Redang 09

At the jetty, waiting for the boat to come.
Everyone’s feeling groggy after 10 hrs bus ride.

And we’re here!

At our resort, preparing for first dive!

Off we go! First dive of the trip: Shore dive
what an experience! The tank is FREAKING heavy.

Under the seaaa,

Under the seaaa~

Happy people after dive!

The things we do…

1)      Drive the speedboat

2)      Act cool

3)      Fight on ship wrecks

4)      Then descend into the black unknown of the ship wreck.

5)      Take photos at the big lovely heart at the More More Inn

6)      Discover cute diving quotes

7)      Left our mark at Redang (spot the sticker)

Not to mention all the eating that we did.

Finally, time to go home.

Till the next dive!

SMUX Camp 09

Over 3 hectic days beginning from 09 July 09 all the way to 11 Jul 09, 122 freshmen were put through their paces experiencing many of the outdoor activities SMUXtremists had to offer as the outdoor activity arm of SMU. The camp started with a morning of registration and finding out more about SMUX through the corporate videos of the various SMUX teams, speeches and not forgetting icebreaker games to energize everyone on a beautiful morning in SMU. The rest of the day proceeded with a trek from Bukit Timah to Clementi through a densely vegetated disused railway line. The day ended with a bicycle ride from ECP to Marina Barrage through the CBD area, allowing the freshmen to take in the awesome sights of Singapore from a different perspective that biking on the streets provides.

On the next day, the freshmen were out through a programme that allowed them to experience scuba diving, underwater hockey, a skating clinic and a new outdoor activity known as jumping jacks. Jumping jacks is done by strapping a contraption to our legs, very much akin to a cross between a pogo stick and a stilt, that is strapped to our legs, allowing people to take really huge strides and jump really high. The day ended with a food trail around SMU where everyone was introduced to the great places around SMU to unwind with great company and good food.

On the last day, the freshmen were put through a kayaking orientation programme with a healthy dose of sun, sand and sea on the eastern shores of Singapore. After a draining day in the sun, sand and sea, everyone was gathered back in SMU to be presented with their name tents as a badge of honour to have survived SMUX Camp. A video was also compiled specially to recap the activities held over the past 3 days. Despite the high level of fatigue, many of the freshmen got so bonded to their groups that many decided to have dinner together rather than heading back home straight after the camp was officially over.

Last but not least, SMUX Camp 2009 was arguably one of the most well organized and enjoyable camps on the SMU calendar and it is in no small part due to the hard work put in by the dedicated organizing committee, energetic GLs, a well-equipped SMUX Crew and not forgetting the helpers who tirelessly helped us and helped ensure the success of the camp. We look forward to another awesome SMUX Camp in 2010!

Jeremy Say Gui Yong
SMUXtremists Camp ‘09
OIC

Team Highlight Reel

View some of the heights and adventures that the team has been too these past couple of years. For seniors, reflect and enjoy the good memories. For new trekkers, relish the opportunities to trek up these awesome peaks; as you grow as a trekker, adventurer and as a person.

SMUX Trekking Team Highlights Reel from Sameer Rasheed on Vimeo.

SWET comes to SMU!

SMUX Trekking Team proudly invites the NATAS Singapore Women’s Everest Team (SWET) down to SMU for an eventful night of sharing.

Singapore Women's Everest Team

For the uninitiated, SWET comprises of 6 women who had successfully summit the world’s highest peak early this year. Besides being the first all-female team from Singapore, they are also unique individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences; bound by a common aim to challenge their boundaries and pursue their desires.

Formed in 2004, they have proven their mettle as one of the toughest climbing teams around, climbing various mountains in their preparation for Everest. Some of their prior expeditions include Mera Peak (Nepal), Siguniang Mountain (Sichuan, China) and Cho Oyu (Tibet).

Click here to check out their photos and find out more about the team.

Come 21^st October 2009, we finally have the chance to meet SWET live and in person. Don’t miss this grand opportunity to hear their inspirational stories and to ask them about their motivations and endurances that got them to the highest peak on this Earth.

RSVP your presence now!

Details on the event are stated below:

Date: 21/10/09
Location: SCREME @SMU (Concourse Level)
Time: 1930

*Food & Drinks will be provided.

