FST Open day 2009

Hari terbuka FST 2009
Date: 13-15 July 2009
Time: 9 am-5 pm
Venue: Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM
Open to all

FST open day is held in conjunction with FST's 10 years anniversary. This time lotsa cool activities are organized, including school exhibition, research exhibition, visits to Zooloy, Geology musuems and fern park, demonstrations e.g how to make chocolate, health tests, AND jungle trekking in Bangi forest reserve!!! Now, this is exciting. The trip is limited to 30 persons per session.

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Merck Bowling Competition

Last saturday, Merck organized a bowling competition at 1 Utama, Damansara. A lot of people from various universities and institutes showed up. The whole alley was crowded and all the lanes were taken by the contestants. People are very Semangat when it comes to bowling. lol.

The contestant only have to pay RM15 registration fees. In return, we get nice breakfast and great goodies bag. Everyone was having a lot of fun and getting to know the Merck staffs. We heard cheers coming from all over the place every other minute when someone hit a strike.

Although I didn't win the contest, I'm satisfied with my bowling results. Besides, there's no way I can win in the presence of these professional players disguised under their respective institutions. Nevertheless, my team won the lucky draw! What better way to spend a weekend!

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Kolokium Siswazah FST 2009

The annual Kolokium Siswazah FST is here. This two-day event may sound foreign to some students. It's like seminar where postgrad students usually in final semester present part of their work. A dinner will be held at a golf resort on the last day. The best presentation in Kolokium will be chosen. This time the winner get a 2Gb pendrive. (o_O)

I have attended some of the presentations by PPSSSA and PPBsBt students. It's a good opportunity to see what project other students are working on. The quality of presentation ranges from very good to very bad. It's hard for me to forget one specific presentation. A middle-aged PhD candidate presented an interesting project. Unlike others, he sat down in front of the laptop while explaining the slides. He was so relaxed. It makes me feel like I'm attending a lecture. Haha

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TWAS Young Scientist Conference Nov 09

Theme: The role of agricultural biotechnology to ensure food security and production in bioenergy in developing countries
Date: 2-5 Nov 09
Venue: KL, Malaysia
Abstract submission deadline: 15 July 09
Student registration fees: RM280/USD 80

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A new makeover for KEJUT lake

One boring afternoon, I decided to go for a walk at KEJUT lake while waiting for PCR. (KEJUT stands for Faculty of Engineering in UKM). That's when I found out that it has a new makeover. New track, new rest place, new Park! The transformation has already attracted a lot of joggers. A fishing competition was even held there last month. I will definitely go there more often after the new semester starts.

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Recent thoughts June 09

Time flies...another semester has passed. Felt like my work is still where it started. Sigh. However, I'm happy I have achieved some goals to make up for my slow progress. One of them is learning Python. Two weeks ago, I dual-boot Ubuntu and it's now up and running. I found a really good introduction website to Beginning Python for Bioinformatics. Have been playing around with it the whole day. They say programming language is like normal language. You need to practise often. I have a good feeling that I can write scripts very soon if I keep this up. :-)

I'm looking forward to a busy but fulfilling week ahead.

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UKM Mobility deadline 31 July 09

UKM Mobility Program (outbound) 2009
Deadline: 31 July 2009
Click here for contact and information

Last year, I have attended a talk on this program. It should not be confused for UKM-Global Student Mobility program. UKM mobility program (outbound) will sponsor UKM undergrad and postgrad students to attend overseas conference and attachment/internship. The duration of travel period for attachment is 3 weeks -3 months. Maximum travel grant is RM 10,000. The fund will given only once throughout the studies. The suitable candidates will be called for interview. Student who's interested to apply should obtain other financial assistance and use UKM Mobility fund to cover the rest of the expenses.

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Italian Gov scholarship for Malaysian 09/10

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers study grants for Malaysian citizens and for Italians residing in Malaysia for the Academic Year 2009-2010. The scholarship is applicable to both short courses and postgrad program. Maximum scholarship duration is 12 months.

For more info, click here.

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UNESCO COMEST 2009

In conjunction with UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), a UNESCO-Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) conference will be held to devote the use and management of resources affecting humans and the environment.
Date: 19 June 2009
Venue: Hotel Eastin, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
UKM transport is provided.
No further details from the official website.

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Cool PhD comics

Someone from Facebook just posted comics related to PhD student life. The comics come from a pretty cool website. Click here to check it out!

Here are some of my favourites:

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