二十二岁的天空: October 2008

Friends out there...

Michael Teoh is racing for the Malaysia Most Outstanding Youth Award 2008 !

http://www.ayaawards.com/

Yea, he's one of the 7 final nominees

also the one and only Chinese to be nominated this year

pride of INTI, pride of Malaysia, pride of Chinese ~!

let's vote for him !!

http://www.ayaawards.com/ynom4.cfm

and I managed to get to him give some inspiring words to all of us... =D

Just Your Average Neighbourhood Penang-Boy from IICP

Michael Teoh’s message to all everyone:

‘I have to admit where my grass roots first started. It started off in a typical classroom in IICP, where Penang’s best students gather to further their tertiary education! For me, the way I saw education was more than a square classroom where the lecturers control the flow of learning for students – I see a learning experience through Experimentation, Implementation and Achievement outside of the classroom! Well, for me, IICP supports that learning so well!’

‘With my finalist nomination into the AYA Dream Malaysia Most Outstanding Youth Awards 2008 – A dream has been realised! However, this is not my Dream alone, as I have envisioned, this is a Dream for all IICP students! We are not showing that we have a ‘Perfectly All-Rounded’ Alumni back in 2006! No! We are showing to Malaysia that IICP students stand for what they are bred for that is – Excellence and we are guided by Achievements!’

‘None of my achievements could have been realised at this stage with the students’ support! Even I have never seen some of you before, I am keen to meet you in a way or two in the future!’

‘Why?’

‘Because it is the thought about how supportive you, as a student, a keen-learner, a youth leader in my college of IICP that keeps me going, motivated and driven every morning. I am actually typing this at 5.00 a.m. (New Zealand time now for Boon Seng).’

‘With my nomination into the AYA Awards, I hope that I can now provide all of you with a ‘Torch-Light.’ No fears and worries on what you should do next, but rather, knowing that there is one keen Alumni, Friend and Eager Learner as well to help you out in the future!’

‘You are no longer wandering in a cave of darkness aimlessly. You have a guide, and lets make the best of it together! I volunteer!!!’

Cheers and Thanks for Voting!

Will be seeing you folks in 2009 or sooner!

Michael Teoh

Michael’s 1^st(s) is New Zealand

‘Despite being a foreign international student in New Zealand, Michael has rose to prove sceptics wrong about how competitive Malaysian youths can be! Within two years of his studies there alone, he has achieved many ‘Firsts’ in his growth.’

- The Only Penangite and youngest to contest for the AYA Dream Malaysia Most Outstanding Youth 2008 title

- 1^st and Only Student to have Qualified and Hand-picked by Harvard University to participate in the Harvard Business Conference, Asia and Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations, representing New Zealand

- Michael was picked by Harvard University as one of Asia’s Most Prominent Minds in Business (Youth category) in terms of Corporate Governance and Youth Empowerment in the Boardroom

- 1^st and thus far, Only university student to have won the Double Business Championship the SIFE New Zealand Champion (2007 & 2008) and the Deloitte National Case Championship

- 1^st New Zealand student to have won the SIFE New Zealand Business Championship twice (2007 & 2008)

- One of the 1^st student in New Zealand (In a team of 4) to have won the 1^st Deloitte National Business Case Competition 2008

- 1^st and Only New Zealand Business student to have competed and became the Finalist for the New Zealand Microsoft Imagine Cup ‘Software Engineering’ competition

- 1^st New Zealand student to have represented New Zealand into two SIFE World Cups (2007 at New York, 2008 at Singapore)

- 1^st student to have been invited by Citigroup to participate in Asia’s most prestigious business competition – Citi International Case Competition 2008, Hong Kong

- Team Captain for SIFE New Zealand, representing the country into the SIFE World Cup 2008, Singapore – Despite being a foreigner

- Became the world’s Top 10 Best Business Student and Team for the SIFE World Cup 2007 at New York

- Elected as the youngest delegate into the prestigious ‘Top-to Future Top CEO Forum’ at New York

Michael’s Past Achievements in IICP

‘The Past will be the Past, however I always remember, about tracing back to our grassroots and INTI was the place where I started to blossom!’

ü INTIMA President (2006) – Some referred him as the 1^st INTIMA President that revived the Student Government during its initial stages. Michael calls it ‘INTI gave me a golden opportunity and it could never have been realised without the tremendous team I had that time! The thanks are owed to them, not me.’

ü CEO of INTI Chamber of Commerce (2006) – The founder and chief for the collective of IICP’s business students’ associations. Michael says ‘It started off quite humbly, and I am glad that it has grown into something extravagant today! Its not my effort, it’s the efforts of those future leaders of CoC now!’

ü English Society President (2006) – Students in 2006 like to call it the ‘Reality Show’ event management club of IICP. Why not? Michael has implemented crazy student activities from Survivor, to Debate Tournaments to Amazing Race concept activities. ‘I was experimenting with what Mark Burnett (Producer for Survivor & The Apprentice) would do, and thank goodness, the students loved it! Again, it was not me alone who made it all possible – Huge applause to the student team that helped me!’

ü Youth Director, DiGi Street Blast (2006) – Critics panned this event as one that would either ‘Make’ or ‘Break’ Michael Teoh. ‘Organising the biggest youth festival in the Northern Region of Malaysia with DiGi Berhad is tough and certainly it would have broken me, if it was not for thet superb help from INTIMA! INTIMA is just a breeding ground for excellent leaders! I owe it to them!’

ü Science and Maths Society President (2005) – ‘My first run as President, and we organised the 1^st Alumni Night (if memory serves me correctly) that year! We also organised the annual HSC Summer Carnival – A combination of Amazing Race through Botanical Gardens, wrapping up with a nice BBQ by the beach – Totally priceless.’

Michael’s message (Again) to everyone :

‘If and hopefully with God’s Blessings, I am conferred with the title of being Malaysia’s Most Outstanding Youth, this title is going out to all IICP students, from past to the present, to the future! It shows our accomplishments! Believe me, you all continue to inspire me even without knowing!’

Peace and Good Luck for your Exams!

So Guy and Girls out there... Regardless whether you're from INTI or not..
Whether you know him or not..
let's vote for him !!!

He deserves to be crowned as Malaysia Most Outstanding Youth 2008 lar wei..
don't believe, read his resume above...
got invited to Harvard somemore o,O...

so let's together VOTE for him !

What you havta do is...

Step 1:
Type: AYA (SPACE) Y (SPACE) 4

Step 2:
Send to: 36828

also, help to post this post at ur blog ya if possible..
thanks a lot o =)

pride of Penangnites, pride of Malaysian, pride of Chinese~