SSA Flinders

WE HAVED MOVED!!!!!

2011-02-28T00:21:00.000-08:00

Dear readers,

We have moved to where the grass is greener!

Visit our new website at fusssa.wordpress.com.

From your friendly exco, Prissy and Margs xoxo

2010-08-15T08:10:00.000-07:00

It was the Singapore National Celebrations here again in Adelaide, gathering all the Singaporeans from the universities in Adelaide. This time it was held at the Stamford Plaza Hotel, with a wide spread of yummy delicious food prepared by Stamford.

The Guest of Honour was Counselor Steven Yarwood who came along with his wife Emily Yarwood.

Our Guest of Honor with the emcees Priscilla & Colin

Flinders Uni Tables!

Counselor Steven Yarwood giving his welcoming speech.

Next Up was Shazia & Weizhi the SSA Presidents of University of Adelaide & Flinders

First up for the performances was Lina from Flinders University jamming on her super cute Ukelele.

Haozhe the magician & his assistant was next! with his really cool card trick.

and his new trick! how to make his assistant disappear!
haha. okay not really, but it was how to make his assistant disappear into that tiny locked box?

Presenting, Our very own from Flinders SSA! some of the best dressed people in the room!

The Winners of the Best Dressed!

A very engaging dance performance by the Singaporeans from University of Adelaide!

And last but not Least!
Our Final Performance. A cover of "Song for Singapore" by Lina & Kalyisah

A Big thank You to Counselor Steven Yarwood & his wife Emily Yarwood

A big thank you to all the performers and committee members!

And not to forget Thanks to all that who came! you guys made all of this possible!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!!

MOH Holdings is COMINGGG!!!

2010-07-22T06:03:00.001-07:00

Check it out at http://www.ahp.mohh.com.sg/auspharm2010/
ALL allied health professionals are welcomed to attend.
More details will be up SOON.

Singapore National Day Celebration 2010

2010-07-22T05:56:00.001-07:00

HEY! National Day's Approaching! Show your interest by visiting the Facebook Events Page
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108141742572152&ref=ts

OR just go directly to the following:

For Single ticket Sales : http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEcyRlEyTFV0Tk1tMGZ0djVQY04yeGc6MQ

For Package Deal : - Buy a 10 tickets package and get $2 off Each!!!http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG96ZUhSZ3BGUUFIWERrXzFpdUZGVGc6MQ

Its on the 8th of August 11.30am to 2.30pm
at Stamford Plaza Adelaide hotel, 150 North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia

Ticket Prices include:
Student- SSA member : $30
Student - Non-Member: $35
Non-Student/Adult: $50

Singapore High Commissioner's Student Welcome Reception

2010-06-10T03:47:00.000-07:00

The Singapore High Commissioner's Student Welcome Reception was recently held at Crown Plaza, creating an opportunity for the High Commissioner and the Overseas Singaporean Unit to meet with the Singaporeans here in Adelaide, not only from Flinders University but also from University of Adelaide and UniSA.

At one of the highest floors in Crown Plaza, was where everyone got to mingle and meet new people and most importantly have fun accompanied by the very awesome food.

Flinders SSA's Xinhui, Wei Zhi and Jun busy with registrations at the event

Lina, Sooann, Amanda and Elaine feeling all excited about what's gonna happen!

Firstly, a very warm welcome speech by Mr Goh Kok Wee, who represents the Overseas Student Unit. He introduced us about what OSU was about, and how important it is that overseas students get together.

Also, a very warm welcome by the High Commissioner Mr Albert Chua who flew in specially from Canberra.

A few brief introductions conducted by the president of SSA Flinders, Wei Zhi, and the present of UniAdel SSA, Shahza and the student representative from UniSA.

Students listening attentively to the speeches made by the important people!

The very yummy spread of food prepared by Crown Plaza, and the crowd who attended the event happily chatting and meeting new people over dinner.

Our President Weizhi and VicePresident Jun getting all excited over the slide show

Some of our members Charlene and Jocelyn who were present!

