STB2192 Animal Biotechnology Service Learning

     I will separate my refection on the site visit of the service learning, and Dr. Chung Hung Hui separately.      Regarding the service learning in this course, the topic that our group has chosen is the making process of shrimp paste and its preservation method. In this service visit learning, I have learnt about the application of biotechnology in the production of shrimp paste. Besides, the hygiene practises in the making process of shrimp paste are really important to ensure the quality of the shrimp paste. I'm not going to mention the rest of the details of the production of shrimp paste. Let's focus on my thoughts after this site visit. I really appreciate that I have this opportunity to have a site visit with my groupmates to Monanie Family Enterprise. This company is unique because it is a houseshop, and the owner makes the shrimp paste and other products in the room with the narrowest space in their house. The owner, Madam Razuna, is...

     On December 11, 2021 (Saturday), we started our site visit at Monanie Family Enterprise, Bintulu, Sarawak. On this day, we went there at 2 p.m. (follow the time in the interview request letter). After we reached there, the owner, which is Madam Razuna, asked us to introduce ourselves first. After the self-introduction session, Madam Razuna started to briefly introduce the background of the company. As Madam Razuna said, Monanie Family Enterprise was established in 2002, when the operation was limited to making and selling the traditional breakfast at that time. After that, she realised that there were so many competitors around, so she changed to selling fisheries products. Later, she successfully exported her products to Singapore, and her products were really famous there.      After that, we started to ask her questions. Regarding the name of the company, which is Moannie Family Enterprise, the word "Monanie" is a combination of Puan Razun...

     My name is Yap Tai Leong. My matric number is 77209. I'm currently a year 2 student studying Resource Biotechnology (Bachelor's Degree) at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas). I'm currently taking a course called " Animal Biotechnology ." The course code is STB2192. Firstly, I will briefly introduce this course. Before I start, please forgive my foolishness 😣. My first thought when I first heard this name (animal biotechnology) was that we were going to see and have fun with the animals 🐏🐄🐔🐟. Well, I just ignored the word "biotechnology" behind it. All my thoughts came through animals. That's a little different from what I'm thinking.  So, without further ado,  animal biotechnology is mostly about the genetic engineering used in animals to improve the quality and quantity of animal products, such as milk, meat, etc. I have to be honest, I'm not that interested in genetics . In fact, I'm a biotechnology student, not an animal s...