For my write up for the booklet, I had to add on and to also make some major changes to it according to how Ms.Norji wants it to be. Ms Norji would occasionally check on my progress and give comments on what needs to be added and what needs to be changed on my google document. I was told to simplified certain parts and also to add in more details on the task given to the students. I was also told to add in the progression for each group throughout week 4-10 as the work needs to be shown to Taylor's.

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In this process, I had to check on the blog links Ms Norji provided me from each and every group, ensuring that I am writting in detail and that it is clear enough for other people to understand what I am writting. I struggled a lot in terms of finding the right words to use in the write up as I realised that some of my wording is a bit repetitive. I spent most of my time editing the write-up and doing my best to ensure that the work is shown clearly for each group. It is hard for me to write up the progression from the start to end of this project as I have to write up for not only my own group but for other groups as well and the only information I can get is from their blogs and I find some of the blogs unhelpful as there were not enough information for me to be able to elaborate on what task they did on campus and on site. However, I tried my best anyway to elaborate for each group. I am happy and I feel relief that I managed to complete this. Unfortunately, I am unable to share the link to the booklet so.. here it is!

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Introduction

 

As part of a more enhanced and holistic curriculum, the MPU4 Community Service Initiative module of Taylor’s University was developed with the aim of developing a community of tertiary students to be more responsible, be more sensitive and be more knowledgeable about the community and their needs. This 2-credit-bearing module will require all students to be engaged in some form of Community Service or Service Learning before they graduate as “Service-learning is a form of experiential education in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities intentionally designed to promote student learning and development.” (Jacoby 1996 p.5)

 

A series of community-based services will be rendered by approximately 97 students of The Design School (TDS)of March semester intake starting from March 2019 of BA (Honours) Interior Architecture (BIA) and  Diploma in Interior Design (DID) students. The beneficiaries of this service will be the Orang Asli of Suku Temuan community identified by Yayasan SALAM. The task assigned was to transform the mini library for the Suku Temuan Orang Asli which is located atKampung UluMelaka, Serendah, Selangor about 53.3km from Taylor’s University.

 

The main objective of this program is to nurture a culture of respect and care towards all members of the community among the more fortunate students of Taylor’s University.  Other than that, it requires students to learn by giving service to others. The selected community may be from any village, an orphanage or less fortunate society In this process, students to recognize the community and take steps to meet the needs of others, enhance their critical thinking, creativity as well as demonstrate awareness on their reflective skills. Moreover, the students will learn through participating in service experience and will have the opportunity to use their skills and knowledge lively. Lastly, they will have the opportunity to develop their basic skills and knowledge in community service strategies, tactics, and techniques, including the art of volunteerism.

The purpose of this project is to expose students to a real community and work as a team through embarking a series of community works; 

1) Enhancing mini-library with new look + ambience

2) Reference Book + Reading materials donation

3) Furniture Donation

4) Creating ‘Fun Learning Aids Material’ 

 

Week 1 (1st April-7th April 2019)

On the 4th April 2019,  six of the Diploma in Interior Design [DID] students who are representing the team, pay a visit and observe the condition of the existing site. Students travelled to Serendah together with Ms Norji and Mr Jeffrey and reached the place at 10.00am. Students had to measure the site, take pictures and interview the representative from the Orang Asli community as well as Yayasan Salam, taking related information that possible to be upgraded.  Sadly, the condition of the site was quite awful especially the unpleasant smell coming from the flooring, poor condition of shelving and the book racks, and the dusty look of the electrical appliances all over the space. Apart from that, there were a lot of termites surrounding the areas which made the mini-library look disgusting. Students spent almost 3 hours on site gathered findings before any decision made. On top of it, the students need to get the feedback from the community so in future they will benefit the new outlook of the mini-library.

 

In regards to the transformation of the library, there are few requests made by the community itself. It is listed as below:

 

1. Provide a temporary plank to cross the drain

2. Change the lighting

3. Fix the broken fan and add new wall fan

4. Provide new flooring

5. Change the furniture

6. Paint the interior and exterior wall

7. Fix the shelving

8. Provide new reading materials

9. Provide a shoe rack

10. Provide new whiteboard

 

On the 5th April 2019, 97 of students who enrolled in the Community Service Initiative module gathered at E5.04 studio The Module coordinators, Ms. Norji and Mr. Edwin, briefed the detailed task that required to be executed on site as to avoid any confusion and miscommunication in the future. The module had to be divided into three phases of delivery; 

1. Week 4: Phase 1- Presentation on the proposal and budgeting

2. Week 10 -12: Phase 2 - Transformation of the mini library. 

3. Week 14: Phase 3 - Submission of the e-Portfolio

 

Besides that, the DID students team presented the findings gathered on site in the form of drawings and video documentation.

