Awards Won

Starting from 2005, the Swinburne Sarawak Student Council presented awards to deserving clubs that carried out activities for the students successfully and complied with the administrative requirements. The Rotaract Club of Swinburne Sarawak was able to sweep most of the awards. The club was awarded with the Best Club Administration Award, and President Andrea Chan placed second in the Best Club President Award category. The club was also voted by the students as the Most Popular Club in Swinburne.

During Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus)’s Day One Open Day event, all the clubs were invited to set up booths to attract potential students to join Swinburne as well as the clubs. In this event, the Rotaract Club of Swinburne was awarded 3rd place in the Best Club Booth competition.

BOD Xmas Fellowship & Appreciation Dinner

16th December 2005

A BOD dinner was held at Pizza Junction to celebrate Christmas and also to show appreciation for the BOD’s hard work throughout the semester. There was also a Secret Santa gift exchange amongst the BOD, which helped to improve their understanding of one another. Hampers that had been awarded to the club previously were shared out amongst the BOD and club advisor.

My preciousssss pizza.....*drools*


A token of appreciation for our wise and helpful Advisor, Mr. Fadzilli


Carolyn and Chestine got Cups..see the pattern?


Merry Xmas to all, and to all a good night~

No Apologies Workshop

29th-30th October 2005

This workshop was organized by the Rotary Club of Kuching Central and hosted by the Rotaract Club of Swinburne. The workshop was carried out by the Focus on the Family group and approximately 35 participants from various Interact Clubs and the Rotaract Club of Swinburne and Rotarian children attended. The main goal of the workshop was to teach teenagers and young adults about life, love, and sex through interactive activities. Participants learned about the consequences of premarital sex and how they can and should live out healthy lives. At the closing ceremony, participants were encouraged to take a vow of abstinence until marriage. Both the parents and participants found the workshop very beneficial for their future.

Listening intently...

Benjamin watching kids at play

What a tangled web we weave..

DRR's Visit

28th October 2005

A special BOD meeting was called in conjunction with the District Rotaract Representative PP Audrey Cheong’s visit to the Zone. In addition to the DRR, the District Secretary Sim Ee Lin, District Fellowship Director Michael Choy, Zone 4 Representative PP Suzzan Bong, PDRR Samuel Pui, President of the Rotaract Club of Kuching Paulynn Chen and some of her club directors were also present. The DRR briefed the BOD about her goals and ambitions for the District and also for each Rotaract Club. The club directors then gave a short report on the activities that had been carried out so far. A briefing on the club’s plans for the upcoming semester was given by the President, before the multimedia presentation of the previous activities was shown. Mementoes were then presented to the 3 visiting District officers and a group photo was taken.

DRR Audrey giving a report

Michael of Swinburne meets Michael of Singapore

3 clubs in one photo~

Amazing Hunt 2

25th September 2005

This activity was a joint project with Swinburne Sarawak Student Council. This project was well received by the students and a total of 45 participants joined, 15 teams of 3 students. The criteria for the teams was that there be one international student and one girl in the team.

Amazing Hunt 2 was meant to help students learn more about the different cultural groups of Sarawak. It was possibly our most challenging project of the year and it was recommended that we conduct test runs of the hunt before hand.

A tough challenge for us but it was an enjoyable activity.

Run Forrest RUN!

Bamboo bridge is falling down..falling down falling down...

"I have to eat THAT??!??"

Down the log stair case..

Group pic with all the teams~good work!

Organisers Group pic~Job well done!

District Rotaract Assembly (Zone 4)

23rd - 24th September 2005

The purpose of this assembly was to train the new BODs of the Rotaract Clubs in Zone 4. A total of 33 participants from Rotaract Club of Kuching, Rotaract Club of Curtin University Miri, Rotaract Club of United College Sibu and our very own club.

Experienced Rotarians and Rotaractors were invited as speakers for the 5 workshops and 2 forums. After our training session, a fellowship night was organised by our Director of Club Service, Rtr. Charllene Andria and her assistant, Rtr. Tiffany Cynthia Tyller.

We ended the assembly with a new found knowledge of the other Rotaractors in our district and we made some new friends in the process.

Our important guests for the assembly


Having a mock meeting


With the luckiest guy of the night who won all the prizes


Receiving a banner from RAC of Curtin,Miri

Salvation Army Children's Home Moon Cake Festival Celebration

16th September 2005

As the Moon Cake Festival drew near, our club decided to celebrate it with the children at the Salvation Army. A small dinner party was organised and lanterns were given to the children to play with.

All in all, despite the small complications we faced, celebrating with the children was a great success and it was enjoyable for both us and the children there.

Dave and Erin hanging out with the kids


Jackson Koko helping to light the lanterns

Chestine: Careful kids! Don't fall!

Pass the parcel! Pass the parcel!

Happy Mooncake Festival!

Salvation Army Charity Sale

31st August 2005

For this charity sale, we came up with the idea of selling a "breakfast combo", which comprised of a sausage, sandwich, French fries and a cup of orange juice. This combo set was sold at RM5 per set and it was a fairly successful idea as it made us more profit than we had originally estimated.

In the end, we donated a total of RM287 to the Salvation Army.

Our product of the day~ yummy~!


Little boy, don't forget your change!

A group photo after a hard day of work

3rd Club Gathering

20th August 2005

This gathering was organised in order to recruit new members for our club. Games such as the Name Game, the Assassin and our traditional Rotaract game, the Lap Dance. Winners of these games were given candies and hampers.

President Rtr. Andrea Chan briefed the new members on the upcoming activities for the semester and refreshments were provided to everyone before a final group photo.

The more we get together,together, together~

One of our traditional games- Lap Dance

4th Installation Dinner

23rd July 2005

Held at Harbor View Hotel, this was our club's 4th installation. It was to install the newly elected BOD for 2005/2006 and we managed to earn a generous sum of money from the dinner. Sponsorships for our handbook were received and hampers were also given which were distributed as lucky draw prizes.

Our emcees for the night were Rtr. Aileen Poh and Mr. Lai Kok Choong, both of whom did wonderful jobs for us on the night. Pro Vice Chancellor, Professor David John Booth, President of Rotary Club of Kuching Central, Rtn. Augustine Wong and Assistant District Governor (District 3310), Past President Tan Cho Huat were our guests of honour for our dinner.

Our guests were entertained by a multimedia presentation created by Rtr. Serena Sim and three performances by Rtr. Ngawang Chime Kho, Rtr. Michael Francis Villarin and Outgoing President, Rtr. Kimberly Chan.

Our dinner went well and it was yet another success for our club

Michaels getting excited about the handbook


Thanks for a job well done!


BOD for 2005-2006

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Cheshire Home Charity Sale

3rd July 2005

Cordial drinks, bottled water and chocolate chip muffins were sold to raise funds for the Sarawak Cheshire Home. Between 8am and 12noon, our hardworking BOD helped sell these products to the general public, not only at the stall, but also by walking around the area and selling to anybody who passed them by.

After a hard day of work, a total profit of RM218 was given to the Cheshire Home.

All in all, a good day's work for us. =)

Pretty-ing up our stall


Two cups pls!