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Networking Evening with Younger Members Section of The Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), Malaysia Branch

Prepared by Engr. Kok Yen Kwan
Blogged by Yoke Mei

Group photo of IEM G&S with IET

13th January 2007, Saturday
8.00 – 10.30 p.m.
‘Kenny Rogers’, Amcorp Mall Petaling Jaya

G&S’ External Affairs conducted its’ 4th Networking session with other Young Professionals event – the “Networking Dinner with Young Members of Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET)”, which attracted a total of 19 participants.

Apart from the great interaction among the young engineers from both institutions, Engr. Yau Chau Fong (IEM G&S Chairperson) also presented the Certificate of Attendances to both Mr. Rodney Tan & Mr. Kwong C.F. from IET, both of whom attended the 13th Conference of YEAFEO 2006 held in Sunway from 30th November to 2nd December 2006.



Presentation of YEAFEO certs to IET members

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS' NIGHT 07

blogged by Yoke Mei

Date : 27 January 2007 (Saturday)
Time : 6.30pm onwards
Venue : MySciFiFan Outpost, Lot 208ii, 2nd Floor,
Cineleisure Damansara (outside Cineplex cinema)


Group photo with all the professionals

For the very first time as part of our efforts this session to network with other fellow young professionals...It's a successful social event attended by almost 100 professionals. Amongst them are:
-accountants
-architects
-chemists (from IKM)
-doctors
-engineers
-lawyers
-pharmacists (fromMPA)
-town planners
-veterinarians (from VAM)
-secretaries (from MAICSA)

and University of Malaya students as volunteers

The crowds started to fill up the restaurant at 630pm. After registration, they mingled around with different professionals and showed business cards during their interactions. Soon the restaurant were getting into party atmosphere. Everybody enjoyed chatting with each other very much.

The dinner started at 8pm and proceeded with introduction of every professionals by each body's representative. The picture shown beside is that our chairman, Engr Yau Chau Fong is giving speech.

The event was then proceeded with games, Taboo where all professionals are separated into groups. We are honoured to have Mr Richard, the owner of the restaurant to assist us in the game part as he sponsored a few prizes to the participants in the dressing of costume.

The event hadn't ended yet...We proceeded our excited spirit to Red Box (Karaoke) after the event :).

Indeniably, it is a highly applauded event among the attentees and hopefully we may have the similar events in future which aim in bonding with other young professionals' groups.

A Talk by Mr Peter Hicks-Talk on " What stop you from achieving your DREAM "

Blogged by Yoke Mei

Date : 26 Jan 2007 (Friday)
Time : 9am to 10.30 am (refreshment will be served at 10.30 am)
Venue : IEM conference Hall
Speaker : Mr Peter Hicks, Australia

Find out what stops people from achieving their dreams in life and how to break the habit!!

The speaker, Peter Hicks has had exposure on a relationship level with leaders of both government and private industry. He is an exceptional "people person" with broad marketing, fiscal and CEO experience. He is an experienced "agent of change".

The title grabs my attention most to attend the talk in the early morning. I went for the talk together with the other friends from University Malaya who are members of ASHRAE. It's a joint event with the body. The speaker arrived earlier than the stipulated time so we manage to talk to him before the talk started. We find that he's an interesting speaker who would not follow the old trend...speak according to the slides. Instead, he shared the experiences he encountered in his working life with the audience and interact with the rest of us to get feed back and to keep us awake :). I like the part when he expose the interview criteria like the question would be most probably asked by the interviewer during the interview. We believe that Mr Peter has been living in Malaysia for quite some time coz he knows our culture and living well so he would try to tolerate with us during his talk in order to make us understand what he's trying to convey.






















The pictures shown that Mr Peter is trying to explain human brain phenomena in which there is 90% of our brain is in subconcious condition and the 10% proportion in concious which means ---subconcious holds your back in your daily life.


A group photo taken before Mr Peter left. Obviously, Mr Peter is the 4th counting from the left.

An utmost gratitude to Mr Peter for his effort in his talk.

There are several quotes from him to be pondered---
" We are today is what we thought of yesterday",
" You are a victim of your past, unless you change it",
"Don't bite off any you can chew, be happy with what you have" etc.

