Pre-Departure Events!

Wednesday, September 03, 2014 LSESU Malaysia Club 0 Comments

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With the anxious wait for A-Level results now over, the LSESU Malaysia Club warmly welcomes all of the new first year undergraduates. Congratulations to all whom have successfully secured their place, and we hope you are excited to be joining a world leading institution!

 

To greet the new incoming batch, the LSESU Malaysia Club hosted 2 pre-departure events in the month of August. The first was the Pre-Departure Dinner, the details of which are as follows:

 

Date: 22nd August 2014

Time: 6pm – 9pm

Venue: Menara LGB, Selangor

 

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Some of the new LSE students. Welcome!

 

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Ivan Wing, President of the LSE SU Malaysia Club addressing the new students.

 

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A representative from the Malaysia LSE Alumni Society was there to provide some insight onto life after LSE.

 

The evening began with a networking session for all students: past, present and future. For many of the incoming students, it would be their first time meeting one another and a glimpse of many great friendships to come. This was the precise purpose of the dinner; to provide a friendly, comfortable and convenient environment for students to meet their future peers and gather advice from seniors. Studying abroad can be a very daunting experience, which can be made more manageable with companions and ample preparation.

 

A delicious buffet dinner was later served, where conversation between the 100 or so attendees continued to flow. This was then followed by a number of informative society talks to expose the new students to the wide array of clubs and events they can be involved in. An interactive, ice breaking game of human bingo concluded the evening.

 

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The top three winners of Human Bingo.

 

We would like to thank our gold sponsors, Deloitte Malaysia, for their facilitation and continued great support of the Pre-Departure Dinner.

 

The next event on the agenda was the fun-filled Freshers’ Camp. The details of the event are as follows:

 

Date: 29th – 31st August

Venue: Selesa Hillhomes Resort, Pahang

Attendees: 35

 

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Over 3 days and 2 nights, a proportion of the freshers would get the opportunity to make stronger bonds and get to know the Club’s committee members a little better. The goals of the camp were to: allow stronger friendships to be formed, to prepare the freshers on beginning life as a student in London and of course, to have fun!

 

Upon arrival, the students were split up to the groups they’d be in for the weekend, with the names ranging from cicak to paus.

 

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An ice-breaking challenge before the groups were allocated.

 

The teams then engaged in a number of team building games and activities. The X-Games, a pub quiz and the “Ping Pong Ball Challenge” are just a few.

 

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Ping-pong challenge

 

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X-Games: Campers had to cross the lake without a harness with the aid of only these two ropes.

 

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X-Games: Teamwork was of utmost importance in winning this water challenge.

 

Encouraging a competitive atmosphere, many of the weekend’s activities carried points, which contributed to the team tallies. A very entertaining sketch performance culminated the team activities, where the eventual winners of the camp were team Gajah.

 

Besides the activities held, there was a Pre-Departure briefing held to provide the students with more information before heading to London. Halls of accommodation as well as phone companies were discussed in hopes of better preparing the new students for the different environment.

 

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Adam Tiam delivering the presentation in the camp shirt that was given free to all participants.

 

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Camp participants

 

We would like to thank our gold sponsor, Shell Malaysia, in being a supporter of the event and for providing an interesting case study for the students.

 

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We would also like to thank the Malaysia LSE Alumni Society in Malaysia for their support of the Pre-Departure Events.

 

By: Seth Selbaraju

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