Thursday, July 29, 2010

PBS Charity Dinner



The annual Pusat Bantuan Sentul Charity Dinner was held on 18th July 2010, ironically, right after our 30-Hour Famine. Pusat Bantuan Sentul kindly invited our school’s Interact Club to attend their function.

The event was attended mainly by the incoming and outgoing board members of the Interact Club as well as our teacher advisors, Miss Teng and Mdm Norhayati. This function was held at the Sentul Convention Centre at 7.00 pm. The charity dinner was to raise funds for Pusat Bantuan Sentul as well as celebrating their 23rd Anniversary.

It was really cool. There were performances, mainly bands and singing. There was an Indian dance too. The food was great, scrumptious Indian cuisine. Representatives of PBS also went around collecting donations, and they also held an auction for charity purposes.

After the hearty dinner, we left at around 9.30 to 10.00 pm.








The outgoing BOD


The Incoming BOD

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Incoming Board of Directors for 2010/2011

During the Form Fours' Kids Carnival, the current board sat down to discuss the future administration of WMSKL Interact Club. We had a difficult decision to make and we needed to choose the new Board of Directors very carefully to ensure the success of the club in the coming year. After hours of deliberation, we finally decided on the new Board of Directors of 2010 and 2011. We announced our decision at the general meeting on July 7th 2010.

And here is the Board of Directors of WMSKL Interact Club for 2010 and 2011:

PRESIDENT
Yeoh Kai Yuan
VICE PRESIDENT
Eric Soo
SECRETARY
Wong Yih Wen
ASST. SECRETARY
Gareth Lee
TREASURER
Yong Xiao Yi
INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING DIRECTOR
Chan Jun Shern
ASST. INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING DIRECTOR
Brenda Yew
COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR
Samantha Ng
ASST. COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR
Yip Mun Keat
FUNDING DIRECTOR
Victor Chan Wee De
ASST. FUNDING DIRECTOR
Chai Jia En
CLUB SERVICE DIRECTOR
Susan Yee
CONGRATULATIONS to the new Board members, we hope you'll be able to fill our extra-extra-large shoes! Most importantly, we hope that you will work together to keep the Interact legacy alive. When in doubt, talk to each other. (: To those who did not make it on the Board, we hope that you will continue to be exemplary Interactors. And to all Interactors, please co=operate with your new BOD. GOOD LUCK! (:

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Kids Carnival 2010

On the 3rd of July, in the year 2010, Wesley Methodist Interact Club held its annual Kids Carnival. The objective of the carnival is so that children who are considered less fortunate than us can come and have a day jam packed with fun. Kids from Pusat Bantuan Sentul, Praise Emmanuel Children's Home and Pertubuhan Kebajikan Shekina were present. Interactors arrived as early as 7 am to prepare for the carnival. The kids from Pusat Bantuan Sentul were escorted by a few of our Interactors from the centre itself.



When the kids arrived, we tried our best to make them feel as welcomed as possible. To lighten up the mood, we invited a clown who constantly cracked jokes and was super good at making balloon animals. Interactor Jia En also went around performing magic tricks to keep the children entertained. The children had more fun trying to expose the tricks than actually enjoying the tricks though.When all the kids came, they were registered and separated into different groups - Bananas in Pyjamas, Barney, Powerpuff Girls, Pokemon and the all time favourite Spongebob Squarepants. The children were taught how to sing the theme songs of their respective groups. The opening ceremony was pretty epic with interactors dropping lots of balloons from the top floor of the form 2/3 block. The kids were exhilarated at the sight of so many balloons.

Then, Interactors Jun Shern and Samantha Ng conducted the ice-breaking games, which were mainly played with songs. The children and the interactors had buckets of fun dancing, singing and laughing at each other when dancing to silly songs. When the "ice" between the kids melted, the station games begun.


