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Board of Editors

Patron:

Tuan Haji Mohamed Noor Rosli

bin Baharom

Advisors:

Muhamad Syazwan Amarjit

Juli Murshidah binti Ahmad

Munassor

Kan Wai Choong, PE Yr. 3 Sem. 1

HOT Board:

Editor-in-Chief :

Steward Baba, CE Yr. 3 Sem. 2

Co-editor:

Ting Nguong Seng, EE Yr. 1 Sem. 1

Chief Reporter:

Mostafa Mansour, EE Yr. 2 Sem. 1

Photographers:

Jeremy Low, ME Yr. 3 Sem 1

Ong Yu Han, CE Yr. 3 Sem. 1

Lim Chia Wei, PE Found. Sem 2

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By Lai Yen Hua, PE Yr. 3 Sem. 1

Tronoh, 1 June: Konsert Diraja was or-

ganised at Universiti Teknologi PETRO-

NAS (UTP) Chancellor Hall to celebrate

the 83rd birthday of HRH the Sultan of

Perak. UTP and Universiti Pendidikan

Sultan Idris (UPSI) performed numerous

performances for the night.

At 9 pm, upon the arrival of D.Y.M.M.

Paduka Seri Sultan Perak Darul Ridzuan

Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah IbniAlmarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah

Ghafarullahu-Lah and the royal family,

the Perak State Anthem was played.

Then, UPSI’s orchestra impressed the

audience with the charm of music while

UTP dancers acted out amazing

sketches. Local artists such as Suhaimi

Mior Hassan and Aishah lighted up the

concert through their breathtaking

singing.

The peak of the night was the presenta-

tion of the song Dirgahayu Tuanku Bis-

tari. The song was written by AzamDungun and Azri Abdul Aziz, to express

their love and loyalty towards the Sul-

tan. The song describes the reign of the

Sultan of Perak. After the two-hour

show, the concert ended with the Perak

State Anthem.

In the concert, loyalty has been shown

towards the Sultan of Perak through

the beauty of music and various per-

formances. At the same time, this con-

cert also reminds us to be faithful to-

wards the ruler, state and our country.

Royal Concert at UTP

Inside Stories

Happenings pg. 2,3

Perfect Score

Euphonious Finale

The Bass Life of a UTP student:

Shafuan bin Azizan

Swimming Marathon Success

Martial Arts Night

IT Fair

ElectreCup Open Futsal

Tournament

Columnn pg. 4

People You Should Know: Linus

Torvals

Smiley Saturday

Editor’s Foreword

With a slight change in personnel, weat HOT continue to feed UTP students

with latest happenings on campus. It

is nearly halfway through the semes-

ter. Surely assignments, tests, pro-

jects etc start to fill up students’ plan-

ner. Well, when you catch a break,

don’t forget HOT is always here to

accompany you during your free

time.

Been to Euphonious 2011? The finale

received critical acclaim from the

students. It’s said to be the best con-

cert ever since its installment. We

managed to interview one of the

award winners of the night. Turn to

Spotlight to get the details of the bestbassist in UTP!

Mid-semester break is ahead and

hopefully the students will make full

use of the free time for something

beneficial. Be safe!

By Boon Ee Juan, PG Yr. 3 Sem. 1

UTP Chancellor Hall, 17 June: Euphoni-

ous has been consecutively held for 6

years. A humble start as a UTP internal

band competition in 2006, Euphonious

has dramatically evolved into an Inter-

University band competition today with

participation from UniKL and UiTM

Perak. “Program Merakyat Seni Bu-

daya” Euphonious 2011 was jointly or-

ganised by International Culture Club,

Jabatan Kebudayaan Dan Kesenian Ne-

gara Perak, UTP Co-curriculum Unit, and

Student Support Services Department.

This annual event had been graced by

the attendance of UTP Chief Financial

Officer, Mr Hasbullah B Haji Ihsan and

Jabatan Kebudayaan Dan Kesenian Ne-

gara Perak’s Director, Mr Abdul Mutalib

Abd Rahman.

