BASS Committee - 2017/2018 Session

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh,

Dear BASS Members and Alumni,
How are you all doing today? I hope everyone is doing well.

As you may know, this is the time of the year when new faces are introduced into the BASS committee. But before that, on behalf of the juniors, i would like to thank the previous bomBASStic committee as well as the rest of the seniors for guiding us since we've been here. We are grateful to you for making us feel at home from the moment we arrived in Sydney. We cannot thank you enough!

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Arrival of New Students!

PCE 6th Intake students from UTB departed from Brunei Darussalam to Sydney, Australia in batches on 15th July, 18th July, 20th July, 21st July and 22nd July by using RBA and Qantas/Virgin Australia flights.

Altogether there were 66 new students - the largest batch ever of PCE! These new students will continue their remaining 2 years of degree programmes at UNSW, Australia after completing their first 2 years at UTB, Brunei.

The students were welcomed by the seniors at Domestic Terminal Airport and then they were brought around the University and the nearby shopping center to sort out the necessities.

Alhamdullilah, as of today, after 2 weeks in Sydney, all 66 students have got an accommodation (16 houses in total!) and hopefully have settled down and accommodated to Sydney lifestyle.

WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA AND CONGRATULATIONS!

Briefings for the New Students

During the Winter Break, BASS committee members who returned back to Brunei for Raya celebration was invited to attend two pre-departure briefings for the new batch of students from Universiti Teknologi Brunei (formerly known as ITB) who would be going to Sydney, Australia to further their studies as part of the Petroleum and Chemical Engineering twinning programmes at UNSW.

The first briefing was hosted by HRD services, representative of UNSW in Brunei held at the Empire Hotel and Country Club on 12th July 2016. The briefing was conducted by Ms Soon Choo Chua, Deputy Director (Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore) of UNSW International. The formal event was also attended by HE Todd Mercer (High Commissioner of Austalia to Brunei), Assoc Prof Dr Hjh Zohrah Hj Sulaiman (Vice Chancellor of UTB), officers from the High Commission of Australia, MOE and BSP as well as parents.

BASS was also given an opportunity to give a sharing session to the new students and it was given by Faizul Azwan, BASS President of 2014/15 session.

BASS committee members with HE Todd Mercer (fourth from right), Hjh Rafiah, Managing Director of HRD Services (third from right) and Ms Soon Choo Chua (fifth from left).

The second briefing was held at Dewan P1, Ministry of Education on 18th July 2016. BASS committee was once again given the opportunity to deliver a sharing a session to the students on the lifestyle in Sydney conducted by BASS President of 2016/17 session, Mohammad Fazrul Wafiy. The briefing was in conjunction with the students' contract signing ceremony.

Appreciation Night for superBASS committee 2015/16

Assalamualaikum BASS members and alumni,

On 29th March 2016, Alhamdulillah, an appreciation event was organised to recognise the contribution and dedication of the previous committee members. The 9-members committee led by Nabilah Nipah was a group of people that is worthy of an appreciation.

Serving BASS voluntarily without asking anything in return, ensuring everyone's welfare is protected and on top of that, academic responsibilities, might give them a huge burden to bear for the past year but they did their jobs magnificently. Not everyone is perfect but they and the rest of the rest of the seniors are the people that we look up now.

For that, THANK YOU superBASS COMMITTEE!
President - Nabilah Nipah
Vice-President - Muqsith Yahya
Secretary - Nisa Nadzirah
Treasurer - Aziidah Jofri
Male Religious Officer - Faiz Anuar
Female Religious Officer - Ajeerah Julaini
Public Relations Officer -Zakiah Suhaili
IT Support - Ervin Chung
Logistics Officer - Firdaus Omarali

(Not sure if we were having an appreciation event or walimatul urus? hehehe)

(Current President and Vice-President - this was our first event!)

(Thank you to everyone who brought food that night! Everyone's graciousness to contribute for the potluck event was really something to be thankful for.)

At the same event, appreciation certificates were also presented to attendees who were present for Brunei Darussalam's 32nd National Day Celebration at Canberra, Australia in February. The Brunei High Commission was really impressed with your performance and willingness to travel to Canberra just to celebrate the auspicious day for our beloved country, Brunei Darussalam.


From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU EVERYONE!

- BASS committee 2016/17

The Start of a New Semester

Assalamualaikum.

This should be posted more than 11 weeks ago, considering that we are already in week 11 of uni now. But let's just pretend that we are in Week O. Hahaha

Uni commences on 4th March 2013, quite late if we compare this to the previous years. This means most of us got to stay in Brunei till March (Yayyy!)

It was also time to appoint new committee members in BASS as most of the CURRENT ones (remember that we are in Week O) are going back for good in June/July this year. The appointment was made using a voting system.

And the results are...

Alhamdulillah things went well that day.

Insya Allah, we, in BASS, would do our best in making sure that all BASS family members are taken care of, physically, mentally and emotionally;) Do not hesitate to come to any of us if you have a problem. Our Mr President would be more than happy to attend you ;) hehe just kidding (nada wah Boh). Insya Allah we'll try to carry the responsibilities that are handed to us, by the hands of the voters. Let's keep on supporting each other ya?:)

Here are some pics of the event. Everyone looks soooooooooooo very much prepared and eager for the new semester, kan?

This is what we actually came for! FOOOOOD

Yusri, Jong Hau, Adrian

Max, Chris, Royden, Anas

I did not get to eat this that day!!! D:< WHY OH WHY

All smiles from the BASS Family

Tengah: Mantan presiden kami, Cik Nadiah Yaani bersama konco-konco beliau

Nyaman niiii! Buatkan lagi please bagi yg berkenaan hehehe

Some of the seniors who are leaving in just a few months! 

Ka Bel, Ka JJ, Ka Nurul and Ka Nab

Thank you, Jazakallahu Khair Yusri for the pics.

And thats all for now. Ciao!:)

Wassalam,

BASS 2013.