Reflection
Date:20/3/2016
Venue: Kelab
Bangsar Utama; Dapurjalanan
At the beginning of the social
engagement project, me and my group mates started as strangers who do not know
each other but after working together for this
programme we start to know each other personally as friends. Through this
programme, I got the opportunity to interact with my groupmates and bond over
meetings and the day of the actual event. I get to know my coursemates better
and I managed to make new friends.
I
also develop skills in working as a team and learn to carry out my role as a
secretary for this team. I was able to
experience team spirit when I see the willingness of my groupmates to come together
to attend the meetings although all of us are busy with classes and
assignments. This also taught me to become more responsible as an individual
when I see that everyone is making an effort to plan and organise this event.
By
having discussions with my groupmates and the process of looking for NGOS, I
slowly developed the skills to interact and communicate with different people. I
realised the importance of being courteous and professional while interacting
with representatives from the NGO because I am representing my groupmates and
University Malaya in general. After dealing with some NGOS, we managed to find
Dapurjalanan.
On
the day of the Dapurjalanan event, I learn how to cooperate with my coursemates
from Group1 and 2 during the food preparation for the homeless and poor urban
citizen. I was glad that I was able to help out when I see everyone cooperate
by following the instructions and actively working on the tasks assigned to
them during the food preparation and setting up of the distribution station. I
was in charged of peeling the eggshells and I was at the hygience section at
the distribution station. I noticed that when everyone is committed jobs gets
done easier and faster.
I
learned that I shouldn’t judge people based on how they wear and look. Although
these people are not very neatly dressed but they are very polite. I understand
that some people are just less fortunate and that some of end up in the streets
due to making bad decisions in life. I felt really bad for these people when I
see that some of them came with wearing dirty clothes and unruly hair.
Moreover,
I wonder where do these people live and if they still have family members and
whether if they are being feed sufficiently.I can’t help but to sympathize with
the lives that they are going thorugh.At the end of the day, I was happy that I
was able to help these people by providing them with what they need; food even
if it is only for a day.
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