X+L DUAL EXPERIENCE:

LOH KIM CHOON

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Freakonomics

Mindtool.com

Are You

Ready

To Fly?

Newsletter September

2010

Volume 2

CRRA 2010: First in Touch

“Start Up with IDEAs 10”

LOH’S

STORY

LOH has lived dual

eXP er ience, taking leadership role and in-t e r n s h i p i n

Taiwan.

X + L = XP2

Loh’s AIESEC Experience

began in his first year in

Universiti Teknologi Malay-

sia. He was a junior member

in Out-Going Exchange and

after that, he was elected as

Director of Out-Going

Exchange during his second

year in AIESEC UTM. After a

fruitful year of leadership

experience, Loh decided to

experience AIESEC Go

Exchange Program. He

decided to go for Develop-

ment Traineeship in Taiwan.

Living and working in a dif-

ferent culture for 2 months,

his exchange experience

enriched his senses and

sharpened his mind. Follow-

ing his internship experi-

ences, Loh returned to serve

a term as Vice President of

Out-Going Exchange of

AIESEC UTM. Loh practiced

the soft skills that he gained

through his internship

experience, while learning to

work with people with

different personalities.

AIESEC has given him the

opportunity to work in cross-

cultural environment as well

as to improve both personal

and professional skills. He

truly understands himself,

the world and what he

wants in his life. Now as a

Vice President of Out-Going

Exchange, he encourages

young people to have life-

changin experience like his

by sending them for

exchange through AIESEC

UTM.

Email : kimchoon_loh@aiesec.net Contact Loh Kim Choon—012-3608469

Want to know more about Go eXchange Program?

Hi, I’m Loh Kim Choon

Volume 2

Loh’s Story

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swim-

ming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? Freakonomics is a ground-breaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They usually begin with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an

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THINGS YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT

YOU KNEW BUT DIDN’T

Thirsty for reading materials on leadership skills? Here a good site that share with you various interesting tips on problem solv-ing, decision making, project man-agement, practical creativity, time man-agement, stress management, informa-tion skills, communication skills, career skills and many more!

Mind Tools pro-

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rials to individuals through its website.

Extensive high quality web content and

articles are freely available online. Click

here www.mindtools.com and you will

find useful information to boost your

leadership skills!

“To read is to fly: it is to soar to

a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of

history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits

of many inquiries.” A C Grayling, Financial Times (in a review of A History

of Reading by Alberto Manguel

Found any interesting

books, articles, web-

sites or simply any-

thing that triggers your

mind?

Share with us :

tan.yiing@aiesec.net

Special

Features

Volume 2

Under Cross Red Ribbon Alert (CRRA) project, First in Touch (FIT) was held in August 2010, aiming at educating students

on HIV/AIDS through workshop. Among the activities lined up were video presentation and sharing from people living

with HIV which captured the hearts of participants. The highlight of the event would be the candle lighting section,

which drew a wonderful ending of the event.

“Through FIT, I know what is happen-

ing around the world right now-

the stigma that happens to the HIV posi-

tive people and how to fight against the

virus. It is not only about HIV/AIDS, but

creating a healthy and better life.”

Jazmeer Fikri

First.In.Touch

“CRRA 2010 in Malaysia” http://crossredribbonalert.blogspot.com

Coming.Up.Next...

Volume 2

PBOX

Election of

Chief Delegate MyLDS 2010

It is one of the Leadership Opportunities

to grab in AIESEC.

Interested to know more? Stay tuned …….

As a Chief Delegate, you will be:

1. The Ambassador of AIESEC UTM, point of communication

between organizing teams of the conference and UTM, making decisions in arranging the logistics and needs of your delegation.

2. Coordinate the preparation of cultural perform-ances, coming up with new roll calls and square dances.

3. Leading AIESEC UTM delegation to make a BLAST in MyLDS.

About MyLDS 2010:

1. AIESEC in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia is proud to be the host for the annual Malaysia Leadership Development Seminar in 2010.

2. Themed ‘A Youth Kaleidoscope’, it signifies a platform for young

leaders in Malaysia to gather, gain fresh outlook, reconnect and soar.

3. Date : 11st to 16th December 2010

4. Highlights: Gala Dinner, Global Village

Greetings from Communication Department: Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Happy Holiday !

AIESEC in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Website: www.aiesecutm.org

HOW FAR

CAN

YOU GO?

October

Newsletter Volume 3

2010

I am an AIESECer

Jason Seh - eXchange in

Poland

What is

Social Entrepreneuship?

