SELAMAT HARI RAYA!

To All My dearest Muslim friends,

SELAMAT HARRY RAYA AIDILFITRI!

Greetings,
Chris

Success

Success means something different to each one of us,

but it comes to those who are willing to work hard

and who continue to be dedicated

to making their dreams come true.

Success means setting goals

and focusing yourself in the right direction

in order to reach them.

It means believing in yourself

and constantly reminding yourself

that you are capable of achieving your desires.

But most of all, success is being who you are,

and feeling proud of yourself

for every task and challenge

that you face and conquer along the way.

by Dena Difaconi

1 month ago, i posted the Dont Quit poem. When every1 of us doubted about our ability to make GYS happened.

Now, the one who didnt quit,are enjoying the joyfulness of the success of GYS. We gained a lot from GYS'08, Friendship, Leadership, work as a team and also care for each others. And yet, all of us shouldn't stops here. We shall proceed with our friendship and keep those sweet memories in heart.

Ai Sze

21 questions

To: GYS '08 team members

21 Questions


Friends...
It’s easy to love me now...
But would you love me if I was down and out?
Would you still have love for me?
I’ll ask you 21 questions and they are all about us....


If GYS ended today, would you still love me?
If i didn’t look so good, would you still hug me?
If i leave UM today and never come back,
Could i trust you to treasure the times we shared?
If i drove a Kancil instead of a NAZA, would you all still come running to me for a ride to the secretariat?
If i was hit and hurt, would you boil some mushroom soup for me?
If you bump into me in Midvalley, will you say Hi to me?


I’m asking you questions to find out how you feel inside for me....
If i ain’t rap cause i buy burgers from Ramlee Burger,
Would you be ashamed to tell your friends that i was your director?
And in future, if i need you, would you be there for me?
If smsed you, would you still reply me?
Now i’m gonna get some rest but hey,
let me finish my 21 questions...


Do you believe in me when i say, i’ll be there for you?
Would you forget me after GYS ’08 has ended?
Are you starting to get mad at me cause i’m asking you so many questions?
Do you trust me enough to let me trust you to still have GYS in 2009?
Are you all real GYS musketeers?
Cause if so, i wanna say,
‘i love you all’


To all my committee members,
Always remember friends, we all make mistakes,
To make up for mine, i’ll do whatever it takes, you know what it takes...
You know my style, i’d say anything to make you smile,


How deep is our berbond-bond session,
If that’s all it takes for me to say goodbye?
I hate to come to this end and i hope to walk away without any regrets...
I love you all like how i love my cheesecake,
So here and again, don’t miss me too much, but please hand up all your 21 answers during post mortem tonight...
Just kidding....

Thank you guys...

-Christine Chai En Ning-
GYS '08
Director

just wanna share it with u guys

It is not the critic who counts, 

nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, 

or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. 

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, 

whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;

who strives valiantly; 

who errs and comes short again and again; 

who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions; 

who spends himself in a worthy cause; 

who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, 

and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, 

so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
       - Theodore Roosevelt

Don't Quit

---

"When things go wrong as they sometimes will 
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill. 
When funds are low and the debts are high. 
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh. 
When care is pressing you down a bit. 
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit. 
Life is queer with its twists and turns. 
As everyone of us sometimes learns. 
And many a failure turns about 
When he might have won had he stuck it out:

Don't give up though the pace seems slow - 
You may succeed with another blow. 
Success is failure turned inside out - 
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt. 
And you never can tell how close you are. 
It may be near when it seems so far: 
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit 
It's when things seem worst that you must not QUIT.

Ai Sze (not the writer of the poem.hehe)

Thanks for walking with me..

dear all,

i have never taken the time to really thank all of you for walking with me along this difficult journey. some have come and some have gone, but i m glad that most of you have stayed by my side all along.