And Lastly, Flinders SSA's committee with Mr Goh Kok Wee

Many thanks to those who were present and made this event possible! Hope everyone had the opportunity to meet new people and also get to know more about the OSU!

2010-05-10T00:50:00.000-07:00

Singapore High Commissioner's Student Welcome Reception

Date: May 27, 2010, Thursday

Time: 6.30pm to 9pm

Venue: Hindmarsh Room, Crown Plaza, Adelaide

The Singapore High Commission and the Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU) would like to invite fellow Singaporean students to a Welcome Reception in Adelaide by HE Mr. Albert Chua, Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia.

Purpose of Function: Get-together for High Commissioner & OSU to meet the Overseas Singaporean Students in Adelaide

Time:
6.30 pm Registration Starts
7 pm Welcome Announcement by OSU
High Commissioner's Welcome Remarks
Student Leaders' Remarks
Remarks by Australia Singapore Business Council's President,
followed by buffet dinner reception

Attire: Smart Casual

Please RSVP here by 22nd May, Saturday

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFR6bWFZRGtrQTVjRWpoOW5PMUd1SUE6MQ

Picnic at Elder Park

2010-04-09T08:59:00.000-07:00

The Picnic at the very pretty Elder Park by Torrens River on the 3rd April was a success thanks to all! We had heaps of food, games and fun and a pretty good turnout on such a nice sunny day.

(Left: Jacyn & Pris; Right: Aravin, Yanyin)

We played some games including "Bunny and Egg" since it was Easter soon! (its actually a modified version of "Dog and Bone")

Our American friends Anders & Hillary trying to snatch the object in the middle.
I think it was a carrot!

And the other game we played was "Poison Frisbee"..!

It actually seems pretty hard to aim and hit someone with the frisbee. But glad everyone had lots of fun that day.

Once again, THANK YOU all so so much for coming to this event and making it possible. Lots more exciting events to come. Check out our facebook page for more information and updates!

SSA Welcome Lunch at the CC

2010-03-18T20:42:00.000-07:00

Hey all! Just wanna say a very very WARM WELCOME! to all our new friends here at Flinders SSA, and also a warm welcome back to all our returning members!

We had our very first event held on the 6th of March at the Village Community Centre - the Welcome Lunch! It was an event to get to know the new people as well as an opportunity for everyone to catch up after the long Summer break. We had a variety of food and games such as the "Guess the number!" game which will be a regular highlight of our future events. Also, included were icebreaker games to allow everyone to interact and get to know each other better, as well as a magic show by our very own magician Hao Zhe.

Just thought you guys would love to see some of the photos taken at this very exciting event!

Tricia & Jonathan busy filling out membership forms, and Lina busy at the reception booth

Cheryl, Sarah & KJ here with our invited guest Jane Horgan

Everyone enjoying the food!

Our ex-president Xinhui looking really really happy!

Magician Hao Zhe! with Anders (from America) taking part in one of his tricks!

The new members getting to know each other better thru one of the icebreaker games

The new committee: Lina(Treasurer), Soo Ann(Secretary), Amanda(Publicity officer),
Jun(Vice-pres), Weizhi(president) and KJ (Liason officer) who is missing from this photo!

The event proved to be a success thanks to all of you! Also, Congratulations to Mei Yee who made such a good guess and won the jar of Skittles & M&Ms!

Please do come to our future events! We'll be posting up any updates on the Facebook Page & on this blog as well. So do join us in the future for more fun and to get to know even more new friends! If you've any suggestions, do feel free to approach the committee! We'll be more than happy to listen to any suggestions! Oh and if you've any awesome talent which you're dying to share at future events do approach us as well!

Once again Thanks so much for joining us in this event. Many more to come! SEE YOU THERE..!

2010-02-27T06:17:00.000-08:00

A very warm welcome to all our new friends here at Flinders!

SSA AGM 2009

2009-09-10T01:03:00.001-07:00

NDP After Party!!

2009-08-22T19:30:00.000-07:00

Flinders SSA hosted the NDP party to screen the NDP parade for all the Singaporeans in Flinders. The event was held at the DJ Village Communicty centre and gave all SSA members the chance to catch up and to meet new people!

