FIT-UP (26th February 2017)

SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 26, 2017

If last semester we had Shed the Cheese, but this semester we have Fit - Up. The participants gathered in front of the FTST parking early at 7 a.m. in their sports attire and the event began with a brief warm-up session.

  After that, the participants started jogging around the college and nearby areas.  

 Participants were enjoying themselves.

The event ended at 8.00 a.m. Last but not least, staying healthy and fit does not have to be difficult. Many times, it can fit into your busy schedule without extra effort.

Prepared by,

FATIN SHAHIRAH AZ

Qowiyul Jismi 2.0

On the 25^th of February 2017, JASSA organized an event called “Qowiyul Jismi 2.0”. The phrase “Qowiyul Jismi” means a healthy body in Arabic, and the main objective of the event was to educate the participants on ways to keep themselves healthy.

The registration for the participants began at 6.00 a.m. until 6.30 a.m. inside the seminar room at Block A. When the rain finally ceased at around 7.00 a.m., the participants then went for a light jog around the compound of Kolej Sakura, but it did not last long as it began to rain again shortly after. After carrying out Dhuha prayers and having their breakfast, the participants were split into a total of six teams. Each team was given ten minutes to come up with a name, slogan and cheer for their team.

After that, the participants played an ice-breaking game, called “Bola Beracun” in which they are required to shout out their names and nicknames every time they received the ball, and the one who failed to catch the ball will have to say the name of the person before her. It was a good way to allow the participants to get to know one another better.

Around 8.30 a.m., the first main activity of the event was carried out. Named “Perigi Beracun”, its gameplay was similar to that of “Bola Beracun”, however, instead of the calling out their names, the participants of two teams will try to eliminate the players from the opposite team by throwing the ball towards them. In order to save themselves from being eliminated, the participants had to avoid from getting into contact with the ball, as even a mere brush was enough to make them lose.

At 10.00 a.m., the second main activity was carried out. This time, it was an explorace where the participants were required to find three checkpoints located at various locations in the college building. The locations were not disclosed because it was part of the challenge given to the participants. Each checkpoint had a task for the participants to complete. The team that managed to finish all the tasks at the checkpoints the fastest will be declared the winner.

The closing activity of the event was a prize giving ceremony, with Cik Noorfarida, the Felo of the college, being the respected guest. She gave a short speech, jokingly mentioning how curious she was when she heard the participants running around in front of her apartment house, and wondered what they were looking for. She also said that she was impressed by the program and urged more students to join it if it was organized again in the future. Cik Noorfarida was then invited to hand the prizes to all the winners of the event.

Qowiyul Jismi 2.0 came to a close at 11.30 a.m., with the participants being reminded to sign out before they leave.

Prepared by,

Imelia Kyra binti Mohamad Iskandar

MAJLIS AMANAT PENGETUA

 

Majlis Amanat Pengetua merupakan suatu acara wajib bagi pelajar Kolej Sakura apabila memasuki semester baharu. Majlis ini bermula dengan ketibaan pengetua Kolej Sakura, Cik Siti Nor Ain binti Hj Musa, Cik NoorFarida binti Saini dan Dr Nor Hasmaliana binti Abdul Manas, felo kolej Sakura. Selepas nyanian lagu Unimas Gemilang serta Tekad Sakura, para pelajar disajikan dengan tayangan video pencapaian Kolej Sakura sepanjang semester 1 2016/2017. Video pencapaian Kolej ini disediakan oleh Sakura Editorial Board (SEB). Antara pencapaian kolej Sakura sepanjang semester 1 2016/2017 adalah Johan Bola Jaring bersempena Cempaka Sport Hunter, tempat ke-4 bagi Kejohanan Olahraga Unimas serta Johan Koir bersempena festival konvokesyen.

Dr. Nor Hasmaliana merupakan felo baru kolej Sakura. Beliau berpesan agar semua penghuni kolej Sakura menjaga kebersihan kolej, sentiasa berdisiplin serta jangan bertindak mengikut perasaan. Beliau turut menyatakan kepentingan berkongsi masalah bersama rakan sebaya. Hal ini dapat mengurangkan tekanan pelajar sepanjang pengajian. Cik NoorFarida turut berpesan agar semua penghuni kolej Sakura meletakkan matlamat sepanjang pengajian. Selain itu, beliau turut memperingatkan kepada pelajar untuk memaklumkan kepada felo sekiranya sakit ataupun berlakunya perkara kecemasan.

