SCSC Team Building (Sem 1, 2016)

SCSC Team Building Sem 1 2016

Date: 11^th – 13^th April 2016 (3 days 2 nights)

Venue: Three4nine, Semenyih

Organizing Committee

Project Advisor : William Chang

Organizing Chairperson: Joey Ong Xue Jing

Organizing Secretary : Mahmud Mustafa Kamal

Organizing Treasurer: Joanne Wong

Organizing Logistic: Seraphina Au

Organizing Vice Logistic : Bryan Tan

SCSC organises team building every semester. Every team building has its own theme. In this semester, the theme is “Together”. Why “Together”?

T – Teamwork (All members will learn how to work together as a team after the team building)

O – Organized (Members will be more organized and understand their roles as the committee member of SCSC)

G – Grow (Members will be more willing to work together and learn together by helping each other to grow)

E – Efficiency (Members will learn how to finish task efficiently under time constraint)

T – Tolerance (Members will learn how to tolerate each other, as everyone is from different backgrounds)

H – Happiness (Members will get to experience the happiness of staying together in SCSC)

E – Effective (Members will learn how to use limited resources but provide the best outcome)

R – Respect (Members will get to learn how to respect each other’s idea and background)

Along with all these criteria, overall, the main objective is to bring all the SCSC members together.

There were 33 of SCSC members who have joined in this teambuilding. This 3 days 2 nights event started from the gathering and briefing at VUMBA room at 8am. After that, the ice breaking started at 9am. Throughout the whole ice breaking session, members are able to get to know each other more and also learn about the objectives of each games as well.

After the ice breaking session, here comes the birthday celebration for January, February, and April babies J

After lunch time, the team started their journey to Semenyih!!!

After 1.5 hour ride, the team reached Three4nine homestay, Semenyih by 2pm. After checking in and settled down, the team started to play the first game, “Guess Who am I?” at the basketball court. This game is basically known as “Picture Charade”, it helps to enhance the members’ creativity, speed, organisational and strategic skill.

After Game 1, the team proceeded to the 2^nd game, “The Huntsman”. The objective of this game is to advice the members to be more observant and trust themselves more. Besides that, this game is also a game for the team to find their own rooms for the 2 nights. So, after the room allocation, the team had two hours of resting and shower time.

Dinner started at 7pm at a restaurant nearby.

After dinner time, it was time for Game 3, “Believe it or not?” at 8:30pm. There were four games in this session, which are The Human Chair, Mix and Match, Human Knot and Trust Fall. The Human Chair game was aimed to enhance the members trust, concentrate and respect each other. This game took quite a bit of time as it required all members to sit on each other’s lap in a circle and lay down for 5 seconds. For mix and match game, it’s basically about encouraging the members to learn how to communicate with the team and encourage strategic critical thinking. For the Human Knot, it is basically about teamwork, leadership skill and communication. All members held hands in a big circle with others members and committee then jumbled them up. Then, members are required to entangle the knot until everyone are free and form a big circle again. For the last game, trust fall, is all about trust and teamwork. Every members did a great job in this game. Even though some of them were afraid, they still managed to cope with their fear and trust the others.

The night ended with fun and laughter at 12am. J

The second day began with a morning exercise which are led by some of the members. Due to some members who arrived later than the gathering time, they had to lead the team to have their morning exercise dance and tie up their hair until the end of the day. Hahahaha. Everyone enjoyed themselves in the cute and fun morning exercise.

After a light breakfast, the team building continued with Game 4, “Feel the Society”. This game is basically to let the members feel and understand more on how the disabled people feel. Overall this game trained them to be more understandable, respect and trust. After the meaningful game session, lunch was served.

After lunch time, we proceeded to Game 5, “Let’s get WET”. It’s a water game session!!! All the respective games were fun. Everyone enjoyed themselves in each of the games.

After the fun and tiring water game, they have their rest time, shower time and dinner time. The second dinner of team building was BBQ at home. A joyful dinner time included four pillar heart-to-heart talks as well. Members all bonded well as they get to know about each other better. Chit chat and jokes surrounds the house and everyone got closer to each other just like family members.

After dinner time, the last activity of the day was sharing session. In this session, everyone was required to share with each other about: “Would you rather lose someone/something or forgive just to sustain someone/something? And why?”. With this topic, members shared their highs and lows of their life. It was a heart-to-heart and emotional talk, which makes it the best part of team building, as all members get to know more about each other and bonded everyone better.

On the last day of the teambuilding, there was a souvenir giving session. The souvenir brings out the tagline of SCSC, “Just Different”.  Every members in SCSC are all different, each of them have their own strengths, this is the reason why SCSC need all of us. Without any of us, SCSC isn’t complete. Everyone treat each other like “OHANA”, no one left behind.

In conclusion, this team building was successfully done and achieved the objectives. After this team building, all members got to know more about each other and understand the importance of togetherness. The team building committee members want to thank every members for the cooperation and understanding throughout the 3 days 2 nights team building. J Appreciate.

