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

Self Reflection

In this project, I have learned a lot of things about what Social engagement is all about first hand and experienced it. At the same time, this project let me know more about my group members. Each of us has contributed something to the group and made it successful as it is. We did meet some difficulties such as lack of time and the problem of making our blog. However, we overcome them. We worked faster in order to get back the time we lost and finally managed to finish this project at last. Although we have a lot of problems throughout the project, we are able solve it easily together as a team. By doing this project, I learnt the skills of engaging with society with different age group than mine, being able to cooperate with my members, tolerate with the behavior of the kids and the way to make our own blog. They were all very useful. I got along with my group members well. We met in the library once to finish our report and blog. So, we could know about how much things we needed to do and we could co-operate well. Overall, our team performance was quite successful as we did very well from the start until the end as each of us showed a lot of commitment in making our group project as successful as it has been.







By
Alif Haikal
26 May 2016

      After doing the volunteering work at Rumah Tumpangan dan Sekolah Anak Yatim dan Miskin and also Rumah Anak Kesayanganku, I have a deep reflection in my inner heart. I felt that is deeply changes in my view of looking at others. Everyone has a different story behind them. Maybe they are from broken family, maybe they have been abused by their parents or maybe their parent just passes away. We would not know. We have no much time to listen to them and understand their background. Let them be happy and enjoy at the moment when we stay together with them maybe is the only thing that we able to help them. Besides teaching them the moral values, we hold great responsibilities as well. We become their parents, their teacher, their motivator, their guidance and most important of all, their sunshine. Their laughter, the smiles on their faces eventually will put a smile on our face too. Although sometimes they are not so friendly, but deep in my heart, I felt happy because I learn so much from them. They are the ones who supposed to learn from us, but end up I learn so much from them. I am really grateful and contented after joining for this social engagement and have the chance to be a part in it. If there is a chance in the future, I might consider to be a part-time volunteer in it. 

By,

Jessie Chew

Self Reflection

            

When I had discussion with my group members about the tentative of the project, I realised that the things that I knew was too little. The activities that I have suggested was more academic-based. I did not know much about games. I learnt a lot from my group members about the interesting games and group activities that could be included in the activities. We had made sufficient preparation to make the project a success.

            

When I reached Rumah Tumpangan dan Sekolah Anak-Anak Yatim dan Miskin, I was greeted by a few children with warm smiles. I felt welcomed. While I was waiting for other members to set up the place for tutoring sessions, I talked to the children. I introduced myself to them and they were excited to introduce themselves to me too. The children were all very friendly. They were eager to share their stories with me. I could feel that they need more love and care from us. They were sharing their life at the orphanage. I listened patiently to them, as I knew they wanted attention from me. I was surprised that some of them are not orphans, but they were sent there because their families were too poor that they could not afford to raise the children. Some of them were either physically or mentally abused. During the tutoring sessions, I was in charge of primary school Mathematics tuition. When I was teaching the children, some of 10-year-old children could not perform addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers. I taught them using the ‘counting apples’ method that I learnt in primary school. I showed them several examples so that I could understand the method. Then, I asked them to attempt a few questions and they could answered them correctly. I was very proud of them that they could learn in a short time. I was proud of myself too as I could make them understand. After that, the children learnt simple multiplication too. I wrote multiplication for them and asked them to memorise. They were able to memorise the multiplication of five. They tried to answer a few multiplication questions and they were able to answer it correctly. I had achieved one of the objectives of the program, which was to teach them simple Mathematics operation.

           

During the lunch break, a child named Najwa came to approach me. She was one of the children that attended my tutoring sessions. She talked to me and learnt simple Chinese language from me. When the group activities session was about to start, she told another facilitator that she wanted me, “Nak Kak Sue!”. She wanted to be in the same group as I was. I joined the group activities with her and we played games together. She was always beside me and followed wherever I went. She has an elder sister called Latipah, which was also in the same group as us. They were just like my sisters. I felt extremely happy as I wish to have a sister since I was little. We had enjoyable game sessions together. After game sessions, it was motivational videos sessions. I sat on the floor with all the children and watched the videos together. They shared their opinions with me. I encouraged them to go to the front and share their opinions with all the facilitators and their friends. However, they were shy to talk in front. I realised that talking in front of crowd require practice to conquer the fear. It could not be done in a day. There was one thing that I felt regretful, which was during the prize-giving ceremony. Najwa was excited that she was going to get a prize as I assured her she would get a prize for the Maths tutorial, because she was only 8 years old but she was able to perform multiplication and division operation after I taught her. I was so sure that I checked all her answers and she got all correctly. I was overconfident that she would get a prize. I broke her hope. She was very upset for that. I could see her disappointment. She was even reluctant to join us for group photo sessions after that. I went to find her I were about to leave but I could not find her. I said goodbye to her sister Latipah and left the place. If I could find her, I would apologize to her. I felt guilty that I made her disappointed.

