{"id":3906,"date":"2020-04-23T09:01:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T09:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/?p=3906"},"modified":"2020-04-23T09:01:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T09:01:31","slug":"green-art-workshop-with-the-rojak-projek-and-dr-bernard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/index.php\/2020\/04\/23\/green-art-workshop-with-the-rojak-projek-and-dr-bernard\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Art Workshop with The Rojak Projek and Dr. Bernard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many\nyears now, people are still using plastics irresponsibly; littering bits and\npieces of them here and there. Eventually, usage of plastics is the plague of\nenvironment. Lakes, rivers, and oceans are currently at the risk of being\nover-contaminated, which increases year after year. This problem is much more\nserious than expected \u2013 plastic pollution. Plastic pollution literary means a dangerous\nimpact on human\u2019s health, marine life, and the conditions on the existing\necosystems of the planet as a whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this workshop, it started off with a brief presentation on the plastic pollution by the organizers. This aims to increase the students\u2019 awareness on the plastic pollution which is still constantly neglected by people from all around the world. Of course, a few initiatives have been made by the authorities by imposing charges on plastic bags in supermarkets, encouraging the usage of recycling bag, and biodegradable plastic bags etc. Conventional plastic bags are made of petroleum, which is typically not easily degraded when they are disposed into the landfills. Therefore, this workshop emphasizes on how during the olden days, our ancestors uses natural resources such as leaves etc and made them into food wrappings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1 <\/strong>shows Dr Bernard giving instructions to the participants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Let\nus take \u201cketupat\u201d<\/em> as an example. Ketupat <\/em>is Indonesian\u2019s staple food\n\u2013 a type of dumpling made from rice packed inside a diamond-shaped container of\nwoven palm leaf pouch. Ketupat<\/em> is usually eaten with rendang, opor\nayam, sayur labu <\/em>(chayote soup) or sambal goreng hati <\/em>(liver in sambal),\nor served as an accompaniment to gado-gado<\/em> (mixed vegetables with peanut\nsauce). How healthy is that right? A combination of essential nutrients all in\na folded palm leaf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 2 <\/strong>shows the artwork done by my group members.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Participants\nwere very excited about the upcoming activities making use of all materials\ngiven that were nicely placed on the table \u2013 traditional food from all over the\nstates of Malaysia such as nasi lemak<\/em>, ketupat<\/em>, lontong<\/em>\netc. To add in a little bit of fun into the brain-storming session, samples of\nmasterpieces previously done by others were shown in the slides. Each table was\nassigned with different sketches of faces on the paper, followed by outlining\nthe face with whatever materials that were placed on the table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nevent was held for two hours, which honestly did not feel like it was two hours\nlong as the whole itinerary was full of excitement and fun. From this event,\nparticipants definitely learnt the importance of teamwork while brain-storming\nwith the rest of the students on how to decorate the paper with the materials provided.\nFurthermore, good events definitely come with a price, and it was a reasonable fee\nfor most students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 3 <\/strong>shows the collection of artwork done by the participants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The organizers were relatively pleased with all of our artwork. The cameraman was smiling behind the lens of the camera while he was taking photographs of the artwork done by all groups. The best piece of artwork will be chosen by the organizers to be posted up on their Facebook page. Not only it was fun, but the event was definitely worthwhile, nostalgic and meaningful. In my humble opinion, this is, by far, the best event I have attended throughout the semester. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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