It is my honour to be a part of TF SCALE II as I did not manage to commit to the first run of TF SCALE I. I am really thankful that I am still able to participate despite the fact that I was unable to attend numerous meetings as well as missing a precious opportunity to be a part of TF SCALE II Inbound.

Before the trip, I’ve conducted serveral raspberry pi basic course for members of the team who have yet to learn about linux systems or even seen or worked with raspberry pi. Even though it was just a few days course before I went off for my internship, but I’ve gotten to know a few of the members in the team. While I was away in internship but came back for serveral events, I’m surprised that the members (especially juniors :P) still remembered me and asked when will I be coming back for meeting.

Through them asking when will I be returning, it made me reflect that it doesn’t matter who we are and where we are from. As long as we have a common goal to achieve, it is possible to form a strong bond among the whole team. The only factor that deters us from achieving the bond, in my opinion, would be tolerance and understanding that we should have for each other.

Just days before we started our adventure to Malang, Indonesia, I’ve just came back from Hong Kong and joined the last “local” meeting. When I was in the meeting, I was rather surprised that even though I was not with the team for quite some time, but I was still welcomed into the team as though I’ve been with them the entire time.

Upon arrival, I saw friendships that was forged during inbound reunited. Though I wasn’t with Indonesian students during inbound, they still brought me into the team and treated me as one with the team. It is something that made me comfortable to a part of the team, and not hesitating or rather, putting my 100% and stepping out of my comfort zone in this trip.

In this whole trip, I’ve witness characteristics of individuals in our team that makes each of us special. I have also witness how one had learnt from their mistakes as well as learning to be with each other and knowing that we have each other to fall back on; Because we are a team.

 

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This is my first trip to Malang, Indonesia. Though it is not my first service learning trip, but as compared to my past service learning trip, I had to step out of my comfort zone more than I had in my past trips.

Throughout my stay here is Malang, I am very thankful and grateful to the Polinema (PNM) students, who took such great care of the whole team.

 

Even though sailing wasn’t smooth as we were met with flight delay, the team spirit wasn’t defeated yet! Upon arrival into Malang’s Airport,  Indonesia, we were warmly welcomed by the students from PNM. My first impression was how welcoming and understanding they were, even though they knew that our flight has been delayed, they still stayed on and welcomed up @ the Airport. It is indeed a warm and welcoming sight/moment to be in when we arrive ^_^

 

After a good night rest, we were up and ready for our visit to PNM and polytechnic of Kota Malang. Upon reaching the polytechnics, PNM and Kota Malang, we were given a detailed tour around their campus & we were introduced to the projects that they had done with raspberry pi. I was really impressed by their skills and the projects that they had done ( includes sensors knowledge and robotics skills! ).

The following day, we were taken to Malang’s city tour! The tour guide was really enthusiastic in sharing with us his knowledge on Indonesia’s culture and he’s really good at taking pictures too! With him being so enthusiastically introducing his culture and his country, it showed me how much he valued the culture that Malang has, and is actively keeping it alive by introducing and explaining to tourist patiently on what happened on different events.

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