THANK YOU!

there s only less than 2 months to go. some things dont look good, but am sure that we ll be very flexible to what the situation is like then. no worries, i ll be there for everyone else too.

anyways, next monday aka 7th july will be our first meeting of the sem.
7.30pm - central com meeting
8pm - general meeting.

please be punctual. and it s compulsory for everyone to attend, especially those whom i havent seen since the last sem.
make time for GYS...there s only less than 2 months to go.

WILL SEE U ON MONDAY! compulsory

regards,
chris

here's the astro 30 secs advertisement

Finally....(Read it together wif d song, Finally, by Fergie for better effect.. )

Finally, the corporate video is safely posted on utube...I'm sorry For those who have been waiting so long for this clip.For sponsorship and publicity and anybody who want to use it, ur invited to download it from utube ya..

I will try to make it for the next meeting, but I don't think I can.Got some stuff to do till 27th..Then only I can be in UM.
Enjoy this video...Do comment on it...bubye, yazman ..;)

I have no idea wat's wrong with the Streamyx

Good day people...
Yazman here...again...he2..
The corporate video is finally complete.
I'l be posting it on utube today...i try k...d in3net connection here...in my house...unpredictable...macam chips more..sekejap ade...sekejap x de...

anyway,here's some 'hot pics' for u guys...
can make wall paper for those,who want some inspirations for GYS..; )













































don forget to make it as wall paper ya..he2 ;)

Video is on d way..

Hye people...
yazman here... i've just finish uploading this clip to youtube..here's for ur view..this is the 30 secs clips. I thought i need to make d clip for astro advertisement, then Fendy told me we're asking for icr to make the advertisement rite? never mind then. just post it for intro to GYS 2008..TADAAAA...
The corporate video is on the way...be patient ya..it's too big that i can sleep to wait it upload in front of my father's classic pc.... ok,stop ere...bubai guys.. ;)

When the tough gets tougher..

hi everyone,

am home and am trying to get some rest before i start work next monday.
so far, everyone seems to be working, but with not much of progress. we re still stuck in the whirlpool and it s been too long already. seriously, we ve only got 2 months before the project. enough of hoping that miracles will happen when we dont do anything to help make it work. i need not hear anymore new ideas because i want to see things in action. i need not hear complaints of why some things dont work. we need to be flexible. if plan A does not work, think of another way.
i need everyone to stay committed for the next coming two months, i need to see everyone strike a balance between ur life and ur commitment to GYS.

met with Johan Farid yesterday and he verbally agreed to have ASTRO as our Media partnership. have got to run a few errands to show him that we re serious about this and we have to come up with a 30 secs advertisement to be aired on ASTRO on the 3rd and 4th week of July.

i dont want to nag ppl to do their work anymore. i want to see results and not hear complains.
i m sorry if i have to be this blunt, but i need to tell everyone that, if this is the pace that we re working at, dont be surprise that we ll need to postpone this event, which is not something that i want. i need everyone to co-operate with me, update me with things, get to work without me chasing after u. my phone bill is running superbly high with almost everyone s phone numbers. i sent over a thousand smses last month. and i m trying to console myself saying that it is worth it, all for GYS. so prove to me that it is worth it.

no more pep-talking, we need to face reality and realize how deep the pothole is. it s now time that we gather and work with a lil more effort to reach our goal.

need to apologize to Conrad for canceling our trip to Maya twice, as Johan's meetings clashed on both sessions.

i need the video and i need to discuss the advertisement.
i want Hazzri to tell me if u ve send the sponsorship letter to MAS.
i want to know what are the ways the Sec team is using to get more participants and what is the outcome of the drafting of the contract which is to be sent out to them on the 20th June.
i need Mel to send out the letters as soon as possible and see that members from other bureau is helping as she & Haz are the only ones in the bureau.
i want to see that the whole team is working together.
i want to hear from each and everyone of u soon.
i want everyone to be present for meetings starting from July, when the sem begins.
and i want as many ppl attending meetings, at least 2 representatives from each team during meetings starting on the 23rd June.
has everyone done their DONE & DARN list?

am waiting to get replies from each bureau soon.
add me on msn, EVERYONE, chris_ning@hotmail.com

chris, signing out.

