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
There’s some things we don’t talk about
rather do without and just hold the smile
falling in and out of love
ashamed and proud of
together all the while
You can never say never
why we dont know when
time and time again
younger now than we were before
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Picture you’re the queen of everything
as far as the eye can see
under your command
I will be your guardian when all is crumbling steady your hand
You can never say never
why we dont know when
time, time and time again
younger now then we were before
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
We’re pulling apart and coming together again and again
We’re growing apart but we pull it together,
pull it together, together again
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
It takes a totally new meaning on me now that I’m on my third day of quarantine. I realized that there is a price to pay if we want freedom. This is a time which comes to test if we’re ready to pay that price.
Also, it hits me that social responsibility of individuals differs so much. So where do we draw the line? Organizing FTB forces me to think like an adult and make decisions concerning lives. For once in my university years, I have to deal with life’s shit. (It’s not school shit -like you cant ace a subject, it’s not friend’s shit -like you are falling out with another person, it’s not a personal shit -like you’re having bad mood swings).
Last but not least, I am thankful for what I have. <3
I have friends who will stay online to accompany me. (you know who you are la! I dun have to say names *grins*) Yesterday when I was damn moody and angsty about being locked up in my room, mich was pacifying me all the way and talking cock with kevin really helps me to destress while I observed the exchange of bitch emails.
& today was a changed mentality and cheng wee just brightened up my entire day with monkey emoticons. THE FULL SET! *skips around happily*
