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Contents: 1. About the Society 2. Advisor’s Note 3. Chairman’s Note 4. Student’s testimony- From ordinary to Extraordinary @ MUCS 5. Certificate Awarding Ceremony- 1st of July 2012 6. Murdoch University Orientation Day- 3rd of August 2012 7. Vow to discover: CPA Australia Career Talk -15th of August 2012 8. YES Talk: Be Young Be Entrepreneurs-29th of August 2012 9. New Committees- 19th of September 2012 10.
Committees Malacca Retreat- 25th -27th of September 2012 11. 12.
KDU Sports Carnival- 29th of September 2012 Upcoming Events (October to December 2012)
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Unique Points about us:
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We aim to build a Well-Rounded Future Corporate Leaders that are Passion guided and Success driven, With positive Value and strong Personality, AND Celebrate life, Love people.
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Note from Teacher Advisor:
„While it matters a lot that you have a goal, a vision and an arc to get there, it matters even more that you don‟t skip the preliminary steps in your hurry to get to the future. Early steps might bore you, but miss even one and you might not get the chance to execute on the later ones.‟ Yes, totally agree with Seth Godin. This is what I was hoping to deliver when started up the Society. I anticipate the obstacles that we might encounter along the way. Nevertheless, with the hope to get the beloved students able to learn the baby steps before jump into their future, I made the decision in year 2010. I do wish the existence of Society had helped our students to realize their dreams and, of course continue helping them to paint colours
Ms. Consilz, Tan
into their uni life. I think people will have a lot to say about resolution when come
Lecturer-Business Program, Founder & Advisor for
to the end of a year. No exception case for me. Yep, we as Murdoch University Commerce Society team members wish to continue providing a variety of activities for KDU students and
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staffs in year 2013. Of course, we would like to extend our relationship to the community too. Last but not least, let‟s give a round of applause to all the board members of the Society and students who have participated in our activities in 2012.
Murdoch University Commerce Society (MUCS) was previously known as Murdoch Commerce Society (MCS).
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Chairman’s Note: Hello, everyone. It‟s our 4th bulletin time which means I am leading the society for 1 year. Time flies. There are a lot of events we organized for the past 1 year and it‟s time for us to reflect back and check the objective and vision that we set 1 year ago. In this coming new term, we are shifting our direction towards character building and leadership personalities. We realize the important to build a strong foundation and the core must be strong and equipped to continue taking the lead in campus activities in KDU University College.
Therefore, many events are planned and conducted for example Career talk, YES talk, Business Challenge, Committee retreats, Fund raising and many more in the coming month. We set the goal to bring bigger exposure for our new committees to pick up the momentum and
Jin Chieh, Ling Murdoch University‟s undergraduate student,
society‟s culture. We are recruiting capable members to join us, are you?
The calling for the society is cleared that to equipped students to
Bachelor of Commerce Major in Accounting,
be future corporate leader and we will continue in doing it.
3rd Year Student
leaders!! And I believe everyone is called to be leaders in different stage
This is what
I believe: true leaders don‟t create more followers; they create more
and areas of their lives.
Thank you for entrusting me again to be the president for the society and let us continue to be the leading society in KDU and example for others to follow.
