Malaysian Mensa Society 25th Annivesary (15th-17th May, Penang)

Malaysian Mensa Society 25th Anniversary Convention
PROGRAM


Friday 15 May 2009
3.00 pm onwards Check-in Hydro Majestic Batu Ferringhi Penang
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm Ice-breaker session (venue in hotel lounge area)

Saturday 16 May 2009
9.00 am – 9.30 am SPEAKER 1 & 2
9.30 am – 10.00 am SPEAKER 3 & 14
10.00 am – 10.30 am SPEAKER 5 & 6
10.30 am – 11.00 am Coffee Break
11.00 am – 11.30 am SPEAKER 7 & 8
11.30 am – 12.00 pm SPEAKER 9 & 10
12.00 pm – 12.30 pm SPEAKER 11 & 13
12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm AGM
3.30 pm – 4.00 pm Coffee Break
4.00 pm – 4.30 pm SPEAKER 12 & 4
4.30 pm – 5.00 pm SPEAKER 12 & 15
7.00 pm – 10.00 pm Gala Dinner

Sunday 17 May 2009
9.00 am – 11.00 am Sudoku & Grabble competition
11.00 am – 11.30 am Prize Giving & END


Gala Dinner Program
7.00 pm – 7.15 pm Organising Chairman (Jay) & Chairman (LKL) Speech
7.15 pm – 8.15 pm Dinner is served
8.15 pm – 9.00 pm Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon’s Keynote Address
History of Malaysian Mensa with Q & A
9.00 pm – 9.30 pm Recognition
9.30 pm – 10.00 pm Free and Easy

SPEAKERS TITLE

1. Low Keng Lok Mensa International - Governance
2. Ismail Omar Why You Should Learn French
3. Lawrence Hie Treasure Hunts
4. Heah Kok Soon Life Cycle of a Business
5. Datin Dr PW Yim The Table
6. Datuk Dr TC Chin Licking Good - Philately
7. Lim Eng Hoo Scuba
8. Yeoh Chen Chow Finding a Job in Turbulent Times
9. Lee Yee Dian The Lighter Side of Inventions
10. Low Keng Lok Dubai – The Fastest Growing City in the World
11. Jayaram Crossword Puzzles
12. Nick Miller Boldly Going where no one has gone before(1 hr)
13. Nic Sim (e commerce)
14. Sim PC Introduction to Non-Doing Mind and Insightful
Learning
15 Fintan Ooi How Not to Climb a Mountain

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25th AGM of Malaysian Mensa Society

To All Members of the Malaysian Mensa Society

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Malaysian Mensa Society will be held as follows :

Date: Saturday, 16 May 2009
Time: 1.30 p.m. - Registration
2.00 p.m. - Commencement of AGM

Venue: Hydro Majestic Hotel Penang
11100 Batu Ferringhi
Penang

Dress Code: Smart Casual


The AGENDA for the meeting shall be as follows :

1. Opening Address by the Chairman
2. Confirmation of the Minutes of the 24th AGM held on 12 April 2008
3. Matters Arising from the 24th AGM
4. The National Committee's Report for year 2008 / 2009
5. Treasurer's Report and Audited Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008
6. Motions for Discussion
7. Appointment of Honorary Auditors
8. Announcement of the 2009 / 2010 National Committee.
9. Any Other Business
(a) Signatories to Bank Account
(b) Other Matters

Yours faithfully

Lisa Lee (M/1603)
Secretary 2008/2009
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Mensa Penang Annual General Meeting

Mensa Penang Annual General Meeting (AGM) is happening this Sunday, 15th March 2009, Noon to 4pm at Berjaya Georgetown Hotel Penang.

Noon - Lunch at Hotel Cafe
After Lunch - Short Games, Puzzles - Ice Breaker
3pm - AGM

It would be:-
RM10 for members
RM15 for non-members

This is inclusive of lunch, which is heavily subsidized by Mensa Penang.


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Mensa Education & Research Foundation International Scholarship Program

Thanks to my loyal blog reader for highlighting this.

