Geoscience Exhibition and Competition - GEnC 2015 By Naviin Balasubramaniam (Petroleum Engineering, 2nd Year/1st Semester)

Geoscience Exhibition and Competition- GEnC 2015

By Naviin Balasubramaniam (Petroleum Engineering, 2nd Year/1st  Semester)

Chancellor Complex, 8^th & 9^th July 2015- Geoscience Exhibition and Competition (GEnC) 2015 is an event organized by American Association of Petroleum Geologist UTP Student Chapter (AAPG-UTP-SC) for the very first time which united geology and geoscience students from different universities around Malaysia to participate in this competition. This event was officiated by Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Shahir Liew, Dean of Faculty of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering accompanied by Project Director of GEnC 2015, Lee Ming Xing at Seminar Room 7. GEnC 2015 was organized to enhance the geology understanding of students, prepare the students to face the challenges that might be encountered in the industry, to promote AAPG and to strengthen the bond among Geosciences students in Malaysia. Besides that, another objective of the event is to inculcate students with creative and innovative skills, to become a better geoscientist in the future. Students from four different universities apart from UTP, namely Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK), Universiti Malaya (UM) and Curtin University forming 18 teams all together including nine teams from UTP, actively participated in the Outcrop Description presentation, Outcrop and Poster Display. There were also two other main events which was Geoscience- related talks and exhibition by the Gold sponsor, Shell , Silver sponsor, LHOIST, Schlumberger, IHS Inc, JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation and lastly, the grand dinner where the winners of respective categories were announced and awarded.

CHAMPION 

Holocene (UM) - RM1, 000 cash + One Trophy + Certificates

1st RUNNER UP

The Crockers (UMS) - RM800 cash + One Trophy + Certificates

2nd RUNNER UP

Geoninjas (UTP) - RM700 cash + One Trophy + Certificates

Best Presentation Award for Outcrop Presentation

Holocene (UM) - Trophy + Certificates

Best Poster for Outcrop Exhibition

Gondwana (UMK) - Trophy + Certificates

Best Booth for Outcrop Exhibition

The Crockers (UMS) - Trophy + Certificates

Amethyst group from UTP during the Outcrop Exhibition.

Photo credits: Thulashi Subramaniam (PG, 2^nd Year/1^st Semester).

CSI group from UTP during the Grand Dinner.

Photo credits: Dharmika Mardhene (PG, 2^nd Year/1^st Semester).

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Grand Iftar 2015 By Nesha Priya Arasu (Chemical Engineering, 1st Year/1st Semester)

Grand Iftar 2015

By Nesha Priya Arasu (Chemical Engineering, 1^st Year/1^st Semester)

V5 Café, 1^st July 2015- At about 6.30 p.m., students clad in Baju Melayu and Baju Kurung flocked to the left wing of V5 cafe to be part of the Grand Iftar. Held to strengthen the bond (Ukhuwah) among Muslims who reside in UTP, especially those living in V5, this break-fast session was organised by the V5 Student Residential Unit (RCSU). Mats were spread on the floor for students to sit on while having their food creating a warm ambience, making the event more exciting. The 2-hour long event was officiated by Mr Wan Tarmizi Bin Wan Hashim, Senior Manager of the Residential Village Unit who gave a short speech thanking everyone who was present. The students had a great time feasting a succulent meal deliberately sponsored by Raayah Cafe and Aishah Food and Catering. To acknowledge their contributions, owners of the cafes were given certificates of appreciation. One of the RCSU Committee members, Muhammad Aizat Hakim Bin Suhaimi commented that he was thrilled to be a part of such an event but hopes to accommodate a bigger crowd next year. He believes that Iftar sessions to come can promote social inclusion among UTPians. The students left with a full stomach and a contented heart.

Students eagerly waiting to enjoy their food with friends.

Faces plastered with smiles.

Owner of Aishah Food and Catering posing with his newly-earned certificate.

