Integrasi

Integrasi. It is one of the programme there. It was held a few days after the Chinese returned from their Chinese New Year break. And, this programme was not conducted by the trainers in camp. It was conducted by a company called Starza. In this programme, there was 3 main topics that we studied together; Keagamaan, Kebudayaan and Peranan Lelaki & Perempuan.

Integrasi was quite an interesting programme, as we got to know more about various culture in Malaysia. We get to know about the local dialect, food, dance, traditional clothes, and more. We even get to know 'pantang larang' of different races during birth, funeral and also in daily activities. We get to know other people cultures, and they get to know our cultures, that's what we called Integrasi.

Besides that, on the last day of Integrasi, each class were required to do a presentation in the hall. Each class was given a theme. The theme given were Kematian Orang Cina, Perkahwinan Orang Cina, Tahun Baru Cina, Perkahwinan Orang Melayu, Kematian Orang Melayu, Rumah Terbuka Hari Raya and Rumah Terbuka Deepavali. My class was in charge of Rumah Terbuka Deepavali.

Among all the presentation, I preferred Kematian Orang Cina and Perkahwinan Orang Melayu. Why? Let's talk about Kematian Orang Cina. When we had our integrasi programme, the Chinese was still celebrating CNY, so it was not encourage for Chinese to do all this. Thus, the Malays played the main characters like the victim, the bomoh, etc. The Malays acting was so enjoyable. It was so hilarious to see them acting. The way the victim's family cried, the way the guy called Rabani acted like a bomoh, and many more were so so funny. As for the Perkahwinan Orang Melayu, it was quite enjoyable to see trainees acting as if they are getting marry. Although I don't really get the whole process, but I roughly know what they are trying to show us. And, the most exciting part for me was the bride and groom was sprinkled with air mawar during persandingan. It was as if it is a real marriage. Hahaha...and the bride and groom were just young teenage. Haha..

Overall, integrasi was fun. At least, we get a chance to escape from CB, which was quite boring. And also, get to learn more about our cultures and others cultures.