The Mensa Education & Research Foundation International Scholarship Program is intended to provide scholarships for foreign students enrolled at colleges or universities in the United States. The program follows, in broad terms, the outline of the scholarship program already in place in the United States. The scholarship process begins during the first week of September and ends with the scholarship application deadline of Jan. 15.

Eligibility is limited to Mensa members (except American Mensa) or their children age 25 or younger. An application form with more information can be downloaded below.

Some of the past scholarship winners are:-

2007 - 2008: Andrzej Nowojewski, Mensa Poland
2004 - 2005: SuiLin Yap, Mensa Australia
2003 - 2004: Daniel Foong, Mensa Malaysia

They got USD1,000 for their efforts. Both Suilin and Daniel are Malaysians, so we have gotten 2 out of 3 of the recent awards.

Do get full information here

The application form is here


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Malaysian Mensa Society Planet Green Treasure Hunt

This morning is the Malaysian Mensa Society Planet Green Treasure Hunt. This year's response has been pretty good, with a grand total of 44 cars participating. All of the cars were flagged off at 8am, and they have until 1pm to come back to Sri KDU (which is the venue sponsor).

Lawrence Hie, who has been dedicated set the questions for Mensa Hunt, is also the clerk-of-course for today. Today's theme is "Planet Green".

What inspired Lawrence to start this theme, is due to his recycling habit since 15 years ago, where his household would differentiate metal, glass, can etc, and every fortnight would send them for recycling. That's a very positive habit.

Some of the "green" tips that Lawrence shared include recycle newspaper, reuse shopping bag, use energy saving bulb etc. And all those 3 items highlighted above are today's treasure. And to support the charity initiative, the shopping bag and energy saving bulb is returned to all teams, so that they can use these 2 items in their shopping and household. That's little bit done to contribute to our mother nature.

During the morning briefing, each team has already submitted at least 20kg of newspaper. It is great to see everyone doing their little bit for our environment, and adding up all those newspapers, we have accumulated more than 1 tonne of newspaper. That is amazing. Malaysian Mensa Society would be doing a dollar-to-dollar matching to those money raised from the recycling and would be donated to WWF. Malaysia Newsprint Industries Sdn Bhd supported this initiative by picking up the newspaper today, as well as offering a higher than usual rate of payment for the newspaper, as part of their contribution and support to the charity.

So, how much impact this 1 tonne of newspaper recycling would bring to our environment. Read here :-
a) It would save 17 trees from being chopped down. (Yes, that's how many grown-up trees are needed to produce 1 tonne of newspaper.
b) Energy used to produce the paper is saved by between 50% to 67%.

So, every of this little effort would bring a lot of difference. It would be great if each of us could do our little part and make a big difference in our community.

Ok. Lets go down to the Treasure Hunt questions. All these are copyrighted by Lawrence. This sharing is based on what I could jot down during his presentation.

Q1. Reduced carbon footprint from home at the top
A1. Greenhill Residence

Q2. Resolution a week before new year
A2. LENO Corporation Berhad (Christmas is Noel and resolution is an anagram key word)

Q3. His life resulted in further research into an adverse neurological disorder
A3. Lorenzo

Q4. Persuasive advocate against man-made climatic change
A4. Alstrong

Q5. Well known wildlife conservationist impaled by swimmer
A5. Irwin

Q6. I need further details where can I get information about things that affect the environment.
A6. Tell me more www.airproducts.com.my

Q7. The white one from booker prize winner is not about wildlife endangerment
A7. Tiger

Q8. Dangerous seaway where modern day buccaneers lurk
A8. Restoran Aden

Q9. Curbing hair spurt here
A9. Sharitpur mini market sdn bhd

Q10. Designed to give resistance with a tiny change in me
A10. Mintye Brakes (Me on the outside, with tiny anagram)

Q11. Automobile community is cutting service here
A11. Carnation Hair Salon

Q12. Concise & Imaginative
A12. Laconic Creative

Q13. 2 aspects of environment that are here to stay
A13. Hotel Forest Hill

Q14. Jet alarm plays an important role where we are concerned
A14. Jar Metal (M) Sdn Bhd Recycling (plays is an anagram)

