Final Reflections on Learning

When I first heard of ES2007S from my senior, I was slightly reluctant as it requires me to speak up in class as well as having a lot of written work which I am not good at. Despite all this, I decided to take a leap of faith and bid for this module. 4 months later, and I'm glad I did because I honestly enjoyed my time in ES2007S. From self introducing in class, to project works as well as mock interviews, this module has prepared me with the skills of communicating professionally.

Being in statistics, I rarely had the opportunity of speaking up in tutorials and having group projects that require presentation or persuasive communication skills. This module gave me the chance of doing all that and at the same time, allowed me to work with many people. I learned to be more adaptive and more outspoken. Despite my outgoing attitude and friendly outlook, I am genuinely a shy person who would stutter a lot (like a turtle, though I doubt a turtle could even stutter hahaha). But this module has brought me out of my shell (no pun intended), and made me more confident when speaking up.

Interpersonal skills are very important especially when we start working and complete projects with all sorts of people. This module allowed me to work with different people on different projects for different objectives. I felt more open-minded and less rigid with my work ethics. I look forward to using more of my interpersonal skills for my future projects on different modules.

Mock interview also made me aware of my mistakes. I didn't realized how important attire and first impressions are for an interview and should I have known these set of skills learnt from our mock interview, I probably would have aced my interview 3 years back for an accountancy major in NTU. But then if I was in NTU, I wouldn't have learned all this! I believe everything happened for a reason and the history of a person defines him/her. This module has well-prepared me for any interviews in the future. Hopefully, I will use what I've learned to give me the head start I need.

I would like to thank everyone in the class for making this module an enjoyable one as well as my tutor Mdm Fazilah for your guidance and patience! A special shoutout to my first teammate Ian Loh for showing me how to be open to people. By observing how easily you mingle, I learned to do the same too. I look forward to seeing everyone in school or anywhere else and don't forget to say hi ((:

All the best for finals!

P.s. There are two popular kids in our class. So many people say hi to Jieyang when we were walking together and Baskar is our Co-op ambassador with 780 likes! Do add me on Facebook also ok. Just search for Haikal Filza. Thanks!