BOLLYWOOD NIGHT

 

13^th October 2019, Sunday – Kolej Sakura’s celebrated its first ever Diwali during “Sakura Bollywood Night” handled by the Discipline and Protocol Exco. The word Diwali means “row of lights” which is why people who celebrated this always decorate their home with oil lamps called diyas. This celebration is not complete without kolam.

  

            On the Sunday morning starting at 8 am, the kolam was drawn and decorated with rice flour led by the Indian students in Kolej Sakura. It was located at the ground floor of Blok B. Kolams are drawn in order to invite ants, birds and other small creatures to eat it and is also to welcome the Goddess of Prosperity, Lakshmi. This activity is named Let’s Art, ended on the afternoon, 12 p.m.

            All apartments participating in this program must decorate their apartment according to the Diwali theme because there will be an Open House activity. Two apartments will be combined, and they will cooperate to decorate one of the houses. They will be serving foods for those who came to their house. The students also dressed up nicely according to the theme, Diwali which makes the event unique compared to others. Photobooth sections were available in all the apartments where people can capture their memories for that night.

Miss Ain and Miss Farida went to every apartment to evaluate their creativities. Some apartments even prepared games for Miss Ain and Miss Farida in order to make the event much livelier. While visiting the apartments, Miss Ain and Miss Farida took the chance to get to know the students better, asking how they are doing and so on. The purpose of this event was not just to celebrate Diwali, but to also brings the students together. In the near future, hoping that more event like this can be organized in order to make life in Kolej Sakura more exciting.

Prepared by,

Claudia Charissa Anak Jagan

           

MONEY MAKER, EXTRA INCOME

14 DECEMBER 2019, SATURDAY -   Sakura Entrepreneurship Committee has organized a motivational talk “Money Maker, Extra Income” on how to earn extra money as a university student. The event was started with student registration at 8.30 a.m. that took placed at Bilik Pembelajaran 3, CTF1.

The talk was delivered by Associate Professor Dr. Dayang Affizzah Binti Awang Marikan which is a Head Cluster of Organizational Dynamics (Economics), Faculty Economics and Business, UNIMAS. She was born in Kuching, Sarawak and loves to involve in business since her undergraduate study. She started to be a workaholic in business during her master's study at University Putra Malaysia as she was started her Muslimah clothes business and able to earn ten thousand. Dr. Dayang completed her PhD dissertation in 2011 at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, entitled, "Empirical Studies of Convergence in Income, Productivity, and Competitiveness: The Experience of Asian Economies". When she was in the United Kingdom, making money had become her habit.

Dr. Dayang started the introduction of the young entrepreneur with the description of university student life as she showed the audience the vlog about student daily routine. Based on the vlog, she told us that student life would be boring if we always do the same thing daily; wake up, study, eat, sleep and repeat it to the next day. Life is fun so why not we try to create something new that can benefit us in the future, for example making business.

Based on the recent research according to Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation survey, 9 out of 10 students are working as part-time while studying, mostly because they need the additional money to cover their student expenses include accommodation, education resources, and assignment-related materials, transportation as well as monthly bills and lifestyle costs. It is good to make money actually, but we must consider the top priority which is study as we are still a student.

“You must remember who you are. You are a student and you’re still a student so don’t ever skip the class for work.” – Dr. Dayang

However, there are pros and cons to earning extra income as a student. Dr. Dayang who is expertise in Economic Development and Growth strictly told that, as long as you are a student, you need to attend the class. Don't ever miss the class or appointment with a supervisor just because you are busy with part-time work. This kind of attitude irritates her a lot. We must be able to manage our time between work and study. Don't let the work affect the studies because, in the end, you will suffer. It's will lead to stress and negative academic outcome. Working while in university might hurt students more than it helps. There is a solution for a student to gain money easier which one of them is through a mobile application such as Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and blogs. It is time-consuming as nowadays everything is at your fingertips.

Dr. Dayang shares a few financial management tips for the student as following:

1. Choose the food place wisely

2. Saving is necessary

3. Shopping wisely

4. Differentiate between the wants and needs

5. Travel as a backpacker way

There are example of startup and business for university student:

1. Printing service

2. On-campus delivery service

3. Car rental service

4. Top up service

5. Run errands or deliver food

6. Online dropship

7. Collect other students dirty laundry and take it to the launderette for a markup

8. Dorm cleaning service

9. Hamper service

10. Proofreader

11. Prom Makeup

12. Barber service

13. Blogging or YouTube personality

Before Dr. Dayang end her talk session, she showed the audience many video about business and budget saving. The two videos that successfully make the audience burst of laughter which is video of Grab service and food delivery. The link of the video as provided below.

