BULLETIN_Week 3

Unleash your confidence:

GEMS TALENT DAY

On Saturday 25th of April 2009, E-First Group organized the GEMS Talent Day, one of the GEMS main projects

The main objective of the project is to encourage participation in creative arts. It also aims to equip participants with interpersonal skills and familiarize participants in using English in front of people with the inclusion of public speaking category in the talent day slot.

All groups sent their participants for the event. With the theme “Shining Star”, the program was colored with dramas, choir, chorus speaking and dikir barat at the creativity of each group.

The event was also being watched by the guests of honor, Mr. Amizi Busri, representative from Khazanah Nasional Berhad; Dr. Ismail Aby Jamal, Senior Consultant of Irshad HR Consulting Sdn Bhd; and Mr. Azahari Ahmad, Site Manager of GEMS program. English trainers, Mr Mark Suresh and Ms Yogi were also invited as judges for the talent competition.

The result of the competition was as followed:

Talent Competition:

1st place:
Marche Management Group

2nd place:
Valkyrie Sdn Bhd

3rd place:
Global Green Solution

Public Speaking:

1st place:

Izzati Idris

2nd place:
Sufi Hadi Rohani

3rd place:
Kamarul Azri Kamaruddin

ENGLISH TRAINERS DINNER

On Friday, 24 April 2009, a farewell dinner was held for the English trainers. It was organized by Team 7, E-First Consultation to give appreciation to the trainers who teach the participants for the last two weeks.

The dinner was themed “Malaysian Night” with the guests wearing Malaysian traditional attire as well as formal attire. It was officiated by Mr. Azahari Ahmad, Site Manager of Desaru GEMS program. Also invited that night were Mr. Shamsudin, Assistant Manager of Desaru Golden Beach Hotel and Mr. Ellilen Chandran from Al-Ikhlas Cambridge Sdn. Bhd.

Guests were served with barbequed fares and cold dessert. While having the dinner, guests were entertained with various performances by GEMS participants. The atmosphere that night was beyond expectation with guests gives their whole enthusiasm to make the dinner being remembered for a long time.
The performances that night were dedication for the trainers. Each of the group was eager to show their appreciation for their trainers. As a result, the show went very well. Lucky draw was also added to the slot to spice up the night.

As a finale, each English trainer was invited to the stage to have karaoke with the participants. Participants also take the chance that night to give presents for their trainers. Everyone was satisfied with the flow of the event and hope that similar occasion can be organized again for the next time.

ENGLISH CLASS:

FUN AND INTRACTIVE LEARNING

The English module classes reach its finale last week. Several activities conducted to fill in the last part of the learning modules.

For most of the classes, the activities were conducted internally. Class 7 and 8 spent the time with class games and quizzes; charades, pictionary and hangman. The games were conducted not only just for fun but also for the purpose of learning by general knowledge and English vocabulary and idioms.
To test the participants’ improvement in English, a post-test was conducted in every English class. The overall result shows that the participants were improved a lot in English during the past two weeks of English learning.
On Friday before the end of the English class, report cards were produced and given to the participants. Trainers also gave their comment and advice to improve the participants in English language. Most of the trainers were happy with the participants’ performance for the past two weeks. The only things that they concern are the vocabulary and grammatical error which had to be sharpening from time to time.
Participants were satisfied with the English module. They found that the module is very important for them in order to gain competency in job market.

SPORT EVENT:

FROM PITCH TO CAROM TABLE

On 20th April, beach soccer and netball matches continue its action. There were four matches held in each game which were the last matches in the qualification round. From 8 teams competed, only 4 teams were qualified to go for the semi-final round of each game.

For some of the teams, the last match was very important to determine if they will qualify for the next round. For others, it is just a matter of completing the match schedule. But still, their game spirit was still high although they were already not qualified to go to semi-final.

In beach soccer, 4 matches were held between GGS vs MMG, Daun Lebar vs Desire, Valkeyrie vs Agrogreen, and GEM vs E-First. Most of the team had a chance to qualified hence every team put all their effort to catch the critical points. In the end, only Daun Lebar, Desire, GEM and Valkeyrie qualified for the next stage.

The netball matches were also started simultaneously with beach soccer. The match arrangement was the same as the beach soccer. As expected, GGS, which already qualified to the semi final, win the last match without missing any point. Other teams that follow GGS to the next round are E-First, Daun Lebar and GEM.

Meanwhile, carom also took place last week. And it became the first game that wrap up its result and had its winner. There were so many fans came to see this game although the game took place in a small space under the recreational gazebo.

As usual, supporter from each teams showed their full commitment by cheering, clapping and give morale support. Even though their teams were not qualified, they still showed their fair play and sportsmanship. This is what we should proud of them.

All the matches were held successfully. Even though, there was some injury and arguments between players, it was just a temporary.

For the teams that qualified to semi final, congratulation and good luck. To supporters, don’t forget to cheer your team next week.

The results of the sports activity throughout the week are as follow:

Beach soccer:

3rd Match:

Daun Lebar vs Desire : 1 - 1
GEM vs E-First : 2 - 0
Valkeyrie vs Agrogreen : 1 - 1
MMG vs GGS : 2 - 0

Netball:

3rd Match:

Daun Lebar vs Desire : 2 - 0
GEM vs E-First : 9 - 10
Valkeyrie vs Agrogreen : -----
MMG vs GGS : 5 - 7

Carom:

Group B:

Agrogreen B beat GGS B
Daun Lebar B beat Desire B
MMG B beat Valkeyrie B
E-First B beat GEM B

Quarter-final:

GEM A beat GGS A
Desire A beat MMG A
Daun Lebar B beat Agrogreen B
E-First B beat MMG B

Semi-final:

GEM A beat Desire A
Daun Lebar B beat E-First B

Final:

3rd and 4th place:

E-First B beat Desire A

1st and 2nd place:

Daun Lebar B beat GEM A