Q15. Collision of this in the LHC might reveal the secrets of the natural world
A15. Proton

Q16. Way behind after I left to get a personal electrical transporter
A16. SEGi University College

Q17. Positively and Periodically found alongside gold
A17. Proton Platinium

Q18. Another name for the rainforest?
A18. Timberland (Rimba Mulia Management is accepted too)

Q19. Movie where protagonist seems to know what will happen
A19. Next

Q20. Connection to a thousand here
A20. M-Link

Q21. Could be reinvent after recycle, reduce and reuse
A21. The Fourth R Computer Center

Q22. Toy tag tied wrongly requires prompt action
A22. Get it today

Q23. Select many ideas from others is a typical characteristic not for the faint-hearted.
A23. Eclectic quinessential bold

Q24. Stop large defects for energy conservation
A24. LP Gas Store

Q25. Port usage includes organized tour
A25. Ortus

Q26. Brown clouds are reducing this in some Asian cities
A26. Sunshine

Q27. Ya, Oasis Palm Resort, Many send postcards here
A27. Pos Malaysia

Q28. Watch for refurbished eastern cruise line
A28. Cineleisure

Tie-Break Question 1. When there is wrongdoing, it will be secreted for asimilation
A1. PEP (if you add a sin, it becomes pepsin)

Tie-Break Question 2. Locomotor trend changes availability
A2. Cold Room To Let

Tie-Break Question 3. Jelly Fish Seen Here
A3. Medusa Hair Studio

Puzzle Question:-
36 48 54 99 87
43 94 36 26 80
39 62 ?? 10 25

(For each line, first number is top left, then top right, then center, then bottom left and then bottom right)

Answer: 28

For treasures, they are:-
1. At least 20kg of newspaper
2. Reusable shopping bag (Tesco, Jusco, Giant)
3. Philip Genie 14W Warm White Energy Saver
4. First Choice Biodegradable Gabbage Bag (Large)
5. Salonpas Patches in a Pack
6. Campbell Tomato Juice or V8 Campbell Juice

For each of the 28 questions, they are 3 marks each, so total is 84 marks
Puzzle is 4 marks
1st Treasure - Newspaper is 12 marks
2nd to 6th Treasure - each is 8 marks, so total is 40 marks
Grand total is 140 marks.

Champion team has 140 marks! Congrats!
2nd and 3rd place has 137 marks.
5th - 133 marks (95% correct)
10th - 126 marks (90% correct)
15th - 116 marks (83% correct)
20th - 110 marks (79% correct)
25th - 104 marks (75% correct)

Total cars are 44 cars. So, more than half of the team got more than 75% correct!

Thanks again for the support for Malaysian Mensa Society Planet Green Treasure Hunt
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Malaysian Mensa & Sunway UC Forum On Intelligence

Malaysian Mensa Society and Sunway University College are organizing the Forum On Intelligence on "Research on Memory And Intelligence", with seminars on several topics:-

a) Does knowing who you are make you intelligent?
b) Indiana Jones and the Secret of Crystalised Intelligence.
c) Should Intelligent People Lead Our Society?
d) Does today's education really care about what we know and can do.

It would be held on 22nd November, Saturday, 9am to 2:30pm at Auditorium 2, Sunway University College.

It would be RM30 for Mensa members and Sunway UC Staff/students. For general public, it would be RM50.

It would include a sumptuous lunch, a tea break and also notes.

There would be a Malaysian Mensa Admission Test there too at 1pm.

This event is brought to you by Malaysian Mensa Society and Sunway University College.