Feel free to share your brilliant ideas and thoughts with us. My email address: Jinchieh91@gmail.com. KDU-MURDOCH UNIVERSITY COMMERCE SOCIETY (MUCS)
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From Ordinary Students to Student Leader: My journey with Murdoch University Commerce Society (MUCS) Written by Mohamed Isbullah Mohamed Jiffry
February 2012, I joined Murdoch University Bachelor of Commerce major in accounting degree program in KDU UC. During orientation, I was brought to the attention that there is a student body for the degree program that I am taking. First things that struck my mind was , Murdoch University Commerce Society(MUCS) just like other student bodies focus on university events like orientations, student gathering, ceremonies and etc.. Most of the students who attended the orientation were my diploma fellow friends which I studied in KDU as well. Halfway throughout the session, MUCS share on their vision which is committed to excellence, and mission statements on 5 core values: strong personalities, success driven, passionate, positive values and love life & people. When the president, Jin Chieh shares on all the events that MUCS have done for the students, I was amazed by the team as they are not only organizing events to Murdoch students but for the whole KDU students. The society have a committees of different races and nations and the strong bonding of the team impressed me a lot, and which made me feel like to be part of the society. While I was in my first semester, MUCS was pleased to organize events which were very useful for students. The events such as entrepreneurship talks, visit to CPA Australia career expo, Sin Chew Daily, Jobstreet Resume Writing and Interview Workshop, Murdoch Red Day and many more. At the end of the semester, MUCS organized a trip to Pangkor Island, which they did a great by managing 82 people by 5 society members and the lecturer in charge. It was a great event which made me communicate and be friend with other people. I was given an opportunity to help out the
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committees during the trip, that‟s making me to stand a chance to be part of the team in future which I never knew my little help leads me to be part of the core team of this leading society at KDU University College.
In the following semester, I decided to take a step of faith to join the recruitment session of new board for MUCS. After weeks of resume submission, face to face interview, I was so glad and proud to be selected as the Vice President (corporate relations) of MUCS. It was my first experience in a society which gave me a great dignity. I also was able to take part in meetings to decide on what events that we‟ve going to do for the students. There were many events decided and we‟ve fulfilled most of it such as entrepreneurship talks, investment seminars, fund raisings, business challenge, happiness project which in conjunction with the world mental health week; Sky Fall movie outing. To add on, I was given opportunity to sharpen my leadership and soft skills through organizing different activities. And now, I am involved in planning and executing the upcoming trip to Langkawi Island at the end of the semester. I am very proud that through MUCS, I
can play a part to improve the
students‟ welfare; at the same time enjoying every moment in the society. My entire perspective change as through MUCS, I start to visualize that we as students can play a part to build up the campus we want to be and the study life we wish to have. Instead of complaining, now I am able to see that as board member in MUCS, I am able to bring solution and closing the gap of understanding
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between university and students. I am excited to look forward to organize more events for students in future. This is my experience in MUCS. Last but not least, letâ€&#x;s us join hand and continue to inspired others.
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Harvesting Season: MUCS Certificate Awarding Ceremony Reported by Jin Chieh July 1, 2012
After serving as part of MUCS families, all the hard works and efforts are paid. All the committees are rewarded with certificate of service from KDU University College. All the committees are truly rejoices. Itâ€&#x;s not just about the certificates, but a rec ognition and affirmation for past efforts of MUCS team and setting the team to go for extra miles. The team aims to continue to inspire the KDU community. We wish all the best in study and future undertaking to all the board members for the year 2011-2012.
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Secretary: Amenah
President: Jin Chieh
Events Planner: Roshan
Vice Secretary: Emmanuel
Treasurer: Tinofara
Ass. Events Planner: Amanda
Public Relations: Yasutaa
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Murdoch University Orientation Day A New Semester with New Faces Reported by Ian Fan Checked & Edited by : Jin Chieh August 3, 2012
When you are just done with your A „levels and you join an undergraduate program, things might seem a little too complicated. Making new friends, getting to know the campus and adjusting to the university life can be some of the greatest challenges you might face. KDU Murdoch University Commerce Society (MUCS) took this opportunity to welcome the new Murdoch-ers, by organizing an orientation program on Friday, the 3 rd of August. Facilitated by the board members of MUCS, the main objective of this program was to make the new Murdoch-ers „feel at home‟! The orientation started with an intro session, followed by a discussion and a Q&A session. Some of the issues discussed involve what the students expected from MUCS, in order for us to be able to organize highly valued activities. Also, a wide array of activities was proposed to enhance the campus life experience of the students. Besides that, an interactive Q&A session was held to clear the air.
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To All Juniors,
All the best for your 2-3 years journey with Murdoch University, remember to enjoy it to the maximum!!! See you all around the campus!!!
