Spring party

MCC Spring Party 2018

 

 

Come and celebrate the arrival of spring together with Malaysian Club of Chicago! You will enjoy a fun-filled evening of delicious food, great entertainment, exciting raffles and amazing people! 

All ages welcome.

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Date : 3/17/2018, Saturday (St. Patrick’s Day)

Time : 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location : Furama Restaurant (2nd floor)

Address : 4936 N Broadway St., Chicago IL 60640

General Admission: $50.00

Children (16 years old and below): $20.00

Parking : Free if parked at Furama parking facility next to the restaurant

Attire : Traditional costume or green costume (optional but encouraged)

*Children will be seated on separate tables from adults, but we will try to keep them close to their parents. Seat assignments will be on first pay, first served basis.

* Tickets are transferable but non-refundable.

*For group booking of 10 or more, please contact Catherine Wang, Treasurer at catsia@yahoo.com to pay by check.

MCC SPRING PARTY 2018 MENU

Furama Appetizer Platter*

Seafood Fish Maw Soup**

Pan-fried Salt & Pepper Shrimp

 Crispy Skin Chicken

 Beef with Broccoli

 Steamed Sole

Black Mushroom with Baby Bok Choi 

Salted Fish & Chicken Fried Rice

 Stir-fried Yee Mee 

Mango & Coconut Pudding

 *contains BBQ pork, fried shrimp roll, sliced beef, roast duck, sliced dried bean curd, jelly fish and sour cucumber

* *contains scallop, shrimp, crab meat and egg white

 

CHILDREN’S SET MENU

(only for 16 years old and below)

 Seafood Fish Maw Soup

 Chicken Fried Rice and Yee Mee served with Fried Shrimp Roll, BBQ Pork, Crab Rangoon and Sliced Beef 

Mango & Coconut Pudding

 MCC SPRING PARTY TALENT SCOUT

We are looking for children and youth who are interested in showcasing their talents during MCC Spring Party 2018. It’s a great opportunity to gain experience of being on stage and to boost confidence! Interested candidates please contact Sonia Yeow at sonia@malaysianclubchicago.com to submit a short video (1-2 minutes) of themselves performing. Each performer will receive an honorarium. 

 

We would also like to acknowledge our previous event’s sponsors for their generous support! Thank you!

 Supermax Healthcare Inc. 

Target Marketing Systems Inc.

Buy MCC Spring Party 2018 tickets here

 

 

 

 

Job opportunity

We are Hiring a Research Team in Malaysia

Job description

We are looking for a bright, thoughtful research associate to join our investment research team in Malaysia. The job includes supporting the U.S.-based investment team in conducting fundamental research on companies, industries, and economies within which these operate, building financial and other quantitative models, gathering, manipulating, and interpreting data, and conducting qualitative due diligence through interviews and case studies. No prior investing experience is necessary.

What we are looking for:

 

Recent or upcoming university graduate with strong background in formal logic, engineering, law, accounting, mathematics/statistics, or economics.

Raw analytical ability, as evidenced by outstanding academic credentials and achievement.

A passion for global value investingFluency in English; Mandarin fluency and other foreign language skills are a plus.

 

How to Apply

 

Please follow the link below to submit a cover letter and resume (these must be combined into a single .pdf, .doc, or .docx document) and to complete an online skills assessment (this should take approximately 15 minutes). Please email yingying@discerene.com if you have any questions.

 

http://www.ondemandassessment.com/verify/apply/eyyeSeR/DDEnnDPT

About Discerene Group LP

 

Discerene Group LP, based in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, is a private investment partnership which manages the capital of several institutions, including sovereign wealth entities, endowments, foundations, and families. The firm invests globally, pursuing a concentrated, contrarian, fundamental, long-term value investment philosophy.

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(Left pix) A man watching fireworks display on a cruise on Lake Michigan on Aug 26. Passengers were also treated to cookies (right pix) emblazoned with the red, white and blue Malaysia flag. (Pix by Maybird D’Silva)

Fireworks light up the Chicago night sky on Aug 26. (Pix by Maybird D’Silva)

Fireworks light up the Chicago night sky on Aug 26. (Pix by Maybird D’Silva)

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By KT Arasu - September 3, 2017 @ 10:45pm

CHICAGO, US: Malaysians here got a jump on the Merdeka celebrations, welcoming the 60th anniversary of the country’s independence from British rule in style with a cruise on Lake Michigan as fireworks lit up the night sky on Aug 26.