1. Types Of Grab Passengers

https://youtu.be/v8BDy7hp3_o

2. How People React To Food Deliveries

https://youtu.be/fqytYeg8BhM

The “Money Maker, Extra Income” event concluded with a presentation of appreciation gift to Dr. Dayang Affizzah Binti Awang Marikan by program director, Alisha Cardelynna Anak Kiang and her assistant, Phuah Yee Ling. Memorial pictures with Dr. Dayang were taken. Council disperse and Dr. Dayang is invited for lunch.

“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden

By Ayunazira Binti Mohamad Johari

Photographer: Nur Aisyah Awang

SIK LAMAK GIK EXAM!

“Oh no! We have one more week till final exam!”

“I haven’t studied for my final exam, I’m doomed!”

These are the words commonly uttered by university students when final exam is just around the corner. All the burden and worries later will lead them to a condition we called “Stress”. Therefore, the Exco of Pembangunan Sahsiah of Kolej Sakura organized a motivational talk on 7 December 2019, “Sik Lamak Gik Exam” on how to prepare for the final exam. “Sik Lamak Gik Exam” means examination is just around the corner in local Sarawak language. As quoted by Benjamin Franklin, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail” which means that we need to plan for our future instead of going with the flow as practiced by most students nowadays. 

The students from Kolej Sakura registered at 8:00 a.m that took place in Bilik Seminar 3, CTF1. In order to keep the participants active during the talk, the activity committee conduct an exercise session.

This talk was presented by a teacher from SMK Semerah Padi, Mr. Hj Yasmin bin Hashim@Yasin. He is from Kelantan but teaches in Sarawak since 1995 where he first started teaching at SMK Kalaka. Mr. Hj Yasmin informed that this may be the first and last talk he did for Kolej Sakura as he is returning to Kelantan next year.

He talked about so many new things that a lot of participants never heard of before. One of the most exciting tips that he shared was the exercise for the heart. He also shared on how to fight sleepiness during class especially the early morning class. The technique that he recommends is 8:4:8 which means breathe in through the nose slowly for 8 seconds, then hold your breath for 4 seconds and slowly breathe out through the mouth for 8 seconds. There were some quotes and prayers for the Muslims that the speaker mentions to help the participants in their study.

Mr. Hj Yasmin also gave some advices on how to cope with stress.

1.     Always smile before study – as smiling makes the muscles on our face to relax and it sets a good mindset before we study.

2.     Pray – There is no better listener other than God

3.     Exercise – Helps us to stay healthy and our mind to stay active

4.     Be grateful – There are those on other parts of the world doesn’t have what we have

5.     Eat healthy – What we eat is important as it affects our health. For example, eat raisins every morning

Upon the end of the talk, the participants were given a small paper for them to fill it with their goals and how they want to achieve it during the activity “Positive Vibe On!”. Two participants were chosen randomly to share what they wrote. The motivational talk overall was a success as the participants learnt something new and they are much more determined. The refreshing talk by Mr. Hj Yasmin was concluded with presentation of tokens of appreciation to the speaker and photography session.

By,

Claudia Charissa Anak Jagan

IT'S JUST A JOKE: BODY SHAMING

“Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you”

30 November 2019 – “Body shaming bukanlah satu gurauan akan tetapi adalah satu jenayah”. Begitulah ungkapan penceramah Norfaiezah binti Sedi yang merupakan penceramah program It’s Just a Joke anjuran Exco Akademik dan Kerjaya Kolej Sakura sesi 2019/2020. Program yang bermula seawal jam 9 pagi itu telah berlangsung di Bilik Pembelajaran 3, CTF 1.

Nyanyian lagu UNIMAS Gemilang dan Tekad Sakura telah menjadi pembuka tirai program pada pagi tadi. Cik Norfaiezah yang mesra disapa Kak Efa, kemudian dijemput bagi menyampaikan ceramah beliau. Kak Efa yang memegang jawatan sebagai Manager Pusat Internet Kampung Quop telah memulakan sesi ceramah beliau dengan menyentuh serba sedikit berkenaan buli siber secara ringkas.

Beliau menegaskan bahawa buli siber adalah perkara yang tidak patut diambil remeh dan menekankan bahawa tindakan-tindakan berikut perlulah diambil sekiranya menjadi mangsa buli siber:

• Cerita – Memberitahu orang dewasa yang dikenali & dipercayai 
• Bukti – Screenshot mesej pembuli sebagai bukti 
• Lapor – Melaporkan kepada pihak polis berkenaan pembulian beserta bukti 
• Diam – Jangan membalas e-mel/mesej/komen pembuli di media sosial 
• Elak – Elakkan daripada bertemu janji/berjumpa dengan pembuli 
• Unfriend – Unfriend ataupun block pembuli daripada media sosial

Beliau kemudian meneruskan ceramah dengan menerangkan lebih lanjut berkenaan body shaming serta kesan-kesannya terhadap mangsa yang termasuklah stres dan gangguan emosi, hilang keyakinan diri, kemurungan yang kemudian boleh membawa kepada kejadian bunuh diri.

