Final thoughts

start early!

i was late in setting up the committee and applying for grants. grr. i suffered the consequences.

so ya, if someone decided that i'm wise enough to give an advice, it would be:
start as early as you can!

especially for the grants! even if you dun have a committee yet - it's okay - as long as you have your top 4 and a sponsorship team - get the money and MAS ticket in A.S.A.P.!!!

a BIG team
one of the reasons of having such a big team (yes, about 30 of us) was so that we could involve more people in organizing Malam. that's 'home' by itself.

if you were with us during our Malam prep, you might have witnessed firsthand the unity and teamwork amongst the team was just so.. warm! that was home.

most of the team are 1st and 2nd year students, some of them have not attended Malam before - that's also why we brought them into the team - you always need to start somewhere. also we need to 'train up' new leaders. can't always be the old people doing the work kan? :p

dear team,

thank you for teaching me things along the way! it was great getting to know each of you better. how to relate to you; how to handle and solve issues; how to respect; how to care.. and even how to have fun amidst the stress :)

i hope that each of you have picked up a few skills along the way; gained some new experiences; made some new friends... and had fun! :D may Malam 2o08 be a sweet memory for you! :)


btw, i know the excuse of time and budget constraints might not be very acceptable... things such as.. aih. we are all students also ma. need to study for tests and do assignments leh! aiyo. no money, how to be grand ler? bili-bala-bili-bala... anyway, one thing that made me proud of the team is that despite their busy schedule, despite the budget constraints, they still managed to work within their limitations and they were still very committed to doing what they are supposed to do. despite the flaws and weaknesses, despite the challenges we have to overcome, i'm glad that we all managed to pull through!

also, not forgetting the CMSA 2008 committee who helped out in any way they could, thank you! :D

and also, to each of you who have been visiting this blog and bearing with my long posts, those who have seen us through and gave us advice, those who have done the pre-Malam and post-Malam surveys, and most importantly, you gave us a chance and attended Malam 2008,

THANK YOU!!!

come to think of it, aren't we all in ONE BIG TEAM? working together to achieve a single goal - bringing home closer! :D

go team! :D

anyway, this might or might not be the final post for the blog. depends. haha. perhaps the team next year will continue on with the blog; perhaps not - it's up to them. we'll see.

thanks for visiting this blog! good luck for your final few weeks of the last term in uni!

(^^)9