THE CONQUEST VENI, VIDI, VICI.

Omega leo club of taylor's college sri hartamas

E-BULLETIN ISSUE 2 of FISCAL YEAR 2016-17
 Change
Be the
see
you wish to
in the
World
W
hat is it that separates people who would
bend down and pick up cans from the
floor from those who choose to throw
their plastic bottles anywhere? What does it really
take for people to care and act so compassionate-
ly? In addition to that, what can we do to influence
everyone to do so? The environment has never
been more in need of care and action and thus this
responsibility falls upon our shoulders. Each and ev-
ery one of us needs to commit to the obligation we
have towards our Mother Earth.
The Recycling Brigade has been going on smoothly
for the past 8 months. Recyclables are collected,
sorted out and brought to recycling center regular-
ly. But I came to realize that recycling itself shouldn’t
be the main goal of the Recycling Brigade. After all
the recycling we have done with a few volunteers for
the entire college, I will admit that it is rather inef-
ficient and amounts to a tiny drop in the ocean. It
does not inculcate good waste management habits
on a more personal level. However, I believe that
this drop in the ocean driven by tides of apathy and
ignorance is enough to create ripples of its own.
Therefore, this activity should, above all, be an ave-
nue to convey the importance of proper waste man-
agement to the school community.
In my experience, we have too few volunteers who
really commits to saving the environment. I have
also seen too many people who could not care
less about what they choose to use, let alone be
aware the ramifications of their indifference. Many
of them, despite being told the importance of pro-
The Recycling Brigade helps
separate the waste in TCSH
daily to be sent for recycling.
However, participation has
been lukewarm at best. Jun
Hao, the project manager,
wishes to change this.
Salvage Volunteers Jason and Natalie hard at work
The treasure we throw away One week’s worth of
sorting through recyclables that were careless thrown
tecting the environment, still cannot be moved to into rubbish bins for non-recyclable waste. cans and bottles waiting to be given a new life.
care. It may be a result of the exam-oriented culture
our society is built upon. Or, it could be due to the
ignorance of modern society towards the world we
live in. Regardless, this issue must be addressed and
improved urgently.
After being aware of this issue, the main goal of
Recycling Brigade should now be to educate the
school community rather than being just a volunteer
program. The mission is to emotionally influence
people and get them to realize that with enough re-
gard for the well-being of humanity, we can all take
small steps to preserve the world for future gener-
ations. To achieve this goal, numerous overhauls
need to be carried out on every level. For example,
beautifying the recycling bins, having stickers and
posters reminding people to recycle and reduce
waste, providing better equipment like vests and
better collection bags, holding talks and events to
raise awareness, giving incentive to those who re-
cycle and volunteer and much more. We aim to im-
plement these changes in the next year, ultimately
bringing a positive change to both the students and Cleaning up the world Plastic bags full of recyclables to be
the environment. delivered to the collection centre by Jun Hao, the organising Captain Earth Jun Hao, the project manager of the
chairperson himself. Recycling Brigade in TCSH.
In the end, no single person or entity can reverse the
collective damage we inflict on the Earth. If a person
can recycle 50 bottles a day, it takes only 100 people
to throw away a bottle a day to overwhelm that one
person’s effort. Only when everyone is responsible
In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what
for their own waste can we stand a chance of saving we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught.
the environment! So for the love of a greener and
cleaner mother nature, we go! — Baba Dioum, Forestry Engineer

