Today is the last class for the module...Awww...I miss this module alot!!! Learnt some interesting skills and lessons from it...It must be really hard to bid farewell to the module because I really love the module alot!!! It gave me tons of memorable experience and meaningful lessons...But well, since this is the last class; It means that I do not need to go to college at 8 a.m every tuesday from now on...Yippee!!! Hehe~~I will miss Pei Li deeply...not to forget Mr. Eric and Mr. Kumar, though their way of lecturing was not as fun as Pei Li but they still did a great job after all ^^
My last class is quite meaningful because Mr. Eric taught about creating personal statement...well, at first I wondered "why do I need a personal mission statement??" All this while, I used to live my life freely and full of spontaneity. I mean I do not really create a mission statement for my own...I just live my life day by day basis...However, after listening to him; I found out that a personal mission statement is crucial in getting closer towards my goal...
Furthermore, he gave a mission statement worksheet which makes me think for quite some time in the class...It really gave me lots of unseen and unknown purposes of a personal mission statement...after doing the worksheet, I found out how interesting and important is the worksheet now...Besides that, he also showed us a video about a song that determines the personal mission statement of a person...It is a lengthy video but it gives me alot of idea about personal mission statement now...
Well, there is a good statement that triggers my mind to keep thinking though...the statement "too much analysis leads to paralysis"...I do agree with the statement because we should not analyze everything too deeply...Analyzing things are great but not to the extreme because sometimes, certain arguments or things do not need to be analyzed thoroughly...
Despite all that, today is not a very good day for me because I have my PSY111 midterm paper right after this class...Oh dear~~I was so nervous because I did not study as much as I would have expected yesterday...Sigh~~It is my first ever time burning the midnight oil till 3 a.m in the wee hours of the morning...OMG!!! Thus, I was feeling very tired and mentally exhausted throughout the day...even after having the paper...I tried my best to pay full attention in Mr. Eric's class but I just could not as I am having abit of headache that time...but somehow, I managed to listen to parts of the important lecture...
I guess the last class is not the best of class to me because I truly feel very tired today...I bet Mr. Eric knew that but I do want to thank him for being so nice and patient with us...he did just great there...Thanks again, Mr. Eric...and also Pei Li, for all the fun classes!!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
~Seventh Week of Class~
Today is the sixth class and it is the seventh week already...Oh dear...Mid terms and assignments are going to kill me off!!! Life is so stressful in Bachelor of Psychology eh...just like what my seniors had told me last time...I used to ignore them but now I realized what a BIG mistake for not believing them...but nevermind...I am sure I will be able to cope with it pretty soon...
Anyway, today's lecturer was abit unexpected...although Pei Li is not teaching for the final two classes which include this class as well, I can feel that everyone is starting to miss her already...the fun in the teachings that she had brought lots of sweet memories to us and it is undeniable that other lecturers like Mr. Eric and today's lecturer, Mr. Kumar failed to bring us the fun that she had brought it to us...Pei Li was a good source of inspiration to me because she is a counsellor, which is a job I am gunning for...and her teaching skills are great...it is simple but yet interactive and pure fun...
Today, Mr. Kumar taught about the Worklife Balance which is about the importance of balancing our career and other needs...he said that if we do not know how to balance both our career and other needs, we may suffer to risk of getting burnout which I strongly agree on...it is because we can never neglect our other needs as LIFE is not just about WORK...we should live life to the fullest as in doing whatever we want to achieve as long as it is not against our conscience...Besides that, he also talked about career path which is divided into four different parts...This is the time where I learn that we do not only have ONE specific career path that we chose to follow...and knowing these four parts are very crucial towards the transition of my life after my tertiary studies...
The most important part of the lesson is the 6 factors in decision making that he had emphasized on...he slowly explained one by one as he gave us some time to jot down our Abilities and What Drives Us Towards Our Goal...it is good because he gave everyone some time to reflect and try to understand more in-depth about ourselves...Honestly, I did not enjoy the class much as I still miss Pei Li's lecturing style more..BUT the words that came out from his mouth are quite meaningful and that inspires me to listen to him...So, there is a motivational factor involved here...