Written by: Ong Xue Jing (Joey)

Edited by: Ong June Min

Industrial Visit to CIMB Bank (Sem 1, 2016)

On 8^th of April, SCSC had organized an industrial visit to Alliance Bank. At 12.30 pm, all of the participants gathered at the foyer and departed to the headquarter of Alliance Bank in KL. Once we have reached there, we were welcomed by the person in charge of the company and all of us were led and gathered in a function room for briefing and introductions.

            The head of human resource, told us about the history of the company and also the achievement of Alliance Bank in the past few years. After the short briefing, all participants were divided into five groups. Each group were taken to different parts of the company to have a tour and understand more on how a bank functions. The departments includes ground transaction & SME banking, financial market, investment market, Islamic banking, and branch banking.

            After the one hour tour, everyone was gathered back in the function room once again to continue the briefing on future career development programs offered by Alliance Bank. We were being told that Alliance Bank do provide internship program and management trainee program. Alliance Bank’s internship program is an awarded program as their interns are able to have hands-on experiences regarding the banking industry instead of only doing paper works. As for their management trainee program, it is an intensive 12 months development program which aims to provide graduates a chance to develop their skills and acts as a stepping stone to get into the workforce.

            Before ending the briefing, a short Q&A session was carried out. We had also filled up the M100 survey form. Souvenir appreciation was given to Alliance Bank as an appreciation of their time and effort. Lastly, a group picture was taken and the visit officially ended at 4.30 pm.

Address: Menara Multi Purpose,

     Capital Square,

     No. 8, Jalan Munshi Abdullah,

     50100 Kuala Lumpur

Contact   : 03-2604 3333

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllianceBankMalaysia/?fref=ts

Website   : www.alliancebank.com.my

Written by: Then Wan Sze

Edited by: Ong June Min and Marcus Ong Beng Chye

KPMG Industrial Visit (Sem 1, 2016)

On 1st of April, SCSC had organized an industrial visit to KPMG, which is one of the professional service company that provides Audit, Tax and Advisory services. It is the one of the Big 4 Accounting Firms. KPMG was established in 1928, with approximately over 1,900 employees nationwide.

On that day, our members and fellow participants departed at 1.20 pm from Sunway University and reached KPMG which is located at Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya at around 2 pm. When we arrived at the KPMG, all of us had been welcomed and led to a meeting room by the person in charge. The introduction is then started by people from People, Performance and Culture (PPC) to introduce the history of KPMG and founders. Besides, he had also briefly introduced the head of every department, positions available in the organization and the hiring requirements as well as the job scope for Audit, Taxation and Advisory Departments.

Besides that, they had also invited two speakers who are from Audit and Tax departments to share their experiences and working life in KPMG. One of the speakers from the Audit department gave us a surprise, as she has been one of the members of SCSC member and she’s now the senior manager in one of the Audit department. She told us about the different strategies she used to deal with the different clients. There was also Q&A session where students are allowed to ask more in depth questions related to the working experiences and environment in KPMG.

There was a short break with light refreshment at around 3.30p.m. When having some delicious refreshment, visitors could have personal interactions with employees there. During that time, participants had opportunities to ask employees from PPC department questions about the internship offered and other career related questions. The visit ended at about 4.40pm. Before we went back, SCSC had prepared an appreciation gift for KPMG for their kind hospitality. We reached Sunway University at around 5.45pm.

It was indeed a valuable experience having had the chance to visit KPMG. After this visit, all of us had better understanding about the firm’s working environment and the positions offered. This would certainly benefit us on our future career plans. Lastly, we would like to thank KPMG for giving us a chance to visit them as well as the participants for joining this industrial visit.

Address   : Level 10, KPMG Tower,

       First Avenue,

       47800 Petaling Jaya,

       Selangor, Malaysia

Contact   : 03-7721 3388

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KPMGMalaysia/?fref=ts

Website   : https://home.kpmg.com/my/en/home.html

Written by: Tee Jia Yi

Edited by: Ong June Min and Marcus Ong Beng Chye

Meet the Naked CEO, Alex Malley

         On the 21^st of September 2015, which was on Monday, it was a great day for Sunway University College and the students from Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC), as they hosted “The Naked CEO”, Mr. Alex Malley which also the CEO of CPA Australia. Mr. Alex was invited to host a talk, “Meet the Naked CEO”. Before the main event, there was another small session with Mr. Alex in the CPA Masterclass. The CPA Masterclass was to begin at 1.30 pm and end at 2.30 pm. This CPA Masterclass was for the CPA student ambassadors to have a more personal session with Mr. Alex himself. The CPA Masterclass event was held at the Function Room 2 of the new university building of Sunway University. CPA student ambassadors from Monash University, INTI University and Taylor’s University were invited to attend. Before the event started, the members had arrived earlier at around 1.15 pm at Function Room 2 to set everything up such as, arranging the chairs in a desired state where the Mr. Alex would be the centre of attention. The networking session began at approximately 1.45 pm. The CPA Masterclass began with everyone introducing themselves, which year were they currently in and their course majors. Mr. Alex then began conversing with the people present in the room, sharing his experiences and what he had learnt from it all. The CPA Masterclass ended at around 2.45 pm.

