General Update + Information about Nominations Process

Hello! *blows off the dust on this blog*

Sorry for the extreme lack of updates! We've all been busy with school and other stuff. Mid-terms and all, I'm sure you understand.

Throughout that all, Interact's been going underground, if you get my meaning. :D

No I don't mean illegal underground, I just mean, we've been keeping things on the down low. It may seem like we haven't got anything going on but that's far from the truth.

In late March, we started our nominations process. In April, the nominees were given the Sports Day project, as is tradition. To all the people who bought from Interact Club on Sports Day, thanks! You guys helped make the project a success. Also, from that project, we started to see the potential in our future BODs.

The nominees were also given a hand to plan the I.U Project. I myself am not too sure of the full details, but I hear it's going to be pretty damn awesome.

Other than that, the nominees were also given a task to plan two virtual projects. About 2 weeks after Sports Day, they were asked to present one of those virtual projects. Personally, all of the teams impressed me in different ways. I can't divulge anymore than that, sorry!

Their next virtual project - the camp - will be presented after the holidays, if I'm not mistaken. Look forward to that, because if the plan is real good, we just might be planning the real thing!

Throughout the process so far, I personally have seen a lot of potential in the nominees. Some have impressed me, some have tried to impressed but failed, some have surprised me, some have warmed up to me and some have shown me their true colours. But all in all, I suppose the nominees this year aren't too bad a batch. (*sniffles* I still think my year had the best batch of nominees. :D)

BUT the nominations process isn't over yet! There's still the evaluation of the I.U. Day Project as well as their interview. MUAHAHAHA, I've been waiting for this day forever!! HAHA. Don't worry, I'll try to be nice. :)

Also, several Interact members joined the bowling competition held by Bandar Sunway Rotary about a month or so ago. I heard it was great fun but I didn't go, so I suppose you'll have to wait till one of those who did go decide to speak up about it. :)

P.S: Please keep an eye on the blog for updates on I.U Day. I really wasn't joking when I said I heard it's going to be awesome. No, srsly.

- Int. Geraldine, Secretary.

Recap of the past few weeks + Production Pictures

The last couple of weeks have been great! We've been having GM every week and every week, a lot of members have shown up! That's great!

So Friendship Day project is now in full swing, we've been getting a lot of orders ever since we started sales on Thursday. Sales will be over in about a week or so, so don't delay getting your orders down from Interact NOW!!!!

We've also been having productions quite often and YES ALOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP TO THOSE TOO! Yay!

Products this year are:

• Marshmallow pot - RM5
• Chocolate Mug - RM4
• Candy Shock - RM2
• Roses + Peacock Flower - from RM3 onwards
• Message on the board - RM0.50 (small) / RM1 (big)
  

Marshmallow pot!

Some pictures of Interactors producing stuff for Friendship Day! :)





Okay la! Just a few pictures only! Cause the pictures are all pretty big files so uploading them takes FOREVERRRR.

Remember to check out the Interact bulletin board often! All updates on General Meeting/Productions/ etc etc etc will be up there first! :)

New School Year + What We've Done So Far + Future Activities

The new school year has started!

I'm sorry the blog is getting slightly dusty but now that school has started again, we're gonna have a lot more activities (and hopefully, more updates!).

This year's AGM was kept simple and it was quite a success, if I may say so myself. What really impressed me was that we had quite a number of people who turned up for the interview the next day. To those guys who turned up for the interview, THANK YOU! You have no idea how much that helped us to know your perspective on things and we're really grateful for that.

For those who didn't attend the interview though, no worries. As long as you frequently attend the meetings (remember to get your attendance from Int. Liew Sher Mun, the tall spiky haired dude), you are a member of the Interact Club. On the other hand, even if you attended the meeting but you do not come for the meetings nor do you actively participate in our activities, your name will be cancelled out.

Also, for those not in the know, today was our first official General Meeting of the year. We had a pretty decent turnout, with both familiar and new faces in the crowd. We had several announcements made about the I.U Project as well as the Friendship Day Project. We also had a little sketch about Italy and we all learned some new facts about Italy.

Did you know that we have the Italians to thank for smelling good? The cologne was invented by an Italian!

Members were moderately participative but I must commend the members for paying attention to us most of the time. :)

Special thanks to the members who helped out with the Italy sketch!

