To Clear Things Up
Getting rid of a few nasty rumours.
No, people, we are not postponing the ball, the date remains 30th June. The deposit date has to be reached by any means possible, but this does not mean the event will be cancelled or shifted around.
No, the location is not the PJ Hilton. I have no idea how this one got started, but don’t worry. The Actual Location will be the Hilton near Sentral, i.e. the One next to Le Meridian. It is a good and lavish place where we will spend our day making merry.
The theme has been CONFIRMED. This means no changes and anything whatsoever, despite anything you might hear. Here is the theme of the annual ball, 2008:
Afterglow
af•ter•glow [af-ter-gloh, ahf-]
–noun
1. the glow frequently seen in the sky after sunset; afterlight.
2. a second or secondary glow, as in heated metal before it ceases to become incandescent.
3. the pleasant remembrance of a past experience, glory, etc.: She basked in the afterglow of her stage triumph.
Our posters and banners will be up over the coming week. Hope to see all of you there.
Again,
Price: 130
Venue: KL Hilton (near Sentral)
Date: 30th June
Forgive us for the erratic nature of our sales, but the mocks have affected some of our members. We will establish a regular presence there as soon as we arrange particular affairs.
Jason C.
And So Far
Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, we’ve started our sales. Unfortunately, we realised that the past two days have been pretty hectic and disorganized, so we’re streamlining the sales processes. But we’re proud of the number thus far.
In two days, we have sold roughly 99 tickets, half of our target amount for this entire week.
We’re very happy with that.
Unfortunately the second day’s sales totaled about 17, which was rather less than expected. So we’re hoping that the public will make good on their bookings and fill up those tables soon, preferably by this week, if possible. Please note that all our current funds are in fact going to the deposit on the hotel, which is an extremely grand and interesting place.
Trust us, it’ll be worth it in the end.
For those of you who haven’t bought tickets, it isn’t too late, go on to the DSA, where we will be selling regularly. Five or more tickets full payment to book a table for a few days while you get more people, and don’t ask me about discounts – we’re giving you the bare minimum already.
Thanks for all your time.
Greetings…
Hey everyone, this is my first time posting at the A-Levels website. Dont worry, I wont be asking you to start clapping with me singing “Gimmie More” even worse than William Hung.
As you all browse through the changes in venue that was updated daily throughout the past few days (new updates for 21st April), we hope that everyone will continue to visit this website daily as lets not regard this website as our online notice board only, but a place where all of us could interact with each other in addition, an alternative to ask questions about A-Levels which will be sincerely answered by the A-Levels student council.
If in any case you find this website hard to remember, I suggest that you favourite this site and in my case since I like everything to be popped out when I click my web browser, I set A-Levels website as my homepage so the first thing I view whenever I open my web browser is the A-Levels website. Easy heh?
Most of you knew that we will be selling the A-Levels Annual Ball tickets on Monday (21st April) at DSA Wisma HELP probably around 10am-12pm. There will be 50 early bird tickets sold at RM110 and from the 51st ticket, it will be priced at RM130 till the week before the event. ( Read previous posts to find out more info about ticket price )
Just a reminder, the transactions with the ticket booth at the DSA Wisma HELP will be in cash (Ringgit Malaysia) and we would certainly prefer if you provide the exact amount when purchasing the tickets. Kindly keep the receipt of the sale as a proof to redeem the annual ball tickets later on before the ball.
As you can select which table and seat you would prefer on that night, I strongly suggest that you grab the tickets as fast as possible to guarantee yourself to a great view and a splendid night at the ball. You can also select who you want to seat with as you can view the layout at the ticketing booth. So purchase the tickets fast starting Monday!
Warm Regards,
Lim Pei Hau
Hey guys this is Matt hijacking Pei Hau`s post, there are two things i`d like to add.
