Theme of MICSS Science Camp 2009 – 天工开悟
Attending to MICSS Science Camp 2009 in Foon Yew High School, Kulai as a counsellor was a great pleasure. I can focus more on making friends instead of striving hard for prizes. Most importantly, it was a great chance to widen our perspective on science and to realise what we have in mind is just a fraction of the whole puzzles.
From left to right: Chia-Wei Li, Robin Lee and Wei-Hsin Sun
The main program of the science camp was the lectures by renowned professors. They were Prof. Wei-Hsin Sun, Prof. Chia-Wei Lee and Prof. Shun-Fen Tzeng. Their talks covered topics ranging from astronomy to life science. It was a pity that they were not given enough time to go deep into their exciting stories. However, I think their talks were impressive enough to encourage us to dig into them ourselves.
The second night of the camp, I joined Dr.Chong from USM for the “Night talk”. I was really amazed that he is so energetic and passionate. I can hardly find anybody else on par with him. He gave us a talk on the topic – The Search for More Extra-solar Planets – E.T. Where Are You? Wow! Interesting huh? Yeah, jia bueh liao! (Hokkien).
Dr.Chong pointed us the Alpha Centauri. Wow!
Right after that was stargazing party. It was even more fun with the present of Dr.Chong. He was like a boy running on the field with endless energy. He distributed lots of star charts and almanac to us and showed us the constellations by green laser. He also showed us the Meade MySKY which functioned as an electronic starchart. I was his assistant but I went away to take Prof. Sun’s autograph. Haha… Sorry about that Dr.Chong. Back to the stargazing party, the telescopes were not as many and powerful as last year. The weather was not very nice though. In fact, it was not a failure but it was not great enough to allure people to pursue astronomy as a hobby.
Dr.Chong said, “Fuiyoh… Don’t underestimate this cheap-looking water rocket. It can fly up to 150 meters high! No joke!”
Earlier the day, I also joined Dr.Chong for the mini water rocket DIY session. I loved to learn from him. He was such a high spirit, energetic and humorous professor. I can’t help laughing throughout the workshop. He is a real funny guy. The water rocket can be made under RM5. We just need plasticine, masking tape, wood made chopsticks and 2 7-up bottles. The launcher can be done with RM20. The designs of the water rocket and launcher are proven to be effective. I will ask for Dr.Chong permission if I can upload the guide of making water rocket.
The Universe movies were visually nice. However, most of us were not happy with the Bahasa Malaysia dub. The movies would be more interesting if they were played in English.
I have a little complain here. The food was considered below average. It was oily and boring. The breakfast, snack and supper were almost the same for the whole week. Some said that it’s not green to use paper plate (Yes, we had our food with use-and-throw tableware). Do you think it will be greener if we use reusable tableware? Save trees and petroleum or water? Discuss, please.
Congratulations! You guys did a great job! I am really proud of being the counsellor of Team 7.
I will have a gallery working later which shows all the photos I took. Stay tuned!
thx for the guidance all thru the camp.
hope u will enjoy ur uni life in aus.
gambateh! pro.
^^
huh?I think the food was ok.(Becoz they serve vegetarian food,my school should learn from them.hehe)They were “feeding” us toooooo much,6 meals in one day?!I have put on 1kg after the camp.disaster~
I am totally agree with you about the disposable tableware.It was sooooo wrong to use them!!!I cant understand how difficult it is to wash reusable tableware.
OMG! so they use disposable tableware EVERYDAY?
Haizz……………..
err,one more thing.Have you joined WWF?Now you can join them online.
go to http://www.wwf.org/
I am planning to join wwf after I graduate. hehe.
Indeed we’ve learnt a lot during the camp and thx to Dr. Chong as he had given me the chance to learn how to make a water rocket..but how I wish he could spend more time telling us how to make the launcher too
Anyway it’s great to join the camp and happy to know more friends ( including you!) , hopefully we can all share what we have learnt there with others too
Lastly, good job everyone! Keep it up!
And, all the best to you too, PRO haha
memories
Did you make yourself a water rocket? Actually the launcher is pretty easy, did you take a photo of the launcher? If so, you can just buy the parts and assemble it yourself.
Dr Chong always says, “Don't talk, do la!” Haha~
Hi Er Ning, I thought Hin Hua served vegetarian food last year as well? I guess 6 meals a day is pretty nice as we actually need quite a lot of energy during the brain-storming camp. I just can't accept the food being so similar everyday. Well, the food last year at Hin Hua did amaze me.
I don't think they serve food with disposable tableware every day.
Regarding the WWF, I just supported their Earth Hour event. I shall look into it.
I really enjoyed this science camp. I have learnt a lot, the only regret was i did not make friend during the camp. But I think i am very lucky that i met the “counsellor of Team 7″ in the camp who taught me a lot. Thank you. Hehe… And wish you have a wonderful new life in Australia!
Aiyer… LUCKY boy, frankly speaking, you didn't even know our own teammates well?
hmm… I saw them talked together but i'm not one of them. May be i'm not that active. I just know their name. I think I should have been more active. Anyway, it is good enough that we used to be in same group even if we don't know each other. Haha.
糟糕。。。我想我忘记告诉你们最重要的一件事，就是要ACTIVE。。。这样你才能够接触到更多“隐藏”的好康
想当年我就是误打误撞认识Dr.Chong，跑上前去跟孙老师和朱进馆长握手拿名片，就连兴华的训导主任也混熟了。。。哈哈
你是我看过最active的人。哈哈，不错嘛，这种个性，走到哪里都不怕没有朋友。挺像我爸爸的。呵呵。
训导主任？你是指哪个？我们学校的训导主任帅咧？两个大个头。呵呵
哈哈。。。还有比我更active的说
那个去年的科学营营长啊，白白的，有点小胖。
期待照片。。。
小关来啦！！
ok~我自称shooting你会影响比较深刻！
你这些叫一些照片啊？？
快快放多点照片！
我为了看照片，几乎天天上来叻！
然后每次都失望~~哎~
看过那么多科学营后记，
你的版面看起来最pro~
不过，还是文恬的最详细~哈哈
有没有酱夸张哦。。天天上来 =.=
我还在弄着gallery～等多一下 hehe
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