Friday, October 17, 2008

~My Biodata~

I have graduated from the Singapore Polytechnic with a Diploma in Chemical Process Technology (DCP), currently studying in National University of Singapore pursing a Degree in Chemistry. I was attached to a Baxter Healthcare SA as an Environmental Assistant, assisting in office work pertaining to environmental issues. During my studies years, I was working in Marks and Spencer too as sales associate handling customers, maintaining the store and documenting. Throughout secondary school days, I was an active participant of the air rifle school team. I also like to play other sports such as badminton and cycling as leisure. In the near future, I hope to be able to work in a research laboratory.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Blog 5 - Reflection on group project

In this research project, I understand that communication is very important within the team itself. Good interpersonal relationship between the group members enables the members to communicate effectively and hence working efficiently. On top of that working in a team would also need qualities such as responsibilities, disciplines, empathy and corporations. Effective report writing is one of the best ways of influencing and persuading the right people. With a well-written report, it would help to achieve desired results and create maximum impact on the audience.

During this project, time constraint was the main problem. A proper project together with a survey had to be done within a month hence schedules were tight. In addition to the time constraint, as the three of us have different timetables and amount of workloads, meeting up for discussion was hence much harder to plan. Nevertheless, our group was still able to keep up with the schedules given and complete the task in appropriate time. Our group was able to work closely and had constant communications on online messenger and after class.

With the coming oral presentation, I look forward to work with my team members again and to produce a well polished presentation. I would also like to ensure that I would be able to deliver my message in a clear and concise manner.