BBQ Night

On Friday, the 9^th of May 2008 Sunway CPA Student Charter held a farewell barbeque party at Lagoon View Condominium for all committee members that are in their final year or semester. The party was in conjunction with SCSC’s teacher advisor’s surprise farewell. Majority of the SCSC committee members were present and each contributed in making the party a huge success. Kudos to Ivan’s friends that acted as DJs for the night. They played a couple of Chinese, R n B and Jazz hits up until 1030pm. Preparation of heating the barbeque coal pit began at 6pm. There were some initial difficulties in getting the fire to start due to lack of experience and the absence of a fire starter. However, after a good hour of burning tones of newspapers and rapid fanning, we got the fire started. At 7 pm, which was the official starting time, most of the guests began flooding in with Dr. Foo appeared shortly afterwards and the barbequing of hickory-smoked chicken wings and drumsticks began.

We started off with Samantha’s delicious macaroni and cheese, Diana’s cucumber and egg sandwiches and various crisps purchased by Elaine, Diana, Jiana, Aifei and Derrick while waiting for the chicken. The highlight of the evening was watching Evana, Dr. Foo and Jiana perform the ‘chicken dance’ and Yvonne and Sharon’s stingray that was shipped all the way from Kota Kinabalu. Dr. Foo left after the committee sang him a ‘Happy Farewell’ song and obligatory photo taking sessions.

Majority of the SCSC crew stayed on partying and cleaning until 11.45 pm. By the end of the night, most of us were soaked wet thanks to being thrown into the condominium swimming pool but everyone had a great time getting stuffed on chicken meatballs, sausages, crisps, marshmallows, chicken wings and drumsticks, stingray, pasta, cake, jelly, vodka and sandwiches.

KPMG Recruitment Drive

PWC Visit

The PwC Visit was successfully held on 25^th April 2008 (Friday) at PwC, Kuala Lumpur. It was organized by Sunway Student Service Department (SSD) and co-organized by Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC). There were 19 participants in total and of these figures, 13 participants came from Victoria University (VU), 4 from SCT, and 2 were course coordinators: VU lecturer Puan Suhana and Ms. Elisa from SSD. The bus was 30 minutes late and the group left for PwC, Kuala Lumpur at 2pm.

At 3pm, the group arrived at PwC and was welcomed by Mr. Rueben at the ground floor. The group was lead to the meeting room on the 15^th floor. Ms. Jennifer conducted the first round presentation on PwC. After that, the Senior Executive Director conducted a presentation on the social activities and System and Processing Assurance (SPA) of PwC. Then, a refreshment break session was provided and participants were able to converse with the PwC staffs, Ms. Jennifer and Mr. Rueben.

After the refreshment session, the Senior Manager conducted the second round of presentations. He explained the relationship between IT and Accounting. Participants were participating actively during the Q&A session.

At 4.30pm, the group was lead by Ms. Jennifer and Mr. Rueben for a short tour around the PwC office. The group left at 5pm and reached Sunway University College at 6pm. The evaluation questionnaires distributed to 13 participants from VU were returned upon arrival at Sunway University College.

Questionnaire Report:

Most of the participants strongly agreed that the trip was educational and well organized. They gained increased awareness on current job opportunities, developments and innovations in the accounting industry from the exposure to one of the Big 4 accounting firms. Participants became aware of the knowledge required in fresh graduates, which were not merely strong academic results but strong soft skills as well. They felt that the staffs were friendly and helpful and the speakers delivered their presentations well.

However, most of the participants disagreed that the transport coach was punctual as he was 30 minutes late for the departure to PwC, Kuala Lumpur.

Berly's Chocolate & Confectionary Sdn Bhd Trip

Beryl’s chocolate company trip was held on Friday, 18^th April 2008. This visit was organized by SCSC together with Sunway Student Department. This trip was one of the trips that is organized by SCSC and doesn’t have anything to do with accounting. There were one SSD staff and 40 participants that come from not only accounting or banking finance major but also from other specialization.

