8th College Newsletter

Friday, May 8, 2015

Malam Anugerah Kinabalu ke-30 (MAK30)

Pada 3 Mei 2015 (Ahad) yang lalu, warga Kolej Kediaman Kinabalu telah menjayakan Malam Anugerah Kinabalu yang ke-30 (MAK30). Program jamuan makan malam ini bertemakan 'Gold and Glory', menonjolkan warna keemas-emasan dalam setiap aspek jamuan tersebut. Memang benar pun, warga Kolej Kediaman Kinabalu (Kinabalu) mempunyai personaliti 'emas' dalam diri masing-masing, walaupun seurat.

Pengurusan program ini bermula daripada kolej lagi, dengan para hadirin dan hadirat yang memakai pakaian berwarna keemas-emasan (termasuklah penulis), menaiki bas-bas yang telah disediakan untuk ke Palace of The Golden Horses, tempat program ini dijalankan. Para hadirin tiba awal, maka warga Kinabalu bebas bersiar-siar (dan menangkap gambar!) di sekeliling kawasan Palace of The Golden Horses, sebelum masuk ke dalam dewan makan pada pukul 7.45 malam.

Antara hadirat yang menonjolkan keemas-emasan dalam diri mereka...

Majlis bermula dengan ketibaan para VIP, lebih kurang pada pukul 8.00 malam. Setelah persembahan gamelan, silat, dan tarian India dipersembahkan, para hadirin dijamukan pula dengan persembahan sajian makanan, dengan chef menaiki kereta kuda, sambil para pelayan menyajikan makanan.

Pembuka selera...

Makanan pada malam itu bertemakan makanan Cina ataupun 'Chinese Cuisine'. Sambil para hadirin menjamu selera, Anugerah-anugerah dihadiahkan kepada warga Kinabalu yang menunjukkan personaliti 'emas' mereka. Pemberian anugerah diselangi dengan persembahan-persembahan daripada ahli-ahli seni warga Kinabalu sendiri.

Sambil menjamu selera, bersorak untuk penerima hadiah, dan menikmati halwa telinga yang dipersembahkan, para hadirin juga berpeluang untuk memenangi cabutan bertuah.

Majlis melabuhkan tirai keemasannya lebih kurang pada pukul 11.15 malam. Majlis ini mempunyai makanan yang enak, persembahan yang menarik, dan pengurusan yang efisien. Penulis pulang dengan puas hati. Bagi yang tidak dapat hadir ke majlis tersebut, penulis belanja gambar-gambar. (Itu sahaja yang penulis mampu...) Nah!

Antara penerima-penerima anugerah.

Di dalam dewan majlis...

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Minggu Sejarah Islam 2015

DEWAN SERI MUTIARA - Minggu Sejarah Islam (MSI) or Islamic History Week took place on 26, 27 and 28 April of this year. The first day of MSI was the Pameran Jejak Pemuda which was basically an exhibition on notable young Islamic scholars and there were games booths. Before the games started, 8th college residents were invited to break their fast together (known as Iftar Jamaie) at Starbuck.

The pictures below are of the participants playing the games at five booths. The participation was a little slow at first but after the first hour or so, things started to get livelier as more people joined in including people from 5th and 10th college.

On the second night, there was a forum where three panelists from different backgrounds were invited to talk on the topic: Muslim Heroes, the Youth of Revolution.

Ameen Misran was invited to the event as well to perform his spoken word poetry.

Lastly, the third night was Malam Dikir Zikir where wonderful musical performances were held and the prize-giving ceremony took place. Before the guest artistes were called on to perform, our very own 8th college residents displayed their talents in Manifestasi Puisi.

Finally, the artistes took the stage and made beautiful music for the captive audience.

Prizes were presented to those who did well in the games on Sunday (26/4/15) as well as those who joined the contests on Facebook. There was a lucky draw too and the prizes were awesome.