SHAYKA SHAHID JOYEE (CEB150702)

Dapur Jalanan, Bangsar

20 March, 2016, Sunday.

Dapur Jalanan (Kuala Lumpur)

Back in my country, I have done some of Social Engagement activities but they were on our own effort. But when I came here in Malaysia for studying, I got "Social Engagement" as a course to complete my graduation and this is the first time I am doing something for the needy people officially which made me feel proud as well as overwhelmed. On this day, my group, which is group 2 and group 1 combined altogether and went to Dapur Jalanan which is situated at Bangsar Club Utama.

After reaching there, I, along with my groupmates started preparing food. While preparing food, I learnt some skills which includes how to prepare food in a very short time and of course with hygiene. And of course, teamwork. One thing I learnt from this event is that teamwork is very important to be successful in any work and it reminded me of "together we stand, divided we fall."

Food Menu

While preparing food

Food we prepared

After preparing the food, the main committee of Dapur Jalanan shortly briefed as about how to response in front of the needy and homeless people, how we should treat them and also how we should distribute food among them. From the briefing I realized many things and also got to learn a lot of things. First of all, as they are homeless, I should behave politely with them as they will feel inferior among us. Moreover, I shouldn't do any action which offends them. So, I was careful about these things. Also, the committee members motivated and inspired me a lot. I really liked how they help the poor and needy people. Now, I also have a dream to do something for these poor and helpless people. Finally, their behavior attracted me very much. From them, I also learnt some moral values such as punctuality, talking and behaving politely and so on.

Briefing session

Dr. Zalfa, who is our lecturer of this course, suggested us to take a group photo after we finished preparing food. So, I didn't miss the opportunity and told everyone to gather to take a good photo which we can send to the management.

At 5 pm, I, along with my groupmates reached Jalan Panggong for distributing food among the poor and needy people. After sometimes, I saw many people gathering at a place waiting for food and at a distance some people are preparing plates to serve food to the needy people. Without any delay I went there to help the members. I was assigned to serve glass full of orange juice. So I and some of my groupmates started preparing them. From this activity I got to know how I can serve for the poor people and also teamwork is very important for these kind of activites. How the members joined hand together and working for the needy people inspired me very much.

After a while, the needy and poor people started coming for food and we started distribution. At that time, I noticed how much they are in need of food. There were several kinds of people made queue for food. People from different races and cultures gathered there for food. When they were taking food, I realized how thankful they were and how happy they were when they got the food. I was overwhelmed with happiness and to see their integrity. I was also thankful to Allah for what He has given me. From this activity, I learnt that that we should always be thankful for what we have and should be happy with that. Because there are many people in the world who don't have basic needs like shelter, food and so on to survive. The condition of these people hurt me from inside also motivated me to do something for them in future.

I also noticed some points which I think I should notice to know more about them. I noticed, how they were okay with their present condition as if they have accepted what fate has written for them. For instance, I saw some old people patiently waiting in the queue to get food. It shooked me to a large extent. Also, some pregnant ladies were waiting for the food in that condition. I felt pity for them.

Homeless and needy people having food

 When the people were having food, I got the opportunity to talk to them. So I approached to one of a pregnant lady and asked did she liked the food or not. She replied, "We don't get this kind of opportunity everyday. But I am very happy and also thankful to Dapur Jalanan as they are provding food for the needy people like us. Because we don't get to eat this kind of food everyday."

One thing I realized that not all the poor people are very upset with their condition. They are still happy with what the fate has given to them. Some of them were very jolly and friendly. If they can be happy with their present condition, then why shouldn't we be thankful for what we are blessed with? I questioned myself and also promised myself to be always positive in what situation I will be in future.

Sharing session

Finally, I along with my groupmates and the committee of Dapur Jalanan made a sharing session where everyone shared their opinion about this activity. I also shared my point of view and my opinion with everyone. And also, how we felt to conduct this activity. We also discussed about how we can improve the activity in the future. Finally the members of Dapur Jalanan thanked us and also told us to share our experiences to others so that others can also get interest to conduct this kind of activities with them. I also thanked the committee and assured that this won't be my last activity. We will do more activity for the poor and needy people. At the end, we ended this activity with a beautiful group photo.

