MITSSS

Hi everyone,

The Welcome BBQ will be held next Saturday, so we will be doing the preparation and shopping from Friday afternoon onwards. The prep will be done in S-P, like before National Day, except that there will be twice as much food, so if you’re free this Friday for either shopping or prep, let us know and we’ll keep you updated.

Tentatively, shopping will be done after 3 pm and prep will start sometime around 6-7 pm. We will need more help for the preparation though, so please try to keep the date free.

Thanks!
Jonathan

Hi everyone,

Hope you’ve had a great summer, and welcome (back)! We will be holding our annual barbecue at the Kresge BBQ pits on the 19th of September from about 5.30 pm. Come join us for an evening of food, fun and company.

We will be needing volunteers to help purchase, prepare and grill the food on the day itself, so if you’re interested, please let us know. In addition, if you have a car or Costco membership, let us know if you’re willing to help with purchasing and transporting the food.

If you plan to attend the event, please RSVP at http://mitsss.scripts.mit.edu/~wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

We will post more details as the date approaches, and look forward to seeing you at the event!

Cheers,
Jonathan

Hi everyone,

The new committee would like to invite everyone to a final gathering for
this school year.  It’d be great to meet up with everyone before people take
off for the summer. Most importantly, this will be your last chance to see
off the graduating seniors, many of whom have put a lot of sweat, blood, and
tears into organizing and participating in so many great events, and who
have made the MITSSS a home away from home.

When: Sat May 16th, 6pm
Where: Sidney-Pacific Seminar Room
What: Final gathering, Senior farewell, catered dinner.

So that we can plan for the right amount of food, reply to let me know if
you’re coming (yqsoh@mit.edu), and if you’re graduating or leaving Boston
this fall, please state that too.

I hope to see many of you there!

On behalf of the new MITSSS committee,
Shirleen

Hey everyone, Just a reminder that our society’s CNY Yuan Xiao Celebration is taking place this Sunday from 5pm onwards at the Colbert Room at the Warehouse graduate dorm. If you haven’t done so, please RSVP http://scripts.mit.edu/~mitsss/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page (click edit on the top bar to enter your name in the wiki). Looking forward to seeing you there! cheers, Kwan Chong

From Chinese New Year 2009

Hey everyone!

From Chinese New Year 2009

Hey everyone,

In preparation for our much anticipated Kopitiam event on November 2nd (please help spread the word about it), the organizing committee will be organizing a pre-event cookout to test and sample some of the shortlisted dishes. On the actual day of the event, we will need about 2-3 volunteers to help in preparation and cooking of each dish. At present, we have an assigned chef from the committee to take charge of each dish but still need 1/2 more people to help out per dish. If you are interested in learning how to prepare authentic Singaporean cuisine and wish to volunteer on the day of Kopitiam itself (and possibly a bit on the day before), come down this Sunday to Sidney Pacific to learn from our chefs and enjoy some wonderful food and company at the same time.

Kopitiam Pre-Event Cookout: Sunday October 19th 5pm - Sidney Pacific 3rd Floor Kitchen

Cookout Dishes:

1. Pepper crab (KongJie)
2. Laksa (KongJie)
3. Bakgua (KongJie)
4. Chilli crab (Ziliang)
5. Samba Sotong (Jithin)
6. Carrot Cake (Jithin)
7. Kaya Toast (Jithin)
8. Sambal Kangkong (Kwan Chong)
9. Chicken Rice (ChunYang)
10. Nasi Lemak (Faizal, KwangYong)
11. Almond Jelly (Peiying)
12. Gorang Pisang (Christian)

Please drop me an email if you are planning on coming for the pre-event cookout.

cheers,
Kwan Chong

Hello,

Just wanted to update everyone with a couple of events coming up. Our much anticipated event Kopitiam will be organized on November 2nd at the Sidney Pacific Graduate Dorm in MIT starting around noon. Please keep the date free and come join your fellow Singaporean friends for an enjoyable afternoon of delicious local cuisine. If you are interested in helping out, our first planning meeting for the event will be on this coming Monday, October 13th at 7pm at the 3rd floor kitchen in Sidney Pacific. Kong-Jie will be making his famous Bakkwa so if that isn’t a reason for you to show up I’m not sure what is http://scripts.mit.edu/~mitsss/recipes/index.php?title=Main_Page#Bakkwa If you are interested in helping out but can’t make it for the meeting or just wish to volunteer on the day itself, please drop me an email.