First, please remember that seat and table allocations are on a first come first serve basis. There is no such thing as special privileges for anybody (aside from the 7 VIP tables of course).Which tables you sit at are determined by when you buy the tickets and whats available at that time and nothing else.There will be no special priority given to anybody.However,if you buy 6 or more tickets at once, we will hold that table for you for 3 days so that you can get your friends etc to sit with you etc.
Second, for those of you that are vegetarian please do let us know when you purchase the tickets so that we can make the arrangements for you.
And remember, all food served at the night will be halal and we completely free of trans-fats and MSG
Latest news.
Dear all,
First and foremost, if you’re reading this right now and wondering where the hell the change of venue listings for today are, look to the top of our site just under the heading “HELP University College A-Levels Student Council” and just beside the “Home” link for “Timetables & Change of Venue Updates” . I`ve decided to move all the change of venue updates to their own dedicated page since people have been harassing me about cluttering up the main page with them.So there you go folks
Secondly, I would like to explain one thing.After news went out that tickets one week or sooner before the event cost RM150 and tickets on the night RM170, members of the Student Council (me particularly) were harassed by angry students demanding to know why we did such a thing.
Here is the simple explanation. The hotel gives us up to a week before the event to confirm the number of guests. Anything more than that we incur a penalty. Let me elaborate , say 3 people buy tickets on the night of the ball. We will be forced to open an extra table which will cost us RM 1300 DESPITE the fact there are only 3 people at that table.In addition to that, we will incur a percentage penalty fee. It is because of this that we have to set the late prices so high to discourage people from buying last minute. Honestly speaking, even though we charge RM20 - RM40 extra per late ticket, we will still be forced to waste a lot of money on bearing the cost for late tickets (no the amount extra we charge per ticket does not come even remotely close of evening out the loss we will take).
So please I appeal to all of you to buy your tickets early.Here is the simple math, if we have to incur a RM 1000 loss because people decided to buy late tickets, thats RM1000 less we will have to spend making your ball an awesome event. Please know that the Student Council is NOT making a SINGLE CENT on this event, in fact we’re taking a loss on ticket sales. It is because of this that we’re currently on sponsor hunting mania to recoup this deficit.
I`d also like to raise awareness to this fact. As of Monday the 21st of April, we have exactly 10 days to sell about 200 tickets in order to cover the deposit which is due on the 30th of April.
Why do this stuff to ourselves you ask? Why not just charge more or change to a lower grade venue? Simple, we promised you the best, we assured you that we would do everything we could to represent your interests, well folks we intend on jolly damn well doing it.Watch us.
Cheers,
Matthew Pang
I Think This Is The Start Of A Beautiful Friendship…
Hello all,
An announcement!
Should you wish to send us any fan mail, packages (as long as they don’t contain anthrax or letterbombs) or other items via snail mail, you can send them to this address:
Beautifully professional, ain’t it? And we owe it all to the fine people of MBE (Mail Boxes Etc), who very generously sponsored a mailbox exclusively for the use of the Student Council, along with numerous other free gifts as a mark of the wonderful new working relationship we have recently fostered with them.
In case you guys are wondering, MBE is located in the Wisma E&C building (or, as many students know it, ‘the building with the bakery’) right next to In Between (the sandwich place). Their official address and contact details as follows:
MBE Damansara Heights
Lot G.03, Ground Floor,
Wisma E&C
No. 2, Lorong Dungun Kiri,
Damansara Heights,
490 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Tel: +603 2092 9020
Fax: +603 2093 9022
Email:mbe_damansara@mbe.com.my
They provide all manner of paper-related services (lamination, photocopying, etc.), mailing services, AND they sell phone credit. Plus, they have a wide variety of stationary available, so if you’re ever short of highlighters, pens or envelopes (or if the more narcissistic among you just want your own personalized stamps), feel free to drop by.
We’d like to take this opportunity to, once again, thank the generous people at MBE. Looking forward to working with you guys in the future!�
A-Levels Ball Announcements & Venue Updates.