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Initially, Ms. Norji has identified several tasks that need to be performed in a group with appropriate numbers of team members.  Students were allowed to choose their own best team in order to accomplish the mission. The group assigned as :

 

Group 1: Sponsorship Team  (18)

Group 2: Exterior walls and surrounding (20)

Group 3: Interior floor and wall transformation (30)

Group 4: Shelves and books arrangement  (8)

Group 5: Fun-learning aids (16)

Group 6: Pre+post +video, food and logistics (6)

 

The students managed to form their own team within an hour and appointed their own leader in managing the team fairly. Students are required to discuss in groups and they were given ample time to design and propose a solution based on the task assigned in the upcoming meeting, week 4.

 

Week 4 (22nd -28th April)

 

On the 26th April 2019, all the students gathered at 12.00pm at E5.04 studio,presented their group proposal. The presentation took almost 3hrs and most of the groups successfully presented the proposals even minor changes commented by Ms. Norji and Mr. Edwin to be further improved. The description of the proposal as followed:

 

Group 1:  Sponsorship team

 

Darren, who was appointed as the Project Manager for the team presented the proposal. 18 students were assigned to the group and divided into subgroups inclusive of Furniture team, Stationeries team, Paint team, and Reading Materials and Books team. Each group has appointed its own team and leader as follows:

 

1. Furniture Team: Chan Yang Cheng [Leader], Bryan Pak, 

2. Stationeries: Risca [Leader], Caitlin,

3. Paints: Patrick [Leader], Janson + Aisyah

4. Reading Materials and Books: Wong Zee Leng [Leader], Kimberly, Joyi, 

 

The whole process monitored by Darren and Fiona as the Project Managers, whereas Jordan and Alia were appointed as the treasurer for the team. 

 

The link of the progress: https://ychengdesign.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/csi-enhancing-interior-of-reading-space-40-serendah-selangor-.pdf

 

Group 2: Exterior walls and surrounding (20)

 

Leon, appointed operations manager for group 2 presented the proposal. There are 20 students assigned in the group and the task mainly focusing on the exterior building where cleaning and painting was the major work to be carried out on site. Task has been divided fairly into five division of task as details:

 

1. Paint External walls with a mural design

2. Clean of the outlying area

3. Clean of reading space compound 

4. Clean of Drain 

5. Clean of Staircase

For the painting design, there are two proposals presented. The first theme, a Chocolate scheme where the color revolves around different shades of brown and grey combining making a chocolate taste. Rationale:  To attract the children’s attention as students belief they like sweet and the excitement of chocolate. The second theme, complex scheme. It is a combination of 4 series of ivory white, blue, mambo grey and yellow border combining making in different patterns and usage of weight and areas in color to form a complex theme. Everyone finally decided to choose the second proposal and scheme which the series of the color chosen is appropriate and suit the children as this color present warmth, happiness for the kids and somewhat dirt resistance. The details of the proposal as a link: https://leonkoek.format.com/community-services

 

Group 3: Interior floor and wall transformation (30)

 

Royce Kota, appointed as group leader for group 3 presented the proposal. There are 30 students assigned in the group and the task is mainly focusing on the interior building where cleaning and painting is the major part of their  task to be carried out on site. Task has been divided fairly into these division of task as details:

 

1. Paint interior walls with a mural design

2. Cleaning the interior flooring + applying epoxy 

3. Cleaning of the window + installing lock set

4. Cleaning of the door + repainting 

 

The students in group 3 presented their proposal and they have proposed three types of mural design for the interior walls as well as the floor restoration. The first design they proposed is a   mural where the colour revolves around different shades of green and blues along with drawings of different types of animals painted on the windows which matches the environment of the village. The second design they proposed is an ocean-themed mural where the colours revolve around blue. The last design they proposed is a galaxy themed mural to allow the kids to gain interest and feel inspired by it. 

 

Group 4: Lighting +book

 

Sula appointed as group leader for group 4 presented the proposal. There are 8 students assigned in the group and the task is mainly focusing on the lighting of the space, getting the bookshelves and arranging the books. The task has been divided fairly into this division of task as details:

 

1. Lighting

2. Book coding+arrangement

3. Getting bookshelves +arrangement

 

Shelves and books arrangement  (8)As for group 4, they have presented their ideas for the lighting in the mini library and as well as the coding the planned out for the children’s books. They proposed to have 14 pendant lights, 2 emergency lights, 3 ceiling fans, 3 wall fans.

 

Group 5: Fun-learning aids (16)

 

Joe appointed as group leader for group 5 presented the proposal. There are 16 students assigned in the group and the task is mainly focusing on the fun-learning aids for the kids to learn English, maths, science and art while having fun learning. Their work is mainly carried out on campus  The task has been divided fairly into this division of task as details:

 

1. English language- Alphabetic Puzzle + Word Game

2. Maths- Snakes and Ladders + Abacus + Spinning Cubes

3. Science- The Growth Observation + Taste + Food Chain

4. Arts- Play Dough + Painting Activities

 

Group 5 proposed to do a word game to help make learning fun for the children in Serendah, snakes and ladders games for mathematics and many more. They proposed 2 fun learning aids for English, 3 fun-learning aids for maths,

3 fun-learning aids for science and 2 fun-learning aids for arts. 

 

Group 6: Pre+post +video, food and logistics (6)

 

Royce Leow appointed as the group leader for group 6 presented the proposal along with his group members. There are 6 people assigned to this group and the task is mainly to focus on designing, managing social media, video making and handling logistics. Task has been divided fairly into five division of task as details:

 

1.Social Media managing

2. Logistics

3.Website

4.Video Editing

5.Photo taking

 

Lastly, it is group 6’s turn to present. They have presented their main poster design, website, social media links, video and their plan to aid the other groups in terms of promotion. The students in group 6 also shared their plan to spread awareness for this project to the class and encouraged the class to help out in that process by sharing the social media links and asking their friends to follow their pages. The presentation took 2 hours and 30mins. 

 

Group 1- Progression (week 4-10) 

 

During this period of time, the students from the group spent their time mostly on finding people who are willing to sponsor and also following up with people whom they have asked if they are willing to sponsor. The team managed to get Kansai paint to be the main sponsor for the CSI project. The students who are under the book donation team were struggling to find people who are willing to donate old books that are in good conditions. Meanwhile, the furniture team were able to 1.5K sponsorship and in total, they managed to collect a total of  2.5K for the furniture funds. Bryan managed to contact a number of churches and some were able to donate some furniture and some children books as well. The students also went out to buy furniture at IKEA with Ms Norji and Mr Edwin.

 

Moreover,some of the students from group 1 also volunteered to help out during the 2nd phase for the renovation of the mini-library by transporting the furniture, assembling the furniture which they bought from IKEA and arranging them neatly on-site. On the launching day, the students came early in the morning to the site to set up the place and to make it look nice and welcoming. The students were proud and they felt that their hard work through the tough challenges they faced during the process of planning and working on site was worth it.

 

Group 2- Progression (week 4-10)

 

After the presentation day, the students had to work out on whether the colour theme they picked out were suitable for the exterior mural or not. After that week, the students went out to buy the materials and tools that they needed for the work they will be doing on-site. The students went to the closest DIY shop called Mr.DIY which is located in Sunway Pyramid and they managed to buy what they needed.

 

List of items they bought:

• Roller Paint Brush

• Paint Tray

• Dust Pan

• Broom

• Broom Brush

• Floor Soap

• Hose

• Buckets

• Disposable Gloves

• Heavy Duty  Garbage bag

• Acid-Based Detergent

• Metal Scrapper

• Masking Tape

 

On-site, the students started off with the cleaning process by removing the dirt from the wall by using the broom and wash later on with water. The students also clean the surrounding areas of the mini-library and started the base coat to the walls before the next group goes on site for the painting of the mural. When it is the next group of students turn to go, the students first tape the wall as guidance for the mural and started the painting process. After the launching day, the students were happy as they have learned a lot from this experience that they had and were happy to think that the work they did together as a team will be able to make the children smile.

 

Group 3 - Progression (week 4-10)

As for group 3, their work is mainly executed on site. However, during this period of time given to them, they spent their time planning and finding the right lock set for the windows and the materials they need in order to do their task on site. Some of the students from group 3 went out to Sunway Pyramid to look for locks and cork boards for the window. They visited several hardware shops and the first one they stopped by was Mr.DIY. The Sliding lock they found in Mr.Diy seems to be cheap as it cost only RM2.47 while ACE Hardware sells them for RM3. They also found a side lock in Mr.Diy which cost RM3.68.

 

The students were suggested by the lecturer to put cork boards on the windows in order for the children in the Orang Asli village to put their art or task to the cork board. So, the students went to Daiso to check out the size daiso offers. Unfortunately, Daiso only provide A4 sized cork board.

 

The team also liaise with Leon from the exterior mural group regarding the colour to paint the windows and they eventually settled for a grey and a dark blue colour. The dark blue will be used for the framing of the window while the grey will be used for the inside. The students ended up buying the materials online using Shopee. 

 

List of materials they bought:

• White Glue

• Double sided sticky tape roll

• Transparent double-sided tape roll

• Roller paint

• Corkboard

 

For the lock, they ended up buying a different lockset as the previous one they initially wanted to get were gone. So, they ended up buying the side lock that cost RM3.68. The group worked well on site and they were happy and grateful to receive this opportunity to do this project.

 

Group 4 - Progression (week 4-10)

 

During this period of time, the students from group 4 had to go survey again for the lighting as the comment they received from the lecturers were that it is expensive and the ceiling fan is too cheap. The students went out to Sunway Pyramid to find coding stickers at Daiso and white wiring at Ace Hardware. They also looked for book stands in Daiso which they found out that Mr.Diy have a cheaper alternative so they ended up not buying it from Daiso and they also liaise with Ms Noji regarding the white wiring. Ms Noji told them that the length of the wire is not long enough so the students had to go out another tie to look for the right length. The students also work on the campus to do the book coding with group 1 students. 

For the first phase, 5 of the group members went to the site to execute the task accordingly. They carpooled together with the other groups and arrived at 10 am on site. The students who came for the execution day, started off their task by removing the old books and bookshelves out of the mini library. They also pilled the books together for the Orang Asli people to select the books they want to keep. While they were there, they also helped the other groups when they can. After the first execution, the students went out to buy the remaining items at Malware and IOI Mall located in Puchong to find the plug sockets for the fan and the white wire while they were there, they also bought light bulbs for the mini library. The team felt really happy to settle the task on time  and that they were given this chance to actually contribute to the community.

 

Group 5: Progression (week 4-10)

 

During this period of time, group 5 made some changes according to the feedback given by Mr.Edwin and Ms Norji regarding the fun learning aids. After that, they made an appointment with Ms Norji to meet to show their progression on the planning.and to get approval on the materials they planned to use which is MDF board and also plastic bottle cap. They also planned to use laser-cutting for the Alphabetic puzzle. The students split into groups of 4.

 

English

1. Alifa

2. Hayze

3. Maeesha

4. Hiba

5. Thili

 

Maths

1. Parisa

2. Tisya

3. Yi Jie

4. David

 

Science

1. Joe

2. JT

3. Qila

 

Arts

1. Eunice

2. Yu Jing

3. Nad

4. Zihah

 

Hiba and Thili met up to work on the A0 board for the Alphabetic puzzle on AutoCAD. They spent the time figuring out on how to fit the alphabets into 1 A0 Board, ensuring that the letters are big enough for the kids to see the pictures clearly. They worked on the board before they went to the lab for the laser cutting process. Furthermore, the students have also placed a box outside of Block E5 for other students to drop empty water bottles.

 

The students from the science group decided to focus on human anatomy, human 5 senses and a weather wheel. The students from the science group split the task among themselves as follows: 

 

• Colour Scheme & Composition

• Laser Cutting & Material Sourcing

• Assembling & Painting

 

As for the students from the maths group, Parisa,Tisyia and Yi Jie brainstorm for ideas while David tried to bring their ideas in a 3D model using Sketchup. On the 11th May, the English group and maths group went out to hunt for materials to use for the fun-learning aids. They note down the price, quality and the quantity needed for the fun-learning aids at Art friend and Daiso, Curve Mall. The students from the arts group decided to do the colour match, puzzle and built it games. 

