~First Week of Class~

So, it's the first day of class and also the first day of my undergraduate degree. To start it off, I had this subject called Career Guidance 1. At first, I was totally blur and confused of what I can learn from this subject. I started to think, "Is it something like career counselling or just some plain boring advices about building up a successful career?" From that point, I seriously thought of skipping the next few classes of this subject or just sleep in the classes.

However, I really felt amused by the first activity conducted by the lecturer, Ms. Yeo Pei Li. Usually everyone will introduce themselves one by one as instructed by lecturers. But, she used a very different approach and I really liked it so much. She encouraged everyone to walk around and introduce ourselves freely and spontaneously. At the very beginning, I was very afraid to speak to other people as I am more of an introvert and hardly break the ice. Despite that, I managed to get to meet a few new friends after a staggering for a moment. I guess it is mainly because I felt more confident to speak up when I see my existing friends from my foundation did it.

Besides that, Pei Li also explained about the objectives of the module which pretty much change my whole idea about this module. Since then, I never think of this subject as a boring and useless one. I view it more as a guide or path to successful career and life too. The statements from her slides that she has shown to everyone in the class really make my mind working the whole time. The most significant statement to me is "choose a job you love - you will never have to work anymore"! Well, it is true because once we enjoy the job, it will not be considered as work. At least that's what I am thinking even if there are people objecting it. I never really thought of my career in the long run but once I saw that statement, I wondered around about my career in the future. That is also the time where I felt regretful for being so playful all the time. I tend to pour cold water on the idea of my career whenever I am questioned by any of my family members or lecturers. Now that I have seen and read the statement, I wouldn't mind telling people about my future expectations and career.

Overall, I found out that this module is not to provide guidance for our career solely but also to ensure ourselves to understand the importance of career while learning how to bring out the best out of ourselves. This led to self-discovery as how she expected us to do throughout the 7 weeks of classes. Thus, I am looking forward to discover more hidden talents or potential in myself (if there are) as I attend the classes. After all, I felt more relaxed and excited about the upcoming classes already as Pei Li was not the kind of boring lecturer as I would have expected. I knew I could learn alot from this module although it is a short module. But well, quality is always better than quantity which sums up what I really expected from the module. I really want to discover the real self because I know I still don't understand myself as much as I wanted to. I know there are more hidden and unique qualities or abilities in me. It is all up to me to discover and bring them out.

Lastly, I am so happy to be able to try out the Vienna Test on Friday, 12 September 2008. I always wanted to seek out my possible careers that are waiting for me. Best of all, this test is FREE as I didn't want to take it last time when I was in foundation because I must pay for it that time. I am very sure this test will enable me to explore most, if not all the alternatives that I have in my life and career. Although I have set my sight on becoming a counselling psychologist, but I might never know what are the alternatives available for me and whether I am really suitable for the job. Well, that's about it for the first week of lecture class.