Talk On Ethics And Morality In Music

DATE: 21/07/2009
DAY: Tuesday
VENUE: Mini Auditorium, IIUM
BY:Nad

Talk on Ethics and Morality in Music was organized by IIUM Angkliung Club. It was an oppened program for all IIUM students. Almost 70 students attend this program. The talk was given by Dr Azlee. Dr Azlee stress why people in art stream have to think positive and discuss about personality and effort. Dr Azlee was very spontaneous in delivering his speech. The program become more interesting when the participants respond to the motivator.

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TRIP TO ISTANA BUDAYA

DATE: 31/07/2009
DAY: Friday
VENUE:Iatana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur
BY:Hanis chan
EDITED BY: Pa'eja


Istana Budaya…..prestigious place to uphold the culture and art to the world class. A lot of high class performances, local and international have been held there and got attention from all over walk of life citizens. Puteri Gunung ledang, Impak Maksima The Musical, and lot more prove the great achievement of Istana Budaya. To give the awareness, experience and indirectly to give moral motivation and challenges to the Angklungianz, Angklung Club on 31th July 2009 has organized educational trip to the Istana Budaya.
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We got support from 36 participants from Angklung Club and other culture clubs for this programme. We departed from IIUM around 2.45pm after solat Jumaat prayer, and took just about half an hour to arrive at the Istana Budaya. Istana Budaya’s officer greet and warmly welcoming us as their visitors and give full support for this kind of programme. They briefly explain on the management and the technical part of the Istana Budaya’s operation. After short corporate video presentation and briefing, the best part come. We were on the site…. Especially for the first time comer to the Istana Budaya, they were very impressed with the architecture and the elegant design of the Panggung Sari ( main theatre hall). Everyone got the experience to sit on the VIP’s sit even for couple of minutes and free!!
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Next, we were bring to the stage which make us more impressed with the high technology of the equipment and movement stage. But we were a bit disappointed because cannot watched by our own eyes the movement of the stage live. They were having rehearsal and final preparation for Jamal Abdillah concert. More explanation from the technician on the technical part attracted engineering students and could be said attract some of the participants to have practical training and maybe working at Istana Budaya!
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After short tour to the site and closing ceremony, gigamianz start to pose… Everyone give excited and happy faces to be captured on the camerassss…… It was awesome and sweet memories even for short duration of hours. Thanx everyone
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VOLUNTEER AT ZOO NEGARA

DATE: 25/07/2009
DAY: SATURDAY
VENUE:Zoo Negara, Kuala Lumpur
BY: mi$$RED
EDITED BY: Pa'eja



IIUM Angklung Club had organized a Zoo Negara Volunteer Programme which aims at providing a close relation between human and wildlife by learning to understand their needs and social behaviour.
Smiley Face By working hand in hand with the zookeepers, this programme builds up the students’ self-confidence and spirit through the community services activity which raises awareness to the wildlife conservation. Apart from this, we also had the chance to explore the works and duties of zookeepers by assisting them on daily routines.
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The Students were divided into two groups where Group 1 consists of 17 angklung players and 3 percussionists. This group volunteered as performers at Zoo Negara on that day, performing to visitors and zoo inhabitants. Our performance started as early as 8.30 a.m and ended as late as 4.30 p.m with a few breaks in between the performances. We played two to three songs at each stop/check points; Savannah Walk, Ape Centre, Lake Birds, Reptile Park, Malaysian Elephants, Bear Complex, Zoo Negara’s Main Entrance, Animal Show, Cat Walk etc. We played Ketipang Payung, Bosame Mucho, Rasa Sayang, Medley When The Saint Go Marching and You Are My Sunshine, Medley Mary Had A Little Lamb and Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star, Enjit-Enjit Semut,Poco-Poco and Kopi Dangdut. All the zoo visitor were entertained by us and lots of people were so excited to see us play angklung because it is not a common musical instrument and therefore one of our objectives which is to promote angklung to people is a success. BRAVO!
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On the other hand, Group 2 which consists of members of all cultural clubs; Theatre, Gamelan, Caklempong, Umul-Qura, Zapin, Poetry, Dikir Barat, and Angkung were assigned with community services work. They were then were divided by the Zoo Nrgara’s Education Department into groups of five or six students. Their volunteering activities involved promoting the zoo inhabitants to visitors, cleaning the habitats, feeding them and provide their needs. Each group was assigned to certain area such as follows; Great Apes, Monkeys/Lesser Apes, Aquarium, Hoof Stock, Birds Aviary, Animal Show, Children’s World, Hospital, Reptile Park, Bear Complex and Cat Walk.
This programme helped us in improving our communication skills and building and strengthening our self-esteem. It also inspires our spirit through community services and raises awareness on the importance of wildlife conservation. Through this programme we have learned many new things about wildlife and we also understood their needs and natural habitat.
Alhamdullilah, this programme is a success. Thanks to all participants especially to performers because though it was tiring but all of you gave the best commitment for the training and the volunteering work for this programme. Thank you...
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INDUCTION DAY