The revelers boarded the 'Free Spirit' yacht at a crowded marina at Burnham Harbor for three hours of fun that transported the celebrants from America to a Malaysian state of mind as they feasted on home-style favourites such as 'nasi biryani', fried noodles, 'yong tao foo' and 'chee cheong fun' catered from a popular suburban Malaysian restaurant, Asian Noodle House.

The event was organised by the Malaysian Club of Chicago (MCC) headed by Azelena Williams. The club aims to promote cultural awareness, business opportunities and camaraderie among Malaysian Americans who call Chicago and its suburbs home.

There was a raffle with gift vouchers for the three winners, music by an architect singing the golden oldies while keeping tune with his guitar even as the yacht took some deep dives in the choppy waters.

For Malaysians like Dr Kim K. Tee, Merdeka celebrations are always a journey back in time to their childhood days. “As a 'kampung' boy growing up outside of Batu Pahat (in Johor), I have always remembered the Merdeka Day.

“We are living 9,000 miles from our homeland…freedom is not free. So, we are celebrating the honour of the men and women who have served or who are serving in the military,” added Dr Tee, a long-standing member of the Malaysian community in Chicago.

Dr Tee, who has been living in the United States for 35 years, specialises in foot and ankle surgery and is a founding member of the MCC in 1999. He serves on the advisory board of the Illinois State Secretary Jesse White, and is also the founder of the Chinese American Museum of Chicago.

For many of those on the yacht who have lived in Chicago for decades, the night was reminiscent of the many Merdeka Day celebrations over the years in Kuala Lumpur that often came complete with fireworks display in Lake Gardens. For their U.S.-born children, the connection to the homeland is a little less direct.

The official Merdeka celebrations more than 9,000 miles in Kuala Lumpur will, of course, be held on Aug 31 to mark the 60 years since Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra al-Haj heralded the birth of a nation with his cries of ‘Merdeka’ at Stadium Merdeka, ending centuries of colonial rule.

Even before there was a Malaysia, or even a Malaya, there was the thriving port-city of Melaka, which was conquered by Portugal in 1511. Then came the Dutch in 1600s, followed by the British.

The Merdeka event in Chicago was attended by Malaysians living and working in the United States, those who have become U.S. citizens after decades of residence here, and their children. There were also non-Malaysian spouses who have melded into the group.

Malaysians have been travelling to the United States to further their education in significant numbers for more than five decades as the country’s path to transforming the economy from agriculture to manufacturing in the 1970s required a workforce with new talents.

According to the non-profit International Institute of Education (IIE), the number of Malaysian students in the United States totaled 7,834 in the 2015/16 academic year, which starts around late August, rising more than 8 per cent when compared to the previous academic year.

Malaysia ranks 22 among countries with the largest student population in the United States which totals just over 1 million in the latest year led by China and India, according to IIE.

The cruise gave the Malaysians of all ages who had filled the lower and upper decks of the yacht a grand view of the glittering Chicago skyline along Lake Shore Drive, the boulevard that rims Lake Michigan and is home to some of the priciest apartments and the best-best designed buildings in the city known for its architecture.

Chicago is home to the world’s first skyscraper built in 1884-1885 and stood 10 stories tall – a pipsqueak by today’s standards.

The yacht also sailed past Chicago landmarks like the Navy Pier, a popular entertainment spot, and the Shedd Aquarium.

Chicago is popularly known as the Windy City because of the fierce winds that come off Lake Michigan that can sweep a person of their feet, quite literally. Although the origins of how Chicago got this moniker is not entirely clear, some attribute it to the city’s bloviating politicians from many years ago.

The waters in the lake were a little choppy, limiting movement on the yacht but the revelers did not pass up an opportunity to take photographs against the city’s skyline, famous buildings or the fireworks.

The bumpy ride also served to remind the passengers of the devastation in Texas by monster storm Harvey that caused extensive damage, leaving 300,000 people without power and displacing many more who were on the path of the hurricane.

At the end of the cruise, passengers were treated to cookies emblazoned with the red, white and blue Malaysia flag – same colours of the flag that represents the United States, which is home to the many Malaysians who celebrated Merdeka in Chicago.

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