962 students: More students more troubles

According to Sis. Hayatun, there are more direct intake especially oversea students that are coming for registration on the second day. Initially, it was supposed to be only 862 students.That's why some of the students have to sit at the Experimental Hall because is already full at Main Auditorium. Its been quite a tough day for all the committees too as we need to take care of the welfare of some sick students.

Unfortunately, there are also some theft that happen. Not to mention some of them who ditched the briefing session. Whatever it is, we will entertain the students no matter how fussy they are.

Live from Experimental Hall

On the second day, there are more briefings from various divisions such as A&R, Finance, S-DEV, CCAC and also from the respective kulliyah. Experimental Hall was used to support additional students. Live telecast was setup so that the LCD screen will show the same thing as in Main Auditorium. Well this Taaruf also has set a new record where its 'The First Taaruf Week that was held on Two Venues' with the support of CPD Technician. Thank you and congratulation guys.

First day of Taaruf Week on Youtube

Credit to Multimedia committee for the picture and slideshow. During the screening of the video, there was a technical problem with the audio system. We are really sorry for that. Check out the video.

Taaruf Kit distribution at Main Auditorium

Taaruf kit is a backpack for the new students. Inside the kit, there is a batik shirt, a sport shirt and some informative documents, pamhplet and reminders for the new students regarding the flow of the program. The distribution activity was conducted by Registration commitee assisted by Special Task and Catering committees. Click picture for larger size.

I found its quite useful because most sisters don't have backpack unlike brothers. It is also very useful to stuff many items especially for the Qiyamullail session on Thursday.

New home for the new IIUM students

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome my new brothers and sisters to the garden of Knowledge and Virtue. Mahallah registration is the first session where parents will send their son/daughter to their new home, IIUM.

All students from CFS went to Mahallah for the registration while direct intake students had to register at the Main Auditorium lobby.

Final touch at Main Auditorium

Final touch was held at Main Auditorium on 9pm on Monday. All head comm is giving their report and reminders to all committee for the first day of Taaruf on Tuesday. All of them looks totally anticipated for this day to come.

Committee name tag with tentative and prayer times

After 3 days of shooting, cropping and designing, finally the tag is ready to be distributed to all committees. Let's see what's cool about this design. First of all, its not laminated. It has two pictures of the committee, close up view and freestyle look. (No wonder they spent more time to crop all of them).

Second, I think that the other side of the tag should have some more information that can benefit the committee. So I put 4 days tentative and also prayer times. This feature is quite useful because committee can easily check about the event and also reminds them to perform prayers on time.

Main board horse ride at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa

Main board went to Taman Tasik Titiwangsa for their KYKM video shoot on Monday. This time they even tried the horse riding activity. Pretty cool eh?

862 students will be joining Taaruf today

According to Hayatun, Head comm of registration committee, 862 students will be joining Taaruf Week for December intake 2008/2009. 588 students will be coming from Centre for Foundation Studies and 259 direct intake students, both Malaysian and oversea students. Another 15 students had confirmed their attendance for re-taaruf session. According to gender, there wil be 396 brothers and 451 sisters.

Catering committees go for picnic at IIUM river

For the KYKM, Catering committees go to IIUM river in front of Cultural Activity Centre. They had planned to shoot at 12pm but since it was raining, they have postponed it to do it at 5pm. Unfortunately Bro. Salleh, assistant head comm is having chicken pox. His position was replaced with Bro. Azizuddin.

Xpax sponsor committee shirt?

Committee t-shirt has a combination of purple and orange color. This really looks like a Xpax official shirt. Actually, this program don't have any relationship with Xpax. Just coincidence perhaps. But students t-shirt remain with the yellow colored shirt.

Mass gathering at Main Auditorium

Mass gathering for all committees was held at Main Auditorium on 8pm. On the  first session, all head comm had reported and deliver some announcement for all committees. Registration bureau also had distribute all t-shirt and batik for committees too. For the second session, Welfare & Welcoming bureau held a First Aid kit training for their committees. This is  important as they should know how to take a good care of the welfare of the students.

Special Task shoots extended ending from Gimmick

Special Task KYKM video shoot was inspired from the Gimmick video. ST was the first bureau to have their photoshoot. They begin from 10am until 1120am. The shooting session was done around mosque courtyard and also main staircase.

Prep&Tech shooting at Taman Metropolitan Kepong

Prep & Tech committee went to Taman Metropolitan Kepong to shoot their Knowing You Knowing Me video. Fakhrul, Farid and Fazilah from Multimedia Bureau had assisted them for the shooting session. According to Nurul Akhmam, they begin the shooting from 11am until 2pm under the hot and sunny day.

Looking for best talent at Emcee Audition

On 9.00 a.m today, emcee audition was being held at Main Auditorium and half of our committee member turn up for the audition. The candidates received the scripts ten minutes before the judges called them. Some of them were very talented and the rest need to be trained so that they will be selected for being an emcee. Preparation and Technical bureau were very supportive and sent 80% of their man power for the audition.

The judges were the program manager and assistant program manager themselves and they gave good comments for all the candidates. Congratulation to all the selected candidates and for the rest who were not selected, there is always next Taaruf for a second try. Practice makes perfect!

Credit: Ms Whoda PC

Operation Room is opened

 Operation Room (OR) for the Taaruf Week committee was officially opened on Saturday 13th December. After some cleaning session with Prep&Tech bureau, multimedia committee also had set up their workstations. Taaruf OR was located on the 3rd floor above Bank Muamalat.

Cultural Activity of Induction Course

Cultural Activity was held at LT1 as the closing activity for the Induction Course. Each bureau was assigned to perform based on their creativity on some topics such as ethics on visiting relatives, telling smokers to quit and marriage: now and then. Everyone is having fun with lots of laughs and cheers while watching the performance. Its good that they can finally enjoy themselves after doing works and get busy on the day. After this, its time to get serious guys and let's get the job done!

Shooting for Launching Gimmick

Multimedia bureau has already shoot the video for the gimmick. The shooting took place inside IIUM campus from the mosque, courtyard and also main auditorium. Some committees had become the supporting actors for the fighting scene. There's a bit of action and CGI will be incorporated into the gimmick. The final video will be screened on 17th December during the Slot with Deputy Rector of Students and Alumni Affairs.

Photo Shoot for Committee Name Tag

Photo shoot session for all committees was conducted at the entrance of LT1 by the Multimedia bureau. This time, they will have to take two photos. One is the standard face look and another one is full body. After taking the pictures, the committee will have to write their name and other information on a list so that its easier for Multimedia bureau to identify whose in the pictures. Using blue cloth for the backdrop will make it easier for cropping the pictures later.

Presentation of Action Plan

For the last day of induction, all bureau will have to present about the action plan. Action plan is a schedule of works and jobs that each committee will have to do during the preparation day. The presentation was conducted at LT1 at 11.30 am until 12.30pm. Since all brothers will have to go for Friday prayer, the presentation was continued at night after the dinner.