My ES2007S Journey and Experiences

It has always been my desire to make good friends in the modules that I take, but normally that does not happen due to the nature of how lessons are conducted. I am someone who would take modules alone, and try to make friends along the way. The greatest thing that I would take away from this course would definitely be the friendships that I have forged. Not to mention the many valuable skills that I have picked up from the lessons and interacting with my tutor and classmates. I would say that I am much more confident and able to stand up in front of people to speak, that I know how to write a good resume for any future employment, that I know how to communicate more effectively with the people around me. These are just some examples from the many other things that I have learnt in my journey in ES2007S.

To Ms Lim:
You have taught us so much in these short 13 weeks. One thing I would remember about you is that you pushed us to our limits, so that we would realise the potential that lies within us. Someone once mentioned that you were strict to the class. I believe what that person meant was that you demanded only the best, because you knew what we were capable of, and I personally have seen that we are truly capable of much more than what we once thought we could accomplish. With that, I want to thank you for the effort, your patience and all that you put in for our class.

To my classmates:
I want to thank each one of you for making this ES2007S experience such a wonderful and memorable one. I believe that it is no coincidence that all of us were in the same class. Thank you for all the feedback on my assignments and presentations, and the comments posted on my blog. You people made it possible for such an enriching learning experience. I always look forward to receiving your feedback and replies, because I not only get different perspectives, I get to learn things from you all. I have truly enjoyed working with all of you; my blogging group, my peer teaching team (Jon and SS) and my proposal group (Berwyn and WT). Each one of you have unique strengths and different working styles, which was an awesome learning experience.

The last 13 weeks seemed to fly past, and we are now going to embark on a new journey ahead of us. I hope we can all still keep in touch, and eventually still get the chance to meet up outside.

Proposal Presentation Reflections

To be really honest, before the presentation started, I was feeling alright. Not nervous, just chilling and getting myself ready to start with a bang. But when I started speaking, the nervousness started creeping in, and I could feel my hands trembling a little. So I had to put in more hand gestures to mask my trembling hands.

Overall, I felt the entire presentation for my team was really good. For my own personal part, I felt I did much better, as compared to my peer teaching. I believe I spoke louder, had more eye contact, and read less of my notes and the slides. Somehow I felt that I was nearly rushing through my part, because I knew I had a lot to say within the limited amount of time. Berwyn's discovery of using his phone as a slide presenter was one of a kind. It really helped to have that device, instead of having to use the mouse. The question and answer part was relatively good I guess. Calvin's question was rather unexpected, because we did not consider the aspect of funding of the team to come from either the Faculty of Science or the Department of Chemistry. Anyway, I believe we responded well to the questions posed by the class.

Most of what I can remember about the presentation was that my mind was in a whirl when I was presenting. Not exactly looking forward to watch myself on video, but definitely looking forward to the feedback from the class!