 

The students from each group mostly worked on AutoCAD and then export the files that can be used for laser cutting. They all found the materials that they planned to use for the fun learning aids and the materials they initially plan to use is as follows:

 

Maths

1. A3 size MDF boards

2. Colourful balsa wood sticks

3. Styrofoam Cubes

4. Dry eraser plasterboard

5. Wooden sticks with different diameters

6. Dry erase markers

7. Letters

8. Paper

9. Whiteboard

10. Whiteboard markers

 

English

1. A0 MDF board

2. Velcro strips

3. Greyboard

4. Spray paint

 

Science

1. Wooden boards

2. MDF boards

3. Poster colour paint

4. White glue

 

Arts

1. Plywood boards

2. MDF boards

3. Spray Paint

4. Glue

 

After completing the fun-learning aids, some of the students went on site to install the fun-learning aids on the wall. Overall, the students enjoyed the experience they have on making the fun-learning aids and they rejoiced in seeing the reactions from the kids. 

 

Group 6 - Progression (week 4 -10)

 

For group 6, they did their task on campus and on site. The group 6 members split the task within themselves as follows:

 

1. Promotion + Social Media -Yong Zhern

2. Website - Tan Xi Chen

3. Video making + editing - Royce Leow.

4. Logistics - Song Poh Ning + Yanyi

 

During this period of time, the Logistics team called some of the people they found that may be able to provide transportation to go to the Mini Library (bus to transport the students to the site and trucks to transport the furniture and some equipment over to the site. However, due to the topography of the site, it is inconvenient for the bus driver to fetch us to the site and in results to that, the plan of getting a bus is out instead, the students will have to figure out a way to get to the site on their own. Yong Zhern, who handles social media works on drafts for artworks and gets approval from the group leader and Ms Norji and post it on social media every week. The logistics team had to plan out what food to buy for the students for each renovation phrase. The students were also given the task to do during their class with Mr Jeffery as he can guide them on how to use adobe illustrator and photoshop in class. The students also designed a logo, bunting, posters, website, interactive e-book for the kids and book design. Initially, the students planned to use a Lenovo tab 7 for the e book. Unfortunately, the student’s memory card that was inserted into the tablet to download the E-book into the tablet got stuck which eventually caused a lot of issues but thankfully, the students ought it with a 1-year warranty.  After the launching day, the students were proud to see the outcome of their works after the amount of effort they put in on-site and on campus. They were happy to see the kids enjoying their time and admiring the works from the other groups..

 

 

 

Week 9 (27th May-2nd June)

On the 27th May 2019, a representative from each group had a meeting with Ms.Norji and Mr Edwin at C9 Meeting Room, Taylor’s University, 12.00pm.

A few agendas were discussed in the meeting :

1. Planning on the works to be delivered on site for each group to ensure the timing followed as planned

2. Tools and equipment to be purchased

3. Logistic 

4. Food

5. Total numbers of manpower on site for each group

 

After a thorough discussion with the paint team, Ms Norji has decided to divide the transformation phase into three stages:

 

• Week 10: Cleaning and Prime Coating - 1st June 2019

 

Based on the discussion with the Kansai Paint, our main sponsor for the event slightly changes to be made on the execution phase. Ms Khiew mentioned for the wood surface material, it requires specific primer paint to be applied to it, which once applied it will give a strong chemical odour to space for at least three days. Therefore, she advised students to clean the surface earlier and apply a minimum of 2 coats on the surface before applying the final layer as it involved interior and exterior look. Due to that, visitation on site to be done more than once as the cleaning on the surfaces will be taking a long time. Ms Norji advised group 2, 3 and 4 to divide the team members fairly on-site to perform the job.

 

•  Week 11: Painting and Arrangement - 8th June 2019

 

• Week 12: Launching Day - 22nd June 2019

 

At the end of the session, a total of 25 students from Group 2,3 and 4 will be going to site in the upcoming phases. Students were required to fill in the indemnity form before travel to the site and submit the form to Ms Norji before the event day. The list of the names and transportation as follows:

VAT 1995

1. Darryl 

2. Raaif

3. Muja

4. YC

5. Weldy

 

WD 1197B

1. Villson

2. Jim

3. Brendon

4. Caroline

5. Juanita

 

PND1999

1. Royce Kota (absent due to food poisoning)

2. Yizheng/

3. Hanan

4. Seldon

 

JHD9338

1. Roxanne

2. Yanyi

3. Sakash

4. Heshna

5. Kenneth

 

BML 5225

1. Mira Izzati 

2. Nadhirah Anwar 

3. Maira

4. Sweetie

5. Sobrina

 

Week 9 - 1st June 2019

 

On the 1st June, a total of 23 students performed the task on site. There were two students unable to join due to food poisoning and fever. Students were gathered at Taylor’s University at 9.00am and it took around one hour to arrive at the site. 

