25th Sept, Sunday, sunny and light drizzle.
20 pharmacy students bravely crossed over the state border between Taylor's University and USM Penang for the National Gathering of Pharmacy Students (NoGAPS).
In order to promote inter-university relationship, we were assigned into different group with interesting name, such as: "Nice Neisseria, Sophisticated Salmonella, Mysterious Mycobacterius and ... ..."
A little bit of ice to melt in the beginning, it burned into bursts of passion in no time.
Inspiring cheer dances from different group were presented one after another, followed by Group Flag and Kolam Making. All were impactful enough for us to not to forget our first day in USM Penang.
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| Shiny Staphylococcus Flag! |
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| War of Dance |
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| Kolam Making (I never thought I can make such an artistic product! LOL) |
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| Kolam and Flag |
Then, the Opening Ceremony of NoGAPS 2013 was held with the present of honoured guests.
Followed by cultural dance and a FUNNY yet HORROR performance by USM.
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| White Glove Performance |
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| Grace Indian Cultural Dance |
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| The Dementor? |
26 Sept, Monday, Sunny and Intermittent Cloud
All of it started with workshop, workshop and workshop. Yeap, knowledge is power!
We learned about Patient Counselling and Education, Industry Pharmacy and MyPSA-IPSF.
*IPSF - International Pharmacy Students Federation
*MyPSA - Malaysia Pharmacy Students Association
Something more interesting, optional activities such as, halal seminar, pharmacy research excursion, dosage competition, and antibiotic frenzy (it was really an exciting game that would give you adrenaline rush!) were also held.
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| Antibiotic Frenzy |
The good thing was everyone had fun!
As the horn was blown, the PHARMTASTIC RACE began!
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| Bugs in action! Find your group ranking in the box full of bugs! |
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| Try to become a white clown with the flour? |
TuPSS brought us The 3G Adventure of Albuquerque.
Script-master: Pravianan Lai (Center Front), Voice-master: Shaun Wee (Center Back),
Crewman: Seat Theng (First Left), Wen Yia (Second Left), Shu Ren (Second Right),
and Old Man: Chee Kok (First Right)
After dicovering the 3G Chestbox, Albuquerque, (Wen Hang) continue sailing on the ship),
Crewman (Shiao Tung) stayed at the Golden Island to grow lemon,
Double-headed monster (She Yee and Jessica) opened a pharmacy underneath the dark sea.
Crewman: Seat Theng (First Left), Wen Yia (Second Left), Shu Ren (Second Right),
and Old Man: Chee Kok (First Right)
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After dicovering the 3G Chestbox, Albuquerque, (Wen Hang) continue sailing on the ship),
Crewman (Shiao Tung) stayed at the Golden Island to grow lemon,
Double-headed monster (She Yee and Jessica) opened a pharmacy underneath the dark sea.
27 Sept, Tuesday, Sunny and Intermittent Cloud
Helping is the spring of happiness.
We participated Community Outreach Project at a flat community in Jelutong, Penang.
It was another worthwhile experience to promote health awareness among the local community.
Health screening, health education for kids, gotong-royong, poster exhibition and medicine compound demonstration were held.
Are you ready? IMPROMPTU shall begin!
Every group was given a specific task to be practised in limited time and presented in front of the audience.
Different categories of task such as Pharmchef (Cooking), Primadona Reborn (Acting), Pharmdance (Dancing) and Future Pharmacist Top Designer (Designing) were assigned randomly based on group ranking.
We participated Community Outreach Project at a flat community in Jelutong, Penang.
It was another worthwhile experience to promote health awareness among the local community.
Health screening, health education for kids, gotong-royong, poster exhibition and medicine compound demonstration were held.
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Jalur gemilang... di bawah naunganmu
Jalur gemilang... kami semua bersatu
Perpaduan ketaatan
Amalan murni rakyat Malaysia
Jalur gemilang... megah kami terasa
Jalur gemilang... kibarkanlah wawasan
Merah putih biru kuning
Jalur semangat kami semua
Berkibarlah... Berkibarlah... berkibarlah... Jalur Gemilang
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| Health Screening (Blood Glucose Test) |
Are you ready? IMPROMPTU shall begin!
Every group was given a specific task to be practised in limited time and presented in front of the audience.
Different categories of task such as Pharmchef (Cooking), Primadona Reborn (Acting), Pharmdance (Dancing) and Future Pharmacist Top Designer (Designing) were assigned randomly based on group ranking.
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| Pharmdance - Deva with long nails |
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| Pharmchef - Indian Style Curry Chicken |
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Pharmchef - Ondeh-ondeh
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| Primadona Reborn - Save me, save me! |
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| Final Round of Pharmdance by Mysterious Mycobacterious - led by She Yee |
28 Sept, Wednesday, Intermittent Cloud and Light Drizzle
Expanding horizons at the perspective of Pharmaceutical research.
Field trip to IPharm, which is a research faculty related with USM occupied with arts of the state facilities and research expertise.
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| Target, Hit, Lead |
MyPSA Annual General Meeting was held and in conjuction, a new team of EXCO was elected at the present of official delegates from each university and members.
Proudly announce that 3 Taylor's students participated the election:
Neo She Yee was nominated to elect for Entrepreneurship Officer.
Emileen Chieng was nominated to elect for Student Exchange Officer and succeeded.
Ng Han Yui was nominated to elect for Publication Officer and succeeded.
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| MyPSA EXCO 2013/14 Ng Han Yui (Last Row, First Right) Emileen CHieng (FIrst Row, First Right) |
GALA NIGHT - "BLITZ AND GLITZ"
Beautifully dressed, handsomely styled, ladies and gentlemen gathered at Georgetown City Hotel for their last night of NoGAPS 2013.
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| It was calling for us, until 9pm. |
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| They call this, "Perfectly Blurred" |
The Gala Night went to the climax with the prizing ceremony.
Pharmdance Champion: Nice Neisseria (Member: Jessica)
Future Pharmacist Top Designer: Shiny Staphylococcus (Leader: Pravinan)
Primadona Reborn: Sophisticated Salmonella (Member: Samuel Chew)
Antibiotic Frenzy:
Champion: Wong Min Ru & Team
1st Runner-up: Wen Hang, Seat Theng & Team
Pharmtastic Race:
1st: Enthusiastic E.coli (Member: Tan Hui Qi)
2nd: Lovely Lactobacillus (Member: Pavitra, Chuah Ying Qi)
3rd: Shiny Staphylococcus (Leader: Pravinan Lai)
Best Group:
2nd Runner-up: Mysterious Mycobacterius led by She Yee (Member: Han Yui)
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| Mysterious Mycobacterius |
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| Shiny Staphylococcus |
Best IPTA Society Award: USM
Best IPTS Society Award: AIMST
29 Sept, Thursday, Intermittent Cloud and Light Drizzle
It was 2am... Surprise!
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| Opps, they found thier long lost sister! |
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| Goodbye! |
To conclude, it was indeed a memorable experience that brought students from different universities to gather together and manifest an unforgettable memory. We are grateful to know the friends from different places who made us heartfelt warm in this trip.
We truly appreciate the effort of SOP who sponsored the fees of the programme and the drivers who fetch us safely to and fro to USM Penang.
Seems like you all have a great experience in USM. May look forward to the next year's NoGaps!
ReplyDeleteGreat great! next year will be at MSU!
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