SEA update

Hey peeps!

Sorry about the lack of communication lately, been away for a while and when I came back, had quite a bit of errands to run! Just for the info, I'll be away again from the 11th - 14th of June, but I'll try to reply the emails when and where I can get internet access! Alright! Now for some updates from SEA:

1) We finally are getting in registration forms! As of now, we have many many queries and 'I'm interested' emails from many people, and we're doing follow-ups. However, as of now, we only have received THREE registration forms. So do PRAY HARD that all the interested parties will register, and we'll definitely have plenty! A few pending ones are as follows:

a) Monash are apparently VERY interested. Hoping to get 5 from KL and 5 from Melbourne.
b) NUS will definitely be sending 5. That is, unless we expand the participant limit..we might get more from them!
c) Will most probably be having 6 from Thailand...fingers crossed!
d) Quite a few queries from Indonesia, Phillipines and Australia. Pray for the best OK?

As for Malaysia, I'm devastated to say that none of the Unis have really replied yet! We're going to do more chasing - will keep you all updated!

2) A little feedback from the previous year's participants: To Grace, the topic on Environmental Resposibilities VS National Development, someone has remarked that it should be AND, not VS because it can go hand in hand; and does not have to be mutually exclusive. Just thought you should know. To Fendy! A suggestion has been made - give out posters/put up posters near Sunway, Taylors, Monash, etc...these huge university colleges usually have a lot of transfer students (Australia and others) so it'll be easier for them to come for GYS! Just a suggestion..

That's all for now. People, we really need some publicity done for GYS pls!!!!!! SEA can only do so much, my team is currently flooding other peoples' inboxes and we're spamming the facebook accounts! Do remember, however, that participation is a combined effort from all - esp publicity! There's only so much publicity SEA and PUB can do. We could use all the help we can get alright? Thanks for everything, and happy working!

SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO GRACE - THANKS FOR REPLYING AN EMAIL FOR ME WHEN I WASN'T AROUND......YOU ROCK!!!!!

Love,
Amy

Update from PPT

We've got Prof Lim Chong Yah as a panellist for economics!!!!! YAY!!!

HELLO EVERYONE!

hey hey!

am leaving for my camp soon. will be back on the 7th June. if there s anything, sms me, or Fir or Melissa. or Yung tat, or Felicita, or Jia Xian.heheh..

mean time, felicita will tell u when the next work camp is, and what the HOBs will have to do before the work camp..the Darn list and the Done list...hehehe..

till then, hope to hear good news from all of u soon when i get back yeah!

meanwhile, keep the fire burning!!

HOBs...get all the things done..Video, Sponsors, Dinner, PARTICIPANTS, Money, filings of minutes..everything la!!

will see u guys soon!

cheers,
Chris
ORANGE is the BEST! ;)

THE END of the NEW BEGINNING..

Hi peeps,

The first working camp ended, and altho it didnt end with a BANG, most things were started and settled. This work camp signifies the beginning of sufferings that we ll have to endure for the next comin 2 months plus. time is running out and pressure is mounting up too.

anyways, i ve been offered my first job and have been asked to start mid-june. i know that it isnt a good time, but i really did not want to lose this opportunity. being the first to be offered the job among tens of people, i had to take up this one. but, i would not be giving up the GYS directorship, however, i would be spending lesser time with u guys. no worries, i m still sailing on the same ship, just that i ve got to venture in 2 dift ships at one time.

have got a contingency plan regarding this issue of me not able to be around the next workcamp, but have yet to discuss it with Fir and Mel. once a decision is made, i will call for a meeting with the HOBs' or prob just post it up here. :)

anyways, there are still lots to be done, and i hope i have successfully instilled some fire in u to help continue keeping the fire burning:) i meant, the GYS spirit! :)

most of u have done a good job during the workcamp and u know who u are. some need improvement, but am sure u will in time to come.

do bear in mind that each and everyone of us is the leader of tomoro. start being a leader today in order to be able to control your own life and try to make a difference in others'.

will blog more soon. it s 2.15am and i ve got a meeting with En. Apandi at 8.45am later. met with Prof Azizan and Mawar from the UNESCO club. they ve kindly offered their help in various fields and are proud that we re taking the initiative to commit ourselves to this symposium. regards from them to all.

