Closing Ceremony

Today is the last day of RUS101, the closing ceremony are going to held in Dome site. In morning, we just discuss what should be prepared for ceremony at night. So, around 3pm, we start to prepare our staff at the site.
We start to decorate our site, while others are setting up the electrical stuff, bbq stite.





It is enjoyable to work together, we are assigned to decorate our stage.It spend us around 3 hours. Then, we go back to hostel to take a shower.
Around 8pm, the dinner time starts, people start to enjoy their food around dome site.I am sorry to say that, my memory card is borrowed by Weng Jen, so no photo will be posted. Before that, I don't want to eat roasted lamb, and planning do not pay RM18. After that, I hear that, RM18 is compulsory to pay no matter you eat the food or not. So, I just go to eat the roasted lamb.No one can be denied, it is quite delicious for me.
Around 9 pm, the ceremony start. As a first year HBP student, we are going to present our slide show at here. Beside that, we must involve ourselves in power point presentation. Some of the student is funny, and produce a good effect.
Each of the student is presented for 30 second. But, it is still not enough for us to present all. Around 12 am, 1b want us to clear the site and the ceremony is end.
HAiz~~ 1 semester are past in a blink of the eyes. In front of us, still have a long journey to go!! The Exam will coming soon.

Soul Shift Conference

Monday is an important day for RUS101 student, a conference and exhibition will be held in studio. We are proud to invite our guest of honour, Tuan Syed Mohd Bakar Syed Mohd Salim, to launch this grand event.
The way of 1b introducing him is very different, he find the article that show his characteristics, when the screen show the article, we start to guess who is the person. Yes, no one can deny, he is a nice, good, old man, and has qualification to become curator of USM traditional toy and games museum.

The atmosphere in the studio is quite enjoying~~

A humour old man, Tuan Syed.

Student present their their puisi duringthe launching ceremony.

After the opening ceremony, we start to visit our studio, the place where the exhibition is held. Our masterpieces are exhibited at here.

The board in front the studio, which drawn by Jonathan. Nice!!

Tensegrity which made by student.

The masks that made by RUS101 student.

The tensegrity which made up of 8 struts.

Our assignment- small small dome.

The poster for this event which generated by student.

They are observed the masterpiece of student.

The king?? HA! HA!

View from the dome.

After that, we have the dome tea around the site. Bee Hoon Goreng, Karipok, Donuts, fried chicken and drinks are prepared. We pay RM10 already before that, the people start to take their food in "orderly" manner, and devour it. It is shame to say that, it is a culture of Malaysian. Some of the people who come late, do not get the food since there are no more food at there already.

They help to arrange food on the table.



CEPAT!!! MAKANAN NAK HABIS!!!!

Then, the presentation of student according their themes starts, I am quite disappointed since our group has not been choose by 1b. When I watch their presantation, I am inspired, as a human being, we should not be selfish, greedy to persue glory, wealth, and power. We should be caring and loving people around us...

The student start to present

DOME ASSEMBLY 2

On Sunday Morning, we planned to construct the dome on the site on 9 am. Because of Sunday, there is no bus service around the school area. We have to walk to school. When we arrived, a scaffold has been construct and they are busy in construction of dome!! The scaffold can not stand up stably, it needs to support by the stair beside the building, for the safety reason, we forced to cancel the plan to use scaffold in construction.

When I come to the site, the construction of dome is in the process.

The scaffold is not stable enough for us to stand.

So, the construction of the dome starts from the top to bottom due to the scaffold problem. It is fantastic feeling when a lot of people help to carry the dome, all of us contribute our strength, sweat and idea. At 1pm, we dicided to take some rest, it is feeling good when Dr. Illias treats us to have our lunch in Subaidah, THANKS!! We all are satisfied with the lunch.

The construction continues after the praying time of Muslim, the dome now is getting higher and higher. Of course, the more problems will exist. Some of the bamboos crack and run out from the connector. Our main task is saving the dome with a hole.

Some of us open our umbrella because of the sunshine.

It is not an easy job to support the dome.

Busy with our construction.

This section starts to collapse.

View from the top.

Oh no, What has happening??

When coming to the 4th layers, the incurable problem exist and we have no more idea to construct next level. So, the construction stop at here. Although it is half of the dome that we planed before, but still happy to see our product!!!

The connector started to bent and make us started to worry.

The construction stops! Everybody is exicited!!

Hurray!!!!!!!!!!

7B~ Scaffold and gangplank

Normally, in building construction, the gangplank and scaffold are in wide use. For the higher section, the workers need to stand on the scaffold to proceed their work. According to wikipedia, scaffold is a temporary structure used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures. It is usually a modular system of metal pipes or tubes, although it can be made out of other materials. Bamboo is still used in some Asian countries like the People's Republic of China.

Yes! Your guess is not wrong~~ This time, we have to produce a gangplank and scaffold for each section for construction of dome, our big, big dome. So, in Friday, 1B showed us the method to tie our bamboo by rope. For this project, we have to make sure our scaffold is stable enough to sustain the weight of people.





After that, no more hesitation, we start our work in group. We cut the bamboo in the length that we want. The rope that we use is hemp rope, it must be rinsed in water for a long time before we start to tie it.




At the same time, we have to screw our bamboo strut with connector. The peoples who in charge with this are very strict. One of my bamboo cracked form top to bottom, so I need to redo. When I hear it, my brain is a blank. It is the 7th stut that I made.




I have no more choice to do, I make a new strut with the helping hand from my friend. When I complete my strut, it is almost 11.30 pm already. Luckily, a kind and handsome senior is willing to carry us from site to hostel. What's a tired day in site!!!!!!

POSTER of XZBIT

For the poster, we decided to take photos and edit it to become a poster.
First, we draw the simple picture and cut out.
Let the picture stand on our hand and take the photo.
YES! Our photos are edited by Weng Jen.
Quite satisfied with it!! TQ, Weng Jen!!