A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever: Showcasing Malaysian Flora and Fauna A write and illustrate Competition for students from primary, Secondary and Tertiary levels nd 2 Arts & Creativity Exhibition SUNWAY UNIVERSITY, Jeffrey Cheah Hall2 (Level1) SEPTEMBER 10, 2016 Copyright © 2016 by Malaysian Invention & Design Society (MINDS) All rights reserved Contact Information No part of this e-book may be reproduced, stored in retrieval systems or transmitted in any C-3A-10 (4th Floor) Block C, Damansara Intan No. 1, Jalan SS 20/27, 47400 Petaling Jaya form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia the prior permission of the copyright holder. TEL: +60 3-7118 2062 [email protected] www.minds.com.my nd 2 ARTS & CREATIVITY EXHIBITION 2016 A write & illustrate competition for students from primary, secondary and tertiary levels “A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever” Rafflesia Showcasing Malaysian Flora & Fauna Competition (Closing date) 1 July, 2016 10 September 2016 (Saturday) SUNWAY UNIVERSITY, Jeffry Cheah Hall2 (Level1) SEPTEMBER 9-10, 2016 Sunway University Art Gallery, Talk on Rafflesia: Prof. Dato’ Dr. Abdul Latiff Mohamad Butterflies & Moths Talk on Butterflies & Moths: Prof. Yong Hoi Sen Presented by Organised by In Collaboration with Supported by 1 Table of Content Programme for ACE 2016 ........................................................... 3 The ACE2016 Preliminary Judging Panel ........................................ 4 Organising Committee ............................................................... 5 Foreword .............................................................................. 6 Primary Level Works ................................................................ 7 Secondary Level Works ............................................................. 21 Tertiary Level Works ................................................................ 53 ACE 2016 WINNER .................................................................... 56 WORKSHOP ............................................................................ 57 ACE 2016 Opening Ceremony ...................................................... 58 2 PROGRAMME FOR ACE2016 10 September 2016 Sunway University Jeffrey Cheah Hall, Level 1 PROGRAMME FOR ACE2016 10 September 2016 Time Activity Speaker Official launching of ACE2016 exhibition 9.30am – 10.00am Announcement of winners 10.15am – 11.00am Refreshments 11.00am - 12.00am Talk on Moths and Butterflies: Beauty and the Beast Prof. Yong Hoi Sen 12.00pm - 1.00pm Talk on Rafflesia Prof. Dato' Dr Abdul Latiff Mohamad 1.00pm Awards Presentation Ceremony 3 The ACE 2016 Judging Panel Creative Writing Section Illustration Section Dr Tan Swee Lian Ms Liong Mei Yin Dr Zachary Roland A/L A.F. Anthony Mr Stephen Poon Tai Fook Prof. Dr Lee Chien Sing Mr Wong Chung Howe Ms Natasha Mohd Hishamudin Ms Cassandra Rashika Wijesuria Ms Ng Hanhung 4 Organising Committee Chairman Academician Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Augustine S.H. Ong Treasurer Ms. Christine Ong Committee Dr Tan Swee Lian Prof. Dr Lee Chien Sing Mr Stephen Poon Tai Fook Mr Augustine Wong Chung Howe Ms Ng Hanhung Co-organiser committee of Faculty of Arts Department of Art & Design, Sunway University Mr Augustine Wong Chung Howe 5 FOREWORD Diverse efforts at inculcating interest in Science and innovation have long come from Science-based disciplines. However, with technological advancements permeating every aspect of our lives and lifestyles, the trend has shifted to more human-centred approaches, which take into account diverse disciplines, including the Arts. Hence, STEM has extended to include STEAM. Many successes have often been reported in various parts of the world with regards to STEAM, but less in Malaysia. The Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS) views STEAM as a viable means for promoting STEM and Art, hence, the Art and Creativity (ACE) exhibition. ACE’s aims are two-pronged: to improve English proficiency and to further develop creativity. MINDS views English as a medium for communicating and expressing creativity, similar to how models and prototypes communicate and express Science concepts. In this second year of ACE, we held workshops for school teachers to encourage them and their students to explore creative possibilities in multiple ways. We are proud that these workshops were successful, with greater participation and improved quality of stories and illustrations from schools at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Parallel to ACE, the Malaysian Toray Foundation encourages and awards creative teaching of STEM every year. It is hoped that each community, Science and Arts, will contribute towards the development of creativity, its own discipline and STEM. As we celebrate Malaysia’s 59th Independence day and Malaysia Day, we ponder, what will the future hold for our younger generation? Will these initiatives help our students to become more creative scientists and innovators, more aware of diverse factors? We hope that