2008 January 17 « IT'S MY LIFE

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I believed an attitude change is really important. I must say I’ve learnt a lot from my comms and promo mgmt class.

In comms class,

Girl: Maybe it’s because people see her as a female, hence not strong leader.

Hot comms prof: This is ridiculous. Don’t make it into a gender issue -bcos it isn’t.

Girl: I’m just saying it’s a possibility. It’s not easy to handle that situation, especially when others are not really supportive of her as compared to having a man to take control in this case.

Prof: If you’re blaming this failure on her gender, then I would say it is never going to work. You can’t go into business with such a paradigm.

I find myself nodding vigorously at his comments in class. He changed my belief. I’m not going to tell anyone about the difference between a man/woman and how I belong to the former anymore. People shouldn’t judge or have preconceived perceptions of what a male/female leadership should be like. If I have to stand up for myself, I would say ‘No, this is not because of my sex. This is just me.’ :) & Prof is hilarious. I was just talking to myself, ‘Is this the same person?’ and he thought I said, ‘Is she lesbian?’ *laughs*

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Although many commented how dreadfully boring my PM Prof is, I feel motivated to listen to him and I think he has nice eyes. :P Today’s consultation with him makes me realized just how knowledgeable he is. He shared with me how knowledge is build upon knowledge, how research must go hand in hand with teaching to bring more up-to-date information and value to the class. & I’m pleasantly surprised that he actually has a funny side to him! I was asking him why does he have 2 laptops with him? He said, “one for each hand!” hahaha.

If only my gpa could skyrocket all the way till I graduate, I might consider being a prof as my retirement plan. I love the dynamics in this environment.

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Tyra banks is really one woman I look up to in so many ways. Through this season of ANTM, I think I get the main message which is, people are going to focus on your weakness. That is the reality. It is up to you to have the confidence to take their focus out of your weakness and be drawn to something more captivating. Classy.

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One last thing which really changes me a lot over this summer is my crisis management skills. Because of FTB, I’m faced with life & death decisions to make, faced with people with dislocated arm, asthmatic attacks and possible h1n1 carriers. I learnt to force myself to remain calm, to think rationally and to encourage people when they’re going through their hard or painful times. This makes me realized if I were to be thrown into another emergency situation again, I will not panick like a gan chiong spider like I used to. I can deal with it already. It’s encouraging to know that although my academic skills might have sucked for the past sem, I acquired life skills.

“I just want you to be yourself. Be a bigger yourself.” -Tyra

Archive for January 17th, 2008

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I can’t help it but smile (:

In FUNNY CRAP, nostalgic on 17 January, 2008 by sin2dy

I still remember the day 3 outrageous girls hit the beaches & tried trekking tgt!The 2 photos below brought back so many many memories and happy times!

Hahaha!Look at our faces. The weather was scorching hot when we hit the road that day. &I can still remember we left our laundry hanging on a line at changi beach! & poor Xue got to walk all the way back to get it while Jo and me squatted by the highway roadside waiting for shannon & her to be back. DAMN FUNNY!

As you can guess, something hilarious happened. I like candid shots. Hahah! Xue was roaring with laughter with a lot of movements , Jojo was giggling like mad & somehow, I have this idea I’m the one making the joke bcos my reaction seems a bit too mild compared to the 2 siao ding dongs beside me in the photo~ =)

Life should be beautiful, because of the people in it.

<Post-editorial: Life can be ugly because of the people in it too. I suddenly feel very stressed in the middle of the night. I have never ever had insomnia, please don’t let this be the 1st night.>

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