Hey guys,
Before we get to the fun stuff I have to get the boring nonsense out of the way.Here goes.
Here are the change of venue updates for tomorrow the 18th of Apri
Click Here for Updated Change of Venue Listings for 18th April.DOC
And now to the fun stuff.
A-Levels Annual Ball Updates!
First and foremost the venue has been more or less confirmed we are now 99.9% sure of the stuff below.
Where? - > KL Hilton Grand Ballroom
When? - > Monday,30th June 2008
What time? - > Registration and pre-dinner drinks start at 6:00PM
How much? - >
Tickets
Early Bird Tickets (Limited to 50 only) - RM 110
Regular Tickets - RM 130
Late Tickets :
Starting from one week before the event - RM 150
On the 30th of June - RM 170
Tickets Go On Sale in the DSA at 10AM Monday the 21st.
Join A-Levels Annual Ball Committee!
To all of those that are interested in joining the committee for the ball (see post below). Please be informed that there will be a short meeting at 2pm on Tuesday the 22nd of April in the Conference Room on Level 4 of Wisma HELP. Aside from getting your contact details(most important) , we will give you a short briefing about the annual ball as well as the functions and duties of each committee.Once we have all that sorted out we will contact you again to call for a general meeting of all the committees where we start with the actual planning and organising of the event.
More details to follow soon.Say tuned for updates!
Cheers,
Matthew Pang
PS: Sorry about the double email that went out from both the student council general addresses to A50,A51 and A52. Pia isnt too familiar with our mass mailing system yet and made an error.
What We’ve Done
Ok, everyone, we’re 90% certain of KL Hilton now, due to popular demand and expert negotiation. However, the date’ll have to be pushed to the 30th of June (Monday), due to an unavailability of the venue at any date before that. Fortunately, we can stick to our 110 (EB), 130 (Normal) pricing plan, and if everything goes according to plan, we can start ticket sales next week.
Next up, we’re starting recruitment. As of today, you can contact the following if you’re interested in joining their committees.
• Jason Chow, Hitakshi – Sponsoring (We’re trying to get money and stuff from big companies. Join if you’re extremely persuasive, you’ll be spending a lot of time on the phone with this group.)
• Matthew Pang, Jon Hoe – Marketing/Ticket Sales (The most demanding department, requires the most manpower and the capability to handle money. Because the money involved will be of a substantial amount, we will be screening the people that apply for the ticketing department. On the plus side, marketing will be interesting as I’ve authorized the use of napalm, pending government permit, at the request of our marketing exco.)
• Tan Sze-Yin – Performances (This department involves the selecting and acquisition of performances for the night itself, counting emcees, DJs and etc. Mostly involves audition process, etc, along with other side things that we will be planning. Not too much manpower required.)
• Pia Dhaliwal – Programme Booklet and Deco (Involves designing the layout of the programme booklet to suit the adverts of the sponsors. Also involves decoration of the Grand Ballroom to suit our theme. We need people who have a keen eye for design and decoration here.)
Here are their email contacts, we’ll also be holding an open signing-up thing on Friday or Tuesday (Details to follow) to collect volunteers.
Jason Chow – jasonchow@alevelsstudentcouncil.com
Hitakshi – hitakshi@alevelsstudentcouncil.com
Matthew Pang – matthewpang@alevelsstudentcouncil.com
Jonathan Hoe – jonathanhoe@alevelsstudentcouncil.com
Sze-Yin – zyin.tan@alevelsstudentcouncil.com
Pia Dhaliwal – pia.dhaliwal@alevelsstudentcouncil.com
In each email, include the following:
Name
Student ID
Intake
Contact No.
Email address
Jason C.
In Search of A Venue (Hotels, that is)
We’re at a somewhat interesting point in our negotiations. Let us look at our candidates:
JW MARRIOT
- It’s got a great location, right in the middle of town along Jln Bukit Bintang, right opposite Pavillion and surrounded by tons of great places to go to after a ball.
