Sunday, November 16, 2008

Last ES2007S lesson

Some Photos to share:

- Bin-Oxygy -

- My funny classmates from Group 6 with Miss Goh -

A mini celebration with my team-mates of Bin-Oxygy:
- Cheers -

- The use of self-timer -

- Our Yummies -


Wednesday, November 12, 2008

My Final Reflection


- Bin-Oxygy after their Oral Presentation -

Time really flies!

I still remembered very vividly that my first ES2007S lesson where i see many unfamiliar faces and made a self-introduction to some of my classmates, like as if I am on my first day at work, now we became friends and enjoyed each others' accompany in class.

Before taking up this module, I thought it will be an easy and relaxed one as it only comprises of project, writing resume and cover letter, and prepare us for interviews. To my surprise, this module really taught me alot and made me realize the importance of effective communication skill, both verbal and non-verbal cues. Also, the development in active listening in this course trained me to be more attentive and sensitive towards others when speaking. I still remembered the times when we need to be the speaker, the listener and the observer, and as a listener, it is not easy to translate everything accurately from the speaker. Building interpersonal communication to be a better team player and fostering intercultural communication to raise my cultural self-awareness also summed up all the benefits of effective communication skills.

Another essential skills that i learnt in this module would be the ability to construct a better resume and cover letter as they are the first impression of "me" before my interview with my employer. Writing a good email is not an easy task too.

Writing up the survey report is a very different kind of exposure from what we, Science students, usually write for our laboratory report. We adopt the 7Cs in writing that we learnt in class to write a more concise report. Not forgetting our oral presentation that allowed us to present our "products to our distinguished guests". For this research project, i bound to many ups and downs times due to the busy and tight schedule, and at times, somethings could be done in a better way if more time was allowed. Nonetheless, everyone tried their best.

Last but not least, this is the time we show our heartfelt gratitude towards our lecturer, Miss Happy Goh, who never fail to liven up the lesson and taught us the valuable skills. She also goes an extra mile to evaluate all our reports and resumes in order for us to produce a better one. Not forgetting my fellow classmates who always so spontaneous in lesson and my two entertaining project-mates, Xinyi and Guangyi whom i learnt alot from. A Big thank you to all who read my blogs and commented. I would like to end off my this lengthy post by a quote:

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." by Auguste Rodin

*sorry for my this super long post as is the last blog post*