Prof Northcott, one of our panelists is around in UM. and prof Azizan has extended an invitation to attend his book launch by our VC on the 3rd June- 2pm. venue has yet to be confirmed. She said she would love some of us to be there to support this event. i would be away at a camp till the 7th, hence, i would not be around. those who are, kindly submit ur name to me. well, please help support them. take the initiative to help others, and u might never know what u ll get in return! 5 participants prob! :)

okies..gotta go...am becoming like Choi...hahah!

night everyone.
have a gr8 day tomoro!

cheers,
chris

Top 10 Motivational Phrases to Inspire u in Rough Time

1. Just do it.
2. If at first u don't succeed, try, try again.
3. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
4. If we did all we were capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.- by Thomas Edison.
5. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you fell that you, too, can become great.-by Mark Twain.
6. Happiness depends upon ourselves.-by Aristotle.
7. Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.- by Samuel Johnson
8. When you shoot for the moon and you come up short, you still end up among the stars.-by Les Brown.
9. Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.- by John F. Kennedy.
10. What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.- by Napoleon Hill.

AiSze ^;^

TAMAN PERTANIAN MALAYSIA

3rd Day and 88 days to GYS!

Wow! another day has passed. checked out from 11th college today as we re trying to save some money for the team! rm10 a night aint cheap!!for another 7 nights!!it s rm70! so i d rather drive home. anyways, everyone was exhausted today..the team spirit was dying off slowly as we were abit annoyed with the other team who were using the secretariat and also because few HOBs werent around and members were lost when i questioned them! i was abit out of focus today too as i had too many things on my mind. My life at the moment only revolves around GYS..should i be glad? ahaha! :)

Firstly, we havent got approval from KPT, so there are alot of things that we cant do legally yet..but am praying hard that the approval wouldnt take that long a time. But we ll work as usual as Choi reassured me that KPT would definitely approve the project! :)

lesser members reported in today and the secretariat team only 2 person present. everyone was so stressed out so we ve decided to go kayaking tomoro evening! if we cant kayak, we ll go cycling, and if we cant go cycling, then we re going jogging..and if it s raining, oops..didnt think about that! but let s hope it doesnt rain tomoro! :)
Fendy, Haz, Conrad, Mel n I went for dinner together today at Piccadilly. the gang was smaller today because we went for dinner late today, so the rest got hungry & left without us. Richard chose badminton over us..sigh..ahhaha! and Sheikh, Ai Tze, Hui Ling & Felicita wanted to have some time together on their own..Gerard & Ignatius wanted some time on their own too..sigh..Syaz was excited as Liza would be joining us tomoro and so she wanted to have dinner with her alone too. sigh..so much of being a team! ahaha! but it s ok..guess they grew tired of me! :)

Planning to go to Bukit Cahaya this saturday morning to check out the place! more members would be around..so woohoo! one whole big gang would be there!! :) yippee! let s hope it doesnt rain too! if not, we ll prob just pop in some shopping mall! :)

next tuesday night, will be gathering over at my place to have dinner and prob watch a movie..or erm....Badminton. am sure Richard would be excited! ahahah!
okies...gotta go to the airport now!

sigh..i m treating this as my own blog now! ahaha...but this is just to keep those who arent with us updated bout the working camp.

THE THREE MEN who were FORCED to go for dinner with the two beautiful ladies! ahem! :)

Fendy who was overjoyed when i said yes to kayaking!