CRRA-Talent Show

Election of

Chief Delegate MyLDS

2010 of LC UTM

To Fu in the House=)

Trivia from

Mashable.com

Want to know more about Go eXchange Program?

Contact Loh Kim Choon—012-3608469

Email : kim_choon.loh@aiesec.net

Jason presented about Malaysia to the media and authorities in Poland!

Jason utilized his creativity to explain the beauty and attractiveness of Malaysia.

What did you do during your internship in Poland? I taught the preliminary school children English and took care of children from broken families. I taught them English and conducted games to create close bonding with them. What did you learned through your in-ternship? After living 2 months overseas, I am now confident to work abroad in future. Most of the children do not understand English, thus I used creative methods like games, origami and drawings to teach them Eng-lish and Malaysian culture. What makes your internship memora-ble ? AIESECers in Poland invited me to their gatherings and brought me to travel around. I felt sad towards the end of my internship because I had to say goodbye to the kids in children house. The head-master of children house took good care of me throughout my internship and that made me feel like home. Now I’m still keeping in touch with the headmasters of preliminary school and the person-in-charge of children house.

Volume 3

“Change starts when

someone sees the next

step.”-William Drayton

1. Susan Choo,Executive Director of BNI Malaysia

2.Leaderonomics

3.Law Chu Hian, Former Chinese News anchor for NTV7

Discover the ENTREPRENEUR in you!!! We challenge you to create social impact.

Get yourselves into a group of 3 -5 persons and start brainstorming away! Submit your business plan to utmideas10@gmail.com latest by 11th October 2010

Stand a chance to win amazing prizes today! More than RM 1000 worth of cash prizes, hampers and RM 750 worth ticket to DIODE Camp by Leaderonomics awaits you!!!

"Startup With IDEA's 2010 Social Entrepre-neur Business Competition"

Date: 16th October 2010

Venue: Dewan Jamuan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor Fee: RM 20 per person

*Participants who do not wish to join the competition can join in this conference based event. We will be having great speakers and judges with brilliant minds from

Click on this link to register https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?

formkey=dFNGWUxHcmJZSW11U0ZTMjQ4RFkwa3c6MQ

For more info, email us at utmideas10@gmail.com Log on to our Facebook Group - IDEAs 2010

“"What business entrepre-

neurs are to the economy,

social entrepreneurs are to

social change.

They are the driven, creative

individuals who question the

status quo, exploit new

opportunities, refuse to give

up, and remake the world for

the better."

-- David Bornstein

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Inside this issue:

Inside Story 2

Inside Story 2

Inside Story 2

Inside Story 3

Inside Story 4

Inside Story 5

Inside Story 6

The Living Story — J.O.

by Yue Rong

I’m J.O, born with HIV. When I was born I was born a very sick child, sus-tained in an incubator for two weeks and was fed from tube. I was adopted and told that my birth mother was a drug addict with HIV. Sometimes, my birth mother would call and ask "is she dead yet" and my adopted mother would hang up the phone. Life was hard and at one point I stopped taking my medication. I would hide it under plants and things of that sort. I struggle with it because I'm 19 now and dating would seem very hard for me because I know one day I would have to tell them and I could possibly not go well.

Sometimes I can’t accept my life but I have to live with it. If I could tell something to people of any age who is infected, I’d say; ‘living with HIV/AIDS is the easy part, the hardest part is you just can't let it consume you as a person, physically and mentally be-cause we're in control, not the virus’. ( A d o p t e d f r o m A V E R T . o r g )

Have your say

Volume 3

‘HIV/AIDS does not reduce the quality

of a person. The infected person

does not lose his/her talents and

gifts by HIV. Why then should we

discriminate?'

If you can sing, dance, act, play an instru-

ment, martial arts or any talents worth showing, join our TALENT SHOW in

Venue: DSI, UTM, Date : 30 October 2010.

Time : 7pm to 11pm This is a talent show to showcase talents of students and people living with HIV/

AIDS.

To register, send 'TALENT SHOW, [NAME], [PERFORMANCE TYPE]' to 014-9132189

eg. 'TALENT SHOW, ISAAC LAWAI, PLAYING

SAXOPHONE' - send to 0149132189

Attractive prizes awaits the winners of this

TALENT SHOW!

Invite your friends to join our event on 30th October 2010!!!

For more details, join our facebook group ‘

CRRA 2010 in Malaysia’

COMING UP NEXT...