I
n conjunction with Valentine’s Day 2017, Leo
Club of Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas (TCSH)
A book is a dream held a second-hand book sale which aimed to
raise funds for our club in order to carry out more
that you hold activities to benefit the society in the future. This
event took place over the span of three days from
in your hand. 14 to 16 February 2017. However, the book sale is
not your typical book sale — it comes with a thrill-
ing little twist. Instead of picking up a book, going
— Neil Gaiman, Author through its reviews or synopsis on the back cover
and then making up your mind, the books are nicely
wrapped up- leaving no room for you to explore any
description or even the cover design. Your only hint
would be the few phrases written on the wrapping
of the book, so you never really know what mysteri-
ous gem you are picking up hence the name of the
event; Blind Date with a Book. A refreshing new take
on the saying, ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’, no?
Nothing to see here Some of the books that were
wrapped and ready to be sold.
Wrap and Write Leo Emelyn wrapping the books while Leo Hannah writes their themes and genres on the covers.
The organizing chairpersons (OC) behind Blind
Date with a Book are our two proud Leos, Hannah
Christina Quiogue Subramaniam and Hazirah
Ramli. These two delegated the task of planning
and managing the entire event with the help of our
Leo Club President, Violet Wong. Our preparations
for the book sale started in mid-January where we
began calling out to our fellow Leos for donations in
the form of secondhand books in good condition to
be used in the book sale. The responses started out
slow, but it definitely built up over time and before
long we were flooded with an influx of books.
Since our selection was made up of secondhand
books, it was decided that each book would go for
RM10 at the book sale. Now that we had the books,
it was time for some serious wrapping and since
we did not have a fixed committee for the event
besides the organizing chairpersons we again
reached out to our fellow Leos for help. And help
they did — together we wrapped book after book
after book until we had a massive pile of neatly
wrapped mystery gems. On each wrapped book,
we had a couple of words, phrases to hint at what
the book inside is about. We would also like to take
this opportunity to express our gratitude towards
everyone from Leo Club TCSH be it our supervisor,
Ms. Komathi, our key members and board members
and of course all of our fellow Leos for their support
in putting this event together, we could not have
done it without each and every one of them.
With the preparations out of the way, it was now time
for D-day or more appropriately V-day, V for Valen-
tine’s that is! Our book sale was finally unveiled to
the TCSH crowd with our booth which was set up on
the first floor of our campus. The hype surrounding
Valentine’s day combined with our event’s earlier
promotions and not forgetting the very intriguing
nature of our book sale succeeded in piquing the
interest of our peers and lecturers which brought in
quite a crowd to our little book sale. With our fellow
Leos volunteering to take turns to be on duty at our
booth, our event managed to carry on smoothly
throughout the next two days. Despite the buzz sur-
rounding our booth fading a bit after the first day, we
still managed to bring in steady sales throughout all
three days. At the end of our event, we managed to
raise a total of RM525 in terms of profit which was
all going to our club’s funds! However, the success
of this event, Blind Date with a Book by Leo Club of
TCSH lies not only in the fact that we managed to
raise club funds but also in the fact that we are pro-
moting a culture of reading among our community
which can contribute to a future of great minds.
With that being said, I am proud to have been part
of this event and I look forward to more exciting
projects with my fellow Leos.
Written by:
Hazirah binti Ramli
 Agathians Tutoring
Agathians Tutoring, one of TCSH Leo Club’s long-running projects, is
continued in earnest to give back to the community through education. On
Saturdays, volunteers visit the Agathians Shelter in Petaling Jaya. This
shelter provides both a home and a place to learn for orphans and under-
privileged children of all ages, from toddlers to teenagers. We spend two
hours each session teaching the children at the shelter.
We primarily teach Math and English to the children.
We believe these are the most important subjects
that constitute a basic education, and we are ded-
icated to improving their knowledge in these fields.
Part of our job is to prepare worksheets and activi-