We learned a lot from it.

Networking Dinner With NYLC & MPS

Prepared by Engr. Tang Wai Keong
Blogged by Yoke Mei

Networking Dinner with Young Members of the National Young Lawyer Committee (NYLC) & Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS).


On 05th January 2007, IEM G&S External Affairs successfully organised its’ 4th activity on 05 January 2007 – “Networking Dinner with Young Members of National Young Lawyer Committee (NYLC) & Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS) at Little Vietnam, Midvalley Megamall, PJ which attract 37 multi races participants.

Together with us for the dinner were some young lawyers, pharmacists & chartered accountant.
We have establishing a greater & closer networking & interaction among the young engineers, lawyers & pharmacists. Every participants have a chance to descript themselves and sharing their knowledge in
their profession.

All the Young Professionals are invited by IEM G&S for the Young Professionals’ Nite will be held on
27th January 2007 and other social events. The Young lawyers also inviting IEM G&S & MPS for their organized programs; whilst each respective committee members also can benefited from the outing by getting a rare opportunity to improve the relationship with other young professionals.
















More good moments to share ......








Our Mr. Chairman, Chau Fung talking so interesting....so many admirer. Yen: Chau Fung always want to talk a lot.



There will a lot more to be shared at The Professional Nite on 27th January 2007.

OUR 1ST ARCHERY OUTING----->

Prepared by Engr. Low Kok Chang
Blogged by Yoke Mei

On 13th January IEM G&S organized yet another successful fellowship – our first archery outing.

When we were pulling the 16lbs string, our instructor Mr. Yeoh already spent more than 45 minutes talking – the clinic takes more time than expected, but rightly so - most of the 18 of us are new to archery. Mr. Yeoh gave an interesting and informative lesson, starting from the history of archery (“weapon” that killed most people, compare guns and bombs), different type of bows and arrows, and most importantly, the correct technique to practice the sport.

But theory is one thing, putting it into practical use is another. The first dozen of our arrows hardly goes near the target, but improve gradually under the supervision and guidance our instructors. That being said – we are just 10 meters away from the target. We can only stare in disbelieve when Mr. Yeoh finally draws his bow, hit the target 30 meters away!

As expected (since we start late and have longer clinic) we took more than 3 hours to finish all 3 dozens of arrows. Some of us were fortunate enough to try the compound bows – get the feel of releasing arrow with “trigger”. Mr. Yeoh and colleagues has been generous and patience – THANK YOU! They even prepared bows for left-hander archer – that means you hold the bow with your right hand, pull the arrow with left hand and, aim with your left eye. Not that difficult, right? :)


We would also like to take this opportunity to thanks all the participants, especially Melanie (Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society), Tracy and Dara (National Young Lawyers Committee), Sufyan, Lai, Koh, Tey (first time participant) and Fariz (all the way from Perak!). To our ever supportive and active G&S members: Cham, Atie, Chau Fong, Yeng Hui, Chee Fui, Ngeow, Jimmy and Chee Hong – thanks and see you in another activity!

We certainly hope this is a good for the year, as we are”aiming” for more surprises from G&S chapter and other young professionals!

YEAFEO Directory

This is the link to the YEAFEO Directory.Check it out!

http://images.m3ipin9.multiply.com/content/movie/m3ipin9:video:1/m3ipin9/1.pdf/tgp+uwZx17qyl3uipjkWug/YEAFEO_Directory_2006.pdf



Best Regards;
Lee Mei Ping
MMU Melaka campus

EDMAT 29 (ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT MOTIVATION & AWARENESS TRAINING)

Prepared by Lee Eu Jiun
Blogged by Yoke Mei

December 10
It was Sunday morning, and I was going to University Malaya for a character building camp organized by the Engineering Society of University Malaya called EDMAT-29. EDMAT is a acronym for Engineering Development Motivation & Awareness Training, and this is the 29th year it’s being organized. I’ve heard quite a number of comments about this programme and all of them point to the same direction, its really a valuable experience to treasure. Hence, I took my steps to join as a participant representing IEM.

