MIRACLE Programme

On the 19th of April, UPM sent two representatives from Indonesia and Saudi Arabia to conduct a programme about the importance of saving the environment in our school. It was called the Malaysia Interactive and Cultural Learning Experience (MIRACLE) programme. The programme was conducted by Ali, whom we assumed to be Caucasian before he introduced himself, and his colleague. Well, you can't blame us. He spoke in a husky voice laced with a sexy accent and he had blonde streaks in his brown hair. Before this blog post gets transformed into a Mills and Boons novel, I hereby halt all further descriptions of him. The seminar was attended by some a class of Form 4 students and 8 Eco Ranger members.

He kicked things off with a Powerpoint presentation which showcased the importance of saving the environment and how we can do our part. The focal point of the seminar was recycling, however, and after the presentation was over, we were treated to a recycling activity reminiscent of the 'get to know each other session' held when I was in Form 1-making clothes out of newspapers.

After an all-too brief period of time, each team consisting of 4 members were asked to showcase their clothes. The poor models had to catwalk down a makeshift runway, which was essentially a path cleared by moving tables and chairs out of the way. He played some techno music stored in the deep recesses of his computer, and voila-we have ourselves a fashion show!

Three winners were selected based on the volume of shrieks and screams everyone present emitted, and everyone received a consolation prize, a Pelikan goodie bag with a watercolour set, one highlighter, one correction tape, a stick of glue, and a notebook with neon coloured papers. All too soon, the event was over, the tables and chairs were arranged in neat rows perpendicular to one another once again, and we all returned to class with heavy hearts and bits of newspaper attached to our uniform.