We’ll see you there!

P.E.E Booth Open From Wed to Fri, Book your spot now!

R&R of Crewies

Brief Outline of Roles and Responsibilities of Crew Members

President

• Be the main liaising representative of the Crew with issues pertaining to policies of the Constituent Body or Council
• Be the gatekeeper of SMUX’s mission and objectives
• Oversee School-wide events such as Patron’s Day, CCA Day, and also SMUX-wide non-event items; Seclusion, Nominations, Elections, Internal Elections
• Communicate promptly to the Crew regarding requirements from OSL and school, and updates on school policies (e.g. WPC, Elections dates etc.)
• Communicate with the Crew members regularly, and follow up on their progress

Honorary General Secretary/2IC

• Assist President in overseeing SMUX operations
• Inform/ remind/ coordinate/ maintain relationship among Crew, SMUX and OSL officers (with the SMUX President)
• Together with President, identify crucial issues and come up with agenda for meetings
• Ensure proper storage of all SMUX documents and ensure confidentiality kept by all Crew members
• Overseeing SMUX email account to ensure emails are in line with SMUX reputation and objectives
• In charge of overseeing and disseminating administrative procedures and documents
• Oversee SMUX wide non-event items such as Seclusion, Nominations, Elections, Internal Elections and AGM
• Together with Corporate Communications Manager to upkeep SMUX website

Operations Directions

• Keep abreast of everything that is happening in SMUX / may affect SMUX
• Upkeep the SMUX family spirit and maintain togetherness of SMUX members
• Be as “on-the-ground” as much as possible
• Assist and act as a link between P, 2IC and rest of SMUX (PHODs)
• Strengthen inter-team relationship
• Form teams to represent SMUX in various SMU and external competitions
• Ensure SMUX events/activities are compliant to safety regulations (SMUX Safety Guidelines)
• Assist the organizing committee in running various SMUX and team events, where applicable

Corporate Communications Manager

• Develop an overall marketing plan which can best reflect the current SMUX vision, mission and goals
• Ensure that all marketing materials under the name of SMUX adhere to SOP and portrays SMUX in the correct light
• Strengthen and refine the SMUX identity with the aid of a planned marketing strategy
• Send out emailers/information using the Xtremists account and to maintain Xtremists account with Hon Gen.
• Establish good relations with print/media companies, such as T-shirt printing companies, banner companies, etc
• Overall IC for marketing-specific SMUX events such as SMU Open House, Vivace CCA Day, etc.
• Communicate with team Marketing ICs when implementing new marketing procedures; get them involved in executing marketing plans for their respective teams (for e.g. creating their own teams’ information boards)
• Maintain and upkeep the SMUX website, Facebook account, forum, Twitter account, SMUX Flickr account and SMUX event calendar.

Financial Controller

• Track revenue and expenditure of all events for SMUX and teams; be responsible for their accuracy
• Facilitate and improve the claiming process and budgeting process
• Disseminate financial procedures to all, especially Team and Event Finance ICs
• Play an important supporting role to Finance ICs during major events
• Represent SMUX in the SAC Financial Secretary Committee
• Track and verify different sources of cashflows during events
• Work with SMUX Logistics Manager on procedures to inventorize new purchases
• Work with SMUX Honorary General Secretary/ 2IC to improve booth procedures for SMUX Event Organizing Committees

Business Development

• Maintain and expand the Xtreme Rewards Program, by:
  • Sourcing for partners that are able to meet SMUX long-term needs
  • Maintaining partner relationships
  • Ensure partner benefits are conveyed to the membership base
  • Supervise and ensure adherence to school sponsorship guidelines by Team/Event Sponsorship ICs
  • Communicate with and guide the Team Business Development ICs on conducting their sponsorship initiatives for events
  • Liaise and provide assistance to other SMU clubs (e.g. Women’s Soccer) and external parties when they approach us for expertise and resources pertaining to sponsorship
  • Develop longer term plan to raise SMUX’s profile and obtain partnerships to expand our capability to carry out new activities (e.g. working with Jumping Jacks for new Xseed activity / the Singapore Laundromat Association for Xtreme Ironing etc.)

