ICE Student Chapter Green Week 2010

ICE Student Chapter Green Week 2010 was held on last monday. It was the second time for the ICE Student Chapter to organize an exhibition event & it was initiated by a lecturer. This is my first time to become the director for an event. It took around 1 & half month to planned this event. Faced alot of problems. From internal to external. I still don't have enough experience to lead the team yet. But I still try to do it so that to gain more experience. Some of the organizing committee gave a fully commitment. I really appreciate it. Some, haiz...I don't know what to say. I can feel the pressure how to organize an event. It is not so easy. Need to know how to manage the time & people well. Somemore, always face the last minute 'Breaking News'. For the publicity & promotion, I'm quite dissatisfied because the person who incharged done it in the last minute. Some of them didn't come for the final meeting before the day due to some 'reasons' or no reason. I need to have strong heart to face this 'Breaking News'. Anyway, it is a good way to diet since my weight is descreasing.

29 JAN 2010
Purposely went back to UNITEN to prepared the area for the exhibition during the mid sem break. Only 6 out of 18 organizing committee members went there to help. This is one of the first obstacles that I faced. Somemore, need to take out the concrete samples from the laboratory alone. The other group members were still on holidaying. Managed to settled up everything before night time. Need to drive back to SA. Faced the traffic jam. Quite exhausted.

30 JAN 2010
Its Thaipusam. Received a last minute notice. Rushed to Klang to buy the thing. Luckily found it. If not, don't know how to officiate the exhibition without that thing. Went to MV to buy some goods for the exhibition. Had a haircut at there. Saw alot of people especially chinese. Didn't see any indian ath there. No mood to buy cloth. Too many people. Need some fresh air to breath on that day. Too hot.

31 JAN 2010
Last day before the event starts. Went back to UNITEN. Had a final meeting at night. Not all of the organizing committee members attend the meeting. But I still need to proceed the meeting. No time to wait for them. Nervous. Couldn't sleep that well at night.

1 FEB 2010
A public holiday for KL. I wished I stay in KL. Its a D-Day for me. Its the opening ceremony for the week. Reached at the exhibition area before 7am. This is the time to see how punctual the organizing committee members are. This is what I expected. Malaysian are Malaysian. Some of my classmates came early for their booth preparation. I'm quite happy that some of them do it well & some of them do it simply. I'm ok with it as long as they pasted their posters on the boards. But I really upset that there was a group doesnt turn up on that day. There was an empty board. I feel so humiliate by their acts. I promised myself that they will suffer. The opening ceremony run on time. Smooth & well.

My group posters~

After the opening, I need to rushed to another place to prepare a talk/lecture. Luckily all of the logistics stuff run well. The lecture was given by Dr. O, the ICE representative of Malaysia. The lecture is about Geotechnical Failure Issues & Mitigation. Very few people attended the lecturer. I'm quite dissapointed. But, the lecture is good for the new & future engineers. Its more on ethics & moral to handle a situation.

Group photo after the lecture~

2 FEB 2010

2 activities held today. Geo Rocks & first round of the Recycle Campaign. I didn't manage to attend the Geo Rocks due to class. But I heard that it runs well. I'm glad it too. In the evening, practiced the aerobic movement for the sport class. It seems like very easy. Not so difficult. Need to show infront of the classmates on 27 FEB. Feel shy to do it. Until at night, first round of recycle campaign. All of the organizing committee members & volunteers need to take the recycle materials from each houses in the hostel. It's not an easy task. Out of my expectation, almost all of the students who are staying in the apartment are quite cooperative. They gave all of the materials that we want. But 1 thing that I cannot strand it's the smell of the house. It's smell so 'Great'! Finished the activity before 11pm. Really tired. Rushed back for a hostel committee meeting. Extremely tired. I wished I have few clones for me to do multitask jobs.

The 'Rubbish'~

Group photo~

3 FEB 2010
Today is the day for the exhibition group presentation. I didn't fully present. I let my group members to present it. They presented it quite well. I hope my group can win the prizes. After the presentation got another activity which is called the Float & Sink. My classmates supported me by participating the activity. I'm really happy with it and they won the prize. The prize was RM100 Pizza Hut voucher. Haha. They are going to have a feast after the closing ceremony. Second round of recycle campaign held at another apartment. This time, everyone feel so down & tired. Some of them didn't come due to some reasons. But luckily, this second round is easier than the first round. Less material to carry & finished at 9.30pm. Phew...Went out for dinner with them & came back to hostel & rest early.

4 FEB 2010
The arrival of the 16 visitors from Nottingham University Malaysia Campus to UNITEN. They were the committee members of the second batch of ICE Student Chapter after Uniten ICE Student Chapter. Only 2 student chapters in Malaysia & we are proud of it to become the pioneer. Bring them to walk around the exhibition area & some parts of UNITEN. I didn't planned it well. The program flow is not consistent. Got some problems. Somemore, I accidentally 'menolak' a gift from the visitor. I used the wrong word to tell the visitor not to give the gift yet because it is not the time yet. I felt so bad & said sorry to him. I hope he will forgive me. But the visitors were friendly. I hope we can meet them up again in the future. Until in the afternoon, one of the final activity, Cup Arranging competition. Its quite simple but yet, the committee members organized it well. It run smoothly.

5 FEB 2010
The final day of the week. Woke up early in the morning. Send all the recycle materials to a charity recycle centre. Only 3 cars to send all of the 'rubbish'. Very tired. Went back to the exhibition area. Only 5 out of 18 committee members turned up & helped to clean the exhibition area. Don't know where the others. Still got few hours time to go before the closing ceremony. I received a news that the venue for the closing ceremony is changed to another place. I felt like, arghh.... Why the management is so bad. We booked the room first & why you gave to a lecturer to use it on the last minute? I don't know what to say. Somemore, all of the invited guests couldn't come due to meeting, appointment, etc. Haiz... But until the closing ceremony time, almost all of my classmates come & support the event. I'm happy about that.

Conclusion,

• Thanks to the organizing committee members who helped me alot & thanks to them who gave me alot of problems. I really appreciate it and I hope that we can work together back in the future.
• Thanks to my classmates who supported me to joined the activities organized by ICE. Without them, the activities cannot run well.
• Thanks to my friends who supported & encouraged me to face the problems.
• Learnt alot of human attitude & know how to tackle it.
• Gained alot of experience to handle a team & the time management.
• Really tired. Got dark circles on my eyes. Weight is decreasing. Need to gain weight.
  
• Now, need to concentrate on studies because there will be alot of tests are coming to battle with me.

Adios~



P/S: I think this blog got alot of grammar & vocabulary mistakes. Haha... I don't care. Too tired to check the words. I uploaded some photos on facebook. If you got time, please have a look. :)