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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Today was an exciting day on the MM '08. Let us have a trip back memory lane, back to where we started. We had a long bus ride and the guide was very informative. She talked about WWII which brought much change to Malaysia. WWII is a chaotic change according to us as the war was predictable but irregular. This change brought us a new insight that change will lead to progress. With the WWII, this change has brought progress to Malaysia as now Malaysia has became more independent and more reliant on themselves instead of the British.
We went to the tea leaf plantation after a long bus ride and we've learnt much there as well. We saw the weighing machine that could weigh up to more than few thousands of kilos. We also saw machineries that helped human labour such as instead of the tea leaves being hand plucked, it was cut off by shears of machines. This shows the technology that was brought and introduced to the plantation. The introduction of technology was a change that brought progress as production increased and as new technology keeps being introduced, more progress was visible. This changed farming methods to suit the need for progress. We believe that this change is a stable change as it was constant and predictable as new technology are always being discovered and we can predict that new technology will change for progress constantly in the future.
We also learnt from the guide about floods and this is a random change as we couldn't predict nor was it regular. This led to progress as the people will be more resilient and try to prevent this. Also, it induced research on technology for better infrastructure which was also progress for Malaysia.
Soil erosion is also a chaotic change as it appears irregular but we can predict it to a certain extent such as places with poor soil, a steep gradient and high rainfall. This leads to progress in farming as the people are more aware that they shouldn't farm there.
In conclusion, we've learnt today that change leads to progress to a large extent.
Joseph
6:01 AM
We live in a changing world. Change and the absence of change are important features of both scientific and non-scientific processes. Change can occur in simple and predictable ways or more complicated and unpredictable ways.”
Change. What does this word mean to us? At the beginning of our Malaysian Montage trip, we knew very little about change. However, change is ever so apparent in our lives and this journey has provided us with the experience and the insights to view change in a different light and with different perspectives.
We had an experienced guide who explained to us many changes that happened in Malaysia. An example of that is the WWII when the Japanese came and invaded Malaysia. Now, we would classify this as a chaotic change because although it does not happen regularly, that event could be predicted. Malaysia definitely could not control the change that was happening although they tried their best but instead they were controlled by the changes that were happening so rapidly and we feel that with this point, it is better to control change than to be controlled by change. Now let us imagine a situation where Malaysia could control the changes that were happening, obviously, the change that Malaysia would be going through would be good ones. There wouldn’t be bloodshed or unnecessary loss of lives. If only they could control change… Now for our experiences in MM ‘08
This Malaysian Montage trip has taught us much about the nature of change. Enjoy our blog as we present to you our journeys through these blog entries.
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