Oh and make sure you guys come for the next General Meeting! There might be another hilarious sketch like that. :D


In somewhat related news, there will be a Production for Friendship Day tomorrow (16-01-2010) from 8am to 11am at No. 93, Jalan SS19/4. Bring your stationeries, glue and scissors! For more details, please call Int. Sarah at 016-3160125 as she's the one in charge of this project. Thanks.


- Int. Geraldine (Secretary)

Hey there!


Interact Gathering will be held tomorrow.
basically it's for Interactors and also non interactors from different schools.


Details are as following :

date :15 December
time : 6.30pm onwards.
venue : 80 jalan SS14/5E, Subang Jaya. (The yellow house behind Haji Bistro)
attire : Casual.


There will be food, games and lots of mingling.
It will be loads of fun. hope to see you there. :)

yours truly,
Lisaaaa :)

Project AID

Project AID: Appreciating Interactors Day! Started with a senamrobik session (thanks to Sher Mun who insisted we do it lest we wanted our legs to fail us and break) then a game of Captainball! The rain and mud did not deter us, as Team Cheese went agains Team Rollie Pollie Ollie.

Sher Mun briefing members about the game.

Later we played the infamous Table Talk, where we all got soaked to the bone!


It is fitting to say that Project AID has acheived its goal: to get to know members and bring them closer, the old-fashioned way, having LOADS OF FUN!

Waiiiiit for it.....

Anyone else welcome to upload pictures from the even here! My current uploader is being a tortoise.

Editor :)

Carpark painting

Wow. Interact blog is a bit dusty eh?

Well, luckily for y'all, we've been having quite a lot of activities lately which you might or might not know, depending on how active you are.

First up, PAINT THE CARPARK!

It was originally supposed to be a 3-hour thing, but we grossly underestimated and it turned out to be a four-day affair.

Although the whole thing took more time than we expected, I think all in all, for a bunch of unprofessional painters, we did quite an alright job with the yellow car park lines. Most of them are straight. :D

And the best part is, we got free food for helping the school! We don't get paid but we get a full stomach! Hahah.

Some pictures.

Us working!

Us still working!

Us fighting for paint and brushes to work! Am I conveying just how enthusiastic we were about it yet?? Hahah.

The end result. :D


All in all, it was good fun, good work and good company. And if you head to school and see bright yellow lines in the carpark, you'll know it was us. :)

- Geraldine

Wishing Well Production

Hi guys!! I'm not sure if you guys know whats The Wishing Well Project about so let me tell you about it in afew words.

It's kinda like Friendship day. You order products for your friends to wish them good luck for exams!! (exam coming ma..) and no, sadly it doesnt require you throwing money into a well. Dont do that! :)

Anyway! To have products you gotta make them right? That's why we're having production! And there's gonna be a production tomorrow since its a public holiday and all :)

Venue : ss15 drive thru McDonald. I repeat, DRIVE THRU
Time : 10am
Date : MERDEKA!!

It's okay if you cant come dont worry about it! We're gonna be doing this tomorrow.

Pen socks!

Things you have to bring :

1. Sharp scissors to cut fabric
2. Super Glu. SUPER AH!! SUPER!!

Conditions you have to obey :

1. Pick up every single rubbish
2. At least order SOMETHING.

McD wont be very happy if we take up their space, mess it up and not pick the rubbish lol! Anyways, I'm worried about not having a huge space for all of us to sit together, so come early! Or else we'll be separated lol.

See youuuuu thereeeee!

-Sarah (funding director)

Paint the Store project

Are you all free this Saturday??

Cause the 'Paint the Store' Project is this Saturday, guys! And your help will most definitely be greatly appreciated. :)


Details of the project are as follows:

Date: 29th August 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 8.30am to 1pm
Venue: Gather at the canteen!
Notes: Please wear something you don't mind getting dirty. You never know with paint. *winks*

Please try to be there, cause what else would you be doing on a Saturday morning?

(And don't say sleep. If I, possibly the most sleep-deprived person I know, can make it there, so can you.)

Nothing special really, just normal painting for the Interact store and the store behind the Chemistry lab. And srsly, don't wear anything too fancy. You might get paint all over it. =/

Alright, that's about it. In Bart Simpson's words, "Be there, or be square!"


