TEAM GEO // GEOGRAPHER CAFE, MELAKA.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, MY INCREDIBLE TEAMMATES :
PERN, WING CHUN, MR. CHAN (FLOOR MANAGER), IRFAAN, MYSELF, MR. PETER (OWNER), KENG YEW, LOUIS, MS. DELLIYA (LECTURER), SARA, CHOMUN, JING LOO, CHIAO ER, & ATISH (PHOTOGRAPHER)
MISSING FROM THE PICTURE: ALEXANDRA, HAZEL, JING HENG & MAN KIT
BUILDING
GEOGRAPHER CAFE
LOCATION
MELAKA, MALAYSIA
DESCRIPTION
THE GEOGRAPHER CAFE PROUDLY HOLDS THE TITLE OF BEING ONE OF THE MANY PARAMOUNT LANDMARKS IN MELAKA. SITING IN THE HEART OF JONKER STREET, THIS CAFE HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE BIRTH OF JONKER WALK, THE CHINATOWN STREET OF MELAKA. DATING BACK TO THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE CAFE FIRST OPERATED AS MEI JING KOPITIAM. THE BUILDING HAS UNDERGONE A MAJOR RENOVATION IN 1999 WITH THE NOTION OF CONSERVATION, RETAINING ITS ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS & DESIGN. WINNING MULTIPLE AWARDS, THE BUILDING STILL CATERS TO ITS PATRONS AND PROVES TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN EVER.
ON SITE, THE WHOLE TEAM WAS COMMITTED IN STUDYING THE BUILDING THOROUGHLY. A TOTAL OF 3 FULL DAYS WERE AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE ALL MEASUREMENTS AND DOCUMENTATION, WITH A TEAM OF 15. WE DELEGATED OURSELVES INTO GROUPS IN ACCORDANCE TO TASKS PRIOR TO THE TRIP WHICH HAD SAVED US TIME AS WE WERE READY TO START OUR ASSIGNMENTS THE MOMENT WE GOT OFF THE BUS. THE FIRST DAY WAS UTILIZED AS AN OBSERVATION DAY. THE VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY TEAM WAS ON THE MOVE, PLANNING & GATHERING CONTENT. THE BUILDING WAS SEGREGATED INTO ZONES MAKING THE MEASURING PROCESS MORE SYSTEMATIC. THE MEASURING TEAM WAS BRIEFED & ASSIGNED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE ZONES TO CONDUCT THE MEASURING EXCERSICE. LIVING CLOSE TO THE SITE HAD ITS ADVANTAGE OVER THE FACT WE COULDN'T WORK AFTER 7.00 PM. WE STARTED OUR DAYS AS EARLY AS 8.00 AM. AS THE TEAM LEADER, I OVERSAW THE TEAMS PERFORMANCE AND AIDED THEM THE BEST IN MY KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF THIS EXERCISE. OVER THE COURSE OF THE VERY PRODUCTIVE 3 DAYS, WE HAD COLLECTED ENOUGH INFORMATION TO PRODUCE SUFFICIENT MATERIAL.
DESPITE MEETING MANY CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS, I AM UTTERLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A VERY POSITIVE AND PROGRESSIVE MINDED TEAM. OUR ADVERSITIES WERE COUNTERED VERY SWIFTLY WITH DISCUSSIONS AND CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK AMONG THE TEAM. I AM ALSO VERY GRATEFUL THAT OUR LECTURER, MS. DEE HAD PROVIDED US WITH HER INSIGHT & GUIDANCE ALONG THIS JOURNEY.
