ADAPT Aftermath

AFS Malaysia Alumni and the core committee of the ADAPT movement would like to thank each and everyone of our participants for your kind and super-b-ly enthusiasm in joining/supporting the ADAPT flash mob that happened on 23rd January at e@Curve! The journey has been long, tiring but totally fulfilling cause it was just sooooooo muuuucccchhh ffffuuuuuuunnnn!

Now that that photos are up, we'll just let the pictures do the talking :)


after tonnes of meetings....

...came tonnes of practices. For dance...

...for formation (and loads of fun yelling and head bobbings!)

...to learning how to sign "Imagine" at the park

Miss Cheng Shae Nee woo-ed the crowd with her beautiful rendition of a CNY song

whoopsies make way, fireworks boys and gals coming througghhhhhhhhh....

first we did the point to the sky thing... cause we awesome like that,

then we did the star thing....

and the get together in a circle thing...

and the merry-a-go-go-round thing, cause we're "fireworks" :D

"Imagine" singing with our hands

Amalen was our charming host for the day after the performance.

Kudos to the dynamic duo that brought the performance together : Karen & Shu Fei

and lots of play time after the event :D


Watch the videos!



The ongoings on performance day



THE PERFORMANCE!

Of course, these are but a tiny, itsy bitsy, eeney weeney portion of all the pictures and videos that was taken over the course of this performance production. Check out more of the photo collections by clicking HERE (find & tag your friends and you!)

all photos are credited to our wonderful, heavyweight camera wielding superheroes Hsien Yew, Mark, Isaac Cheah, Jason Leong and many others!

ADAPT - AFS Deaf Awareness Project

AFS is kicking off 2011 with another fun, yet meaningful project called the AFS Dear Awareness Project (ADAPT). Inspired by hearing-impaired volunteers of our own, ADAPT aims to raise awareness for the deaf community among society members like us by introducing and learning Malaysian Sign Language (MYSL) in a fun way! There’s even a Flash mob zomgoodness!

What are we doing you ask? Well for starters, we are launching a 2 week pledge to post your ADAPT M.Y.S.L profile pic and AFS badge on Facebook starting 8 January! Then, we're going to close the event with a BANG by having a flash-mob signing the song "Imagine" by John Lennon (inspired by Glee!) at a yet undisclosed location within Klang Valley!

So YES! Come join us at our Facebook page where you can find tips and guidelines on how to be a part of this campaign (and also see who is already involved!) Hurry! Download the step-to-step guide today on how YOU can be a part of ADAPT on Facebook and join the flashmob!

Join us in Paradise!

HELLO DEAREST RETURNEE PEOPLE,

How does Paradise sound to you?

Cool breeze, straw hats, shady coconut trees as you listen to the gentle crashing of the waves against the sandy beach. Ohhhh YES. Now we're talking!

After a year-long worth of hard work, hectic schedules, stressful days and deadly deadlines. Paradise sounds exactly like what you need right now, don't you agree?

The time have come yet again for YOU, YES YOU, to be recognized and pampered for your efforts and contributions towards the AFS common goal. We are delighted to host the AFS Returnee and Volunteer Camp 2010 to give a chance for us to meet and bond again at the Corus Paradise Hotel, Port Dickson.

However, you have to be quick in confirmation as alas, we have only 40 spots available. Gasp!

This event is OPEN TO RETURNEES AND VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES in Malaysia, no age limit attached!

Given the sheer number of AFS volunteers, we suggest you email Kuhan at kuhan.chelvanathan@afs.org as soon as possible, and no later than 17^th November 2010! We predict the spots will go fast :)

Below is the information regarding the event:

Date : 10th - 12th December 2010

Venue : Corus Paradise Hotel, Port Dickson

Attendees : AFS Returnees & AFS Volunteers (no age limit)

Fee : RM 30.00

RSVP Date : By the 17th Nov 2010 (first come first serve basis!)

So how about it? Come join us in Paradise, party by the beach with your friends and let your hair down. Grab your swimming gear, cameras and your glamorous self and come on board for a fantabulously good time!

We've missed you so much! And sincerely hope to see you there :)

Regards from,

everyone of us in AFS Malaysia Alumni

p/s: Here's a sneak peak at what Corus Hotel looks like!

English Enrichment Programme with YES

Dear all, oh what exciting news awaits you!

In an effort to foster relationships between the AFS Returnee and the YES Alumni, SK Taman Keramat, Gombak has invited us to conduct an English Enrichment Program at their school this 3rd of November (Wednesday).

So here's your chance to give back to the society!

