A Report on Puan Normal’s Farewell Gift project

              Our beloved teacher, Puan Normal was shifted to another school, and so, the Leo club had decided to give her a very special gift during her farewell which was on the 20^th of February 2012. All the students wrote notes for our teacher and those notes were pasted onto the gift. Even our teacher advisors wrote notes for her. All the Leos that wrote notes were given project points. All the letters that were given by the Leos were pasted onto the gift that was wrapped with brown paper. It made the present look even more attractive with all the creative cards that the leos made. We really hope that our teacher likes the gift.

Report by,

Leo Desiree Tan

A Report on Chinese New Year Gifts

Many great ideas were being suggested but it had exceeded the budget. Therefore, a simple gift was proposed. It was a red gift bag which had a mandarin orange, a Chinese decoration together with a stapled note which stated, “It’s a brand New Year! Wishing you endless happiness, fortunes and peace! Gong Xi Fa Cai.” On the 14^th and 15^th of January, 120 of these items were bought in old town.  It was pretty reasonable as it was the Chinese New Year season.

It was packed on the 18^th of January to make sure the oranges weren’t spoilt due to the hot and humid weather and was placed into boxes. On Thursday morning, at around 7.30am with the help of Leo Karishma, the gifts were distributed to not only the teachers but the workers too. The teachers were delighted and were thankful while the workers were elated and appreciated it very much. They were really touched by it.

Reported by,

Leo N. Hemalaxmi 

A Report On The Sales For Assunta Spirit Week

            On the 19^th of January 2012, the Leo Club of SMK Assunta had a project which was organized by the school together with several other clubs. There were a total of 20 Leos who signed up to help out for the sale which was placed near our school canteen. The sale was held during the form 3 and the form 4 & 5 recess and the things that were put up for sale were brownies and some handmade accessories handmade by one of the Leos parents/

            The sale started at the first recess which was the form 3’s recess. The form 3 Leo probationers walk around the canteen selling the brownies and the accessories. We even sold some of it to the juniors from the afternoon session. As for the second recess which was the form 4 & 5 recess, the sale became very good and we sold off all of our brownies at the end of the recesses.

            After the sale, the Leos started to pack and clean up the stall so that we could all go back to our respective classes and to continue our lessons. The income for the sales was around RM200+. The sale was really impressive and we managed to sell all of the brownies of really fast.

            We were really happy because we managed to sell all the brownies and some of the accessories. Not only that, the money that was earned will be donated to Ta

Reported by,

Leo Amanda Woon

A Report on Nose High School Visit 2012

          On the 18^th of January 2012, A few Leo’s from the Leo Club of Assunta participated in the NOSE High School programme that was carried out in school. Before the Japanese students arrived, we were arranged in two rows according to club from Gate C all the way to the canteen. Soon after that, the Japanese students and teachers step foot into our school and that was when the students begin to play the ‘kompang’ to welcome them. We waved our Japanese and Malaysian flags and greeted them as they walked in.

            As soon as we reached the canteen we walked to our assigned tables and met our Japanese partners. It was a little hard to communicate with them but it was fun at the same time. Some of us carried dictionaries around! After breakfast, everyone was called to gather around the ‘dataran’ where we watched a wonderful performance by the band and also ‘dikir barat’. They enjoyed it very much. Then, we took our partners up to the gallery where we had the opening ceremony. It began with a speech by our very own head prefect followed by another speech by a representative from NOSE High School. Our own principal then took the opportunity to welcome all the Japanese. The Vice Principal also gave his speech which was translated by the tour guide.

            The mood was enlightened as we took turns to sing our school songs. We sang it loud and proudly. When everyone was seated down, the performances began. A power point presentation was shown by each of the schools showing each other the beauty of each of our cultures and all the activities we have in school. When that was over, we continued with the Malay mock wedding. The bride and groom were dressed beautifully and they were followed by the playing of the ‘kompang’ as they walked down the isle. The vice principal of NOSE High School and our school principal were invited up on stage as the couple sat down on the ‘pelamin’ to bless them. The fashion show was the next on the agenda. Students walked down the isle wearing traditional clothes and short explanations were projected onto the wall for the Japanese to read. I thought that it was very educational. The performances then continued with the Malay, Chinese and Indian traditional dance. Everyone enjoyed it very much especially the Japanese students. They were in awe after watching the dances.

            The Japanese students  then took their turn to leave us in awe by showing us a karate demonstration. After that, the students were asked to get up and stack the chairs at the side of the gallery. The gallery was then separated into half. The Japanese students arranged themselves on the right hand side of the gallery whereas the Assuntarians gathered on the other side. It was finally time for the sharing of dances. The Japanese students danced to a song called ‘Doikosho, Soran’ and the teachers told us to sing along and so we did! Then we thought our Japanese friends the ‘poco-poco’ dance. When the sharing of dances were over, half of the students in the gallery played congkak while the other half did henna. The bell was rung after the 20 minute mark and that marked the time that we had to switch.