“Mengkritik penampilan serta memberikan gelaran yang berasaskan ciri fizikal seseorang adalah merupakan salah satu contoh body shaming.” – Cik Norfaiezah

Setelah selesai slot ceramah, program It’s Just a Joke kemudian diteruskan dengan sesi soal jawab bersama Kak Efa. Peserta yang hadir telah diberi peluang secara terus untuk bertanyakan pelbagai soalan dan tidak kurang juga ada soalan yang telah berjaya mencuit hati Kak Efa.

Seusai sesi soal jawab, program diteruskan pula dengan sesi penyampaian cenderamata kepada penceramah oleh pengarah program iaitu saudari Nur Husna Aqila binti Sahabudin. Majlis kemudian diakhiri dengan sesi fotografi.

“Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are” – Kristen Stewart

Disediakan oleh: Deveena Iyot Anak Adrian Betie

Photographer: Izzati Hariri

CERAMAH ZIARAH KE ALAM BARZAKH: KEMATIAN ADALAH SEBUAH KEPASTIAN

نَسْأَلُكَ يَامَنْ هُوَ اللهُ الَّذِيْ لآَ إِلَهَ إِلّاَ هُوَ اْلرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيْمُ

Nas-aluka yâ man huwaAllâhulladzî lâ ilâha illâ huwar-Rohmânur-Rohîm

أَلْمَلِكُ اْلقُدُّوْسُ السَّلَامُ اْلمُؤْمِنُ اْلمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيْزُ اْلجَبَّارُ

Al Malikul Quddûsus-Salâmul Mu.minul Muhaiminul ‘Azîzul Jabbâr

اْلمُتَگَبِّرُ اْلخَالِقُ اْلبَارِئُ اْلمُصَوِّرُ اْلغَفَّارُ اْلقَهَّارُ اْلوَهَّابُ الرَّزَاقُ اْلفَتَّاحُ اْلعَلِيْمُ

Al Mutakabbirul Khôliqul Bâri-ul Mushowwirul Ghoffârul Qohhârul Wahhâbur-Rozzâqul Fattâhul ‘Alîm

22 NOVEMBER 2019, JUMAAT – Asma’ul Husna, 99 nama Allah SWT dialunkan sebagai pembuka tirai bagi program Ceramah Ziarah ke Alam Barzakh: Kematian Adalah Sebuah Kepastian anjuran Jawatankuasa Surau Sakura (JASSA) Sesi 2019/2020 yang bertempat di Dewan Syarahan, Pusat Islam Tun Abang Salahuddin (PITAS) UNIMAS.

Ceramah Ziarah ke Alam Barzakh disampaikan oleh Ustaz Muhamad Fadhli Bin Ahmat, Ketua Jabatan Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni UNIMAS dan dihadiri oleh Pengetua Kolej Sakura, Cik Siti Nor Ain Binti Haji Musa, Felo Kolej Sakura, Cik Noorfarida Binti Saini dan Cik Raja Norazizah Binti Raja Harun serta Pengarah PITAS, Profesor Madya Dr Abdul Halim bin Haji Busari.

Ustaz Muhamad Fadhli Bin Ahmat memulakan bicara dengan mengalunkan surah Al-Kahfi ayat 1 hingga 10 bersama penonton yang hadir. Beliau yang juga merupakan Kaunselor Institut Kemahiran Islam Malaysia Sarawak (IKMAS) menyatakan melalui ceramahnya bahawa alam barzakh adalah alam yang dilalui oleh manusia setelah meninggal dunia yang menjadi pemisah antara alam dunia dan alam akhirat.

