Educational Talk


Educational talks are very important for students especially if the talks are on how to be a good presentation skills. That is what Prof. Marcus Lee gave a talk on when he came to Curtin after being invited by the Rotaract Club. The talk was held on the 14th of September and was attended by students from different engineering disciplines.

Prof. Marcus Lee that works as a lecturer in University Southampton said that the lifestyle of students in Miri were very much different from them of Southampton Uni. During his talk he gave tips on several do's and don'ts while presenting. He also talked on the importance of good presentation skills, which are:

- Good and bad body gestures.

- Proper attire.

- Do's and don't while presentating. [Told life experiences when he was observed others presenting. The bad and the goods]


Alongside that, the Professor also touched on topics like the Britain way of living and etc...


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Curtin Closed Dodgeball Competition



On the 6th of October 2007, Rotaract Club of Curtin University of Technology in association with the Gamerz Club of Curtin jointly organized the Curtin Closed Dodgeball Competition. The objective of organizing this event was to aid the development of team spirit and gamesmanship among Curtin students. This event is targeted to be a non-profitable type of event; meaning that this event is not geared towards monetary gain. The objective of dodgeball is to eliminate each and every opponent team member from the in-court. To do so, one must use the single ball provided in the game and throw it at opponents. Opponents that come into contact with the ball is considered eliminated. Each dodgeball match consists of three playable sets. The best team of the three sets wins the match. The tournament took two whole days; i.e. from Saturday up to Sunday which was 6th to the 7th September 2007. A total of 7 teams participated in this tourney and all the teams were grouped together in a single table league format. Each team will play the other 6 teams in a game of dodgeball. Once all the games are played the points are divvied up. The top four seeds are as follows (in order of 1st to 4th seed):

1. City Kantui.com

2. Volleyball Team

3. City APJ

4. 38 Club

These four teams made it to the quarter-finals knockout phase. Finally, City Kantui.com emerged champions, defeating 38 Club in the finals. The other teams that participated in the tournament were:

1. Council.gg.com

2. Rotaract gg

3. Curtin Music Society

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APRRC: Asia Pacific Regional Rotaract Conference

On the 14th of August, in A Famosa, Melaka, there, a huge event was being held. Event was especially important to Rotaractors from all around Asia Pacific. The event; Asia Pacific Regional Rotaract Conference. The few Rotaractors from Curtin were very lucky to be able to attend this conference as it was a rare experience and conferences usually were not held in Malaysia. Rotaractors that attended the conference were:

1. Chien Hui Liang (President)
2. Ian Brian Tan Yang (V. President)
3. Adam
4. Si Yang
5. Jason Ong (Dir. of International Service)
6. Chang Shea Speare (Sergeant at Arms)
7. Ng Jou Wen (Treasurer)
8. Polycarp (Secretary)
9. Bay (Zonal Rep) and
10. Yours truly, Joyce (Dir. of Publicity)


The main objective of APRRC is to bring Rotaractors from all around the Asia Pacific region to a venue & establishing a common ground for discussions & platform for the sharing of views & ideas. It was an experience to remember and it was also very spectacular! It was a 4 day 3 night event that was held in the premises of A' Famosa Resort. Made many new friends, learned many things and most importantly, had lots and lots of FUN! *GRINSSSS*





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Interact - Rotaract Installation Night

18th of August 2007, may be a memorable event for many as they got their first badges from their President but for me, it is not only a memorable one but also an important event. On the date mentioned, our Club had the FIRST joint installation with 4 interact clubs' from 4 different schools which are St. Columba, Chung Hua, Lutong High School and Riam.

This event was participated by not only the members of the Rotaract and Interact members but also by Rotary Club members, friends and family and also by a renowned man, Datuk Lau. Activities held that night were many and interesting. On of the main highlights of the night was the presentation of badges to fellow Board of Directors by their President.

Performances that were on that night were such as live band performances, choir singing and dancing. All these performances were done by our own Rotaract and Interact members. Everyone had fun. A souvenir which comes in the form of magazine was handed out to guests but there were limited copies and only the lucky ones had them.

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Mooncake Festival 2007

The mooncake festival 2007 falls on a weekday, 25th of September. To give a chance for both local and foreign student a chance to enjoy the mooncake festival without going back home, the Rotaract Club of Curtin Sarawak hosted a Mooncake celebration on the 22nd of September (Saturday) . The organizing committee consisted of OC Rtr Esther Liaw, vice-OC Rtr Shuy Wan zhi, Rtr Siew Chen Mei, Rtr Amir Arrifin, Rtr Chang Shay Speare and Rtr. Ng Jou Wen.

The event started around 6:30 at night when the receptionist at the registration booth was amazed by the number of participants (both members and non-members) flowing in. Initially, the Organizing team was busy with the decorating of the venue but when it comes to hanging and lighting lanterns, seems like EVERYONE is willing to lend a helping hand.

For this special occassion, we have readied some special games such as the first game of newspaper hitting. (note: this game is most popular among chinese primary school students, if you don't know the game, you should have been here for the gruelling practise! Cause apparently those in the picture shown below, didn't! Haha...).

All smiles for the losing team of newspaper game

The losing team was then 'forced' to do a re-enactment of a chinese folk lore of Chang Er. Eventhough the story can be easily googled, this re-enactment is one in a million for the role of Chang Er (supposedly a beautiful woman) was taken by none other than our vice president Ian Tan!!! Nice job, Ian. (Pst.. lucky we don't have a video crew... YET). Other than that game, we also have a cordial game of passing the lanterns.


A game of passing the latterns.