Drop your names and contact numbers to Jim Chua (jim91_dc@yesalumni.afs.org.my) or contact him via FB. He'd be very happy to hear from you and share further details with you :)



Then you can be like,




Ok. Just kidding.

AYA Awards Performance

Before you scroll down this post, there are some things you should probably know.

Firstly, what is the AYA?

AYA stands for the Asian Youth Ambassadors (AYA), a non-profit youth organization whose mission is to nurture young people to be the best that they can be and to be of service to others.

What about the Awards thingy?

The AYA Awards was set up back in 2005, to acknowledge, reward and further encourage good work and deeds by Malaysian Youth.

Okay...so what does it have to do with AFS Mas Alumni?

Wah! I can't believe you don't know this! Last year the AFS Antarabudaya Malaysia was awarded the Youth Friendly Company of 2009 by AYA.

Look look! That's us represented by Ms. Shazalyna (5th from right) and Kenneth Chin, founder of AYA (5th from left)

Why we won?

Because we're awesome-lah. What else?
(Okay so there IS much more depth to that answer, but it all boils down to because we're awesome to begin with :D)




Oraits! Now that we know what the background story is between AYA Awards and AFS Mas Alumni, lets talk about the important part of this blog-post. *drumroll please*


AFS Malaysia is invited to perform at the 6th AYA Awards Night at Malaysia's Heritage Building on the 7th November 2010 (Sunday)

Therefore, we are looking for YOU to be involved in the performances! The National Office would like to suggest that we returnees can collaborate with our hosted students to perform a combination of 5 Malaysian traditional dance: the Zapin Melayu, Indian Candle Dance, Chinese Fan Dance, Sabahan Bamboo Dance and the Sarawakian Ngajat Dance.

The Finale will be a sign language performance of the AFS Song.

Dance practice is scheduled to start on 24th October until 4th November 2010. So if you would like to be INVOLVED, please do send us a mail at suyin.chia@volunteer.afs.org.my


If you want to read more about the AYA Awards, log on to AYA Awards Website. And while you're there, browse around and send in your votes for THIS YEAR's 2010 finalist for all categories! Get involved today!

Mission Zoopossible: Accomplished!

On 8th August, the mighty cleaning warriors from AFS Malaysia Alumni from all parts of Malaysia united and embarked on a brave journey to the Zoo Negara to fight of the evils that is giant poopies and dirty cages that plagued the animals living there.

At approximately 0830, the 46 Alumni warriors, armed with nothing but a bright orange volunteer sticker on their chests, puppy eyes, shovels, brushes and brooms spread out in groups of 5 to various stations to begin battle. Fighting the bleeding smell, the dust and dirt, sweat, sore body parts, pesky flies and raw fishes, the warriors cleaned away in the background whilst the wild animals entertained the paying crowd in the foreground to prevent suspicion of the grueling fight behind in the cages.

Some had to pick up poop and sweep the floor the whole day. Some hacked and chainsawed away in the kitchen to prepare basketful of food for the hungry animals. Some walked around and pretended to be busy Some had the privilege to work in extremely close proximity with the animals such as the stripy zebras, big-mouth hippopotamus, dancing deers, roaring bears, lazy camels, playful primates, various birds of flights and even with slithery pythons. They ventured into areas usually prohibited to the masses, and learned the ways of the zoo keepers.

Leading the warrior army at the front of the battlefield was Iron Lady Yelena Ramli, followed by Iron Lady Suraya and Iron Lady Cheng Yee, who united the warriors and made them work enthusiastically by providing direction and a scrumptious variety of food while lavishing each one with heaps of praises for jobs well done. They even broadcasted the backbreaking efforts of the Alumni warriors to the Malaysian world through THE STAR and NST (click on it!)

At exactly 1600 the Alumni warriors regrouped and declared victory over the Zoo Negara with zero casualties to both human and animals alike. There was a huge celebration of food eating and many a random photo-taking sessions followed by the Alumni Warriors being duly rewarded for their efforts with the presentation of certificates. Thus the fight had ended, the battle was won. Mission Zoopossible: Accomplished!

p/s more pictures coming your way really soon. Keep your tabs on this blog, people!

Hey you, Smile for Change (:

They say that the shortest distance between two people is a

Today, the YES ALUMNI MALAYSIA, would like to extend the invitation to you to the SMILE FOR CHANGE fundraiser.

All proceeds from the fundraiser will fund the operations of the Child Care Center runed by the Women's Aids Organization, which takes cares of the children of battered women. We do hope that many many of these children in need will be blessed with the event and smiles will be plentiful amongst them (: Don't you hope so too?

