Yeah...... OLMEC is the best

Yeah..... I can't log in to blog for long time because there are problems with username and blogspot release its new beta version. Finally I can write something in my blog.

On Monday, the result for Treasure Hunt is announced and luckly our group OLMEC win and we get RM100 voucher from Isetan. Again, thank you PETROSAINS especially Ms. Rita who get it for us. After that we prepare for the mini shows and busking.

On Tuesday, we have another trip. This time, we went to Planetarium, Putrajaya, Wetland and the last one is Chocolate Shop. At Planetarium we watch a movie about Hawaiian Island which is projected at very large screen. It looks like we experience the real journey not just watching. There is a room which we could feel like we are in the space. I enjoyed playing inside it with Fajar, Dew and Awa. At putrajaya, we catch lots or might be hundreds of pictures since our journey in PETROSAINS will end soon. At Chocolate Shop, there are many kind of chocolate even with a Durian taste. We bought some of them as souvenier for us to UTP.

On Wednesday, we practice the mini shows by showing it to the judges. The judges comment on our minishow and give us advice how to improve our mini shows. Picture at the left is Hamid, Rejep, Dieu and me who are ready to show our mini shows to the public. This is OLMEC mini shows. Actually another person is missing which is Reza. He doing busking to the people around Downstream. Today, we have really great experiences by practicing Science Communication and deliver it to the public. Last 2 weeks we have several talks, workshops, discussion and observation. Finally we apply what we have learned and deliver it to the public.

Sciences Communication Program will end tomorrow. It is a really good Program for us especially in communication skill and deal with peoples. I really enjoy this program with helps of organizers, facilitators and volunteers. Hopefully PETROSAINS will do the same program for the other students in the future.

Go Go OLMEC....... OLMEC is the best

On Friday, we have kind of workshop to create mini show. We have several things such as Paper Cup, Bottle, Balloons, Ping Pong Ball, Bottle, Stick and others. My group comes with several things which are Refraction, Air Resistance, Bernoulli Principle and sounds. Others group also create lots of fresh ideas about mini shows. It gives us memory back to explore new things when we are young.

Before the break, we had small bye2 ceremony for Jamie. He is going back to his country to celebrate Merry Christmas. Bye Bye Jamie, nice has fun in science with u even for a short period of time. Actually when I enter university, I have no more feeling to explore things because it looks complicated. However, through the SciCom Program I get back my sense to explore and ask things until I fully understand it. Thank you to everybody again.

During the evening, we have Treasure Hunt around Petrosains and Ain is in our group. It is really fun to find and think the answer. Without this Treasure Hunt, I don’t thnk I will read those things in Petrosains, nice activity 2 make us read all the Info. Even though we didn't know the result yet, but we have fun and satisfy with our efforts. GO OLMEC. Right: Picture of our group members (who is d one who is very excited at the right..... wonder who????)

Weapon & MORE observations

On Thursday, the 1st talk is about Program Department which is given by Mr Kamarudin Kasim (KK). Here we are playing game about number and clapping the hands. Most important thing is still focus and could response in the short of time.

We also are divided into group of 3 to create a weapon to launch a table tennis ball. My group members are Hu Yen, Amro and me (See pic above, huhu). The winner for the challenge is Fajar, Bagouri and Dew. Things that we learned from this activity is to consider all of factors such as angle, design, creativity and also team work.

The 2nd talk which is sharing experiences by Mr Uzaymee was really great. He show us lots of pictures about Bunga Raya plant when he has vacation (is it ???) there. Huhuhu. we learned lots kind of steps needed, do & dont, different between other plants and others. Overall it is amazing ang give us better picture about the life in the offshore.

After that, we are divided into group and my group name is Olmec which consist of Reza, Hamid, Dieu, Rejep and me. What we need to do is observe and observe. huhu...... We need 2 learn sth b4 we are going 2 do that kind of thng. At the left is OLMEC at one of the mini show.