From: MUCS CORE TEAM
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What’s next after Degree? CPA Australia Career Talk Reported by Aminath Halym Checked & Edited by Jin Chieh August 15, 2012
Murdoch University Commerce Society along with CPA Australia organized a career talk on15th of August 2012. CPA Australia stands for Certified Practicing Accountants Australia. CPA Australia is the largest accounting professional body in Australia and one of the largest and leading accounting professional body in the world. CPA Australia has mutual recognition agreements with the:
Society of Management Accountants of Canada (CMA Canada)
Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA-Canada)
Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA)
Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS)
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Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
The career talk was facilitated by Mr. Edwin Wong, Relationship Manager-Education Business Development from CPA Australia Malaysia Chapter. The main aim of this talk was to disseminate information to the students regarding the opportunities CPA Australia offers to enhance their career. The talk provided information such as the requirements to join a CPA Australia Program, the course structure, study route, unit exemptions and also the benefits of choosing to enhance your career with CPA Australia. The CPA Australia Career Talk was indeed helpful for the students who wish to pursue their career in the accounting field.
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You will be enroll into professional level for CPA Australia Program after finishing your bachelor of commerce major in accounting (with auditing & taxation)
From: MUCS CORE TEAM
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Young Entrepreneur Series Talk- Be Young, Be Entrepreneurs- Mr. Kho Han Jia Reported by Roshan Panditji Checked & Edited by Jin Chieh August 29, 2012
All I can say that it was such a great opportunity to be part of an entrepreneurial endeavor. It all started when the society president approached us about the marketing of this discount book known as Worthy Book. We were all skeptical at first but when we personally inspected the book we were surprised at the various discount vouchers available ranging from brands such as Share Tea, Subway, Shogun, Beer Factory, Fruit Boost etc. The deals were too good to be true. The value of the book itself was really worth it. It had over 275 vouchers with a value of over RM3000 plus more. For further information I request you to purchase the book. Now the challenge faced of marketing the book itself. Our president split us into various teams, mainly the accounting versus the marketing team. It was a challenging contest but in the end the marketing team lost surprisingly to the accounting team. From selling these books we learnt a lot
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from the peopleâ€&#x;s feedback about the book. As a result of our marketing skills we managed to sell a total of 84 worthy books within a space of 2 weeks. After our relentless 2 weeks of marketing the Worthy Book the time had now come to meet its founding chief executive officers, Mr Han Jia and Mr Ken Kho, the masterminds behind the book. They both came to tell us about how they came up with the idea of Worthy Book and the various hardships they endured from beginning to end upon creating worthy book.
Now I leave you with the testimonials from those who witness the speech from the brain childâ€&#x;s of Worthy Book.
Jin Chieh: It was a great experience and privilege to hear from a postgraduate of Engineering from renown Oxford University, Mr. Han Jia to share his heart-beat and how an engineer graduate venture into the KDU-MURDOCH UNIVERSITY COMMERCE SOCIETY (MUCS)
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corporate world. The whole session was inspiring as how he came across the idea of forming a food and beverage voucher books, Worthy Book and what are challenges he faced when first started the business and how he overcome the challenges. As well, Mr. Han Jia do share his passions and some of his favorite quotes and people that he looked up to. It was our pleasure to have Mr. Han Jia in the house. Isbullah: This was really inspirational in the sense that how the owners were able to achieve success by coming up with the idea of worthy book. The owners shared many ideas regarding entrepreneurs and how they overcame barriers in their fight to make worthy book a success. This talk made me realize how people achieve their dreams no matter what obstacles come in their way.
Ian Fan: Every person has an inspiring story to tell, and Mr. Han Jia, Worthy Book founder, is no exception. He shared on the journey and struggles of Worthy Book from its humble beginnings to where it is today, and the future direction of the company. The interesting part is that despite coming from a nonbusiness background, graduating with an engineering degree, Mr. Han Jia is today an entrepreneur. It is not about the degree or qualifications, but it is the personâ€&#x;s character and attitude that helps him or her to succeed in business. On a whole, it was an educational and inspiring lesson to remember from this event.
