Lantern Fest By Proshini Nadesan, (Petroleum Geoscience 3rd Year 2nd Semester)

Lantern Fest

 By Proshini Nadesan, (Petroleum Geoscience  3^rd Year 2^nd Semester)

More than 200 people released Chinese lanterns into the sky Saturday night, lighting up the whole Oval Park for The Lantern Fest, an event organized by Chess Club. Nirosha, Foundation July Intake said she and her friends were very excited to create magical moments as it was their first time participating in a Lantern Fest.

However, the Saturday night’s weather was unforgiving when it started raining around 9pm, delaying the lantern releasing and canceling few other activities that was planned to keep the crowd entertained. Noor Ameera, The Project Manager said, if it rained heavily, the Lantern Fest was to be postponed to the next day and the other plan was to just give the participants their lanterns on Monday. There was 3 food truck serving western food and drinks around the Oval Park’s parking lot.

Despite the excitement of participants, safety and environmental concerns surrounded the event and the organizers assigned their members to follow the glowing lights and collect the debris. “There were possibilities for the lantern to get stuck on trees and start a fire. That is why we have fire extinguishers surrounding the parameter” Muhammad Azim Azrai, Head of Department for logistic said. There was also concern by the locals nearby about possibilities that the motorist on road near the launch site maybe be distracted by the sight of rising lanterns. Fortunately, there were no traffic problems and no fire reported.

The First Lantern to be released

                                          Foundation Student’s releasing their first lantern

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ConvoRun-2015 By Suhail Mohammed Gubari, 2nd Sem/2nd Year, PE

ConvoRun-2015

By Suhail Mohammed Gubari, 2^nd Sem/2^nd Year, PE

Chancellor Complex, 17^th October, 2015 – In conjunction with the prestigious 15th Anniversary of UTP Convocation, many participants joined one of the biggest charity run in UTP supported by YAYASAN UTP. Datuk Rahim, the Vice Chancellor and Dato' Shahrul, Perak Exco for Youth & Sports were among the early participants.

Over 350 participants came to join this charity run. Organizations like Kelab Kecergasan- Fitness Club, an external club also joined the run. The registration fees which include the T-shirt, medals, certificates, drinks and vouchers were sponsored by McDonald and IM4U association. The registration started at 7:00 am and followed by a warming up session at 7:45 AM. There were 2 categories of participants; those in blue T-shirt participated in 5 km run while those in black T-shirt ran for 10 km. "I was so tired but I was excited to finish the race" said one of the 10 km participants. 

After all the participants reinstated, the run was closed by lucky draw among the participants. Later on, everyone gathered for a picture to celebrate their achievements. "Some participants mentioned that this is their first time to be in UTP and it was a wonderful experience. “ The committee did a great job indeed to make this ConvoRun successful”, said Sugentther Chanthra, Project Manager ConvoRUN 2015.

Datuk Rahim, Vice Chancellor and Dato' Shahrul, Perak Exco for Youth & Sports with other participants.

Lucky Draw session

Group Photo with all the participants 

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“BossBabe Makeup Workshop”-2015, (Myat Thiri San, CE 2nd year, 2nd semester).

“BossBabe Makeup Workshop” (Myat Thiri San, CE 2^nd year, 2^nd semester).

Undercroft, 10^th October, 2015-“A private makeup party where girls can learn how to do makeup and be confident.” featuring  Titi Athirah who is a renowned Makeup artist under Bossbabe Makeup. This was the very first ever makeup class in UTP which was held under Convofest UTP 2015, mainly sponsored by L’OREAL, CarloRino, Restoran Rizqullah and other sponsors were Urban Decay, Shikin Saerah, AYNE and Pakar Cheese Leleh. The whole event’s main theme was black, thus everyone must wear black.

Around 88 enthusiastic female participants came over to attend this event. Registration started at 9:00AM.  After registration, ceremony started at 10:00 AM and speech was given by Pn Maznah Ramly, Senior Executive, Student Support Services Dept. After that, Titi Athirah gave a speech and make up demo. This was not a formal event, everyone went around, enjoyed and learned. The lucky person was able to go up on the stage and be a model for makeup tutorial for “everyday look”.  All the lucky draw prizes were famous cosmetic brands such as “Urban Decay powder foundation”, “lipsticks”, “L’OREAL mascaras” and so on. Others won the respective prizes too. After the lucky draw section, there was activities and games session too. Foundation makeup, powder and lipsticks were given on each table and the papers of the girl’s face sketch were given to each of them. Everyone had to paint on the paper nicely and submit it within 20 mins. The best artists were given prizes. There was another activity “selfie contest” where students must take selfies and post on instagram with hashtags. All the prizes of games and selfie contests were given before the end of the session. Photography session and video sessions were taken after the ceremony. Breakfast and lunch for the whole event was sponsored by Restoran Rizqullah.