Further details about the Child Care Center can be found here

How about bringing a smile to a child today? Below are the details:

Date: 19th June 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 12pm - 10pm
Place: LG Rainforest, One Utama Shopping Center, Damansara Utama


Hey loved one, remember, a smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it. Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.

(:

Hope you have a smiling day ahead too.

YES Alumni Party

You see, guys, with the number of events AFS is throwing, you really don’t have any reason not be out of the big AFS family loop! We have just wrapped up the 52nd Annual AFS Fundraising and Gala Dinner (which was awesome, by the way, shame on you who couldn’t attend without a valid reason) and ALREADY we have another event organized by the YES Alumni, who had graciously, again, extended their invitation to us.


The details:

Date: Friday, 18 June 2010
Time: 7:00pm-9:30pm
Location: Annexe Gallery, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur
Dresscode: Casual. It will be very relaxing and informal.
Price: FREE

We really, really hope you guys can make it, and it will be a great opportunity for us to catch up and bond. There will be performances, video presentations, and video messages from the AFS International.

You guys can RSVP by clicking on this link here

Lastly, here's a little message from the Vice President of YES Alumni, Jim Chua especially for you:

"We realize that the relationship between alumni members is indeed very important towards the whole alumni structure as by close relationship between members will determine the progress of the alumni. Therefore, our main objective here, is to gather alumni together under one roof and basically bond together. We have alumni members that have long been missing , so we hope to update you on what we have done and grasp your interest and hopefully get you involve more in the alumni. We also would want to update our alumni about what we have done throughout the years as well as our future events. This is also a platform where we could ask for your feedbacks and opinions about the events that we are planning to organize so that we could have a more deeper idea on what do the alumni members want. " (:

AFS 52nd Anniversary Gala Dinner 2010

...and we're back in business guys!

The AFS 5nd Anniversary Gala Dinner 2010 is finally here and it will be

AMAZING FUN!

The Gala Dinner will play host to a gathering of returnees, host families, exchange students, and friends of AFS once again for a time of laughter, catch-up sessions and lots of fun in between (lets not forget the extremely good food waiting too!)

There's going to be performances and dances brought to the table by our very own people in AFS as well, so come support your friends performing on stage okay, promise? (:

Good! So below are the details that you will need to :

When : 5th June, Saturday
Time : 7.30pm
Where : Nikko Hotel, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Theme : Bling Bling / Dress to Kill

Ticket Prices per pax:
RM150 / RM100 (student discount)

For more information contact:
Dahnyor / Kuhan @
03-77224866 / 77254966
info-mas@afs.org

Now for the most important part, please follow the 4 steps below.

1. Check your calendar. Book the 5th of June so nothing last minute can EVER happen on that day.

2. Pick up the phone. Call the AFS office and ask for Dahnyor or Kuhan. Tell them you are going.

3. Put the phone down. Now pick up your handphone. Text EVERYONE you know about the Gala Dinner.

4. Go find suitable clothes to wear for the Gala Dinner. Shop if you must. (:

AFS YES - MAS Alumni Picnic

Hey guys!!


Busy with life and wishing you had some time to just drop all the things that demands your responsibility and attention, take a breather and just CHILLAX with friends? Well, how does a picnic sound to you right now?

Our good friends from the YES Alumni have cordially invited us from the MAS Alumni to join them for a time of fun and fellowship for their 4th YES Alumni Picnic this coming 1st of May (Saturday) in Central Park, One Utama.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

4pm to 7pm!

Their selected theme this time would be America! So come dressed in anything that represent America, bring games that you played in America or even bring American food!! Yes bring real food people, as this is a pot-luck styled picnic.

So what you can do is just comment here on this post if you're interested/confirm coming. Just so we know and can look out for your AWESOME presence on the day itself (: Let us know too if you need maps/directions/recipes. Heh!




Toodles~

German Language Crash Course

Dear all,

[WARNING]
Please be reminded that a crash course does not involve any physical collision that will result in damages or pains in any way. Crash courses refers to an activity that will result in the possibility of mental trauma one may suffer from the forceful jamming of incomprehensible information into one's brain in the span of a short period.

With that said, AFS Mas Alumni is offering a

German Language Crash Course

for local AFS students who are leaving this year on the Year Programme to Germany. Details are as followed:

Date:
Sunday ( 31st January 2010)

Time:
2pm - 4pm

Fee:
RM30 per individual

Place:
To be confirmed

Tutors:
Julian Theseira/ Lucas Hornung / Chong Cheng Yee

Interested alumni are also more than welcomed to join if you want to pick up some basic German (: