Self-Reflection
As a student who considered myself as an introvert, I rarely join an activity nor become an active member of a club. I was a very active student when I was in secondary school, from form 1 to 3 I was not very active, but somehow in just 2 years period which was when I was Form 4 and 5, I joined multiple activities until I did not have time to rest, even on weekends. However, things have changed ever since I went to University, I always told myself that I am not capable to handle big things such as leader, secretary and organizer of an event. Due to this fact, I have no experience in making a proposal about a program at all.
Before I continue, firstly I want to thank Dr Muhammad Abd Hadi Bunyamin for giving us this opportunity to learn how to write a proposal of a programme. At first, I really thought it was impossible for me to create one as I have never done any of this before, but I am glad it was a group assessment. I love how Dr Hadi is the one who decided which student goes into which group, I can see how our bonding between international and local students are improving. The topic of our programme is a visit to an orphanage. Me and my group members had discussed for a several times thinking about what programme we should do, at last we decided to go and visit an orphanage.
Secondly, our group leader, Cheong Chien Li really done a great job as a leader. I love how he calmly decide things and influence us to do this great proposal. Our group has one international student, so it was hard for us to meet as the international live a bit far from our college. This is one of the challenges that we faced, but we managed to arrange some effective meeting sessions with everyone’s attendance. I am a student who lack self-motivation, lazy, experience and knowledge. However, my group members really motivated me.
Furthermore, halfway into our proposal, I said to myself that it was not that difficult to make a proposal, no wonder why there are hundreds of events being held in UTM. However, there was one part where I found it quite hard to settle which was the sponsorship part. We needed to find a good company to sponsor us, but not just that, we needed to write a sponsorship letter properly, otherwise we will never be getting the sponsorship. Even though this proposal is only an assignment, we took this chance to plan it like the event will actually be held. By doing this, we did learn many things from this. For instance, the format of writing the proposal, leadership and teamwork. These are essential for us to take note.
To put in a conclusion, I want to thank my group members for being great members and giving a good teamwork despite of our different schedules. I have gained so much this past few weeks, and I am grateful to be able to have this chance to make a programme proposal.