CAMPING @ GUNUNG NUANG - Part 2

So what happen after the hiking trip?

MAKAN time! So it is customary that we have Barbecue (BBQ) for dinner as we are camping ^_^BBQ, Frisbee and hungry souls waiting.

More food = happy smiles
(Cynthia not smiling because she has food in her mouth =p)



Oh look...they were trying to start eating before everyone comes!
(Look at Ms. Laura's evil eyes muahahaha....should we steal the food?)

And so, fellow friends, it was a happy ending. Everyone got their share of dinner, so no worries =D.
Did you think the night will end after dinner? Of cause not! We had a campfire and Our beloved DR.STEVEN joined us for after dinner fun.

Cynthia, came up with GREEN quiz where we all had to guess the right answers to the questions she gave. Those who got the wrong answer was punished by 'the right answer' people to do some form of entertainment.

Thats Horng at the campfire attempting to 'entertain' us by putting a lighted candle on his tongue

After the campfire, it started drizzling. We had to shift our activities into the available covered areas. Our post campfire 'activities' actually involves.........

MORE BBQ!!! And so we ate till the weeee hours of the morning..... well at least until all the food supply ran out.

By that time, most of us has retire to the tents to get some sleep. The night there was colddddd and wet. NO JOKE!! So next time we go there again. We shall all bring jackets and sleeping bags.

>>>> Optional would be.... *ahem* PILLOWS and BLANKETS as demonstrated by our beloved Ms. Laura and VP Horng

And so, it will be safe to conclude that the EARTH DAY CAMP @ GUNUNG NUANG 2009
was a success. We all had fun, fun and what else but FUN. And along the way of having fun, we learnt more about mother nature and simple but effective ways to preserve it. Cynthia's Earth Day quiz gave us some fresh insights on what mother nature really is.

Shall we look forward to more camps like this?
A time for bonding and supporting a cause.
Lets anticipate another round of clean, green, and positive fun camping!

CHEERS TO EARTH DAY

Special shout out to
>> Jasmine and Siew Ying for the superb sandwiches
>> Horng for the awesome mashed potatoes
>> Cynthia for organizing the activities
>> Cally for taking alot of time of getting the tents
>> All Fayette House Members for all your efforts put in to make this camp a success

-endz-

Fayette To You 3rd Issue (F2U)

3rd Issue released!

Await the 4th and 5th issues

viewable in 10th floor ADP center & also Fayette House 1st floor~

Beau Bristow

There is a performance coming up!

At SEGi College Subang Jaya
Open to all students and lecturers~
It is by Beau Bristow an American Live performer


Date: 5th June 2009 (Friday)
Time: 4pm
Venue: 6th Floor, Theather Hall
Price: RM5





This is his official website:

http://www.beaubristow.com/

Earth Day Camp Out @ Gunung Nuang

EARTH DAY CAMP (18.04.2009) - PART 1

Hello all ADP students! ITS SUMMER!
Hope everyone had a great holiday and is ready to get back into classes for another round of pounding by the lecturers ^-^
Well let the Fayette House start by refreshing our memory on what we did for EARTH DAY 2009

CAMPING @ GUNUNG NUANG

DAY ONE
Everyone gathered at SEGi College Subang Jaya at approximately 8am ready to dirty their hands for an awesome camping trip.
We reach Gunung Nuang which is located in HULU LANGAT at 11.30am and the first thing we did was not rest.... We had to set up the TENTS!!!
With direct afternoon sun atop our head, and an empty stomach, we wasted no time to put up the tents which we will call home for a night.

That is us, setting up the tents under the sorching heat. But it was all worth it ^-^

After setting up the tents, we moved on to our next activity which was HIKING!!!
We split into 2 groups.
The first group took a 2 hour steep hike up to a waterfall.
The second group took a 30min jungle trek to a river.

Yours truly, the writer followed the first group to hike up 2 hours to reach the waterfall.
The beginning of the hike was fun. We started hiking merrily, talking, singing and enjoying the view. Also, being the crazy and fun loving ADP students that we are, we also spread our joy to other hikers there by saying hello to everyone.

Us before feeling the effects of the 'uncountable steep slopes"

However, after 1 hour, it was very obvious that the group has become increasingly silent. Everyone was getting tired...very very TIRED from hiking up the STEEP slopes. We had to make constant pit stops by then as many were moaning and asking "are we there yet?"

FINALLYYYYYafter 2 hours of sweat and leg muscle cramps... we were greeted by our reward which was a fantastic COLD waterfall!ahhhh the blissful clean, cold and refreshing waterfall

We spent almost and hour there just enjoying nature at its best. No air pollution, no noise pollution and no water pollution.
With heavy hearts, we had to pack up and start hiking back down as the sky was getting dark.
But before we leave, as always there will be some customary photo taking session.

Group photo!



Fayette House Members (past and present)

Article of Elaine Tan

FAYETTE, Iowa (February 17, 2009) -Senior Elaine Hui Shan Tan is a student at Upper Iowa University-Malaysia, but will be spending this semester at the Fayette campus fulfilling her internship requirements, as well as taking a few courses. Tan's graduation will also be twice as special because she plans to walk in two ceremonies-one this May in Fayette and one in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia when she returns home.

Tan is double majoring in communications and psychology and interning her first eight weeks with the UIU International Programs group, translating several manuals into her native Malay language and other projects. She says the staff is having fun learning her language and exchanging quips on various words. Next term, Tan will do her psychology internship with faculty in that department.

This is Tan's first trip to the U.S. and she says there are many differences she likes and some not so much. For example, she arrived in Cedar Rapids one week before the minus 34 degree temperatures hit, setting all-time record lows. The year-round temperature in Malaysia averages 82 degrees with high humidity. "I had to borrow a coat, hat and gloves from people I knew who had visited the States in winter before, because I don't own a winter coat," explained Tan.

One experience Tan says she is especially enjoying is dorm life, something new to her. "I love having my own room and students and things going on around me all of the time," she said. "It has given me a chance to meet so many new people, and I am never lonely or bored." Tan keeps in touch with her family through Facebook so she has not gotten homesick.

Other activities Tan keeps busy doing are attending athletic events, going on movie and mall trips, spending a lot of time studying in the library and church on Sundays at Elgin's First Baptist Church. She even went to a Super Bowl Party. "I don't understand football because we don't have it in Malaysia," said Tan. "Anyway, the men watched the game in the living room, while the women hung around the kitchen talking and eating."

Dr. DeWayne Frazier, senior vice president of International Programs, was instrumental in Tan's coming to Upper Iowa in Fayette. "The first time I met Elaine Tan was at the grand opening of the Fayette House in Kuala Lumpur," said Frazier. "I will never forget the words she shared at the ceremony about the importance of the American degree program in her native land, and it was at that moment I truly understood why UIU has centers overseas. One student at a time, we are making a difference in so many lives. "

Over the past two years, the number of international students studying on the Fayette campus has grown from 6 to 45 students. "We hope to continue to grow this number in keeping with Upper Iowa's strategic plan, which encourages the seamless movement of students at our university and creating an environment in which diversity is respected, encouraged and nurtured," said Frazier.

Frazier added, "I am sure that someday Elaine will be one of the leaders of her country, and I will be proud to claim that Upper Iowa had a role in shaping this young lady's future."

Upper Iowa University's American degree program in Malaysia is a joint venture with SEGi University College in Malaysia. UIU and SEGi currently offer the program in five locations across Malaysia including, Kota Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Subang Jaya and Penang. UIU has operated undergraduate programs in Malaysia for over 10 years.

Article taken from this website:

http://www.uiu.edu/general/news/feb09/Tan.html