TOC in The Star Edu Guide

Today, there's an article about TOC in The Star Education Guide.

It's a full page article, and it's about TOC's graduation ceremony 2009.

Half a page of it was a photograph of the students from the respective graduating class, and it shows the student throwing their mortar board above after the ceremony.

The picture captures the essence of how happy and proud these students felt on their big day, a truly good shot I would say.

Here's the article, click on it to see the enlarge view or go grab yourself a copy of today's The Star newspaper.

TOC Student Wins MVP Award For Dodgeball

It was an honour when we received an SMS from the organizer of Campus Dodgeball League, informing us that one of our player won the Most Valuable Player - Best Dodger Award.

And this winner is.........DARREL KHAR!!

During the award presentation ceremony held at The Curve, I've managed to catch up with him and did an interview with him.

B: Blogger
D: Darrel

B: Darrel, congratulations for winning the Most Valuable Player - Best Dodger Award! So share with us, how do you feel in winning this award?

D: I feel really excited as I totally did not expect it at all. I think I still have rooms for improvement.

B: Is this your first time playing dodgeball? How long have you been playing this sport?

D: Yeah, this is my first time involving in this sport, and I've joined the dodgeball team for about 3 months now.

B: Wow, 3 months and you've already gotten the MVP award, so you must b really good in this.D: I won't say I'm really good, I think there are others who are stronger than me and I have alot more to learn.

B: So what got you into this game? What attracts you?

D: Oh, well, I was actually inspired by this movie called "Dodgeball: The True Underdog Story", where I was introduced to dodgeball for the first time. Since then, I was hooked.

B: Have you been very active in sports all along?

D: I was an athlete during secondary school, where I was the represent the state for long jump and high jump events.

B: Wow, that must be why now you have such agility and flexibility huh?

D: Yeah, i guess so..hehe

B: One last question, what are some of the advices that you would give to your classmates or youngster who are interested in dodgeball as well?

D: I would say that dodgeball is a very challenging game and it is not as easy as it seems. The game requires alot of strategies and teamwork. So those who wants to play must be really committed to the sport.

That's all from our dear Darrel. May our Team Velocity continues to keep up their fighting spirits and win more matches!

Gambatei!!

A Special & Exclusive Visit To HMRT

40 TOC students and lecturers received a rare opportunity to visit the Honda Malaysia Racing Team (HMRT) as well as a guided tour around the Honda Malaysia manufacturing plant in Alor Gajah last week.

Upon arrival, students and staff were given a goodie bag, and were asked to put on the white Honda cap and mask for hygenic purpose.

When everyone is ready, students were divided into groups and were lead to the briefing room. The TOC team were greeted by Encik Rosidan Haron, Assistant Coordinator of HMRT , who gave a brief introductory notes on the history and achievements of HMRT.




Thereafter, TOC students were introduced to some of the members/crew from the HMRT. Besides being a fully local team, another uniqueness of HMRT is that all of its crew are selected employees from different branches of Honda Malaysia. Through this experience, these employees are able to enhance their skills and integrate it into their daily operation, thus increasing their productivity as well.




The highlight of the day for TOC students were undoubtedly witnessing the HMRT Car 27 in such close view and being able to get more information from HMRT personnel on how to check and tweak the car in preparation for the MME Race that took place last weekend.

DOES THIS REMINDS YOU OF TRANSFORMER?

After lunch, students also had the chance to see and experience how an automotive manufacturing plant functions.

This is the second consecutive year whereby TOC had this exclusive visit to HMRT, and it was a really informative and eye-opening experience for the 40 lucky students.

*Updates* Other news source for this story:

Zero to Hundred

M-150 Speed Race Tournament

TOC students had a blast racing with each other as well as themselves when a new energy drink in the Malaysia market, M-150, came over to TOC to do its roadshow. M-150 originated from Thailand, where it has been one of the most popular energy drink in Thailand.



The M-150 truck was loaded with four race car simulations, complete with flat screen tv, steering wheel, gas and brake pedal, and a real car seat!


Students were curious when the truck opened up, and when they saw the race car simulation, they were brimming with excitement and eager to give it a try.


However, M-150 came with a mission. They are searching for the fastest driver around Malaysia, and the one with the fastest time at the end of their roadshow will be able to walk away with a brand new Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0 GT! What an awesome prize!!


Throughout the day countless students tried to beat the existing best time holder, and some even attempted several times, but to no avail.



When there seems to be no hope for TOC in beating the best time holder, a sudden scream followed by an announcement from the organizer resulted everyone to jump with joy.
TOC has a winner! One that beat the existing best time! And this hero is.........................