Mel who MADE Conrad come for dinner with us!

A happy Chris, knowing that everyone is behind her in GYS! :)
am happy to have met all of u!












Chris signing out :) 88 DAYS TO GO! :)

More Photos of the Central Com Meeting

During an afternoon meeting with the Central committee that lasted 3 hours just going through the 5-day programme! :)

The 3 angels of GYS.

Sin Mei having fun during the meeting! Conrad seemed to be serious... ahah!

Fendy was starrrrving and he ate quite a few kuih bahulu and got Jia Xian thinking if the kuih was really nice..

Tryin to explain something to the hungry fendy..wonder if he understood! haha! j/k!





Chris :)

Work Camp!

Hi everyone! today marks the end of the 2nd day of work camp! how time flies!

was pretty down last night, didnt sleep well worrying about GYS and knowing that we ve only got 90 more days to GYS made me scared! had so much goin on in my mind that i was lethargic in the morning so i went for a walk around UM and had breakfast with the girls, got back to the secretariat, started working and then, just with the presence of all the musketeers reminded me that i ve to stay optimistic and not let this project down and also most importantly, not let anyone of u down.

am glad to have all of u in the team. Each and everyone of u are special in your own ways and i m trying to get to know each and everyone of u better. i hope that u re enjoying yourself with us, the central com during this work camp as we ve put in a lot of effort to ensure that the project is in its correct path.

altho fir and mel aint with us, but both are also worried bout GYS, especially Fir who d rather be with us at Workcamp!

anyways, i wana thank each and everyone of u for boosting my motivation to work harder for GYS. i hope none of u will leave the team as i promise u that i ll never do that. Once a musketeer, always a musketeer! ALL FOR ONE, and ONE FOR ALL!

89 days to go! here are some photos that we took yesterday - First day of WC - during the ice breaking session and the general meeting at night.. :) Fruitful day!

During the Debate of whether squatting toilets were better than sitting ones!

The Govt team all prepared, yet relaxed!

The Judges tried to keep the debate sane

Papa Yung tat who came after work for the First General Meeting of Work Camp

After 10 hours of work, trying to stay awake during meeting! :)

CHEERS TO WORK CAMP! 8 more days to go! :)

CENTRAL COM MEETING - COMPULSORY

A central committee meeting is called for this saturday, 3rd May 2008 at 6pm, secretariat.
all central com and Head of Bureaus (HOBs) are to attend this meeting. Attendance is compulsory. Am sure that there wouldnt be any exams at that time and that no one has exams the next day.
Bring along working proposals and anything else necessary.
Will see all of you.

Chris

whats gys?

This is a little something i made for my sponsorship bureau to use in presenting what is gys to potential sponsors. Im sure a lot of people here dont know what exactly happen during the event. I think it can be use for inviting participants and more importantly show the committee member itself that even tho planning for this event seems impossible, the outcome will be very very sweet =) so for that please have a look and hope you all pumped up!! Lets all make GYS08 a success!!

ps: url for the vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZFxRp6tsZg

hazzri =)

University of Malaya Welcomes the World. . .

The Poster - Informal Invitation Letter

The poster Fendy did for the informal letter - I think it's awesome! THANKS FENDY..YOU ROCK!

- Amy

Updates from SEA

Hey all!