All the participants were encouraged to gather at the main foyer of Sunway University College at 12.30 pm. The participants start gathering and the committee member of the SCSC took the attendance to make sure all the participants were not late. Unfortunately one of the participants could not make it because of medical problem. After all the participants had been taken their attendance, the bus arrived at 1.20 pm and the refundable of RM 10 was given inside the bus. The group arrived at the company at 2.00 pm. All the participants were asked to assemble in a hall then the Beryl’s staff gave a brief presentation on how the chocolate are being produced. The slide was included the processes starts from the coco plants until it turn into a chocolate. After the presentation, the group was taken to go around the factory to directly see the production activities. The trip was closed with the participants were given the opportunity to test the products and shopping.

The group left for Sunway University College at 3.00 pm and arrived at 3.35 pm. Both evaluation questioner from SCSC and SSD were given when they were inside the bus.

Overall, the trip was fun & exciting. The participants was both enjoyed and learned about chocolate at the same time. From the evaluation, it looks like most of participants complained about the trip duration which was quite short and the information given from the staff was not clear and too short. As a conclusion, this trip was a success and most of students still asking for this kind of trip for next time.

Questionnaire Report

This was the conclusion of the comments and suggestion from the 30 participants of the trip.

‘I was very exciting for this trip because it is unusual and unique. Go for this kind of trips giving me additional knowledge about food industry. Although, the trip was quite short and the information given by the staff so little but I have fun and my suggestion to SCSC is to organize this kind of trip again either Malaysia or international company.’

Chalista Nesya Harahap (Victoria University (Sunway Campus), Bachelor of Business major in accounting and banking/finance, Semester 4)

‘SCSC is a good program for students because all the events organized by SCSC was fun and definitely can improve both our skill and knowledge. With this kind of trip, it gave me good time with my friends and gave me additional information that outside our education.’

Ficka Febri Yani (Victoria University (Sunway Campus), Bachelor of Business major in accounting and banking/finance, Semester 2)

‘I was under impression that it would have lasted longer and it would have been more hands-on rather than just viewing a video. The guide sort of rushed us through the whole process rasher than allowing us to view the machines processes up close. The guide was rather unclear about some queries.’

Diana (Victoria University (Sunway Campus), Bachelor of Business major in accounting and banking/finance, Semester 4)

Get-Together Night

SCSC Get Together Event was held on Tuesday, 15^th April 2008 in Sunway University College – Student Service Department (SSD) from 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm. There was approximately 50 participants from VU had attended the event. The aim of this event is to launch the SCSC Official Blog and also for the SCSC members and non-members get together.



The event started at 4.30 pm with the launching of the SCSC Official Blog. It was then followed by the talk from Mr. Gerald Fernandez, CPA staff. At the end of the talk, there was a Q & A session for the participants.

Registration centre.


The audiences.


The advisors.


CPA talk session from Mr. Gerald Fernandez.

After the talk, there was a game session. In this session, there was all together five games. The aim of these games was to enable the participants to get together and know each other. The first game was Public Canning. In this game, all the participant are given 15 minutes to memorize other participant's name. After that, one person in the circle needs to hold the cane and hit those who can't remember other participant's name.

Public canning was being played.

The second game was Small House. In this game, everyone have to form a circle there was a small square line. The MC – Diana need to bring up a theme such as who had fail a subject, who is wearing spectacles, who is in a relationship and other. The participant who is for example wearing spectacles need to run to the square. If they fail to do that, than there was punishment.

Everyone are cramping on the box line.




The punishment was done by Dr. Foo and the participant.

It was then continued to the 4^th game. This time, each group was given colourful balloons to be blown. They were being told to tie it on their leg. Trying to damage opponent’s balloon as well as protecting their king was the aim of this game. As a result, all the people had the exciting feeling and felt so enthusiasm in this game.

Passing Down Charade was the 4^th game. The cooperation within one group was needed in this game. After the first person was told the phrase, they would have to act it out silently within their group. The last person would then have to guess what the act was

Participants enjoyed their dinner.

