Reflection 

by Ooi Chin Peng (CEB 150126) 

 Last Program in SBJK

This is the last time that I will be at this school for my social engagement project. As what planned during few meetings before, this will be the celebration and as the closing ceremony for those program all of us did at the school with those children and teachers.

I tried to be not so close with the kids because I do not want them to be disappointed due to this is the last day that I approach them. As the time passed, the relationship grown between kids and me, and I believed this happened to all of my group members as some of them are really close with the kids. No matter how, I choose to wish and advise them rather than showing my unbearable emotion. As I been told that, those kids are easily to be touched, and their emotion will be unstable if they are in sad or anger. So, the plan for this day is meant to have celebration as ending for our program.

Lots of fun activities and goodies was given to those kids. As usual, they are active and energetic throughout the whole day. I barely have some interactive with them due to I have been assigned to make a video and do some technical chores. I had to filter out all the photos that our photographer had taken, I really felt heart-warming when I see those photos.

Finally, the program ended successfully. I felt that it was a pleasure to get along with those kids, they are innocent, real and sincere and of course with the help of those teacher, so that the program can ended successfully. The most important is, only with those responsible group member, the understandings between all of us, then only can make the program started with doubt and ended meaningfully.

Reflection by Phase

By: Ooi Chin Peng (CEB 150126)

Before/Planning Phase

            The planning phase is one of the most important part in the program prosecuting afterwards. The planning of the program included collect all those related raw information, dissect the information, analysis and make the final decision. All of the group members presented all the information that they acquired and we all discussed on it. We have to consider everything when we are discussing about what to do for this project and who we will be serving and the location. Furthermore, we will have to held a fund raising activity if the program that we will be conducting need a lots of capital. After a series of meeting and discussing, the final decision was made. We start to gather some more related information about the place that we will go and we do some research about the background of the community that we will be serving. We have two communities to serve, which one of it we do combine with the NGO is the Dapur Jalanan, that we will meet those poor and homeless, and the second community is from the Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih, we will be meet those kids who are from poor and homeless, and never had any formal educated before this. We roughly planned all the activities, and then the main outline is clear and our task is generally being assigned. All the preparation was done by every group member, for example, do research on the route to the destination and contact the person in charge for the program that we are going to organise. I really felt excited when I saw the commitment from every group member, and I learnt to accept the others opinion and be concise when it comes to problem occurrence.

During Phase

First activities were the Dapur Jalanan, we reach the place together and we are able to reach there on time. And we do what we had been assigned once the person in charge done the briefing. Everything was going smoothly and successfully. I am really appreciating that the NGO willing to let us have this chance to meet with those homeless and poor peoples. The teamwork and the hard work from all of the group members are the essential part to make the activity ended satisfyingly. The next activities are the SBJK, and we are going to deal with those kids who was totally difference with us. When the activities were going on, the participation of those kids makes me felt that our efforts are worth and the commitment from our group member with the organised planned activities are surprisingly able to make those kids remember us. I think this is the best repayment from this activity. I learnt a lot during this activities, in which is cherish and appreciate what I have now, because there always be someone who does not even have what I had now. Moreover, I learnt that to giving out rather than keep receiving from the others, I will do so when I still have the ability to lend anyone a hand, and always be open-minded to accept any criticize from anyone. This is very important when you been told that your weakness and so that you will be able to amend it. I leant that to make changes rather than to be change.

After Phase

After all of the activities been conducted, I reflected on myself. In which from the starting until the end of the project, what had I did and what is the effect. The final result from those activities was quite satisfying, I felt so glad to have the chance to handle all these program, which let me have a chance to get in touch with those communities. Furthermore, the spirit of teamwork is actually makes me want to improve myself to be a better group member in the future. It will be difficult to execute any command if there was no commitment, and luckily this never happen during the implementation of the programs. Moreover, I learnt that always do self-reflection is essential for me to recognize my weaknesses and so that I can make changes to become a better person. I am really appreciated to all the personnel involved in the project, it won’t be such a smooth progress without their efforts. This really let me have a difference experience compare with those simple volunteering works, and I really gained a lot from the planning until the implementing of the project.