self-reflection

I love Social Engagement because I experienced a lot of interesting activity such as volunteering project and develop my confident level.

Few weeks later after we have done our project I started missing  the children and intend to go there again because it make me happy to look them laugh. I love to share experienced life with the children so that they can be a better person and have courage to achieve their life goals and be more ambitious eventhough life seems so hard and tough.

I think it time for us to help them more in education especially for Rumah Anak Kesayanganku where they lack of teachers to teach the children. As a student what we can do is make a free tution for them.

As a conclusions, congratulation to all my teammate because we work together well and give the best commitment to the success of this noble project.

xoxo Shima Kamaruzaman ;)

Another Self Reflection

4 weeks planning and 3 days spending our time with Rumah Tumpangan Anak yatim dan Miskin And rumah anak kesayanganku totally is not a waste, thus this experience really taught me a lot.

I learn how importance to educate our children since they were kids. How was our parent taught us when we was a kid is affecting our behavior and manner to the surrounding. Spending a day with rumah anak yatim dan miskin is quite challeging. But somehow i tried to understand their situation. Some of them were abused by their family and even society !

I felt responsible to care about them, so that they wont feel abandoned and i believe this responsible is not our team responsible. But embrace orphan care as the responsible of every person.


                                                                                                      Nur'ain Soofiyah

MY SELF REFLECTION

The day that I have been chosen to be a group leader, I thought it would difficult because I do not know well my group members. After had a few discussion about what we are going to do for social engagement, I think that they are the best group members that I ever had. They gave their full support and commitment to finish up this project. The first task for our group was joined venture with Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE). We went to Rumah Tumpangan dan Anak Yatim. The first impression when I went there was it should be an easier task because children there very hyperactive. After a few activities conducted, I felt worried because one of them tried to play with a paper cutter. I was asked to monitor him until the programme done. It was hard to handle with this children. We actually had a hard time to control this child. The programme finished at 5 Pm.

Then we had the next task at Rumah Anak Kesayanganku, Rawang, Selangor. At this house we need to handle it by ourselves. This was the toughest challenge for me because as a group leader I need to make sure that the programme run smoothly. We had fun days with them even though we had used our full energy to make this programme fun.

After this social engagement project, I felt that I am the luckiest human in this world that still having parents in my life. The children from that house did not feel the full love from their parents even though they seems to be happy but inside their heart they need us to give them support. I also thankful that I have such a wonderful parents that gave a lot of supports from the day I born until now. This social engagement project gave me 1001 reasons why I need to achieve something in my life. Thanks for realised me that our lives is short and we gonna enjoy it while we still can breathe. Thanks to my group members that give me opportunity to be a group leader. No one in this world can live without loves, because loves only can build inside your heart.

Loves your parents,be a good brother or sister and excellent friend.

Self Reflection

I used to think that Social Engagement really made me stressed out.Firstly.the preparations need to be done in a nick of time as we have to prepare for our first presentations.It means that everything must be confirmed before the day of the presentation. This is hard as we have to search a suitable place and deal with them to get approval for our project.We have been rejected by some of the places that we thought about, but in the end, we managed to hold our volunteering project at Rumah Tumpangan Anak Yatim dan Miskin ( collaboration with SPE ) and Rumah Anak Kesayanganku.

Then, another inconvenient happens as the date for our project is during our mid-sem break.I am so disappointed as my holiday will be shorter.However, all these thoughts were gone after I did this project with my groupmates.My time was well spent with the kids.I learn to appreciate my life more after I met those kids.

‘We are often caught up in our destination that we forget to appreciate the journey, especially the goodness of the people we meet on the way.Appreciation is a wonderful feeling,don’t overlook it.’
-unknown source-

Listened to their stories made me touch a bit.They come from a poor family, they lost their parents since they were small,but those things did not stop them from being such good person.They appreciate us as they treat us warmly like we are their own brothers and sisters.All our efforts are finally paid off after seeing their smiles.

As conclusions, big thanks to my team as they always give very good cooperations in this project. We always have our support towards each other while completing our project successfully.This project has given me a new experience that  I have never felt before.Social Engagement project checked !