parents, teachers and students themselves will see the difference. We have sown the seed for further growth in partnership with diverse stakeholders, i.e., teachers, students and industry sponsors. We thank them for their partnership and look towards greater heights and broader horizons. Thank you. Chairman of ACE2016 6 It was a fantastic day in the jungles of Malaysia. The sky was a “What brings you here, little one?” a shrill voice asked. It made Writer: Tham YuanYi brilliant blue and the sun shone brightly on the seemingly endless Khairul feel extremely uncomfortable. “W-who are you?” he Artist: Yvette Y E Lim 1st trees. Many animals were out and about, searching for food and stammered, afraid of the strange voice. The atmosphere thickened water. Some were famished while others felt well. But even so, and felt very uneasy. He saw a dog-like creature coming from his SJK (c) KUEN CHENG 2 they did not lower their guard, even for a few seconds. Among right, and a few more surrounding him. As he got a closer look at Supervised by Chia Suan Neo these animals was a streak of tigers. It consisted of a male tiger, them, he realized that they were dholes, a type of animal that a tigress and a cub. The male tiger went by the name Hezrin; the resembles a wolf. They were known to be very strategic animals and BRAVERY tigress was Mawar andthe tiger cub, Khairul. hunt in large groups. “Look, Mother! Look, Father! I caught a rabbit!” Khairul shouted “It looks like we found lunch!” one shouted. The rest of the pack happily. He lifted the limp corpse up with his mouth as proof. cheered and cackled. Khairul started shaking in fear and tried to run, “That’s great!” Mawar praised. Although it was not much food to but his attempts failed as the dholes blocked his escape route. support the three of them, she still believed that Khairul had The leader of the pack walked up to Khairul’s whimpering body and helped. Hezrin, on the other hand, only nodded in taunted, “Is the little tiger cub afraid? Is he just waiting for his mother acknowledgement. But, this little gesture was enough to make and father to save him?” Khairul grin. Making his father proud would mean the world to Khairul was angered by this. He felt agitated at the dhole’s words. him, and he felt like he was one step closer to accomplishing that. Although it was true, he could not just let him do what he pleased. As Hezrin and Mawar hunted a deer that was grazing on the But before he could react, a dhole charged at him and intended to green grass not too far away, something caught Khairul’s bite his neck. Fortunately, Khairul dodged its sudden attack. He attention. He noticed a beautiful butterfly landing on a flower. The growled and gritted his teeth before attacking the same dhole. He young and curious tiger cub crept towards the butterfly slowly, scratched its body, making it wince in pain. trying to be as quiet as possible. Suddenly, Khairul stepped on a Following their natural instinct, the rest of the pack prepared to fight twig, making a loud snap. The startled butterfly quickly spread its the small Khairul. He noticed this but did not back off. He decided wings and flew away. “Hey!” Khairul exclaimed. “Come back that if he was going to die, he would die fighting. He got into an here!” offensive position and was prepared for the worst. But before he He chased after the lovely insect. He ran further and further away could start, a loud roar was heard from behind him. from his parents. What he did not know was that the two older Two aggressive tigers were running to the scene as fast as lightning. tigers were already very worried. The pack of dholes was intimidated by their presence. “It’s Hezrin, Mawar was pacing around in different directions, shouting her everyone! Let’s run!” one of them suggested. Most of the pack agreed son’s name. “Khairul!” she shouted repeatedly. “Khairul, where and ended up running for their lives. are you?” Hezrin was also frustrated. How dare his own son run Mawar sighed in relief. They were just in time to save Khairul from off without his consent? He turned to Mawar and said, “Let’s certain death. “What were you doing, running away like that? You search further. He shouldn’t have gone far.” could have gotten killed!” she yelled. Khairul lowered his head in They could only hope that was true. shame and muttered, “I’m sorry.” Hezrin chimed in and said, “It’s all It had almost been an hour since Khairul left. He was tired from right. In fact, you did well. You stood up for yourself and tried to all the chasing. He wandered around the jungle, now regretting protect yourself. You showed bravery. For that, I’m proud of you, his decision to chase a puny butterfly. He tried to recall his son.” footsteps but to no avail. Upon hearing his words, Khairul gazed at his father wide-eyed, only to find a genuine smile plastered on his face. 7 Once upon a time, deep in the tropical rainforests of “I won’t, I promise!” Sang Harimau cried, for the pain Writer: Isabelle Li Ming Monteiro Malaysia, there lived a ferocious tiger named Sang was unbearable now.