ties for the children, as the shelter only has limited
teaching materials. It is imperative that the activi-
ties are made as interactive as possible so that the
children stay engaged since like all other children
they have short attention spans and find it difficult
to concentrate in class for two hours (frankly so do
I). Therefore, we try to incorporate games, quizzes,
and stories in our sessions.
After our time there for the past year, I feel that the
children’s math and English skills still need a lot of
improvement. While they have no problems doing Involve me and I understand Volunteers engaging the
addition, they get confused easily by questions in- children while teaching them Mathematics.
volving other operations. Additionally, their English
vocabulary is also quite limited and they have trou-
ble spelling. This is probably because they speak
Tamil with each other, which is why we have to ban
Tamil during lessons in order to encourage them to
speak in English. At times it can be difficult to keep
them engaged in the lesson and get distracted
easily. However, this is only due to their natural in-
quisitiveness and curiosity, which is a good sign that
they are progressing well. They can also be quite
mischievous sometimes, but it does not take much
effort from the tutors to make them focus on their
work again. Despite the lessons being two hours
each, the children are generally well behaved and
eager to learn.
Hard at work The children diligently completing their
worksheets for the day.
I feel grateful for being offered the role of project
manager for Agathians Tutoring. The children are a
pleasure to teach (most of the time) and I am hum-
bled with the knowledge that I am improving their
lives and future in my own small way. Although I am
their teacher, I have learned important things from
them as well, and I look forward to continuing as the
project manager and promoting this project to en-
courage more volunteers for this great cause.
Written by:
Amogh Vig
Project Manager of Agathains Tutoring.
“I know, I know!” The children eagerly answering
questions during a quiz session.
 Smiling Tummies
“Smiling Tummies” is a project that was revived in July 2015 after
months of inactivity due to insufficient manpower. It is a collaborative
project between TCSH Leos and volunteers from a charity organisation
to feed the needy in the kitchen of Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple in
Brickfields. After a discussion, TCSH Leos has agreed to collaborate
with a charitable organisation and send a consistent amount of 12-15
volunteers to help out on the first Sunday of every month.
The objective of this project is to cater a simple meal
of 3 dishes and rice to approximately 250 needy
individuals. They includ e orphans and old folks
from Trinity Home and Charis Home, as well as the
homeless in Kota Raya. We wish to provide them a
warm and hearty meal for the night, which befits the
name of our project, “Smiling Tummies”, that aims
to satiate their hungers and to hopefully brighten
their nights.
In every Smiling Tummies’ session, we will divide
ourselves into 3 groups that handle the washing,
cutting and cooking respectively. The dishes vary
from session to session, but we usually prepare
eggs and vegetables. We will gather at the kitchen
in the afternoon. After acquiring the utensils, we’ll
start by first cooking the rice and washing the veg- Involve me and I understand Volunteers engaging the
etables. When cooking, we are required to follow children while teaching them Mathematics.
the instructions given by the “chef of the day” who
will be appointed by the organisation. After we have
washed the utensils and cleaned the kitchen, we
will queue up in two rows to pack the food in plastic
containers and bags to be transported by the organ-
isations to their respective locations. However, due
to security concerns our volunteers are not involved
in the process of distributing the food.
So far, we have managed to volunteer every month
owing to our members’ endless support and en-
thusiasm and we hope to maintain this spirit in the
future. Despite being a simple activity, it is also a
different kind of exposure to us, who are fortunate
enough to have food on the table every night.
Through this project, we are made aware of the so- Hard at work The children diligently completing their
worksheets for the day.
cietal issues and inequalities present today. More
importantly, it reminds us to treasure every meal, to
be appreciative and grateful for what we have in life
without taking things for granted.
Written by:
Teng Cheng Fatt
Project Manager of Agathains Tutoring.
“I know, I know!” The children eagerly answering
questions during a quiz session.
 Poster designed by the club for the event.