 

Once arrived at the Mini-Library. All the students took all the tools and equipment needed and performed the job assigned to their group. 

 

Group 1

Sakash, represent the leader for Group 2 leading the work and delegated the task to the group exterior fairly whereas Vilson from Group 3, took the initiative to lead their group as Royce Kota wasn’t around due to food poisoning.

 

Group 4

Nadhirah was in-charge to determine the job delivered accordingly. The work was carried out as planned.  A few of Orang Asli Children, lead by Ms May helping the Group 4 team to sort the books and moving out the old furniture. Sadly, some of the books were torn and some books were fully covered with ants inside. There a lot of insects surrounded the areas once the shelving has been taken out. Some students screamed loudly as they were shocked to see the big lizard around the mini-library which they have never seen before.

 

Group 2

In the meantime, the group 2 team, started to scrape off the dirt from the exterior walls and paint the base coat while the group 3 students started cleaning the interior wall and the flooring. 

 

Group 6

Roxane and Yanyi from Group 6 were assigned to handle the breakfast and lunch, while Royce was busy taking pictures and videos all over the spaces recording the process.

 

A few matters arise on site. Firstly, due to the absence of Royce Kota, most of the tools and equipment from Group 2 to be shared together with Group 3. They had to share the brushes and taking turns to use the tall ladder. Due to that, the process of painting a long time from what it’s expected. Other than that, the cleaning of the flooring needs to be done in the next visit to wait for the prime layer coat to be dry. The last issue arise was the weather on site as it affects the duration of drying the paint. The whole process took roughly 7 hours and before the group of students departs, they kept the tools and equipment and ensure that everything is in the right place. All the students took memorable pictures together with the Orang Asli at 6.30pm before they depart from the place.The students felt happy and satisfied with the work that they did on that day. They can’t wait to see the full transformation on the day of the launch.

 

Week 10 ( 3rd June- 9th June)

 

During the Raya break, some of the students from group 3 decided to return back to the mini library to start cleaning the interior floor and also to apply epoxy on the floor making the floor look new, clean and comfortable for the Orang Asli kids. The students first gathered at Taylor’s University at 8:50 am and then depart at 9:00 am. Once again, the journey took an hour for the students to arrive at the site. When the students arrive, they took all their tools and started to clean the floor by using Dettol soap to kill the bacteria from the floor. After the cleaning process, the students started to wipe the water out of the space in order to allow the space to dry faster.

 

Once the floor is dry, the students started to sweep the floor with the broom in order to make sure the floor is clean.  They covered the holes on the floor and all uneven surfaces by using white clay. While waiting for the clay to harden, the students took a break by having their lunch till 1 pm. After the break, the students started the process of painting the floor with epoxy. The colour they chose to use is epoxy middle grey. Unfortunately, due to the weather conditions that day, the process of letting the epoxy paint dry took longer. The students were unable to complete their original plan which was to apply three layers of epoxy for the floor. Therefore, the students only managed to apply one layer of epoxy for the flooring. In order to ensure that the epoxy will last longer, the students did some touch up at the surfaces that were missing some paint. The students were happy to see the result of their hard work and the students then depart the mini-library around 6 pm.

 

Week 11 (10th June- 16th June)

 

There are 57 students will be going to Serendah on the 15th June 2019 and students were required to fill in the indemnity form before travel to the site and submit the form to Ms Norji before the event day. The list of the names and transportation are as follows:

 

Group 1- 6 pax

VAX 6680

1. Darren

2. Fiona

3. Bryan

4. Jordan

5. Patrick 

 

WB 9708

1. Alia

2. Anis

3. Janson

 

Group 2*- 13pax

Hyundai Grand Starex WA 4519 E

1. Nicholas

2. Suzanne

3. Jing Yi

4. Muja

5. Debbie

6. Leon

7. JINGRU 

 

Mercedes GLC COUPE VG191

8. Arissa

9. CY

10. Wei Yang

11.