The final game after the dinner is Treasure Hunt. The audience would have to take a photo with the CPA poster, which was pasted around the campus with different poses. The game facilitator, Noelle, Jun Yin, Karmen, Wen Hui and Ivan helped the participants by giving hints. The event then ended at 8.30 pm with the prize giving ceremony.

Finally, for the last game which was Photo Session, participants had to take a picture with the CPA poster which was sticked around the campus with different pose. The game facilitator, Noelle, Jun Yin, Karmen, Wen Hui, Ivan helped the participants by giving a hint.

Audience's Responses
'Its was my first time participating in this event. I learn a lot from the presenter and agendas presented. I enjoyed myself, taking part in those fantastic games and treasurer hunt conducted by the committee. I have learn a lot about the CPA world through the explanation given. Plus the free food was great'.
Teik Weng (Victoria University (Sunway Campus) Bachelor of Business, First year)

'It is a fantastic event for me. Because, it is my first time to join this CPA event. Through this event, I make lots of friends and learn some information about the CPA. It’s really a good experience for me.'
Chin Peng (Victoria University (Sunway Campus) Bachelor of Business, First year)

'This CPA Get Together event was superb to strengthen our bond among VU members. The activities were exciting and I had fun for sure. In my opinion, I think future events like this should be continued but it should include more on information about CPA Australia as I think it wasn’t very informative. Thank you guys for organising such an event. Well Done people!'
Amy Kok (Victoria University (Sunway Campus) Bachelor of Business, First year)

Details on the Get-Together Night

Person-in-charge: Vicky and Fannie
Date: 15^th April 2008 (Tuesday)
Time: 4.30pm – 8.00pm
Attire: Casual
Venue: SYUC – Student Centre, Ground Floor

Itinerary
4.30pm – 5.00pm Registration
5.00pm – 5.05pm Welcome & SCSC Blog Launching
5.05pm – 5.45pm Talk by CPA - Experience Sharing & Q & A Session
5.45pm – 6.45pm Games
6.45pm – 7.30pm Dinner
7.30pm – 7.50pm Games
7.50pm – 8.00pm Prize Giving & Photo Session

Details on Berly's Chocolate & Confectionary Sdn Bhd Trip

Person-in-charge: Jelvy
Date: 18^th April 2008 (Friday)
Time: 12.30pm
Venue: Berly’s, Seri Kembangan
Attire: VU T-shirt
Company's Website

Itinerary
12.30PM Assemble at SYUC Main Foyer
1.30PM Arrival at Berly’s
1.30PM Brief Introduction to the Company & Q & A Session
2.00PM Tour
2.45PM Departure from Berly’s
3.45PM Arrival at SYUC Main Foyer

Details on PwC Visit

Person-in-charge: Yuwi
Date: 25^th April 2008 (Friday)
Time: 1.30pm
Venue: PwC Office, KL
Attire: Formal
Company's Website
Spaces available: 15 places

* Priority to those who are in final year (VU students only).

* Final students who wish to join this visit must submit their resume/CV to SCSC when register.

Important Notes

1. Requirements: Minimum academic standing of overall distinction (CGPA 3.0), Excellent in English & Malaysian only.

2. Please distribute the attached documents to all students who are participating in this visit once confirmed to join the visit.

3. All students are requested to bring along their Resume and all transcripts (as mentioned in the attachment). Do advice them to bring along just in case even if they are not applying for a job.

4. Office attire preferred. Proper collared shirt & ties (for guys) with pants or skirt.

5. All participants must complete and please submit the Consent Letter to me by 17th April (Thursday).

6. Pn. Suhana, the VU accounting lecturer has been invited and she has agreed to join this visit.

Itinerary
1.30 p.m. – Assemble at Sunway Main Campus Foyer (Taking of attendance)
2.30 p.m. – Arrival and registration
2.45 p.m. – PwC overview and presentation on SPA Assurance and SPA Advisory
3.30 p.m. – Q&A and sharing session by SPA representatives
4.00 p.m. – Light refreshments
4.30 p.m. – Short office tour
5.00 p.m. – Depart from PwC
6.00 p.m. – Arrival at Sunway Main Campus Foyer

Details on KPMG's Recruitment Drive

Person-in-charge: Diana and Jennie
Date: 2^nd May 2008 and 16^th May 2008 (Friday)
Venue: Room G5 (Ground Floor)
Attire: Formal
Company's Website

Important Details

1. Table Talk (1.30pm – 2.30pm) – an informal discussion session for years 1-3 students who would like to find out more about the industry, KPMG or about job application or internships. There’s no formal presentation. Basically, students can ask questions to the staff about any issues or concerns they have. This session is also open to the non-Malaysians.

