Report on the Induction Week 2004 :
Batch of 2004/6
Total number of students : 217
Girls : 132
Boys : 85
JPA : 61
MARA : 50
Petronas : 28
KPM : 22
Private : 16
PNB : 13
YTN : 9
Telekom : 7
BNM : 6
RGSTF : 5
This figures are correct as of 23rd July 2004. (
Well, NOW they are. Sorry about the earlier mistake.)
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Yeah. There's a lot of them. Medics amount to about 120-ish. But they're not all going to UK. Some medics are bound for IMU. Others Australia. And its not just the medics. The RGSTF (Renong Group Something Trust Fund?) scholars are all heading to Australia.
Which leads me to today's rant : Why the
heck did the wonderful sponsors send their students here? Perhaps we can understand Renong doing it, since they sort of own the place, but IMU-bound JPA students? What with all the university talks, IELTS, UK-alumni coming back (mid-August) these kids will definitely feel left out. The place is filled to the brim as it is. We don't need anything else that could harm batch unity.
Oh, and so far one student quit. I guess he prefered form 6 to this place.
Bugger.
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The World's Greatest - a reference to one of the songs used for the artistic appreciation activity. Its the one by
R. Kelly. The other two were
Bukan Kerna Nama by
Ramli Sarip and the stalewart
Standing in the Eyes of the World by
Ella. The last one was specifically chosen by Mr Zaidi since he said it was one of the more meaningful songs last year. It certainly is.
To elaborate more on the induction week since my last post, I must say the juniors are really a handful. There's close to 50 more of them than the current senior batch. That means more groups and more members per group. But with greater numbers come greater variety. Which in their case is a good thing. A lot of students shone (read: hogged the mic) and we were quite impressed. But I'm sure there are a lot more in that 217-odd whom have yet to show their mettle.
The culmination of the whole program, Samurai was an unrivaled success (despite some trouble with the speaker early on). This time around, Mr. Zaidi merely assisted in the handling and handed the rite of story-telling to Aaron, my very good friend. No one else could've pulled it off as he had. That's right, Aaron, you did great. Lets hope that continues as another tradition. :)
Oh and some seniors, super-duper seniors and the
mighty first batch (whom according to Pn Rog are already married and working.) came to witness the ceremony.
I guess it goes to show what a lasting impression this college has made on their hearts. May it do the same to us and the juniors to come.
uhm, yeah. :)