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Artificial Intelligence What if the next time you were hungry, you could tell your kitchen to cook a meal for you? What if with a simple touch of a button, you could get your house to clean itself? And what if I told you this could all be possible? With the work of artificial intelligence or AI. Dear readers, allow me to take you on a journey on the wonders of Artificial Intelligence. AI is something that is becoming more advanced everyday and is disrupting our world. To most people, the idea of artificial intelligence is fascinating, which it truly is I mean, who wouldn't want a robot to do all our chores for us, who we can communicate with or maybe one which can even advice us like a little companion? It truly seems like a dream come true Some of us, including I myself, were surprised that intellectuals like Elon Musk, Stephen Hawkings and Bill Gates were genuinely concerned and against the idea of advanced AI. Now, don't get me wrong, they are ac...

"83 years" read the clock "That's longer than the average human" I thought as I pulled my sleeve over my watch and put my luggage in the compartment. I was 18 years old and until now, I couldn't pick a side. You see, the world was in controversy, and there were two parties involved, For PTP, were people who wanted the personal timepiece in their lives, those who supported the goverment's decisions to deem it compulsory to constantly have this piece with you. FPTP's argued that the watch could help save lives, that by counting down the time you have left on Earth, it could prevent you from being in a threatening situation. The opposition however, claimed it was basic human rights to have the option to - "Trays up, we're going to take off soon" I heard the flight attendant say as I handed her my empty glass of water, not realising I'd been zoning out. When she continued down the aisle, I resumed my thoughts. Anyways, the opposition...

Majlis Perlantikan Dan Perhargaan 2017 On the 15th of July 2017, the Librarians of SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3) held an Appointment and Appreciation Dinner for the Form 5 Librarians who are retiring. The theme was ' Movie Night ', so we could basically dress up as any character from any movies we want. Everyone dressed up amazingly - so even dress up like Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter! We began the night with a photo shoot outside the hall. The newly-appointed Librarians of 2017/18 then had a group photo session before they walked into the hall. Everyone was amazed when they saw these new Librarians walked into the hall. Everyone - except for the Form 5, because they weren't in the hall! When the retiring Form 5 Librarians entered the hall, it was a grand entrance - made epic with ' The Final Countdown ' playing. The event was hosted by Ethan and Thivya, the two emcees of the night. The performances began with Chloe and The Gang. They were dancin...

Perlantikan Pengawas Pusat Sumber Sekolah Sesi 2017/2018 On the 10th of July, our school held an Appointment Ceremony for the School Resource Centre Prefects for 2017/2018 - which coincided with the Prefects' Appointment Ceremony. The probationary Librarians were excited, but everyone was nervous as they went up on stage to receive their name tag and ties - as a symbol of their appointment. The new Prefect and Librarian leaders were announced and appointed - our new Head Librarian being Chloe Wong. The vows were uttered by the newly-appointed Librarians, led by Chloe Wong. As a person who writes stuff that usually comes true - I will write that Chloe will be a great leader, in hopes of it coming true! By: Ethan Richard

Gotong Royong 2017 On the 24th of June, the Librarians of SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3) had a gotong-royong to spring clean the Library. Since there were replacement classes that Saturday, Puan Sabrina took advantage of that day to have a gotong-royong - as her last act as Library Coordinator. Everyone was excited to begin the gotong-royong, myself included☺. We started off by dividing ourselves into groups. The Librarians in Form 5 were specifically in charge of painting the walls outside the Library, whilst the rest of us did other tasks - such as arranging the board games, sweeping and mopping, arranging books, cutting bar codes for new books, wiping windows and tables, and clearing out equipment from the AVA room. In the end, Puan Sabrina felt accomplished because she managed to coordinate a clean-up of the Library before she left to transfer to another school. Everyone was very cooperative and we had a blast throughout the day. The secret to our success is our Libra...

Librarian Camp 2017 On the 7th and 8th of April, the Librarians of SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3) had a fun time during the Librarian Camp 2017. After school on Friday, all the Librarians changed into their Librarian T-shirts and waited at the library. Then, the camp started with a ice breaking game run by the committee members, which involved playing dodge-ball. Then, we stood with our groups that we were assigned to. Soon, it was time for station games. We were given a piece of paper with clues that helped us to find our station. The clues would form a number and we had to call the number. The first group to call the number would win. There were a lot of games - like blowing a ping-pong through the maze without touching the line, passing a long message to our group members but our legs are tied together making it hard to move, and many more. There was even a short game that was held within a given time-frame and it involved two groups that arrived to a station first. Th...