Later on, he speaks about the origin idea of the RIASEC which stands for Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional...it is actually founded by John Holland in 1997 where the six worker personality types are proposed based on his research...Seeing this reminds me of my Vienna Test results where I scored highest for my Social type, followed by Investigative and Conventional type...From that point onwards, I was pretty sure that I am going to strive towards my GOAL in life which is to help people and make them happy always...this also leads to my burning desire to be a Counsellor in the future...
Last but not least, he told everyone about the O*NET and that is really helpful because I have tried surfing that website once and it really shows a good deal of information for those people who are unsure about the criteria of a particular job...Overall, today's lesson is mainly about our Career in life...and that makes me start pondering about my future career as in the plans and steps to be taken...hmm~~
Anyway, today's lecturer was abit unexpected...although Pei Li is not teaching for the final two classes which include this class as well, I can feel that everyone is starting to miss her already...the fun in the teachings that she had brought lots of sweet memories to us and it is undeniable that other lecturers like Mr. Eric and today's lecturer, Mr. Kumar failed to bring us the fun that she had brought it to us...Pei Li was a good source of inspiration to me because she is a counsellor, which is a job I am gunning for...and her teaching skills are great...it is simple but yet interactive and pure fun...
Today, Mr. Kumar taught about the Worklife Balance which is about the importance of balancing our career and other needs...he said that if we do not know how to balance both our career and other needs, we may suffer to risk of getting burnout which I strongly agree on...it is because we can never neglect our other needs as LIFE is not just about WORK...we should live life to the fullest as in doing whatever we want to achieve as long as it is not against our conscience...Besides that, he also talked about career path which is divided into four different parts...This is the time where I learn that we do not only have ONE specific career path that we chose to follow...and knowing these four parts are very crucial towards the transition of my life after my tertiary studies...
The most important part of the lesson is the 6 factors in decision making that he had emphasized on...he slowly explained one by one as he gave us some time to jot down our Abilities and What Drives Us Towards Our Goal...it is good because he gave everyone some time to reflect and try to understand more in-depth about ourselves...Honestly, I did not enjoy the class much as I still miss Pei Li's lecturing style more..BUT the words that came out from his mouth are quite meaningful and that inspires me to listen to him...So, there is a motivational factor involved here...
Later on, he speaks about the origin idea of the RIASEC which stands for Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional...it is actually founded by John Holland in 1997 where the six worker personality types are proposed based on his research...Seeing this reminds me of my Vienna Test results where I scored highest for my Social type, followed by Investigative and Conventional type...From that point onwards, I was pretty sure that I am going to strive towards my GOAL in life which is to help people and make them happy always...this also leads to my burning desire to be a Counsellor in the future...
Last but not least, he told everyone about the O*NET and that is really helpful because I have tried surfing that website once and it really shows a good deal of information for those people who are unsure about the criteria of a particular job...Overall, today's lesson is mainly about our Career in life...and that makes me start pondering about my future career as in the plans and steps to be taken...hmm~~
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
~Sixth Week of Class~
Last week there was no lesson...so I am quite excited about the lesson today because this is the class where I enjoy the most!!! However, I am quite tired today as I didn't have a good deal of sleep yesterday...I only slept for 4 hours and that really makes me feel sleepy and drowzy in the class...Frankly speaking, this is the first ever time I slept for such amount of hours and almost fell asleep in the class...I couldn't even shout out "You are awesome!!" like before in the previous lessons...Sigh~~
Well, despite the drowziness I had; I managed to keep myself focused in the class because I really love this subject, especially with Pei Li as the tutor...Time flies really fast...within a blink of an eye, it's the 6th week now and I am very sure that I'm going to miss this class alot!!! It makes me feel so relaxed and happy each time I had the lesson...Whatever I have learnt in the class will always be fresh in my mind, this one I'm 100% sure of it...
Basically, I learnt about SKILLS today...to start it off, defining skills are really not as easy as I would have thought...all the while I thought that skills are limited but I didn't know that there is such a long list of skills which I wouldn't even think of...At first I am quite curious about the topic as I really want to explore what are the undiscovered skills of mine...I would say if it's not for this class, I wouldn't even be sitting down calmly and think about the skills that I actually have...Haha~~Life resolves around skills too I guess...
