FLORATHON 2013

Let me continue about this event called Florathon. This was a nature project organized by SMK Methodist ACS, Ipoh. The project was started in Octobe 2012 and was themed "Let's Green The Earth". I was one of the volunteers of the project. As you can see in the picture, we created the largest flower formation which measured 50 metres in length and 35 metres in width. We used 31,000 plants of four colours, thar are red, green, orange and yellow.

(right photo. l-r) Dr. D. Karthiresan, Principal Soot, Dato Roshidi and MBR
representative Dr R Subramaniam 

Why did I mentioned this event as significant in my previous post? This project was a great success and brought pride as ACS Ipoh carved its name into Malaysia Book of Records (MBR) for the third time on August 29, 2013. The VIPs who were present on that morning to verify and officiate the effort into the Malaysia Book of Records included Ipoh Mayor Dato' Roshidi Hashim, Perak Education Director Tn Hj Muhamat Roli Hj Hassan and North Kinta District Education Officer Tn Hj Marazlen. The representative for MBR was Dr R. Subramaniam Rama Naidu. This project was held to instill in students a love for the environment as well as to foster unity among the different races. Our principal said that it was a part of education process for students to be aware of their individual potential to create record for themselves so that when they leave the school they will be confident of their abilities.

The project coordinator was Dr D. Karthiresan. All of us in the entire school participated by filling poly bags with earth and helping transfer the plants to the school field two weeks earlier. My friends and I even turned up during the weekends and holidays to help out in the formation.

Last but not least, this project gave a lot of useful experience to everyone. I felt proud to be part of the project and happy that I have contributed something for nature.