PADDY HARVESTING

Date of Experience	15th October 2010
Venue Experience	Wasan Paddy field
Purpose of Experience	Learn how to harvest paddy.
What was the highlight of the experience? Before we start harvesting paddy, we’re giving information about the different types of paddy and insect. The owner mention that Brunei had it own paddy, which the name of the paddy is Padi Laila. It is the first paddy that produces and plant in Brunei. After that, we go into the paddy field. The owner gives us some explanation on how to cut the paddy and show us the correct way to harvest.
What aspect of the experience caused you the most anxiety? There were many different types of insect found in the paddy field such as root feeders, leaf feeders, stem feeders, sap-feeders and grain feeders. We’re lucky that there is no leach in the paddy field and no one get injure. As we go into the paddy field, I was worried about how will we get out from the paddy field which almost all both of my boots was stuck in the mud. But luckily the owner gives us some tips to prevent from stuck in the mud. The owner said that we can steps around the paddy as the land was little harder than the other land.
Was there any aspect of the experience that surprised you? Before I entered the Wasan paddy field, I thought that the paddy field was only in a small scale of land. But surprisingly it is bigger than I thought. The paddy field was planted in a very big and wide area of land. I can see that at the right and left side of the road was full by paddy planting. There were too many paddies planted at Wasan paddy field which had made us (our team) difficult to know where the exact paddy that we want to harvest. There were many different types of paddy at Wasan field such as Padi Wangi sari ( Pandan Wangi), Padi Pusu, Padi Bandul Berminyak, Padi Adan and Padi Laila. In the working of harvesting, we’re using sickle to cut the paddy. I didn’t realise that we had spent about one and half hour in the paddy field without any break. Surprisingly, we’re didn’t feel tired while doing the work. I feel just like normal and fun. May be just because we’re did it in a team and together go into paddy field. Amazingly, we’re harvesting the paddy until the two big plastic bags and a small one was full.
What were the three most important things you learnt from the experience? Team work. Because if we did it in a team work, it will make our work faster and easier. The easy way to get out from the muddy field is by twisted our leg, then try to lift up slowly until you feel free to move. The better way to avoid from stuck in the muddy field is by stepping on the top of the root of paddy or step on the surrounding of paddy. It is difficult to care the paddy until it can be harvest. In order to get a good quality and value of paddy, the most important thing is that the farmer has to protect their plant from insect (pest) and also from animals like birds.
Which aspects would you include in your future behaviour based on your learning from this experience? Growing paddy is not just that easy, we must have patient in order to get benefits. When I cut the first paddy and hold it in my hand, I feel that the paddy was like my own paddy. Just imagine if the land of the paddy is yours and you will see the paddy blown by the wind. You will feel satisfy because you have done well. This is not only to make money but also to help feed people in Brunei and increase the economy. As we know that oil is our main resource revenue, it is not impossible that paddy will become our second resource revenue. I will tell people who are interest in paddy about my experience of what I have Learned from this activity.

TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY

Date of Experience	10th October 2010.
Venue Experience	Around the water tank, at back of UBD campus along road from UBD library to back access to UBD.
Purpose of Experience	Learn to plant trees and reduce carbon dioxide.
What was the highlight of the experience? If carbon dioxide is increases in the atmosphere, it will cause climate change. In order to decrease carbon dioxide, we as human who love nature have to plant many trees and take care of it until it grows well.
What aspect of the experience caused you the most anxiety? I was worried about the trees that I plant on top of the hill. Which the place was very difficult to dig and hard like a rock.
Was there any aspect of the experience that surprised you? I was surprised about how to plant a tree. Before the tree is put into the hole, I’ll have to put the two fertilizers in the holes first (which I had already dig), then the tree will be place on top of the two fertilizers and lastly buried the tree root.
What were the three most important things you learnt from the experience? Planting a tree is not that easy without tools. By using tools it can make our work faster. The very important thing is that we have to know about the place first. Whether it is suitable or not for plant. Sometimes the soil is not fertile and we must give the fertilizer. The tree should have enough sunlight and water, so it will grow well.
Which aspects would you include in your future behaviour based on your learning from this experience? By planting more trees like this, I hope that the carbon dioxide will decreases and no global warming will occur. Also I will try to encourage my family and friends to start planting trees.

