Name: Kam Cai Ting
Matrix number : CEB 150050
Beginning Phrase
I had been placed in the first group under the supervision of Dr. Zalfa Laili Hamzah. On the first day I am quite nervous when I saw those unfamiliar names in my group list. However, I felt quite happy as I can make more friends in my faculty and know them deeper in that sense. We introduced ourselves when we first met each other. I found out that there was only this one girl staying at the same college with me. Most of them are from college 9.
After a short
briefing about the course and jobs that need to be done from Dr.Zalfa, we
started our discussion from dividing job and position based on proficiency so
that job can be done easily. I chose to be the secretary in this group, because
I have experience in writing letters and minutes meeting.
I recorded every
details that we had discussed in the meetings. Besides that, I shared my ideas
and opinions and solved the problems together with my group members when
problem occurred. Unfortunately, most of the activities that we had came up
earlier did not meet the requirement of the course. After we have met up a few
times to discuss the activities with the consultation and advises from Dr
Zalfa, we decided to go Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih and Dapur Jalanan which
I think that they are the most suitable community works because we can interact
with people from different backgrounds and yet they are challenging. Especially
conducting the games for children and entertained them. We were required to
plan many activities that are suitable for them and we even rehearsed it before
going to the school to avoid any unwanted stuff happened and get ready all the
time. Moreover, I am happy that I can get along with my group members very well
in this meeting. I hoped we could get closer after we had done all the
community activities.
During Phrase
Fund Raising ( 15/3- 17/3 )
We planned to hand out presents to all of the children in
the school. In order for us to do that, we decided we could do a fund-raising
in our college for us to collect some money to buy the presents. The fund
raising activity was selling muffins. There were variety of
muffins available and the most popular is the chocolate muffins. Each muffin
cost Rm 2.00 and if you bought 3 it will be RM 5.
It is not easy to sell
the muffins. However we managed to sell quite a lot because I kept on persuading my friends and the
other passer by and inform them that when they buy the muffins, the money we
collected will help to make the unfortunate children happy. After hearing that,
they will buy 1 muffin and sometimes some even bought 3 of it but there were
some who didn’t want to buy it but gave us some money for donation instead. At
the end of the day, we managed to raise Rm 25 and we were very happy about it.
With the money collected, we will need to plan
properly on the suitable gift for the children. It should be something that
will benefits them in their study and at the same time can make them happy. It
is such a wonderful event and really beneficial for me in terms of waking me up
and see how lucky I am to be able to live happily while some unfortunate kids
are struggling to be happy. Now that I am able to help them, I felt proud of myself
and touched that my friends are giving me support throughout the event. I’m
really satisfied with the outcome of this meaningful charity event.
Dapur Jalanan (20/3)
Dapur jalanan is a non-government organization (NGO), a voluntary group that serves people with free food and drinks every Sunday at Jalan Panggong. The unique thing about them is that they do not only serve food to the homeless people but they also offers food to anyone who came toward them which is the needy.
We need to prepare the food at Kelab Bangsar before going to Jalan Panggong. My group members and I went to Kelab Bangsar around 2pm and started to introduce ourselves to the members of Dapur Jalanan. First of all, Abang Husin, the chief in Dapur Jalanan briefly introduce about themselves and the organisation. He then told us what’s on the menu for the day. The menu was fruits salad, egg mayo bread and chicken rice.
He then placed all the fruits and ingredients on the table. We divided the job among ourselves. My friend and I washed the plates, kitchen appliances and fruits. After washing them, I arranged the fruits nicely while the others peeled and cut the fruits. We alternately took turns to do each other task and chit chatting while doing the chores. I realised many of my friends didn’t know how to remove seeds from the apples, pears and guava. I taught them how to remove and cut the fruits by showing them the way.
Next, my favourite part is spreading the egg mayo evenly on the bread. I spread a nice amount of the egg mayo on the bread. Since there will be another NGO providing chicken rice for the people, we managed to finish the preparation of the food earlier and listened to their introduction in detail.
They told us about their history, mission, objectives and their experiences in doing Dapur Jalanan and other volunteer job. They also reminded us not to do any sensitive things like taking their photos without their permission and avoid asking them where they live directly because it might hurt their feeling.
After that, we went to Jalan Panggong by lrt and walk a distance to reach the destination. It was raining during the time, so we can only distribute the food at a narrow corridor. By 6pm, the place was crowded with the needy. We then divided ourselves into 3 groups. The 1st group was preparing the juices, 2nd group was arranging and distributing the food and the 3rd group was washing plates. I am in the 1st group and we started to prepare and distribute the drinks.