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Malaysian Mensa Treasure Hunt 2008

Malaysian Mensa Treasure Hunt, often dubbed as one of the most challenging hunts in the country, would be held on:-

Date: 14 December 2008

Start/End: Sri KDU Smart School
No 5, Jalan Teknologi 2/1
Kota Damansara

Entry Fees:
For Members/ Sri KDU: RM70.00 per person
For Non=Members: RM80.00 per person
For Child (below 12 yrs): RM40.00 per person

For more details, go to Malaysian Mensa Website


To all Mensans, don't forget to put into your calendar 15th to 17th May 2009, The 25th Anniversary of Malaysian Mensa Society. It would be held in Penang! Some Chairman of other countries' Mensa have confirmed attending the anniversary.

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Malaysian Mensa Forum On Intelligence

Malaysian Mensa Society would be organizing its Forum On Intelligence on 22nd November 2008 with Sunway University College.

The details are as follow:-
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Research on Memory and Intelligence
What We Know and What We Are Not Doing!

Jointly Organized by
Malaysian Mensa Society
&
Department of Psychology
School of Health & Natural Sciences
Sunway University College

22nd November 2008
Auditorium 2, Sunway University College
No 5, Jalan Universiti
Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya

Cost (inclusive of tea break & lunch):
RM30 – Mensa Members
RM30 – Sunway University College Staff & Students
RM50 – Other members of the public

To Register, contact:-
Yeoh Chen Chow
Asst. Secretary, Malaysian Mensa
Tel: 019-6888666
Email: asst-secretary@malaysianmensa.org

Ms. Jeannie Lam
Sunway University College
Tel: 03-74918622 Ext 3130

Registration:-
Please furnish this info when register with us.

Name:-
Email Address:-
Phone Number:-
If Mensa member, Membership Number:-
If Sunway Staff/Student, ID Number:-

Time Table

Time Topic Speakers
9 am Registration
9.30 Opening Speech
9.35 Presentation 1 –“Does knowing who you are make you intelligent?” by Cheong Sau Kuan

What is intelligence, how do you know you are intelligent? What role does memory play in intelligence? Where do we draw the line? Is intelligence such an abstract concept that simply knowing where you stand makes you wise and intelligent? These are some of the questions addressed in this presentation.

10.30 am Morning Tea
11 am Presentation 2 – “Indiana Jones and the Secret of Crystalised Intelligence!” by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teoh Hsien-Jin

How does Indiana Jones do what he does? Where are the boundaries between intelligence, perseverance and success. This talk draws on the lessons learnt from the Indiana Jones movies to re-examine the links between intelligence as a natural and learnt ability.

12 noon Discussion Panel
Should brilliant people lead our society?
Moderator: To be confirmed

Assoc Prof Dr Teoh Hsien-Jin
Cheong Sau Kuan
Elaine Yong

1 pm Lunch and MENSA Testing (RM45 only for the Mensa Test)

2 pm Presentation 3: Lessons from Memory and Intelligence Research: Does today’s education really care about what we know and can do? by Elaine Yong

What are scientific and social lessons of memory and intelligence telling us? Are these lessons appreciated, and why might we be limiting, rather than maximizing our intellectual abilities. These issues are explored in this lecture, with a special emphasis on where we might be heading as an education system.

3:00 pm Closing Ceremony

Speakers Profiles

Cheong Sau Kuan is a Clinical Psychologist who completed her undergraduate and post-graduate training in Clinical Psychology at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She has practiced at the Health Psychology Clinic, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and also at the Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her clinical interests include autism, learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and non-compliance. During the course of her work, she has also spent time developing curriculums for pre-school children, and social skill training programmes for primary school children. Amongst her teaching responsibilities are guiding students in the areas of cognition and perception. She is currently a lecturer at the Dept of Psychology, Sunway University College.

Assoc. Prof. Dr Teoh Hsien-Jin is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who trained at Keele University UK, University of New South Wales and the University of Western Australia. In contributing to the mental health of Malaysians, he has carried out projects with the Ministry of Health, Youth and Sports and Womens and Family Affairs. Academically, he was previously responsible for the Masters of Clinical Psychology course at the Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and he is currently the Head of Psychology, School of Health and Natural Sciences, Sunway University College. In terms of research, Prof Teoh has carried out and supervised research related to memory, handedness, mental health issues, headaches, weight loss, and children’s issues. He also teaches courses in the field of Neuropsychology, Cognition and Perception.