- Geraldine

More Installation Pictures!

Thank you Phaik Yan for the event photos :)

Special thanks to Mr Rudy Yong for his contributions and great help towards the event's success!

Outgoing President giving his speech

Amir and his wicked guitar-ing!

Passing on the torch

Speech from incoming President.

Tradition for presidents to suck their toes!

Caught in the act later at McD's: Outgoing VP Dheepan smoking... fries!

Editor :)

District Governor Meeting 2009

District Governor Meeting at Sunway Hotel. Just a few pics, anyone who has anymore, please post them up! :)







Is it me or are there just TOO MANY pics of the president here?

General Meeting + BOD Meeting (21/8) + Miscellanous

Guys! Listen up!

GENERAL MEETING
Day/Date : Friday (21/8)
Place : 3 Gamma
Time : 12.30pm
About : Wishing Well Project! Paint the Store Project! And if we have time after that, GAMES! :)

For BOD members, pay close attention to this. President Zhiying has decided to have an official BOD meeting right after the previously mentioned General Meeting. Details as follows:

Official BOD Meeting
Day/Date : Friday (21/8)
Time : 1.30pm
About : We will be inviting our Rotarian Advisor to this meeting so if you have any qualms or questions about your job or your role to play in the Interact Club, you can ask him then. Place is yet to be confirmed.

VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE BE THERE.

Oh yes, I also have a favour to ask of all you SMKSU Interactors! I've been thinking of changing many graphic-related stuff on this blog for a while now, but I never really got around to it because:

1. My laptop is best friends with Mr Laggity Lag.
2. Although my desktop is super fast, I only have Adobe Photoshop on my laptop.
3. I cannot find any suitable graphics.

Ignore the first two, I just need your help regarding the last. (Unless one of you will be willing to buy me a new laptop complete with Adobe Photoshop. Or just a new Adobe Photoshop CD since I can't find it anymore. Hahah)

If you come across any interesting graphics that remind you of the Interact Club, that you'd like to see be put on the blog as the header or as an icon or whatever, please let me know! You can contact me from my email, crazy4more_xcitemen93@hotmail.com

Your help will be greatly appreciated and quite frankly, desperately needed. Thanks! :)

And lastly, just for laughs, Neil Patrick Harris dancing with Elmo. Makes me laugh every time. Hahah!


Ja ne!



- Geraldine

Interact Leadership Training Seminar

ILTS, Interact Leadership Training Seminar held at SMK SS17 this year. Had a chance to catch up with old friends as well as make new ones, besides learning the fundamentals of becoming a true Interactor!

President Lim Zhiying has been voted as Vice Chairman of ICC! :)



Thanks much to SMK SS17 for hosting this event, we know how much blood, sweat and tears you guys put into this! (since we hosted it last year haha) You guys were really hospitable and your school is really big and nice! :D

Editor :)

Installation Photos

Installation photos! We had a blast! Thanks everybody for coming! Hope you had an awesome time!
















Editor :)

Map

Hey Boys and Girls! :]

This is the map to Sunway Lagoon Club which is the venue for our Installation Day. You can click on it to see it ZOOMED. Its the one that's circled in RED and pointed with a RED arrow. For further details please check the earlier posts or contact any of the B.O.D.s.
Thanks!

~Zhiying :]

Passion for Interaction badge

So cute so round so adorable
it's black and silver with red in the middle
Passion for Interaction says the label
just rm5 for one, damn affordable!!

Get yours! from any of the BODS. also available on Installation day itself - 1stAugust 2009 - details at the post below.

-Sarah

Interact Installation 09/10

LISTEN UP EVERYONE!

Interact Installation 09/10 is coming up!

(courtesy of Nadia, our editor)


Date : 1st August 2009
Venue : Sunway Lagoon Club, Poolside Hall
Time : 4 - 8pm
Fee : RM10 (another RM10 for Club Tie)
Dress Code : Club Uniform / Semi-formal

Gonna be fun, I tell you. Sung Lin, ex-Club Service Director is going to perform, or so I hear. :))

Map to the place is gonna be up soon.

Oh yeah, refreshments is provided! There's going to be other performances as well including performances from Talent Quest contestants.

