Keep Fit 2.0

Keep Fit

Oleh: Marjana Darus

18 OKTOBER 2015: Program “Keep Fit” anjuran Exco Sukan dan Rekreasi Kolej Sakura telah berjaya diadakan untuk kali kedua pada semester ini. Pelajar kolej Sakura yang berkelapangan menyertai program yang bersifat larian ini. Trek larian adalah bermula dari tempat letak kereta, 

Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi Sumber. Kesemua pelajar yang menyertai larian ini dikehendaki berkumpul untuk makluman laluan untuk larian pada hari tersebut.

Pelajar melalui Kolej Dahlia, Kolej Allamanda, PITAS, Kolej Bunga Raya, Kolej Cempaka dan Jambatan UNIMAS sebelum melalui Student Pavilion dan kembali ke Kolej Sakura.

Program seperti ini diharap dapat menarik lebih ramai penyertaan dalam kalangan pelajar kolej Sakura demi melahirkan pelajar yang bukan sahaja bijak dalam akademik tetapi cergas dan sihat tubuh badannya.

Water Sports Festival between Inter-College Hostels & IPT Borneo Regatta 2015

Friday, 16th October 2015, at UNIMAS Lake, a Water Sports Festival (Festival Sukan Air) was conducted. The day’s condition was slightly windy and cool. The first day consists of qualifying rounds of the kayak sports in several categories: men single, women single, men doubles, women doubles and mixed doubles. The event started at 3.15pm and ended around 5pm. The results of the qualifying rounds was released around 5.30pm.

Women doubles team consisting of Lee Li Yen and Tim Hui Shen, Ivan Isaac Thomas and Agie Alfie Amir for the men doubles as well as Adeline Tham Kah Yen in women single category represented Sakura College to the finals. The entire event went smoothly on Friday with little to no delay. Safety was prioritised as all participants are required to wear lifejackets.

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The 17th of October 2015 marked the 2nd day of the very much anticipated “Festival Sukan Air” organized by UNIMAS. 

The day began with the participants doing some light warm up exercises before being briefed on the event by their respective coaches. Sakura College representatives can be seen sporting light or dark pink shirts with one of the sleeves being black in colour to set them apart from the rest. 

Sakura College representatives did fairly well in the events they took part in. They scored a very close second next to Cempaka’s representatives for the second round ‘Perahu Kenyalang Campuran’ event, with the third place going to Allamanda’s representatives. The first round of the event was won by the BRC representatives. 

Sakura’s representatives got fourth for the first round of ‘Perahu Kenyalang Lelaki’ event, with the second round won by the representatives from Rafflesia College. The representative for the solo female event, Adeline Tham, managed to snag fifth out of seven places. Meanwhile, for the ‘Bergu Lelaki’ event, Sakura College got third place.

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Just after the clock struck 2:00 P.M. on October 17th, 2015, the IPT (institutions of higher learning) Borneo Regatta 2015 Tournament in conjunction with the Sports Water Festival 2015 between Inter-College Hostels of UNIMAS has brought peoples to crowd around the UNIMAS lake. Together with the Ministry of Education, UNIMAS Sports Centre honourably organized the event as to instil the spirit in students to participate actively in healthy activities such as water sports, apart from developing the teamwork vibes among students.

Being one of the popular activities in UNIMAS, this time’s Sports Water Festival exhibited some exceptional to the previous’ that IPT all around Borneo were invited. Of about 23 invited teams from various IPT in Borneo, however, only 4 managed to participate in in the regatta tournament which was Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Bintulu, Swinburne University of Technology, Institut Kemahiran MARA (IKM) Kuching and Universitas Tanjungpura (UNTAN) Indonesia.

Covered a distance of 500M, there were five categories to be conquered by the participants in order to grab the “Raja Tasik” (“The King of Lake”) title:

Hornbill Boat (Men) – Mix (Guest IPT)

Hornbill Boat (Mix) – Men (Guest IPT)

Hornbill Boat (Men) – Men (Faculty/Institutes/ Department/Division)

Hornbill Boat (Mix) – Mix (Colleges)

Hornbill Boat (Men) – Men (College)

The supports that the inaugural IPT Borneo Regatta received were very much ecstatically happening. Aided with some upbeat songs and professional emcees, the flow of the event managed to be handled efficiently. With the presence of UNIMAS Vice Chancellor, YBhg Prof Dato' Dr Mohamad Kadim bin Suaidi, the atmosphere around the lake during the tournament became even more vibrant and encouraging.