Elaine Yong is a Developmental Psychologist who obtained her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Psychology and Developmental Psychology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her clinical work has been carried out in University Malaya Medical Centre. Her areas of research interest include adult patient care-givers coping strategies, learning and teaching strategies in kindergartens, and parents coping with children with physical illness. In her professional career, she has also spent time working in a training capacity with financial institutions and also with kindergartens.





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Malaysian Mensa Society 24th Anniversary Dinner

Malaysian Mensa Society 24th Anniversary Dinner

Date:- 21st June 2008 (Saturday)
Time:- 7:30pm
Venue:- President's Room (1st Floor, next to Ballroom), Royal Selangor Club (Dataran Merdeka) http://rscweb.org.my/
Cost:- RM35 Nett (Mensan) RM45 Nett (Non-Mensan)
Dress Code:- Smart Casual
Maximum Capacity:- 50 People (Priority given to Mensans if sign up by 3rd May)


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"Thing" Out of the Box Talk

Lee Yee Dian, a fellow Mensan would be giving a talk :-

Topic: "Thing" Out of the Box.

Venue:
Mensa Administration Office
Suite 635 Block A2,
Leisure Commerce Square,
9 Jalan PJS 8/9
46150 Petaling Jaya

Time: 3.00 p.m.

Yee Dian's talk is always interesting. So, hope that some of you could pop by for that!

Scholarships Talk in Penang

Thanks to the invitation from Mensa Penang, today, I had a chance to share with about 130 students and parents in Caring Society Complex in Penang on How to Apply for Scholarships to Study in U.S.

It is a great session and it is a great crowd. Thanks to Nic and Krista for organizing this and it is great to see PC Sim, Immediate Past Chairman of Mensa Penang there as well.

Covered various aspects during the session, from life being a student in U.S., various scholarships opportunities in Malaysia, especially on JPA, scholarships from Singapore and also those financial aids from U.S., and also some tips of applications.

Guess, the 2 hours were not really sufficient. So, a lot of things had to be rushed over. But guess, the attendees have a good sense of what was covered.

Seems a fruitful session!

Mensa Forum On Intelligence

Malaysian Mensa Society and Dept of Psychology, School of Health & Natural Sciences, Sunway University College jointly organize Forum On Intelligence 2007, with the theme of Intelligence in Management.

It would be held on 24th November 2007 (Saturday) 9am to 3:30pm at:-
Auditorium 7
Sunway University College
No.5, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway
46150 Petaling Jaya

The cost is very minimal, and it includes lunch and tea break.

RM30 Mensans
RM30 Sunway University College Staff & Students
RM50 Other members of the public

There would be a Malaysian Mensa Admission Test (Cost RM35) at 1pm there too!

The Programs are:-

9.00 am Registration

9.30 am Opening Speech by Mensa Chairman, Low Keng Lok

9.35 am Presentation 1 by Dr Marie-Aimee Tourres (Manchester Business School Worldwide / Sunway University College)
"Managing People at a National Level During a Crisis"

10.10 am Morning Tea

10.30 am Presentation 2 by Mr Baskaran Sabapathy (School of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Management, Sunway University College)
"Managing Personnel in the Hospitality Industry"

11.15 am Presentation 3 by Dr Lowell John Gretebeck (School of Business and Law, Sunway University College)
"Oyster Soup as a Model of Effective Management"

12.00 noon Panel Discussion on "Management - Instinct or Intelligence?"
Panelists - Dr Teoh Hsien-Jin (Chair)
Mr Baskaran Sabapathy
Dr Lowell John Gretebeck
Dr Marie-Aimee Tourres

1.00 pm Lunch and Malaysian Mensa Admissions Test

1.45 pm Special Screening from National Geographic Channel
"My Brilliant Brain - Make Me A Genius"

2.35 pm Presentation 4 by Dr Teoh Hsien-Jin (Dept of Psychology School of Health & Natural Sciences, Sunway University College)
"Management across the Next Frontier: Keeping Humans in Orbit, and the Ground, Communicating"