Sports Day 2017 On the 2nd of April, the students of SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3) participated in their annual Sports Day. Held at Stadium Sains, Universiti Malaya, this day was eagerly anticipated by supporters and athletes alike. The day kicked off with a march, which had various uniform bodies represented by their respective contingents. Athletes the marched in after them, and presented a short performance. They were dressed inspired by their mascots. The Red House mascots were Mickey and Minnie meanwhile Yellow House mascots were from Beauty and the Beast. The Green House mascots were Tinkerbell and Peter Pan and Blue House mascots were the Genie and Jasmine. After that, Erwin Helmi was called upon the recite prayers. Next, athletes pledged to honour the spirit of good sportsmanship after singing the national anthem and the school song. Then, Mr. Kalearasu, the leader of the Parent-Teacher Association (PIBG) gave a speech, followed by a speech from Puan Zuraidah, our prin...

Field Events for Sports Day 2017 Shot put On the 28th of March, field events were held in school, ahead of Sports Day proper. Discus throwing On the day, athletes participated in events such as shot put, discus throwing, long jump, high jump and tug-of-war. Long jump The participants from each of the four houses gathered early in the morning. Once the events started, they tried their very best to win as their fellow house members cheered them on High jump The events went on for the whole day and the participants were exhausted by the end of it. Luckily, everything went smoothly Tug-of-war In this year's field events - much to everyone's surprise - the results were as follows: Red House in first place, Yellow House in second, Blue House in third, and Green House in fourth. This only means one thing: it will really be a close competition for the coveted title of champion on Sports Day itself. By: Lim Sheanni

Cik Yow's and Puan Gan’s Retirement On the 17th of March, a farewell ceremony was held for two of our beloved teachers – Cik Yow and Puan Gan - as they retire from the profession. The ceremony started with a song by the school’s brass band right after all the teachers have arrived at the basketball court. The fast and carefree notes of  ' Treasure '  by Bruno Mars instantly imparted a joyous mood to the occasion. After that, Puan Gan, Cik Yow, and our Senior Assistant for Student Affairs  Ms Wu each gave a speech. There were also other performances by the SPBT club, the school cheer-leading team Stompers, as well as from other students who sang and beat-boxed. The students and teachers were sad to see Cik Yow and Puan Gan go. However, we wish them all the best! By: Lim Sheanni

Friendship Week Sales 2017: The Librarians' Perspective! From the 13th to the 17th of February, the Librarians has a sale for Friendship Week - a step up from the Friendship Day sales from years past. Many people were exited because we sold interesting things, such as drawstring bags, lemonade, cookies, Oreo pops and nachos. They were sold at reasonable prices such as RM2 for a cup of lemonade, RM25-27 for a drawstring bag and RM3 for nachos. Our nachos, lemonade, cookies and drawstring bags were a hit. They sold like hotcakes! For the drawstring bags there were many designs ranging from simple ombre to cute graphics of food and flowers and ombre. Everyday, our products sold out and we generated a great amount of revenue. In the end we made a huge profit and that money went towards our Annual Librarian Dinner.Personally, I am grateful to be a part of the Librarian sales team for Friendship Week because I got experience in sales management.   By: Ethan Ric hard

A Trip to The Selangor State Library 'A library is a hospital for the mind.' Anonymous Last Thursday, on the 16th of February, the Librarians of SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3) went to the Selangor State Library. It took us more than 1 hour to go there by bus from our school  When we reached the library, all of us were amazed by the large building. We were led into the auditorium by the administrator. We were given an introductory speech and watched a welcome video. Some of us even asked some funny questions like: 'where is the cafeteria?' Then, we were divided into two groups. One group was brought to watch 6D movies which was priced at RM10.40 per admission and 3D movies which were priced at RM6.40 per admission. The other group was brought to visit the place where they had some old and priceless books about Selangor and books donated by the Sultan of Selangor. After a short briefing by the administrator, we took a picture under a portrait of the...

Merentas Desa 2017 On 11th of Febuary 2017, SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3) held the annual Cross Country Run from 7.00 AM to 11.30AM. This event is open to students of SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3). Students who participated in the run get to contribute to the scores of their respective sports houses, doing their bit to secure victory for their house come Sports Day. Before the Cross Country Run started, we did 15 minutes of warm up to avoid any cramps and the run hit off almost immediately after warm-ups ended. The event ended with Blue House emerging as the winner of the cross country event. Following them closely was Green House at second place. Yellow and Red House came in 3rd and 4th place respectively. Though the run was short time-wise, but everyone was tired after the run as they poured out their heart and soul into it.   By: Ron Khoo