            Everyone then departed and started making their way to Jeffrey Cheah Hall 1 which is located at the new university building. Before entering the hall, those who were attending the event had to register at the registration counter are manned by the CPA student ambassador. After the registration, the attendees took their seats in the hall. The “Meet the Naked CEO” event garnered a very impressive turnout of students of different courses ranging from ACCA to A-Levels and many more. After everything was prepared, it was time, for the CEO of CPA Australia, The Naked CEO himself, Mr. Alex, accompanied with his associates from Australia to step in the hall. His entrance was welcomed with a huge round of applause. The event started with an opening speech. Mr. Alex was invited to take the stage to start the talk. He shared his experiences, knowledge, and wisdom he had with the crowd. Mr. Alex was impressive and inspiring to the crowd, sometimes giving the crowd a good chuckle with his funny yet amazing experiences. It came a time where his talk would come to an end, where it came time for the Q and A session. Only a few students were given the opportunity to ask Mr. Alex questions due to time constraints. The event ended with a round of applause for Mr. Alex. 

           After the event, there was a book signing and photo session where students had the chance to get their “The Naked CEO” book signed and even get a picture with Mr. Alex. The queue was long with a large number of students wanting to get a picture and book signed. Overall, the entire event was a huge success. It was truly an amazing experience for everyone who attended. The event ended later than expected that is approximately 6.30 pm.

Written By: Tan Soon Liang, Bryan

Edited By  : Goh Jong Kit and Lon Vin Sen 

SCSC Bonjour Night (Sem 2, 2015)

          4^th August 2015 is a special and significant day for all of the members of SCSC. It is Bonjour Night which is held once a year. This year, we had Bonjour Night in Function Room 4 at Graduate Centre, from 5.00 pm to 9.00 pm. Bonjour Night 2015 was participated by 24 existing members, 21 alumni and 12 new members of SCSC. The purpose of having Bonjour Night is to welcome the new members and alumni of SCSC warmly and enhance the understanding of new members for this club and make them clarify about what CPA is. Also, this activity is to build and strengthen the relationship between current members and the alumni of SCSC.

          The registration of Alumni and guests started from 6.30 pm. The Opening Ceremony started after majority of the alumni have arrived and registered. The opening speech presented by our Club Advisor, Ms. Fong, and AUP Head of Department, Ms. Greeja. Besides greeting all of the attendants with cordial welcome, the speeches progressed in a relaxed and mild ambience. We had a bonding session after the end of the opening ceremony. The participants in this session included new members, current members and alumni of SCSC. All of us made a simple introduction of ourselves by stating our own name and a related adjective that described us the most before the bonding game started. The game presided by the team in-charge. All of the participants have to hold each other hands to form a big circle that is convenient for the game to be conducted. The game was fun, challenging and enjoyable. The room was filled with laughter and mirth during this session.

          After easing and smoothing the atmosphere, it was time to have our dinner. Alumni and current members of SCSC were mixing together without distinguishing the identity. The awkwardness and shyness has been eliminated after the bonding session. All of us were enjoying our delicious meal and chatting with each other friendly. It was undeniable to say that dinner time was filled with delight and great pleasure. The sharing session by alumni started at 9.00 pm. Besides working experiences and useful knowledge, alumni also expressed their feelings toward SCSC. They shared about the good moment that gathered with old friends and the sense of belongingness towards SCSC. This sharing session was interesting and valuable for us.

           Our president then presented the unique and special brooch as a gift to alumni for appreciating their attendances and group photos have been taken after the sharing session. The entire activity ended around 9.30 pm. In a nutshell, Bonjour Night was fun and suitable to become a stage for every SCSC members to build relationship and network with new member and alumni by communicating with each other.

Written by: Er Chin Yuen

Edited by  : William Chang and Lim Li Wen

The Finance Game - Deal Or No Deal (Sem 2, 2015)

The Finance Game – “Deal or No Deal” took place on 24 July 2015, Friday, from 1.00 pm to 6.30 pm at Level 8, New University Building, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur. Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC) organized the Finance Game – “Deal or No Deal” and some volunteers of which constitute of talented and passionate students who like to share the knowledge to the others.

There were 30 participants, who joined this event and the participants were formed into 5 participants each team. The Finance Game is a very interesting game which shows a realistic market's transaction world. There were categorizing as many parts, which include "NGO", "Factory", "Bank", "Government", "Job Street", "Market", "Info Center" and “Investment". Every team acts as a company, received different kinds of role such as supplier, manufacturer and retailer. Furthermore, SCSC also provided fabulous prizes to winners to motivate participants.

It is a very interesting game and it has shown that great teamwork plays an important role within the game. It enhances the productivity and process during the game period. Besides, time management and market strategies are important since we should make certain relationship with the supplier and manufacturer in order to get resources. After this event, the participants have learnt a lot of experience about how market transactions work in the real world and know that retailers’ success relies on the relationship with suppliers and manufacturers.

As a conclusion, we hope to organize “Deal or No Deal” again and would like to improve the event. Besides, this was a well - structured event that was very successful with the help of all SCSC members, volunteers and the participants. 

Written by: Loh Zi En

Edited by  : William Chang and Lim Li Wen