Team Building 2017

On the 9th of September 2017, an annual team building event was held by our TuPSS committee to welcome our year one juniors who are new to Taylor's University's School of Pharmacy. This event involved students and lecturers from SOP, including the dean of SOP, Prof. Chua. The objective of this team building was not only for the participants to have fun and learn skills, but also for the freshmen to get to know the seniors, and for the seniors to share their experience as a pharmacy student in Taylor's University.

The registration started at 11am and we were glad that almost everyone from year 1 showed up that day. At 11.30am, participants were separated into 8 groups according to different colours. Then, they started to gather and sat together in a circle. Participants started with some fun ice breaking activities, for everyone to remember the names and the hobbies of their group members.

After breaking the ice between group members, we started with our first activity, The Charade. Each team was required to act out 20+ items and the rest of the teams were to guess what the team was acting. It was a new game introduced by the committee, and most of the participants including the lecturers enjoyed the activity very much.

After the fun yet interactive charade, lunch was provided for the participants and that was the time where the juniors could enquire the seniors for more information about pharmacy.

After lunch, there came the most exciting activity of the day, station games. 8 station games were set up for the teams, and each team must complete the station games and collect as many points as they could in limited time. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. From the photos below, we can see that everyone was having fun and working together as a team, and that is why we say, unity is the strength.

After the game, the committee introduced the highlight of the day. The detective game - "The Voix". It was a relatively new idea introduced by the year 3 committees, in which the participants must solve the mystery of the death of the billionaire. A crime scene was set up and the participants were required to examine the crime scene and solve the clues provided in the crime scene. Everyone enjoyed the game and they were thrilled by the clues set up by the committees as the clues were scattered around the crime scene and participants were directed to solve the clues one by one in order to solve the murder's mystery.

Everyone was scratching their heads for clues

Participants were required to complete the checkpoints during the detective game

After the physically and mentally exhausting game, the truth was revealed by showing the truth video to them. Participants were wowed by the truth as it was really an unexpected result due to the set up of the hidden clues.

Winning Team for The Charade

The 2nd runner up of the detective game

First runner up of the detective game

 The winner of the detective game

The team building ended with the prize-giving session, and a group photo was the perfect full stop to indicate the end of our team building. Last but not least, this event is not complete without the organizing committee sacrificing their time and putting their best efforts in organizing this team building. Thanks to all the lecturers and students who participated and making the event a successful one.

Introducing the team building committees! 

*On a side note, this will be the last update from the Editorial Board 2016/2017, I hope every one of you enjoyed reading the posts we posted on Facebook and on the blog. On behalf of Editorial Board, we would like to thank everyone who contributed to this blog, especially Jason and Hong, thanks for being our grammar checker and always contributing ideas on how can we improve our blog. Lastly, we wish all the best to the Editorial Board 2017/2018. Thanks everyone for your support in this year and we hope you can continue support TuPSS event in the future. 
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Signing off, 
Reynard Aw 

TEMP 2nd Visitation to Pusat Penjagaan Kanak-Kanak Cacat Taman Megah (PPKKCTM)

On 30th of July, TEMP (The Extra Mile Program) has organised a visitation to Pusat Penjagaan Kanak- Kanak Cacat Taman Megah (PPKKCTM). This was the second visitation that organised by TEMP and this visitation was supported under the Great Heart Charity Association under "You & Me Education Program". This visitation was meant to provide love and companionship to the unfortunate children and to create awareness in the hearts of the younger generation.
                        
34 benevolent students from Taylor's University School of Pharmacy have volunteered themselves in this visitation to spend meaningful time with the children. The event started off with simple yet interesting warm-up dancing session. This was certainly an ice- breaking moment with our volunteers and the children. After that, volunteers and children were separated into small groups to carry out some educational and interactive games. In this session, simple mathematics calculations, animal identifying, and some daily life knowledge was taught by our volunteers to the children. Communication was the biggest challenge that our volunteers faced as most of the children are intellectually lacking. Therefore, patience is definitely the key in communicating with the children and our volunteers have done this job unexceptionally well. Next, arts and crafts session was carried out with the children by doing colouring and making 3D turtle papers. This session has shown the creativeness of the children and many of them had done a really great job. The last session was the sing-a-long session that everyone loved the most. In this session, our volunteers have discovered some underlying talents in the children as they sang and dance really well. Stationary sets were distributed to the children as a small present as well. Lastly,  the visitation ended up with taking group photos and warm hugs from the children.

Organising chairperson of this visitation- Yi Pei

Warm up session  *Look at their smiling faces!*

Education and interactive games session

Arts and crafts session

Sing-a-long session

As per TEMP vision, "Empowering Communities, Changing Lives" we have never stop our way in trying to contribute to the community. This visitation was definitely an eye opening experience to most of the students as interacting with the disabled children was quite a rare opportunity. The biggest take away from the students is that they learnt to be more grateful and appreciate what they have in their life and they promised to involved more in social activities to help those who are in need. Last but not least, special thanks to Great Heart Association that contributed not only monetary support but also volunteered themselves in participating in this visitation.

TuPSS President 2016/2017 Jason Lee with representative from Great Heart Association 

TuPSS President 2016/2017 Jason Lee with the representatives from PPKKCTM

A great shout out to our volunteers and committees! You guys are awesome! 

TEMP 1st Donation Campaign 2017

On 29th of May 2017 to 9th of June 2017, a donation campaign was held at Taylor's University Lakeside Campus by TuPSS' s TEMP (The Extra Mile Program). It was the first donation campaign held by TuPSS and the overwhelming response was received throughout the campaign. The beneficiary of this campaign was Jumble Station, which is a community established in 2008 and their objectives are to empower the underprivileged single parent families.

It was a relatively simple campaign, a booth with empty boxes was set up in front of Lecture Theatre 1(LT1) at Taylor's University and allowed for anyone to donate their donatable items. Any recyclable items were acceptable such as clothes, electrical items, collectables and antiques, books, kitchenware and furniture. Also, a minimum amount of RM10 as a monetary donation is welcomed to support the underprivileged.

As mentioned, it was the first donation campaign that ever held by TuPSS. Yet, it has attracted much attraction from the public and received well enthusiastic response during the campaign, a total of 20 boxes including bags with full of recyclable items was donated to Jumble Station after the campaign, it was undoubtedly a very successful campaign that held by the TEMP committee who always wanted to make a change, empowering the communities and changing lives.

Booth in front of LT1

 Amount of donation items donated

 Inner view of Jumble Station

A group photo of TEMP's committee with the staffs in Jumble Station 

 Three pretty and kind hearted TEMP committees 2016/2017 who are always enthusiastic 

Jumble Station still need support from everyone, where currently they are looking for volunteers in helping them to set up a reading station for children in USJ 1, set up recycling corner as well as offer free tuition to the children of single parent families. If you are interested in volunteering, do contact Mr Adrian Ong (016-2202958) or kindly visit http://www.hati.my/children/jumble-station/ for more information about Jumble Station.

Lastly, a huge shout out the everyone who has contributed to this Donation Campaign. Let's keep the spirits up to help more people in needs!