Sorry about the lack of updates; have been busy studying and working the past few days. So, here's what SEA has been up to the last couple of days:

1) Drafted our formal invitation letter - just a few blanks here and there due to uncertainties. Will need a copy of the proposal to fill in those blanks! [Achievement! =) ]

2) Completed our informal invitation letter! Will be sending it out together with a promotional flyer to the universities' email adds we've found to enquire if they're interested. Then we'll follow up with the formal letter from there! (Informal letter is just to catch them before they go on summer break) :D [Achievement! =) ]

3) Organizational chart is almost done; but we've requested a postponement in putting it up because we're all studying hard! Will put it up AS SOON AS FINALS END - promise! =) [KIV! =/ ]

4) The request for files and stationery is being put on hold because of exams and transportation prob (sorry!) Will continue working on it throughout these 3 weeks, and all heads - will pass you your requests immediately after finals! (Definitely before work camp - Amy guarantees!) [KIV =/ ]

5) Have obtained the working camp attendance confirmation from my team members - will let Feli and Christine know! [Achievement! =) ]


Thats about it for now! Sorry about the late update - let me know if you see any problems! Feedback wanted! =) Btw, I want to know what happened to the GYS Secretariat sign as well...it went missing! =(

ALL THE BEST FOR FINALS TO ALL!

- Amy

great news!!

hi everyone,

went to the HEP today and found out that our proposal has been approved. MPMUM is giving us rm13,000. but they dont seem to know what happened to our previous yr's rm33 000. i ve photocopied the approval letter, so those who need it for official purposes can come get a copy from me. anyways, am sure everyone is busy preparing for exams, but do not forget the dateline to find out how many of ur members are coming for the working camp.

went to the secretariat today. seems that someone took down the notice to say that the room is also our secretariat. anyone knows who took it down? i would be pissed if i find out that the MPM were the ones who did it. they re lookin for trouble if they did it.

anyways, any updates from any bureaus so far? have only heard from the P&M, P&P bureaus. how s the secretariat team doing? T& L? proposal done?

hope to hear from some of u soon.

till then, take care.

chris..signing out :)

work camp

Guys,
Regarding d workcamp juz a few important reminders here. We are gonna need full cooperation from all bureau heads especially.

1. Please hunt down all your members for their personal details so as to help Felicita complete the database so as to provide us with easier reference during the work camp.
2. Please refer to the working schedule for the work camp period which we've decided and attached to your email. It is really crucial that you make sure each and every member is informed about the schedule so that they know what the bureau should achieve by the end of the work camp.
   
3. Please note that a few things-to-do which have not been incorporated in the schedule should either be done earlier or is not yet the focus of our preparation, depending on the overall working schedule u guys have prepared. If you are not sure, do refer back to Christine or her two ever lovely deputies.
4. Again please make sure all your members are thoroughly informed of what exactly each has to do during the work camp.
   
5. Do ask if things are uncertain so as to maintain good communication and smooth flow of work, and that there is always the possibilities that things might be overlooked.
6. I know i sound as though we are going to war, and yes we'll have our playtime in between, but bottom-line is i wanna make sure effective work is being done and we save time which otherwise would be wasted by correcting mistakes, redoing the same job, handling unnecessary matters, etc.

See you guys then. People, let's set the global youth spirit on fire.


Fir

i m glad!

well peeps, today is my last day in UM, as an undergraduate attending lectures! but the ironic part bout it, is that i dont feel that it was the last day as i know i ll return to UM lots from now on till august for gys' sake! ahahah!

but anyways, thanks fir and amy for coming up with the both the blogs and the email account so fast! very efficient! ;) i like!
am glad that most of u are starting to accelerate a little faster in your journey with GYS 08.
so here we go, and i hope that each and everyone will learn a thing or two from ur journey with us.

to all, good luck for exams too!
and dont forget ;
[1] to tell amy the amount of things that u need,

[2] to tell felicita the total number of ur team members who will be attending the work camp by the 18th April, which is next friday.

[3] make ammendments to ur working schedules/proposals.

[4] to smile more often!

[5] to miss me too..ahahha..just kidding!

anyways, have a gr8 weekend!
to those travelling, have a safe journey!

cheers,
chris

The Start of Something New

To the team of GYS 2008:

Here's to the next few months of
work
FUN
interaction
networking
and
WITNESSING the realization of

Global Youth Symposium 2008!

HAPPY WORKING! (and PLAYING too!!!)

- Amy Hoo (Who?)