 

Toyota FJ WC823C

12. Sam

13. Dash

 

Group 3 - 22pax

TOYOTA CAMRY PFQ 5212

1. Jian Vern

2. Alinda

3. Silviena

4.  Sylvia

5. Gan

6. Stella

 

HONDA Jazz JRQ200

1. Yik Jiunn

2. Royce

3. Davin

4. Alvin

 

TOYOTA HILUX  9920

[Transporting Books to site]

1. Jing Nee

2. Kristie

3. Chui Ying

4. Alice

 

ALPHARD 459F

1. Farah Khairin

2. Mariyam

3. hawwa

4. Nurfatin

5. Iman

6. Azha

7. Sabeela

8. Sula

9. Joycelin

 

Group 5 - 8pax

WYT1086

1.Tanzina Kabir Parisa

2.Aishath Maeesha

3.Alifa Ajmal

4.David Palar 

 

QTG66

1. Joe (Driver)

2. Jie Ting 

3. Shin Wee

4. Yu Jing

 

Group 6 - Logistics team

WXP299

1. Royce

[Transporting Shelving and whiteboard from Church to Serendah]

 

JHD9338

1. Roxanne 

[4A0 learning aid boards to site]

 

KEJ911

1. Yanyi

2. Chen

[Transporting 2 tables to Site]

 

Group 1:

Lead by Darren, the team started to assemble the furniture which they had bought earlier as early 10.00am. They assembled  4 billy low shelves, 6 billy high shelves, 4 linnmon tables, 2 melltorp tables, 12 manmut chairs, 17 adde chairs and 2 lack side tables.

 

Group 2

Most of the Group 2 team arrived late due to heavy traffic except for Samuel and Dash. They were helping the team cleaning the surrounding and the back wall. Once the team arrived, Leon as the leader distributes the task fairly. The task was divided into 2 which is to clean the exterior spaces and to paint the exterior walls.

 

Group 3

The students from group 3 arrived at the site at 10 am and the team started to do some touch up on the flooring by cleaning and removing excess paint stains on the floor.

 

Group 5

Some of the students from group 5 participate in this phase. When the students from group 5 arrived, the walls that were painted were not completely dry. After the walls had dried, the team began to install the fun-learning aids on the walls.

 

Group 6

Most of the group 6 participate during this phase. Royce Leow, the group leader handled the videography, taking shots from different angles in order to show progression throughout the phase while the others managed the social media, photo taking and they also helped in doing other tasks from the other groups if help is needed. The team also handled the breakfast and lunch as it is part of logistics.

 

After the Raya break, the students head back to the mini-library once again to continue the process of transforming the space. As soon as they arrive at the site, they began to take their tools and equipment out. Group 2 started to take the wall paint and start painting the exterior walls while group 3 start to paint the mural on the interior walls. The group 6 members started to take some photos and videos for social media posting. Some of the group 1 members came and they start assembling the chairs that were purchased from IKEA.

 

After the paint dries, the group members from group 5 started to get the learning aids that they have produced on their own and started installing it on the walls while group 3 starts to draw the mural drawing on the interior wall. Once again, one of the representatives from group 6 head out to buy the food for the students on site. When the food arrived, the students took a break to have their lunch.

 

After lunch, the students begin to resume doing their task. A few hours later, group 3 have completed the mural drawing and begin to paint the mural on the interior walls. As this is going on, the students from group 4 begin arranging the books on the shelves. As the process of transforming the space continues, the amount of trash has built up. The group 6 members helped by clearing out the trash. The process of transforming the mini-library went on from 10am-7pm.

 

Week 12 (17th June- 23rd June)

 

Event Schedule:

 

13:00- Arrival of Guest

14:00- Opening Ceremony 

14:05- Message from Project Managers

14:10- Video Presentation

14:15- Guest Speaker from Salam 

14:25- Guest Speaker from Ulu Melaka Orang Asli Village

14:35- Gratitude Speech from Taylor’s University 

14:45- Launching Ceremony 

14:50-Token of Presentation and Photo Shoot

15:00- End of Ceremony.

 

Yayasan Salam Vips:

Mrs. Zakiah Sening

Mrs.Yusmunirah Yusar

Mr. Mohd. Khairi Bin Hassan

 

Orang Asli Suku Temuan

Chairman: Mr. Siraj bin Taha

Librarian: Ms. Mei Yee Chin

 

It is finally the launching day of the Mini Library! The project was coming to an end and to see the project finishing from the 3 months of hard work students did has paid off. Total of 30 students participated in the launching day,  22nd  June 2019 and students were required to fill in the indemnity form before travel to the site and submit the form to Ms Norji before the event day. The list of the names and transportation are as follows:

 

Group 1: 

All the 18 students from the sponsorship team were on-site leading the event day. They were assigned to handle the decorations of the mini library and set up the audiovisual. The Project Manager, Darren and Fiona have separate the group into two teams;  the books team decorated the space by settling the balloons and ribbons. Jordan was given the task to handle the balloons whilst Zeeleng's book team prepared the ribbons to be used for the launching gimmick. Besides that, Fiona and Darren purchased the utensils, paper cups and plates, and napkins for 100 pax since we are expecting to have a maximum of 100 pax on Saturday. The team also helped to set up the tables and the food.