It was a high tea even and Flinders SSA provided a variety of finger food found in Singapore, such as pandan cake, curry puffs, etc.

We are also very grateful to Mr Goh Kok Wee, our VIP, from Prime Minister's Office who managed to make it for our event!

Here are some of the pictures of the event!

SSA committee members Hao Zhe, Hui Juine, Jacyn and member Amber helping to set up the table.

Check out all the food!!!

The committee members from the Adelaide University Singapore Association (AUSA) also came to give us support for the event!!

Some of the AUSA committee members enjoying our scumptious food!

Evelyn, Samantha and Adelyn

Apple, Ying Xiao, Jayven and KJ

Jacyn, Hui Juine, Wan Lin and our President, Xinhui

SSA members enjoying themselves

AUSA and SSA members with Mr Goh Kok Wee

More pictures of our members enjoying themselves

Flinders SSA committee with Mr Goh Kok Wee

Group picture of AUSA, Flinders SSA and Mr Goh Kok Wee

AUSA and Flinders SSA committe members!

Flinders SSA would like to thank Mr Goh Kok Wee, AUSA and all SSA members for coming to this event!!

Thank you so much for making this event a success!!!

NDP-After Party!!!

2009-08-12T22:13:00.001-07:00

NDP Celebration

2009-08-12T21:52:00.001-07:00

SSA Flinders had the honour of joining up with Adelaide University's Singapore Association to celebrate National Day 2009.

VIP Guests include representatives from Contact Singapore and Overseas Singapore Unit (OSU) and Jane Hogan, from Flinders.

Latha and Shirlene

Jane Hogan helping herself to the scumptious food

Performances by AUSA

Singing the Birthday Song

Amanda and Elaine

Flinders University

Thanks to everyone who joined us for this event, especially to Adelaide University's SA, Contact Singapore, OSU and to Jane Hogan, and we hope everyone enjoyed themselves!!

Happy Birthday Singapore!!!

Welcome BBQ!!!

2009-03-24T16:38:00.000-07:00

On a nice sunny sunday, the Deidre Jordan Village Communitive Centre was filled with Singaporeans, Malaysians, Bruneians, Japanese, Chinese and Aussies who came to support Flinders SSA for their Welcome BBQ.

Curry Chicken, Nasi Lemak (complete with ikan bilis and roasted peanuts), Curry vegetable, vegetarian noodle and hokkien mee was in abundance and home cooked for Members of SSA to enjoy! The committee members worked hard to provide everyone with lots of Singaporean food!!

Here are some of the pictures at the event:

Ex-President Claudine with Jacyn and Xinhui, who were making sure everyone was registered.

While Hao Zhe manned the BBQ, along with some help from one of our members, Amber.

People enjoying the food and mixing around.

Enjoying the good food.

SSA Flinders would like to thank everyone who came!! The event would not be a success without everyone!!

We would also like to extend our thanks to Janet, Dean of the Village, thank you once again!

P.S. Great job Flinders SSA committee, and thank you Claudine, for taking time off to help out!!

SSA Welcomg BBQ

2009-03-17T16:58:00.001-07:00

NOTE: Free BBQ for all members!!!!

So please do come down and join us at the DJ Village CC at Flinders Housing!!!

A New Year!!!

2009-03-17T16:41:00.000-07:00

National Health Group (NHG) Visit to Flinders University

On the 16th March, NHG visited Flinders as part of their recruitment drive.

They gave a talk about NHG, about up and coming sectors, the future of todays healthcare and gave interviews to students interested in working with NHG in the future.

Thanks to all the students who came for the talk and to NHG, for stopping by Flinders as part of your recruitment drive!

Mid Autumn Festival

2008-09-18T21:57:00.001-07:00

Mooncakes, sushi and lots of tea was present at the Mid-Autumn festival hosted by SSA Flinders at the Diedre Jordan Village Community Centre (VCC). Lots of people turned up to grab their fill of mooncakes while being entertained by a Magic show, performed by Hao Zhe, our publicity officer. Lanterns were also given out to our members for them to go out for a walk at Flinder's surrounding hills and enjoy the view of the brilliant night sky.