To find out more and/or buy the ticket, please see Liew Sher Mun in 4 Gamma. If you can't find him, come find me/Zhiying, we're both in 4 Omega, we'll jot down your name and class, and we'll get Sher Mun to come find you with the ticket, hokay?

:]]


- Geraldine

Passion For Interaction

Interact SMKSU's Installation 2009/2010!

1st August 2009
Arrival of guests starting 4pm
Poolside Hall, Sunway Lagoon Club
RM 10
Club uniform/ smart casual
This is a school event. Please dress appropriately, no shorts, sleeveless, miniskirts, etc.
OC: Club Service Director Liew Sher Mun
Awesome performances, refreshments provided! The makings of a good party :)

Editor:)

BOD Meeting on 14/7

BOD Meeting tomorrow! Just received sms from Shermun. Lasts about an hour, usual spot at the pondok.

Get ready your drafts/proposal/whatever stuff for your department. Chop chop, Installation is in two weeks! TWO WEEKS, OMG.

Oh, and Rachel, if by some miracle you read this by tonight, can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring the list of schools for me to invite? Thanks a lot.

And the same to Matthew, except bring the format. Because...I thought the format inside the pendrive was for Aziemah's. Sorry.

Oh and any ideas for the creative departments, please suggest it at the cbox! For the badges, backdrop, gifts & souvenirs, etc etc.

Alrightey, I got to go, Add Maths tuition. DDD8



- Geraldine

Bulletin Board + Meetings

Yo! I'm back. After a long hiatus of no updates, I promise I will try to be more active in posting here, hokay? Someone just has to, uh, remind me.

But I digress.

In case you haven't noticed, the Interact Bulletin Board has been given a makeover quite a while back. The work of our new Editor-in-Chief and Sub-Editor, Nadia and Ping respectively. Show them your appreciation and use your imagination check it out more often.

I like the Interact bear comic strip. It's so funny! I think the bear should be our new mascot. Hahah!

Ahem. Anyway.

The board is constantly updated, because Nadia works fast, so really, you should check it out more often for new information and stuffs like that. Also, just a little trivia for you, Nadia was the one who designed the pink Talent Quest flyers you see all over the school. She was also asked to design the backdrop for the Talent Quest event itself, but she turned it down due to time restraint and other priorities.

:))

At any rate. We have a new feature on the new bulletin board, which is the simple yet effective calendar. The calender is changed every month, and it is filled with information like the days of BOD meeting, General Meeting, events and projects. Also, it lists the funny days we should be celebrating but aren't due to lack of knowledge; knowledge that we now have, thanks to Nadia and her calendar.

Did you all celebrate Speak-in-Rhymes Day on the 30th of June? I did. For about 10 seconds.

Nadia: Hey, it's Speak-in-Rhymes Day! Let's celebrate it with hay!
Me: .... Okay....

Right.

This month though, there are more hilarious days to celebrate, so make sure you go and check out the date on the Interact bulletin board!

While I'm here, I might as well inform/remind all of you about several things:

1. BOD members! There is a BOD meeting this Friday, 3/7, after school at 3 Gamma. And another one on 17/7, which is two weeks from now.

2. All other members! There are General Meetings on Friday, 10/7 and 24/7. Yes, we are alternating the General Meetings with the BOD Meetings so it should be easier for you guys to remember the date. All other details are as follows:

Time: 12.30pm

Place: 3 Gamma

3. I.U Day is sometime this month, so keep your eyes peeled for more news of that. Either on here or on the bulletin board.

Oh and one last thing before I go, for those not in the know, the Interact Bulletin Board is right beside the PMR Lab 1 (which also happens to be the class of the Club President Zhiying, Club Secretary yours truly, Club Treasurer Natalie and I.U. Director Phanit :D). And the PMR Lab 1 is beside the PMR Lab 2. And the PMR Lab 2 is beside the sepak takraw court. There you go. A succint map on where the bulletin board is. :)

- Geraldine

Hari keluarga

Attention BODS!!!!

I've sent out an sms. but to those who didnt recieve it, please pay up for the hari keluarga coupons to pn rajes on thursday before 7.30am!! if you didnt sell them please return the coupons!

No idea what to label this.

- Sarah