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BLOOD DONATION DRIVE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN
TCSH LEO CLUB AND TCSH DOCTORS OF TOMORROW

On the 17th of February, a blood drive was held at

the ground floor of the Hartamas Shopping Centre,
in an effort to acquire donors to donate blood for the
National Blood Centre, for it to be sent to hospitals
for patients in need of a blood supply. The blood
drive was a result of a collaboration between the
Leo Club and the Doctors of Tomorrow Club, who
teamed up to make this event possible. The venue
was sponsored graciously by the Hartamas Shop-
ping Centre, and a team of a doctor and a few nurses
were involved in the procedure.
Just a Scratch One of the students from TCSH waiting
There was overwhelming support, with a total of 56
patiently while his blood is being drawn.
donors from the Taylor’s College faculty, student
body, and the general public. Each donor was hand-
ed a certificate for participating in the blood drive.
The event was a wonderful experience for Taylor’s
College students, and as well as the members of
the public, as it provided an opportunity for them to
help others in need by donating their
blood, and as well as by possibly saving someone
else’s life. The event also served as an eye opener
to those who had never donated blood before. The
blood drive could also inspire others, and those be-
low the required age limit of 18 years, to donate in
the future and also more regularly if they can.

The organisers of the blood drive, from the Leo Club

and the Doctors of Tomorrow Club also express Complimentary Check-up Donors receiving a simple
medical examination prior to donating blood.
their utmost appreciation for all those who helped
in promoting the event.

Written by:
Nila, Shao Qin
Organising Chairpersons of Blood Drive

Dedicated The committee behind the event.

 WHISPER OF THE SOUL
A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN
TCSH LEO CLUB AND TU BUDDHIST CLUB
O O
n 19th April 2017, Leo Club of Taylor’s
College Sri Hartamas collaborated with
Buddhist Club of Taylor’s University to hold
a motivational talk by Venerable Chang Zao. The
event was led by Lion Prudence Lee from Lions’ Club
of KL Sentul. The club was involved in planning and
preparation, as well as ensuring that the event pro-
ceeds smoothly on the day itself.
The minds of modern people are anything but at
ease. Living at a time where everything is changing
at an unprecedented speed, faced with an ever in-
creased of mounting challenges, it is natural that
the body and mind are constantly disturbed, per-
turbed or even at a loss.
Yet, if we are able to discover the way to tame our
mind, we will no longer be burdened by these chal-
lenges; the mind will be at ease. Through a series of
spiritual lectures, interleaved with contemporary
and moving music, Dharma Drum Mountain Ma-
laysia wishes to disseminate and share the means;
concepts and methods; to settle our minds, uplift
and purify our society.
Written by:
Wong Kexuan
(Violet Wong Kexuan)
Appreciation Certificate of appreciation presented to
the speaker.
Small but Enthusiastic The crowd attending the talk.
Enlightenment Venerable Chang Zao answering the
crowd’s questions during the Q&A sessions.
Attentive The audience perusing the contents of the
card as instructed by the speaker.
LEO CLUB OF TCSH
AWARD CEREMONY 2016
n the 22nd of February 2017, our club
held the Award Ceremony of Leo TCSH
2015-2016 as an opportunity to present
certificates of appreciation to all the senior Leo Club
members for their hard work throughout the fiscal
year. It was a great chance seeing all the faces of
people who put in all their effort in the events of the
year, such as “Secret Santa”, “Splash Fiesta”, “Time
Machine” etc.
The ceremony started off very promptly with our 2
emcees, Leo Jing En and Leo Iman Ismael, actively
bringing the crowd’s attention together. We were
honoured to invite our Lions Club advisor, Lion Dr Loh Tze Wei accepting the Best Project Manager Award
Foo to come over and give an opening speech to (for organising Smiling Tummies)
officially commence the Awards Ceremony. It was
then followed by a speech by the past president, Leo
Thivytra, congratulating all Leos who were receiving
certificates that evening. Fundraiser of the Year: Time Machine
The entire event went on smoothly as Lion Dr Foo Service Event of the Year: Secret
presented the certificates to all the Leos. Unfortu- Santa
nately, our Faculty Advisor, Ms Komathi wasn’t there
to share the great occasion with us. However, she
managed to sponsor some snacks for the event. Event of the Year: CNY Celebration
The awards ceremony ended in 45 minutes. Al- Top Service Award for:
though it was a short event, it was very insightful Agathians Tutoring: Goh Jun Long, Yap
because we, the juniors felt very inspired by the
amount of effort the seniors have put into the club. Cheng Xi, Hanisah binti Hilmi
Smiling Tummies: Chin Yu Zheng. Kumar
Best Project Manager:
Loh Tze Wei, Vijaiya
Active Participation in External
Events:
Tan Dick Yee (Andy), Thivytra
Top Dedication Award:
Andy Tan Dick Yee accepting the Active Participation Adib Shah
Award (External Events).