Taylor's IBDP Newsletter (July '13 Issue)

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July 2013 IssueAMALGAMATION OF DIFERRENT PERSONA IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE IB THEATRE PLAY PHOTOS OF THE DRAMA

“No, no, no! A hundred times no! A

thousand times no! It doesn’t circulate!”

And the play ended with a thunderous

applause from the audience.

The False Autopsy is a play directed by two

IBDP Theatre Art students, Angela Hii Hui

Chi and Alisha Azuddin, as part of their

Theatre Arts internal assignment. This play

centers on a handful of characters whose

distinct personalities are differentiated

through their reactions and the use of

costumes and masks.

Credit must go to the directors and actors

for keeping the audience enthralled and in

stitches with their unique brand of humourand sexual innuendos. Another interesting

point was that the actors who played their

roles did such a good job that the audience

was able to relate and identify with them.

The interactive session with the directors

at the end of the play allowed me to

appreciate not only the presentation of the

play, but also the style of the play’s

presentation. I found the presentation

style very effective in engaging the

audience and garnering their attention

because there was no ‘physical wall’

separating the audience and the actors. It

felt as though the audience too, was part

of the play and their presence played an

important role in relaying the message of

the play. Besides the interactive session

with the director, the audience was also

allowed to engage with the actors. A

female character , Lavora, played by our

male classmate, Zunren made the

audience crazy with his crinkling shower

cap, daffodil yellow bathrobe and

‘greenish-moss-like-color’ mask in the

opening scene of the play. When asked

how he played a female character so

remarkably, his witty answer - ‘It just

comes naturally,’ made the audience

cachinnate in their own seats.

In the future, I hope to see the IB Theatre

students using different effects such as

smoke and water to create an innovative

play, which will become an unforgettable

experience for the audience. As The False

Autopsy is only their first play, I am looking

forward for more surprising experiences

from this creative group of theatre arts

students.

A conversation between Lavora and Dottore about t

daughter’s marriage. From left: Lim Zunren, Arif Ahmad and Angela Hii

The two young aspiring directors interacting with th

audience after the theatre play.

From left: Angela Hii and Alisha Azuddin

The False Autopsy: A short play directedby the TCSH IB Theatre studentsby Tay Zhi Cong




BDP NEWSLETTER | Issue 5

On 18th of May 2013, the IBDP students of

the July Intake 2012 and three of our IBDP

lecturers; Miss Loh, Miss Yong, and Miss

Valerie went on a trip to the Kuala Lumpur

Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) to watch

a highly acclaimed local musical “Broken

Bridges.” The objective of the trip was to

gain first-hand experience and insight into

the Arts; an idea planned by Miss Loh, our

Theory of Knowledge lecture tocomplement our Theory of Knowledge

course. The musical, in brief, told the story

of a man in Ipoh who lived and struggled

for greatness while dealing with the

transition between two generations during

nineteenth century Malaya.

The “Broken Bridges” musical was well

crafted and filled with emotions; from

witty humour to dark enmity. The actors

were also expressive and eloquent;

showing no strenuous effort in bringing

their characters to life. We could also

understand the Malaysian jokes in the

musical for we have been living in the

same context for the past 16 - 18 years. In

spite of the thrill of the musical, some of

my friends had different opinions about

the musical: Eleasha Chew lamented on

the lack of closure at the end of the

musical while Michelle Ting felt that some

of the relationships could have had more

depth. To me, both the characters’ way o f

handling relationships and the ending of

the musical reflected greatly on the

realism style of “Broken Bridges,” a

musical which portrays the quick passingof life where proper closure cannot be

granted to one. However, my friends could

have had different interpretations of the

musical, judging from our contrast in

opinions on certain aspects.

The play allowed me to reflect upon what I

have learned about the knowledge of the

Arts in Theory of Knowledge class; where

it is personal and can differ between

people. As Art scintillates a different light,

like a multifaceted diamond, it leads toclear subjectivity within a field which

promotes interpersonal understanding and

acceptance as one learns to be

comfortable with subjectivity.

After the musical, we had the opportun

to further discuss about the musical in o

Theory of Knowledge class. Miss L

brought up an interesting point on ho

there was a difference between singi

and speaking the lyrics during a musica

will not delve deep into this, but suffice

say this led to an interesting discussion. A

in all, I believe that the ‘Broken Bridge

musical gave me a greater appreciation Malaysian life and culture, one that is

profound addition to the understanding

Arts in the Theory of Knowledge course.

A snapshot of Ming being

captured for causing the death of

Mei Ling.

Photo taken from:http://dustyhawk.net/personal/br

oken-bridges-follow/

IBDP students’ trip to the 'Broken Bridges' play by Chin Kar Yern

http://dustyhawk.net/personal/broken-bridges-follow/









The Business Plan Challenge final was held

at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus on

10th of May 2013. A team formed by four

of our classmates: Chin Kar Yern, Lee Wei

Jie, Natasha Sheree Jetly, and Tay Zhi

Cong managed to be one of the 5 finalists.

