42nd DIC

42^nd District Interact Conference

On the 3^rd of December 2010, 9 of our Interactors gathered in school and headed off towards Seremban at 8.45am for the 42^nd District Interact Conference. The conference was hosted by the Rotary Club of Seremban. Lasting over 3 days, from 3^rd December to 5^th December, the event attracted over 820 Interactors from all over the peninsular of Malaysia.

Yeoh Kai Yuan, Eric Soo, Chan Jun Shern, Brenda Yew, Samantha Ng, Yip Mun Keat, Chan Wee De, Sarah Francis and Kimberly Anne represented our Interact Club in the conference. Being first-timers at such a huge event, we were clueless and expected things to go extremely formally.

At around 9.45am, we reached Royale Bintang Resort of Seremban, where the entire conference was held. After registration, we started mingling with Interactors from other schools. As more and more Interactors arrived, the first floor was filled with Interactors to the brim. We made our way to our rooms before going for lunch. After lunch, the first session was held in the Grand Ballroom at the first floor. The whole conference consisted of 14 sessions, one-hour each, and were all held in the same ballroom. There were roughly 90 tables in the ballroom with around 10 Interactors per table. Imagine controlling the noise level of so many people!

The backdrop for the conference in the ballroom.

The conference had various talks on topics such as marine ecology, the Rotary International Youth Exchange, the Law of Attraction, perceptions of life, college education and using the social media beneficially. Many speakers drove all the down from KL to Seremban just to deliver their speeches.

The opening ceremony was conducted on the 2^nd day of the conference, with all Interactors donning the 42^nd District Conference shirt. District Governor Lim Kok Beng was invited to officiate the event. After that, there was a group photo for all 800 over Interactors in the ballroom.

All 800+ Interactors!

The highlight of the entire event was the formal night on the 2^nd day, which consisted of a buffet dinner and various performances put up by Interact Clubs from various schools. The night started off with Interactors happily stuffing themselves with the sumptuous buffet spread. The performances include a joint YMCA dance by several schools, a sketch on the environment by the Global Indian International School, a Nobody dance by the Wonderboys from Perak, a few singing performances by various duos and groups, some really cool hiphop dancing.

In conjunction with the 2^nd day of the event was also the 81^st anniversary of the formation of the Rotary Club of Seremban. There was a cake-cutting ceremony by President Chiang Sooi Yee and several other distinguished Rotarians and VIPs.

The cake-cutting ceremony for the 81^st Anniversary of Rotary Club of Seremban.

The night ended with the dancefloor being opened to everyone to strut their stuff. Almost everyone in the ballroom rushed towards the stage and danced and partied their hearts out, accompanied by a selection of songs by the DJ.

Our very own I.U. Director Chan Jun Shern garnered a big round of cheers and applause from the raving crowd when he put up some electrifying spins on the stage as everyone lined-up to wait for their turn in the limelight. His awesome moves attracted many compliments from Interactors who witnessed him.

After that, the Rotarians called-off the event and everyone gradually made their way back to the rooms. The Interactors from KL had a group photo.

Formal Night.

With fellow Interactors from around KL.

On the 3^rd day, we were given 3 more sessions before finally calling it a day. In the morning, we took all our luggage down to be stored in the Ampangan Room. All the Interactors were required to wear their respective uniforms for the closing ceremony at 11.30am. As part of the closing ceremony, there was a competition for choosing the best Interact Uniform. Each club was represented by one/two Interactors to go up on stage and present themselves to the judges. SMK Assunta emerged champions with their outstandingly classy uniform! Certificates were then presented to every Interactor. After lunch, we all made our journey home.

Our purple uniforms!

Int. Victor Chan and Int. Kimberly Anne going up as representatives of WMS Interact Club.

Us with our certificates.

In a nutshell, the conference was very informative and served as a platform for Interactors from all over our country to mingle and get to know each other. We certainly made many many new friends as well as sweet memories of the conference.

PBS Workshop

On the 22^nd of November 2010, the Interact Club of Wesley Methodist School organized their second ever children’s workshop for the children of Pusat Bantuan Sentul. The workshop is aimed to further strengthen the relationship between members of the club and the children, as well as helping the children in making sellable items for the upcoming festive Christmas season as well as acquiring art and craft skills, useful in daily life. A short celebration with food and drinks was also held in conjunction with the World Children’s Day celebrated worldwide on the 20^th of November annually.

At 9.00 a.m, the children from PBS gathered in school and a brief registration was held whereby the children obtained sticker nametags and had some cupcakes and drinks for breakfast. Afterwhich, the children and interactors gathered at the assembly ground for two games as ice breakers. The first was “Blow Wind Blow”, all of us had a great time rushing from chair to chair. Next was the classic “Musical Chairs”. Slowly the finalists were narrowed down and it ended with a top 5 all male children!

the circle was bigger then...

and by the time we were about done...

After which the children were seated in the canteen for their first arts and crafts session. There were to make a reindeer wall hanging item out of paper plates and basic materials. The children did a fine job.

Then, the children, wrestles, had a short ten minute round of football. Thirsty and tired, the children had a break of juice cordial and fried mee hoon and nuggets. Then they settled down for their second arts and crafts session. The children were divided into three groups, each group to do bookmarks, pencil holders, and cards respectively in conjunction with the festive season. Interactors tended to each group, helping the children make their items.

Arts and crafts session 2

At 12.30 pm, the children finished up their masterpieces and played another game, “ Pass The Parcel”. We had more than a few laughs at each other, doing the punishments written on the layers. Then we all had a scrumptious lunch of nasi lemak and pasta, with jelly for dessert.

After a quick round of football, the time soon came for the children to go home. After a group photo and distribution of party packs, we bid the children of PBS goodbye. Hoping that we had achieved our aim of making them happy and treating them to a day of fun with our company.