This “makeup party” can enhance your basic makeup skills that every girl should know. “Makeup can make you confident and glorious”. The event was successful and every student who attended this event was satisfied and knew how to do the basic makeup at the end of the event. “Be bossbabe and be confident”. 

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UTP Table Tennis Challenge By: Nesha Priya Arasu (Chemical Engineering 1st Year/2nd Semester)

UTP Table Tennis Challenge

By: Nesha Priya Arasu (Chemical Engineering 1^st Year/2nd  Semester)

Block B, 10^th October 2015- UTP Table Tennis Challenge, an event for table tennis enthusiasts to spark their talent and passion in sports was held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  The event organized by UTP Table Tennis Club for the second time is fully sponsored by the Co-curriculum (Co-Q) unit. This event aligns with UTP's aim to create a conducive environment to produce well-rounded students by organizing non-academic related activities. It also encourages the community to eliminate the differences between races and culture and tighten the bond between people with different cultures in conjunction with One Malaysia concept. Yeoh Jhin Xern, the Project Director extended his appreciation to the Co-Q unit for their unwavering support towards this event. He also thanked the participants for displaying good sportsmanship throughout the event as well as his dedicated committees for their excellent commitment. Needless to say, all those who participated in this event had a great time.

The list of winners are as follows:

Mixed Doubles Category :-

Champion : Muhammad Atif Bin Baharuddin & Sharifah Nurfarhana Binti Syed Mansor

First Runner-up : Ken Irok Sendal & Ee Ming Sun

Men's Doubles Category :-

Champion : Wong Dai Le & Lau Jia Shen

First Runner-up : Muhammad Arif Bin Nasrudin & Mohammad Ashraf Bin Salehuddin

Second Runner-up : Muhammad Hakim Bin Mat Tasir & Muhammad A'izuddin Bin Nizan

Women's Single Category :-

Champion : Nur Fazlin Binti Rahim

First Runner-up : Hany Liyana Binti Mohammad Masri

Second Runner-up : Nur Atikah Binti Yusa

Men's Single Category :-

Champion : Wong Dai Le

First Runner-up : Ahmad Imtiyaz

Second Runner-up : Lau Jia Shen

Men’s Singles Match

                                           Registration committee                                       

Tired but happy faces.

Men’s Doubles Match

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Minggu Mesra Kampus Sept 15 By: Vishnu Rao (Chemical Engineering 2nd Year/ 2nd Semester) Kalai Varma (Mechanical Engineering 2nd Year/ 2nd Semester)

Minggu Mesra Kampus Sept 15

By: Vishnu Rao (Chemical Engineering 2^nd Year/ 2^nd Semester)

Kalai Varma (Mechanical Engineering 2^nd Year/ 2^nd Semester)

Pocket D, 29^th September – The September 15 edition of Minggu Mesra Kampus was held as usual in the second week of September semester from Tuesday to Thursday. Held in Pocket D, the event was a showcase allowing many student bodies, organizations and student interest groups as well as events that are held in Universiti Teknologi Petronas an opportunity to attract members and participants.

  It all started the night beforehand as clubs gathered in order to set up their booths in preparation for the next day. Things started as early as 9a.m. the next morning as various clubs and organizations began to open their booths. Some of the many booths open for students were the Rotaract Club of UTP, SPE, AAPG, IChemE, Wushu club and Aiesec. The student bodies of UTP such as the Student Representative Council(SRC) and Rakan Masjid also opened up their respective booths. Some booths set up games such as the Chess Club. They had rapid chess games in order to attract members. One of the most attractive booths opened during MMK was undoubtedly the one by Virtuoso. They allowed visitors to play the instruments that were on display as well as to perform.

The third and final day of MMK coincided with Go Halliburton which was organized by SPE UTP in conjunction with Halliburton in order to educate students about career pathways and choices in Halliburton. They held technical talks on the Oil and Gas industry in Lecture Theatre D5 and D6 as well as an exhibition in Pocket D foyer throughout the day. Representatives from Halliburton were brought in to demonstrate some of the displays during the exhibition as well as to deliver their talks. A lucky draw was held for those who attended the technical talks. MMK September 15 wrapped up at 5p.m. on Thursday and will return once more on January 2016.

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