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Raudhah Ramadhan 2015 By Nabilah Hassanudin (Business Information Systems, 2nd Year /2nd Semester)

Raudhah Ramadhan 2015

By Nabilah Hassanudin (Business Information Systems, 2^nd Year /2^nd Semester)

UTP, 27^th June – Raudhah Ramadhan 2015 was a charity program conducted by MAKNA and  Big Ideas Group. This program was held with the presence of 20 orphanages like Rumah Nur Kasih Bestari, Rumah Sabinatul Najjah. The kids are ranging from 5 to 10 years old. This program started at 2:30pm at Undercroft UTP after their arrival at chancellor complex. Assistant Project Manager gave welcoming speech and followed by an ice breaking session. From 3:00pm till 6:30pm, the orphans toured around UTP academic complex, An-Nur Mosque and lastly oval park. The facilitators and the orphans grabbed their opportunities to iftar together at Tudung Saji café, at block K. The objectives of this charity program are to introduce Universiti Teknologi Petronas as well as providing space to iftar with the orphans besides giving donation to them. This program ended after the souvenir giving session and wrap up session by the Project Manager. After performing maghrib prayer and tarawih prayer at An-Nur Mosque, the orphans were sent off at 10:00pm.

Iftar at Tudung Saji café.

Welcoming speech by Assistant Project Manager.

Gathering at oval park.

Playing games with the orphans.

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What does your CGPA mean? by Harriniya Sonal

What does your CGPA mean?

Google doesn’t care about your CGPA or at least, Laszlo Bock doesn’t. Laszlo is Google’s Senior Vice President in People Operations. He quoted,“One of the things we’ve seen from all our data crunching is that G.P.A.’s are worthless as criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. After two or three years, your ability to perform at Google is completely unrelated to how you performed when you were in school, because the skills you required in college are very different”. He distinctly states that CGPA isn’t everything and you definitely wouldn’t be leading a melancholy life simply because you didn’t score a decent pointer in college. Some go to college just for the sole sake of obtaining a degree and being a graduate while some are genuinely in learning and hope to be revolutionary.

All students would have gone through the suspense and pressure of finding out the exam results. Eventually, most of us would feel that acknowledging one’s results would be a scarier effort compared to sitting for the paper itself. Putting in those long sleepless night and gruelling hours just so to be able to satisfy the passing grade or a full A for all of the subjects does feel good when indeed the results are good. We study hard to get great results to help enter great universities and great universities lead to great job openings and a great job is great money and that is a definite great life. Who does not want a lavish and luxurious life and who doesn’t want to achieve it was early as possible as a fresh graduate? Grades and results are simply admissions to gain opportunities and knowledge that coincidentally make you successful.

A student’s success throughout college years isn’t potentially correlated to their success in the future. Truth be told, maintaining a good CGPA is indeed important to secure a decent job for any student. It is a reflection of the student’s academic potential and their eligibility to contribute to the company they’re bound to be working for. When sitting for an interview, an excellent transcript and a high CGPA does no harm but not forgetting professional skills, practical knowledge, communication skills and problem solving skills are primal conditions as well. When applying for a scholarship, a decent CGPA does have a paramount importance because one of the biggest hitches in a student’s life is the tuition money itself and making sure they have a secured job with them when they graduate.

There are many successful millionaires and billionaires today who never graduated college and some even high school. Everyone knows Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Daniel Ek of Spotify, Bill Gates of Microsoft and Steve Jobs of Apple who all dropped out of college to pursue their own dreams and are successful prominent entrepreneurs today. If they are so successful now whilst dropping out of college, why can’t we do the same? Why can’t we have a change of mind halfway through our studies to drop everything and move on to something else? We can. At least some of us, if they have the right knowledge and gateway to start anew. Your results certainly doesn’t dignify and acknowledge you as a person. You can’t determine how successful a person can be based on their results in college. As they say, a student with a 4 pointer might not perform as well as a student who scored a 3.5 or lesser. The latter might have attained more soft and practical skills compared to the former during their studying days.