Allah SWT berfirman yang bermaksud: “Dan tiada seseorang pun yang betul mengetahui apa yang akan diusahakannya esok (sama ada baik atau jahat), dan tiada seorangpun yang dapat mengetahui di bumi negeri manakah ia akan mati. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui, lagi Amat Meliputi pengetahuan-Nya.” (Surah Luqman, ayat 34)

Ustaz kelahiran Jerteh, Terengganu ini menyatakan lagi bahawa manusia perlu mengingati mati sekurang-kurangnya 2 kali sehari iaitu waktu hendak tidur dan bangun dari tidur. Sewaktu bangun daripada tidur, kita membaca doa yang bermaksud: “Segala puji bagi Allah yang menghidupkan kami selepas mematikan kami dan kepada-Nya kami akan kembali. Doa itu sebenarnya mengandungi pengertian yang sangat besar iaitu berkaitan dengan kematian. Ketika tidur kita semua dikatakan mati sebentar. Apabila terjaga, Allah SWT akan menghantar semula roh kita. Maka, setiap orang Mukmin tidak akan sesekali lalai kerana setiap kali bangun tidur, kita diperingatkan dengan kematian.

Terdapat banyak hadis ada menyebutkan tentang tanda-tanda seseorang itu meninggal dunia dalam keadaan husnul khatimah. Terlebih dahulu, antara syarat paling penting bagi seseorang itu mendapat husnul khatimah ialah mati dalam keadaan menganut agama Islam, beriman kepada Allah SWT dan melafazkan syahadah sebelum dia meninggalkan dunia. Ini kerana Allah SWT tidak mengampunkan dosa orang yang melakukan syirik kepadaNya.

TANDA KEMATIAN YANG BAIK (HUSNUL KHATIMAH)

1. Mati pada hari atau malam Jumaat

2. Mengucap dua kalimah syahadah sebelum menghembuskan nafas yang terakhir

3. Meninggal dunia dalam keadaan berpeluh di dahinya

4. Dia diberikan taufiq dan hidayah oleh Allah SWT beramal soleh sebelum dia meninggal dunia

5. Dia berasa gembira dan senang hati untuk bertemu dengan Allah SWT

6. Meninggal dunia disebabkan oleh penyakit yang berkaitan dengan perut

7. Meninggal dunia dalam keadaan lemas tenggelam, jatuh bangunan dan syahid di jalan Allah SWT

8. Meninggal dunia dalam keadaan melahirkan anak

9. Meninggal dunia kerana mempertahanakan harta dan maruah dirinya

10. Meninggal dunia dalam keadaan melaksanakan amalan soleh

SUASANA DALAM KUBUR:

Setelah sesi ceramah berakhir, sesi soal jawab dibuka kepada para penonton. Alhamdulillah ramai penonton aktif menanyakan soalan yang bernas serta bermaklumat dan Ustaz Muhamad Fadhli Bin Ahmat dapat menjawab persoalan dengan tepat.

Program Ceramah Ziarah ke Alam Barzakh diteruskan dengan penyampaian cenderahati penghargaan kepada Ustaz Muhamad Fadhli Bin Ahmat oleh Cik Siti Nor Ain Binti Haji Musa, Pengetua Kolej Sakura diiringi oleh Pengarah program iaitu Izzah Syahirah Binti Asik dan diakhiri dengan sesi bergambar kenang-kenangan. Tetamu VIP seterusnya dijemput menjamu selera dan para penonton bersurai.

“Sebaik-baik bekalan menuju akhirat adalah takwa.”

Disediakan oleh Ayunazira Binti Mohamad Johari

Photographer: Nurul Amira

Love in the Air

“Once a lass met a lad

You’re a gentle one said she

In my heart, I’d be glad

If you love me for me”

15 November 2019 – Begitulah dendangan lagu “If you love me for me” oleh pasukan koir Tun Ahmad Zaidi (TAZ) yang membuka tirai bagi acara nyanyian yang bertemakan “Love in the Air” anjuran Exco Kesenian dan Kebudayaan Kolej Sakura 2018/2019 yang bertempat di Panggung Gemilang. Program interkolej yang dianjurkan ini merupakan sebuah platform dimana kolej-kolej kediaman di UNIMAS berentap dalam dua kategori, iaitu koir dan juga akustik.

Acara yang bermula seawal jam 8:15 malam itu telah dihadiri oleh pengetua Kolej Sakura, Cik Siti Nor Ain binti Haji Musa dan felo-felo Kolej Sakura, Cik Raja Norazizah binti Raja Harun dan juga Cik Noorfarida binti Saini. Tiga orang juri jemputan; Encik Ahmad Deedat bin Ibrahim, Encik Mohd Anwar Hassan dan Banie Faizu turut dijemput untuk memeriahkan lagi acara.

Nyanyian kategori koir turut disertai oleh tiga lagi kolej lain termasuk Kolej Allamanda, yang merupakan juara bagi kedua-dua kategori nyanyian, Kolej Cempaka dan juga Kolej Sakura. Acara kemudian diteruskan pula dengan kategori nyanyian akustik yang dimeriahkan dengan penyertaan dari Kolej Bunga Raya dan Kolej Rafflesia.