Human Resource/ Welfare Manager

• Ensuring constant update and maintenance of Members Database

• In charge of recruitment and having well-defined procedure of Recruitment throughout the year
• Ensure the adherence to the active SMUX Membership Criteria to award members (e.g. SMUX discounts)
• Create and maintain the online registration for recruitment sessions
• Create and maintain a structured recruitment procedure so membership money is well collected and collated
• Alumni Categorization
  • Ensure that the seniors/alumni are kept in the loop for all SMUX events including welfare activities
• Organise/ Facilitate the organisation Welfare related events or matters
  • Ensure that welfare activities are not only limited to dinners and games but also extended with respect to help rendered by SMUX members to the operations of SMUX

Logistics Manager

• Oversee all SMUX logistics processes
  • As a CBD
  • At the team level
  • On an event basis
• Facilitate and ensure proper logistic process and documentation from budgeting, acquisition, asset tagging, and updating
• Facilitate and ensure
  • proper disposal and/or transfer of logistics
  • team’s maintenance and Audit of logistics
• De-conflict logistics requirement between teams and SMUX (work with the Team Managers and Team Logistics ICs as well as SMUX Financial Controller)
• Plan for long/short term logistics requirements
• Create an asset management system with the other CBDs and implement it as a SMU Asset Management System (work with the SMUSA Assets Secretary)

Team Managers

• Act as an effective communication link between the Crew and the team-members, since the teams are the heart of SMUX
• Understand the aims and focus of the Crew and integrate them into the workplan of the team
• Be actively involved in fostering inter-team family/SMUX spirit
• Gatekeeper of the team’s objective and align the team to the same goal
• Oversee all SMUX Team events/activities
• Act as a mentor and manage the team exco towards achieving the team’s goals
• Act as a main liaison between the Team and any external party (operators and other clubs)
• Devise recruitment strategies and HR policies to keep a critical mass of members.
  • Ensure safety in all of SMUX Team’s events/activities

SMUX Event Calendar

Seclusion

Date: 13^th Aug

Time: 9am

Venue: Changi Village

Sign up: http://tinyurl.com/seclusion09

XSeed

Horse Riding. The name of this activity says it all. Come experience a whole new riding experience with us!

Paintball is a sport where players try to win by hitting their opponents with pellets containing paint, usually from paintball marker with the aid of pressure. A common play mode will be “capture the flag”.  The objective of the game will be to get the other team’s flag while protecting your own. While doing so, you also try to eliminate opponents by tagging them with the pellets.

Laser tag is a sport where players eliminate their opponents by engaging targets, usually with a hand-held infrared-emitting tagger. Laser tag is considered to be less painful than paintball due to the lack of physical projectiles. Check out these pictures of our recent laser tag event: campus carnage!

Wind Tunnelling is an activity that gives participants a chance to experience the thrill of skydiving (jumping off an aeroplane) and freefalling. Xseed frequents Skyventure in genting which is the one and only wind tunnel in asia. At skyventure, you get to experience the skydiving simulator fly in winds up to 193 km/hr

XSeed

SMUX G.I Joe Screening!

Date: 12th Aug 2009
Time: 4pm
Venue: Plaze Singapura

Sign Up:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDJmQ0s2SDNKU3Rfc3Yyc1pEWjAzNkE6MA..

Payment Details:
SMUX Camp Freshies: Please pay $7.50 to your GL
SMUX Members: Please pay $7.50 to POSB Savings A/c: 209-01967-1
Please email Jeremy Poh at Jeremy.p.2008@smu.edu.sg <mailto:Jeremy.p.2008@smu.edu.sg> after making the transfer

(seats will be allocated on a first come first serve basis based on the sequence that you pay)

For any other enquires please approach any of the welfare ICs or the welfare Manager.

SMUX Biking Team- TEO Xue Kun
SMUX Diving Team- Maurine LEE Yujia
SMUX Kayaking Team- Jeremy POH Jun Xiang
SMUX Skating Team- ONG Shi Jie
SMUX Trekking Team- LEE Jian Hao
SMUX Xseed Team- Estee HO Joo Yee
Welfare Manager- SOO Su Xian