- Date is pretty much settled on 28th June for this one, they’re offering a good deal to us.
- The ballroom is large, ornate and grand, but has a rather small stage, even after coupled with extensions. No problems with a dancefloor, though.
- They’re getting us a customized fusion menu, which can still be discussed, the food tasting has yet t occur but the dishes sound pretty nice. Personally I am a little wary of the food.
- Cost-wise they’re affordable, ticket price range will probably stick to our 110 (early bird), 130 (normal) initial budget.
- Their parking is a flat RM 5 with hotel validation.
KL HILTON (NOT PJ HILTON, THIS IS THE ONE NEAR SENTRAL)
- No trouble with public transport to the event, as it’s right next to KL Sentral, this place may not have many clubs in the vicinity but it’s got a GREAT view from the ballroom foyer.
- Unfortunately 28th has been taken for KL Hilton, but we can probably push it to 29th or 30th without much ado, hopefully.
- The grand ballroom is magnificent, really puts an emphasis on the ‘grand’, plus no problems with dancefloor and we’ll have a more centralized stage.
- Their initial menu selection was good, again not so cultural, a fusion menu which might end up quite affordably for us.
- Due to a few additional charges that are pretty much troublesome for us all, we may have to shift ticket pricing to a 130 (Early Bird), 150 (Normal) model, which I’m rather worried about. In addition, we’ll have to get about 10k extra compared to Marriott, which annoys us greatly.
- Their parking is a flat RM 8 per entry, with a parking voucher that will be given to all guests.
This will be an interesting selection indeed.
Thoughts, everyone? Especially on ticket price, we’ll try to keep it as low as we can afford.
Let’s see what the reception’ll be like.
Jason C.
More Updates
Hello all!
First and foremost, thanks for all the suggestions, we really appreciate it.Your theme suggestions have been taken to heart and we’re going to go over them one by one during our meeting to decide theme on Sunday. So if anybody has any more brilliant ideas, keep them coming 
Okay folks, first the bad news, we have had to postpone the forum scheduled on this Friday until next week. This is because Ms Caroline is having a Lit test from 2-4 pm and Jason and Pia won’t be able to make it for the forum.
And now on to the fun bits, the hiking trip is officially confirmed, anybody interested please go ahead and call Jonathan at 0122235419.Details are exactly as mentioned in my previous post. But here they are again just for your convenience.
Activity : River Hiking
Date : 19/04/2008 (7.00 am to 3.00 pm)
Venue : Sungai Chiling, Kuala Kubu Bharu
Fees : appx RM 25 per person
Also, tomorrow we’re going to the Marriott to meet them, check out the ballroom as well as settle the necessary. We’re also scheduling a meeting with the KL Hilton the following day if we can. Will let you guys know how it goes.Relatedly we would like your feedback as to if you would prefer the Marriott or KL Hilton. Why? Why not the other?
Also folks, we’ve decided to provide free webhosting on our dedicated server to all Clubs/Societies that are affiliated with the A-Levels Department. The only thing you need to pay is an RM 40 registration fee for the domain name (not paid to us at all but to ICANN the international domain name registration body). Alternatively if you want to register your own domain name and redirect to us, that’s also perfectly fine. What do we want in return? Absolutely nothing. We’re doing this to try and build an online community of the HELP A-Levels clubs/societies. On that note we’d like to request that you crosslink to all other clubs/societies. No funny advertising business or wierd payment schemes, we were just lucky enough to have a company sponsor us a dedicated server and would like to share it with you guys. Contact me at mathewpang(at)alevelssttudentcouncil(dot)com if you’re interested.
Oh and one last thing, everybody is welcome to sign up for an account on our website (in fact i suggest you do)
Yours,
Matthew Pang
What is the Student Council Up To Now?
Hello all, Want to know what we’re up to? Here goes.