Acara ini telah mendapat sokongan penuh daripada semua pihak yang terlibat. Sorakan kolej-kolej dilaungkan di setiap hujung persembahan menggambarkan sokongan tanpa sempadan yang ditunjukkan oleh pelajar-pelajar yang hadir. Sorakkan pelajar-pelajar sekali lagi memeriahkan Panggung Gemilang tatkala diumumkan persembahan istimewa daripada juri jemputan, Banie Faizu. Beliau mendendangkan lagu Can’t help falling in love with you dan juga Isabella.

Program “Love in the Air” kemudian diteruskan dengan acara penyampaian hadiah kepada para pemenang dan juga penyampaian cenderamata kepada juri-juri jemputan. Majlis kemudian diakhiri dengan sesi fotografi.

 Senarai Pemenang

Koir:

Juara: Kolej Allamanda – Le’ Vitas

Kedua: Kolej Tun Ahmad Zaidi – Avataz Choir

Ketiga:  Kolej Sakura – Sakura Amorcita

Akustik:

Juara: Kolej Allamanda – Nuil Nuil Part

Kedua: Kolej Bunga Raya – Civilization

Ketiga: Kolej Tun Ahmad Zaidi – Avatz Senior

"The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller

Disediakan oleh: Deveena Iyot Anak Adrian Betie

Photographer: Fellyciana Sylvester

SAKURA FAMILY DAY

9 NOVEMBER 2019, SABTU – Exco Protokol telah menganjurkan program Sakura Family Day yang bertempat di Bilik Seminar, Kolej Sakura. Program ini merupakan satu program explorace yang menggalakkan penghuni Kolej Sakura berkomunikasi antara satu sama lain. Penganjuran Sakura Family Day ini juga merupakan salah satu wadah untuk untuk menyatukan dan meningkatkan kerjasama antara warga Kolej Sakura. Aktiviti-aktiviti yang akan dijalankan semasa Sakura Family Day ini adalah dirancang bagi menghasilkan satu platform semangat muhibbah antara rakan sebilik atau rakan serumah mereka sendiri.

Program ini telah melibatkan seramai 42 orang penghuni Kolej Sakura iaitu seramai 7 orang dalam 1 kumpulan. Para peserta mendaftar melalui QR code bermula dari 7.30 pagi hingga 8.00 pagi. Sarapan diagihkan selepas pendaftaran.

Proram Sakura Family Day dimulakan dengan senaman pagi oleh AJK aktiviti. Seterusnya, program diteruskan dengan aktiviti Ice Breaking dan Cheers dari setiap kumpulan; Snowkid, Whut?, The Titans, Pullaingos, Girls On Fire, dan Lightning. Setiap kumpulan diberi masa selama 15 minit untuk mencipta Cheers kumpulan masing-masing.

Aktiviti utama Sakura Family Day iaitu slot explorace dimulakan tepat pada pukul 9.00 pagi dengan permainan pertama iaitu Sakura Boom. Seterusnya, setiap kumpulan berpecah ke check point masing-masing mengikut template yang diberikan. Terdapat 5 jenis aktiviti iaitu Kerusi Berirama, Cookies Face, Telefon Berkarat, Lontaran Kasih dan Lontaran Telur di setiap check point di sekitar Kolej Sakura yang meliputi Blok A, Blok B dan Blok C.

Program Sakura Family Day diakhiri dengan acara penyampaian hadiah yang telah dihadiri oleh pengetua, Cik Siti Nor Ain Binti Haji Musa dan felo Kolej Sakura, Cik Noorfarida Binti Saini. Acara dimulakan dengan penyampaian hadiah kepada pemenang Sakura Bollywood Night yang meliputi 3 kategori iaitu Family Photo Terbaik, Wefie Terbaik dan Apartment Terbaik. Sakura Bollywood Night telah diadakan pada 13 Oktober 2019 oleh pengarah program iaitu saudari Silvia Sangau.

Kategori Family Photo Terbaik dimenangi oleh apartment C2.3 dan A1.2, kategori Wefie Terbaik melalui aplikasi Instagram dimenangi oleh username jancy.com dan asyha98vero, dan kategori Apartment Terbaik dimenangi oleh apartment C2.2, B2.8 dan A2.5.

Tahniah diucapkan buat kumpulan The Titans, Girls On Fire dan Whut? yang telah memenangi pertandingan Explorace! Program Sakura Family Day berakhir kira-kira 12.30 tengah hari dan para peserta telah mendaftar keluar dengan kaedah QR Code.

Disediakan oleh Ayunazira Binti Mohamad Johari

Photographer: Nur Aisyah Binti Awang