AMIR FARHAN!!

Congratulations!!

He has managed to beat the existing time after several attempts, in turn, he set his own record as well.

Now, let's all keep our fingers crossed that no one will beat his time and he would proceed to win the Lancer! Woo--hoo!

Well done, Amir! You have made us proud!!

Delayed Post: Shell Eco-Marathon Asia Curtain Raiser

Everyone is talking about going green and saving the environment, but how many of those people out there really practice it?

To some, this 'greening' exercise might sound a bit mundane, therefore, Shell has come up with a brilliant idea on how to impose the green efforts to every people around the world.

Thus, Shell Eco-Marathon was launched.

Shell Eco-Marathon began in 1985 in France, where it is a competiton that challenges the innovation and creativity of students around the world in terms of design, build and test vehicles that travel further using less energy. Since then, the competition was held in the various parts of Europe, and in 2007, the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas was held.

And now, it has finally come to Asia, and Malaysia is the first Asian country to host this inaugural event! This is such an honour as Malaysia will be hosting this event for 3 consecutive years!

The principle of this competition is simple: to design and build a vehicle that uses the least amount of fuel to travel the farthest distance.

There are two different categories:

(i) Prototype

- futuristic, streamlined vehicles focused on maximizing fuel efficiency through innovative

design elements

(ii) UrbanConcept

- vehicles design similar to those road going vehicles in appearance and technology to address

current transportations aspects

TOC was invited to be at the launch of the Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2010 Curtain Raiser, where it was an eye opening experience as we get a sneak peak as 5 selected student teams from Malaysia and Singapore drove specially built energy efficient cars around Sepang International Circuit's north track.

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TOC STUDENTS WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN SHELL ECO-MARATHON ASIA

TOC will have two teams participating in this exciting event, and these two groups of students are targeting to enter both the categories, and they are now in the midst of brainstorming, sourcing for funds, researching and developing the vehicles.

Stay tuned for more updates on this event!

TOC Blogger Contest 2009

Regardless whether you are a blogger or not,

Whether you have your own blog or otherwise,

You are welcome to join this TOC Blogger Contest 2009!

There are only 3 requirements to enter this contest:
(i) All TOC students are eligible to enter
(ii) The blog entry must be about any past or upcoming TOC events eg. MME Race, Campus
Dodgeball League etc
(iii) The blog entry must be original. Any plagiarised entries found will be automatically
disqualified.

Four finalists will be chosen at the end of this contest, and each finalist will receives a set of goodies from AXLE Motorsport, the company run and manage by renowned figure, Alex Yoong.

(The goodies)

Among these four finalists, two of whom has the most creative and inspiring entry will be chosen as the official blogger for TOC blog, get paid for every post and enjoy VIP privileges to all TOC events.

Judges will consider the following criteria:
(i) Does the post break news or offer in-depth coverage of major campus events?
(ii) What is the impact the post has on his or her campus? How can this be demonstrated?
(iii) Does the post demonstrate originality and creativity?
(iv) Photos, graphics, comics and other additional element to make the post interesting.

This means that your blog entry need not contain words only, you can include pictures, graphics, animation or even draw comic! It's all up to your creativity!

Interested students can submit your blog entry from now onwards in Microsoft Word format, and send it to sheryltan@otomotif.edu.my. This contest will ends on August 10, 2009.

So, hurry! Submit your most innovative post now!

My Third Week at MyBenz

The pressure and tension due to tiredness has already lingered in every muscles, but I'm still strong to go through another few more weeks. No pain no gain, huh? But this is more about experience than pain. Nothing in this world is easy when you wish to gain something. The more you wish, the more pain you will go through. But the gain will heal the pain.

Okay back to my day at the workshop. Today, a customer who drove a Mercedes E series came in. First of all, the car need to be register and any complaint or remarks must be taken down and noted in a job sheet.

THE JOB SHEET AND REGISTRATION SHEET

The owner of the car wanted to do a millage service and check the problem regarding the steering. Starting with servicing the car, the old engine was drained out from the engine and the nut washer was replaced. Then, the gear oil also was drained out and the gasket located at the gear oil pan was changed.

STEERING COLUMN

Next, replacing the steering column rubber bush. The old rubber bush needs to be replaced since the owner encountered a few problems relating to the steering control and movement. We found out that the steering linkage rubber bush cover was torn.

THE MERCEDES E SERIES THAT I'M DOING

THE ENGINE

THE COVER OF STEERING COLUMN LINKAGE - THE OLD ONE

IMAGE OF STEERING LINKAGE

Written by: Afiqah, TOC student who is currently doing her OJT.