* Please inform all students (Malaysians only) who would like to apply for jobs or internships at KPMG to bring their Resume and ALL transcripts (photocopies and original) from SPM onwards.

2. In Campus interview (from 2.30pm onwards) – There will be an one-hour assessment before the actual interview takes place. ALL students who wish to apply MUST be Malaysians. They are required to bring their Resume and ALL transcripts (photocopies and original from SPM onwards) when attending this session. Dress code is Formal (like in an actual interview).

* Please submit the name lists (for both Table Talk & in Campus Interviews) by 17 April 2008 (Thursday). The list should include Name, Major, Semester, H/P No & Email.

Our Official SCSC Business Card

Details on the Taman Negara Trip

Date: 25 - 27 July 2008 (Fri-Sun)
Venue: Taman Negara

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrive Kuala Tahan at 12.30 pm
Boat ride to Nusa Holiday Village
Arrive-Check in
Dinner at Nusa Holiday Village
Night Jungle Walk

Day 2
Breakfast at Nusa Holiday Restaurant
Jungle tracking in Bukit Warisan (1 hour walk through steep hill)
Lunch at Nusa Holiday Restaurant
Proceed by boat to Canopy Jetty Experience (25m high, 400m long Canopy Walkway)
Rapid Shooting
Dinner
(Other options may include Orang Asli Settlement or Gua or Waterfall)

Day 3
Breakfast at Nusa Holiday Restaurant
Free until departure at by boat to Kuala Tahan Jetty

Package:
2 night accommodation
Return boat transfer
Internal boat transfer
2 Breakfast, 1 Lunch & 2 Dinners
Tour Guided Activities
Canopy Entrance Fee
Entry permit

P/S: It's limited to 40 pax only, with priority comes to VU students first.

Fee:
Malaysian Students: RM200
International Students: RM250
Deposit requires: RM80 (non-refundable)

It will be collected upon registration.

The full payment date is on 19/07/08.
The registration is opened till 31/05/08.

If the person is interested, he/she will need to contact me, Sharon (012-8236200) to leave me some personal details, and a consent letter will be given at the same time.

2008 Fund Raising

The SCSC Fund-raising was held on 24^th March 2008 and 25^th March 2008 from 10am to 4pm in the Sunway University College cafeteria. The aim is to raise fund for our SCSC Club by selling J Co. donuts and drinks (Ribena mix up with Sprite).

Before the event started, some of the SCSC members have decorated and setting up the booth. Diana and Derrick are assigned to collect J.Co donuts in Sunway Pyramid Ground Floor. We started selling at about 10am. We allocated three members on duty in one slot, which is one hour. Some of the cooperative members offered their assist during their free time although that was not their duty slot. Almost all of the members did perform their job well. While selling the donuts and drinks, we also provide our business cards to the customers. In the business cards, we printed out our blog address. The purpose of this is to create awareness amongst students that we have a blog containing the information and activities of our club.

We sold more donuts on the first day and reduced our volume in donuts on the second day. We believe that the demand for donuts will decrease on the second day as the customer’s satisfaction decreases. For the first day, the sales were not really promising. Therefore, we come out with a solution to sell the donuts in a dozen or half a dozen for a lesser price. Regardless of that, our sales were profitable. We managed to sell all the donuts even though we could not sell all our drinks. As a result, we decided to give away free drinks to the customers who bought the donuts as times are not permitting us to sell it. The same thing happened for the second day. However, we managed to sell off all the donuts at 3pm as there were varieties of donuts choices.