MITSSS will also be organizing a paintball session the following weekend (October 18th or 19th). We will be going to P&L paintball field http://www.pnlpaintball.com/ which is about an hours drive away from Cambridge. We have managed to obtain discounted entry tickets at $5 (usual is $30) and paintballs should cost another $10-$30 depending on how much we play. Let me know if you are interested and which day you prefer. We only have 18 tickets available so spaces will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. In addition, if you have a car and are willing to drive down, let me know as well.

Have a great Columbus Day Weekend ahead!

cheers,
Kwan Chong

Hey everyone,

RSVP for Singaporean-Malaysian Mixer
Just a quick reminder to go sign up for the Singapore-Malaysian Pizza Mixer tomorrow (Saturday) night at 6pm at the Kilian Court if you still have not done so http://www.socializr.com/event/247970838 You get to enjoy free food and great company so please stop by if you are free and RSVP by tonight so that we can order enough food.

BBQ Photographs
Photographs of the BBQ are up at http://mitsss.scripts.mit.edu/home/?p=25 Thanks to Peiying and Gerard for providing the pictures. Let me know if you have additional ones that you would like to share on the site as well. I forgot to thank a few people in my previous email, namely Jiamin, Kong-Jie, Lynette and Wuisiew for preparing the amazing cheese and durian pastries as well as Zachary and Manfred for volunteering with the barbecuing (and there probably were a lot more of you that help too so thanks too!)

Recipe Box
At the request of some of our members, we have added a new recipe box onto our website. You can visit it at http://scripts.mit.edu/~mitsss/recipes/index.php?title=Main_Page otherwise there’s also a link to it from our main page. Basically, feel free to edit and add any recipes which you would like to share with others and you can always go and visit the page and try out some of the great recipes. Chef Kong-Jie will be co-ordinating it and he has already uploaded a few of his recipes there.

Wrentham Factory Outlet Trip
Lastly, the Wrentham Factory Outlet Trip is still tentatively scheduled for October 5th, more details will be provided shortly.

Have a great weekend ahead!

cheers,
Kwan Chong

Hi Everyone,

I hope that you enjoyed yourself at the New Students Welcome and Mid Autumn Festival event. We had a great time organizing the event and I would like to take the opportunity to thank the following people for their help:

Committee - Jit Hin, Alice, Charmaine
Grocery Shopping - Kah Keng, Sarah, Gerard, Michael, Jeremy
Food Preparation - Jonathan, Chun Yang, Wenxian
BBQ & Miscellaneous - Guo-Liang, Christian, Peiying, Shirleen, Yoong Keok,

And of course many of the others who helped out at some point in time, please pardon me if I have left your name out. We will be posting up pictures of the event on our website soon (http://mitsss.scripts.mit.edu/home/) Please let me know if you have any pictures that you have taken and would like to share with us.

Upcoming Events:
(1) Pizza Makan for Malaysians and Singaporeans @ MIT on Saturday Sep 20th 6-8pm at Killian Court (http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=killian+court&mapsearch=go)

We will be organizing a joint event with the Malaysian Students this Saturday at the Killian Court. It promises to be an enjoyable evening and a great opportunity to meet friends from our neighboring country. It is our first event this year with the Malaysian Students Society and they have put in a lot of effort in coordinating the event so please do drop by to lend your support. Non-MIT students are most welcome to attend the event as well.

Please RSVP at http://www.socializr.com/event/247970838 by Friday Sep 19th

(2) Basketball Sat Sep 20th 10am at Rockwell

Henry (hkoh@mit.edu) is organizing a pick up basketball session this Saturday. Check our activities wiki (http://scripts.mit.edu/~mitsss/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page) for more details and to sign up or email Henry if you have any additional questions.

(3) Wrentham Factory Outlet Trip Oct 5th

The Wrentham Factory Outlet trip is tentatively scheduled on the 5th of October. It is jointly organizing by the MIT and Harvard Student Societies. More details and confirmation will follow. Let us know if you have any conflicts or issues with the date.

(4) SIMTech Recruitment

Short snippet from SIMTech who are interested in hiring students for research opportunities back in Singapore. Visit their website for more details or let me know if you want Teck Siong’s contact.

Good day to you! My name is Teck Siong, and I am with the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), which is a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). We are planning a recruitment campaign for both undergraduate and postgraduate students who are in the Engineering faculties and wish to seek your assistance in inviting interested students to apply for our research positions.

Our delegation is visiting selected universities in the eastern part of United States of America sometime in November. We are especially keen to attract final year Singaporeans back home to embark on a research career in the science and engineering field. We are also open to recruiting other nationalities if they possess the right experience and qualifications. For full details of the vacancies, please visit: http://www.simtech.a-star.edu.sg/.

Kwan Chong