FENG Goes Green

This article is written in the author's (Firdaus) point-of-view.



Thank God, the presentation was already over.

To be honest, I never felt like this before. It's like butterfly in the stomach.

For the past 21 years, I've never practise or doing any rehearsal for presentation, and this is the first time I am doing it.

You never know how will the judges react.

Serious?

Disagree with your point(s)?

Yeah. That's playing in my mind---til I step on the presentation room.

The room was dim, its yellowish-lamps giving an "exclusive" feel to the room.

Emily passed me the mic and Redz thought me on how to use the clicker.

I took a deep breath, and my mouth citing any doa's that I could remember.

And the next thing is history.


Thank God, the presentation was already over.

The workload is lesser now, just waiting for the final showcase.

But still, lots of things must be done for the finale.


Posters, models and stuffs. Shit. I thought I can rest now. LOL

Never mind, this will end in one weeks time.

And everything's going to be okay.


Thank God, the presentation was already over.

But to think of it---time flies by in a blink of eye.

Even today, I can still remember our joy and excitement when the emcee announce that we are one of the finalist.

Yeah, it was unpredictable. How come an underdog like us can pass through this selection while other "big" universities can't?

Well, it is time for us to show what we are made of :)

And, I just can't imagine how this competition changed my life.

Thank God, the presentation was already over.

However, I wish we could do it again.

Impress those judges and see those smiles carved on our mentor's and advisor's face.

Endless support and attentions from you guys resulting in what we are today.

Thank you. It is priceless.


Thank God, the presentation was already over.


But, am I ready to end all of these things?

Posted in: Rantings on Monday, March 1, 2010 at at 6:42 AM 0 comments  

I just cannot remember when this picture was captured, but our advisor's expressions were priceless. This is a good sign for us.  And for our team.

What we have discussed on that meeting?

It is obvious that we were discussing about our challenges la...

It is our secret :)

Posted in: Progress on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at at 11:58 AM 0 comments  

Firstly, I would like to say that the Refresh! session was great. Very informative I must say.

While this workshop equipped us with necessary skills needed for the final presentation, honestly, our team is still lack of something.

RESEARCH.


Yeah. To invent/create something new/(fill with any related words here)---research is crucial so that we can produce something great for our juries.

Where we are going to conduct our research? KUALA LUMPUR.







Needless to say, Kuala Lumpur, as we all know the mother country of Malaysia, cannot be competed by other places in Malaysia when it comes to technology.

For the sake of our research, Beb and I ready to do anything, even if we have to sacrifice our money... or our lives. Nah. That is way too exaggerate man.

To put long story short, we brave ourselves and stayed in heart of Kuala Lumpur for 3 days before going back to Sarawak.

IN THE NAME OF RESEARCH.



Okay, lets see.

We have been to....

Posted in: Progress on Monday, December 28, 2009 at at 7:42 PM 0 comments  

Hello! Welcome to UNIMAS FENG blog!

If you are searching for UNIMAS’s Faculty of Engineering website or to check your final year exam results, I think you went to the wrong place. This is blog is mainly about UNIMAS FENG, one of the DiGi Deep Green: Challenge for Change finalists.


It seems that reading a long, filled with thousands of words is quite boring right? Let me explain to you what is this “DiGi Deep Green: Challenge for Change” and stuffs in Q&A style. It is better right?


What is this “DiGi Deep Green: Challenge for Change” actually?

DiGi Deep Green: Challenge for Change is a competition organized by DiGi, whereby its target is to develop renewable energy solutions for underserved communities in Malaysia.

For the first round, there are 15 teams participating, coming from 8 universities all over Malaysia. And luckily, we passed the first round and now we are one of the 6 finalists! (I think the word luckily is not appropriate, because we were not just depending on luck, we tried our best to prepare good, jaw-dropping solutions for the juries :P)





Oh okay. So who are you guys? It seems that never seen you guys in the faculty.

Oh. We are very low-profile. No wonder you never see us.

Our team consists of 8 final year students. 6 of us are from Civil Engineering Department, and another 2 comes from Electronic and Computer Department.

Ang Yang Seng
Law Chee Seong
Lau Sie Huang
Mah Kar Weng
Mohd. Ridhzan bin Roslan
Mohd. Hanafi bin Salam
Mohd. Firdaus bin Ibrahim
Wong Yit Sen

(pictures will be uploaded later... sorry!)


Why UNIMAS FENG? I think there are lots of better names compared to this one.

Actually, we are considering some “Green” names as we are participating in renewable energy competition. So we agree to choose Green Lantern---NOT!

It is actually a last minute name. We are proud of our faculty... that is why we are proposing that name!

Why blog? Want to show off ka?

*AHEM* Nope. This blog is not for show-off or anything; it works like a medium for us and our Mentors so that both parties will keep up-to-date accordingly.

According to the C4C Overview and Terms of Participation:


“Each team will be required to set up a blog or website to document the development of their projects. Finalists must report their project progress on a regular basis through their blog or website. Reporting must be done a minimum of once every week. There must be Advisor endorsement of the team’s weekly updates.”


Erm...update every week ha? Adeh.


What is a Mentor?

Mentor(s) are the professionals from the industry; the one who will guide us along this competition. There advise and guidance (not forgetting our Team Advisors) needed so that we can produce something that can be proud of. (I am out of words actually)

Our mentors are:

Project Management Expert: Mr Wan Ezrin Sazli bin Wan Zahari
Marketing Sifuu: Mr Alan Khi
Technical Guru: Mr Quirinus Abel

(pictures will be uploaded later... sorry again!)


I think this is enough for the time being. Any questions? Do not hesitate to ask us... just drop those questions on the comment box below and we will try to answer them. Do not ask some technical stuffs like who is the most handsome guy among us---it will take some time to answer it. Technical bah.

For more infos, you can visit DiGi website and for the press clippings, click here.

Posted in: About Us on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at at 9:56 AM 0 comments