Manusia merupakan perkataan yang berasal dari 'nasia' yang membawa maksud lupa. Oleh itu, pengetua kolej Sakura, Cik Siti Nor Ain sekali lagi memperingatkan para pelajar mengenai peraturan-peraturan sepanjang berada di kawasan kolej serta kampus. Antara pesanannya ialah lelaki dilarang sama sekali berada di sekitar kawasan kolej kecuali staff, mematuhi peraturan pemakaian sepanjang berada di kawasan kampus, sentiasa berada didalam kampus sebelum pukul 12 tengah malam serta mendaftarkan peralatan elektrik.

Selain itu, Cik Siti Nor Ain, pengetua kolej Sakura turut menyatakan harapan serta pesanannya kepada para pelajar dalam ucapannya. Cik Siti Nor Ain berpesan agar semua pelajar dapat menjimatkan penggunaan elektik dan air serta menjaga kebersihan rumah masing-masing. Antara harapannya ialah pelajar dapat menyeimbangkan antara akademik dan kokurikulum kerana tujuan utama pelajar ke sini adala untuk belajar. Akhir sekali Cik Siti Nor Ain berpesan agar para pelajar sentiasa menghormati orang sekeliling.

 

Majlis Amanat Pengetua ini diakhiri dengan tayangan video pengurusan kolej serta Jawatankuasa Perwakilan Kolej Sesi 2016/2017. Majlis bersurai selepas perarakan keluar pengetua dan felo.


Di sediakan oleh;
Nor Afikah Mazlan

Miftah al-Bait 7.0

 

            On 17^th February 2017, Sakura College was the host to a very accomplished guest speaker, a Mdm. Samsiah Jayos, in conjunction with the Miftah al Bait 7.0 event. Mdm. Samsiah Jayos is currently a Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development as well as a Professional Counselor with the Centre of Student Development, UNIMAS. Miftah al Bait has for the past few years been the platform for motivating the students whom attended the event. The most recent one had a sharing session with the title “Excellence Without Soul”. The Program Director, a Ms. Sitti Aishah binti Najamudin mentioned during the event that she hoped that the participants chose to attend the event with the right intentions. Ms. Sitti Aishah further expressed her hopes that through attending Miftah al Bait, students would be able to achieve greater in this semester than the one before and be prepared for the challenges of the current semester.

            Mdm. Samsiah Jayos explained that her sharing would be mainly about managing emotions and their role in achieving excellence. She stated that stress is very important as it is one of the forces driving humanity to excellence. However, she also expressed that overwhelming stress is not a good thing. Therefore, she urged students to share their problems if there are any to whomever they trust such as good friends.

            She gave an expose on the symptoms of emotional disturbance by several categories such as the physiology and psychology. Physically, the symptoms may include headache, insomnia and loss of appetite. Psychologically, the symptoms may be suicidal thoughts, nightmares and others. She advised students to not give up even if numerous challenges may come. She then gave several ways to handle emotional disturbances. One of them is to discover the underlying or actual problem and gauge individual’s capability in resolving it. If students found themselves unable to solve it on their own, they are encouraged to seek help from friends, family and even professional help. Seeking professional help (e.g counselling and therapy) should not be a stigma as everyone faced problems.

            Another important tip that Mdm. Samsiah Jayos gave to students is to have planned their daily life according to three aspects that is academic, co-curriculum and personal, placing upon each tasks their appropriate priority and ensuring each completed as planned as a disruption to any of the three aspects will induce unnecessary stress.

            Before she ended her sharing, she told the students to not leave their prayers, seek blessings from their parents and again, she reminded the students to share their problems if they have any. Throughout the talk, she also showed several videos. Among those is an inspirational and motivational regarding Nick Vujic, a renowned motivational speaker with the slogan “Attitude is altitude”, whose philosophy is about personal outlook or attitude and how they should influence an individual’s life.

  

           After the talk, the guest speaker, Mdm. Samsiah Jayos, was a presented a small gift of appreciation by the Principal, Ms. Siti Nor Ain binti Haji Musa while accompanied by the Program Director, Ms. Sitti Aishah. There was also a group photo at the end of the event. The event was also attended by the two fellows of Sakura College, that are, Ms. Noorfarida binti Saini and Dr. Hasmaliana binti Abdul Manas.

By: Pliny Narong

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