Group Photo

NOR ADILLA BINTI MD AHIR ( CEB 150099 )

(1) Dapur Jalanan, Bangsar

20 March 2016, Sunday

                                                               

When we just arrived at the club

On this very day, my group as well as group one, have join forces to held our first activity in Dapur Jalanan which is located in Bangsar. As soon as I reached the club with my friends by walking 5 minutes from LRT Bangsar, I’m assigned to prepare foods such as egg sandwiches, and fruits salad.

I worked together as a team as we were preparing the foods that is going to be distributed to the needy, poor and homeless people.

                                                                     

Food preparation

Food preparation

                     

After a while, my friends and I, were being briefed by the committee of Dapur Jalanan of how we should behave when we were in the actual field. At that moment, I realised that I need to be very understanding of their ( poor urban ) situation and not to openly interrupt the emotion, and protect their sensitivity at all times.  

Finished the food preparation

Briefing session by Dapur Jalanan's Committee 

At about 5pm, we reached Jalan Panggong. Instantly, I saw this many people hovering around waiting for food silently which I had to admit it scares me a little as I have never been in such situation before, being in that sort of community. All I can see is that, people from all races, either women or men looking very tired and wanting for food desperately. In my heart, I felt completely full of emotions. Mixed feeling of sadness and how grateful I am for what I have now.

My friends and I are assigned in different teams. Mine was being in one of the hygiene team. I was responsible to make sure that the place are clean right how it was before. I was holding the rubbish bag and waited for the people to finish eating and throw their rubbish in the plastic provided.

Food distribution in Jalan Panggung

While waiting, I saw how thankful they are towards the committee of Dapur Jalanan for providing them food and how eager they are while eating as I assumed they hardly have the opportunity to eat leisurely. It breaks my heart to see how they still continue to survive with the current situation they are in. For instance, a pregnant woman was standing right across me and waiting for food to be distributed patiently, and how I kept thinking of how that she’s going through it all. Same goes for those old folks.

The hygiene team

      

I can’t deny the fact that I kept thinking to myself question such as, ‘where are their other family members?’, “why are they being in such situation?” and “how they can continue their life as usual as if like nothing happened?’.

When they finished eating I took an opportunity to have a little bit conversation to them. There was an old man came up to me as he want to throw his rubbish and I asked him how was the food. Smiling he said “ semua sedap..tapi salad buah tu keras”. At that point onwards, I started to asked him whether he lives nearby and he said yes. But that’s all I can ask as I’m afraid his current situation unables him to answer more of my questions .

Basically, all the unfortunate people are not like what we think. Some of them, even they are how they are, they are still friendly and willing to talk to us while some are being in their “own world” which is definitely understandable. Therefore, I had learned that being in a perfect condition doesn’t mean that we can simply judge their lives. 

End Sharing Session

Lastly, we conclude the whole activity with a sharing session and I can definitely say that I appreciate the whole thing we had done as a team, hopefully we can continue to do more of this kind of volunteering work in the future together. 

NOR ADILLA BINTI MD AHIR ( CEB 150099 )

Fundraising Activity in University Malaya

22 March 2016

Each of the team members were assigned to sell muffins in order to raise fund to buy all the gifts and other necessities for our upcoming project. The muffins are baked by one of our team member's mother and each of us has to sell 13 muffins. We have decided to sell it at our faculty area and also in our residence college.

I had managed to sell all 13 of them to my friends and my roommates. I had told them the purpose of this activity and they are being very supportive about it and to top it off, they had compliment that the muffins were very delicious. I had sold the muffins with promotion price of RM 5, if they purchase 3 as a set, rather than buying one for RM 2. In total, I had collected RM 22 and the money was handed out to the group's treasure. I am very thankful that our fundraising activity went smoothly and we as a team has managed to achieved our target.

NOR ADILLA BINTI MD AHIR ( CEB 150099 )

Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih, Kuala Lumpur

25 March 2016, Friday

       

When I first arrived at the school, I was fascinated by the view of it. It was nothing like I imagined it would be like. In my mind, I was thinking that the school compound would be very unpleasant to be in but how wrong was I when I saw that the school was just like the other ordinary schools that has a very clean environment.

As my friend and I enter the school, we were welcomed by Miss Nadia,which is one of the teacher there. Our present was very much appreciated by the school as we were greeted by the principal, Zulkernai Fauzi, politely. He was then brief us on what to expect when we actually met the kids and a little bit about the school's history.  He was also stress on about the way how we should handle the children by not intrigued them with any sensitive question and be more considerate about their situation. 

