Friday, November 12, 2010

National Finals 2010

Tomorrow the day begins. Thanks to all supporters for  your support. See you in the competition - please be there :D.

Hopefully our hard work will be repaid. It's payback time!

Thanks also to Vitesse, UPM and AITC for the collaboration. Not to forget to anyone who showed up at our booth during MAJAKA. And of course, to everyone who bought our merchandise, it really helps us! We appreciate it so much.


Our presentation session starts tomorrow at 11.00, after team Vitesse (we're in the same stream!!). So, what we are doing now is rehearse, rehearse and rehearse as practice makes perfect. 
Good luck to other teams too and may the best team wins. 

See you in the competition :DD

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010

The Team.


 
 
farah adlina hamdan / lynn - manufacturing engineer, nur ashiqin mohd azlan shah / shiqin - design engineer + team manager




 




 fatin aizaa azhar / aizaa - resource manager, amira rasidah mad daud / mirash - graphic designer 



and not to forget...




ms. azliza musa - teacher adviser

Go for it.




designing the car based on the research done.






 conducting the tyre test to find out which is the best one to be used.






practising for the time reaction.

Hardwork always pays.


We are gaining more and more stress. 
 
The design of the car need to be changed – as to make sure it fulfills the new rules and regulations that will be used this year. Design, analyze and back to design again. That is what our design engineer had been doing. At last, a new car had been designed and yes – that is what our car will be. With the help of the graphic designer, the manufacturing engineer and the resource manager, we manage to create the car.  No doubt , when we do things together, anything is possible.  As Michael Jordan says “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships”.

Seeking sponsorships and fund raising is not easy. Our resource manager tries really hard to ask for sponsorship from our targeted companies. After one call, she makes another call. And then, send emails and fax letters. There are so many challenges when communicating and dealing with people.  But yes, no pain no gain , right?

Designing websites, corporate shirt, our merchandise and booth is an another issue. Our graphic designer’s laptop is fully occupied with the designs. Black, pink and white. What a good blend of colours, for us. Creating an identity for the team is the graphic designer main task. It is not easy, but is not possible. 

Searching for the right tyre for the car is very challenging. If we have great car but a bad tyre and vice versa, it is not a good combination but a disaster.  Ball bearing, axle, sanding and etc. So many things to do but once they are done, we have a complete and perfect car.  

We never let anyone in the team do their task alone, we do the task together. That’s why we are a team.
Because when we are in team, everything is possible.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Vortex - An Introduction

Vortex is often a word that have been a nightmare for car racers. Everyone knows vortex is an old enemy for racing cars. Even for the world champion car racer, we think. Engineers are finding the solutions to reduce vortex at the cars.

The question is, why we choose vortex as the name of our team? Every time people approach us, they will ask, “What is Vortex? Why? Isn’t Vortex is something that will make the car slower?” . People like to  ask that question to us.

And we will be very happy to answer. First of all, what is the characteristics of vortex? Vortex moves at a very high speed. In short, it is fast. So, we want to produce an ingenious invention which is the car that can move very fast. The next one is that vortex contain a lot of energy. This signifies that we are very energetic, determined and have a very huge spirit and enthusiasm in accomplishing our mission. The last one is different. Vortex is destructive and slows the car.  So, we made a metaphor,  our team will be the vortex for other teams and finally, we can achieve excellence and success in the competition.

Never waste your time to look back and ponder.  Move forward and think for the better . That is what our logo portrayed. And our motto – Move with passion, reflects our attitude in accomplishing our mission.

And now, we have made it to the national final. Alhamdulillah.