Competitions and the presentation of prizes to the winners were conducted alternatingly. From far they've came, Univesitas Tanjungpura (UNTAN) of Pontianak (Indonesia) whole-heartedly accepted the challenge that they managed to secure the first place for Hornbill Boat (Men) – Mix (Guest IPT) and Hornbill Boat (Mix) – Men (Guest IPT) of which making UNTAN to seize the most wanted title from the IPT Borneo Regatta 2015, “The King of Lake”.

UNIMAS on the other hand has let Swinburne, IKM and UPM to surrender to its position as the runner-up with the time taken of 2.22.15 behind UNTAN (2.20.64) for the Hornbill Boat (Mix) – Men (Guest IPT). Development Office and Bunga Raya College could be seen to have won the Hornbill Boat (Men) – Men (Faculty/Institutes/ Department/Division) and Hornbill Boat (Men) – Men (College) respectively. 

Being the only all-girls residential college in UNIMAS, Sakura College did not let the fact to burn down their intention to grab the chance to participate in the event. Set aside the “all-girls”, Sakura College has even sent representatives for the men categories by guest rowers. During the Hornbill Boat (Mix) – Mix (Colleges), Sakura College of which consisted of Sakura College staffs, residents and guest rowers could be seen rowing consistently across the lake to the finish line, leaving other competitors to be left very far behind. This has marked the winning of Sakura College on the category.

With the participation from other institutions of higher learning and the massive supports received from UNIMAS students, it has proved that Water Sports Festival between Inter-College Hostels of UNIMAS as well as the IPT Borneo Regatta 2015 has been a very successful event of the year. With the hope that sports water can be popularized to another level, such activities undoubtedly could trigger the eagerness in oneself to live a healthy lifestyle besides strengthening the bonds between the participants.

Not to forget about the vast amount of efforts that the organizers acted in in order for the event to be successfully held. Massive congratulations to all the participants and most importantly, congratulation to Sakura College of which with the winning on Hornbill Boat (Mix) – Mix (Colleges), it has indirectly brought up Sakura College name to another level.

For more pictures, kindly direct to Sakura College Official

Prepared by: Pliny Neilson, Imelia Kyra & Dg Nadila

Spread the Love Program

     On the 18^th of October 2015, Sakura College organized a community service which had been dubbed as the “Spread the Love” program. This program took place at the Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching. The aim of this program was to instil the sense of selflessness within the participants as well as to provide cheer and encouragement to the sick or injured children in the pediatric ward.

     At 7.30 a.m, the participants gathered at the FSTS bus stop and they departed for the hospital at 8.00 a.m. The whole journey took about half an hour and by 8.30 a.m, the participants were already at the hospital lobby, ready to be briefed on the program.

     The participants are divided into certain groups, in which certain groups entered certain parts of the paediatric ward. They spend a couple of hours entertaining the sick or injured children inside the ward. Some spent time colouring with the children, some did story-telling. Some participants talked to the children’s parents, eventually prompting the children, who were initially shy, to talk to the participants as well.

     Meanwhile, some members of the Sakura Editorial Board did their part in the community program by painting a mural of underwater creatures outside the pediatric ward, in hopes to create a more cheerful and fun atmosphere to the ward, which would hopefully bring up the mood of the patients inside it. The end result was a beautiful picture of a cartoon whale and dolphins jumping out of waves, all of which were painted in different shades of blue.

     After spending time with the children, the participants then showed off their talents in origami by creating a few paper creations like cranes, hearts and animal faces before proceeding to write encouraging messages on the origami creations. They then went around the hospital area, giving out their origami creations to random people whom they thought needed a bit of cheer in their lives. Some handed theirs to tired nurses walking in the hallways, which managed to bring a small smile to their faces. Some even handed lollipops to random children in the hospital, who accepted them very gratefully.

     Around noon, the participants had their lunch and Muslims were given time to carry out their daily prayer before all of the participants departed for UNIMAS at 2.30 pm, thus marking the end of the “Spread the Love” program. Overall, the program was considered as ‘eye-opening’ to the participants after they witnessed the courage and resilience displayed by the children despite their hardships.