Some of the pics taken at this event:

Hui Juine, Xinhui, Claudine

Xinhui, Grace, Hui Juine with our food!!!

Carrying lanterns!

People signing up to join SSA under Mao's supervision

Hao Zhe, Mr Magician for the night!!!

Everyone enjoyed themselves tremendously at this event (as told to Mao)!! Flinders SSA would like to thank Singapore International Foundation for providing us with lanterns. Thanks to everyone who turned up!!!!

SG Buzz

2008-09-18T21:57:00.000-07:00

Organised by the Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU), SG Buzz brought Mr Douglas Foo, Founder and CEO of Apex-pal, to Adelaide to give a talk and share with us his expreience about how Sakae Sushi, a popular Singaporean restaurant came about and how it prospered to become a global brand name, with 90 outlets in seven countries.

It also gave Mr Goh Kok Wee, First Secretary of the High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore a chance to let more overseas Singaporeans know about the the upcoming SG Day help in Melbourne on the 4th of October.

Kok Wee telling us more about SG day in Melbourne

Mr Douglas Foo

Group Pictures with Mr Foo, the OSU and the Stamford team, to whom we have to thank for making this event a success.

It was a fruitful event as we learnt a lot from Mr Foo about his life experiences so far. Thank you sooo much to OSU for organising SG Buzz and to Stamford for hosting this event!!!

Mid-Autumn Festival

2008-09-10T19:53:00.001-07:00

Metting with Contact Singapore

2008-09-10T19:51:00.000-07:00

On the 2nd of September, SSA Flinders met up with delegates from Contact Singapore, Ms Wee Lim Bay, Area Director of Australia and Ms Jancis Tan, Executive.

They provided valuable insight and information about the establishment of Contact Singapore in Australia and about the future events to come.

At the same time, our friends from SSA University of Adelaide were also present.

It was a fruitful session as it gave SSA Flinders the opportunity to establish contacts with other organizations from Singapore to give its members more information and access to services available for career opportunities back in Singapore.

Thank you so much Wee Lim and Jancis for organizing this get-together!

National Day Celebration!!!

2008-09-10T19:43:00.000-07:00

On the 31st August, SSA Flinders threw a National Day celebration for both Singaporeans and Malaysians at Stamford Hotel, Adelaide City. Since a number of SSA members (including committee members) are from Malaysia, we decided to hold a 'double' event.
Guests present

Grabbing some delicious food!

Charles & wife, Claudine, Xinhui and Jane Hogan

The Committee with part of the ASBC representatives

We enjoyed a screening of Singapore’s National Day 2008, and everyone was invited to a fabulous High Tea buffet provided by our Singaporean counterparts at Stamford, Josh Tan and James Ng, which we would like to thank very much!

Not to forget, representatives from the Australian Singapore Business Council (ASBC) committee, Ernie Goh and Charles Savage, were present to join us.

Furthermore, Jane Hogan, head coordinator of Flinders’ International Students’ Services Unit (ISSU) sponsored us and took time off to join us for this event.

Not to forget, our friends from Adelaide University, Phyllicia (president), and her committee members, Tah Wee, Brigette and Darren, were also present to celebrate with us both Singapore and Malaysia's national day.

The event was a success!!! SSA Flinders would like to thank all those who came, regardless if they are Singapore or Malaysian, to celebrate with us both NDP. We would also like to thank Contact Singapore for their gifts.

NDP Celebration!!!

2008-08-21T19:37:00.001-07:00

More recent updates!!

2008-08-21T19:26:00.000-07:00

Winter Get-Away

To welcome the new committee, new (and returning) students of the year and of course, winter, SSA threw a BBQ!! Yes, many Singaporeans' delights, eg, Nasi Lemak, Fried Noodles, were present for students to feast on, not to mention the BBQ! The SSA committee stayed up late to prepare all the food and it was well worth it. Many students turned up to support us and to join the association. We played a movie-The Best Bet 《突然发财》and some students decided to play games such as twister, pool, foosball that were all provided at the community centre.

