Construction Technology

In this subject, I had understand the technology to construction a building. Also, I learned a lot of items then need to be used in construction such as scaffolding, accommodation and so on. Furthermore, I understand the details of the structure and learned how to apply the structure. Besides that, I also understand the function of the structure in the building such as roof. Lastly, this subject helps me understand more about building and how to apply different types of technology onto a building.

Also, this subject have an assignment and a report. For the assignment, we need to form a group of people and to find a building and explain the foundation, slab and the roof of the building. So, my group mate and I had chosen one of my group mate house to work on this assignment. This assignment helps me to differentiate the types of technology that had been used in building such as different types of foundation need to be used in different environment. Also, we have performing good teamwork to finish this assignment.

The selected building for the assignment

Picture of roof in the building

Building Materials

In this subject, I had learned a lot of building materials such as bricks, glass, ceramic and so on. Also, I understand the process of how to manufactured the materials and the usage of the materials. Then, I understand the advantages and disadvantages of the materials and the reason to apply the materials to the building. Lastly, I learned and understand the importance of the materials used in some building, in different environment different types of materials need to be apply in.

Besides that, in this subject we have one assignment and a report. The assignment of this subject is to choose a building and explain the materials it used. So, my group member and I had choose Paradigm Mall as our building and started our work on the assignment. Through this assignment, I had improved my experience of the materials and my communication skill by communicate with the staff. Also, it helps me understand more about the structure of Paradigm Mall.

Bricks used in Paradigm mall

Concrete used in Paradigm mall

Timber used in Paradigm mall

Introduction to Law

In this subject, I understand the basic of the law in Malaysia which is Malaysia Legal System, contract law and tort. Law is important for a professional like quantity surveyor because the professionals sometimes need to sign a contract for a project, so these law we learned is quite useful in the future. Besides that, I learned how to apply the law in every cases I meet in my life. Also, I understand that how to sue a person with the law. Lastly, I understand that what should to and what shouldn't do so i won't involved in any trouble which will break the law.

Measurement 1

In this subject, I learned what should a quantity surveyor do in their job. This subject including how we do excavation, calculation of the materials, calculation of the beams and everything about building. Also in this subject, I learned how to do a basic paper work of the quantity survey such as dimension paper, billing paper and so on. Through this subject, I understand the basic calculation of building materials and the works on site.

Besides that, we have two assignments for this subject, the first assignment is to calculate the materials in a building. We are required to form a group with 10 persons to finish the assignment. Through this assignment, I learned how to read the plans, drawings and explore the details from the plans. Also, I have learn how to work together with new mate and communicate well with them. In the end, we have finish this assignment well together and performed good teamwork during the process of the assignment.

Moreover, in the second assignment which is the site report. This report is an individual assignment and carry 10 marks for each of the subject which is measurement 1, construction technology and building materials. In this assignment, we went to Symphony Hills in Cyberjaya to visit the site to collecting information so we can finish the report with the information. Through this assignment, I understand the working process of the site and the safety precaution we need to take on the site. Also, I have improved my communication skill by communicate with the project manager on the site.

The project manager and engineer is explaining about the side

We are listening the guide from the project manager

The workers are bending the bars

The workers are working on the site

Mobile crane sending items to the top of the building

English 2 - Assignment 4 (Research Paper)

This assignment is the last assignment for this subject and we have to do a 2500~3000 words research paper for this assignment. This assignment is a group assignment which we needed to formed a group with 4 members. So, I have formed a group with Cheong Siew Leong, Lee Yuan June and Kelvin Chiew. Then, our research topic is coffee shops, and we have to compare and contrast them in our research paper. Moreover, the coffee shops we have chosen for our research is the coffee shops from Penang and Pahang, and then we started to do the research about the coffee shops and working on the research paper. After we have done with our research paper, we also have to record a video for our presentation for the research paper. For the presentation, we are given a task for our topic, which is to speak about the social and economic roles of the traditional coffee shop in Malaysia. Our audience is comprised of a group of people from mixed ages and ethnic backgrounds who are here as part of UTAR’s free adult lifelong learning programme.  How will you try to interest them in your topic and persuade them? Which argumentative strategy will you use? Use samples from your research essay in this presentation. After we have recorded the videos, we burned it into a disk and submitted to our lecturer.

From this assignment, I have learned how to do a face to face research with the peoples. Also, I have improved my communication skills through this project because we need to ask the question and communicate with the peoples we wanted to do the research. Moreover, I have improved my presentation skill too via presenting our research. Lastly, I have perform a very good teamwork with my group members during the time we work on our research paper and presentation.

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English 2 - Class Assignment 3 (Debate)

In this assignment, we have to form a group with 2~3 member to work on this assignment. This assignment is about the debate skills of us. So, I have formed a group with my partner Lee Yuan June, and we got a topic for our debate which is Sabah and Sarawak deserve to get more from the federal government than what they are currently receiving, and we are against the topic that have given to us. For this topic, our opponent is Kabil Kumar, Preyashini Murugan and Melika, we performed our best during the debate.
From this assignment, I have improved my debate skill and able to do an effective research on the project. Also, I am able to give a very good teamwork with my partner and receive more understanding about our country.

English 2 - Assignment 2 (Compare and Contrast Essay)

This assignment is the second class assignment and this is an individual essay with not less than 800 words. In this assignment, we have to write an compare and contrast essay about the movie we have chosen for the essay, and the movie we can choose is only either historical movie or musical movie. Then, the type of movie I have chosen for my second individual essay is historical movie, and the 2 movie I have chosen is "300" and "Pearl Harbor". These two movie is a historical movie about war. So, I have compare the three differences of these 2 movies which is the differences of the reason of the war started, types of war and the setting from the movies.

From this assignment, I have improved my writing skills in essay and able to do a effective research on the project. Also, I have improved my knowledge about the history of the war.

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The movie "300"

The movie "Pearl Harbor"