Week 8 – trekking at Lucky Garden, Sungai Tilong

Week 8 – trekking at Lucky Garden, Sungai Tilong

The trekking was held at the forest in Lucky Garden, Simpang 542, Jalan Muara. It was our first trekking. Before the trekking, each of us have to take a post, then all of us have to be responsible on the post that we picked. My post for that week was as a first aider, I know a few things on first aid, I once joined a short course at the nursing college during my time at Maktab Duli. So I know a few things about CPR, I know how to deal when someone get burn or when someone broke their bone which I pray that any of us wont get that such thing.

On that day, we met up at the UBD parking lot before 6.00am and leave by 6.05am. We arrived at Lucky Garden before 6.30am. We met up with Dr. Irene and we were ready to get into the forest. Before we get into the forest, we were divided into three group where each group lead by a leader and a sweeper.

The soil on that day was very muddy, during the trekking we discovered a lot of things. There were so many abandoned area of land where it is believed that the land was used to be a farm where shifting cultivation and slash and burn were applied on the land. Also at the abandoned farm, I saw a stick with leave look like a human structure, to me its look like a wind vane then Dr. Irene told us that were actually used by the farmer to scare any animals, birds and insects from their farm.

These are the things that we get to see;

The beautiful view of Masjid Kampong Lambak.

Green Fern

Bracket Fungi, only found in Tropical Rainforests

Kodok-kodok

The important things that I have learnt:-

· The nature of our environment is very beautiful, we can only get that by adventuring the environment and preserve the environment

· The forest also offer a great view

· Do not bring too much things in your beg or you will get so tired

Survey in UBD

From the movie Mountain Patrol and the documentary "Home" we learnt that that there is a great need for all of us to conserve the environment and reduce greenhouse effects which cause climatic changes. On Monday 14th Sept 2009 we (Syahir & Malek) were asked to experience a community action at the UBD to reduce greenhouse gases through Electricity use at UBD. So our task was to survey the building and area allocated to us which is at the UBD library.

Level	Electricity (Light)	Electricity (Airconditioner)	Electricity (Television & Computer)
Ground Floor	Good	Good	Good
First Floor	Bad	Good	Good
Second Floor	Good	Good	Good
Third Floor	Good	Good	Good

Level	Electricity (Lift)	Electricity (Automatic Door)	E- Resources Room
Ground Floor	Bad	Bad	Good
First Floor	Bad	None	Good
Second Floor	Bad	None	None
Third Floor	Bad	None	None

Level	Ablution Room & Prayer Room (Light)	Study Room	Stair Light
Ground Floor	Good	None	Bad
First Floor	None	Good	Bad
Second Floor	None	Good	Bad
Third Floor	None	None	Bad

Level	Photocopy Machine	Self-Service Book Borrowing Machine	Toilet (Light)
Ground Floor	Good	Good	Bad
First Floor	Good	None	Bad
Second Floor	Good	None	Bad
Third Floor	Good	None	Bad

	Good	Bad
Ground Floor	Air conditioner-very comfortable. Light-very comfortable. Computer-very good access and facility. Photocopy machine, Self service book borrowing machine-a very good facility and use well by the student. Light-useful in the discussion/study room, in the toilet.	Lift-we can use stair. Entrance door-instead of using automatic door we can use manual door that can save more energy. Stair Light-still use at the stair even though a great amount of light come from the window.
1st Floor	Light-useful in the discussion/study room, in the toilet. Air conditioner-very comfortable. Light-very comfortable. Computer-very good access and facility. Photocopy machine, Self service book borrowing machine-a very good facility and use well by the student.	Lift-we can use stair. Light- some corridors with sunlight coming through a big window at the wall but still they switch on the light Stair Light-still use at the stair even though a great amount of light come from the window.
2nd Floor	Light-useful in the discussion/study room, in the toilet. Air conditioner-very comfortable. Light-very comfortable. Computer-very good access and facility. Photocopy machine, Self service book borrowing machine-a very good facility and use well by the student.	Lift-we can use stair. Stair Light-still use at the stair even though a great amount of light come from the window. Light- some corridors with sunlight coming through a big window at the wall but still they switch on the light.
3rd Floor	Light-useful in the discussion/study room, in the toilet. Air conditioner-very comfortable. Light-very comfortable. Computer-very good access and facility. Photocopy machine, Self service book borrowing machine-a very good facility and use well by the student.	Lift-we can use stair. Stair Light-still use at the stair even though a great amount of light come from the window. Light- some corridors with sunlight coming through a big window at the wall but still they switch on the light.

