Jacky (Left) pictured here with GG's Head of Education Simpson Khoo By Jacky Tan (UCSI Student & GG Volunteer) 3 years ago, in 2014, was when my journey of volunteering in university started. With minimal knowledge on what the Community Reading Program (CRP) organised by Generasi Gemilang (GG) was about, I grabbed the opportunity given by my seniors in UCSI University (UCSI) to...
Just before the year ends, we thought we'd come up with a list of 6 things that we're thankful for in 2016. #1 - Breakfast For Children in Miri Thanks to the help of some donors, we were able to extend our Super Sarapan program to provide breakfast for 160 children in 4 Miri schools! We also want to thank our Miri volunteers who helped ensure that the program kicked off properly...
2016 is ending with the notable demise of a popular actress Carrie Fisher, who played the beloved character of Princess Leia in the Star Wars movie franchise. Fittingly, December 2016 also saw the premiere of Rogue One, A Star Wars story, about a group of rebels who fight tooth and nail, against all odds, to deliver the Death Star blueprints to the Rebel Alliance. A lot of lives were lost...
Regardless, we can all agree that Santa is synonymous with Christmas in popular culture. Depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man who squeezes himself down chimneys to deliver presents like toys and candy to well-behaved children and coal to all the misbehaved ones in one single night. Santa Claus is also known as St Nicholas or Father Christmas. As a child...