CUMaSKini 29/5/2012 – Garden Party!

29 May 2012

Hello! Today’s excuse to procrastinate a little longer has just arrived in the form of another CUMaSKini!

The CUMaS Garden Party is coming up, right as terms ends! Its location may be a mystery for now, but there’s no mystery about the wonderful, delicious Malaysian food to be served! Looking further into the future, our friends at the Oxford University Malaysia Club are holding a dialogue with Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in the summer (in Putrajaya). Also, here’s a gentle reminder that the Parenting Scheme is still open.

Finally, to everyone, good luck in your exams!

1. CUMaS Garden Party 2012

Date: 16th June 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 11.30am – 4.00pm
Venue: A Big Green Field (We will reveal this later 🙂 )
Price: £7.00 (CUMaS), £9.00 (CUMSA), £10.00 (non-members). Free for graduating CUMaS members (3rd-years / 4th-years / Masters and PhD students)
Theme: Balik Kampung! 

Malaysian food! Fly a proper, traditional Wau! Celebrate the end of the academic year at the last event of the year, the CUMaS Garden Party!

More details about the Garden Party will be revealed in the upcoming weeks in CUMaSKini, on the website, and on the Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/234160736696221. Do keep checking to ensure you don’t miss out on any important details! 

Please RSVP before 9th June 2012 (Saturday) by signing up here:
http://bit.ly/CUMaSGParty12

Please sign up as soon as you can so that arrangements can be made.

Payment Methods: (Please pay as you confirm)

Cheques: made payable to Cambridge University Malaysia Society. Please deliver to Charmaine Tan of Christ’s College.

-or-

Bank transfer:

Sort code: 40-16-08
Account number: 12549263
Please state your name and “Garden” in the reference field.

See you there!

 

2. Dialogue Session with Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

Oxford University Malaysia Club invites all CUMaS members to attend this session at the start of the summer holidays in Malaysia.

Dear friends,

The Oxford University Malaysia Club is honoured to invite members to a dialogue session with YABhg. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in June 2012, as the first event of our Summer Speaker Series. The meeting will provide an insightful opportunity for us to hear Tun’s views on a range of national and international issues, as well as his vast personal experience in having helmed our nation for 22 years as Prime Minister. We also look forward to sharing our own views and opinions with Tun.

Details are as follows:

Date: 27th June 2012 (Wed)
Time: 3.00pm – 5.00pm
Venue: Perdana Leadership Foundation, Putrajaya

If you would like to take part, please e-mail Jiann Meng (publicity [at] cumas.org) with your full name and contact details. Kindly be informed that places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Also, please e-mail Shivanand Sivamohan (shivanand.sivamohan [at] sjc.ox.ac.uk) if you need more information.

Thank you.

 

3. Reminder: Parenting Scheme!

It is the time of the year when we officially welcome another batch of freshers into our CUMaS family! We will be trying something very different this year that is CUMaS members will have the option to choose their respective “wives” or “husbands”.The fun part is that you may choose to propose to your prospective husband/wife however you wish. Alternatively, you may choose to have us allocate you a partner. Please note that:

1. Members should try to pair up with members from other colleges and/or subject, so that it will be easier for the Welfare Officer to allocate kids.
2. Choosing parents outside of your respective cliques (if any) are encouraged.
3. Marriages should not be based on pre-existing relationships.
4. We will do our best to accommodate your marriage proposals, but we may have to reallocate spouses to ensure all freshers have suitable parents.

Please note that those who sign up for the parenting scheme are responsible for the welfare of their respective families, especially that of their kids – which includes welcoming and always checking up on their kids, meeting up with their families and being a friend/help where needed.

So, if you are interested in becoming parents for the incoming freshers, start spouse-hunting now and please sign up by 15th of July 2012 using this form: bit.ly/CUMaSParents12

(Only one person from each “marriage” is required to fill in the form)

If there are any enquiries, feel free to email our Welfare Officer, Stephanie, at welfare [at] cumas.org.

Ongoing

A : Tunku Abdul Rahman Graduate Scholarship 2012 : http://bit.ly/CUMaStunku

B : CEKU Photography Competition : http://bit.ly/CUMaSCEKU

C : CUMaS Online Jumble Sale : http://bit.ly/CUMaSJumbleNews

D : Ethos Business Brain Olympics 2012 : http://bit.ly/CUMaSEthosBrain