Interview with the winners of 2013 Monash University School of Business Investment Challenge.
On the 20th of July 2013, four of our students, Yue Sue San, Tai Chia Ye, Tay Zhi Chong and Fun Ming Ye represented Taylor's College Sri Hartamas in the 2013 Monash University School of Business Investment Challenge.
So what's the competition about? It's main purpose is to inculcate greater awareness of accounting and finance discipline in students by providing a hands-on approach to participating in a setting without monetary risk and by provoking intense competition among students in a safe environment.
This exclusive event offers two 50% scholarships for the best two students in the competition to pursue any course at the School of Business at Monash University. There were in total 15 teams invited from local and international schools, and after a hard day of work, our students emerged as winners.
And here's an exclusive interview with them:
1. What was the competition about?
It's like the stock market, and we decide when to buy and sell shares. It's basically an investment challenge where we trade stocks in a simulators training platform and we learn how to use virtual money to invest. The winner would be the team with the highest return or profit from their investments.
2. What was the experience like for you guys?
It was actually quite fun. It was a really good learning opportunity and experience for us because we got to learn more terminology and mechanisms about how to stock market works. It also offered us an insight on how to be a good trader.
3. What was the most challenging part of the competition?
The time constraint, I guess. We had to be quick to decide whether to sell or buy our shares. 300 seconds, to be exact!
4. Favorite moment during the competition?
The time when I lost a lot of money. So ironic, right? But it's true. When you trade and get a return, you won't know the return until the end of the round. So basically, I had a cash balance of negative one million, and only until the end of the round, when everything totals up, then only the negative turns to positive one million. These are the things I like, where things does not turn out to be the way you see it. So, you should be able to take risks to win a competition.
5. How do you guys feel about winning?
We didn't really expected it. So, we're quite happy.
6. Are you grateful to anyone?
Our teachers, Mr. Lim TH and Ms. Sujata
7. Would you ever enter again?
Yeah sure, because of the prize. We won RM2,500.
Interview done by Muthia and Michelle
That’s the main question that pops up every single day in the minds of TCSH students. Due to the fact that TCSH is a campus without a cafeteria, students have to find places to eat outside campus for lunch unless they’re fine with eating Maggi cup noodles from the vending machines every day. Fortunately, the Hartamas Shopping Centre and Plaza Damas are located right next to campus allowing students to choose from a variety of different establishments to have lunch. However, it’s not as easy as picking a restaurant at random with your friends and eating there. There are many different factors that have to be taken in consideration such as affordability, taste, quality of food, and of course, its distance from campus. I’ve surveyed and narrowed down the options into this list of my top 5 eateries for lunch.
1. Kanteen
Kanteen offers a considerably wide array of fusion cuisine at an affordable price. Considering its price, both the taste and quality of dishes served are excellent. One of my favourite dishes from this restaurant is the fried pan mee. This particular dish has a rather unique and wholesome taste and it only costs RM7.90. Popular dishes include rice sets and western food such as chicken chop and lamb chop. Kanteen takes a spot in this list because of its great food and good customer service. Therefore, I strongly recommend this place whether you are just looking for affordable food or sharing dishes with your friends.
2. Subway
Plaza Damas may not have fast food restaurants that we have all come to love suchlike McDonalds and KFC. What it has though, is good ol’ Subway. Although not as 'healthy' as their marketing division would like the general public to believe, Subway serves tasty and wholesome sandwiches, for a reasonable price. Their 'Sub of The Day' promotion cuts the price of a particular sandwich by 40% which is quite a good deal. In terms of taste and value for money, I personally think Monday's sandwich - the Italian B.M.T., is the best. Moreover, you get to choose which vegetables go into your sandwich, be it onions, cucumbers, lettuce, olives, pickles, capsicums or tomatoes. One could even ask for all as it does not add on to the overall cost. Let’s not forget Subway’s delicious cookies for students to snack on in between classes. All in all, Subway with its efficient service, convenience and tasty sandwiches makes it one of the best places for us to indulge in without worrying about burning a hole in our pockets.
3. Mahkota Curry House
Everyone likes to eat at a *mamak stall. The cheap prices of drinks and food coupled with the mouth-watering variety of food available are very appealing to us college students on a tight budget. When thinking of mamak joints, most students think of Bestari as it is big and strategically placed. Nevertheless, the food there is not only more expensive than most mamak stalls, the quality of food is also inconsistent. If you are craving for mamak food, I highly recommend Mahkota Curry House. This small, hidden mamak is actually right in the middle of Plaza Damas opposite the entrance to Hartamas Shopping Centre. The food here is cheap, delicious and consistently good unlike their larger and more well-known counterparts. Their *nasi campur can be quite pricy if you order a lot of meat but the taste beats Bestari’s nasi campur hands down. The only downside to this particular stall is that it is much too small for a huge crowd. During breakfast, there is no way you can get a table there if you have more than 5-6 friends. In comparison, Mahkota Curry House, in my opinion, is any time a better mamak than Bestari.
4. Ping Chuan Kopitiam
Next up on the list is Ping Chuan Kopitiam. This small coffee shop is located in Plaza Damas (somewhere in between Ah Pek coffee shop and the Tray). I would say that this is one of the best places to eat for students as their mixed rice or cap fan is not only reasonably priced, the variety of dishes is also very appealing to students who are looking for a wholesome lunch. Another main attraction of this particular eatery is that it serves pork. It always has a few big chunks of *siew yok and *char siew ready to be chopped up and served for your eating pleasure. Besides that, they also serve chicken rice and wanton mee. Unfortunately, this establishment is non-halal and therefore does not cater to Muslim students.
