Friday, April 23, 2010

First day of exams.

DEFENCE SCIENCE.
WORSE MCQ paper i have done in my whole life.
Totally GREEK to me. Had much trouble going through 100 such questions.. OH MAN.
Seriously hope i will pass, if not i have to face those 100 questions again.. PRAY HARD FOR ME!!
Why is this module compulsory??? =(

3 more papers coming up next week:
27/4: Calculus ||
29/4: Linear Algebra |
30/4: Microeconomics

The week after:
6/5: Intermediate Macroeconomics
MY WORSE MODULE!!!

OH MAN..

Monday, April 12, 2010

Today is the last lesson of HW111A.

I must say it has been a useful course for me for the past semester. I learnt many things which are very applicable to my future. They are as follows:

1. Writing positive and negative messages, so as to phrase the letter in a better way such that it does not irritate the recipient and show any signs of rudeness

2. Writing business letters and emails to people of higher status

3. Various types of communication; verbal and non-verbal aspects, and also inter-cultural communication

4. Techniques of writing a good resume

5. Steps to become a good presenter and how to set up presentation slides and to present well, for example, eye contact, good articulation, fluency, confidence and interaction with the audience

6. Interview skills(how to handle interview questions and answer what the interviewer wants)

All, if not most of the above are very relevant to the entry of the working world and the working world itself. This course prepares you and equips you with the necessary tools to face many challenges when it comes to applying for jobs and when one is on the job as well.

The 3 assignments, namely the Case Study Analysis, Resume Writing and the Oral Presentation, allowed us to see where we stand at this particular moment. This allows for further improvements in these areas, which is of great help in the future. For instance, one has to do many presentations in time to come. By having this assignment, it reflects the aspects we need to improve on so that we will be able to have a better presentation the next time round. Also, the resume writing assignment taught me how to write a better resume such that I will have a higher chance of getting called for interviews.

enjoyed doing the Oral Presentation with my group as the topic on Ris Low is an interesting one, at least to me. I enjoyed the times when we met up to rehearse and bonded together and also to have Ris Low as our main entertainment tool. From this, I learnt a lot on the importance of good pronunciation and articulation. Furthermore, the story of Ris Low has sparked many opinions from the public, such that it led to many videos and articles about good English and Singlish in Singapore. Many criticised her English and pronunciation, which made me more motivated to hone my speaking skills and not follow in her footsteps. I also learnt that non-verbal communication is also important as most of the times, it tells one much more than verbal communication. Ris Low has poor non-verbal skills at the beginning. Now, we see that she has been trying her best at interviews. Good for her, as long as she wants to improve, and I have to improve on my speaking too.

Overall, I feel that this course has certainly taught me many things, which are closely related to my future. It will be a great help when it comes to the working world.


Haha, this is the blog entry im supposed to write for Mastering Communication course. So i thought i just paste it here.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Many things happened.

MOE Teaching Award Interview.
ACJC Fun-O-Rama XX.
Quizzes as usual.
Chiong-ing tutorials as usual.
STRUGGLING to keep up with everything.
FINALS in less than a month's time.
Not thinking about anything else.

So looking forward to 6th May, 1130am.

Until then.