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Date : 5 Mac 2020
Venue : Kolej Tun Dr Ismail
Organizer : JKM Kolej Tun Dr Ismail
Role : Participant
From October 17th to October 19th 2019, the Jawantakuasa Mahasiswa (JKM) Kolej Tun Dr. Ismail (KTDI) has successfully held a program called the Open Day Resak 2019 or better known as OPERA’19. OPERA’19 has become a symbolic event since the program is a yearly event and has become synonymous with KTDI. OPERA’19 is a KTDI open day that organizes a variety of activities to attract the interest and attention of KTDI’s residents and also residents from other colleges to come and enliven the activities carried out at KTDI. With the theme “Kampung Resak, Riuh Sekampung”, a number of activities such as baraan, rewang and also zapin lambak were held to enliven the theme of this program.
On October 17, baraan was organized to mark the opening of OPERA’19 KTDI. Baraan was done around theKTDI blocks where all the secretariats walked around the blocks while playing the kompang. Many booths were opened and many items were sold at the booths. In the evening, a movie night activity was held at the KTDI square.
On October 18, various sports competitions were held from morning until the afternoon. Among the sports that were contested are futsal, netball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, e-games, and many more. Through sports competition held at OPERA ’19, it has become a platform for KTDI students to show their talents in sports and also has helped the college to make a shortlist of the potential athletes to represent the college for the upcoming UTM Games that will be held in November. The rewang activity was also held in the afternoon where the secretariat cook porridge and serve it for free to all KTDI residents. In the evening, other activities such as KTDI Got Talent was held at the KTDI square. Overall, everyone seems to enjoy all the performances that were carried out by members of the AKSARA RESAK, a culture club under KTDI.
On October 19, Bey-blade games and sales activities continued until the evening. All the activities that were carried out during the program run smoothly even during the bad weather. It is hoped that the program will continue to run successfully with more lively and interesting programs to be included in the next edition of OPERA program.
I participated in an E-sport tournament which is DOTA 2. Our team consists of 5 people from KTDI. I'm proud to say that our team has become the champion in that tournament game and received RM100 as a winning prize.
I could say that there were a lot of obstacles before we form our team. First, there were only me and Umair who was really eager and excited to join the Dota 2 tournament. Basically, we do not know who we will take on our team because there is no one that we know who played the game at that moment. We only need 3 people to fulfill the slot as Dota 2 requires 5 people in total to play. Each person holds a different role and each role is very important to one another to make everything works out as a team. You need to have the right team composition in order to win the game.
After maybe a week or two of finding the three-person that we needed, we have finally decided who we will choose. First is Tan Zhi Quan, our coursemate in Bachelor of Degree Computer Science (Graphics and Multimedia) SCSV, and we called him Achuan who played the game long enough and even longer than myself. I could say that he was an experienced player overall. The second person is Amir, my cousin who was the first student at that moment. I have played long enough with him before this to know his style and gameplay. Our last person in our team is Tengku and we call him Teng. He is the last-minute guy that join our team and we do not even know him in the first place. In fact, I never met him in real life. But after all, he is the key to our victory.
After joining this event, I gain that if we are the leader in the team, either team in sport or E-sport, we should try can lead them since a team is a group of different people having different skills. There might be a team member who may not be able to communicate fluently or uncomfortable talking in front of the team. Being kind with the team would help the leaders to find those hidden talents. Also be an optimistic leader who will look for an opportunity even in a difficult situation. He or she would never quit even the situation is worst or going against the plan. It’s essential for the leader to have this quality as it would boost up the entire team to work positively towards the common goal. Next, we should encourage other people to talk and be a good active listener. People want to be heard, really heard, and not patronized. Oftentimes, instead of listening to someone in a conversation, people are really just waiting for an opportunity to speak. If this is an area where you struggle, one trick is to say “What I understand you’re saying is…” By repeating what you understand the other person to be saying, it forces you to really listen to what they are saying. And as a side benefit, it reinforces to the speaker that you truly are listening to them and respect what they have to say.