I can’t say that getting a good CGPA is pointless or that getting a bad CGPA helps claim yourself to be an outstanding person in other aspects. It’s a conflicting issue, depending on an individual and it is up to you to decide what you want to do with what you’ve learned. Like they say, you probably wouldn’t be able to remember what you scored during high school and how those results were pivotal to determine which college you would be entering. Likewise, in the future, your CGPA will end up losing its clout and it’s up to you to how big of an impression you would want to create before losing it or making it last forever.

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UTP DUATHLON CHALLENGE – 2015 By Suhail Mohammed Gubari (Petroleum Engineering, 2nd Year / 1st Semester)

UTP DUATHLON CHALLENGE – 2015

By Suhail Mohammed Gubari (Petroleum Engineering, 2^nd Year / 1^st Semester)

                                                                                                           

Kayak House, 13^th June – UTP Duathlon Challenge 2015 is a one-day event, organised by Kelab Kembara & Rekreasi (KEMBARA) UTP in collaboration with UTP Kayak Team. The project manager is Mohamed Hakam Husairi Bin Ismail. The main concept of this event is to establish a running and canoe event, also to integrate unity among the participants from various races and nationalities, through health fitness. This challenge is divided into two categories, land and water recreations. After warming up session, the flag-off was at 7:50AM. Twenty teams with two members registered ran for a distance about 6.5km starting from chancellor complex and followed by 1.5km of kayaking. With the arrival of Mr. Ahmad Pg Abdullah, Manager Co Q Unit UTP and Mr. Azrizal Hashri, Sport Executives Co-Q unit UTP, closing ceremony and prize giving were held.

CHAMPION

Sharull Shafik bin Jon Rahmat & Muhammad Syazza bin Md Isa (42.51 minutes)
- Medal and RM70.00

1^st RUNNER UP
Muhammad Arif bin Nasrudin & Mohd Haziq bin Hasnan (45.20 minutes)

- Medal and RM50.00

2^nd RUNNER UP

Ahmad Hassanii bin Ab Star & Cerryvina Ovey Peter Baga (46.32 minutes)

- Medal and RM30.00

Kayaking @UTP Duathlon Challenge FBpage

Group picture of participants and organising committee members

Warming-up session @UTP Duathlon Challenge FBpage

Prizes received by champion from En Ahmad and En Azrizal.

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Amazing Race UTP By Sankeri Gopalkrishnan (Business Information System, 2nd Year/2nd Semester)

                                                    Amazing Race UTP
By Sankeri Gopalkrishnan (Business Information System, 2^nd Year/2^nd Semester)

Lumut, 12^th -13^th June 2015-Amazing Race UTP, the most challenging sports event organised by SRCUTP. This would be the second time this event is being executed. The Project Director named Mr.Thinesh Reddy (Mechanical Engineering, 3rd Year/1^st Semester) shared his hardships in organising this event with the help of his committees. One of their main struggles was on finding sponsorship for the event. Amazing Race UTP objectively done to raise fund for charity homes. The organising team of Amazing Race UTP will be visiting and spending time with 3 charitable homes which includes Pusat Penjagaan Persatuan Kanak-Kanak Yatim Rumah Wawasan Perak,Persatuan Kebajikan kanak-Kanak Yatim Rumah VC Ipoh and Pusat Jagaan Pertubuhan Pengurusan Rumah Kebajikan Kanak-kanak Sanatana Ashramam with the funds they have raised from this event. This event has two rounds (10 teams are selected from the first round) with 10 checkpoints each. Basically Amazing Race UTP is similar to the real amazing race that we witness in media but Amazing Race UTP was modified to make it suitable for student participation.15 teams participated in total. Each team was given t-shirts with different colour to make it easier to identify the teams. Interesting and challenging activities awaits the teams at every checkpoint such as fear-factor checkpoint, eat up the ice cream (made of ketchup and other ingredients), car wash, banana boating, kayaking and many more.

The team with the fastest time record was announced as the winners.