My journey begins in the early hours of December 10th, reaching around the afternoon to Puduraya. The whole journey was very tiring and I was relieved that it finally ended. At Puduraya, I was received by the committee where we exchanged warm handshakes chatted like old friends. After reaching Universiti Malaya, I was escorted to my room, it was a twin sharing and my roommate was already inside the room. He was from UPM taking Aerospace Engineering.

After taking a nap, I went down for the first meal, the welcoming dinner after listening to a briefing by the committees. Next, we proceeded to our first session, the Ice Breaking among participant. The games played were fun and it forced us to memorize the names of other participants or get punished (getting powder all over yourself), by the end of the session, I know more than half of the participants.

December 11
I woke up at 6.30am in the morning for Aerobics. With my eyes half close, I went down to the hall. The session was really tiring, we jumped and danced to the music. By the end of the session, I was already soaked with sweat.

Then, it was the opening ceremony, our Deputy Minister of Higher Education, YB Datuk Ong Tee Keat came. We’re shocked to hear that he was even a participant in EDMAT-3. They even had EDMAT logo inside the egg signifying the start of the programme.

Then, we had a chance to listen to a talk by the Managing Director of Motorola Malaysia Software Centre, Mr Hong Kean Yong. It was a very informational session where we get to know more about the company and also the real world outside.

We were then taught to market ourself by Ms Jeannie Quek and also the DOs and DON’Ts during an interview. It was a really interesting session and by the end of it, we were filled with information waiting to get hired.

After a being filled mentally, we then had a
Be different session after dinner. I would say it was fun to get to move my body a little after sitting for one whole day. During this session, all our engineering skills came into play in order to win we had to negotiate our way through the station masters. I felt like I was in a online RPG running around upgrading my levels and earning money.

December 12
Fuu HA! It’s the Tai Chi session. We were introduced to tai-chi and also some hands on experience on it.

After breakfast, we had a public speaking session. We were given topics on the spot and we talked about it for 2 minutes.

Then, we were actually educated by Datin Ampikaipakan on Image Building. She was a really funny speaker and she tutored us on self image and grooming.

After proceeding for lunch, we had our first Forum. We debated on global issue of the engineering field. The forum ended, and then we had an Outdoor Challenge. We went kayaking and flying fox. It was cloudy and we had a lot of fun. WOW! You actually get to do this in uni?

At night, we had a Public Speaking Workshop by Mr. Ivan Tan. He was someone full of jokes and he taught us quite a lot on Public Speaking. He also corrected us on our speaking techniques.

December 13
Morning exercise again! Today we’ll be learning Yoga. There was fun as I never had the chance to practice this before.
The next one on the list was a Take Charge! Workshop conducted by Mr. Rizal. He motivated us, and also taught us to stop “bangauing”(making up excuses). By the end of the workshop, we were all in high spirits awaiting for the next programme.

At night, all of us became Crime Scene Investigators. It was a game session called night stalk and we were given a scene acted out by the committee, and we are to guess the murderer according to the clues provided.


December 14
YaY! It’s the day for us to go out. We’re going off to a tour around KL. We went to Royal Selangor Pewter Factory. Too bad the stuff were to expensive to be bought back home. Next, we proceed to KLCC for a shopping spree. We even had a chance to go up the Sky Bridge. In the evening, we were dropped off in Central Market for dinner and to buy home some souvenirs. Next stop was the independence square. We set foot on this historical path where Malaysia achieved independence. Final spot was KL Tower. We went up the place to get a glimpse of the city at night. The view was magnificent and the experience was unforgettable.

December 15
We started the morning with a nature walk in the mini jungle inside the campus. Then we had a talk on personality by Mr Paul Davidson. We learned about the difference between the sexes from the biological point of view. Next was a financial planning talk by Mr Steve Tan. He taught us financial planning in the simplest way possible. He was spontaneous and we even had a martial art demonstration.

At night, we had a modified game of hide and seek. We were required to look for the committee in disguised. To think that we’ll know them after 6 days, fat chance!