I had a great time skimming through the whole notes to see what skills I really have or used...To my very surprise, I found that I have quite a lot of undiscovered skills in me...whether it's learned or natural, I still found it very amazing...Furthermore, Pei Li encouraged everyone to share with their partners beside them...It was a great experience to me as I hardly share anything with people openly...usually I only share it via internet chatting, where I feel more comfortable in doing so...but after the sharing session today, I feel a strong amount of courage slowly building up in me which enables me to share openly without any discomfort...
In addition, filling in the part "my frequently used skills" makes me realize how important is it to know our own skills...As told by Pei Li, the top 10 to 12 skills are the motivated skills where we need to utilize them in the working world in the near future...Therefore, I wrote down all the skills that I could think of at that moment...Although I didn't manage to fill up all the columns but at least I found out my top 10 skills...I am going to practice more of these skills as I'm sure these skills will bring me to a higher level and a step towards my ultimate career goal...
Besides that, Pei Li showed everyone an inspirational video clip about John Goddard, the world's greatest goals achiever...He is super ambitious as he has accomplished more than 500 goals in his list...I am not as ambitious as him but I do have my goals and dreams but my main goal is to help whoever that needs it so that they will be able to smile happily despite the strings of stressful events or periods...Half an hour before the class ends, a special guest appeared...it's Catherine!!! I've seen her before during my HMC days but I never spoken with her at all...after her inspirational and breathtaking speech, I finally understand how things can change our life greatly...to her, God is everything...I appreciate her willpower and efforts to live in this world despite her condition...I truly respect her...
"To dare is to do, to fear is to fail" - A quote that inspires me...and thus I came out with mine...
"Success awaits you for you are never too late for success"
Well, despite the drowziness I had; I managed to keep myself focused in the class because I really love this subject, especially with Pei Li as the tutor...Time flies really fast...within a blink of an eye, it's the 6th week now and I am very sure that I'm going to miss this class alot!!! It makes me feel so relaxed and happy each time I had the lesson...Whatever I have learnt in the class will always be fresh in my mind, this one I'm 100% sure of it...
Basically, I learnt about SKILLS today...to start it off, defining skills are really not as easy as I would have thought...all the while I thought that skills are limited but I didn't know that there is such a long list of skills which I wouldn't even think of...At first I am quite curious about the topic as I really want to explore what are the undiscovered skills of mine...I would say if it's not for this class, I wouldn't even be sitting down calmly and think about the skills that I actually have...Haha~~Life resolves around skills too I guess...
I had a great time skimming through the whole notes to see what skills I really have or used...To my very surprise, I found that I have quite a lot of undiscovered skills in me...whether it's learned or natural, I still found it very amazing...Furthermore, Pei Li encouraged everyone to share with their partners beside them...It was a great experience to me as I hardly share anything with people openly...usually I only share it via internet chatting, where I feel more comfortable in doing so...but after the sharing session today, I feel a strong amount of courage slowly building up in me which enables me to share openly without any discomfort...
In addition, filling in the part "my frequently used skills" makes me realize how important is it to know our own skills...As told by Pei Li, the top 10 to 12 skills are the motivated skills where we need to utilize them in the working world in the near future...Therefore, I wrote down all the skills that I could think of at that moment...Although I didn't manage to fill up all the columns but at least I found out my top 10 skills...I am going to practice more of these skills as I'm sure these skills will bring me to a higher level and a step towards my ultimate career goal...
Besides that, Pei Li showed everyone an inspirational video clip about John Goddard, the world's greatest goals achiever...He is super ambitious as he has accomplished more than 500 goals in his list...I am not as ambitious as him but I do have my goals and dreams but my main goal is to help whoever that needs it so that they will be able to smile happily despite the strings of stressful events or periods...Half an hour before the class ends, a special guest appeared...it's Catherine!!! I've seen her before during my HMC days but I never spoken with her at all...after her inspirational and breathtaking speech, I finally understand how things can change our life greatly...to her, God is everything...I appreciate her willpower and efforts to live in this world despite her condition...I truly respect her...
"To dare is to do, to fear is to fail" - A quote that inspires me...and thus I came out with mine...
"Success awaits you for you are never too late for success"
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