Yasutaa: I never knew such book even exists in the market until we did this project. The book consists of 275 vouchers worth for a very reasonable price. I was told to sell the book and it was really challenging as the people I approach donâ€&#x;t know much about the book and to convince them that the choice they are making is the right one was indeed challenging. In the end of the day I was really happy that I manage to sell more than 20 books.
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We not only have YES TALK with Worthy Book, we also have selling of Worthy Book Challenge among the committees as well as provide internship opportunity for students to intern with Worthy Book, The hottest food & beverage voucher book in town.
From: MUCS CORE TEAM
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A Brand New Start New Committees for the year 2012-2013 Reported by Jin Chieh Checked & Edited by Hui Min September 15, 2012
MUCS started recruitment of new board members on 29th of August. Students who are interested to be part of the board are request to send in their resumes. Those short-listed candidates are required to go through a close interview with the teacher advisors as well as existing board members. After few weeks of selections, below are the newly formed committeeâ€&#x;s members for MUCS for the term 20122013:
Teacher Advisor- Ms. Consilz Tan Lecturer at KDU School of Business & Law, Business Department
President- Jin Chieh, 3rd year student, major in accounting with minor in business law
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Vice-President I (Human Resource Director)Amenah 3rd year student, double major in marketing & management
Vice-President II (Corporate Relations Director)Isbullah 2nd year student, major in accounting
Chief Secretary- Hui Min 2nd year student, double major in marketing & management
Vice Secretary (Editor)- Yih Think 3rd year student, major in accounting
Treasurer(Chief Finance Officer)- Yasutaa 2nd year student, major in accounting
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Strategic Events Planner-Roshan 3rd year student, major in accounting
Deputy Events Planner- Kristine How 2nd year student, double major in marketing & management
Community Welfare Officer (CSR & KDU Community Event)-Amanda Lim 2nd year student, double major in marketing & management
Marketing Director ( Advertising & Promotions)Esther 1st year student, major in accounting
Public Relations Director (Social Media)-Jia Ying 1st year student, major in accounting
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MUCS Committee Retreat: A getaway trip to Malacca Reported by Amanda Lim Checked & Edited by Jin Chieh September 27, 2012
Recently, Murdoch University Commerce Society (MUCS) organized a trip to Malacca. This trip is especially for committee members. The purpose of this event was to allow students to get a break from the college/university. It is a 3 days 2 nights trip. On the 25th of September 2012, committee members gathered at the KL Sentral at 8.00a.m. Then, we have our breakfast at McDonaldâ€&#x;s. After breakfast, committee members have to take KLIA transit from KL Sentral to TBN terminal. From TBN terminal, we have to wait for the bus to arrive before we can board on it. Our departure time is 10.45a.m. When it is time, we board on the bus and each of us are seating according to the tickets. At 12.15p.m., we reach Malaccaâ€&#x;s terminal. From there, we took taxi to our hotel, Syaz Meridian hotel which is a strategic location to town, night market and shopping complex. Once we reach our destination, we put our luggage before going out for lunch. Around 1.00p.m., we walk out of our hotel to hunt for food. We settle down at a Malay restaurant and
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each one of us ordered own food. Once our tummies are fulfilled, we are going to visit shopping malls. The first mall we went was Mahkota Parade. At the mall, we walk around. For dinner, everyone order a dish and share among ourselves.
Time flies, on the second day that we arrived, we had breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, we went to town. Some went for a walk at the ship and others went for shopping at the stalls nearby. Furthermore, a few of us also went for a trishaw ride. The trishaw brings us around Malacca. The trishaw man told us about each place we pass by. Then, everyone gathered and we are visiting the Jonkerâ€&#x;s street. There are many shops at the street and varieties of things sold. For instance, food stall,
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bags stall, shoes stall and etc. In the noon, we are heading to chicken rice shop to eat our lunch. When we are done eating, we went to sing karaoke from 2p.m. to 6p.m. After the karaoke time, we are going back to hotel before coming out for supper. We chatted and watched television in our hotel room. At 8.30p.m., we are going out for supper. We ate “satay� from Malacca and then head back to hotel.