TALENT SHOW

Introducing new member of

AIESEC UTM

Election of Chief Delegate

MyLDS 2010 of LC UTM

Volume 3

Highlight of the

month

In September, 13 members have applied to become can-didates of Chief Delegate MyLDS 2010. During the vote of confidence, all of them had shown their passion in taking this leadership role. They were Kong Hee, Aini, Witty Tan, Katrynne Lee, Tifa Ong, Sim Yen, Nabila, Sharon, Edward Leong, Li Joo, Evelyn Tan, Max Wong, and Shane. Congratulations to Sharon who won the highest vote and becoming the Chief Delegate MyLDS 2010 of LC UTM, followed by Nabila Johari and Max Wong, who turned to be Assistant Chief Delegate (ACD).

Tofu in the house!

My name is Tofu, the cute little ambassador of

AIESEC in UTM.

I will be in-charge of the internal communications of Local Committee UTM and will update you about all

the happenings in our local committee!

Stay tuned.

ToFu =) Follow ToFu on Facebook!

@ ToFu Lc Utm

Hey AIESEC! My

name is To Fu.

Nice to meet you!

By Jazmeer Fikri

WHAT?

MyLDS (Malaysia Leadership Development Seminar) -

a national conference for the future leaders!

Kaleidoscope - a theme of MyLDS 2010, to spread the

colors of difference to delegates. Aims to build up the

diverse, colorful and exotic youth life of delegates.

WHEN?

A colorful week from 12th Dec 2010 to19th Dec 2010

WHERE?

Proudly to present, UTM will be the host for MyLDS 2010—Kaleidoscope

WHY?

For Inspiration, Motivation and Experience. Unleash your potential to the fullest!

HOW?

Contact Ong Wei Siang (Organizing Committee President of MyLDS 2010) at 014-9136853

OR Log on to Facebook and search for MyLDS 2010 Kaleidoscope for more information

Volume 3

Upcoming Event

Moving into 2011

November

Newsletter Volume 4

2010

I am an AIESECer

Simon Low

eXchange in Croatia

Highlights of October:

LLDS 2010

IDEA’s 2010

CRRA TALENT SHOW

Special features:

X-Alerts

By Joe Ee & Sally

Local Leadership Development Seminar-ASPIRE 2010 by Wynne Tan Let’s hear what they think about LLDS 2010:

“ I was exposed to what AIESEC is all about! Plus, I get to know more peo-

ple in LC UTM.” By Sharon.

“LLDS makes me know more about others AIESEC department and it was

also filled with tons of excitement. It strengthened the bonding among

AIESEC members. “ By Jazmeer Fikri.

“ LLDS filled the empty gaps in my heart.” By Lyra Tan Yue Rong.

“During LLDS, I learned many things that I

never learn before. It was a great experience for me.” By Mung Hsia.

Volume 4

Highlight of October

Volume 4

Highlights of October

"Startup With IDEA's 2010 Social En-trepreneur Business Competition"

Date: 16th October 2010 Venue: Dewan Jamuan, HEMA

Held annually, IDEA’s returned for the sec-

ond time. Participation was healthy with 75 students from UTM, UTHM, UTEM, UTAR and Sunway College JB. Also presented at the event were great speakers and judges

from BNI, Leaderoromics, and lecturers from Faculty of Management UTM. Panelists

were treated to great business presentations from the students. Kudos to Lim Shi Ying, Katrynne Lee and Lim Boon Ken who won

the grand prize.

TALENT SHOW

by CRRA Venue:

Dewan Banquet, HEMA, Date :

31/10/2010.

Talent Show was a success in showcasing the talents of students

and people living with HIV/AIDS. There were 7 finalists: Ma Siew

Voon, Ilham, Zamirul, Lyra, Tifa, Blue and Louis. As a results, Louis

won the biggest votes by performing

hip-hop dance. Also, educational HIV workshop was

held by interns from Canada and

Norway as well as performance by people living with HIV.

Volume 4

Special Features

X– Alerts

LC UTM took Silver LC in Gold LC competition and

second place in MT/TT and X+L Competition

respectively.

(Adapted from Southeast Asia Exchange Tracker Issue No. 5 )

Link: http://www.myaiesec.net/content/viewfile.do?contentid=10149705

Performance Update

of AIESEC

in Malaysia

Congratulations to LC UTM ! We had great performance in last October. Keep it UP!

Below are the results of Southeast Asia Exchange Game October 2010:

(Adapted from

AIESEC in Malaysia Weekly eNewsletter Issue 2) Click into myaiesec.net and subscribe now!