Goodbye, Au Revoir, Sayonara...

It is always sad to say goodbye but this is life and we must continue on our journey...

I never used to blog before even though I have read lots of blogs concerning soccer and formula 1 reviews as well as blogs of movie stars. I was always hesitant to blog because I did not want the entire world to know what is happening in my life. However, upon writing some posts in the ES2007S module, I must say that blogging is cool. It is a good way to interact with other people. I realise that this a good way to keep in touch with friends that I seldom meet due to the hectic schedule. It can lead to discussions on topics that are sometimes controversial and people find awkward to discuss freely in person.

Compared to my other modules for NUS where you only study to get good grades and later you do not remember half of the syllabus, ES2007S is definitely not one of them. I feel that most of the stuffs I have learned in this module will benefit me for the rest of my career. From now on, I practice active listening to avoid any misunderstandings that may arise. I have also learned a lot about the non-verbal aspects of communication and how this affects our way of communicating. In this globalised world, we have to interact with people of different racial background and the way how to do so is vital to avoid any form of conflicts. This is the part that I am really interested in this module. I do not think I have mastered the adoption of the 7Cs in our writing process, but I will definitely learn more about it in the future and try to avoid silly mistakes. The way the job interview was conducted in the class was very good as our mistakes were highlighted.

On a conclusive note, I must say this module has helped me to improve my communication skills. I will definitely miss this class when I graduate this semester. I would like to thank Terry for being a great blogging buddy and for highlighting a lot of my mistakes.Hat’s off to Brad who has been an awesome teacher. Hope you continue with the great job you are doing.

God Bless,
Yuvraj

My Oral Presentation

Overall, I was satisfied with the presentation given our time limit. I must say doing the report as well as presentation by 2 person was quite tough. We put in a lot of effort in producing a nice work.

I was quite sad because I think most of class could not understand the contrast I was making between the Senoko Power Plant and the Senoko Incinerator in my introduction. I should have explained it in a clearer way as I believe that the comparison was important to explain the high amount of wastes in Singapore.

I do not know if others have encountered the same problem as me. Being the first speaker, I was quite disturbed whenever someone was opening the door to come in as they were late. I lost concentration but appreciated the fact that the latecomers were making an effort to be as quiet as possible.

I always have a tendency a move a lot during conducting a presentation. I tried to minimize it this time, but I do not know to what extent I was successful. In the my last slide, where it shows the old man riding a bicycle in Singapore, I could not explain it properly in respect to our context.

I think there were some times when I paused and tried to look at my notes. Maybe I should have practiced more.

Lastly I would like to say that the slides could have been improved. I did not have my laptop for the week-end as it crashed on Friday and I had to send it for repairs. Even though, I would like to thank Annie for doing the whole compilation.