UKQE3001 Reflection report 2: SAVER’19 LIFE SAVING & SWIMMING CLINIC

            Saver’19 Life Saving & Swimming Clinic was held on 16^th November 2019 in UTM swimming pool. The objective of this event is to let the participants have the saving techniques when they meet someone drowning. Besides, the event also can help and instruct the participants to swim so that they can help themselves or others while drowning.

            Before the event day, I and my group members were gather together to discuss about the preparation of the event. Since I am in the technical group, we need to prepare the amplifier speaker floating board, goggles and swimming caps. For the goggles and the swimming caps, we decide to collect and borrow from the committee who didn’t involve in the teaching swimming part while the amplifier speaker and the floating board we were decide to borrow from the center for Co-curriculum and Service Learning (CCSL).

            During the event day, about 50 participants were gather together at the UTM swimming pool for the start of the event. After that, the event organizer also give some briefing to the participants. I and my group members were in charge for the equipment that we borrow from other to avoid missing. Besides, we were also in charge to set-up the amplifier speaker when it was needed to used. For example, during the presentation for the CPR and also the life saving techniques. During the teaching swimming period, we distribute the swimming caps, goggles and floating board to the participants and collect back while they are finish in use it.

            Finally the closing ceremony was conducted successfully. Besides, we also organized a celebration banquet for all the committee as to thanks for all their effort and contribution to make the event conduct successfully.

           At the beginning, I felt very excited because I think it is a very interesting and meaningful event as the participants might learn a lot of knowledge about the life saving and also the swimming techniques. During the group discussion, I feel very awkward because I and my group members were not recognize before but finally I still manage to cooperate and work together with them as they are very friendly and amicable. I was distributed to borrow the floating board and amplifier speaker with another 2 group members and during that time I feel a bit nervous and intense because this is the first time I borrow a much expensive and precious things. I know if we spoil or lost the amplifier speaker we might have an unimaginable consequences.

            During the event, I feel a bit proud for myself because we managed to set-up the amplifier speaker by instructed my other two group members and also we didn’t spoiled or lost the amplifier speaker. Besides, I also feel worried when we distribute the swimming cap, floating board and goggles for the participants. I scare the participants might lost or spoilt the equipment we prepared and luckily the thing I concerned didn’t occur. The participants used the equipment very carefully softly and they also return the thing back to us without stealing. I feels a bit guilty because I have the bad thought about the participants.

            Lastly, I felt happy and grateful because the event conduct smoothly and successfully as there is no critical problem occur along the event. During the celebration banquet, we celebrate happily and excitedly and we also take a group photo with all the committee. It was an unforgettable memory for me.

                The whole event was a challenging challenge and I think from this event I had learn a lot of knowledge and skills. For example, adaptability, teamwork skill, communicate skill and so on. I also know these skills is very important for my future so I should join more this kind of event.

             During the event, it remind me another event that I participated before which is the subject of UHAS1172 Malaysian Dynamic where the lecturer require us to volunteering conduct an event that can help the poor person and sharing love. During the event, I was assigned to decorate and set-up the booth. During the decorate for the booth, I learnt that we need to be teamwork and to be more friendly while communicate with others as I also need to explain and communicate with the guest while they are visiting our booth. I was saying that this activity is relate to the Saver’19 event is because both of the event need to be teamwork with group members so that the activity outcome is achieved.

          Through this event, I realized that all of the committee members are really doing a great job to work together and make this event a huge success.  The most important aspect of the event was given the opportunity to the participants who really have no ideas about the swimming and saving techniques to learn the new skill and knowledge so that it might save their life. From my perspective would be, I am happy as this event help me in the way that I able to communicate and speak out my own opinion to the others group members. It also build up my confident as I able to work together with the one that I not recognize before.

            Besides, I am also learn the adaptability from this event as I need to always concern about the situation of the event. For example when the speaker amplifier is used and suddenly raining, we immediately build a shelter for it so that it will not spoil. Besides, I also learn about teamwork is really important when we work as a team. We know that if we want to make the task finish more efficiently, we cooperate and help each other.  That’s why we always believe that weak things united become strong so we feel relieved when a task was assigned to others group members.

            The event organizer also stated that he was very proud and happy with the work and effort from the committee for the succeeded of the event. The event organizer also suggest that this kind of event should be conduct once time per year so that the case of drowning will be reduced. Lastly, I personally hope that the students or the outsider should be more active and spontaneously to join this kind of event because it might save yours or others life when something bad happen.

           After the event, I feel very happy and grateful because the event was conducted successfully without any critical problem. However, if I am given an opportunity to rewind time and go back to the beginning of the event, I think I would give more effort in the event and try to help others group to make this event conduct more smoothly. Besides, I also realized that I should help other group while our group’s task was finished because what I recall back is that while I finished my own task I just gossip with my group members or play smartphone without helping other group.

            After that, I also realized that sometime I am not confident and decisive enough for example hesitate to do decision and not believe my ability. During the event, I am really regret that I didn’t recommended myself to being the group leader because I think if I become the group leader I might learn more from the event for example how to lead a team and how to assign task to others group members to having a better product outcome.

            Besides, I also realized that I need to be more friendly and also need to improve my communicate skill by interacting with different kind of people. During the event, I didn’t show my friendly with initiate communicate with the participants. I should not have the stereotype to scare when talking with the stranger.

            In future, I hope I can join more this kind of event to better improve myself. I believe that if we do so, we would gain a lot of experiences and knowledge no matter as a participant or a committee organizer of an event.