            After another 20minutes, the students got up and we had the sharing of songs. The Assuntarians sang ‘ Rasa Sayang’ to the students and they sang a song to us as well in Japanese. The emcees then told everyone that it was time to go down to the canteen to have lunch. At around 1.15pm, the Assuntarians brought their Japanese partners up onto their respective busses. When attendance was taken, we were finally off to the Taman Jaya LRT station. There, we got onto the LRT to get to Central Market. We took our partners all around and introduce to them many different things. Then we boarded the LRT again to go to KLCC. We were allowed to walk around as well for awhile. We were given a time to meet at the entrance. When everyone was gathered at the entrance, we took turns to take a group picture with the Twin towers as our background. Near the entrance, the bus was already waiting for us. It then took us to the Hotel where we were suppose to have dinner. It was around 5.30pm at that time. While waiting for our food to arrive, we took the time to bond a little more with our partners and the other Japanese students. We took many pictures too. When the food was finally served, we took turns to take our food. After dinner, there were many performances by both the Japanese and Assunta students. It was a very good day. Although we were all very sad that it had to come to an end, all of us had a really great time and we hope that the relationship that the students have made with each other will last for a very long time.

Report by,

Leo Desiree Tan                      

A Report on General Meeting cum Celebration for Leo International Day

           On the 13^th of January 2012, The Leo Club of Assunta had our first general meeting of the year. It was really nice to see all the leo’s again as well as the new probationers that want to join us this year. We started off with the leo pledge and continued on with the roll call. The leo’s were very enthusiastic during the meeting that day. Then our Lion advisor, Lion Ivan, our teacher advisor’s, Puan Betty and Puan Martita, as well as all the Board of Directors of the year 2011/2012 were introduced to all the new members. After that, there was a short introduction by the Leo president on what the Leo Club is all about.

            A few leo’s were then called to the front to talk about all the past projects that we had over the month of November and December. For example, the Joint Christmas Carolling project, the Novels for Nepal Bazaar, The 3 S (sweep, swept, swap) project and so on. Then, there was an announcement on all the upcoming projects for the month.

            A short speech was given by Lion Ivan. He talked about the Blind Leading the Blind project that is organised by the Lions Club of Petaling Jaya which is going to be held in the month of April. There will be cards that will be passed out to all the Leo’s to collect money and raise as much as we can. A short game called ‘Hi, my name is Joe’ was played and al the leo’s enjoyed themselves.

            Since we could not celebrate Leo International Day last year, we decided to celebrate it during this meeting with all the Leo members. A cake was baked for the occasion by our teacher advisor, Puan Betty and the Leo’s used their creativity by decorating the cake with pictures and wordings. At the same time, all the January babies were called upfront too. A birthday song was sung for all of them and Lion Ivan, Puan Betty and all the January babies cut the cake together.

            We made sure that each of the leo’s had a slice of cake before the meeting was adjourned. It was a really fun meeting and it was really great to see all the leo’s again after such a long holiday.

Report by,

Leo Desiree Tan

A Report on the Leo Leadership Camp

            The Leo Club of Petaling Jaya Integrity organized a Leo Leadership Camp in which  10 Assuntarians participated . The aim of this camp was to develop leadership skills, team work and values such as believing and trusting in one another to name a few. This camp was held from the 3rd to 8th of December 2011 (6 days and 5 nights).

3rd December 2011

                We gathered at A&W at around  8am and boarded the bus. Before continuing on with the journey, we stopped by at SMK Damansara Jaya to pick up the Leos1 from Damansara Jaya and Taman Sea. Upon arriving at Kem Bina Semangat, Kuala Kubu Bharu, we had the opening ceremony. It was then followed by a briefing and an ice breaking session . We were grouped into our respective team with a team mentor who was there to guide us throughout our stay.

                In the afternoon, we had our first activity which was called trust fall and high rope. For the trust fall, participants had to fall on their back and had to be supported by other participants who are their friends and thus learn the value of trust.

                The high rope was our next activity where participants had to walk on beams and ropes high above ground level with safety harnesses.  2 hooks were hooked to a safety line while we had to learn to control our fear of heights and stay as calm as possible.  In the evening, we created our group names which were Patrick, Fireball and T.M.N.T, our team cheers  as well as paint our own team flags to give us the team spirit that we will need throughout the camp.

4th December 2011

                After breakfast, we had a short briefing on the safety measures for jungle trekking.  Throughout our journey , we gained knowledge on different skills; to build a I day house with nature, identifying the variety of plants which are edible, an insight into the forest flora and to test if a particular plant is poisonous. In the midst of our trekking, we had river crossing. We also enjoyed our time in the waterfall. It was very cooling and rejuvenating after a hot and sticky morning. In the evening, Leo Nicholas Chew conducted a dessert survival activity. The dessert survival quiz really made us squeeze the juice out of our brains, but we still manage to do it.