   

Briefing Session by the school's Principal

Video showing

During the video showing, which comprises the whole journey of the establishment of the school, it was a little bit emotional for me. Towards the ending part of the video, I couldn't help but cry as I am feeling very sad by seeing the children's actual life before they entered the school and how they managed to continue living passionately even without having a perfect life as the other would be.

It has come to make me realized how fortunate I am compared to them and how I should be grateful even more.

Coloring Activities

After that, we were dismissed to carry out our planned activities with the children in their respective classes. According to plan, I was supposed to be a part of kindergarten teacher. However, due to small number of students attending, I had assigned to join the other group by helping them out with the primary students. I'm in charged of handling the Asas 2 students. They were very hyper at the same time loves to study. We had fun playing musical chair, drawing and coloring contest and many more.

Nizam, the shy child

I had a good time with the children especially with this little boy of 9 years old, Khairul Nizam. At first, he was very shy and refused to get involved with any of the activities but after sometimes I managed to make him talk and he said he like to study more rather than playing. Therefore, I took the initiatives and taught him a bit of mathematics and he loves it. At this point I strongly believes that they will succeed in the future as they all have different potential in them. That is what I truly hoped for.

Aerobic exercise session

Towards the end of our visit, I joined my kindergarten team and we had fun doing aerobic exercises along with fun and exciting music sing-along. The children loves it, and we as teachers also enjoyed ourselves as much as they do. For that, we conclude our visit for the day and hope that we can make another visits in the future as we were having so much fun and all the tiredness had paid off.

NOR ADILLA BINTI MD AHIR ( CEB 150099)

Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih, Kuala Lumpur ( second visit)

15 April 2016, Friday

The tempurung's

We went for the school for the second time in our mid semester break. This time around we had prepare a lot of exciting game such as explore race. I am in charged of becoming of one the facilitators and my group was named 'tempurung". In total of 7 students in my group with mixed from different aras, we enjoyed every single games that has been provided. Each checkpoint, the students used their own creativity to solve and I am responsible to make sure they stay in a group and give them an endless support in each game being played.

At that moment, I enjoyed every bits of it as much as they do. I help them to work in a team and be as competitive as possible. They students learnt to behave although sometimes they do went out of no where, It is definitely a challenge but we managed through it all.

With some of my tempurung teammates

My team with their prizes

After we complete all the task, my team managed to score third place out of eight groups in total, I, as the facilitators, am so proud of my team as I know they did a good job and it all has paid off. Watching their smiles and excitement are the best feeling of all. At least, what we had done can bring happiness to the children despite what they have gone through.

All in all, I am so happy to be back to the school and have another program with them. We have created a stronger relationship with one another, more comfortable as they are more open up towards me by telling their stories and I appreciate that a lot. I sincerely hope what we share with them can inspire themselves to be a better person in the future regardless of what they have gone through in the past.

NOR ADILLA BINTI MD AHIR ( CEB 150099 )

Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih, Kuala Lumpur ( last visit)

6 May 2016, Friday



It was our final day being in SBJK, Kuala Lumpur. I was pretty much having mixed feeling inside me, sadness and happy all comprise into one. At 9.00am, we, as usual start our morning activities with some aerobic exercise which everyone of us were very looking forward to it. I, personally, was very enthusiast as we were using Merdeka song that we have during our university orientation week. I am so glad that we get to share the awesome dance routine with the children and very thankful that they are having as much fun as I am.

After the session ended, we continued for the drawing and coloring activities. I distributed the colour papers and ask them to draw something that they loved or someone they wanted to become one day.

Nizam's drawing

I sit in between them at the canteen and paid a closer look to what they have drawn. Some of them were drawing cartoons which they adore and some are just having fun drawing.

However, what had caught my attention the most is Nizam. He is by far the closest kid with me throughout this journey here in SBJK. It touches my heart to see that he draw a scenery that contain his future dream house and car, which at the end he dedicated the drawing for me. I literally cried at the moment. It was so touching to know that he appreciate my visit as I am the first person to approach him being the
shy kid of all.

Dedicated for me

Drawing and coloring session

When the session ended, my friends and I recollected the drawings and hung it up for a display near the canteen. There are so many beautiful and meaningful pieces that I really hope will come true for the children one day.
Next, before the Jumaat prayer, we all gather to have a closing ceremony together with our lecturers and SBJK teachers.
I definitely wanted to express my gratitude towards the school for having us and all the lecturers for giving us the opportunity to experience this unforgettable memories.