After distributing the food, I managed to talk to 3 people. 1st person was an aunty and the other 2 was uncles. The aunty is very skinny. When I talked with the aunty, I realised she can understand English. I thought most of them are illiterate, so I am quite surprised she can understand when I spoke to my friends. I will not simply judge anyone before interact with them next time.
I am quite enjoying talking with the 2nd uncle because he is quite open minded. We interview him and he told us everything nicely. He does not have a permanent home. He always sits in the lrt to enjoyed the air condition and sleep at lrt station every night. I knew he is a frequent client in Dapur Jalanan, He is satisfied with every food they provided especially “Tomyam”. He also shared many things with me. He even asked me to approach his friend, the 3rd uncle who has a permanent house near Jalan Panggong. At the same time, I learned how to talk with people in a special way without hurting their feeling.
After that we gave some feedback to Dapur Jalanan volunteers and dismissed.
After that we gave some feedback to Dapur Jalanan volunteers and dismissed.
There will always have pros and cons in certain activities. Things I remembered the most was these uncles told me the same thing. They said “Malaysian is very lucky, because there are many helpful people helping all the needy by providing clothes and foods. Malaysian will not die because of hunger.” It is good to share food with the people, help and care about them. The government has too much too care about, so we as a citizen should help out the less fortunate people. However in my opinion, it might lead them to be dependent on others. Besides that, I felt that we had done a great job. This activity gives me an immense satisfaction to serve people. The feeling of being able to help other people is very special. I enjoy interact with new people. I will always improve myself to make my family’s life better and provide shelter for my parents.
Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (25/3)
Waking up on a splendid Friday morning 25th of
March, and prepared myself to Sekolah Bimbingan jalinan Kasih which is located
in Chow Kit for the second volunteering job. Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih is
a free school that provides education and food for the unprivileged students
like the homeless, abandoned and dropped out students. Personally, I’d rather
called it as a caring school where they accept and treat all the students equally
regardless their background and provide hope for their future.
My group and the other groups which are under the Dr Zalfa supervision
are going together. We gather at UM central at 7.00a.m., we took the bus, lrt
and monorail to get top the destination. By the time we arrived, it was already
around 8.30a.m. We then went into the room and listened to the principal briefing
about the school.
After the briefing was over, we went out from the room and I
saw a bunch of students coming out. Before going to this school, our supervisor
always reminded us to be alert and ready at all times because they are special,
the way they behave are slightly different and they are hyperactive. So, what
is on my mind is that they might be naughty and uncontrollable. However, that’s
not the reality. They were cute and full
of manners. Each one of them gave salam (greet us) and shake hands with us once
they came out of the room. . I am amazed with the teachers because there are
good in educate the children and transform them into an individual with high
morality.
On
that day, there were a few issue arise, but we managed to solve it in smoothly.
Firstly, we started late, so we have to cancel aerobic section. Secondly, there
are 8 pre-school students who came, but there were 22 of us. We divided our
group members to help out other groups that in charge of the primary school
students.
Around
10a.m., we introduced ourselves to the teachers and the adorable students. I
still remembered they were shy, sitting nicely and quietly on the carpet. In
order to get ourselves closer to the students, we started the first game with
eagle and hen.
They
are just too cute to handle, I showed all my love equally to every one of them when
conducting the activities. I even searched in the internet on how to teach them
and comprehend them.
We must praise them suitably so they will not have a
feeling of ego and at the same time feel the job they have accomplished are being
appreciated. We must also treat everyone equally so they won’t felt being left
out. I hug them, gave them rewards and presents at suitable time. I praised them
and pat their heads nicely whenever they did a great, talked to them personally
and even pinched their beautiful faces softly. Besides that, when I saw some kids
hitting each other badly, I will stopped them immediately and taught them to apologize and be nice to each other. Other than that, I am happy to work with my friends.
Our friendship had improved throughout this activity. We helped and encouraged
each other when conducting games to the children. Since I can’t speak fluent
Bahasa Melayu, my malay friends are there to help me and correct my sentences.
I really appreciate their kindness and promise that I will work on my Malay
language
This is the
first time I felt how it was to be a teacher. We need to have patience,
knowledge, communication skills and the most of all, love. They are considered
fortunate because they managed to enroll in this school. However, I always felt
like crying because they were so innocent and pity them, they shouldn’t been
treated in this kind of way. I make sure I always give them my best to make
them happy and at the same time taught them to behave well.
This is
such a priceless experience in my life. I felt a sense of fulfillment. I enjoyed
my time spent with these children and interaction with the teachers. I am very
happy that I can get away from my busy college routine and indulge in teaching
children and surprisingly, it helps me to relax.The best
teacher is the experience in your life. They are my teacher at the same time,
teaching me to appreciate what I have now, and should not hesitate to grab the
opportunity that come towards me in the future that will make my life better
and happier. I can’t wait to meet them again.
Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (15/4)
Today, my
friend and I reached the school at 8.30a.m. As usual we went to the principal
meeting room for a short briefing. There were journalist came over to record
our activities on it and they might aired it on rtm2 this coming few days. So I
make sure I did well since I am carrying UM’s name.
After the
short briefing from the principal, I prepared the stuff for my game station and
waited for the children to come over. My game station is called “Joint the rope”.
They are required to find things that are removable from their body yet can be
join together. After joining the rope, it must be very firm and long too.
The
children ran to my station. They looked super excited. Every time I ask them
“sihat tak?”, then they will surely replied full of anxiety “sihat!” at the top
of their voice. After I explained the rule of the games, they started to joint
all the things together in 5 minutes. Sometimes I gave them hints, so that they
are able to make a longer line. Every group managed to pass this game except
for 1 group because their rope was not stable. I can see that they really
enjoyed this game.
I still remember there was a group, a guy wore a shoelace-
shoe and he didn’t want to take off his shoes even though his group really needs
it to make the line longer. Seeing this, I started to encourage him. I told him
how important it was for him to lend his shoelace to his group. I said “your
members really want to win this game, you don’t feel like winning this game?” Finally
after words of encouragement, he then took off his shoelace and his group won.
I am so happy when he took off his shoelace and lent it to his team to help
them win the game. From here I really felt that I have improved, I am able to
convince them.
There is
one thing we could learn from them and it is listened to others. They always
stop and listen to people’s opinion even if they have lots of ideas in their
mind. Besides, I am proud of Ying Ying as she willing to take turn speaking in front of the children even though she was shy and afraid at the first time. We must have courage and take the challenge to improved ourselves all the time.
We ended
the day by giving out prizes to the winners and also consolation prizes. Another
meaningful day was well spent.
Sekoah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (6/5)
Last Friday, we prepared a farewell party to those children.
As usual, we had aerobic as our first section to warm up our bodies. I realized there were few new students that I never met before, so I tried to approach
them and ask them to line up properly so that they won’t accidentally hurt each
other during aerobic section.
After that, we prepared a lot of colour papers
for them to write down anything such as their wishes, ambition, appreciation
words and so on. Some of the children have a lot of ideas on what to write and
draw on the paper but some of them tend to follow the style of their friends’
drawing. They are just a typical young kids. I did remember some scenes when I
was in primary school. I used to struggle what I have to write about my feeling
and ambition and there were always have some friends hand in the similar
drawing and writing.
After 30
minutes, we collected the papers from the kids and pasted it on the strings.
We are
trying to develop their creativity thru drawing and writing.
After that
we began our farewell party, my best friend, Marzlyqa was MC of the day. She
was great. She managed to interact with those children so well that beyond my imagination.
The children were singing and making cheers happily with the lead of Marzlyqa.
I wished someday I will have the courage to be MC. Because I think we need to
have strong communication skills in workplace.
I think the
happiest and touchiest part is when some children did recognize you after so
many weeks. One of this little boy named Akhim recognized me. He hold my hands
excitedly and asked me to guess which his drawing is. He is so cute. After
chatting so many things with him, I realized he was actually drew on 3 pieces
of paper and he has a brother study in this school too.
We gave
presents, made drinks and cut cakes for the children before we ended the
farewell. I saw the children were enjoying the cake so much and I felt happy.
This is the last day we can officially plan activities for
them. It’s with a heavy heart that I must say Goodbye to them. I started to
miss them.
Talent are everywhere, however seldom can they be recognized.
Through those activities we had planned, I saw most of them are actually quite
talented. They are good in drawing, solving problem and creative. Besides that, some of them had become more
active and brave. They also slowly enhanced their soft skills such as
communication skills, leadership and teamwork. I wished they will be successful
one day and make their teachers proud. I wished to say thank you to the teachers
and the students in Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih because they indirectly taught
me a lot of things like tolerance, patience, stay positive as those values are
the keys of success. I am glad I have the opportunity to conduct and learn so
many things in this programme.
Ending phrase
This volunteering works really transformed me into a better
person. I enjoyed helping people especially teaching kids. Those volunteering
experience taught me to be grateful with everything I have now as there are so
many people out there are less fortunate than me. I gained a lot of experiences
like how to coexist with my groupmates, NGO as well as the children and how to
plan yet carry out the activities. Bring joy to others is actually bringing joy
to myself. Other than that, I had volunteered to give an opening speech for my
religion event recently because I wanted to be as good as my friend. I surely
can do what she can do. This activity motivated me to take the first step to
improve and outshine myself. Lastly, I wished to thank University of Malaya who
gave me the chance to experience such a priceless and unforgettable volunteering
activities in social engagement course. I will join volunteering job in
semester break to gain more experience that never taught in school.
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