5. Blue Cow Cafe
Last but not the least there’s The Blue Cow Cafe. Most students would never find this peculiarly named cafe as it is located on the upper level of Plaza Damas where most students would not go to. The main attraction of this place is their reasonably priced student set meals. These set meals range from around RM9.00 to RM12.00 depending on your choice of meal. Students can choose from a variety of burgers, pastas, sausages and sandwiches in their set meal. What's better, it even comes with a free drink! So far, their pork and beef burgers lunch sets really impressed me. Their patties are juicy and mouth watering and their wholegrain burger buns have a nicer texture than most burgers. If you come with a big group of friends (more than 10 people), I suggest you only come to this place when you have at least a 2 hour break as the food here can take a while to arrive. The overall ambience of this cafe is rather pleasant and the good service here only makes it better. I highly recommend The Blue Cow Cafe if you’re in the mood for a satisfyingly juicy burger.
Written by Chiang Kah Chun
Take a deep breath,
steady yourself. What comes to your mind when you see the word 'environment'?
Gardening? Greenery? Rainforests? If the images conjured in your mind the second
you see the word 'environment' are a pristine collection of perfect literal beauty,
then I'm sorry to say you've probably not grasped the meaning of the word. The
environment is our surroundings- water and air. It is fragile. As the
population of our precious planet grows, the constant economic development
leads to an increased demand for natural resources and this in turn leads to a compromised
environment.
When the society is growing towards visual oriented marketing business culture, it has been a war among business entities to attract consumers with colors, perceived performance and sex appeals just to grasp consumers’ attention to convince the consumers to purchase the product. In addition, vulgar wordings that are perceived to be ‘cool’ are used more often for attention seeking.
Facebook. Just the mere mention of it transmits tacit acknowledgement amongst teens around the globe. Scratch that. People around the globe. However, it’s really the teens who take pleasure in it.
What do you do when you possess an iPhone and it gets dull during classes? Facebook. What do you do the second you arrive home and turn on your computer? Facebook. What do you do when night falls?
Before, it was deemed as a language of low status during 12th century England. Slowly but surely, it began its ascend to the tongues of many, dominating speech among the human race. Now, it is everywhere – English has taken over the world! It stands as one of the most renowned and widely spoken language in the entire world; a global lingua franca. You hear it in Japanese pop songs, you notice it on the ingredient label stuck on a box of Swiss cheese, you use it when writing up contracts to seal big business deals, you read the local newspaper in Thailand and find it there, and the list goes on. The influence and exposure of English is a worldwide occurrence and is impossible to escape from. However, English has had its stages, shifting and reforming from archaic English (Elizabethan or Victorian English), transforming to the English that we use in our daily conversations today.
Frozen yoghurt is a recent introduction to the Malaysian palate, with outlets such as TuttiFrutti introducing a variety of delicious, refreshing, and (arguably!) low-calorie frozen delights to our stomachs and to our easily-emptied wallets.
Phobias, they can creep into your life and change it forever. It can cause an immense fear in someone, a fear so great it can drive them to do incomprehensible things. It’s funny just how much one’s phobia can affect them in their daily activities, don’t you think?
Cinderella loses her glass slipper and runs home at the stroke of midnight. The prince finds her missing slipper and tracks her down, and the rest is history. (Or a fairytale, anyway.) Or so I’ve heard. But back to reality, on 29th April 2011, the world bore witness to a dream come true for most girls – marrying a prince.
Every artist’s vision and mission is to create an art of ‘the finest quality’. Yet, I’ve often questioned the suitability of phrase ‘the finest quality’. Does a canvas that looks like someone just threw buckets of paint of different colours onto it fall under the category of ‘quality art’?
As we usher in the new year, we gladly welcome the new fashion trends of 2011. Though not differing much from what we have seen over the past year, there are still a few interesting (and stylish!) new looks that have caught our attention during these past few months.
Click. Choose size and colour.
Click. Add to shopping bag.
Click. Pay now.
Click. Confirm order.
Dancing is not easy. I’m not talking about club dancing, dancing in your pajamas, or anything of that sort. I’m talking about strictly dancing – the good, the bad, the ugly. Nobody really speaks of the hardships strung alongside serious dancing. This article goes out to all the dancers out there who have had their lives meticulously sculpted by the world of dance.
“Audrey Hepburn” is a name synonymous with fashion. After her debut in the film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” it was undeniable that Audrey Hepburn exuded beauty and grace.
Fashion faux pas’. If you’re an 18 year old girl, you would have heard of that term dozens of times in your life thus far. In fact, you will probably continue to hear this term being bandied about for the rest of your life. I am specifically directing this article to girls in general because let’s just admit it: guys have it easy.
Every woman’s sense of style differs according to her culture, or her own personal taste. However, one should be able to tell whether whatever they have on is actually pleasant to look at, and that is why I am writing this article – so that at least one less person can walk the streets without having to go through this embarrassment. So without further ado, here are some guidelines.
Style is defined as a manner of how things are done. Like how Kimora does things fabulously. Style is also defined as a way of expressing something (like music, language, art, etc) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period.
