These days I’ve been reading some online articles on career skills, engaging in heated conversation with my local university mates about employment and reflecting about life. I shall share some of highly useful points about career development in “bite-sizes”. 1) Employers want an upsized McDonald Happy value meal or a National day fun pack. After…
I used to be fascinated by the beautiful pictures of Paris splattering around magazines, newspapers and websites. Pretty streets. Class and dainty houses. Charming shophouses. And “pretty” is the word I would use in order to sum up this city of lights which dazzled millions of people around the world. The Real Paris Underneath this…
So, one of my classmates, Geraldine asked,” What is creativity? What defines creativity?” This question really hit me. To me, creativity only narrows down to one word, ‘unique’. If so, what is the definition of creative? I was listening to a podcast about a lecture on jazz music. According to this lecturer, who is also…
Peer Teaching In the quest for excellence in higher education, several learning institutions are changing their focus from instructional teaching to independent and effective learning. This paradigm shift in education philosophy has led several educational institutions to employ the method of peer observation of teaching or peer review which serves to facilitate the exchange of…
In two weeks time, I will be able to emerge from this dark hole, stepping out into the grass fields to enjoy the sun and the breeze which could lift anyone’s spirit up. Once again, I will be able to venture out into my travel playground, sniffing out for great places to visit and great…
Atika: Hey!!! Deenise!!! I didn’t knew you were studying at NUS too. Deenise : Oh…Hi. ( Aren’t you the girl who ruined my life when I was 14 ?) Atika: So, what modules are you taking this semester? Deenise: Well, I am currently taking 6 modules this semester. ES2007S, 2 language modules and 3 life…
We had come to the end of our communications module. It has been a really fun and enriching module to take at NUS. Besides gaining all the knowledge and communication skills from our lecturer Brad and our classmates, I’ve also gained 14 New Facebook friends. Our Lecturer, Brad Tiffany and I My Wonderful Coursemates Our…
Name:________________________________Class: ________________________________ ES2007S : Professional Communication: Principles and Practice Date of examination : Friday the 13th 1) Are you planning to stamp a “R.I.P” sign to your blog after writing your last blog post on ES2007S? Why? 2) ES2007S is full of ________. (Please fill in the blank.) 3) Please complete the following sentence. When…
Legally Blonde’s Presentation Review: NUS Law curriculum: A Revolution. (In this blog post, I will share some learning points in the course of my preparation for this presentation. ) 10% Content To prepare our oral presentation, I took some time to search for presentation videos to gather some presentation tips from the experts. I came…
I am always inspired by inspirational speeches by well-known motivational and successful speakers or coaches.They are able to persuade,convince and inspire listeners to get back on their feet and start embracing life again. Being able to present your ideas clearly and concisely to a large mass of people is no easy task. Perhaps the only…