The games included Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Limbo, Ring Toss, Folding Paper Planes and also Charades. The children were really involved in all the games and they all had a blast. After the station games, the children were gathered in the canteen to witness an amazing show put on by our very own talented school counselor, Mr Cephas. He blew the kids away with his awesome magic and balloon tricks. The highlight of the performance was when Mr Cephas introduced his puppet and literally filled the canteen with children's laughter with his terrific ventriloquism. Afterwards, the children washed their hands and lined up to get their food for lunch.
After having lunch, the children headed back to the basketball court for a creative session. In this session, a model is selected from each group and he or she has to be decorated with materials given. Examples of the materials included cardboard, a cap and tin foil among others. Each group cracked their heads trying to come up with a design that would ultimately win the contest. Then, each group showed off their models with a catwalk. They then stood on the podium and talked about their design.

After the creative session, presents were given to the group with the best teamwork, the group which won the overall games and the group which won the creative session. The children from groups that did not win anything had nothing to fret though, because party packs and colouring books drawn by Interactor Zhi Pei were given to each and every one of the children.

They say all good things come to an end. Unfortunately, this was an example of the statement. The children had to leave after having a fun-filled day. Although we were sad to part from the cute children, we were happy to see them leave with smiles on their faces.


When the children left, the interactors did not forget to clean the place up! Almost everybody automatically started picking up rubbish and in no time, the assembly ground was as clean as ever.
After that, the outgoing board of the Interact Club gathered all of us to tell us about a general knowledge quiz that will be held soon. Little did we know that they have prepared buckets of water and were going to splash us with them! Some alert interactors ran off before Kar Jin and friends came running with buckets of water and splashed them at almost every interactor. When President Zhi-Yang saw that the O.C. Chan Jun Shern was dry, he decided to chase him down and made sure he was dripping wet when he stopped running. Interactor Boon Chim also decided to take revenge by pouring a whole bottle of water on Anisha.


All in all, the interactors and the children both had two tonnes of fun (each one tonne). The event was considered a success even though there were some minor problems that occured. We will ensure the better quality of the future Kids Carnival.

we love kids!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The long awaited post- International Unterstanding Day 2010

On the 15th of April 2010, Wesley Methodist School Interact Club held their 36th International Understanding Day. 'Greece Lightning' was the theme chosen for this year and hence, all the Interactors of the school dressed up as Greeks. The event that had taken months of hard work and planning was finally here- held in the multipurpose hall of the school. It began at 3.30pm and ended around 5.30pm. Nearly 600 guests, including Interactors from other schools and WMSKL students, turned up to support our Interact Club.

The Guests of Honour, Rotarian Hardeep Singh and Rotarian Andy Khoo also took time out of their busy schedule to attend our IU Day. The event commenced after the arrival of the Guest of Honour. In an effort to lighten the mood and set the atmosphere, the board members put up an extraordinary presentation, druing which they were all airplane stewards and stewardesses.

Rotarian Hardeep Singh gave an inspiring talk, praising our Interactors for being the first club in the KL DiRaja district for holding an International Understanding Day this year. Then came the speech by IU Director Interactor Anisha Passcuran, thanking all those who helped to make IU day a success. Soon after, the Greek entertainment began with a hilarious sketch by the Interactors, directed and produced by Interactor Jonathan Lee and Interactor Dhivya Nair. The sketch told the story of how the Olympic Games came about and how the Greek gods came together to fight the evil gods. It was incredibly successful with all our guests.

After that, a group of Interactors performed their Pandora's Box dance story, depicting the mythical tale of Pandora, the Greek girl who unwittingly unleashed all evil into the world. It was a dance performance led by Interactor Esther Foo Wen Yen. The performance was magnificent, and full of drama.

After that, there was a very special duet performance, by Interactor Wei Shi Khai and Interactor Lau Yen June on vocals, Interactor Low Zhi-Yang on guitar and Interactor Ivan Yun on drums. They performed popular songs from the 'MAMMA MIA!' motion picture, like Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen.

The event came to a close with the souvenir presentation. Our guests were treated with Greek food at the school cafeteria.

The Interact Club would like to once again thank all those who turned up for our IU Day, making it one of our most successful events so far. We worked hard for months, and we genuinely hope you had fun and that you will continue to support us in the future. (: