My Social Engagement Journey

          Muhammad Hamidullah Bin Roslan (CEB150087)
          Dapur Jalanan Kuala Lumpur 
          20 March 2016, Sunday
          Jalan Panggung Kuala Lumpur


                   
                           

  

 Dapur Jalanan KL has operated since 2013. The first time I heard about Dapur Jalanan Kuala Kumpur is when I was studying for my Diploma at University of Malaya (UM). For me, Dapur Jalanan KL is quite popular among the UM communities. Since some of my friends has join the programs by Dapur Jalanan KL, I actually wanted to join them too but because of the time constraint, I did not managed to join them. Luckily on a bright sunny day, my instructor has agreed to join Dapur Jalanan KL as a part of social engagement activities. On 20 March 2016, it was the proposed date. For the precious 6 hours with them, there are a lot of things that I learnt that may reflect myself to be a better person.

            First of all, I learnt to appreciate my life. As the programs run, I can see that most of the peoples are lacking in basic needs. What can I see with their behavior and clothing makes me realized the differences between them and me. There are huge gaps really. But, I still respect them all as a human without regard to their appearances etc. and I think that all the peoples in the world also need to respect this peoples. Give some love towards this peoples.

            Furthermore, I gain new knowledge from this activities. As we are all divided into several teams, I was order to control the trash or garbage. According to the instructors, unfinished foods can be compose into fertilizers for plants. How cool is that? The food waste that we throw everyday are actually ‘vitamins’ for plants. This is a new things for me. By reusing the food waste, peoples can actually save the earth and also save money from fertilizers of course.

            
 Cooperation is essential for a team. The first things that we all do is preparing the meals. I cannot just stand still and let others do the work. Hence, I learnt to managed myself in a team so that I can eventually contributed to the team. Besides, I also learnt to communicate effectively with the team members and know new friends.

 Dapur Jalanan KL programs do affect me as an individual. There are a lot of things that I learnt. I can feel an amazing moments when I distributed the food to the peoples. It is fun to give out something that we have to the needy peoples. To conclude, I need to take care and remember all the peoples in the world especially the needy because, if I abandoned them is like I abandoned my family. We are all humans. Our standards is just a subjective matter. 'Food is the rights of communities!'.

‘ Most of the peoples are not unemployed, they are just insufficient of their income due to Kuala Lumpur living standards ‘.

Mr. Shafiq (Committee members of Dapur Jalanan KL)

          Muhammad Hamidullah Bin Roslan (CEB150087)

          Fundraising

          22 March 2016, Tuesday

          University of Malaya (UM)

In order to achieve the goals of the programs, I need to buy various things. Fundraising can be seen as a platform to get the capital for the programs. With the agreement of all, we have choose to sell cupcakes as the products. After calculate the total cost, the cupcakes will be RM2 per pieces. By that, I can gain enough net profits to buy materials for the programs. 

            As the business strategy, I has introduced a combo where if customers buys three cupcakes only cost RM5. This make the selling much more interesting and generally attracted more customers to buy. As the factor of place constraints, I decided to sell it in mobility technique where each members need to sell a certain number of cupcakes individually.

            What I learnt from this fundraising activities is it develop my business skills. The theories in class that I learnt can eventually be used in this activities. It is like doing a practical. Some elements that I practically used are management, marketing and also accounting. By that, I hope this activity will be a starter to own a business one day.

          Muhammad Hamidullah Bin Roslan (CEB150087)

          Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) - Preschool

          25 March 2016, Friday

          Jalan Chow Kit

Can I handle the kids? Will they cry? What if I hurt them? How to control them? These are the things that keep spinning into my head as I was asked to conduct an activities with the pre-school students. At first, I was not confidence to control the kids because I did not have any knowledge that must characterize a teacher. I am just an ordinary business students. There is huge differences between a teacher and me. Luckily, with the help of Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) teachers and friends, the programs run smoothly and successfully.

In my everyday lives, it was like a classroom. I learnt new things everyday. But, today, I learnt a lot of things with the communities of SBJK either with the teachers and also the kids itself. The biggest lesson that I learnt is how to managed the kids. Honestly, it was not easy to handle them. They are highly active. With the help of the teachers, I managed to control them effectively. The key to control them is we must be like a kids to control them. Hence, it was a good lesson that I can use in the future.

Next, I increase my communications and soft skills. As I am a business students, I need to talk a lot of time in front of various kinds of peoples. In easy term called a presentation. As soon as this programs ends, I realize that I become confidence in conducting a presentation. That is very useful for me as a businessman.