December 16
We were given a Taekwondo class early in the morning. After that, we went to the hospital to visit the pediatrics and senior citizen. We felt compassionate towards them and blessed for being what we are now. After lunch, we had a telematch to earn points to be the best group. Finally, We had our Gala Dinner in Putrajaya. The theme for the night was Masquarade party.We got a chance to tour around because the drive got lost. We ended the night with artificial fireworks. It was a wonderful closing and indeed a memorable week. I was sad that it finally ended, but at the same time happy that I’ve met friends from all over Malaysia and also overseas.

Networking Dinner

with Young Members of the:
-Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM),
-The Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS),
-The National Young Lawyer Committee (NYLC)
-The Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretariats and Administrators (MAICSA)

Prepared by Yen Kwan & Sze Yin
Blogged by Yoke Mei


G&S’ External Affairs successfully conducted its’ 3rd activity of the current session – “Networking Dinner with Young Members of Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM)”, which attracted a total of 17 participants. Together with us for the dinner were some young pharmacists, chartered secretaries & lawyer.

The main objective of the activity – which was to establish a solid networking with the young architects, was achieved; whilst our committee members also benefited from the outing by getting a rare opportunity to mingle with other young professionals such as pharmacists, secretariats, administrators & lawyer.

Looking forward to more dinners of such in future. Cya in Young Professionals' Nite on 27th Jan.

Conference of ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (CAFEO 24)

Prepared by Wong Chee Hong
Blogged by Lee Mei Ping



This year, Conference of ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (CAFEO 24) was hosted by the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) and the chosen theme for this year’s conference was “Branding of ASEAN Professional Engineering Services and Education for Global Mobility”.

Those few countries which attended this conference was Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, India and China as well.

The objective of this conference is to promote the goodwill, understanding, co-operation and the exchange of ideas and experiences.

Here are some pictures which was taken throughout the event. Let’s have a look at those pictures as they worth a thousand words…:

29th November 2006




On the 29th of November 2006, we welcome all the delegates from ASEAN countries to the 24th CAFEO.





















Welcoming them with a big grin























and not forgetting the trolley for those luggages






Malaysia is a land of ready smiles and incredible variety. The rich diversity of experiences and contrasts beckons the worldly traveler, from city-lovers to adventure-seekers and much, much more. Here, in this land of friendly and fascinating people, you can get a taste of all of Asia in a single destination.
So, here are some activities that was arrange for them on that night. Since they are here in Malaysia, give it a little try on Malaysia’s culture.























We Malaysians are courteous and we are trained since young…hahaha…just look at the little girl in teaching our delegates on how to play congkak.

Our very own Malaysian artist on his artwork.



And below are some models showing Malaysia’s latest fashion design.

Guys too want to try on modeling?

30th November 2006




On the 30th November 2006, AFEO was officiated by Datuk Sammy Vellu and also the higher education minister, Datuk Ong Tee Keat.
Here are the few photos taken during the opening ceremony.

And we have paper presentation on Global Accreditation for the Global Mobility in Engineering Profession by Arun S. Patil & Gary Codner – Australia.

Paper presentation on The challenges o Globalisation on the Malaysian Professional Engineering Service: Now and Beyond by Tan Chee Fai, Mohd Hazani Shafie, Mohd Radzai Said and Shamsul Anuar Shamsuddin – Malaysia.


























Paper presentation by Rolfe Hartley – Australia on Going Global Fostering Trade in Engineering Services.
























Those who attended the paper presentation…






















Chitr Lilavavat from Thailand present the paper about The Pro-and-Con of the Mutual recognition Agreement of ASEAN Engineers.

























Young Engineers of the national engineering organizations or better known as YEAFEO is under the umbrella of ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations [AFEO]. The purpose and objectives of YEAFEO:

• To promote understanding, goodwill and co-operation among young engineers in the member national engineering organizations.
• To promote and exchange ideas, experiences and to discuss problems of common interest among national engineering organizations and their members.
• To support and assist the purposes and objectives of the AFEO as stated in its Constitution and By-laws.

Here’s YEAFEO Forum and board meeting after lunch.

