POLAR GIRL

Date of Experience	17th September 2010
Venue Experience	Mitsubishi Central Lecture Theatre, UBD
Purpose of Experience	To know about Polar girl experience and the environment in the South Pole.
What was the highlight of the experience? It is about the adventure of Dk Najibah Eradah PAM Al-Sufri with her team in the South Pole. She was the first woman and Bruneian people who went to Antarctica. She came back home safely on 30th January 2010 and made history for Brunei. She shared her experience and gives motivational to inspire youth in Brunei.
What aspect of the experience caused you the most anxiety? Before they start their mission, they have to pass all the tests given which including Physical. The preparation is important which they have to bring such as platypus, gorilla mask, spork, sewing kit, goggles, buff, windproof gloves, first aid, poo bags and etc. The journey was about 910km and takes 38 days to finish. There was no ozone and no animal live in the South Pole. The surrounding was very cold and very slippery, so they have to walk slowly. As there was direct sunlight without clouds above them, they have to use mask to cover their face and prevent them from sun burn. The only difficult time in their journey is they have to face the great storm. From her view, the storm is not because of the global warming but because of the hill and slope (dunes). The wind blow was so strong until their camp broke down. They come out and together help to built back the broken camp. Finally they reach the Geographic South Pole at 11.09pm on the 29th December 2010. Surprisingly there were no people get injure and they come back home safely.
Was there any aspect of the experience that surprised you? 1)    They didn’t left anything behind which can pollute the environment. Although their own waste, they use Poo bags to store it. 2)   Even she is in hard time, she still manages to get ‘Wudhu’. She does the prayer in the South Pole with the help of a device. 3)   There were no ozone and no animal at the South Pole. From the slide of polar girl we can see that the surrounding was clear. There were no habitant can live in such cold weather and the only we can see that the white snow.
What were the three most important things you learnt from the experience? Always work hard and get ready in whatever condition or situation (be proactive). Teamwork is very important. You will never feel alone when you in a group and have to help each other. They divided their work so that make it easier and faster. Never exist “give up” in mind and always think positive.
Which aspects would you include in your future behaviour based on your learning from this experience? This show that female can do what male can do. There no excuses for Muslim people to leave their prayer even in the expedition. We have to appreciate the nature and never pollute it even a single waste or rubbish. So there will no global warming and climate change happen.

TRANSPORT

INTRODUCTION
In this assignment I'm focusing on travel from my home (Gadong) to UBD by using transport of bus and car. I'm using the nearest bus stop to go to UBD and the number of the bus is 58. In order to get bus I have to wake up early and wait it arrives at bus stop. As mention I have to calculate the cost of fuel, money, maintenance and carbon emission by car compared with by bus.

WORKING OUT THE COST

By Car;

From my home (Gadong) to UBD if using highway it will takes about 13 minutes. The distant of UBD from my place is about 10km which the total of travel in a day is 20km. The carbon emission in a day is 2.6kg. In a week I have 5 lectures day that means in a week the carbon emission is 13kg and total up for one semester is 208kg. I spend $15 on fuel for one week and the total cost of fuel for one semester is $240. With additional $50 in once a month for maintenance, it makes the cost for one semester rise which the total become $440 for one semester.

Below will show the calculation;

Fuel,

Fuel in a week = $15

Total of fuel in a semester = $15 x 16 (weeks in a semester)

                                            = $240

Maintenance,

(16week = 4month)

Once a month = $50

                        = $50 x 4 (months in a semester)

                        = $200

Total cost in a semester = $240 + $200 = $440

Distance,

From my house (Gadong) to UBD = about 10km

Carbon emission,

Carbon emission for 10km = 1.3kg

                            For a day = 1.3kg x 2 (go to UBD and return back home)

                                             = 2.6kg

                            Per week = 2.6 x 5 (my lecture in a week)

                                             = 13kg

                      In a semester = 13kg x 16 (weeks in a semester)

                                             = 208kg

 By Bus;

From my home (Gadong) to UBD it takes 50 minutes. The bus takes a long distant of road which is about 12km. The carbon emission in a day is 2.4kg which means 12kg in a week. This make the total for one semester is 192kg. I only paid $1 for one travel and another $1 back way to my home. This means if I use a bus I will spend $10 in a week and $160 for one semester. By using this transport I can save $5 in a week and $280 for one semester. Also it can reduce carbon emission 1kg in a week and 16kg for one semester.

