Blog #6 - Final Reflection

Finally the end of a semester and although I've spent only a year here, ES2007S has been the most interesting module I've had and also very useful. Being the youngest one in the class, I thought initially I should have taken something else and saved this for my final few years. But I've learned so much over the past 4 months and even though it's been a lot of work, I now have a long time to improve on my communicating skills and when I finally graduate all that I have learned from this module will be of great use.

This module I know will be benefit in the long run but I'm not going to be facing any interviews any time soon, I do not need a good resume now I still believe me perform better here. At the start my english was good, better than most Indians but I've always had a problem when it comes to writing. I'm used to writing using the simplest language possible and in school it was fine but in college it clearly is not enough. This module has really helped me realize how far behind my writing standard is compared to others, especially during the proposal. Now usually that would make me upset but I can now look on the bright side, I've discovered my weakness very early on and have enough time to take up courses and work on it. I really have ES2007S to thank for that.

Also I really have to give a shout out to Brad, he is so far the best teacher I've had. Never had a subject, which if not done just right can be incredibly boring been so interesting and I am so glad I've had him as a teacher.

I'm only finishing my first year so I obviously have a lot to learn but in these past 4 months I have learned so much, not just from Brad or the course itself but also everyone in class. I've identified my strengths and weaknesses and I now know what I have to work on and in 3 years time, when I graduate if I land a great graduate school, I;m sure I'll have ES2007S to thank.

Blog #5 - Reflections on the oral presentation

Well the past few weeks have sure been fun. This is only my second semester here at NUS and so I've never had to do a presentation so formal before and we've never had to do any presentations at school, so this entire process was new to me. The past few weeks have been quite hard getting to know the process and getting used to the standard of the work. The standard of these presentations when I look back on it is way more than I could have managed individually with my lack of experience and I feel so grateful that I was a part of a group, they made the presentation better than I could have ever imagined it.

Somehow I've never really been nervous about public-speaking, in fact I even enjoy it. So I was looking forward to this presentation and till the moment I had to go speak I was happy and then I got up and I started panicking. I think eventually I managed to calm down and give a decent presentation (considering it was my first try). I could have slowed down a lot though, by the end of it I felt like I had talked continuously for 5 minutes without a single breath and I could have prepared a bit more. But overall I felt the presentation was a success. Of course the only problem was the $15,000,000 question for which I shall blame the faulty source.

I must say I owe a lot to my group mates, I've never done this before and took a long time to get used it and they put up with it and I've learned a lot from them. Overall it has been an incredible experience and I'm sure it will help me in all the presentations I have to do in the future.