Jacyn & Claudine

The food!!!

Manning the BBQ

Student enjoying themselves

Thanks to everyone who came as the event was a success!!!!

Australia Singapore Business Council (ASBC) Students’ Welcome Dinner

The ASBC council in Adelaide holds an annual event welcoming all students, to Adelaide. It was an honour to have our President, Claudine Loong and our Vice-President Xinhui Fung to MC for this event.

ASBC Council

Xinhui and Clauding as MCs!

Meeting the Mayor

This presents an opportunity for all students studying in Adelaide to meet and subsequently, for students in different universities to establish contacts.

Thanks very much to ASBC committee for organising such an event!!!

Singapore National Health Group Visits Flinders University!

2008-08-05T23:49:00.000-07:00

Singapore National Health Group Visits Flinders University!

On the 26th of March, delegates from the Singapore National Health Group (NHG), headed by Ms Jacqueline Chin (Deputy Chief Human Resource Officer), stopped by at Flinders University as part of their recruitment exercise. NHG is an organization that comprises of a group of world renown hospitals with outstanding achievements recognized in the international healthcare industry.

It was an exciting event for us as this was NHG’s first trip to Adelaide and we were honoured to have Flinders University as their first destination. Many Singaporean students and students of other nationalities specializing in various allied health courses turned up for the event. They were treated to engaging information sessions, chaired by Ms Chin and Mr Dennie Hsu (Deputy Director of Clinical Support Services), about the immense benefits to be gained by working in Singapore and for NHG. In addition, interview sessions were also held and many students were given on the spot provisional recruitment offers.

All these success would not have been possible without the help of the First Secretary of the High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore, Mr Goh Kok Wee, who liaised with NHG. Mr Goh, who visited Flinders University in 2006 for an Overseas Singaporean’s information session, made a trip down to Adelaide once again to grace this event. We are happy that the session received overwhelming response and that it has been a rewarding experience for many!

Miss Fung Xinhui
Vice President
Flinders University Singapore Students’ Association

2007- A yearly update

2008-08-05T23:47:00.000-07:00

This is just to let everybody know about events that took place in year 2007!

Contact Singapore/ LINKS 2008
Held at the start of year 2008, it was an event for graduating students to look for career opportunities, for current students to look for internships, scholarships and for future career opportunities and for people who are interested in a certain field, to look for any future opportunities in their respective fields.

Our Vice-President, Xinhui Fung represented us for this event and met our Minister of Manpower, Mr Gan Kim Yong. Other Flinders University students were also present to attend the event and spoke to various representatives from leading healthcare groups such as Singhealth and National Healthcare Group (NHG). It was a rare opportunity for all our students to establish contacts and to inquire about future observations and placements at various hospitals in Singapore.

Visit by Overseas Singaporean Liasions, Mr Goh Kok Wee and Ms Dawn Chen

Mr Goh and Ms Chen paid Flinders University a visit to talk about Overseas Singaporeans, and to establish contacts with the students here. It was a good opportunity to give overseas Singaporeans here more information and contacts regarding placements and career opportunities back in Singapore.

It was a fruitful event as it gave our students an insight to comtemporary governmental policies for overseas Singaporeans. Many thanks to Mr Goh and Ms Chen for coming!!

NDP celebration

Almost every Singaporean who could make it for the NDP celebration turned up at the Deidre Jordan Village Community Centre to celebrate our National Day. Having said that, people from other countries such as Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and of course, Australia also came along to experience first-hand how Singaporeans, especially overseas Singaporeans celebrate their national day. A scrumptious dinner was prepared for the students by the committee and we proceeded to show the parade, during the dinner. Singaporeans and other overseas students alike were also given the chance to know more people, establish social contacts and enjoy the evening.

This dinner would not have taken place without the committee and all those who attended, thanks everyone!!

The event was proudly sponsored by Singapore International Foundation (SIF), with door gifts sponsored by Singapore Tourism Board and Contact Singapore.

Updates

2008-07-24T20:30:00.000-07:00

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