Moreover, I learnt to be managers. The programs actually need me to plan and control the time well. Although during the day, there is dragging in times that makes the programs flows a bit off plan, I managed to re-plan the time with all the activities planned successfully conducted. That was a relieve. Without realizing, this scenario is like a practical of contingency planning that I learnt in business study.

It was an amazing moment with the pre-school students and the teachers. The experiences and lesson that I learnt is very useful in my daily lives. Peoples said that be a teacher is hard. It is true. It was hard actually but the relationships between teachers and students makes the teachers feel very motivated in class. Now, I really can feel the motivations just like a teacher  to be better in life.

          Muhammad Hamidullah Bin Roslan (CEB150087)

          Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) - Asas 1,2,3

          15 April 2016, Friday

          Jalan Chow Kit

      Personally, this is my second time conducting activities at school. The last time I conducted when I was studying  for my Diploma. Having to be the organizers for the programs at Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK)  really makes me feel very nervous and excited at the same time. But, at the end, the programs run smoothly and successfully. Besides completing the programs, I also learnt a lot from the communities of SBJK.

As a human that reflects me, I always feel dissatisfied with my life especially regarding the things that I have compare to the others. After I went to this programs and listen to a bunch of stories, there are more peoples that their life is much more pity than me. By that, I learnt to appreciate my life more and I believe that all the peoples in the world also need to appreciate their life too.

All the peoples in the world deserves respect, guidance and love. At SBJK, these are the elements that the teachers apply to their students. In my view, this schools are different than any other schools and I can see that one day this school can be an elite and recognized school in Malaysia or maybe the world. Not only SBJK, I think all the schools also need to apply these elements. Therefore, with the guidance of the teachers of SBJK, I learnt to be more respectful and to give everyone appreciations or love in life no matter what are their background.

As a business student, this programs do affect me especially in terms of communications and soft skills. In the real business world, I might need to give speech or presentation to different kinds of peoples. Therefore, this programs encourages me to be brave and speak confidently. The most important things, I learnt something on how to influences peoples.

When I was a young boy, it always the teachers or parent that taught me. In this programed, I actually become a teacher for a day. This is an amazing moment. What I can learnt and feel is the hardship of the teachers and also parents. Yes, it is not easy to handle a group of students. But, their determinants and objectives really make us move forward. Hence. I learnt to be determinants and gallant in achieving goals or vision in my life.

Last but not least, I can feel and understand the real meanings of grateful. Furthermore, I gain an amazing moments with the communities of SBJK and I believe that not everyone can experienced it. Not to forget, I got the chances to know new peoples especially the course mates that conducted this programs together.

“The most expensive teachers is the experience itself “ – Mr. Zulkernai Bin Fauzi

          Muhammad Hamidullah Bin Roslan (CEB150087)

          Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) - Pre -School , Asas 1,2,3

          6 May 2016, Friday

          Jalan Chow Kit

          As this is the third time I went to this school, the feeling are different. I am now feel very closed to the school. Apart from that, the students and the teachers also remember me and also other members. Hence, I feel extra confident to interact and communicate with the communities of SBJK. That is also the key of success of today’s activities.

            To tell the truth, it is still very hard to control the childrens or students. They are hyperactive. They has no limits of tired. They will run everywhere around the school and quareling with each other. But, I know that is the nature of childrens. I cannot scold them because that is not the right way to discipline them.  Therefore, from my observations, I learnt that childrens can be disciplined using ‘cheers’. They love movement and sound. The school also create their own clapping to discipline their students. By that, ‘cheers’ can be seen as an effective way to motivates and disciplines peoples from today’s generation.

            Furthermore, I managed to develop my courage standing in front of the crowd. I has assign to read the prayer or ‘doa’. That actually do make me nervous although it seems as a simple task. The benefits that I got is I gain a lot more self esteem and confidence.

            Lastly, I learnt to be a multitasker. The social engagement project requires much time to prepare things and materials. At the same time, I also has a bunch of assignments or tasks that need to be submittted. With the excessive tasks, I realised that I has polished my multitasking skills in order to compete with the challenging environment.

            Although I feel very tired yet it was enjoyable and worth it. I hope that the children also learnt something just like I do. As we already create a bonding between the communities of SBJK, I hope that we will remember each other forever. I hope to meet the childrens again in the future.

                                                    ‘When there is a will, there is a way’