Home - syahir fadillah 09B1007

Home.
I thought it is about a family or something, well after a few time watching the documentary then I found out how remarkable this documentary is. It talks about the linkage of life from the past until the present. Life exists between 4 billion years ago. Ironically, human existence is only 200 thousand year. In between these 4 billion years, the world that we live in keeps on varying.
It starts with the creation and the evolution of the animal species in the Earth, until the human, who starts living peacefully with nature. However, it accelerate three times the growth of population in the last 60 years and discover of the oil, changed all.
As the human growth accelerates, civilization occurs. Not only have that people struggling for food it cause the multiplication number of food. The daily concern is to feed ourselves (human), shaping the land by sacrificial activities (deforestation).
This documentary Shot in 54 countries and 120 locations over 217 days, Home presents the many wonders of planet Earth from an aerial perspective. When the documentary was release, it was on the same day in over 50 countries to mark the global event. The filmmaker is a French director Arthus Bertrand, he illustrate a tale of how human upset the balance of Earth. By looking in this documentary we can realize how important to change our bad habit to the earth which is currently deteriorating.
Personal Message from Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Photographer and Founding President, GoodPlanet.org, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, to avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth’s climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. We have no time to lose. I have been nurturing this film for more than fifteen years. What I saw and learnt as I flew over the Earth has changed me for ever. Today I want to share what I have experienced throughout these journeys. I believe that we have the collective wisdom to find a solution. The film will be aired for free on 5 June – World Environment Day – on the internet, on TV and in thousands of movie theatres around the world.
I would like this movie to become your movie. Share it and act!
Resources:
http://www.unep.org/wed/2009/English/content/bertrand.asp

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014762/synopsis

http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-synopsis/home.21/?silentchk=1&

http://www.moviexclusive.com/review/home/home.html

Mountain patrol : Kekexili , Syahir Fadillah 09B1007

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Mountain Patrol: Kekexili

It is a real story and made into a film to show the remarkable mission of the illegal Tibetan antelope poaching in the region of Kekexili, the largest animal reserve in China. It tells the tale of a brave local Tibetan who face his death and starvation in order to save the endangered antelope herds from a band of coldblooded hunters. The set is next to the backdrop of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

For the past 20 years, the antelope's number has been dwindling significantly, as many poachers tend to slaughter the animals and often hundreds at a time. Hunters hunt for the antelope skins, which is luxurious. In 1990, local Tibetans formed a voluntary patrol trying to stop illegal poaching and sometimes cost their lives.

The antelope makes many footprints at their breeding ground making them easier to catch. In the film, it shows a field hundreds of antelope remains near a lake. The patrol officers have to bury 10,000 antelope a year.

The air at kekexili is so thin that any kind of exertion is a hazard, and the place is so remote that even the smallest miscalculation can put you at grave risk of your life in the middle of nowhere.
It also illustrate the social changes whereby many of the young adults are unemployed, women become prostitutes, which is against Tibetans ancient religious and culture.
When this become a crisis, the government responds is by establishing the area as a nature reserve and send considerable agents to track down the poachers. The result is that there are now some 30,000 Himalayans antelope, increasing in numbers thanks to successful law enforcement.

Resources:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/cl-et-patrol14apr14,1,4118766.