They were guided by the IBDP Business

lecturer, Ms. Sujata. This Business Plan

Challenge is a challenge for young thinkers

to come up with a business plan that is

viable by having a prototype at hand and

beneficial to the society. The winner of thecompetition will receive mentorship from

CEDAR (Center for Entrepreneur

Development and Research). Among the

criteria needed in the business plan to win

are expected sales revenue, position maps,

target markets and extensive research.

The first team to present and the winner of

this challenge was “Team Educaid”. Their

concept was to convert academic

textbooks into interactive e-books with

many features such as notes, animations,

customization, etc. in iBook. They already

had their prototype ready and finished

with a ready investor from Taylor’s

University. This was their unique selling

proposition that had differentiated them

from the other 4 teams. The judges were

very impressed by their work.

“Team MrWebStudio” was the second

team to present their business plan about

creating small websites with

customization for small to mediumbusinesses. They were followed by “Team

Fundlic” who had a crowdfunding concept

which was to raise funds through mass

populace like donations for education

funding.

Our group was next, “Team TNA” (The

News Agency) with the concept to

digitalize all the different newspapers into

one application. By doing so, the usage of

paper and landfills would be reduced

greatly. Three of their propositions were

that there was an ease of use of the

application, there was also a changi

trend in reading habits and this wou

reduce the wastage area. There was

market for the business with t

advancement of technology and they we

targeting companies and consumers.

When the presentations ended, the judg

began to deliberate just as they did for t

previous teams. One of the judg

commented that there was a business

Thailand using the same concept as TeaTNA known as “Ukbi” which was wor

over 300,000,000 dollars. In general, t

judges acknowledged that the plan w

well researched and commended the go

effort. However, investing into this pl

would be labour intensive and costly

proper costing must be done along w

knowledge on the competitors. Althou

the IBDP team did not win, they still did

proud.

A group photo of the team with their lecturer. A group photo of the team with the other finalists and judgesFrom left: Tay Zhi Cong, Chin Kar Yern, Lee Wei Jie, Natasha Sheree Jetly

and Ms. Sujata

The Business Plan Challenge at Taylor's UniversityLakeside Campusby Mohamed Adam bin Mohamed Azlan





Take a deep breath, hold it in and watch

life pass by; it's just one breath, you won't

regret it, after all what is one moment in

infinity? I promise you that what you learn,

you cannot be taught.

Before you've reached the end of your air

supply, before you rush up for that breath

of fresh air and take it all in, I want to warn

you that what you see may shock you-

You'll realize that people seem different,

that things now feel slightly foreign and

that person you see in the mirror is now a

stranger. You will learn that life moves by

quickly and sometimes even stopping to

catch your breath can be scary.

Nevertheless, congratulations! In the span

of a single breath, you've covered your two

years in Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas!

These two years may have been the best

years, the worst years or the mediocre

years but an important point to make is

that they were your two years- a point that

seemed to be echoed by everyone there.

Regardless of what happens later, you willalways have that period in TCSH with all

your teachers, your friends and the

activities you did.

Commendations were given, hands were

shaken and memories were recalled as we

all gathered in the venue of our IB farewell

celebration that Taylor’s College had

booked for us. It was bittersweet to say the

least: that feeling of weightlessness after

you've finished your papers is

indescribable (and this is from a student

who had to just pass the IB, not meet a

condition) yet at the same time you look

back on your two years and think about

everything that was and will never be

again. You realize that your parents were

right, that you should treasure everything

but again, this is not a lesson that can be

taught- it must be learnt.

The most memorable part of the night for

me was when the teachers began to speak

about each of us (an advantage of having

such a small cohort). It was an enlightening

process to see what the teachers thought

of us and how they saw us, not just asstudents but also as people. Rarely do we

get the opportunity to hear what others

think of us, even less so from those w

are our elders or those who we respe

Yet there we were, on the brink

adulthood, listening to what our teache

had to say as they guide us one last tim

before we cast off into the world.

University names were mentioned, pla

were made or recalled and everyone w

relaxed as we sat and talked the nig

away in the lavish area that was book

just for us. Jokes were occasionally ma

at our expense either by our classmates

by our teachers in an act of joviality. In

short breath, the night was over on

again as our suspended reality slowly cre

up on us, reminding us that time is alwa

moving.

I'm not going to go into the details of wh

happened that night, it is somethi

personal and it will be different f

everyone but I will say that it is somethi

that I hold dear to me and I hope that yo

graduation accomplishes that too.

Turn to the next page for the photocollage of the farewell party :)

IBDP July 2011 Intake Farewell Celebrationby Ian Quah Tun Chern, IBDP July 2011 intake student





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Miss Navina Navaratnam

IBDP English Literature Lecturer

Editors: Hoh Jingyi & Quek Siew Yean

Team members:

Alastair Lim Chen Yuan

Hafizudden Khalis bin Mohamed

Nizam

Hannah Khaw Huey Mei

Jamie Chin May Ying

Mohamed Adam bin Mohamed Azlan

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas G1, Ground Floor

No.62, Jalan Sri Hartamas 1Sri Hartamas

50480 Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

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