Later that day, we have a small cake cutting session which is prepared beforehand by my team in order to celebrate the children that were born in the month of May. It also defines our token of appreciation towards the school children for having us and makes us comfortable just like where we belong. I had my own time mingle around with the kids as they share their stories, little by little and it just show how they accept me to be one of their close acquaintance. It was heartbreaking enough for me to know that it will be my last day with them.
We continued with singing by the school's band and also performance by my team members.



When the times has come to an end, I bid goodbye to them with sorrow. Personally, I became too attached with some of them and it is hard to let go. What touches me the most is that they gave their addresses just for me to pay a visit to them again. At that moment, I couldn't hold my sadness by hugging each of them and pray that they will be always protected and safe, as well as having full of happiness in the future.

I would definitely not forget this precious moment as I became more thankful for what I had and always have their spirit along with me, and sincerely hope to meet them again one day to create more enjoyable and unforgettable moments together.

 

CHAN MEI QI       CEB150018


20 March 2016 (Sunday) - A meaningful day with Dapur Jalanan Kuala Lumpur

Before this, I never heard about Dapur Jalanan. I am wondering what is this club actually. I started to search all the information about this club and I got the answer. Dapur Jalanan, a volunteer-based soup kitchen service operates every Sunday at Jalan Panggong, in Kuala Lumpur. The program offers free food and drinks to the homeless and marginalized in the city.

We have arrived Dapur Jalanan Kuala Lumpur Activity Centre in the early morning which located at Bangsar. 

As the person in charge told, we need to help to prepare sandwiches and fruit salad for the food distribution activity in the afternoon later. We straight away started to do our preparation right after the briefing session from the person in charge.

This is so meaningful to me as we are preparing the food for the people who need our help. It was feeling so great to spend my time with for awesome activity with all my friends and this is my very first experience to prepare the food for so many people. But I still able to make it done as we together assigned the tasks to everyone and we also followed the guidance from the person in charge as well. 

 

 

Although we are busy preparing with all the food, we did took photos to record down these fantastic moments with each other. 

 


 

We have finished the food preparation earlier than the time we expected since we have distributed the tasks efficiently. We took this chance to get more information about Dapur Jalanan Kuala Lumpur from the person in charge.

Everyone is listening to the person in charge about the story of Dapur Jalanan Kuala Lumpur. I was able to get a clearer picture about this club and more understand about what are the activities under this club after this sharing session. This club is just so amazing as they are doing all the voluntary activities for the benefits of the people who need help. 

We took a small break and have our lunch after the sharing session ended. After that, we moved together to the food distribution location which is located at Jalan Panggong by LRT. We set up the food station before the food distribution activity get started. 

The activity have started by around 5.30pm on that day. Other than us, there are also other volunteers came to join this activity. We distributed the food together with them to the public.

After we have distributed the food to the public, we started to chat with them to know more about them. I have a nice time with them as they are approachable. 

Time passed fast, the whole day activity is going to be end after we cleaned the place with all volunteers together. We took a group photo before we ended our activity to keep it as a memory. 

We said "thank you" to each other as we made this activity successfully on that day.

To me, it was a fantastic day. I learnt how to prepare a large portion of food in groups, how to sacrifice your own time for voluntary activities, how to communicate with the public who some of them came from special backgrounds, and so much things else that I can't describe by using words.

Volunteering helps others, but it can also help me too as I have gained so much precious experiences in this activity. It really feels good to spend our times with voluntary activity as we are always busy with assignments or event meetings. Throughout this one day activity, I realized that, you will know that, thanks to you, some people get warm cares. So whether it is food for the hungry, or even homes for unwanted pets, doing volunteer work means one very important thing: I make a difference in the world today.

FATIN NAJWA BINTI ZULKIFLIE
CEB 150036

Dapur Jalanan 
20^th of March 2016, Sunday.

          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 20^th of March 2016, I was able to join the program as a volunteer with my other course mates from Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya.

               

             The Planning Phase: 

I never involve in any volunteering program before this so I felt a little bit nervous. I did not know what to expect because I was about to meet some people that their lives were not the same as mine. I assumed their thought and attitude were different because of the challenges and obstacles that they had to face every day. I used to think that these kinds of people mostly appeared as aggressive and defensive with someone that they barely know and not used to be around with.

               

I had a lot of things running around in my mind but I stay positive. Besides that, I also felt excited and curious because it was the first time I joined this kind of program. I have always wanted to join any program that I can contribute anything good for society but I have not had chance. It is something that makes me feel great when I see people smile for the good things I do for them. So finally I got the chance! So I let all the feelings aside, I was ready to get in action.