 

Ms Norji assigned Jordan to purchase a locker and three additional rugs. Some of the sponsorship team were helping him to assemble the cabinet whilst some of the other classmates were putting up balloons on the ceiling for a better look. Risca and the team arranged all the stationery on a table beside the cabinet. They also prepared goody bags for the children as a souvenir. The students from group 1 also helped the students from group 6 to set up and hung the banner at the top part of the entrance.

 

Group 2:

There are 3 members from group 2 joined the launching day leading by Darryl. They were requested to clean the drain and stained at the entrance of the mini-library. They tried to remove the paint on the concrete floor, unfortunately, were unsuccessful because they don't have the right solution to remove it. In the end, they just clean the drain and swept the floor. 

 

Group 3

Lead by Royce Kota, the group 3 team began to install the lockset for the windows.

 

Group 6

All of the students from group 6 participated for the launching day of the mini library. Yong Zhern and Yanyi arrived at the site at 10 am while the rest of the team arrived at 12pm. Royce took video shots of the mini library after it has been transformed fully as he has to edit it into the video which is presented to the guest for the launching event while Yong Zhern and Yanyi handled social media posting on that day. Poh Ning handled the logistics by going out to buy the plates and cutlery for the guest to eat before the event starts while the rest helped to aid Royce on his video editing. The team also helped to fix the learning aids that unfortunately broken by the kids in the village.

 

SURAYA A/P DINO

‘Beliau merupakan seorang pelajar Orang Asli yang cemerlang dan mempunyai cita-cita yang tinggi untuk berjaya. Namun, beliau mempunyai masalah kewangan untuk meneruskan pengajian ke peringkat IPTA. Beliau merupakan seorang pelajar yang cemerlang dan mendapat keputusan 7A SPM 2018. Beliau berjaya mendapat tawaran ke UiTM Raub, Pahang dalam bidang Pengajian Perbankan. Bapanya tidak bekerja kerana mempunyai masalah kesihatan sejak setahun yang lalu dan ibunya bekerja sebagai tukang cuci sahaja dan pendapatan sebulan hanyalah RM 1000 dan perlu menampung 7 orang isi rumah.’

 

SIMSON BIN JAMAL

‘Beliau merupakan seorang pelajar Orang Asli yang cemerlang dan mempunyai cita-cita yang tinggi untuk menjadi seorang grafik designer yang berjaya. Namun, masalah kewangan menjadi punca utama bagi beliau untuk meneruskan pengajiannya ke IPTA. Beliau merupakan seorang pelajar yang cemerlang dan keputusan yang dimiliki melayakkan beliau untuk menyambung pengajiannya ke Politeknik Muadzam Shah, Pahang dalam bidang Rekabentuk Grafik. Bapanya bekerja mengambil upah mesin jengkaut dan ibunya pula seorang suri rumah. Pendapatan yang diperolehi daripada membawa mesin jengkaut adalah sebanyak RM 1000 sebulan dan perlu menyara 6 orang isi rumah.’

 

At 2 pm, the launch of the mini-library has started. The emcee started entertaining the audience while waiting for the rest of the guests to arrive while the music blast in the room creating a good vibe for the guest. The emcee interacted with the kids that were invited for the launching day and the kids were ecstatic. When all the guests arrive, the group 6 members presented the video of our progress throughout the weeks starting from week 1.  After the video, we invited our guest speaker to come out to give a speech. After that, everyone gathered outside for the ribbon-cutting ceremony which indicates that the mini library is officially open for the orang Asli children. After the opening ceremony, the food is served by the students to give the guest a welcoming feel and good hospitality. There was also award giving ceremony for the students from the orang asli village who scored flying colurs for their SPM. Both of  the Students who excelled their SPM examination received RM350. At 3:30 pm, the launch is officially over and the students begin to clean up the paper plates, cups and the other rubbish on the ground. At 4 pm, the students began to depart home and rest.

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