DATE: 18/07/2009
DAY: SATURDAY
VENUE:IIUM
BY: mi$$RED
EDITED BY: Pa'eja

Last Saturday, we held an Induction Day for the new members.
Smiley Face The program started at 7.15 am with the registration at the Convest Hill. After breakfast, all members did some aerobics and warming up. Then, after a 5 minutes break we proceed to next activity which is “ice breaking”. Next, we played some games. We were divided into three groups which is a mix of the new and old members. The groups are named “Malu-Malu”, “Action Beep” and “Keliwon”.The first game called “Setiaku Korbankan” is won by “Malu-Malu” ,the second game called “Straw dan Getah” won by “Action Beep” , the third game called “Semakin Jauh Semakin Sayang” won by “Malu-Malu” and the last game called “Spider Web” won by “Keliwon” . Then we proceed to the slot "Sharing Moment". For this slot we opened the session to the new members to voice out anthing they want to say about the club and other members and also to share their experiences. At 12.00 pm we had lunch and break.
We started our program again at 2.15 pm. All committees were ready at their check-point for the ExploreRace game. There are five check points; at Nusaibah stairs, Clinic, Basketball Court, The Lake and HS Square. We finished the race and the Induction Day at around 5.00 pm.

Afterwards, the old members had a short training at training room to prepare for the rehearsal at Zoo Negara the next day. At 7.00 pm, we started our preparation for the BBQ night. While waiting the meal, the participants had to perform their tasks that have been given earlier in the afternoon. The BBQ night ended with the prize giving ceremony and taking pictures.
We finished at around 11.00 pm and then proceed with the training for rehearsal at Zoo Negara. We went back to our room at around 1.00 am.
Here I would like to say thank you for the new members gave contribution for the Induction day. Hopefully all of you enjoy all the activities we planned for the day. For senior members, though all of you felt so tired, congratz on your excellent commitment to prepare for two programs (Induction Day & Zoo Negara) in a short of time. All of you have done a good job! Lets fight together! Ya!(trade mark kak aton)….
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CULTURAL VILLAGE

DATE: 09/07/2009-12/07/2009
DAY:THURSDAY, FRIDAY,SATURDAY,SUNDAY
VENUE: Terachi, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan
BY: mi$$RED
EDITED BY:Pa'eja

Last week S-Dev had organized Cultural Village at Terachi, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, a program participated by all IIUM cultural clubs (Gamelan, Caklempong, Angklung, Zapin, Percussion, Poetry, Band, Theatre, Ummul Qura', Dikir Barat and Nasyid) joined together with Dun Seri Menanti Service Center for four days with the theme “One Malaysia: Uniformity in Diversity”. The program is for the students to learn and be indulged with the customs and culture of the people in Negeri Sembilan.
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We departed from IIUM at 12.00 pm and arrived there at around 4.00 pm. The opening ceremony inauguration was completed by Y.B Tuan Abdul Samad Ibrahim (Adun Seri Menanti). Afterwards, all the participants was distributed to the foster families of two or three students for each foster family. After the opening ceremony, all participants went back with their foster family for Ice-Breaking. On the first day, the time is spent with with foster families. Fortunately, during our visit, it was still fruit seasons so there are fruits everywhere on trees such as manggis,rambutan,jambu air and the most wanted, durian.
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For the second day, after the “senam tari” in the morning we were divided into three groups. The first group is assigned to the secondary school, second group is assigned to primary school and third group is assigned to attend Caklempong Workshop. We went back to our foster family house after the program ended. Around 3.00 pm we gathered back at the Perkampungan Budaya Terachi for cultural night preparation. At night, we have a full rehearsal until 12.00 pm. Everyone looked so tired but managed to give a good commitment. Well done everyone!
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On the third day, we started our day with “senam tari” and then we were divided again into two groups in which the first group will go to Muzium Istana Seri Menanti for its 100 years day (jubli Emas) and the other group is aasigned to help the villagers in cooking and preparing for the Kenduri Kesyukuran called “merewang”.
Smiley Face The kenduri started at 8.30 pm. After the VIP gave his speech, all cultural teams were ready to perform accordingly with Yayasan Negeri Sembilan. For the closing, all cultural teams collaborated to perform “Rasa Sayang”. Alhamdulillah the event went well and we received good feedback from the locals.
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Everyone hated to leave.
Smiley Face We stayed there for about four days and three nights and it is long enough to make us feel close with our foster families but we still have to depart. We depart to IIUM at around 11.00 am. Before we had a long journey to IIUM, we stopped at Ulu Bendul for lunch. We arrived at IIUM at 4.20 pm.
All participants were tired but enjoyed the program. It is a good program as through this program we had the chance to get to know other members of cultural clubs and share our knowledge. This program also helps IIUM’s cultural team to be exposed to outsiders.
In the nut shell, thank you to all participants for your contribution and commitment. May Allah bless you all, good job everyone!

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