3.35 pm Closing Ceremony

Click here for full details

Mensa New Address

For all who intend to sit for Malaysian Mensa Admission Test, the address of Mensa National Administrative Center has been moved to:-

Suite 635 Block A2,
Leisure Commerce Square,
9 Jalan PJS 8/9
46150 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

Mensa testing is on every 2nd Saturday of each month at 3pm. Please check out further details at Malaysian Mensa Society's Website

Mensa Admission Tests

There would be additional 7 sessions of Mensa test this week, in conjunction with Festival of the Mind, organized by Malaysian Mental Literacy Movement.

It would be held at University Tunku Abdul Rahman campus at Jalan SS13/6, PJ.

The Malaysian Mensa Admission Test slots would be as follow.

25 Oct: 2-3 pm
26 Oct: 10-11 am, 2-3 pm
27 Oct: 10-11 am, 3-4 pm
28 Oct: 10-11 am, 3-4 pm

It would cost RM30 only for these 7 sessions.

Malaysian Mensa Admission Testing Dates

There have been questions on when next Malaysian Mensa Admissions Test date would be. So, here it is:-

28th October 2007 (National Science Center)
10th November 2007 (Malaysian Mensa National Administrative Office)
24th November 2007 (Special Session at Sunway University College, in conjunction with Mensa Forum On Intelligence. Time to be determined later, would be around lunch time)
8th December 2007(Malaysian Mensa National Administrative Office)
30th December 2007(National Science Center)

For all testings (unless stated otherwise), testing time would be at 3:00pm. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before testing time.

Malaysian Mensa National Administrative Office is located at B-2-10, Dataran Glomac, Jalan SS 6/20, Kelana Jaya, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

National Science Center is located at Bukit Kiara.

If you have further questions, do go to Malaysian Mensa Society's Website to find out.

Mensa Admissions Test would be 40 minutes long (for the actual test itself, with another 10 minutes or so for briefing before and after). There would be 36 minutes allocated, with all questions have 9 multiple choice selections.

Your IQ would be compared against all those who are same age as you. So, don't worry if you are too young or too old, and feel that you would be disadvantaged. Minimum age to take the test would be 14 years old.

Cost to take the test would be RM35.

Maximum IQ would be 180. Minimum IQ score to qualify for Malaysian Mensa would be 148, which means top 2% of world population.

Even if you get below 148, you would get to know your actual IQ score and know where you stand compared to the rest of world population. So, even if say you get 120, it still means that you are better than maybe 70% or 80% of world population. Average IQ is 100 (Which also means you would be better than 50% of world population, if your IQ score is 100).

On what Mensa members would do? There are often many networking dinners, where Mensans and friends dine and sometimes wine together. Often, there would be some brain teasers or wine quizzes or other fun activities too. Some of those dinners are pot luck, which means you bring some food each. Some are at some unique restaurants. Some are theme dinner, where members dress up, like African, Alice in Wonderland, Sparkling etc.

Recently, there is also a trip to Kuala Selangor to watch firefly, as well as have a dinner there. There was also a recent waterfall visit trip. Occasionally, there is also hiking trip. There is also some Makan-Makan trip. Last year, there was one which head up north, where Mensans in KL met up with members in Penang and Ipoh, while having food all the way up north.

Other more intellectual events include forum on intelligence, sudoku, scrabble, treasure hunt, as well as a bunch of talks, like scholarships talk, career talk, mining talk etc.

And of course, there is a Mensa monthly magazine, where the members can write on anything. from travel, technology, to their life etc.

You can check out the PDF version of magazine here

Mensa 61st Anniversary Dinner

Tonight, at the Peninsula Residence Hotel, 59 Mensans and friends gathered to celebrate the 61st Anniversary of Mensa and it is also the 23rd Anniversary of Malaysian Mensa.

We had the honor of Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon, CEO of Royal Selangor Pewter attending the event. Tan Sri Yong is also the founder and first chairman of Malaysian Mensa. It definitely brought back deep memories of many Mensans who have been around for a long time. Another founder member, Lee Loy Fatt was there too, as well as many other Mensans.

