REFLECTION
BY : AMBIGA A/P KRISHNAN CEB150003
PHASE 1: INITIAL ( PLANNING)
I am Ambiga A/P Krishnan, a first year student from Bachelor of Business Administration, University Malaya. First of all, I would like to thank our group supervisor lecturer Dr. Zalfa Laili Binti Hamzah, who gave a lot of support and advises to help us in carrying out our social engagement. As a human being, it’s our responsibility to serve for the community, help people and make people’s life happy. That was the main mind concept that I developed within me during the entire social engagement course. People might think that, helping people depends on personal interest and from my view, it’s not a personal interest, it’s a must. First when we were signing up for the two main events as our 30 hours social engagement service, I was worried about that 30 hours. I might use that 30 hours for movies and hangout with friend instead of helping others. All these perception and worry changed when we started to engage more in this course. The first thing we did was,we had our first general meeting in tutorial room where we decided to do ice breaking session and divide the task in order to make sure that every event can carry out efficiently. I was selected as the assistant leader of our group and my group leader is Zafran. After that, Group 2 has joined our meeting in order to cooperate with each other in the 2 projects we decided to engage which are Dapur Jalanan and Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih.
PHASE 2: CURRENT
So,our first volunteering programme is Dapurjalanan.Dapur Jalanan is a volunteer-based soup kitchen services operate every Sunday which is located at Jalan Panggong, Bangsar. They offer free food and drinks to some people who live in the city known as ‘’urban poor’’. Dapur Jalanan does not refer all of them as homeless because some of them have job and shelter but they are lack of financial support. On 20th of March 2016,my fellow course mates from Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya being accompanied by our lecturer Dr. Zalfa Laili Binti Hamzah went to Dapurjalanan.
We managed to arrive there early in the morning at Bangsar.Then,ice breaking session took place.Later on,the person in charge told, we need to help to prepare simple meals only which are sandwiches and fruit salad for the food distribution activity later in the evening as there a food sponsored by a restaurateur. Without any hesitation,we all started to do our preparation right after the briefing session.
We decided to finish the food preparation earlier than we expected since we have distributed the tasks efficiently. We then get an opportunity to get more and various information about Dapur Jalanan Kuala Lumpur from the club members.
We had small break after the sharing session ended. Then, we moved together to the food distribution location which is located at Jalan Panggong by LRT. We managed to set up the food station before the food distribution activity takes place.
We then decided to distribute the food to the people who are already waiting for our presence at the venue.It was a heartbreaking situation actually to see so many of them who are financially down and are suffering to get a meal of the day. We also managed to chat with them to know more about them. I have a nice time with them as they are approachable and friendly too. Time flew so fast that day as we all fully engaged in serving the community there.A group photo is a must when good times happen so here it is:
For me ,I was really satisfied with our entire teamwork on the day.I had the chance to see and experience myself what it really takes to be a volunteer in any project or events.And the thing that most strikes me on that day and make me feel devastated was the fact that, there are so many of them out there who don't get food and I don't think twice to waste my food if i don't finish them.I realised that
thank you for the exposure Dapur Jalanan :)
The next event was in Sekolah Jalinan Bimbingan Kasih
25th of March 2016, Friday.
curiosity that deepens in me to know more about the school( screenshot of headline of the school in newspaper-source internet)
Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) is one of the initiatives by Malaysia Education Ministry as the access for the street children around Kuala Lumpur that are abandoned in this country to get better education.The school, set up by the Education Ministry years ago as part of the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025, is aimed towards helping street children and undocumented children get proper schooling. This special school is located in the centre of the city, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur. The school is not the same at all as other government schools. They are not just focusing on academic and the students are free to wear any attire because they do not have uniform.We decided to go to SBJK for social engagement project as prescribed by our lecturer Dr. Zalfa Laili Binti Hamzah.
We were briefed by the honorable principal of SBJK shortly about the school. I personally felt very anxious and happy to meet the principal, the teachers and the lovely children for the first time.My team members and I were already assigned to carry out various types of games and activities which we earlier planned for our event. We had aerobics session, filling water game, eagle game and so on. I was assigned for the game "dance with video songs". Also, I noticed that whatever the situation is,the teachers are so patient with the kids no matter what.They are really dedicated to their work and responsibility.
I realized that I should be positive and be responsible with my task or work after noticing the teachers.And at the same ,experience with these kids really made me to appreciate my life better as i always differentiate my situation with those people who have more than me. But after seeing those under-privileged children in person, I realized that I should always be really grateful for everything i have been provided. In a nutshell,spending a day with the kids with various games and activities really give me a wider look on how noble is our government in initiating such school for these underprivileged children.I learned alot from the children and teachers itself.This experience also opens a different perception for me to more engage with the community and try to lend a helping hand in anyway possible in the future.
21 May, 2016, Saturday.
Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya
I had to join Group 4 with their project of teaching the hospital staff’s children of Pusat Perubatan University Malaya’s as I could not attend the event on 25/3/2016 due to health problem. This was an interesting event as I have never had the experience to teach children.
I managed to join and help the group in order to complete my remaining hours after liasing with the senior supervisor of the group,Dr Anna.The team leader of Group 4 ,Weikeat managed to help and guide me on my task that day .After arriving at the hospital,Weikeat managed to introduce me to the person in charge of the teaching session there,Miss Sapiah.She briefed me about the children and the things I supposed to teach them.But earlier before the event,we managed to prepare the notes and materials that will be used for the teaching session.
I have been assigned to teach Mathematics to primary school children from standard 4 to 6.Miss Sapiah showed how much passion she have in this teaching work and she was determined to guide me through too.She told me that punctuality is very important in her work. The first and foremost thing I learned is the patience of handling the children and make them understand the topics being teached.On that day,I had 6 students from standard 4 to 6 to teach as some of them are absent.Eventhough there are not many of them to be teached that day,but it was not easy to make them understand the topics as some of them have different ways of understanding the subject.I managed to try my best to make them understand as Mathematics is my favorite subject since small.I managed to communicate and teach them in bilingual in order to make them more understand of the things I teach them.
At the same time,members from group 4 also busy teaching their groups of children.Some of the Subjects being taught are Science ,Bahasa Malaysia,and Kajian Tempatan.They look very determined in teaching the children and having a lot of fun with them as the children are very jovial. As some of the members had experiences of teaching before, I observed them and learnt some the techniques required to teach the children and those techniques helped me to teach them as I wanted.
The students were also cooperative and understanding. I managed to made them understand the whole topic. I also gave them mathematics problems to do and they successfully did it. I was relieved as I made them understood the topic that I teach them. I learned that how important and difficult is the task of teacher to make sure the knowledge and skills are well absorbed by the students.Also, if a teacher teaches something to the students, he/she should have full knowledge about that topic.
Then only he will be able to teach properly . A teacher has to be determined,punctual and caring towards the students as well. The teachers should be well-mannered also.After teaching the students, I was finally relieved and happy as they show positive feedback of the understanding the topics I taught them.It was really a great new experience for me. And I would like to express my greatest gratitiude to Dr Zalfa,and Dr Anna for giving me the chance to experience something I never taught of doing.In future,I would absolutely make time to visit again and help to teach them.
PHASE 3 : AFTER
The first value that I learned in these entire social engagement events is teamwork. We as a team ,worked hard to make sure all our duties that being delivered to us during the events run smoothly. We started to understand each other, communicating with each other more often. Via this, I was able to identify various personality people with various character. As an assistant leader,I managed to help my team leader and learn how to divide different task to different people based on their character and style. Giving the right task to the right person developed the teamwork value among us. From this 30 hours of Social Engagement, I've realised that they are so many people need our kindness and our help.However, the benefits of volunteering are enormous to us, family and community.
The right matches that can help us to find friends, reach out the community, learn new skills and even advance our career. Volunteering can also help protect our mental and physical health. Time management is another good value that I learned through out the entire semester. Dealing with studies, collage activity and social engagement preparation taught me how to organize time with all this activity and at the same time spending a good time with studies and family.It has opened my mind and I gained a new perspective in my future life.
Thanks to my teammates who taught me so many things during the Social Engagement. Special thanks to our group supervisor lecturer Dr. Zalfa Laili Binti Hamzah, who gave a lot of support and advises to help us in carrying out our social engagement. THANK YOU UNIVERSITY MALAYA for this course!!This was a great experience and I'm sure that I will continue to involve myself in social volunteering in future.
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