Just finished the food preparation

The Current Phase: 

I went to the location by public transportation. At 12.30 pm, I arrived at LRT University by bus that I took at UM Central. Then, I reached Bangsar. I had lunch at the near restaurant with my course mates. After that, I walked to the Kelab Bangsar Utama for food preparation. I was glad it only took 5 minutes. At 2 pm, it was the time to prepare the food. The menu on that day was fruits salad, sandwiches and for the drink was orange flavour. I helped them chopping the apples and pears into smaller form. Next, I washed the trays and put the fruits into it. I also helped my course mates put all the sandwiches in the trays and organize it well so they can easily take it.

               

 At 5 pm, I was ready to go to Jalan Panggong to distribute the food and drink. After the briefing, food sharing started at 6 pm. I saw a lot of people were already in line to take the food. I was in charged to hold the fork and spoon and distribute to them right after they took the food. From my observation, the age range of them was between 20 years to 60 years old. They were from different races like Malay, Chinese and Indian and they were nice to each other.

               

Most of them were male and the others were female. During the food sharing, at some point I was about to cry because I felt very sad to see them, the way they dressed and they were very hungry. I thought how grateful my life was but I remained calm and did my task. They behaved so well and the food sharing went smooth. During that time, I managed to ask one of them about this program and he thought it was a good idea to help those people in need and he always came every Sunday for food sharing.

               

            The After Phase: 

Food sharing ended at 6.45 pm and sharing session started at 6.45 pm until 7.00 pm. Then I headed back to the University of Malaya. It was a very good experience for me even though I was exhausted. My perspective has changed since that day. Although their appearance sometimes look as dangerous person but actually they are nice person. It is just that they do not have the same luck or opportunity as other people. 

I never look down on them even I hope someday their lives will become much better. I believe everyone in this world has the right to food. Sometimes human right is overlooked by society or institution. I am looking forward to participate in any volunteering program in the future for my self-development so I will always stand in the right path.

                

FATIN NAJWA BINTI ZULKIFLIE
 CEB 150036

Fundraising 

22^nd of March 2016, Tuesday.

The main objective of fundraising activity is to gain money for the social engagement project that will be held at Sekolah Jalinan Bimbingan Kasih. The money will be used to support any cost that involve in the implementation of the project. My group decided to sell variety flavours of muffins because one of the group members can make it work. Her mom sells muffins so I and other members suggest to take the advantage and gain the money.

The chosen flavours were vanilla, chocolate, red velvet and banana. The total muffins to sell were 300. Each of us got 13 muffins to sell for 2 days and the price is RM 2.00 each and RM 5 if they buy 3 muffins. My group and I collected the muffins at the Dataran Zaba in Faculty Business and Accountancy at 12 pm on Tuesday 22^nd of March 2016.

I began to sell the muffins to all my friends and those who were interested to buy. On that day, I managed to sell all muffins and I got RM 25 for selling 13 muffins. I explained the purpose of it and I was so glad because it went so smooth and all my friends were very supportive to help me bought the muffins.

The muffins were so delicious and they complimented the same. Credit to Eeyin and her mother. The profit combined and the total was more than RM 200. My group and I managed to get the money to buy all the materials needed for the program.

All of us gave good commitment on both days and keep updated information in the group chat. The treasurer kept the profits for a while before went to buy the materials. All the efforts and teamwork are paid off.

FATIN NAJWA BINTI ZULKIFLIE
CEB 150036

Sekolah Jalinan Bimbingan Kasih
 25^th of March 2016, Friday.

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. It is located at the strategic place which is in the centre of the city, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur. The school is not the same 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.

The Planning Phase: 

My group and I decided to go to SBJK for social engagement project. I found it very interesting because I used to be in the government school and it was totally different with SJBK. Honestly I never knew of the existing of this school before this and that made me more curious. Knowing that every student in that school have different family background, some of them were growing on the street, and left by their family and faced many obstacles since they were little makes me feel sad. I have to be more careful so that I do not speak any of matter that is sensitive for them.

I thought that their behaviour will be different. I know it sounds cliché but I usually think like that. I assumed they were more independent with their lives since they have been facing a lots of challenges and the way they think might as well different with people like us. Besides that, I love kids and I cannot wait to meet them. I was in charged to handle program for preschool and me and my group already have each other’s slot. My slot was Guess It. Basically the student has to pick one piece of paper in the box and the one who picks the paper has to act based on what he or she gets. The rest of students have to guess what it is.