CHAMPION 

Nasi Bujang - RM700 cash + Merchandises

1st RUNNER UP

Black Banana - RM200 cash + Merchandises

2nd RUNNER UP

Abam Civil - RM100 cash + Merchandises 

Highlight of this entire activity is having their last checkpoint out of UTP which is at Teluk Batik; Lumut which brought this event to a whole new level. As we asked the participants on their experience in this event, “Tired but I am happy at this moment in my life,” said by Prasshanth (Mechanical Engineering, 3^rd year/1^st Semester). The credit for the event was given to sponsors, committees and the beloved participants for making this event a success. 

Participants taking up the Banana Boating challenge.

Picture credits: Tharavink Prasad(ICT, 2^nd Year/1^st Semester).

Active participation by teams.

Picture credits: Tharavink Prasad(ICT, 2^nd Year/1^st Semester).

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IEM Obstacle Run 2015 By Suhail Mohammed Gubari (Petroleum Engineering, 2nd Year/ 1st Semester)

IEM Obstacle Run 2015

By Suhail Mohammed Gubari (Petroleum Engineering, 2^nd Year/ 1^st Semester)

UTP, 13^th June - Over one hundred students woke up early on Saturday morning to cluster for a run organised by Institution of Engineering Malaysia, University Technology PETRONAS at Chancellor Hall. According to the project management of IEM 2015 named Fatthie Khairullah, this is the very first obstacle run to create a healthier environment among UTP students, strengthen the bond among students through sports and also to promote IEM. Apparently, this is not a normal 6KM run, it consists of four obstacles; water balloons, tire jumps, chairs escape, caution tapes. IEM has invited Fit to Fat trainers Milton and Themba to structure the warming up and first Aid. "I really enjoyed the run. The obstacles were easy and weren’t consuming the time,” said by Tang Yin Mui, winner with record 39.04 minutes. The prizes were fascinating as told by Nabila from IEM. There were different prizes for both males and females. The champions won RM150, 1^st runner-up grabbed RM100, RM50 for 2^nd runner-up and 4^th to 20^th earned medals whereas certificates to all participants. This event was ended with a group picture of all the participants.

Winners from female group.

Participants lining up to start the race.

Chairs Obstacles.

Group picture with big sweating smiles.

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FESTIVAL OF COLOURS OF THE WORLD (FESCO) 2015 By Aravindhan Anbalagan (ME, 2nd / 1st)

FESTIVAL OF COLOURS OF THE WORLD (FESCO) 2015

By Aravindhan Anbalagan (ME, 2^nd / 1^st)

Chancellor Hall, 7^th June – Festival of Colours of the World (FESCO) 2015, was held to exhibit students’ talent and skills and to appreciate various cultures in Malaysia. The event was honoured with the presence of  YB Mr Rodzuan Ismail, Director of Policy Planning and Research Department of Arts and Culture, Tn. Hj. Mohamed Noor Rosli bin  Baharom, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs and Alumni, Encik Nordin Bin Abdolatip, Advisor of FESCO 2015 as well as UTP staffs and students. Performances from students were the main attraction of the event and the UTP’s fame Gajjdi Jawani, Gamelan Group Sanggar Kirana and the Mozambique Dance Group added more colours into it. Datin Noor Hasliah Abu Hasan also known as Alyah, a beautiful female pop star who rose to fame with her single ‘Tak Mungkin Kerana Sayang’ was invited as the special guest for FESCO 2015. She sang her recent hit songs that made all the spectators to be mesmerized with her melodious voice.  The next agenda was the award giving ceremony. The Best Malay Traditional Dance title was won by the Waris group from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris and The Best ‘New Dance Creations Based on Folk Songs’ title was grabbed by the Bayu group from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak also winning the Best Choreography title. Adding onto that, the ‘Best New Dance Creations: Primary School Category’ title was secured by SK Permas Jaya 1 also winning the Best Choreography title. FESCO 2015 was a huge success with a great teamwork from all the members.