With the theme “Music Down Memory

Lane”, the 6 finalists were judged by Joe

Ong, Yusop Najmi Othman and Stone-

bay’s members. The finalists were

Stereopop, UiTM - Vocstic, Morven, 30

Days, Threnody, and Voodoo Child.

These bands rocked the hall with great

costumes, dances and the heart warm-ing songs. Besides, Doc Mat and Super

Friends, guest artist PESAWAT, and

Stonebay also came out with special

performances on stage.

The champion of Euphonious 2011 was

Voodoo Child who performed the songs

“Sweet Child of Mine” (Guns N' Roses),

“Bohemian Rhapsody” (Queen) and “We

Are the Champion” (Medley). They re-

ceived a cash prize of RM1000, a tro-

phy, artist contract with NSR and re-

cording album with Big A Productions.

Likewise, Voodoo Child also won the

Best Supporter Award and People's

Choice Award. On the other hand, the

first runner-up went to Morven whereas

30 Days appeared as the second runner-

up. The fourth was Threnody, followedby Stereopop and UiTM – Vocstic .

In recognition of social responsibility,

Euphonious 2011 had donated part of its

profit to Rumah Kebajikan Kanak-Kanak

Cacat Negeri Perak.

More stories on page 2

Voodoo Child Champs Euphonious’11

Performance by the students, witnessed by HRH the Sultan of Perak (depicted on the projector).

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The Bass Life of a UTP student: Shafuan bin AzizanBy Kan Wai Choong, PE Yr 3, Sem 1.

He never sees himself as he is today, the recipient of

the Best Bassist award in the recent Euphonious event,

when he first played his bass. Hailing from Bandar Ta-

sik Selatan, Selangor, he is currently pursuing his final

year of study in Civil Engineering at UTP. His music tal-

ent shines in his involvement in music bands Voodoo

Child and Stereopop. He enjoys listening to jazz music

and music brings fun to life. All these attributes pointto one man, Shafuan bin Azizan, a humble student

whose life is enriched by experience and he is eager to

share his success story.

Congratulations on your recent win at Euphonious!

How did you learn to play the bass?

Thanks! My experience in performing dates back to

my primary school years when my teachers often

asked me to sing and dance. From that, I developed

confidence. I began to learn music in my secondary

school years when I played flute for the school’s or-

chestra. In Form 3, I learned to play guitar. Then, I de-

cided to be a bassist when I came into UTP in my first

year. Investing RM700 on my first bass, I have been

practising from then on. I have no formal education on

music and my learning comes from experience, self-

learning and consistent practices.

It must have been a challenge to master the instru-

ment without proper guidance. What are your chal-

lenges and how do you balance your time for music

and study?

When I started, I do not have enough money to pay

for proper lessons. Financial challenges are always

present. My band mates and I pay for practice ses-

sions. To prepare for Euphonious, I had to pay RM5

per hour for practice. And I have two bands! I have to

allocate time for my individual practice. I practice play-

ing my instrument two hours daily in my room. As a

student, study is a priority and if there are quizzes,

tests, assignments or when the final examinations are

approaching, more time is focused on the books in-

stead of scores.

Time management is essential. Have you performed

in other places?

When I was in secondary school, I performed in the

Konsert Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia and Konsert

Diraja Kedah. With Stereopop, we won first place in

MIMET, Lumut and with Voodoo Child, it started with

a performance for Masquerade Night at Hotel Re-

gency, Ipoh.

Who inspires you in music?

My role model is my secondary school teacher, Mr

Rostam Abd Rahman. He writes scores, plays musical

instruments and sings too! We always keep in touch. I

often call him during Raya and if I go to Kedah, I will

meet him. He inspires me. My family has also been

very supportive of me in music.

What advice can you give to your fans or friends who

has interest in following your footstep?

Never give up! Even when you think you are wasting

your time, don’t stop because you are actually doing

something for your life. It is tiring but at the end of the

day, you will smile because what you got from the

hard work is a priceless experience in life.

