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Online Talk on Body & Mind
           Online Talk on Body & Mind                                                                                              course, this problem had been addressed  having online events, because it can indeed
                                                                                                                                   afterwards, and the whole process became  relieve a lot  of trouble,  which allows the
           in the Post-Pandemic Era:
           in the Post-Pandemic Era:                                                                                               quite smooth, including communication  events to be carried out smoothly.
                                                                                                                                   among the members of the organising
                                                                                                                                                                                     5.What did you learn from being in the
           An Interview with the                                                                                                   committee.                                        organising committee of this event?
           An Interview with the
                                                                                                                                                                                     Yong Hui: I stayed behind in school to work

           Organizing Committee Members
           Organizing Committee Members                                                                                            4. What is the difference between hosting         on this talk with other members of the
                                                                                                                                   physical events and online events?
                                                                                                                                                                                     organising committee. It was the first time
           On the 16th of July 2022, a talk on the Body  Yong Hui: The distance between people                                     The difference between physical and online        I learnt how the school organised talks and
                                                                                                                                   events is quite clear. The event is considered
           and Mind in the Post-Pandemic Era was  undoubtedly widened. Many people only                                            an online event. Although it was an online        how they worked things out behind the
           held. This event was organised mainly for  relied on their phones to communicate                                        talk, preparations needed to be done              scenes. I gained a lot from this experience.
           the Junior Middle One to Senior Middle  with others.                                                                    physically. Online activities are actually        Fong Chloe: I have participated in similar

           Two students. It lasted for two and a half  Fong Chloe: What I experienced the most                                     easier to manage because the committees           activities before, so I actually have more
           hours from 10 a.m. till 12:30 p.m.                was the difference in time management.                                need not worry about the venue and the            experience in these types of activities.
                                                             Especially during the pandemic and after                              Covid guidelines. For example, the speaker        Firstly, I learned more about the content

                                                             the pandemic, the comparison between                                                                                    of the talk. Throughout the event, I
           Following up several days after the talk, the     online classes and returning to physical                              of the event lives in East Malaysia, but          learned a lot such as important lines  of
           Newsletter Club organised an interview            classes became very obvious. As I have                                since the talk was online, the committee          communication and attention to detail. In
           with the event’s organising committee.            a lot of activities to attend, online classes                         was able to invite him as a guest speaker.        the process of preparation, the problem

           We  are  honoured  to  have  interviewed          have reduced the time I used to spend                                 However, there is also a disadvantage to          that we encountered was that the presenters
           three of the committee members, namely            on the road, but now physical classes                                 online activities, which is that students may     were unable to present smoothly in an
           Fong Chloe from Sr1ScA, Tan Yong Hui              have resumed and being on the road has                                not pay attention  to the  talk.  The  recent     online setting.
           from Sr1ComA, and Chan Le Xuan from               taken up a lot of my time. Thus, the most                             talks have mostly been online and rarely in       Le Xuan: I gained a better understanding
           J2Z(5). The following are the contents of         life-changing experience for me is time                               physical settings, including assigned work,       of the process of organising a talk. I was

           the interview:                                                                                                          and committees seldom have physical               basically in charge of the posters, so by
                                                             management during the pandemic.                                       communication because the meetings
           1. What was the purpose for organising the        3. What memorable things and difficulties                             are usually held online. In conclusion,           utilising  suggestions from  teachers,  I

           event?                                            did you face during the preparation of the                            the committee members still recommend             learned something from that sector.
           Firstly, the event had been planned quite a       event?
           while ago. Originally, the event was meant        The main problem faced while organising                               Reported by: Lim Shu Mih JR3S(4)

           to raise everyone’s awareness of pandemic         the event was the lack of committee
           prevention but the committee soon realised        members helping out, as there were only
           that we were already in the post pandemic         three students organising it. Although the
           era, so instead, by organising this talk, they    activity was relatively simple, the three

           hoped that every student could learn to           committee members were overloaded with
           pay more attention to their physical and          preparations, because they had to modify
           mental well-being following the disruption        the poster, presentation slides or the emcee
           of the pandemic.                                  script. Not only that, needing  to control


           2. What did you experience during the             the  field  and  convey  problems  required
           pandemic?                                         more  manpower, so it was  obvious  that
                                                             the committee was largely understaffed. Of

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