By:

Nur Zalikha Azlan

Self Reflection

"We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience"

 "How can I neglect them ? ", I kept questioning myself.  

          After we end up our social engagement project at Rumah Tumpangan and Sekolah Anak-Anak Yatim dan Miskin and Rumah Anak Kesayanganku I realized that community service are part of our individual's responsibilities. The best thing that the person can donate is their time towards others. Since it was my first experienced going to an orphanage, the thought of what might happen scared me out, but it turns out to be the best memory I've ever had. This program taught me to be more grateful of my life, I never imagined being an orphan at such a young age like them and some of them have to endure the pain to live a very isolated existence. Furthermore, even they are much younger than me they had open my eyes to take the focus off me and make me more aware of the world and people around me. THEY NEED US ! Today it seems that everybody is so wrapped up in themselves that they lose sight of the things in life that truly make you happy. I have to MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES ! 

LET US HOLD HANDS !

"YOU DON'T NEED THE REASON TO HELP PEOPLE"

  

                    By:

                                                               Nor Syakirah binti Ahmad Shukri

                                    27th May 2016

Aizuddin's Self Reflection

I thought that Social Engagement is only a university course that is compulsory to take, but it was more than that. I learnt a lot from this program, from the day we plan to the final moment with the children.

Firstly, I learnt how to communicate and compromise with my other teammates. It's not easy to get 11 heads together and agree with something, especially something big like this program. It's also not easy to make sure that everybody gives commitment to the team and did their job, especially when we have such a busy semester. I believe that this job is not only the work of the leader (in this case, Afif), but everyone should help in making sure that their friends did their job.

Secondly, I learn how to approach and get close to children. Hearing their stories really touch my heart since most of them come from a poor family. I find that communicating with children is not easy and needs sincerity and experience. I came to Rumah Anak Yatim Kesayanganku, hoping that I can teach them something and share my experience and knowledge, but it turns out that I, who learnt a lot from them. Since my family background is completely different from theirs, I get to know their feelings and experience of losing someone we love and lean on.

As a conclusion, I really learnt a lot from this program. This is a great experience for me to become a well rounded engineer that not only master scientific theory and numerical intelligence, but also become an engineer that care for the society.

                                                                                                        By:
                                                                                                        Muhammad Aizuddin bin Hambali
                                                                                                        26 May 2016

My Self Reflection (Putri)

A self reflection should be honest and true from the heart, reflecting one's self, one's mind and inner feelings. So I'm taking some time now to ponder upon myself, how I've changed and grow throughout this semester.

Frankly, some of my friends (including myself) were initially inclined to think that this social engagement programme was a waste of our time. But then, after I participate in our community service project at Sekolah Anak Yatim dan Miskin and Rumah Anak Kesayanganku, I realise that it has touched my heart a bit (if not a lot). To appear good is easy, but to really be one requires time and will.

Even though being an only child is nice, I never really know how to interact with children. But after doing this project, I learn how to communicate with them better, how to engage their attention, teach them basic grammar and mathematics, listen to their stories, as well as share their laughter and sadness.

Social engagement also gives me the chance to reminisce about my childhood memory. My life so far has been - what you could call - monotonously easy, without any real challenges that are able to knock me down (for which I am grateful of), but I also notice that it makes me unaware of others' hardships. I know that all this while, I've always been lacking in both sympathy and empathy towards other people's situation. But through this project, I learn how to think about other people and put myself in their shoes. After learning the fact that those children come from poor background - some are orphans (I am so thankful for my parents), some are poverty-stricken, while others are abused either mentally or physically - I become more sympathetic towards other people. I wish to contribute back to society and help those in need. Even though I may not be able to do much, but one good deed is better than none.  

I begin to understand that every choice that I make will affect others in my life - be it someone that I know or not. The things that I say or do to one person will go a long way, transcending time, place and society.

The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt. 

-- Frederick Buechner

                                                                                            By:
                                                                                                               Putri Humairah

                                                                                                                             26 May 2016