Prepared by,

Imelia Kyra binti Mohamad Iskandar

Stress Management

- Salam Sakuraku Sayang -

11 Oktober 2015: Bertempat di Teater Multimedia, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi Sumber, telah diadakan satu ceramah berkaitan pengurusan tekanan. Ceramah disampaikan oleh pensyarah UNIMAS, Puan Debra Adrian.

Menerusi ceramah yang disampaikan, Puan Debra menjelaskan definisi, punca dan simptom-simptom yang membawa kepada stres. Stres didefinisikan sebagai satu keadaan yang menekan emosi, proses pemikiran atau keadaan fizikal seseorang. Stres juga terbahagi kepada dua iaitu stress yang baik dan stres yang buruk. Stres baik apabila stress tersebut dapat menimbulkan rasa ceria dan semangat manakala stress buruk pula melemahkan semangat, mematikan semangat, merosakkan diri sendiri dan merosakkan orang lain.

Terdapat banyak punca berlakunya stres termasuklah diri sendiri, hubungan kemanusiaan, keadaan rumah, suasana pekerjaan dan persekitaran. Untuk mengatasi masalah ini, Puan Debra menyarankan untuk mengambil beberapa langkah bagi mengurangkan stress. Pertama, kenalpasti perasaan marah. Kedua, bertenang dengan menarik nafas panjang dan mengucap.

Ceramah diselangi dengan nyanyian yang melibatkan semua peserta. Kesemua peserta yang mengambil bahagian diharap dapat memanfaatkan segala maklumat baru yang diterima untuk diaplikasikan dalam kehidupan akan datang.

Oleh: Marjana Darus

Keep Fit

On October 3rd, 2015, Keep Fit which has been organized by the Sports and Recreation EXCO of Sakura College was back again with another series. 

Aimed to suppress the stress and pressure of Sakura College residents due to the piled up assignment, laboratory reports and due dates, the chosen activity for the Keep Fit that evening was jogging.

The registration counter opened at 4:30 P.M. To heat up the atmosphere, it was started off by warming up session as to prepare the body for the run. Not only it could increase the blood flow, it is also could reduce the potential for muscle injuries.

The route for the jogging taken was:

Sakura > DeTAR > BHEP > Pavilion > Sakura

As the participants arrived back to the place where they have assembled before the jog started, the counter to sign out opened and that was how the event has ended.

Prepared by: Dg Nadila

Sakura on Fire - Talk

Organized by the Discipline and Safety EXCO of Sakura College, another series of Sakura on Fire Talk with the aid from Fire and Rescue Department of Kota Samarahan has been held last Saturday on October 3rd, 2015 at Seminar Room 2, CTF4.

The registration counters opened at 8:00 A.M. earlier and the residents of Sakura College have started to filling up the empty seats in the seminar room. Sharply at 9:00 A.M., the honourable guests arrived and later the two official anthems which were UNIMAS Gemilang and Tekad Sakura played.

The Principal of Sakura College, Miss Siti Nor Ain Hj Musa has been given a chance to deliver her speech first as the opener. She congratulated the organizer as it was already the third time for Sakura College to collaborate with the Kota Samarahan Fire and Rescue Department on spreading the awareness on fire prevention. With the presences of the two fire officers, Mr Nelson and Mr Awang Karim in helping the talk to be successful, Miss Siti Nor Ain did not forget to pay appreciation by thanking them.

The talk was delivered by Mr Nelson. He started by asking the audiences about some safety tips that should be taken when one caught in a fire. Also, he stimulated the common senses of everyone in the seminar room by making up ‘scenes’ and asked how to safely survive the ‘incidents’. He accepted and corrected everyone’s answers by showing them up on how to do ‘it’ right.

Asking for volunteers from the audiences, two out of the many had demonstrated as how Mr Nelson told them to show how to carry someone that has collapsed in a place that caught in fire. "It's either carry them by "piggyback", pull through their legs or do the darling carry; it depends on the situation," according to the fire officer.

“It takes fuel, oxygen and heat for fire to happen,” as what Mr Nelson concluded his talk by highlighting the three main components of fire that one should know in order to trigger the vigilance in oneself.

The presentation of souvenirs to the respective fire officers has marked the end of the talk.

For more pictures, kindly direct to: Sakura College Official Facebook

Prepared by: Dg Nadila

Jom Futsal!

