About Mendaki Club

Nur Dian Rasid

Trained in Psychology, Dian Rasid is a Researcher for the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Home Team Academy (Ministry of Home Affairs).

An alumnus of University of Western Australia, Dian graduated with a double degree (Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts) in Psychology and Human Movement. During her 4 years in Australia, Dian took the opportunity to travel around Australia, set up an Asian restaurant and tried to be an Australian surfer/skater girl by spending her time doing water sports such as surfing, catamaran sailing as well as sand-boarding.

Having had enough fun, Dian went on to complete a Masters degree (with distinction) in Social Sciences.

Guided by her passion to interact with fellow youths from various backgrounds, she became a member of Mendaki Club. She is currently heading the Graduates' Tea 2009 committee in which she aims to inform graduates that they should remain resilient during this economic downturn.

Apart from Mendaki Club, Dian was recently appointed as the Assistant Secretary for the Advisory Committee of the T-Net Club (People's Association) and the Secretary of the Star Mentor Group in Mendaki's Youth-in-Action programme, in which she mentors primary/secondary school students.

In her free time, Dian enjoys going to the gym, plays tennis and watch romantic comedies. To de-stress, Dian goes for her weekly spa indulgence, plays the piano and spends time with her family and friends.

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Nur Amalina Abdul Gani

A newbie to Mendaki Club, Amalina was introduced to the Young Mind’s Club (YMC) by Esa, the previous President and Graduates’ Tea 09 (GT09) by Dian, the Assistant Secretary.

As part of an enthusiastic team of YMC Facilitators, Amalina enjoys reaching out to young adults through the various activities. She has also been an active mentor with the Youth-In-Action (YIA) programme for students.

Now a committee member of the GT09, Amalina is eager to help organize a delightful and enriching party for our young graduates.

A HR consultant in a boutique sized recruitment agency, Amalina is actively involved in dealing with manpower recruitment and staffing, thus is well aware of the challenges faced by fresh graduates seeking for jobs in the current economic situation.

Being a member of the Career Network Management team at The Grip Network [ an association for young graduates embarking on a career path ] Amalina hopes to share her experience and assist young graduates to a smooth transition from campus to the corporate world.

An avid reader of thriller novels, she still finds time to immerse herself in her favourite indulgence. Amalina loves spending time with family and friends going out for a good “makan”.

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Sa'idah Sa'adon

One of the few Malay/Muslims to graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University in 2008, Sa’idah is currently working as an auditor in KPMG. A firm believer in learning new activities and exploring new places to open one’s mind, she is game to try anything that she has not tried before and travel to places she has never been to. Her ultimate dream is to travel to all the countries in the world and she aims to achieve it slowly, but surely.

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Suhaila Othman

With a degree in Communications and Media Management from University of South Australia, Suhaila is an Associate with MDA's Media Content and Standards division. At MDA, this young mother of two boys, looks into the content standards for Malay and English programmes for TV and Radio and ensuring that they are in accordance with the broadcast guidelines. As the Secretariat for the Malay Programmes Advisory Committee, she facilitates consultations sessions with the members to seek their views on the validity of complains affecting the Malay community. Prior to this, Suhaila had kicked off her career in the media industry at the age of 19 and spent 9 years with MediaCorp TV12's channel branding division. She left MediaCorp TV12 as an Asst Channel Promotions Manager and later joined the social service sector for a year as an Executive Officer,Community Development department managing family developmental programmes, in particular, the Family Excellence Circle.

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Noor Atiqah Halim

Atiqah graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in December 2003. Upon graduation, Atiqah was “jobless” for a year, choosing to be involved in the Training field as a freelance Adventure Facilitator for local adventure training companies. She participated in various corporate and youth programs, ranging from teambuilding sessions, workshops, Family Days, adventure races and school-based level camps and leadership camps.

Her first “real” job was with MENDAKI, where she saw through the birth of the Cahaya M Learning Centre right up to its second birthday. Currently, Atiqah is a Projects Manager at South East CDC, specialising in youth projects and enabling youth volunteers to contribute to the community.

In her free time, Atiqah enjoys partaking in outdoor activities and meeting up with her friends. She also loves traveling as it allows her to immerse herself in a foreign culture and atmosphere. In each of her trips, Atiqah endeavours to try out something new in order to build on to her honour roll of life’s experiences which includes diving, attempts at surfing, riding scooters and climbing Mount Kinabalu.

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Nur Ezehar Bohari

Nur Ezehar recently joined the Committee in March 2009. He is also a volunteer with Mendaki's Mentoring Programme. He is currently working as a Data Analyst with Bloomberg LP and is an alumni of Singapore Management University.

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Siti Nurbiah Daud

Nurbiah has been a volunteer with Yayasan Mendaki since 2005. She is not a greenhorn in the mentoring programme under Youth-in-Action (YIA) as she has been a mentor since her Polytechnic days. She was awarded Outstanding Volunteer Award during Mendaki Appreciation Tea 2009, and she treasures the honor given.

In 2008, Nurbiah was nominated by Yayasan Mendaki and chosen by National Youth Council (NYC) to represent Singapore in the renowned The Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP), 35th Batch. She traveled for 52 days onboard a ship, Nippon Maru, and visited five of the ten ASEAN countries namely Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Japan. It was an eye-opening experience where she ‘rubs shoulders’ with people from diverse culture and background.

One word to describe Nurbiah? Gregarious!

She lives her life by the quote by W. Clement Stone:
"Be careful the Environment you choose for it will shape you. Be careful the Friends you choose for you will become them"

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Syahidah Sahrom

Syahidah considers herself blessed for having been able to spend the past few years studying Biochemistry at Imperial College, though she remembers it more fondly as 3 years of enjoying London, traveling to wherever a budget flight can land her and leading a stress-free (for most times anw) lifestyle. Having had enough fun, she decided to pursue her further studies in Singapore to be closer to loved-ones. Now a student at the LKY School of Public Policy, she finds herself working much harder to learn as much as she can. New to MClub, she is keen to involve herself in programmes targeting secondary and tertiary students, whom she can relate to best (also part of her bid to cling on to her youth). In her free time, Syahidah likes to pick-up new languages, exercise with her girlfriends, and engage in her all time favourite activity – sleep.

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Mohd Zaki Buang

Graduated with a Diploma in Telecommunications from Temasek Polytechnic, Zaki is currently working as a Corporate Services Executive in Yayasan MENDAKI. During his free time, he loves to engage in sports, especially football. He always believes that one has to be responsible in whatever one sets out to do and it is this simple belief that drives and motivates him. There is no doubt that Zaki is an asset to the organisation.

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Siti Aishah Selamat

Living life without limit is Aishah's credo on life. Exploring and attempting new things gets her motivated to leap out of her safety zone. She also deems that if one would like to get to the sun, they've got to put up with a few blisters.

A lady who is constantly on go, wishes to travel the world and gain new insights!

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

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