Pulai Springs Resort celebrates Malaysia Day

Students from Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Universiti Two joined the team at Pulai Springs Resort to celebrate Malaysia Day 2018 in a morning of fun-filled activities to instill a spirit of patriotism and togetherness.

Malaysia Day 2018 celebration at Pulai Springs Resort

The event kicked-off at 9am with Larian Anak Malaysia, a short run through the resort grounds that was flagged off by resort general manager, Sunny Soo, and witnessed by the school headmaster, Zulkiflie Miswan.

Accompanied by their teachers, some 30 students from Year Three to Five classes raced along the trail, competing with each other with eager enthusiasm, even though it was just a fun-run.

The day’s activities was part of the resort’s Corporate Social Responsibility programme with the local community, that invited the students to join the resort’s Malaysia Day celebration which aimed to inculcate a love for the nation from a young age.

And they're off!

The weather was still bright and sunny when the students came racing back to the finishing point and were loudly cheered and congratulated by the resort GM, their headmaster, members of the resort’s Sports & Welfare Club committee and resort associates.

While everyone who completed the course was already a winner, the top three who finished the race in the shortest time were Danish Ammar Haziq (Year Four) in first place, Mohd Yusof Azmil Faiz (Year Five) second place while Rubenraj Poovanesan (Year Four) came in third place.

The students were then ushered indoors where a 15 feet x 5 feet plywood base was prepared for them to create a National flag using 1,316 pieces of foam tumblers.

Everyone is a winner at Lairan Anak Malaysia

Guided by the resort associates, the students used paint brushes to paint specific numbers of the tumblers in Red and Blue colours.

“This is the fourth time the resort is organising a Malaysia Day celebration with students in the community we work in and through these activities, we wish to encourage the spirit of patriotism and promote a love for the nation,” said Soo.

It was no easy task to paint the tumblers and handle the wet paint without getting their hands stained but it was all in good fun.

Yet the student were game to complete the painting of hundreds of tumblers and once these were sufficiently dry, they were guided to use a glue-gun to carefully apply glue to the mouth of the tumbler.

Students painting the tumblers

Along with White (unpainted) tumblers, the Red and Blue tumblers were then assembled on the plywood base accordingly to create a giant National flag.

At first the plywood base was laid down on the ground for the top-most rows of tumblers to be attached on but once this was done, the base was raised up on its legs and propped up against the wall for the students to complete the flag design.

The resort associates were on hand to help the students complete the assembly of rows upon neat rows of tumblers before the Yellow star and crescent were finally affixed to complete the design.

Carefully applying glue to the mouth of the tumbler

The guests were then invited to the prize-giving where every student received a certificate of participation, a miniature National flag and a goodie bag filled with snacks, stationery and story books sponsored by the Pelangi Publishing Group.

In addition to this, the top three winners who completed the Larian Anak Malaysia fun-run each received a medal and a food hamper.

The students were treated to a delightful lunch of chicken rice as the main course along with pastries and fruits for dessert.

Students and resort associates working together to assemble the 1,316 tumblers on the base to create the flag design

One for the album: Happy Malaysia Day 2018!

It was indeed a meaningful and memorable Malaysia Day celebration at the resort and with so many photographs to capture the moments, the students and their teachers will certainly remember this day long after it was over.