SHIBE Area

It was Monday 14th September 2009, me and Noorhamizah are partnered together and start to do our survey at the SHIBE building and area.

First of all we found it difficult to see the negative and positive effects surrounds, but as we walk along, too much to records and explain about, its just we don't realize it.

Listed below are the good and bad things the uses of electricity in the building that we've been allocated.

GOOD USE
- Its good to see some of the rooms which are empty with the Lights off.
- Labels and warning to remind the user to save the energy consumption as part of the energy saver awareness.

No lights are used during the day lights

by depends on the day lights the corridors lights are switching off

BAD USE
- Air-conditioner are left on though the light is off.
-The lights are on during the day lights where as the we still can relay on the lights outside.
- Some labels and warning stickers are faded away, blur and getting colorless.


One of the office clerk at SHIBE left switch on with nobody inside.

The labels and stickers to remind the user are fade away, not clear and colorless

Now, that are some of what we come through for about one hours session of survey. We also unexpectedly found that besides student and the lecturer, other people here in UBD such as cleaner also need to have this awareness.

One of the cleaner room was locked from the outside while the lights inside are on.
Even a minute or two the usage of energy may effects the whole world that we are leaving on to. We might tend to forget on it, but there is always a way to remind them such as the sticker that are stick to make everybody aware. Form this we manage to reduce the energy consumption, here are the example of the article to what I am trying to say:-

He further said that Brunei has experienced an improvement in energy efficiency but on a sectoral, fragmental basis. He cited the DES as an example, where after being audited on their energy conservation, achieved a 32 per cent reduction in energy usage. "There is something there, even if we can't quantify it just yet," he said.
taken from --- http://www.bt.com.bn/en/home_news/2009/05/27/breakdown_of_power_consumption_needed (retrieved on 16 September 2009)


Other then focusing on the lights and the Air-condition usage among the residents of UBD. We come to think that elevator are use to make our comfort but the usage of electricity. Instead of using the elevator, why not using the stairs that can lead us to the health concerns.
As far as we can see this new technology brings a lots of benefits to us but can effects the global warming in terms of the energy usage. Now the using of Solar System or the censor that are apply to some of the services using the Technologies.

The elevator or the stairs. The easy way or the healthy way.


After all, Nurhamizah and me do the survey that teaches us a the meaning of saving in every aspects. The nature relay on us to look after them while us need the nature for our everyday life. Start to control the energy consumption and practise it everywhere you go.

KEKEXILI : MOUNTAIN PATROL

By Imelda Farrah Zohre HA


INTRODUCTION
Patrol is normally did by a police or other enforcement officer from any government department to stop every illegal activities which will ruin the economic, culture, environment, society, infrastructure and many more that are beyond normal people’s thinking.


Just recently, on 31 August 2009 once again the BEACA organize other activities as part of our course work in BEACA course. We are not doing any more fieldwork but we are required to watch movie, titled KEKEXILI : MOUNTAIN PATROL.


Here, I will not describe about the synopsis of the story but I will only touch several scenes that I saw in the movie directed by Lu Chuan according to some relevant aspects in Environment, Society, Culture, Traditions, Economic, Legal System and Policy.


ENVIRONMENT ASPECTS
In that movie the film director mostly does the shooting at a very nice location, very beautiful mountains with a little green life as if shows a long way without any end. There is also a river though I saw a dessert that looks very hot and dry but the weather seems to be very cold when the snows starts to fall. Besides, this is normally where the rarest species are live and trying to survive from the illegal hunter.


SOCIETY, TRADITIONS AND CULTURE ASPECTS
According to the film, this society of Tibetan have their own traditions such as in funeral ceremony, they will not buried the human body besides this society leave the human corpse to be eaten by the Birds which I am not quite sure the name. I also saw this society have own traditions by dancing and singing in a circular motion for celebrating. I also watched their harsh life style, killing and hurting their enemies for witnessing their activities or even leaving them in the middle of the desserts without any food plus very bad weather.


ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Economical matters that shows in this film was the selling of the pelts illegally outside their country that can make them wealthy and living in a very high standard life. Those antelope hunters are very smart in hiding the pelts before it can be selling to their customers illegally.


LEGAL SYSTEM AND POLICY ASPECTS
Hunting the antelope is prohibited by law unfortunately there is no enforcement to take action to these matters. Only the volunteers poachers took the action to stop this illegal activities by trying to kill the head of the of the antelope hunters.


Basically the highlight of this film is about the controlling of the Tibetan Antelope from extinct for the sake of the wild life and the country economic since the pelts are very pricy and can only be selling to outside country.


My most anxiety after watching the movie is the harsh life of this culture that doesn’t even care to look after each other’s life and situation. It shows when everyone is trying to save their own life when every plan didn’t go smoothly.


The betrayal of the poachers selling the pelts is also one of my anxieties due to the desperate feelings to get money for the food and the petrol for the patrols team


Sandstorms’, unexpected quick sand, snowstorms is the weather that shows in this film which surprised me especially when people cannot survive with it.


Three things that I learns from watching this movie are as below:-

1. Friendships : the friendship among this volunteer poachers shows when one of their crew was sick and sent to hospital even when money is not enough.

2. Focus and Determination makes every step to reach the success.

3. Looking after of the wild life is important to avoid them from extinct.


In conclusion there are several things I need to apply to my everyday life and change the way I think how to control a habitats of wild life discrimination and the environments. I am so glad to live in Brunei Darussalam with the law which I should not be obeyed. I will never buy any animal skins things and products such as the carpets, handbag, shoes etc.