The Current Phase:

It is very interesting game and suitable for preschool students. I have prepared 2 boxes and I printed the images from Google. It consists of animals and things so it is easy for them to guess. I wrapped the boxes and put 20 images into each box. Everything is done and the next day I went to the school with my group and I reached there around 8.45 am. The program started around 10 am after briefing by the principle of the school. The preschool students were only 8 people. They were very cute and little. The first game was Musical Chair and then Eagle Catches the Chickens. I saw that they were happy and had fun. At first, it was quite hard to handle them because they were very active and liked to running around. Fortunately the teacher was there to monitor and I managed to handle the situation.

Box for Guess It game

The students watched Upin Ipin and Si Kancil dan Buaya stories

Next, the students watched the Upin Ipin and Si Kancil dan Buaya stories until recess time at 12.00 pm. It was fun to be with them and some of them were very quiet and the others were loud and active. 1 student did not want to involve in the program so she just sit with the teacher and I did not want to force if she was feeling uncomfortable. I observed that they were just like normal kids until I know their backgrounds. There were no differences of them with other kids out there. It gave me the warm feelings inside.

Recess time ended at 2.30 pm and Guess It game started. They were having fun and all of them were very smart. They can guess it right and they behaved well during the game. After the game, they had to draw anything they wanted. I sat down beside them and watched them drew. Most of them drew house and it was nice drawing for kids. I guess they missed home. At 4 pm all games finished. All of them got the prizes equally.

The After Phase:

I went back to my hostel and arrived around 5 pm. I was really exhausted and happy as well. I did not know why but I felt sad when I saw them went home. Maybe I spent the day and I already felt close with them. I thought of my brother, the only brother that I have. It made me miss him more than ever. I felt relieved because everything went very well and I got the opportunity to visit the school and be around with the students. It was a great experience, indeed. It really opened my eyes and I started to miss them.

I saw lots of potential in themselves because they are good kids and smart. I really hope they will have a bright future and be a successful people so that they can help those people in need and change the world to be a better place. SBJK will always have a special in my heart.

FATIN NAJWA BINTI ZULKIFLIE
CEB 150036

Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih

15^th of April 2016, Friday.

                This is the second time I went to Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) and I was very happy to be back at this school. My group and I have another program and I handled primary school students. This time my group and I decided to do Explorace game and there will be 8 stations. I was in charged to handle 3^rd station called Filled up the Water in Bottle with my other 3 members.

                  The Planning Phase:

                It was during the mid-semester break so I went to the school from home. I was very glad because my house in Kuala Lumpur and it was very near. My father sent me by motorcycle at 8.00 am before he went to work. I reached the school around 8.10 am. Some of my group members came from hostel and the others from home like me. I was very excited because I was about to meet the primary school students because the last time I came I was handling the preschool students so I would love to see the outcomes for the program.

                After the briefing, the students were divided at 8 groups. Each group consists of 10 students and have 1 facilitator to take care of them. The age range of them was between 7 until 12 years old. The process of dividing them was before the recess time. At the moment, I was preparing the materials at my station. I brought the bottle while my team mates brought the span and bucket. Around 10.30 am the Explorace game continued. Most of the students used to play this game before and it made me easier to explain how to play it. They have to fill the bottle with water using the span and the water must be half of the bottle. If they did not make it, they will be punished.

                 The Current Phase:

                All of the groups did it very well and they were having fun played the game. There were a few groups did fill the bottle and some groups just fill half the bottle. I was standing beside and cheered up for each group that played. I wanted to motivate them so that they did not feel the pressure. I can see their teamwork, spirit and they encourage their group members to win. I was glad to see that. My station was the first to finish and after that I went to other stations to cheer up for the students. It was fun for me. Explorace game ended around 12 pm and all of us got to rest until 2.30 pm.

                  The After Phase:

                The program had to finish at 3 pm because the school had another event on the same day. The winners are already known. It was the time to hand the prize to all the students. Top 3 winners got a bigger hampers and the other groups also got the prize. The students looked tired but happy. I loved to see their smiles when my group and I came to do program for them.

                Everything went smooth and they also got more comfortable with us because this was the second time we came here. The cooperation given by them I highly appreciated. I hope next time I will get the opportunity to visit here again and spend time with them.