Finally, do you have any plans in the music industry?

There are talks that Voodoo Child has a plan! But for

now, we would like to focus on getting a job and later

set-up our own funding.

Shafuan’s true life story inspires people to never give

up and take chances. Life has its destiny set upon us

and only if we are willing to take that step forward, we

can then see our true potential shine.

Best Vocalist Tengku Nurul Hidayah bt. Tengku Ishak

Best Drummer Mohd Firdaus b. Mohd Nasir

Best Guitarist Mohamad Helmi b. Mohd. Nawawi

Best Bass Guitarist Mohd. Shafuan b. Azizan

Best Keyboardist Erna Syafinaz bt. Burhanuddin

Best Accompanist Suraya bt. Chapiti

Best Self-Composed Song Kisah Aku dan Dia (Vocstic-UITM)

Best Background Singers Mohd Nasuha b. Alias

Nuur Asram b. Kamar Nordin

Hazierul Haziq b. Yahya

Muhammad Hafiz bin Izhar

Winners of Euphonious’11

The only external participant of the night: Vocstic from UiTM .

Guest performance by PESAWAT.

By Ting Nguong Seng, EE Yr. 1 Sem. 1

Tronoh, 18 June: Perfect score is held once

every fornight on Saturday at Sekolah Ke-

bangsaan Siputeh and Sekolah Kebangsaan

Jenalik. This activity is organised by Electrical

and Electronic Engineering Student Society

(E3SS) and Village 5 Student Representative

(V5SR) to get UTP students closer to the out-

side world, especially the community around

and to help those in need by doing charity

work. So far, around 20 UTP

students are involved actively

as facilitators to guide 130

school students in their stud-

ies. During the course of ac-

tivity, a facilitator will be as-

signed to a group of four or

five students so that focus can

be directed to each one of

them.

Project Manager , Nur Hi-

dayah Bt Darmizal ( EE, Yr. 2

Sem. 1) is glad that the UPSR

results for the schools have

improved (the number of stu-

dents who get 5As has in-

creased) after Perfect Score was introduced

to them. She also shares that through this

activity, one will learn to appreciate what one

has. Nevertheless, she says that more facilita-

tors are required as the number of students

are increasing. Hence, she hopes more UTP

students can join this meaningful activity and

share their knowledge with others.

Perfect Score Euphonious Finale

Eagerness of students during the session.

Smiles of the champion.

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By Steward Baba, CHE, Yr.3 Sem 2

Smiley Saturday, a charity event aimed at pro-

moting English Language, was held on 2 April2011 by the English Language Club of Universiti

Teknologi PETRONAS (UTPELC) at Sekolah Ke-

bangsaan Seri Tronoh, Tronoh. The visit received

good response from the school as nearly 250 stu-

dents from year 1 to year 6 participated. 24 com-

mittees were involved to become facilitators.

The Project Manager was Lai Yen Hua.

The day began with the gathering of all students

at the assembly hall which was led by Yashadini

Anandarajah who acted as the Master of Cere-

mony, Yashadini briefly introduced the commit-

tees and welcomed everyone for joining the

event. Students were grouped according to theiryear of studies and facilitators led each group to

respective classrooms to commence on the mod-

ules prepared.

Each facilitator had an ice-breaking session with

their group which consisted of 10-12 students.

The group had to come up with a group name to

reflect their own identity. All students were re-

minded to use only English Language as the me-

dium of communication for all discussions so as

to fulfill the objective of the event. The very first

module was a tongue twister in which each stu-dent needs to come out with a word for all the

alphabets, one after another in the group. This

module aims to stimulate the creativity of the

students by using English Language.

Next module was snap dragon. All students were

given a square paper. Step-by-step instructions

were given to fold the paper into a flower. Each

petal was given a colour and beneath every petal

was the name of the animals. The rule of the

game is to ask each student to choose a random

petal and the student has to act or do anything

that reflects the animal that is selected from the

“snap dragon”. Students were requested to asktheir friends to choose the petal and this made

them learn to communicate with one another in

English.