The SPE members and I joined the group activities.

           

From the left: Fatin, Latipah, Najwa and me

One week later, I went to Rumah Anak Kesayanganku. When I reached there, the children welcomed us but they were shyer compared to the children at Rumah Tumpangan dan Sekolah Anak-Anak Yatim dan Miskin. This was because they seldom attended programs held by organizations or university students like us. We started by ice breaking sessions. We introduced ourselves and played games with them. They were very shy to introduce themselves. They were separated into boys and girls groups, as the girls were too shy to speak to the boys. During the lunch break, some of the girls came to approach me as they were eager to learn Chinese language. I was more than happy to teach them some basic Chinese words too. After the lunch break, there was tutoring sessions. Chew Mei Sung and I was in charge for Chinese language tutorials. We taught them some Pinyin, basic Chinese words and phrases, simple Chinese songs and gave them Chinese names based on the pronounciation of their Malay names. They were very excited for Chinese class. They asked a lot of questions to learn more. I realised that I am more patient that what I expected. At that moment, I felt like it was not a bad idea that I can be a teacher when I graduate later. I am willing to teach them every weekend even if there is no social engagement project in the next three years. I had fun during the Chinese language tutorial. After the tutorial sessions, we played a few games and that marked the end of the first day at Rumah Anak Kesayanganku.

            

The next day, the children were already waiting for us in front of the glass door to welcome us. I was glad that they were braver than yesterday. That also meant that we felt closer to each other. We started with a few games so that the children would feel fresher. I was impressed by the way Azwan conduct activities. He managed to get the children’s attention. I learned a lot from him. Then, we started the academic tutoring sessions. Again, I was in charge of the Chinese language tutoring sessions. I did a recap of what they learnt yesterday, and surprisingly they remembered all of it. I was touched, as the children were very interested in learning Chinese language. Then, I taught them another Chinese song, and they liked it a lot. They were singing loudly with me. I taught them a few common Chinese words as well. After tutoring sessions, there was game sessions with the children. However, I did not join the games because I was in charge to do the decorations for them. I put the papers they wrote their ambition yesterday with strings. After that, I joined the group activities. One of the activities was ‘superhero’. The children were very creative. They were more creative than I was. I learnt their creativeness. After a sharing session and  photo sessions with them, we left the orphanage.

            

I enjoyed myself in the volunteering programs to Rumah Tumpangan dan Sekolah Anak-Anak Yatim dan Miskin and Rumah Anak Kesayanganku. Even though I joined several volunteering programs when I was in secondary school, but this is by far the most enjoyable volunteering programs that I had ever have. This is the first time I feel close with the people involved in the programs, because I am braver now compared to secondary school. I talked to the children and listened to their stories and complaints. After this project, I am more appreciative to what I have. I am thankful that I was born in a loving family. I also realised that I am more patient than I thought. Besides, I was too ignorant. I did not know what happened surrounding me except those in textbooks. I realise that I should change my attitude. I must join more activities so that I am more aware of the situation nowadays. There are more things to do except studying. I would not hesitate to join volunteering programs anymore, as it is my responsibility to love and care for the needy community. Lastly, I would like to thank my group members for making this project a success and apologize if I offended any of them. Thank you, social engagement!

By,

Tan Sue Lyn

Rumah Anak Kesayanganku Day 2

 This is the second day of of our program at Rumah Anak Kesayanganku.

No man is an island...

-- John Donne

Everyone is warming up after our heavy breakfast.

The kids are listening to instructions.

 Sue Lyn and Jessie are continuing yesterday's Mandarin lesson.

The facilitators are conducting English class in an interesting way.

 

Azwan is explaining the rules of playing 'boom' to the kids by demonstrating it. 

The kids are excited for the games. They can't hide their smiles. 

More games to go...

Sir, yes sir. All right. 

Hey, it's your turn! 

Wow!!

Preparing for 'superhero' game session.

The group members are trying their best to design the best outfit for superhero.

Cute superhero.

