Accounts on Tremor

If I’m asked about any horrifying experience I had in Inti, it would be the recent earthquake tremor which sent lecturers and students scurrying out of the campus. June 14^th, was the day it happened. The incident was a blend of fear and funny moments. That morning, I had a free period between the transition from Chemistry to Biology class. I decided to proceed to Level 8 with my friend, who also had the break. Not long after we settled down at a study table, we began to attempt our homework and silence then prevailed. Amidst being utterly immersed into solving a mathematical problem, I felt a sudden shake on my chair, followed by the table. My friend who was sitting at the opposite side of me, thought she felt dizzy for a while. We gave each other a silent stare. It was as though we both had telepathy when a second later, we started stuffing all our books and pencil cases into our bags without telling each other to do so. Then, we hurried to the staircase for an escape. Along the way, we witnessed many students who were frantically running like us. Subsequently, an inner monologue of memade me realised that I had experienced the first tremor of my life! -Jocelyn

 
It was a lazy Tuesday morning. I arrived in college at about 10 am. I was so blur that I didn't notice what is happening at the basketball court and pressed the lift button. Then someone came and stopped me but I wasn't told the reason for the evacuation. Thinking that it was another fire drill, I went to the basketball court to search for my classmates. Apparently I have missed the first tremor. From my friends, I got to know that the tremor here is caused by an earthquake in Indonesia. Approaching noon, while I was having Physics Indonesia was again hit by another earthquake. This time I could really feel the furnitures shaking. On a whim, everyone started packing and headed for the stairs. I was a bit apprehensive while rushing down the stairs amidst the chaos and a hodgepodge of noisy students. To my surprise, there were still an indifferent lot who walk down the stairs unconcerned and some even chose to stay at the top floors to 'take a better picture of the crowd'. The college used the PA system for the first time, calling students and staff to evacuate. The fire and rescue department were in the college to check the buildings' safety. Nevertheless everyone was given a day off. This experience just made me feel glad that Malaysia is not prone to serious disasters. -Josephine

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INTI English Week

Last week was INTI English Week. The objective of the event is to raise the standard of English of our students. For a more comprehensive write-up, look out for 4-page article prepared by us in INTI Bytes!

Here are some pictures and a short write-up about the treasure hunt.

Performances and Games

SMK Bukit Jelutong Choir

Charade

Treasure Hunt

Foundation students of IICS lead by Kevin Ong were given the opportunity to host an English Themed Treasure Hunt. Kevin and his creative team had proved to IICS students that learning English is more than just reading from textbook and that the world’s major language in daily life has a wide range of uses. 

Starting from the Concourse Area of IICS as their starting station, all 6 teams were instructed to follow their clues which lead them to task stations. At the task stations treasure hunters were tested in different aspects of their skills. From coconut dribbling to water balloon catch to copying music lyrics but the challenge rated as the most difficult was finding certain words in newspaper articles in limited time. If any team failed to complete any task, that team have to complete and extra task in the punish station before proceeding the hunt. While majority of task involve some sort of skills and talent, each task normally ends with solving an English based questions and puzzles.

After 2 hours of toil from 12-2pm, Lilian, Johnson and Yee Teng from Cambridge A-Level and Northwood University were titled winner and won T.G.I Friday’s vouchers. All-boys teams Jason, Marcus and Eugene came second while team Jyun, Kerry and Chris took third place, both teams from Diploma in Hospital Management. After a brief chat with some of the contestants, they all agreed that the race was physically and academically challenging but it was fun, worth the experience and the best way to learn English.

Prize-giving and Luncheon

A hearty congratulation and big applause to the organizers of the English Week for their great success in coming up with such a successful event!

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Welcome the New Committee Members!

Welcome to the Inti Subang Jaya Editorial Board. It’s been a very long time since we last updated this blog however this post marks the start of a new editorial board. With a new set of committee members on the board, we are proud to announce that it will definitely be for the best.

As you might have noticed, this new board will do away with the Photography Section. The section is proved redundant as writers are able to take photographs to accompany the articles which they send in.

The new addtion is Publicity Department. This department will be handling Editorial Board updates online. The updates can be found on this weblog and notice board on the college main building.

We hope that you will continue supporting our newsletter. Anyone who is interested in joining the editorial board is welcomed to by contacting us. You are also welcomed to send in articles or other types of expression for us to include here or in the printed newsletter.

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