5th December 2011

We had rappelling where participants have to rappel down from high above ground level while being belayed and hooked to a safety line. The aim was of course to gain confidence and boost one’s self esteem. After having some tidbits to munch on, the ‘plug the hole’ activity was being carried out where participants had to apply their physics knowledge. A barrel with numerous holes was assigned to each group and a piece of rope and newspaper was distributed as well. The holes were to be covered and the barrel to be filled with water from the river. The winner would be the group who could fill the barrel with the most water and of course teamwork was important here. In the afternoon, we had rafting. Firstly, we had to untangle two ropes which were tangled. Upon untangling it, items were then given to us such as barrels, ropes and planks to build the raft. This was the most challenging part, building it wasn’t easy and just imagine that we had to rebuild it again after being advised by Abang Zack. After building it, we rafted to the other end of the river bank to get our team flag. Here not only was teamwork important but using relevant skills was important to win. “United we stand, divided we fall”

 We were really exhausted and hungry but we can’t deny that we had a marvelous time. In the evening, we did cobweb. Even though we were tired after rafting, we were indeed excited and ever ready to face the next challenge. The target was to get everyone onto the other side through the web without touching it within the given time. Though we exceeded the time set, we were still proud of ourselves that everyone showed teamwork and supported each other throughout the course.

6th December 2011

                We started the morning with exercise and a jog. After that, we had to do 12 feet wall where participants had to support each other to go over the 12 feet wall. Then, we had flying fox which everyone really enjoyed. Later, we had the obstacle course where 16 obstacles had to be overcome . We did face many punishments, but we really did have a great time facing them. At night, we campedby the jungle and had a campfire. We sang songs and played games organized by the committee.

7th December 2011

                Day 5, the mine field course was carried out. Participants had to cross a designated route on the ground with only small checkpoints clear from “mines” using planks and a piece of rope as bridges. We then went for kayaking under the scorching sun which burnt our skin.  In the afternoon, the certificate and award presentation as well as evaluation and sharing session took place. During the farewell night, we played cards until 6 am the next morning as it was our last day together.

8th December 2011

                On the last day, everyone was really sad and gloomy as it was time to leave. We enjoyed ourselves very much and had gained valuable knowledge, a life time experience and exposure. We also bonded really well and hope to meet up again soon. We left the place with heavy hearts realizing that no man is an island.

Prepared by,

Leo Hemalaxmi Nanthakumar

A report on the CNY Decoration project

                On the 10th of January 2012, the Leo Club of Assunta was asked to decorate the school's lawn way with Chinese New Year decorations. The Leo Club was provided with red cloths, lanterns, cherry blossoms and ang pau packets by the school.

                A total of 5 Leo members stayed back after school to decorate the lawn way. The members took some time to analyse the area to get a design. Once we got a design we started to decorate for we were running out of time. We decided that the red cloth would serve as the main attraction and the lanterns and cherry blossoms were used as decorations.

                We were running out of time and some members had to leave but the decorations were not done. In the end there were only 2 members left to hang up the lanterns and cherry blossoms. We were finished by 3:30 pm. After we were done, we packed up the rubbish and unused items and put them back in the office.

                The Leo members worked really well together and the project went very smoothly. Eventhough the time limit was short, we managed to get the project done.

A report on the 3S Project

               On the 7^th of January, a joint project called Joint 3S (Sweep, Swept &Swap) with the Leo Club of Penang City, along with Leo Club of Ipoh Unity and the sister clubs supported by Lions Petaling Jaya was organized by Leo Pji.  We were said to meet up at SMK Damansara Jaya at 9 in the morning. After the arrival of all the participants, we headed off to Kirtarsh handicapped and disabled children's home.

                When we arrived at the place, everybody started greeting and wishing the children and the elders. Firstly, the girls were busy entertaining the kids while the guys were busy cleaning and making the place look brand new. Games were carried out and the kids were very fascinated at the badges, hence the badges were prizes for the games. After many talks, games and cleaning up, it’s finally time for lunch. We headed to a Restaurant called “Salam Satu”. Each of the Leos thank the Lions with gratefulness for treating us lunch.

                After 2 hours of lunch, we went back and continue where we left off. Each kid was guided by a Leo to play the fireworks. Happy faces were shown and that really satisfied us. It is finally time for the surprise, which is Chinese new year songs and a very special performance by the Leos from PJI.

                After everything is done, the caretaker there thanked us, everyone did a great job, the whole place looked brand new after that. We all left the home happily and we were all very satisfied with what we’ve done. 

Report by,

Leo Charis Lee