Friday, December 12

Treasure Hunt activity at FRIM

For the second day of the induction course, all committee went to Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) in Kepong for some outdoor activity. They departed from UIA about 8.10 am. The objective of the treasure hunt activity is for the ice breaking and getting to know each other from different bureaus.

All committee was divided randomly into 10 groups. After a quick warming up and taaruf session, they started the treasure hunt activity around the recreational park area. They have to go to five checkpoints and perform the given task.

There are six checkpoints with different assignments.
  1. Take a group photo
  2. Fill water in a bottle using sponge
  3. Walk through the river blindfolded
  4. Connect items from your belongings to create a long line
  5. Search for plastic beads inside a river
  6. Perform helicopter twist and pick sunflower seed from the flour using mouth
Everyone seems having fun with the activities. At the end of the day, all group received the consolation prize and the top three won some hampers. Congratulations guys!

Induction Course Begin

Induction Course for Taaruf Week December 2008/2009 Intake was officially begin on 10th December 2008. All committee gathered at LT1 Admin for a briefing session with officer, Bro Latiff from S-DEV. After that, Dr. Akmal Khuzairi, Director of S-DEV also gave a welcoming speech to all committees too.

More than 90 committee members was selected for this Taaruf. Its going to be the shortest Induction and also preparation week for the committees since IIUM is having holidays on 11th December in conjunction with the birthday of Sultan Selangor.