideas of the Amazing Race. The members were divided into groups and then competed among themselves with station games. At each station, each group will have to collect clues in order to win the game.

After lunch, it was time for water games. Our objective for this game is for the members to be WILD and be FREE!!

Moving on to next activity was finance game trial. We tested out the flow of our upcoming event which is "Risk it, Win it" and wanted our members to have a clearer understanding on this game. The last activity for Day 2 was a Sharing Session. The topic for this sharing session was “Do you regret for something you did do?/Do you regret for something you did not do?”. All the members were required to share their stories. Most of the stories shared were emotional or funny. But most important of all, it was a chance for the members get to know each other a little more. The night ended with us having our supper and our hearts felt warm.

Day 3

It was an early rise for us as we were preparing to climb Broga Hill. One of the perks of staying in OUTBAC Broga was the hill is literally at the backyard of the campgrounds. Naturally, we would want to climb Broga Hill as well! We left the campgrounds at 5.30am to start the climb.

After climbing for 1.5 hours, we finally reached the top! It was a wonderful experience to witness the sunrise at the top of the hill.

After a short rest and a quick brunch, it was time for souvenirs. This souvenirs were created by the organizing team. It was to represent a small token of our appreciation for our members participating this team building event.

After packing up, it was time to check out of OUTBAC Broga. We departed from Broga and arrived back at Sunway University around noon.

Every member has their own opinions, feelings and morals. This team building encourages all of us the set aside those differences and forces us to work together as a team. After all, the reason why we join SCSC is to experience to feeling of ‘Ohana’. Like family members, there would be conflicts. But ultimately, like a family we would like for what’s best for each other.

The team building overall was a success. Our theme “C’est La Vie” serves a greater purpose in achieving teamwork and instill the importance of togetherness among us. Not only that, the members had created an everlasting bond full of memories during this team building event. We all went home with a big smile on our face.

Here's an video of our team building!

Written by: Vincent Choo Yoon Tsen
Edited by: Chang Li Xuan and Liang Weiling

Industrial Visit to UEM

SCSC had organized an industrial visit to UEM Group Berhad on 31^st of March 2017. There were 33 participants who joined this industrial visit. All of us were in business formal attire gathering at the foyer of new university building at 1pm and waiting for the bus.

We boarded the bus and departed at 1.30pm. After half an hour journey, we arrived at UEM which was located in KL. We were then welcomed by the staffs from UEM’s human resource department. The staffs led us to 9^th floor where there were chairs and podium for us to be seated and listen to the talk given by the head of human resource department and financial department.

We were presented with a video about the company and followed by the talk from each department. The head of human resource department gave us some tips with regards to our career opportunity and how to perform well in an interview. Those information were helpful as some of the participants were going to have internship or graduate soon. Then, the head of the financial department talked about the overall of UEM and the responsibilities of the department in the company.

After that, we were led to a small exhibition room with building models which were buildings that UEM had constructed around the world.

Refreshment were then provided. Meanwhile, participants took the time to discuss what they had seen and listened. Some of the participants grasped the chance to ask about the career opportunities.

Before we end the company visit, a group photo was taken. We reached Sunway University at 5.45p.m.

To put in a nutshell, this industrial visit was a good experience for all of us and the UEM Group Berhad had widen our vision. We would like to thank UEM for providing the chance and also the participants as it would not be successful without them.

Written by: Poong Chun Leong
Edited by: Chang Li Xuan and Liang Weiling

Industrial Visit to Averis

On 31^st March 2017 (Friday), Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC) had organized an industrial visit to Averis. Averis is an outsourcing company. It provides a variety of outsource services such as Financial and Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology as well as Shipping Documentation services. We departed from Sunway University at around 8.15am. The journey took about 45 minutes to reach the destination which is located at Bangsar South City, Kuala Lumpur.

When we arrived Averis, we were welcomed by the human resource manager. Then we were brought to a meeting room located at 6^th floor. One of the senior staffs, Mr Lim who has worked for Averies over 10 years shared the background of the company and his working experience to all of us.

The company had prepared some refreshment for us. Participants get to talk to each other during the refreshment time. After that, we were brought back to the meeting room. We were told about the employee’s benefits and internship opportunity in their company as well as how to apply for it. Appreciation gifts were then given to every participants.

A group photo was taken at the end of the visit. We finished the industrial visit at 12:30pm. All in all, industry visit to Averis was successful and we would like to thank Averis for sharing their professional knowledge to us. 

Written by: James Lim Chow Yong

Edited by: Chang Li Xuan and Liang Weiling