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• PP 50 54/06/2012 (028668) • JULY‐DECEMBER 2012

Published by

Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia No. 1, Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin

P.O. Box 12424, 50778 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: +603 2693 9366 Fax: +603 2691 5435 Email: [email protected]

Editorial Team Mahani Zainal Abidin

Steven Wong Susan Teoh

Thangam K Ramnath Zarina Zainuddin

Design

Zulkefli Udin

Photography Jefri Hambali Halil Musa

ISIS NEWS JULY ‐ DECEMBER 2012 1

WELCOME

FAREWELL

ISIS UPDATES

FURTHER STUDIES

Nor Izzatina Abd Aziz, Nottingham University UK. Izzatina posing outside the Faculty of Economics. Rumour has it that she has been sending out an SOS for Maggi Mee lately!

INTERNS

Siti Naqiah Mohd Azhar University of Washington,

Seattle

Wong Yun Wei University of Adelaide,

Australia

Billy Tea Analyst

Our heartfelt congratulations to Alizan Mahadi on his obtaining a Masters (MSc) in Sustainable Development from Uppsala University, Sweden. For those interested, Alizan is also one of ISIS Malaysia’s most eligible bachelors!

Justin Lim Research Associate

Ronnie Singh, UNIMAS, Malaysia “I would like to express my highest gratitude to ISIS Malaysia for providing me valuable experience in my career. I would like to thank every member of the Institute for their continuous guidance and support !”

GRADUATION

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Farewell

To ensure Izzatina checked her ‘meals to eat before leaving’ list, ISIS colleagues treated her to a Dim Sum lunch at China Treasure, Sime Darby Conventional Centre (photos courtesy of Zarina)

Ronnie’s Farewell Lunch, 20 July

ISIS colleagues hosted lunch at Ichiba Hokkaido Restaurant for Ronnie Singh who was leaving for post graduate studies (photo courtesy of Zarina)

Farewell Lunch for Billy Tea, 25 September

A farewell lunch for Billy Tea at Tony Roma restaurant made more memorable by a slight mishap – the guest of honor was accidentally left behind at the office! (photo courtesy of Zarina)

Farewell Lunch for Izzatina, 10 September


STAFF EVENTS

ISIS Raya Celebrations, 29 August

ISIS Muslim staff in colorful traditional garb held a ‘potluck’ Raya feast at the ISIS Dining Hall (photos courtesy of Halil, Hanafi, Jeff and Zarina)

The 24th Asia Pacific Roundtable (APR) 7‐9 June 2010

More photos of ISIS Raya Celebration ‘Open House’, 29 August

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STAFF EVENTS

First Floor Open House, 11 September

The First Floor hosted a combined Hari Raya/Deepavali/Christmas Open House and treated colleagues to home‐made goodies! (photos courtesy of Zarina)

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STAFF EVENTS

Happy Birthday!

We would like to congratulate Elina Nor for her excellent achievement at the 12th World Chin Woo Martial Arts Cultural Exchange Convention held in Tianjin, China on 18 – 23 October 2012. As a member of the Team Chin Woo KL & Selangor, Elina participated in two events: traditional form (liu he qiang – six harmonies spear) and competition form (nanquan – southern fist, nangun – southern cudgel). Elina won Silver in nangun ‐‐ only 0.01 points less than the gold medalist! Congratulations Elina, you’ve done us proud; if only Malaysia has an incentive programme for Wushu…!

Well Done Elina!

Birthday Surprise for Natalie, 5 October A small surprise tea party held for Natalie’s Birthday (photo courtesy of Zarina)

Belated Birthday surprise for Azza, 16 October Yet another surprise birthday party, this time a belated one for Azza (photo courtesy of Zarina)


STAFF EVENTS

ISIS Family Day, Legend Hotel, Cherating, 10‐11 November

The fun began before the departure to Cherating with the distribution of T shirts and umbrellas to the staff

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Warm up exercise? Looks more like a ‘Funxercise’ to us!

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Let the competition begin….

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Dinner and more fun‐filled events… best dress competition, karaoke, lucky draws and prize giving


More photos of ISIS Family Day


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More photos of ISIS Family Day

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We would like to take the opportunity to thank the committee members and organizers who helped make the ISIS Family Day a big success. Thank you for all the hard work. Well done! (photos courtesy of Bill, Halil and Zarina)

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One big happy family


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The Wedding of Nurul’s Son, 18 November

Congratulations to ISIS staff Yong Nurul’ain Lope Aman Shah and husband Wan Zainuddin on the wedding of their son, Wan Umar Wan Zainuddin on 18 November 2012 (photo courtesy of Nurul)


STAFF EVENTS

Congratulations to Maria Aziz and husband Johaniz Jelani on the wedding of their eldest daughter Nurulshahidah binti Johaniz on 8 December 2012 at Dewan Besar Tun Rahah, Kuala Lumpur (photos courtesy of Maria and Hanafi)

The Wedding of Maria’s Daughter, 8 December


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Congratulations to proud parents and ISIS Malaysia staff Mohd Salleh Nawari and Harizan Zakaria on the graduation of their respective sons (photos courtesy of Salleh and Harizan)

Family Matters

Muhammad Izzat Abdul Rashid. Diploma in Computer Networking, UniKL


Nur Ariesman Mohd Salleh. Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains (Kepujian) Teknologi Bio‐Komposit Kelas Kedua Tinggi, UiTM Shah Alam

According to their parents, both young men intend to further their studies… and they are eligible bachelors too! We would also like to extend our congratulations to Haji Rostam Musa whose son graduated recently.

Caitlyn (granddaughter of Susan Teoh) wins hands down the title of cutest and youngest ISIS Visiting Fellow. Caitlyn was visiting grandma at her office.

‘ISIS Visiting Fellow’, 30 November


STAFF EVENTS

Granddaughter ‐ Dr Larry Wong. Her name is Adelynn Wong .

Congratulations

Granddaughter ‐ Yong Nural’ain. Her name is Huwaina Zulaikha binti Mohd Adham.

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