Final Post

I only decided to take ES2007S after NUS module registration was closed and all other modules had started their lectures for a week. My reason for taking this module was simple: getting a free time out of other 6 science modules. However, only after I got to know this course, I realized 7 modules per semester was not easy, AT ALL, and especially one of them frequently requires writing and presentations. :-Q

Every weekend, all my friends would not to bother me since they knew that I would lock myself inside room, writing blog online. I also remember how nervous Rach and I were when we prepared for the peer teaching, since it was first time to be a teacher in front of peer classmates, and the heat discussions and disagreement we had regarding the activities to facilitate our teaching. Then was the time for me to write the resume and cover letter. I should thank a lot to it since that I send out my resume edited in this course and got an internship opportunity in December. Also in this course, I learnt to conduct surveys and how to write out a proposal. I did suffer a lot during the process of writing my part in the proposal. Our team communicated nearly every day and met up quite frequently. I always remember we boiled night oil in student lounge the other day; I remember my mailbox was filled with proposal drafts and discussions, and I will not forget that morning when I printed out the proposal, I was so excited that I wanted everyone I knew to have a look at our product and give comments on. Times flies to the end of the semester, and we prepared for the oral presentation. Our team had an email arguing about the way to prepare for the presentation, but we finally reached to agreement and did a great job.

So what does this course bring to me? I would say it outweighed all modules I learnt in NUS. I had three semesters in NUS before this school year, in total of 15 modules learnt, and I have to admit that I forgot them all after I went to exchange. I even cannot remember the fundamental theorems in my major studies, and have to pick them up this semester. I am so glad now that at least I had one module that I won’t forget in my history of studying in NUS. This course not only taught me how to write resumes and business letters, but more significantly, it equipped me with the skills in effective communicating. I will not be that nervous to do my FYP presentation and will not be over-frustrated after entering work place, because I have been trained to communicate professionally in this course. And moreover, this course brought me a lot of friends who I also learnt from and shared laughers with.

Thank you Brad for being our teacher, you are like the teachers in my high school years back in China, who were always nice and responsible, who always cares about their students. Thank you Van and Rach to be my team mates, for the wonderful time we spent together. And thank you for all my class mates for sharing four hours together every week. Now I know many people from engineering too, and I appreciate the way engineers think which is different from how scientists do to some extend.

Hope everyone does best in the exams and may a happy holiday for you ahead!