Sehari Bersama Desa Amal Jireh

A group at 11 members from i-Club went for this charity drive on 30 August 2009, which is a day before our country National Day. Though there is only 11 of us, we manage to run all the activities smoothly. All the orphan had great fun with us for this whole day event and when we are leaving, we get hugs and kisses from them. They were all so charming and easy going kids.

The day started off at sharp 9.30am with short briefing and introduction from i-Club members and also our teacher advisor. The follow with warm up with the kids to get them ready for the first activity of the day... Treasure Hunt. At the same time, Colouring Contest were held inside the hall for the nursery. After treasure hunt, all of them were sited in the hall for Story Telling Competition from the Primary School kids. As its a guys VS ladies contest, the kids were cheering for each group. Lunch were provided by Desa Amal Jireh for all of us at 12.30pm where we the 'fortunate groups' were given a chance to taste the food served in orphanage and they actually served us slightly better food (more ingredients) than those orphan. Reason is they scare that we are not use to eating not much ingredients food. Thanks to them that all of us did enjoy our lunch very much.

Title of their Drama ("Superhero Saves The World") had been given to them 2 weeks before the Charity Drive and it is also a guys VS ladies competition. After lunch the two groups compete with each other again for the prizes. They were given chance to do some simple baking and sandwich making too. The Primary School kids did the Non-bake Chocolate Ball, whereas the Secondary School kids did the Sandwich. The best of the day is eventually the kids took those Chocolate Ball and put it under the sun to bake. Their pure action really make the day for all of us. The Chocolate Balls and Sandwiches were served as their tea time and after that, we continue on with our sports carnival.

The day ended with prize giving and also donation from student (wanted to be anonymous) from UKM to them. Its really a tiring but meaningful day for all of us.

Deas Amal Jireh also accept donation from public, organization and corporate bodies in various forms such as In-kind, cash, sponsorship, providing and helping to raise funds. For donation, please visit their website. 

i-Club General Gathering

A special gathering were planned to meet up all the members on this day. Unfortunately the outcome is not very good but we still carried on with the activities. We started off with an introduction of the purpose of this meeting... which is to elect new committees into i-Club board.

To warm up the members, they are given a very simple task... which is drawing in the dark. Eventually all the members that attended this gathering did a good job even though they have to draw with light. After that they are asked to explain why they come out with this drawing. Some of the creative members linked it into a story, some was things that they like, some miss home, etc...etc... The purpose of this game is just to test their imagination and without light, it’s difficult for one to move on as surely you will skit off from the road. So, i-Club have prepared a platform for the members to learn and explore.

After this game, all of the members were called to stand in a row for the 'Pass the Message' game. Or Dr. Vani, our advisor of the club prefers it to be called 'Chinese Whisper'. The first member is given some lines of words to pass it down the queue... and the message turns out to be super funny when the last person revealed the message. This taught us that always first hand message is better than getting information from other sources. As first hand message are always solid and true.

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) starts after the games. It started with an introduction form the existing working committee regarding their job scope and further explanation from our advisor, Dr. Vani. The members were given task if they were to choose a post from the one listed, how would they convinced themselves to be elected for the post. All of them did a good presentation to 'Sell Themselves' and lists of new committee members are elected.

Due to time constrain, we have to go through the introduction for our upcoming activity - Charity Drive at Desa Amal Jireh in brief. Short, simple and straight to the point this one day activity wtth the needy which will be on 29 August 2009 we introduced to them and those that is interested are welcome to register their name with us.

Launching of i-Club UKM

Having hundreds of clubs in National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM), after getting the approve from the university department and with the assist of General Electric (GE), Imagination Club UKM is known to be i-club was successfully launched on 1 December 2008 by Deputy Vice Chancellor (Industry and Community Partnerships), Prof. Dr. Saran Kaur Gill, Presiden of General Eletric (GE) Southeast Asia, Stuart Dean and Director of Industrial Communication Office, Prof. Dr. Mohd Tusirin Mohd under the advice of Assoc Prof. Dr. Kalaivani Nadarajah.

Since i-club is known to be imagination club, the main objectives of our club of course is to encourage imagination and empower student. Through tangible projects which are planned by the student for the student, they themselves will be able to experience decision making and leadership. I-club is a platform to accelerate learning to create values & facilitate the transition of undergraduates to a professional environment.

With the hundreds of graduates produce every year, to make us stand out different with other graduates, we must be able to complete ourselves with soft skill. Hence, we hunt for getting a club that not only getting knowledge but also the values and skill which are useful for our future career. Moreover, I-club gives students a platform to made creative activities. Although I-club has its own fix director board, every one of us is able to lead any portfolio within certain period as we apply ‘take turn method’. Further, we are given an honorable opportunity to build networking with GE. GE is a multinational company which emphasis imagination at work. The involvement of GE in this club is highly committed. Thus, our members will definitely benefit with the assistance from GE.