The lovely decoration by Sunway Lagoon resort hotel management

This country is populated with more than 25 million people, which consists of Malays, Chinese, Indians and other indigenous groups including the Orang Asli, Dayaks, Kadazan Dusun, Melanau, Murut and more. And this is the well known cultural dances performed by Orang Asli during the opening ceremony at Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel.




















































On the night itself, we enjoyed ourself and had a great time too. A toast to everyone and cheerz! Party the whole night through…






1ST DEC 2006
























And on the 1st of December, we went down for technical site visit. We had about 10 buses to couch everyone to the Prime Minister’s Office at Putrajaya and Multimedia University [MMU] at Cyberjaya. No trip to Malaysia will be complete without visiting those two places in Malaysia.
































And to end the day, we went over to the mamak stall for the famous teh tarik. =) Teh tarik, literally means ‘pull tea’ is prepared using out-stretched hands to pour piping hot tea from a mug to a glass. Preparing teh tarik include both art and science. The higher the pull, the thicker the froth. The way of steaming tea back and forth the containers is a feast for the eyes. The reason of stretching the tea helps it to mix well with another essential ingredient, the condense milk. This will bring out the strong aroma and the subtle taste of tea. You can easily taste those teh tarik at all mamak stalls and restaurants. Well, it’s comparable to cappuccino as one would say with its frothy top.

2ND DECEMBER 2006



Let’s head down to Malacca for a day trip *big big grinz* =D
Many believe Malacca to be the impetus towards the development of what would eventually become Malaysia. It was here that history was written and a long line of Sultans began, continuing even to the present day. Thus, one would say…by visiting Malacca, you’re visiting Malaysia.

Still usable? Look at those infront of the canon. *wow…real thing.*

Fuiyoo…just look how antique this place is… *staring at the sky* [picture below]

Phototaking session at infront of the bright red Dutch reformed church, Christ Church. It was built in 1753 to replace St. Paul's as the principal place of worship. The pink bricks were brought from Holland and plastered with local red laterite. The ceiling beams were cut from a single tree and have no joints. The handmade pews are originals dating back over 200 years. Above the altar in the central apse is a frieze of the “Last Supper” in glazed tiles. The brass Bible rest dates back to 1773. The British turned it into an Anglican church and added a weathercock and bell tower, but it still has its old Dutch tombstones laid on the floor.























well, we visited a few tourist spots in Malacca. Back to our Malaysia history….Malacca got it’s name through a popular legend when the prince was out hunting one day. While resting under a tree, one of his dogs cornered a mouse-deer or ‘pelanduk’. The mouse deer in its defence attacked the dog and forced it into the river water. Parameswara was so taken up by the courage of the mouse-deer that he decided on the spot to found a city on the ground he was sitting on. Thus, Malacca was born. Many claimed that the prince took this name from the 'Malacca' tree that was shading him.






















Since Mega sales around the corner, we girls are doing some shopping spree…Trying to get something from Malaysia…So, “Berapa harga? Boleh kurang sikit?”






















See how excited the girls are when they talk about shopping.hahaha…

























And let’s off to the next destination after lunch. Everyone is so full…Nice food!!!

Nyonya food is an interesting amalgamation of Chinese and Malay dishes thought to have originated from the Straits Chinese of Malacca over 400 years ago. Malacca Nyonyas prepare food that is generally sweeter, richer in coconut milk, and with the addition of more Malay spices like coriander and cumin.
And here are some delicious food prepared by Ole Sayang Restaurant. *Drooling*

































Yay, let’s go for a trishaw ride….

On the day itself we too, tried some of the famous chicken rice ball at the famous chicken rice shop. It’s a old cornered shop situated at jonker. It’s usually crowded during lunch time and we were so lucky to get a place there for lunch or should I say brunch. The rice are serve in the form of small rice balls. One can dip the rice ball in a variety of sauces or eat them as it is. They really taste good. It is said that rice served in ball form is far more aromatic, especially at the instant when you bite into it.





























While the rest were having fun in Malacca, some were having conference and meeting at Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel.































And here’a photo of our G&S President and Secretary, Engr. Yau Chau Fong and Engr. Wong Chee Fui smiling away . So, did you guys miss the fun that we had in Malacca?


























During the Banquet and Farewell dinner…. Everyone was entertain with a few performances from each country

One for an album…

The graceful dance…



































Mix cultural dance from us all…






























Till we meet again in Cebu City, Philippines for CAFEO 25, farewell to all…