Mesmerizing performance by the students

Energetic Bhangra performance by Gajjdi Jawani

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Red Sonata Fiesta (RSF) 2015 By: Lim Chin Hwan & Wong Hao Xiang (Mechanical Engineering 1st Year/2nd Semester)

Red Sonata Fiesta (RSF) 2015

By: Lim Chin Hwan & Wong Hao Xiang (Mechanical Engineering 1^st Year/2^nd Semester)

 Chancellor Hall, 13^th June – UTP’s Chancellor Hall came to life with the blast of foot- tapping music and eye-catching decorations during Red Sonata Fiesta 2015 (RSF). The long-awaited event began with the arrival of Tuan Haji Mohamed Noor Rosli bin Baharom, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Alumni ushered by lion dance which the audiences then applaud as they walked to their seats. RSF is an annual event organised by UTP’s Chinese Orchestra in collaboration with Kedah Chinese Assembly Hall to promote Chinese culture in conjunction with the 1 Malaysia concept to the varsity community and the public through various kinds of cultural activities. Most surprisingly  the Chancellor Hall which could accommodate approximately 2500 people was fully packed that day.

            During the event, the audience witnessed various performances ranging from singing, dancing to playing instruments. The first performance guest was Wendy Woo, a 22-year-old who grew up in Perak, Malaysia. The songs that she sang were‘Xi Huan Ni’and ‘Luo Ye Gui Gen’.She was once recruited as one of the apprentice of ‘The Voice of China’ and she won many titles in singing competitions. The next performance guest was Professor Cui Jun Zhi, she often considered to be the leading exponent of the Kong Hou, a harp like instrument that died off during the Ming dynasty. Her performance had impressed all the audience because Kong Hou is a very rare Chinese musical instrument.

          The event was also participated by teachers and students from all over the states, ranging from primary school students to university students to compete in the Chinese Orchestra Competition, Band Orchestra Competition, Choir Competition and Dance Competition which held on the 12^th and 13^th of June. The winners from each category were given an opportunity to show their talent on the stage after the award giving ceremony. The event came to an end at 12.00am where happiness can be seen on the faces of the audience.

Wendy Woo singing the songs, ‘Xi Huan Ni’ and ‘Luo Ye Gui Gen’ on stage.

Harp performance by a famous harp player from Beijing, China.

The lion dance ushering the VIPs.

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Technology Education and Career – TEC 2015 By Sharvnee Raja Mohan (PG, 1st Year/ 1st Semester)

Technology Education and Career – TEC 2015

 By Sharvnee Raja Mohan (PG, 1^st Year/ 1^st Semester)

Chancellor Complex, 9 & 10 June 2015 – Technology Education Career 2015 (TEC) is said to be the biggest annual event held by TEC Secretariat team with the support of Careeer Advisory and this year, TEC 2015 was back again for the 15^th time in Universiti Teknologi Petronas. This event was officiated by Mr.Maen Razouqi, Vice Preseident and General Manager of Schlumberger BMP. According to the Project Manager, Mr Muhammad Haziq bin Abdul Gani, it was firstly established in the year of 2001 and now it has becoming more and more recognized among the university students from all over Malaysia, corporate companies and also to the public. TEC is held to equip graduates with skills for local and global job market. Besides being a medium of interaction between the graduates and the employers from various sectors, TEC also provides a platform for future leaders to gain experience of being interviewed and to be exposed to proper procedures of job application and internships.Over 70 companies participated in this year’s TEC with the crowds up to 6000 people who came to visit the booths that have been set up by the companies. Other events that were also organized during TEC days were the Mega Build Challenge, explore race for students, internship and job interviews, career talks and also a round table engagement with all the companies present on the day. 

Corporate members of eCEOs on the 1^st day of TEC

Project Manager of TEC 2015, Mr Muhammad Haziq bin Abdul Gani giving his speech during the Opening Ceremony.

