30 Hour Famine 22 august 2009

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I had attended the 30 Hour Famine campaign that organized in my school, at 22 August 2009. 30-hour famine, it means that we should fast for 30 hour during the whole duration of the camp from 12pm of Saturday until the 6pm of the next day. There are more than 90 students registered for the camp, but due to the influence of the H1N1 disease and a lot of assignments or test going to stress up the students, the number of people attended to this camp is left about 40 people. For your information, our school is an exam based learning style, so we are get use to an activity becomes spoiled by this kind of reason.my team members and me

This famine mini camp was held in everywhere in Malaysia at the same time. The purpose of this camp is exposes us to what has happened in another side of the world, how poverty threaten them and deprive their right to go to school, how they live in hunger and finally becomes more concern about the issues of social.

Some of the children spend their whole day, or can say as spend their whole childhood to stay along the railway, just because they want to collect the little fragment of charcoal that dropped by the train, which carry full tank of uncovered charcoal pass by. What they can do is hope for an old train pass by everyday, so that more vibration… stronger wind blowing? So more little charcoals will fall down. This is how the children at there to earn money.station game... me is on the left

Some people spend more than 8 hours per day, just forth and back to get the fresh water for drinking purpose for their family. Unfortunately, maybe I can’t even say that, that is a fresh water. This is the how they survival, just for water, how about food? That we never know. Besides these, some of them even suffer for HIV. Lack of knowledge about prevention and treatment make even their children suffer for that. Malnutrition problems are serious among the children.
In the camp, besides listen to the stories, still got some station games, movie sharing and all of these are not just for fun, but it educate us, make us aware of that from the game.
World vision is going to teach them how to be a better fisherman and not just catch fish for them. This indicates that they need a chance for them to escape from poverty and hunger, our helps and concern about them is important for them. Cherish what we have, don’t waste things, even the money is yours, but resources is belong to everyone. That is what I learned from the camp.
After fasting for more than 30 hours, we are not hungry, but some of us just miss the tasty of the food, too bad… haha

Before and After 6 September 2009

1 week before, still remember that I am waiting for 1 important phone call. I started to wait after my dinner in room, but decided to wait it outside, because there is a high contrast between the mood of my roommates and mine and his friends in my room. Furthermore, I am too tension already, need to walk out from this ‘’room’’. Take a walk around my hostel, and seem like it didn’t help me a lot, and I know that I need to go further, take my bike and go to the old place again. Once I reach there, I start to sit on the floor, and do what I want to release my mind after being stress up with all the things in that week. After I calm down, I start to think about why there is such empty concrete space at here with surrounding with a big field and lake. Then I slow down my footsteps, and there is some big words printed on the concrete area. Go through 1 by 1, ‘REDEC USM’…… and this makes me realizes that we can only see and notice the things around us clearly with a peacefully mind and slow pace of life style. The words on the floor is big, human is small and tiny, so we can’t see the words, only with peaceful mind, you can see it. My phone starts to ring at around 11pm…

1 week after that, I know what should I do and what mistakes had I done before, I readjust back my thinking style and start enjoy my life with smile, let smile conquer my life. There are some important things that I should do in order to let smile conquer my life, I list them out and let them become my reminder.

1. 1. Don’t let emotion take control

2. 2. Heal old wound

3. 3. Believe

4. 4. Cherish

See it, take it, face it, solve it and leave it. 5 steps, it is simple. Have a nice day ^^.