In conjunction with the Spread Salam Campaign, another sweat-it-out event has been organized and successfully held on Wednesday, 30th of September, 2015 at UNIMAS Sports Centre. Corresponded to the name given, Jom Futsal! (Let’s Futsal!), it was aimed to enjoin students to living the healthy lifestyle in which for this time is by playing futsal, and spreading the ‘Salam Campaign’ among them indirectly. Not only that, by playing futsal, it also engaged the participants and strengthening the bonds between them since some of the formed teams were made of randomly. The game started off around 5:00 P.M.

Team A vs. Team B

Team C vs. Team D

Participated by four teams with each of the teams consisted of ten members, two courts had been used to match each two teams at the same time. The game used a knock-out system in which the lost teams in each round would be eliminated (lowest place).

There were Team A, Team B, Team C and Team D. For the first round, the match was between Team A and Team B, while Team C had to face Team D. Each game had been given 15 minutes. Every 7 minutes, there was short interval and the teams had to change position. The final results for the first round were:

Team A vs. Team B (1-2)

Team C vs. Team D (0-4)

Through the first round, each winning and losing teams that had matched at different courts had to face each other. Meaning that Round 2 was a match between Team A and Team C. On the other hand, Team D had to go against Team B. After 15 minutes of struggle to secure the third place, Team C had to surrender to Team A by 1 goal on Team A. Team D had easily knocked Team B off by conquering all 4 goals. The final results for the second round were:

Team A vs. Team C (1-0)

Team B vs. Team D (0-4)

All the teams

After the matches had finished, it was then time for the result announcement as well as prizes presentation. First place was won by Team D. Followed by Team B and Team A for the second place and third place respectively, while Team C was on the fourth place.

“Win without boasting. Lose without excuse.”

For more pictures, kindly direct to: Sakura College Official Facebook

Prepared by: Dg Nadila

Rumah Terbuka Aidiladha Kolej Sakura

Rumah Terbuka Aidiladha Kolej Sakura

26 September 2015 : Pada 24 September 2015, semua umat Islam menyambut Hari Raya Aidiladha. Pihak kolej tidak melepaskan peluang untuk menyambut Hari Raya Aidiladha bersama semua penghuni Kolej Sakura yang tidak pulang beraya ke kediaman masing-masing. Sebelum program berlansung, semua ketua rumah telah dimaklumkan mengenai Rumah Terbuka Aidiladha ini supaya semua penghuni Kolej Sakura dapat membuat persiapan rapi sebelum sambutan tersebut.

Rumah Terbuka Aidiladha ini telah diadakan pada 26 September 2015. Sempena sambutan ini, pihak jawatankuasa kolej telah menganjurkan dua pertandingan yang menarik iaitu pertandingan rumah tercantik dan hidangan yang paling sedap. Oleh itu, semua penghuni Kolej Sakura tidak ketinggalan untuk menghias rumah mereka dengan meriah sekali. Mereka turut menyediakan pelbagai juadah untuk tetamu yang datang berkunjung ke rumah. Antara hidangan yang boleh didapati semasa sambutan berlansung termasuklah nasi impit dan kuah kacang, rendang daging, rendang ayam, pudding buah, spagetti, laksa Sarawak dan banyak lagi. Semua rumah kediaman seolah-olah bertanding menu siapa yang lebih menarik. Sambutan menjadi lebih meriah apabila rumah yang dikunjungi memainkan lagu-lagu hari raya. Hal ini membuatkan sambutan menjadi lebih meriah dan menarik.

Pihak jawatankuasa kolej bersama pengetua kolej, Cik Ain turut berkunjung dari rumah ke rumah untuk beraya bersama. Bermula dari rumah di Blok A ke Blok C. Kunjungan bermula dari pukul 8.00 malam dan berakhir pada pukul 11.00 malam. Pelajar Kolej Sakura juga berpeluang untuk beraya ke aras lain di Kolej Sakura. Setiap rumah boleh beraya ke semua aras lain secara bergilir-gilir dengan rakan serumah yang lain. Program seperti ini secara tidak lansung dapat mengeratkan lagi hubungan pelajar Kolej Sakura dengan jawatankuasa kolej dan pengetua. Selain dapat mengeratkan silaturrahim dalam kalangan penghuni Kolej Sakura, pelajar juga dapat bersama-sama menyambut Hari Raya Aidiladha bersama rakan-rakan di Kolej Sakura.

