INTI's Got Talent 2012 - 'A Turning Point'

Once said by Rosalynn Carter (1927), “You have to have the confidence in your ability and then be tough enough to follow through’’. The 10 finalists of INTI’s Got Talent 2012 proved this statement right when they rocked the stage on the 21st March 2012 at INTI International University’s Multipurpose Hall. The audience was awed; the judges were impressed! Their changes as an individual indeed matched the theme set for this event: “A Turning Point”. The talent contest welcomed over 900 guests.

INTI’s Got Talent has been a 4-month project that started off back in December 2011; pre-selection rounds followed until the finals this month. The finals were divided in two sessions; round 1 and round 2; round 2 saw the top 5 finalists competing for the title. The finals started off with the organizing chairperson officiating the event; soon after, the 10 finalists showcased their talents in front of an eager crowd. Talents varying from dancing, singing, magic performance and band performance left the audience in admiration; the judges were blown away with the progress of the finalists – from the pre-selection rounds until the finals – and the level of perfection that they had reached. Despite the fierce competition shown by the 10 finalists, only the best 5 managed to enter 2nd round of the finals; the audience also had the chance to vote for their favorite contestants with a live voting booth present at the event. The Top 5 finalists were Indonesian Saman Dance, Canaan the Magician, Sabrina the Latin Dancer, Impossible D – a trio of diabolo performers – and Alfred the freestyle dancer.

Elimination round

External performers were also invited for the occasion. Ms Claudine – one of the judges for the pre-selection rounds – sang beautifully on Beyonce while Keith – one of the night’s judges – performed harmonica and saxophone musicals. They instantly became hit among the audience who was eager for more showcasing. The most celebrated guest performer was Victor Wong, a Malaysian celebrity who performed during the finals while on tour around Asia. His appearance made the atmosphere at the hall livelier.

Although the objective was to bring out the best talents among the university’s community, the other important objective of this project was to raise funds for underprivileged homes. The organizing committee managed to donate part of the proceeds to Persatuan Rumah Caring, Kajang and HUGS Organization, underprivileged children organization. Some senior students dubbed the event a premiere at INTI International University for the event merged an entertainment show with charity-based purposes. Such events with meaningful purposes can only obtain merits for they are shaping up students to become responsible citizens while having the time of their life in presenting entertainment shows!

Persatuan Rumah Caring Kajang receiving mock cheque

With the clock ticking midnight and after intense discussions, the five judges – who are well versed in the music and media industries – ended the suspense with Impossible D as the Champion of INTI’s Got Talent 2012; Alfred the freestyle dancer being 1^st Runner Up and Sabrina the Latin dancer being 2^nd Runner Up. The event ended in a merry and warm atmosphere along with an autograph session by Victor Wong.

                                                    Winners of INTI’s Got Talent 2012

Group Picture of the organizing committee with judge, Keith and celebrity, Victor Wong

Photo credits:

Thumelen Chandrasegarn 

https://www.facebook.com/thumelen

Kok Yoon Lee

https://www.facebook.com/kokyoonlee

Written by,
Leo Michelle Thong
and
Leo Abdullah Mukadam

Valentine's Sales

The Valentine's Sales started from 8th February to 14th february. During the first two days, a soft board was designed and put at SAO Concourse to promote the sales. During the last three days, the proper sales was held. Sweet, graphic chocolate, fresh roses, and cute teddy bear were sold.Throughout the sales, we emphasized on buying items to friends but not couples only. We provided delivery services within INTI hostel as well. The delivery services successfully promoted the environment of sending INTI students' love to others. There was one student brought a flower arrangement from us to her mother some more. Shortly, the events made Valentines' Days more special among us.

Written by:
Leo Suki Lau

LEO’s Night - 'World Cancer Day'

Well, it is the new semester for the students in INTI IU. For every new semester, there will be an exhibition week where all the clubs in INTI IU will set up a booth in Multi Purpose Hall in order to recruit members. After the exhibition week, the clubs will normally organize gathering nights for the members to mingle around with each other.

For this semester, LEO Club of INTI IU had organized our gathering night with the name “LEO’s Night” on 1^st February 2012. We used “World Cancer Day” as the theme for the night itself since this meaningful day falls on 4^th February every year. The main purpose of having this theme was to create awareness among universities students regarding the information about cancers. There are various types of cancers exist in the world. Through this event, I had learnt more about cancers such as each colour of the ribbons represents different types of cancers according to the following list: 

Grey- Brain Cancer

Green- Kidney Cancer

Dark Blue- Colon Cancer

Yellow: Liver Cancer

Orange- Leukemia

Lavender- General cancer awareness

For this gathering night, we had prepared a lot of activities to be done by the members such as ice breaking game, team building games, performances and not forgetting our morale dances!

VIPs of the night: Dr. Sia Ah Hiok, Miss Sum Kum Moi, Mr. Kwong Chiew Foong, Thomas Liew and Shugan Raman.

The opening ceremony for the night! =)

The members were playing ice breaking game called “Money Money”.

Food of the night for the participants.

 

Enjoying their dinner while watching performances.

Diabolo and singing performance.

The “Poison Chair”! Second game of the night.

Moral dances which had brought the whole atmosphere to the highest point!

 

Group photos after the event.

“L” stands for LEO! Once a LEO, forever a LEO.

ROAR ROAR ROAR!!

The whole event ended around 11.00pm and I would like to thank all my organizing committees for making this event organized successfully.

Written by,

LEO Tan Yi Shan

Organizing Chairperson

LEO’s Night 2012