Below will show the calculation;

Cost,

One travel cost = $1

A day cost = $2

Total cost in a week = $2 x 5 (my lecture in a week)

                                  = $10

Distance,

From my house (Gadong) to UBD = about 12km

Carbon emission,

Per travel = 1.2kg

A day = 1.2kg x 2 = 2.4kg

Per week = 2.4kg x 5 = 12kg

Total in a semester = 12kg x 16 (weeks in a semester)

                                 = 192kg

Save fuel and money if using a bus,

In a week = $15 - $10 

                 = $5

In a semester = $440 - $160

                        = $280

Carbon emission will reduce if travelled by bus,

In a day = 2.6kg -2.4kg

               = 0.2kg

In a week = 13kg -12kg

                 = 1kg

In a semester = 208kg - 192kg

                        = 16kg

WORKING OUT WAYS TO TRAVEL FROM LONDON ROAD (BRIGHTON) RAIL STATION TO UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT BUILDING, FALMER, BRIGHTON:-

By bicycle,

It takes 19 minutes for 3.7 miles with no carbon emission emit and no cost of money at all.

By car,

It takes 11 minutes for 4.0 miles with cost of fuel $115.1 and carbon emission is 0.8kg for a small car.

By bus,

It takes 37 minutes for 4.0 miles with carbon emission 0.7kg.

Even the car is the fastest transport, but it still the highest emits of carbon emission among other transports. Although the bus takes long time to reach it destination,  it release the lowest CO2. It really reliable if using bicycle because it not cost money and also no carbon emission release.

SECOND WEBSITE

In this website, we can plan our journey and view the maps. It gives useful information such as traffic, public facilities, attraction place and many more. It also provides departure board which is very helpful and easy for tourist to know their next train or bus.

SUGGESTION ON HOW WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT

1) By improving  the transport infrastructure.

2) Increase the price of a car.

3) Reducing parking for car or gives high payment of parking for a car.

4) We have to expose to people about the carbon dioxide that emits from our car is the highest rate and also encourage them to use public transport or bicycle.

Date of Experience	3rd September 2010
Venue Experience	From Gadong to UBD
Purpose of Experience	To reduce carbon emission by using public transport.
What was the highlight of the experience? Using public transport is a good idea to save the environment from pollution of carbon dioxide and also encourage people in order to save their money.
What aspect of the experience caused you the most anxiety? Almost all Bruneian people are using their own car rather than using bus. When I was in the bus, I saw all the passengers are not Bruneian people but the majority is Philippines, Thailand and India. This means that every day a lot of carbon dioxide is release by Bruneian people. They just use their own transport without thinking the surrounding and the effect they have done. If this continues, the temperature will increase and the climate will change become unpredictable. At the end, this will cause global warming . If too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere it will cause a big problem to the world which is not only human, but also to other species.
Was there any aspect of the experience that surprised you? I was surprised about the total cost of a car which is more than the total cost of a bus. By using car, the total cost in a semester is $440. Meanwhile by using bus, the total cost in a semester is $160. This means if I use bus as my transport I would save some money which is about $280 in a semester. From my calculation above shown that every $1 dollar I spend on bus will release carbon dioxide. This is same like I bought 1.2kg of carbon dioxide and then throw it away after I reach to my destination.
What were the three most important things you learnt from the experience? Try to use bus or bicycle to go anywhere in order to reduce carbon dioxide and climate change. Also if we using public transport it will save budget rather than using our own car. Avoid using car because it will cost a lot of money and fuel. We have to save fuel rather than wasted it. Start to plant tree in order to reduce carbon dioxide that release by transport, human, animal and etc. If we are not concern about this, the global warming will occur.
Which aspects would you include in your future behaviour based on your learning from this experience? I will encourage my family and my friend to save the environment by reducing carbon emission. In order to success, I have few ideas which is very useful; 1)    If our sibling/family go to the same place, why not just use one car. This will save budget and reduce carbon emission. 2)   I think using public transport such as bus is not enough to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because it still releases carbon emission. Why not we just start a new way of life by using bicycle to go to everywhere we want.