Bagi pertandingan rumah tercantik, tempat pertama telah dimenangi oleh Apartment B31. Tempat kedua dimenangi oleh Apartment A21 manakala tempat ketiga dimenangi oleh C25. Bagi pertandingan hidangan yang paling sedap pula telah dimenangi oleh Apartment B15. Tahniah buat semua pemenang!

Disediakan oleh: Marjana Darus

Life Planning as a University Student Talk

Life Planning as a University Student Talk

26 September : Exco Akademik dan Kerjaya Kolej Sakura telah mengambil inisiatif untuk mengadakan suatu ceramah yang bertajuk ‘Life Planning as a University Students’. Topik ceramah yang disampaikan bertemakan kehidupan seorang mahasiswa di alam universiti.

Seramai 100 orang peserta telah dipilih melalui pendaftaran di atas talian. Peserta mendaftarkan diri seawall pukul 8.30 pagi di Blok A sebelum mengambil tempat di dalam Bilik Seminar, Blok A. Ceramah yang bermula pada pukul 9.00 pagi disampaikan oleh Dr. Amalia, pensyarah yang dijemput khas dari Fakulti Sains Kognitif dan Pembangunan Manusia. Ceramah dimulakan dengan penceramah memperkenalkan dirinya.

Menurut Dr. Amalia, kehidupan di universiti sangat berbeza dengan alam persekolahan. Di universiti, pelajar bebas membuat keputusan kerana berada berjauhan daripada keluarga. Semua keputusan dibuat oleh pelajar itu sendiri. Seterusnya, selain belajar, pelajar juga perlu menjaga diri daripada segala anasir jahat dan pengaruh yang negatif. Tambah Dr. Amalia lagi, setiap pelajar mempunyai 3 personaliti utama. Personaliti tersebut termasuklah menjadi dewasa, bayi dan ibu bapa. Menjadi dewasa bermaksud bersikap matang dalam membuat keputusan. Menjadi bayi pula apabila berada dalam dakapan keluarga. Pelajar seolah-olah masih bayi kerana ingin bermanja-manja bersama keluarga. Menjadi seperti ibu bapa pula apabila pelajar sendiri menasihati sahabat yang lain untuk tidak membuat perkara-perkara yang negatif dan dilarang.

Ceramah turut diselangi dengan peserta menyanyikan lagu bersama Dr. Amalia. Peserta bersama-sama menyanyikan lagu yang bertajuk ‘Hero’ yang dipopularkan oleh Mariah Carey. Aktiviti ini secara tidak lansung dapat membuatkan peserta yang dalam keadaan tidak bersemangat menjadi lebih segar dan focus untuk mendengar ceramah yang seterusnya.

Dr. Amalia menyambung ceramahnya dengan menekankan mengenai perhatian pelajar semasa di dalam kuliah. Kata beliau, otak manusia boleh berada dalam 3 keadaan iaitu sedar, separa sedar dan tidak sedar. Hal ini sangat berkait rapat dengan fokus pelajar semasa berada di dalam kuliah. Dalam keadaan sedar, pelajar dalam menumpukan tumpuan penuh semasa pembelajaran dijalankan. Dalam keadaan separa sedar, pelajar hanya dapat menumpukan perhatian setenga jalan, manakala tidak sedar pula apabila pelajar tidak dalam menumpukan perhatian sepenuhnya.

Selepas slot kedua ceramah, peserta sekali lagi diminta berdiri dan menyanyikan lagu bersama-sama. Kali ini peserta diminta menyanyikan lagu ‘Senyum’ yang dipopularkan oleh kumpulan nasyid Raihan.

Menurut peserta yang mengikuti ceramah ini, terdapat pelbagai ilmu yang baru diketahui menerusi ceramah ini. Peserta sedar tentang tanggungjawab seorang anak dan pelajar di universiti. Selain itu, peserta menjadi lebih arif dalam menguruskan kehidupan sebagai seorang pelajar universiti. Seterusnya, peserta diajar supaya sentiasa berfikiran positif walau dalam keadaan apapun semasa menghadapi masalah di alam universiti.

Diharap semoga semua peserta yang menghadiri ceramah tersebut mendapat sedikit ilmu yang berguna untuk dipraktikkan di masa akan datang. Semoga berjaya!

Disediakan oleh: Marjana Darus