For Our Convo Mag

Note: For the sake of my ardent blog readers (who won't read my abandoned frenster blog), here is a edited copy (I must remove the google-sensitive words) of what I posted there.


Hey everyone,

I am sure u all are enjoying the holz as much as I do, after all, when sem 6 kicks in, we won't have as much time to do what we like to do and sleep as much as we would love to. ^_^


Just as sem 6 will get busier, and sem 7 will see us being physically separated (some will go to seremban, some will come to the uni in different time, depending on the research project) and sem 8 will see us dedicating more time to hospital attachment (thus seeing each other less), this holz is the BEST TIME for us to think about FUND-RAISING for our CONVOCATION MAGAZINE.


Yes, we need to put 70+ of our brains together and plan now, so that when week 1 starts, we can get the commitee set up, and individual groups to start planning for projects. Why can't we wait till sem 6 starts to plan?? WHY???


This is because:
1. A lot of money-making opportunites are right after we start sem 6- Chinese New Year, Valentines' Day... So if we don't have a plan by then, we will miss those opportunities altogether.


2. Work will start pouring in, typical of our batch, if we don't start early, before we know it, we will end up like our seniors. (Alan senior gave us an advice to start early, in fact, he said something like 'sem 6 is already a bit late; I wished my batch started earlier. Thanks Alan!)


3. This point is very important, for I need everyone's opinion. The next ball president has been elected, he is currently in Medic Sem 4 (will be in Sem 5 next year).

Based on the success of the Charity Run cum Carnival (joint effort by medic and pharm students), I have this suggestion that let the upcoming ball be a joint effort by medic and pharm students, and the profits will be shared.

'the ball is usually done by medic sem5, but this year it was organised by the graduating batches - medic sem5 and mpharm sem5. the profits usually go towards convomag for the graduating batches. as to what batch gets the money, i dunno, but i guess if it's a shared organising effort, the profits should be shared.' This is what I found out from a medic student in current sem 5 who is involved in the yearbook.

So far no beepharm has been in the committee. This is because,well, we are the 2nd batch.. From what you all have learnt above, the ball is usually organised by medic sem 5 (coz they are having their 'semi graduation' before they proceed to seremban clinical school/PMS).

Why can't we wait till sem 8 then? Well, we need the funds for our convo mag, and our convo mag SHOULD be ready by sem 8. Thus, we need to get it done before that, hence the need of our involvement in sem 6.

I am proposing this to u guys because I feel that ball is a chance to make relatively more profits (compared to food sale etc) and it would be great if we are involved in organising a ball which we will attend. We WILL attend it, won't we? Because none of us (except sasha) has attended the ball ever since we came to uni, and we would want to attend this time round because we would want our convo mag to be filled with ball pictures, wouldn't we?

If you are thinking 'I wanna go for our graduation ball..my pics will be there' then u are wrong! The convo mag must be completed before sem 8, unless in sem 8 we can find time to dedicate ourselves in producing the convo mag amidst preparing for the OSCE where ZERO mistake is required.


So what is ur thought on this proposal?
If u guys would love to be involve, then we will have to contact the SAD and the president and see if the ball can be co-organised.


Oops, I did digress a bit. The other purpose of this post is to ask you all to think of idea for the fund-raising projects, since during holz, we are more relaxed..so I hope the sight of things as you guys travel/lepak can inspire some ideas ^_^


We broke the tradition once by being the first beepharm team to join cheerleading, it can be done if you guys are up to it!!