Progress Report

Group Name: future buzz

Group Leader: Otlalenna Fernando Moiphetsodi

Group Members:

1. Malebogo Caroline Tshweneyagae

2. Kagiso Jabulani Modise

3. Kefilwe Mosetsanagape Sebolao

4. Tebogo Mekwe

The proposed topic (research information & URLs) and concept

Our proposed idea is to make or create a website application about Indian food in Malaysia, looking at various aspects of the food. some of the sources of information that we will be using for our research include:
• http://indianfood.about.com/od/thebasics/a/misconceptions.html
• http://indian-food.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_health_benefits_of_indian_food
• http://ezinearticles.com/?Health-Benefits-of-Indian-Food&id=3761684
the reason why we chose this topic is because we found that the Indian cooking is different from Malay and Chinese cooking, as a result, this made us curious as to how come they are different and how and where did the Indian cooking enter or become introduced in Malaysia. we will be covering a lot of aspects such as history, nutritional value and others, as allocated below among the group members.

Objectives:

1. To understand the history and origin of the Indian food in Malaysia.

2. To acquire skills and recipes used to prepare Indian food.

3. To promote the culture and heritage of indian food in Malaysia.

4. to find the nutritional value of indian food

Topic allocation:

1. History of indian food in Malaysia
Otlalenna Fernando Moiphetsodi

2. famous Indian recipes
Malebogo Caroline Tshweneyagae

3. culture and Heritage of indians with relation to indian food
Kefilwe Mosetsanagape Sebolao

4. nutritional value of indian food
Kagiso Jabulani Modise

5. famous indian restaurants in Malaysia
Tebogo Mekwe

Demographics of the end-user/target audience profile

-->our target audience is focused on all the international students and foreigners in Malaysia aged between 18 and 65. this is because most foreigners in Malaysia between 18 and 30 are students who are studying in local universities and most of them above 30 are here for work while some come here for retirement. This would be a good way of introducing them to the Indian food market so that they can be able to try the dishes out. its also appropriate because most foreigners from the age of 18 are willing to experience a lot of things in Malaysia including trying out new food and the same applies to elderly people.

-->we will also target the non Indian community or people in Malaysia as a way of encouraging them to try different food. by introducing the Malay people and Chinese people and other races that live in Malaysia, this would encourage diversity and unity among the people in Malaysia. Malaysia is a country of different cultures and races, so it will be a good way to help the cultures blend together by trying different food. we will focus mainly on people who are more than 18 years old because they are more independent and willing to try new things.

milestones achieved
so far, we have managed to create a website for our research topic. we created the website using dreamweaver, adobe photoshop and macromedia flash and each group member was able to create their own page and link. we also managed to compile a written report about the whole process of our website creation. at the moment, what is yet to be finalized is the compilation of each member's individual report which will be done by the time the assignment is submitted.

group discussions
we met a few times after choosing the topic as a way of planning on how to approach the project. the first meeting was to decide on which topic to choose and how we were going to do it. we decided on doing Indian food in Malaysia and each individual was allocated a task which he/she was supposed to do within a given period of time. each individual was also assigned a task of creating their own web pages related to their topic of research. at our last meeting, we compiled everything that has been done and got ready to submit.