Our Chairman, Low Keng Lok was giving his speech to fellow Malaysian Mensans. Keng Lok has been instrumental in getting many Mensa members to attend the dinner~!

It is definitely heartening to see other Mensans there and see how everyone catch up with others. It is a great way for Mensans to keep in touch with one another.

As usual, Yee Dian brought out his mind games. Those are definitely fun. This time around, he brought around 10 objects, which he collected from around the world, and all of them do look very wierd. And fellow Mensans' job is to guess what its use is for.

Eventually, it is won by the pair consisting 2 of our ex-chairman, Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon and Mr. Lawrence Hie. They got 7 out of 10 correct. It really brought out the best out of Mensans! And more importantly, have fun!

As a personal reflection, since I joined Malaysian Mensa Society 11 years ago, it has brought me a lot of fun. This time around, managed to see a number of new Mensans attending. A couple of my friends, David Khaw Teik Keong and Alex Chia went and they really had a good time!

For those of you who wanted to sit for Mensa Admissions Test, do check out the website above or just contact me.

Malaysia Festival of the Mind

Got an email today on Malaysia Festival of the Mind. It is organized by Malaysian Mental Literacy Movement (MMLM).

It would be held on the 25th to 28th October 2007 (Thursday to Sunday) at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), 13, Jalan 13/6, 46200 Petaling Jaya. The event would be from 9:30am to 4:30pm. Admission is free.

There will be a bunch of demos, talks, exhibitions etc, to create awareness on mental literacy.

For more info, can contact MMLM at mmlmmalaysia@yahoo.com or call them at 03-76250328.

In my opinion, this is a fantastic event, where we can learn on various aspects on mental literacy. I haven't been to any MMLM event before, but am going to check this out this round.

I have obtained the talks schedule and it seems pretty interesting!

All sessions are at Auditorium 3, except otherwise specified.

25th October (Thurs)
11:00am-11:45am - Master your life through the power of your mind
11:45am-12:45pm - Developing openness to new ideas for enhancing creative thinking
2:00pm-3:00pm - Management Tools - 6 thinking hats
3:15pm-3:30pm - Live demonstration on trained memory
3:30pm-4:30pm - Face & Destiny - Understanding yourself and others

26th October (Friday)
10:00am-11:00am - Feng Shui for wealth, education and career
11:15am-11:30am - Live demonstration on trained memory
11:30am-12:30pm - Do you use only 10% of your brain?
2:00pm-3:00pm - TRANCEform your MIND
3:15pm-3:30pm - Live demonstration on trained memory
3:30pm-4:30pm - Thinking out of the box
3:30pm-4:30pm - Master your life through the power of your mind (Seminar Room 4)

27th October (Saturday)
10:00am-11:30am - Boost your brain power for breakthrough results
11:30am-12:30pm - Speed reading
11:30am-12:30pm - Master your life through the power of your mind (Seminar Room 4)
2:00pm-3:00pm - The creativity mind in management
3:15pm-3:30pm - Live demonstration on trained memory
3:30pm-4:30pm - Ba Zi: Your destiny & career

28th October (Sunday)
10:00am-11:00am - Brain learning for the 21st century
11:15am-11:30am - Live demonstration on trained memory
11:30am-12:30pm - Date Selection - doing the right thing at the right time
2:00pm-3:00pm - Painting with your mind
3:15pm-3:30pm - Live demonstration on trained memory
3:30pm-4:30pm - Intuitive Intelligence

There is also another talk, which is a prelude to the actual event:-

Talk by Mr. Anant Kasibhatla, who would be talking on Dynamic Mind Aerobics. It would be on 20th October (Saturday) 9:45am to noon at Auditorium, Center for Extension Education, 11, Jalan 13/6, UTAR, PJ.

For reservation, do email mmlmmalaysia@yahoo.com or call/sms Shreen/Foong Yi at 03-76250328/ 016-2233559.

There would be a Mensa booth there too!