Committee members involved in Mega Build Challenge with secondary school students

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Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Week UTP 2015 By Kalaivarma s/o Marimuthu (Mechanical Engineering, 2nd / 1st)

Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Week UTP 2015

 By Kalaivarma s/o Marimuthu (Mechanical Engineering, 2^nd / 1^st)

 Seminar Room, 2nd June 2015 - Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Week UTP 2015 is an annual event that instil the importance of health, safety and environment (HSE) among the students of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). This year the event is organised by the HSE Department of UTP and co-presented by the Residential College Support Unit (RCSU) of UTP. The HSE Week was inaugurated by the renowned Malaysian astronaut Dato’ Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor who shared his experience throughout his journey to the International Space Station (ISS) and the health and safety measures that has been undergone to ensure the safe travel to the space and earth. This inauguration ceremony gave the students an opportunity to meet him and know more about the space exploration as well as the importance of applying HSE in different aspects of life especially in occupation to prevent occupational hazards. Moreover, this event also gave the chance to students to develop their knowledge in HSE because of the exhibition which has been conducted by the HSE organizations in Malaysia. For example, Rentokil, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research, Department of Occupational Health and Safety of Perak and UTP Security Service. The future events like HSE Disaster Modelling competition, Futsal Tournament, triathlon, HSE UTP Roadshow and many more will be conducted soon.

Students with RCSU officers.

Students paid full attention to Dato’ Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor's talk.

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SRCUTP 2015/16 ELECTION By Neroshinni Balachandran (CE, 2nd / 1st )

SRCUTP 2015/16 ELECTION

By Neroshinni Balachandran (CE, 2^nd  / 1^st )

Seminar Room 6, 7, 8, 3^rd June 2015- “Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others” quoted by John Maxwell about the leaders. Leaders are reckoned highly in the society. Student Representative Council Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (SRCUTP) is a student council body that represents UTP students. The leaders are selected through election which was held on 3^rd of June. On 1^st June, the seven nominated candidates presented their manifestos’. The students started voting for their chosen candidate at Seminar Room from 9am until 5pm. The results were announced at 6pm.The results are stated in the table below:

Names	Votes
Nur Sakinah Binti Ahmad Rosli	904
Azril Syazwan	875
Muhammad Aiman Naim	796
Nurfatien Binti Bacho	653
Ammar Fahmi	584
Koi Zi Kang	570
Shiva Selventhiran	554

The SRCUTP Election 2015/16 was a massive success. HOT members would like to congratulate the new SRCUTP president, Nur Sakinah; “Thoughts becomes Things” and also the other candidates of the election.

Students eagerly waiting for the results.

Students casting their votes. 

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists Grand Gala Dinner - AAPG-UTP-SC GGD By Teh Wei Qian (1st Year 1st Semester, PE)

 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Grand Gala Dinner - AAPG-UTP-SC GGD

          By Teh Wei Qian (1^st Year 1^st Semester, PE)

Main Hall, 30^th May 2015 - The Grand Gala Dinner 2015, an event organised by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Student Chapter (AAPG-UTP-SC) to promote AAPG-UTP-SC to students who pursue their studies in the field of Petroleum Geoscience (PGs). This dinner also act as a kickoff to promote Geoscience Exhibition and Competition (GEnC) and Calorie Run, two main events organised by AAPG besides giving recognition to the top achievers (Dean’s List) of Petroleum Geoscience students. The winners of Mini Oil Rig Competition, Phillip Goh, Sheba, Sarah Lim and the Murphy Geoquiz Competition, Lee Ming Xiang, Kew Jiang Sheng and Chaim Cheah Jun were also awarded for grabbing second place in both competitions. Moving on to the performances, the audience witnessed spectacular performances by the Caklempong group, Myanmar dance group and UTP official band – Virtuoso. Congratulations to all Dean’s list students for their great achievement and students for winning the competitions. Hope that this dinner will be a motivation for them to keep up their good results till they graduate.

From left: Bhalvindrakumar Maran (supervisor of Grand Gala Dinner 2015), Associate  

         Professor Askury Abdul Kadir and the winners of Mini Oil Rig Competition

         (Phillip Goh, Sheba and Sarah Lim) Credits to Adzlin Arifen  

Performance by Myanmar dance group (Credits to Thivyaa - Photographer of HOT)

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