3RD ASSIGNMENT - ELECTRICITY SURVEY

 Photo taken: 24th August 2010
                                  BAD

This is one example of the bad uses of electricity. After finish the lecture, I found out that this room was empty, but the air con still switched on.

This is another example of the bad uses of electricity. There were no people inside the office room, but the air con and the light were still switched on. Moreover, I saw the PC still switched on too. 

This is also another example of the bad uses of electricity which happened in the FASS kitchen. The air con is always switched on. I think it is because of a note that left by someone which saying "Please! Don't switch me off - air con"






                              GOOD

This is a good example of office room. There were no people inside, but the light and the air con were switched off.



Date of experience: 24th August 2010
Venue: Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Purpose of the experience: To find out the usage of electricity in UBD


What was the highlight of the experience?
It is about the usage of electricity, whether we use it in good way (correctly) or bad way (wastage) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Science.


What aspect of experience caused you the most anxiety?
On my way to my lecture in this morning, I found that almost all the classroom air con was still switched on and some of it creates vapour on the window. I also saw the air con was still switched on after the class even there were no people inside.


Was there any aspect of the experience that surprised you?
I was surprised about my survey because most of it the bad use of electricity. Even there were some information given to save energy on the wall but people still keep doing it.


What were three most important things you learnt from the experience?
1) I realized that, most of the rooms I found were being wasted. Even there were no people in the room.
2) Use the electricity when needed only, and if it is a day time, try to open the window to let in the sunlight.
3) Have to think the effect we use from the electricity. We know that our electricity supply is come from the oil which generates it into electricity. We have to use it wisely rather than wastage if for nothing.


Which aspects would you include in your future behaviour based on your learning from this experience?
I will always remember myself and friend to switch off the light and the air con when leaves the class.

HOME VIDEO

Date of experience: 25 August 2010
Venue: Home
Purpose of experience: To create awareness of our surrounding environment.


What aspect of the experience caused you the most anxiety?
After I see this movie, I was amaze about how the tree, water, oil, gas and etc, created and then found by human. Like the author said that they were connected and cycle each other. As mention in this video, the foundation of oil had change faster to the earth. Oil becomes the most important things in our life. It is use to develop the country and also for our daily use such as car, bus and etc. But unfortunately human use it too much without use it economically. The transportation that we use everyday can increase carbon dioxide gas and this could cause global warming.


Was there any aspect of the experience that surprised you?
I was surprise about the activities of humans that caused many damage to the earth and threatened many animals. The worse thing is that human only think about them self and didn't think the effect they had made. If they continue this without thinking for the future, the resources will be decreases and may be finish.


What were the three most important things you learnt from the experience?
1) We have to control the use of our main resources like oil and gas before it running off.
2) Everything in this world is linked. If one linked broken it may cause unbalance and will affect the ecosystem.
3) Due to human activities, it changes the climate of the atmosphere and the surrounding of the earth into global warming. The temperature become higher and higher every year. Some of the North Pole have melted and made the sea level increases.


What aspect would you include in your future behavior based on your learning from this experience?
In the future, start wisely to use the resources we get from the nature and train our self to go green which it will help to reduce the global warming.

My blog

Introduction
Hello, my name is Mohd Airul Arif Bin Awang Damit and register number is 09b1253. I prefer people to call me Airul. I'm a second year student from Faculty of Art and Social Science. My major is in Art and Creative Technology and my breath course for this semester are BEACA, LE-1502 and AH-2402.


Why I choose this BEACA course;
Frankly, the reason I choose this course is because I like to try new things. I heard that this course is different from other course which is more adventurous and fun. Furthermore I like to experience the beautiful surrounding of landscape and nature.


My expectation;
I hope that I can learn something from this course and know more about Brunei environment which will help me for my future. Also I could learn how to appreciate and protect our beautiful landscape.