As I am done with my first impression of UNIRAZAK, here am I to explore and depict the adventurous tour of Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Special Programme (BeST). “Honesty is the Best Policy”, therefore all the content and daily description of biotechcorp activities are direct from my heart, not being influenced by others.
Here I go, 
1/3/2010
> Speech from Biotech Corp.
The first day would be the registration day, where we have to be in UNIRAZAK as early as 8.00 a.m. Since I am from Ampang I took LRT Star train at 7.00 a.m. and reached capital Square at 8.10 a.m. I thought I was late but thank GOD, there were about 10 people who were earlier than me waiting at UNIRAZAK City Campus entrance. The guard said the office would open at 8.30 a.m. , we waited and Mr.Muzaffar the professional looking trainer from SEED (School of Executive and Entrepreneur Development) came to guide us the way to the training hall. As we entered the training hall, seriously no doubt it is a well equipped professional hall. Awesome. We waited for 5 minutes for Ms.Farah the adorable lady and the representatives from SEED. We were briefed about the rules and regulation, allowance and refreshments.
Then the day was enlighten by Dr.Syamala Ariyan from BiotechCorp who gave a speech about the Career Opportunities and Policies on Biotechnology. She specified more on Intellectual Property and Patent Laws. Even though I am a Biotech graduate, there were still new things to be learnt from her fruitful speech. The Growth of Generics and Orphan Drug Industry favoured me most. After lunch, Mr.Said Osman from Human Capital & Development (Biotech Corp) brief us on “Biotechnology and Business” where he specified more on National Biotech Policy.
2/3/2010 – 3/3/2010
> Team Building in Ulu Yam, Sungai Pangsun, Hulu Langat.
The team building section was conducted by Mr.Sazali, a wonderful trainer with great personality. He boosts our energy level at the first day itself, we gain our confidence and was motivated to start up the next section. We were divided into 4 groups; Red Star, Red Fire, The Golden Dragon and Silver Storm. I was in the Red Star group, and we were the champion for the overall event. The motive of the team building section was; to know each other, gain confidence, and to build the team spirit. At the end of the day 2, we were all bound together as strong as the “Hydrogen Bonding’.
4/3/2010
> Psychometric Test
We were assigned to sit for 6 online tests, there were based on: I.Q intelligent, entrepreneurial talent test, creative test, emotional test, leadership test and ADH disorder test. It was conducted by a Psychometrics’ and Ms.Hanani.
5/3/2010 >
1st MODULE COMMUNICATION – Effective Resume Writing Skills
The first day of communication module was enlighten by two “Awesome Wonderful Mothers “they are Ms.Farahiyah and Ms. Norliza. They are professional English teachers who have the motherly touch. We were so comfortable with they are assistant in structuring the best resume. We were briefed about the essential criteria required to construct the best resume in groups and later on discussed to correct our mistakes.
8/3/2010 > Conducting and Participating in Meetings
This section was conducted by two iron ladies from UNIRAZAK, Ms. Suzelina and Ms. Iris D’ Cruz. We were taught the vital skills and general procedures required to conduct a right meeting, and to write an effective agenda and minutes. Again our task been assigned as a group work where we learned and practiced to conduct an effective meeting.
9/3/2010 > Impressive Cover Letter
Conducted by Ms.Farahiyah and Ms. Norliza. As we learnt there were 3 important skills required to construct an impressive cover letter, there were; passion, interest and excellence. On the other hand, anatomy of a cover letter and the 5 basic types of a cover letter have been studied to improve our cover letter writing.
10/3/2010 > Professional Business Writing Skills
Conducted by Ms.Tara and Ms. Sofia. Different type of business letters were studied such as enquiry letter and letter of invitation. Qualities such as tactful, politeness, precise and clear are considered in writing a complaint or reply letter.
11/3/2010 > Oratory
As this is a new term to be learned, “oratory means the art of public speaking” explained by my most favourite trainer Mr. Farizal. Such a wonderful personality person, who concentrate more on public speaking and presentation skills. These skills improve our readiness to attend interviews. The day was enriched by Obama’ s Inspiring Victory Speech and various techniques were studied from his speech. Group presentation were conducted to practice our acquired skills on public speaking and to gain confidence.I was in the debating team with Kan Lun, Zali, Kavi, Saras, and Mus. it was a good experience even though we did not had a real fight.
12/3/2010 > Entrepreneurial Talk and Report Writing Skills
In the morning Patricia G. Greene. PhD. guest speaker all the way from Babson College in Massachusetss, US. gave a speech on Entrepreneurial Leadership. It was a fruitful speech where we gain more knowledge on the business and entrepreneur’s criteria. Among the topics she touched on was: the characteristic of a young leadership, favourable working environment and how to deal with business setbacks. After lunch, we learned the critical part of a writing a report (complaint report). We were taught the various types of report writing and the command mistakes we made. As usual for the group activity, every group was given a report with the missing words related to grammar and the information from the report. Then, all of us had a group discussion to sort out the answers.