The next day which is also our last day in Malacca, we are checking out of the hotel room at 12p.m. we had our breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, we went back to our room to play cards before going out to do last minute shopping. At 10.30a.m., we went out to buy few things before heading back and checking out of our rooms. It is about time to leave Malacca. We get on the bus at 1.40p.m. And reach Pudu bus station at 3.40p.m.
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Breaking the impossible: MUCS in KDU Sports Carnival 2012 Reported by Yih Think Checked & Edited by Jin Chieh September 29, 2012
The KDU Sports Carnival 2012 took place at the Stadium MBPJ, Petaling Jaya on 22nd September 2012. This year sports objective was pushing the limits and breaking the barriers whereby based on my opinion, I strongly agree that everyone who participated in this carnival was well suited for this statement. I see in my own eyes that every athlete strives hard to win, though I did not attend every sport but because of their spirit and attitude of not giving up amazed me.
Moreover, there was another group of students who truly impressed me whereby they are the volunteered students from Murdoch University Commerce Society (MUCS). What makes them so special that they had earned my admiration and respect?
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They came all the way from home (they do not stay in Petaling Jaya but as far as Taman Tun
and some even stay overnight at their friends‟ house) to Stadium MBPJ, Petaling Jaya before 7:30am to get the best spot so that it will be convenient for all the buyers and also setting up the tables. •
Students who are very thoughtful that they carried a lot of drinks with them and walk around
the stadium under the hot sun to deliver drinks to the spectators. How considerate are they. •
Most importantly, they came here to help out because they want to and they do not expect
something in return.
Overall, their behavior and the spirit of co-operative inspired me to not give up easily when I do faced any barriers and keep on fighting until the end. While I know some people would be complaining much with the hassles, but before saying this, one should consider the following questions first. Are you keen to help? Are you ready to face all the barriers? Are you willing to sacrifice? Saying could be easy but doing all those is a real challenge to every students.
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The sports carnival 2012 was very well organized. I was having a great time in this sports carnival, my friends and I were busy cheering our lungs out to support our friends and lecturers. This carnival had benefited me because it increases my bonding with friends which I truly appreciate and in the mean time I also met a few new friends. „Yay‟! Last but not least, the overall Champion of the Sports Carnival 2012 is the Red House where they are led by Mr. Lai Chee Onn and Mr. L. Ramesh who were the academic staff of KDU, representing School of Business and Law, following Blues house in second place, then Green and Yellow house. Besides that, Stephen Tang representing Murdoch University as Red house won the title of the Best Sportsman in 2012.
Students’ Testimonies: Yasutaa: The initial plan was to set up a booth during the sports carnival and to sell drinks. However, during the process of selling the drinks I manage to meet my entire old friend and the lectures who have taught me previously as they all came to show their support to their team. Not only that, you get to see the lecturers participating in events and how they compete among themselves to score point for the team. In addition, it was a day where I get to show my skills in selling the drinks as the
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competition was there. I was really glad that I participated in this event as I get to not only sell drinks but I also get to mingle around and meet new people.
Isbullah: It was a fine day for having the sports carnival, everyone who were there enjoyed the full moment of the events that took place. The Murdoch University Commerce Society once again for the second time opened up a booth for selling drinks, all the society members were so excited and they were so eager to sell the drinks for the people who attended the sports carnival. I was so happy that I also part of the team who sold drinks.
Jin Chieh: Great and this was our second time having opportunity to sell drinks in Sports Carnival. This time we have new energetic committees joining us and they are doing well. Finally Red House became the overall champion for KDU sports carnival after so many years. Letâ€&#x;s continue the inspired spirit and let us inspired others.
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Registered Society under:
KDU UC School of Business and Law (SBL) & KDU UC Student Life & Services (SLS)
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