Planning for the A-Levels Ball
We’re in the middle of mad dash for to get the ball planned.We’ve pretty much fixed the date to be on the 28th of June 2008.Tickets have been fixed as follows : RM 110 Early bird (Limited number), RM 130 Normal, RM 150 Late ( If you buy on the night itself). We’re between two hotels right now, specifically the J.W Marriott and the KL Hilton, we will have this finalized and the venue secured by this Friday.Once we do this I`ll post up a tentative agenda, menu etc for you.
The venues are pretty much ok for now, we’re going on Wednesday to the respective hotels to meet the people in charge, see the place and make a decision.
The big question right now is theme, here are a few of the suggestions
1)Lights…. Camera …. ACTION!
2)Sin City
3)Night at the Oscars
4)Starry Starry Night 5
5)A Night in (Paris/Rome/Milan/New York/Bangkok;).. etc )
6)Broadway
Love em? Hate em? Want to kill the idiot that came up with “A Night in Bangkok”? The floor (in this case comment box, is all yours).Also, we’re pretty much open to suggestions right now so if anybody has any theme ideas… go right ahead and leave a comment, who knows, we might even use it!
We’re also about to start recruiting volunteers to help us plan/organize/and run the event (psst volunteers get special ticket price).We’re going to be breaking up into several committees as follows
1)Sponsorship
2)Venue
3)Performances
4)Marketing/Ticketing
5)Art Department (Deco & Booklet)
Interested? See below
A- Levels Student Body Forum
If you read the email you know we’re in the midst of organising a forum where all of you guys are invited to come over, listen to what we have to say, give feedback, comments, scream at us for things you’re upset about.Nothing is confirmed yet because Ms Jasmine was not in so we have to wait until Tuesday (hey that’s today) to confirm everything.But here are the tentative details and subject to change.
When? This Friday 11th of April 2008
Where? Main Block - Conference Hall or Lecture Theatre
What time? - 2PM - 4PM
Whats on the agenda?
- To introduce ourselvs as the incoming student council and update you guys about what we’re up to.
- To tell you guys a bit about the A- Levels Annual Ball and to recruit volunteers for the various commitees.(Here is where you sign up if you’re interested in helping out)
- To tell you about our student delagation on 9th April to see Dr. Paul and to bring up issues pertaining to the A- Levels Student Body.
- To listen to your feedback/suggestions/complaints
Hiking Trip To Kuala Kubu Bharu
Here are the details (still tentative as we’re waiting for confirmation from the DSA and A-Levels Department) taken straight from the proposal letter.
Activity : River Hiking
Date : 19/04/2008 (7.00 am to 3.00 pm)
Venue : Sungai Chiling, Kuala Kubu Bharu
Target No. of Participants : appx 30
Fees : appx RM 25 per person
Overview:
The project involves a hiking trip held on a small trail near Kuala Kubu Bharu on the 19th of April, 2008. All A-Levels students are welcome to attend this event. Supervisors for the trip will be a small party of 2-3 experienced hikers, including the father of Sports Exco Jonathan Hoe.
The participants will be reminded to eat a good breakfast before the trip, and to bring along a packed lunch to consume by the waterfall (refer to Program 11.00 pm). As a precaution, some food will be brought along on the trip for students who forget to bring a lunch.
Program :-
7.00 am : Assemble at HELP University College Main Block, Lower Foyer
7.30 am : Leave for Kuala Kubu Bharu
9.00 am : Arrive at hiking trail and briefing
9.10 am : Begin hike
11.00 am : Arrive at waterfall
12.30 pm : Leave waterfall
1.30 pm : Leave for HELP University College
Cheers,
Matthew Pang
PS: We’re also cooking up something along the lines of a charity donation drive for the Hyam family.However, that idea was tabled a whole two hours or so ago so I dont have anything to tell you guys yet.Hang in there, we’re making it up as we go along
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