Shima is amazed by the kids' creativity in designing outfit.

Superheros

Super heroines. You go girls..

Superheros group photo!!

All of them are in their best pose.

Ice Cream Making Experiment.
The facilitators are demonstrating the way to make home-made ice-cream using milk.

The kids can't wait to make their own ice-cream. 

Facilitators are helping the kids to make ice-cream.

Group photo session

Say "Cheese".

Free style.

Shima gives a token of appreciation to the headmaster.

Hooray!! We have done our social engagement project!
A big thanks to all the group members who made this project a great success!

“The most sincere form of kindness is not to show off our greatness 

but to help another discover their own.” 

― Charles F. Glassman

                                                                                                                       By:

                                                                                                                       Putri Humairah
                                                                                                                       Tan Sue Lyn
                                                                                                                       Shima Kamaruzzaman

                                                                                                 17 April 2016 

Rumah Anak Kesayanganku Day 1

"What's done to children, they will do to society."

~ Karl A. Menninger

Kriing kriiing… it’s morning already. Rise and shine, guys! You know the saying: ‘The early bird gets the worm’.

Today is the first day of our social engagement program at Rumah Anak Kesayanganku. We gather at Biomedical Foyer, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya at 8 am and depart to Bukit Beruntung, Rawang.  We have our breakfast along the way and an hour later, we arrive at Rumah Anak Kesayanganku. 

By the way, have YOU taken your breakfast yet? Remember, breakfast is important to kick-start your day. 

After setting up, we move on to our next agenda.

Introduction session.

Every member gets the chance to introduce themselves in front of the students.

 UM Talk by Afif.

The talk is to introduce UM to the students and share the importance of tertiary education early on. Hopefully, this will spark some interests among the students to join the best university in Malaysia.

Enough of that for now. Come on and have some fun. Let the games begin. 

Azwan is conducting the games session.

Game 1 - Fasi kata.
The game is similar like 'Simon Says'. The facilitator will issue instruction which should only be followed if prefaced with the phrase 'Fasi kata'. The game is good in developing children's development and listening skills.
Resolution: To learn the importance of obeying leaders' commands

 Game 2 - Engaged, Married and Divorced (Tunang, Kahwin, Cerai)


Divorced mode

 

Yeah, that's what an 'angry' face should look like.

Engaged mode 

 When Fasi said 'tunang'

When 'Kahwin' is shouted out
Resolution: To appreciate our friends and cherish our beautiful memory together.

After the second game, the students are divided into 5 groups for the next LDK session.

The students are asked to write their names, dreams and ambitions on a piece of paper. The papers are then hanged as decorations on the notice board in their class.

Facilitators offer help and advice when asked.

Zalikha is helping a girl to make a butterfly-shaped paper.

The girls are doing their best to create a beautiful artwork.

  The boys are proud of their work.

They are so ambitious! We wish them luck and hopefully, all of them will become a successful person in the future :)

Creative, isn't it?

A sweet example of brotherly love.

Game 3 - Nails trick (Main Paku)

Hmm, how do we balance all 14 nails on a single standing nailhead?

Tadaa

The trick is to layout the nails as follows:

Then, lift them up to balance on top of the center nailhead.

This little brain game is all about lowering Centre of Gravity to make a very stable structure.

You can do it fairly easy and impress your friends as well.

Resolution: To learn problem solving skills in an interesting manner. Even if you don't find the 

solution  on your first try, never give up. Try and try again. Some of the greatest discoveries have been made by mistake!

Aizuddin and Alif are sharing about the pro's and con's of technology with the kids.

"Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them." 

-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

After lunch hour, we conduct tutorial sessions to help the kids in their studies.

Mandarin class.

Sue Lyn and Jessie are teaching the students on how to write their names in Mandarin.

The students are so keen to learn Mandarin.

English class.

The 'teachers' are in full gear.

Break clap.

Game 4: The Climb.

It is a truth or fallacy game where the students are divided into 5 groups, then each group will be asked in turn a set of question and they have to answer either 'True' or 'False'.

If the group answered correctly, they can jump one step forward, however, if they give the wrong answer, they have to jump one step backward. The first group to reach the finish line wins.

Azwan is reading out the first question.

Everyone is listening intently. They are so eager to play the game.

Even the facilitators are enjoying themselves. 

“The soul is healed by being with children.” 

― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

                                                                                                                       By:

                                                                                                                       Putri Humairah

                                                                                                                       16 April 2016