Durian mooncake, jelly mooncake, custard mooncake, green bean mooncake, shanghai mooncake, etc etc

And those unlucky enough to be caught with a burnt lantern (there was a lot of cheating, you can guess )was given a special privilege to walk the catwalk as a mooncake model!! (*whistle *hootcalls)

Models preparing to showcase their mooncakes.

After dinner and mooncake, each person was given different colours of lotus flowers and were guided down a lit walkway leading to Curtin's mosquitoes infested lake to release the lotus flower. As each person was given a lantern and sparkler, the child inside was given full rein and well... crazy is not the ONLY word that came to mind.

Pres. William next to the newly released lotus floating in the lake.





have a fun filled midautumn festival, everyone!

After much photo taking, screaming, laughing and 'socializing' around, the event officially comes to an end at 9:30 and everyone was given free lanterns and a complimentary leftovers. (LOL)


The 'happy' and 'contented' faces of the participants


Note: Too much mosquitoe coils can bring about ecstasy and hallucination (oops)

Now, these are the happy and contented ones...
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Interota assembly 2006

On the 30th of June 2006, Rotaract Club of Curtin University of Technology Sarawak organized their very first Interota assembly which lasted for 3 days 2 nights boasting of a total of 58 participants with participants from Interact club of Chung Hua, Lutong, St. Columbus, St. Joseph, Riam, and Rotaract Club of UCS Sibu and Swinburne Kuching under the guidance of then President Bay Yeo Yang Sheng. Thanks to the help of Dato Lau Siu Wai and Curtin University of Technology, the event was able to be held smoothly within the University’s compound and the new Curtin Villa. Each participant was given a room equipped with air condition and a shared sitting room with a functioning television.
On the first day upon arrival, all the participants registered themselves at Curtin Villa and were given a name tag, t shirt and a pillow and blanket. After been given thirty minutes of rest, everybody was bundled up and driven to Taman Selera for an ice breaking ceremony. Perhaps it was the lazy breeze, or perhaps it was the beautiful view but everyone warmed up to each other really fast. The participants were distributed to a few groups and were given a task to perfect within 3 days and that is to make a really memorable and special group cheer to portray the image of their group.
On the second day, participants were given a brief tour of the University before the main opening ceremony officiated by Dato Lau Siu Wai and Dean Ruth Marquis who cut the string which unfolds the banner of the Interota assembly.



Dato Lau officiating the event.



President Bay Yeo Yang Sheng giving an opening ceremony speech



Dato Lau Siu Wai and Dean Ruth marquis was awarded a t-shirt and a banner.

After the opening ceremony, the morning was mostly filled with seminars about Interact/Rotaract/Rotary Club and how to work as a team in the club given by fellow Rotarians. But all work and no play make Jack a dull boy, so for the second half of the afternoon, we all played water war which surprisingly lasted for a full hour and a half.

PP David giving a talk about the importance of teamwork in a club.



Group photo





Dato Lau Siu Wai giving a talk about the secret of success. (from an uneducated boy to a student to a small time thief to head of a mafia group to a developer to a successful datuk... his stories are true hard core experiences hoping to reach out to the younger generation about hardship and determination)





Motivational talk is nothing without enthusiasm.




PP Jack and his group of ‘angels’


F4!! hehe...(from left, lau sie hung, siew chan mei, me and maxsim)




‘We are going to be the winners!!’ A resounding group cheer!

During the night time, it was a great time for relaxation… since that night was also coincidental night for one of the match of World Cup, we all settle down for a nice BBQ and tv time while some had asked permission to spend the night at kopitiam, watching the World Cup tournament.





Lighting up the fire for the BBQ.







Piggyback races!





Morning workouts... hey ho...hey ho...

The third day which was also the last day, we have another big activity waiting in line for us – wall painting of the old folk’s home’s living room which I was in charged of. While some are stationed to paint the wall, others were assigned to clean the garden and sweep the drains of the old folk’s home. Halfway through, as we were rounding up everyone for a break, we found some students missing. Worried, we scanned through the old folk’s home only to find this loving picture of them entertaining the old folks!




Eh..eh...How to paint?
President Bay Yeo Yang Sheng making sure everyone was ok.

Charity starts at the home... of the old folk's... so, paint, everyone paint!



Group photo 2
As the night draws near, you could feel the excitement in the air as well as heavy preparation. Several students are seen running out of their room with a hair dryer, hushed whispers and clothes in their hands. It is none other than the much awaited INSTALLATION NIGHT where unlike previous years we are going to crown a Mr. and Miss Interact. Hehe… that would really get the students perked up. During the installation night, everyone arrived looking their very best with no hint of exhaustion from the morning’s work out. The whole place was packed to the brim with Rotarians and Interactors till we had to order another extra table for them. The night was a beautiful night indeed where Rotaract Club of Curtin University of Sarawak installed their new BOD;crowned Gabriel from SMK Lutong as Mr Interactor and Donna also from SMK Lutong as Miss Interactor ; watched some really entertaining sketches and performances by the various participants and the most memorable event? AG Bong singing duet with our mc of the day.

AG Bong singing his heart out.
A performance by the SMK Lutong students. (Music: The Lion sleeps tonight)

Everyone having a generally good time dancing and cheering.

Rotarians and The new and outgoing BOD.


Special thanks to now outgoing President Bay Yeo Yang Sheng for the meticulous planning and undertaking of the 2006 Interota Assembly; it was a huge success! and thank you to the rest of the Rotaractors for staying back to lend a hand, you know who you are... Rotaractor Siew Chan Mei, Rotaractor Lau Sie Hung, Rotaractor Pierre Yam, Rotaractor Duncan and Rotaractor Leong Chau Siong. Please excuse this late publication and we hope to host this event again this year. Hope to see you there!

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