UMAA Malaysia Annual Dinner 2008

The University of Melbourne Alumni Association (UMAA) of Malaysia is proud to announce the details of our long waiting Annual Dinner 2008, a night of socializing for all alumni, graduating from various decades (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s) in one of the iconic landmarks of Malaysia, The Royal Selangor Club.

Full details of the Annual Dinner are as below:
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Date : Saturday, 9 August 2008

Time : 7:00 PM till late

Venue : Royal Selangor Club , Jalan Raja, 50050, Kuala Lumpur

Theme : My Me!bourne - A journey to refresh your memorable Melbourne experience …

Annual Dinner Pricing:

MEMBER

Early Bird (15 May - 30 Jun) = RM68
Normal (1 July - 31 Jul) = RM88
Door (1 Aug - 9 Aug) = RM108

NON - MEMBER
Early Bird (15 May - 30 Jun) = RM108

Normal (1 July - 31 Jul) = RM128

Door (1 Aug - 9 Aug) = RM148

Corporate Table:
Early Bird (15 May - 30 Jun) = RM1688
Normal (1 July - 31 Jul) = RM1688
Door (1 Aug - 9 Aug) = RM1888

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To be entitled for the early bird pricing,

please RSVP to umaa.my@gmail.com by 30 June 2008 (Monday) with full payment via:

1) Internet banking to Maybank Account
Account Name : Lee Yun Han
Account No : 1141 2409 3295

or

2) Direct bank-in to RHB Account
Account name : Uni of Melbourne Alumni Association
Account no : 2143 3436 000267

**Important note:

Scan and email your receipt or any proof of transaction to us at umaa.my@gmail.com once you have made the payment. We will send you an email confirmation upon receiving your payment details.

For more information, contact Saw @ 017-4747 111 or email us at umaa.my@gmail.com

We look forward to see you there!

Invitation to Uni of Melbourne Malaysian Alumni Reception

The Chancellor, Mr. Ian Rennard will be hosting a reception for Malaysian Alumni on Saturday, 24 May 2008 as part of his 1st official visit to Malaysia.

Just in case you did not receive the official invite from The University please find below details of the Malaysian Reception:

Date: Saturday, 24 May 2008
Time: 8:00-10:00pm

Venue: Royal Selangor Visitor Centre
4 Jalan Usahawan 6, Setapak Jaya
53300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cost: RM60 (UMAA member), RM80 (non-UMAA member)
Dress Code: Business attire.

Mr. Hijjas Kasturi, an alumnus and UMAA member will be giving the keynote address at the event.

Buffet dinner and lucky draw await those attending the Malaysian Reception.

p/s: As of last Friday there were only 17 attendees confirmed so we urged all members, grads, spouses and friends to support and raise the number of alumni attending to at least 100pax so as to give the Chancellor a rousing welcome on his 1st official visit.

To facilitate registration for the event, The University has extended RSVP date to Friday, 16 May 2008.
Any enquiries, pls contact the Uni of Melbourne representative office in Malaysia via email: alumni-office@unimelb.edu.au or phone: +603 26157319

Payment for the event is now payable in RINGGIT MALAYSIA via cheques or cash deposit machine / online banking to RHB Account:

Account name: Uni of Melbourne Alumni Association
Account no: 21433436000267

** Important note:
Scan/save and email your receipt or any proof of transaction to Ms Penny Chong at chongfpp@yahoo.com once you have made the payment.
For alternative payment arrangement, please contact Ms Penny Chong at 016-9139678

**For directions to Royal Selangor Visitor Center, click here

Pictures of the AEI Australian Alumni Hunt 2008

25 teams woke up early on Saturday May 10th to join the Australia Education International (AEI) Australian Alumni Hunt 2008.

UMAA Malaysia and Uni of Melbourne co-subsidised 5 teams - namely team Voltron, Thundercats, Wasabi, Everady Huntsmen and Sea Eagle.

There were also other teams from Melbourne Uni who had generously funded their own entry.

The race started from 3 KiaPeng Condo, organised by Time-Out Solutions.

Teams had to walk to KLCC to do their first challenge ( Aust famous landmarks pose)..before proceeding to KL Tower to complete the next 3 challenges (Flying Fox, Aussie Slang and Sight Seeing).

The next challenge was a food tasting whereby the participants get to evoke their memories of OZ by eating Vegemite, Pickled Onion, Beef Jerky, Lemingtons, Anzac Biscuits, Kangoroo meat, Emu meat, Minties, Jaffas,etc.

The hunt then started nearby Hotel Malaya in Chinatown area and ended in Brickfields with 3 more challenges.

One team from Melbourne Uni managed to come in first, having completed the race at 1 1/2 hours before the closing time.

All teams then returned to 3 Kia Peng for lunch and the results announcement.

Unfortunately, the organisers changed the prize structure at the last minute. Only 3 teams got prizes for the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place. The balance 5 prizes were awarded to the most effort team (last place team), most creative answer team, most funniest pose team, team with the youngest participant and the best pose team.

This left many teams gearing up to get prizes leaving dissapointed instead.

All in all it was a fun, gruelling, interesting hunt for everyone. Hopefully next year it will improve further.

The 3rd place team from Melb Uni (Team Voltron) winning RM400

The most creative answer team (Team Wasabi from Melb Uni) with their answer for SNAG (Sensitive New Age Guy)


The first team to complete the hunt and all challenges (Team Thundercats from Melb Uni):