The last module of the event was a sketch. Stu-

dents were asked to pick up a random statement

and act it out in front of their friends. This activ-

ity emphasized the usage of English as the stu-

dents are required to use the language to guess

the gesture shown by their friends.

The closing ceremony was attended by the Head-master, the Head of English Language and also

the event advisor, Miss Gail Sylvia Steele. Prizes

were given away for the winners of the essay

writing competition which was conducted by the

school itself. Tokens of Appreciation were later

given to the school to express gratitude and

thankfulness for giving a platform to conduct the

event. It is hoped that such events will be con-

ducted again in the near future.

SMILEY SATURDAY

By Yesar Bin Mustafa Al Mulla Jabir Almaleki, Foun-

dation Sem. 3

Windows are preferred by many over Linux as they

are easier to use. Nevertheless, there are still a por-

tion of people who choose free operating system,

Linux. The earliest version of the Linux kernel is actu-ally developed by Finnish computer science student

named Linus Torvalds.

Born in Helsinki, Finland, Linus became part of an

extremely controversial family due to the fact that he

was the son of journalists Anna and Nils Torvalds as

well as the grandson of poet Ole Torvalds. His father

was involved in politics since the academic stage of

his life in university while his grandfather was very

well known in Finland for his poetry. Imagine that

Linus comes from the Swedish language speaking

minority which makes around approximately 5% of

the population. Some would ask how a man like him

would end up designing a language for a kernel.

In university, Torvalds was obsessed with computers,but it seemed that he wanted to do more than just

programming - he wanted to join the Finnish army for

his mandatory service in the armed forces. He went

for it and eventually came back holding the rank of

second lieutenant, with the role of a ballistic calcula-

tion officer. Then, he started working on Linux; he

used many machines to test it on and when he finally

came up with the stable version of the kernel. Ini-

tially he published it under the name “freax”, a com-

bination of two words, “free” and “freak”. Neverthe-

less, the name was accidentally changed to Linux

when his friend, Ari Lemmke changed the name into“Linux” while uploading it.

Torvalds lectured for some time in Helsinki University

till he obtained his masters and that was also when

he met and married Tove. As for his carrier, Linus

entered Transmeta, a firm that dealt with patents

and legal certification for micro processing products

in 1996 and continued working there until June 2003.

Then, he joined Open Source Development Labs

(Known as OSDL) which was joined with Free Stan-

dards Group later to create the Linux Foundation

where under their sponsorship he continued to de-

velop the operating system.

As he was helping many companies to start their soft-

ware and operating systems business which includedboth Red Hat and VA Linux (known today as Source

Forge, a place where many free open source soft-

ware are available for public use), he was awarded

some optional stocks by both companies as a sign of

appreciation for his efforts and after those compa-

nies were announced in the stock markets, they

made a great income and Torvalds ended up with

free 20 million dollars’ worth of stocks.

Many people wondered why he chose a Penguin as a

mascot for Linux while penguin was to some people a

fat chubby worthless animal. So, he ended up saying:“Some people have told me they don't think a fat

penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which

just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin

charging at them in excess of 100 mph”.

Linus today works

with the Linux foun-

dation to develop

Linux and make it

available for every-

one through train-

ing, introductory

session, events and

activities besides

making sure that it

stays as the freeand most secure

operating system

available today.

Linus Torvalds:The man who gave a new meaning to the word Penguin

CAMPUS DIARY

1-3 July HEP-IPTS Debating Championship2-3 July CASFUMAL Exhibition (KL Sentral)

4 July Ipoh International Run 2011

3 July Orphan Day

6-9 July SHELL Eco-Marathon 2011

16-24 July ISC Olympic

23-24 July CASFUMAL (Pan Pacific Hotel, KLIA)

UTP students conduct designed modules with the students.

Another chapter of kindness and volunteerism by UTP Students

MingguMesra

KampusReturns!14-16 June

Pocket D

Stalls arranged along the MMK site to attract visitors.

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