Soccer Competition, Show & Observation, Time to observe

Today's talk by Carigali is canceled and it is replaced by the Soccer Competition. For today's challenges, there are 6 differents challenges. I'm one of the Eco group which consist of Sameha, Aishah, Rejep, Besher and me. I'm doing Sprint Test and manage to get 2nd place behind Fajar. The result will be announce tomorrow (RM100 hamper, wow).

After that, we have talk given by Mr Sam (his glamorous name) about show & observation. There are 3 types of shows which are Sciences Show, Mini Show and Busking.Each show must have Title, Objective, Instruction, Discussion and Conclusion.

At 3:30, we are able to watch Sciences Show about Bat (See Picture at the top). The show is about Mother Bat and Baby Bat. Bat can smell, hear and watch. Besides that Bat also use echo location especially during night to detect insects or other things.

After that, we have free tour to observe and I have found around 7 mini shows. During this school holiday the show is about sound. Some of the minishows is Resonances, Tube, Local Instruments, Music Box, Water Drop, Coin popping and others. All the mini shows are suitable for any level of visitors and only basic science concepts are used.

At the left is a minishow about resonance that will produced sound when you rub the glass. Hossam demonstrates it to me and the others. (Good job)

~Lutfy~ ^_^

Fun of learning~

A picture is better than thousands words. Hihi. Today we went to National Sciences Centre and Astro. We need 2 wake up early in the morning and assemble at 7:45. Wow.

Thanks to Tengku who treat us with chocolate. It is really sweet to start the day with a sweet thing. Our remaining day become sweet and precious memory to remind.

At National Science Centre we learned lot of things. Yeah, there are similarities and differences between National Sciences Centre & Petrosains. The similarities are both make science look easier to understand and the concepts used also are same.

The huge differences are National Sciences Centre have broad focus where they have animal nature, herb aquatics, insects and other sections while the main focus in Petrosains is Oil and Gas. However, there are not enough volunteers like Petrosains, therefore some of the info cant be delivered clearly to the visitors. In Petrosains, the career in Petroleum (mainly) is focused more while in National Science Centre have general objectives.

However, both are fun and have lots of thing to be explore.

Today, Measat III is launched early in the morning at Kazakhtan. Though, we can't watch it, we still learned lot of things from the tour guide, Ms Alia. Hihi. Astro is 1 of the important medium of communication especially in MALAYSIA. They have 3 satellites that help lots in distribution the information. We also are able to go to the X-Fresh studio to know how the process on air is done. Yeah, it is amazing because the DJ could speak both Malay & english fluently and very fast. He is kind of bilanguage person who can switch to speak to other languages. I'm still try to improve my communication skills and my dream is to become multilanguages person. Pratice, practice and practice.

We learned lots today and we will learn more things tomorrow and the following days. Hopefully all those things can bennefit me and the society.

~Lutfy~

We had joy, we had fun, we had season in the sun

Today we have culture performance by all the participants of Science Communication Program. It is really fun to know other countries culture and their life. Here are the pictures of all of the performers and also some of the staff and the volunteers. We really have fun and enjoy our day (might be because we are released earlier).... hihihi. Everybody seems really tired and they sleep once they arrive to their respective room.

Tomorrow we'll go Astro,

and National Science Centre,

We have thousands things to see,

It is a wonderful science world.

The mummy is great even make Ms Reiza scream, yeah it is really fun. Maybe we will have Jean and Mr Faiz to perform during the graduation day. Hihihi

I also like Thailand Performance which is really uniqe. Here are their picture with me. From left is Fajar, Chan, Dew,me and Sum while at the front are Fadila and Aishah. They have really nice costumes. Congratulation to all of us.

Lutfy~

PETROSAINS-UTP Science Communication December 2006: Unlearn and Relearn

PETROSAINS-UTP Science Communication December 2006: Unlearn and Relearn