Fruitful But Painful Internship
The internship ends tomorrow. I’ve said I’ll never say this, but the experience was bittersweet. From my many mistakes, bloomed valuable insights. I’ve drawn inspiration from my colleagues, fellow interns and clients. I’ve toughened up mentally and my thought process has evolved. I realised that the essense of calm is not the absense of chaos. It is when we harmonise within chaos that calm can arise. After all, you can trick youself into believing that you’re a calm person when life is smooth sailing. However, once life starts throwing shit at you, can you face and harmonise with the shit? I’m still learning how to do that… One step at a time.Sponsor ZUJI SG - MLOB Cannonball...
The Difficulty In Leadership
This afternoon I discovered for myself the difficulty of being an effective leader. It is difficult to satisfy the diverse expectations of my teammates. And frightening to be assertive with two parties having a conflict, because the wrong action can escalate the situation out of hand. By nature, I avoid conflict. Perhaps even compromising to my disadvantage. However, I confess that my rage can propel me into acting like a violent mental patient. All these years I’ve been conditioned to be passive-aggressive and sometimes aggressive. I’m still learning to be assertive without hurling sacarstic remarks and hoping to improve my conflict resolution skills. Time will tell if my efforts will bear fruit. Logen L.
What More Can I Say
This month, I’m working to be calmer on the inside. My nerves have thusfar been overactive and I intend to relax them. As much as I’d want to grumble about my fucked up day, I cannot do so. I become agitated whenever I grumble. It makes me hyperventilate and causes my adrenaline to surge. Therefore, there is no point in recounting my tale when it causes me mental distress. Instead, I shall forget it ever happened and imagine what a great day tomorrow will be. Logen L.
Taking Adversity As Opportunity
As I’ve mentioned, seven weeks remain before the internship ends. I might as well take this unpleasant experience as an opportunity to develop certain skills; take the craziness as a training ground for the skills in my life list. Ironically, I’ve dropped certain skills and upkeep when transforming to survival mode for the attachment. I’ve neglected my looks because the upkeep would cost me time to sleep. I’ve become less confident in certain aspects. I’ve become noticably grumpier towards my classmates, occasionally reverting to my normal crazy self. But the attachment isn’t a completely lost endeavour. I’ve become direct and assertive in certain ways. I’ve practiced the key to charming people. I complete my work...
Battling Procrastination, Deciding and Defending My Rights
The importance of focusing my efforts on a few goals at one go becomes increasingly illuminating. Contrary to achieving more by pushing for many goals at once, I’ve achieved little outcome. Upon prioritising my life list, these are the goals that stand out. Don’t procrastinate Be assertive and decisive Don’t Procrastinate Time is of essence if one wants to achieve his wants. Therefore, as a foundation to work on my wants, I have to minimise my tendencies to procrastinate. I began by sleeping and waking at regular hours, as this allows me to predict the amount of time I have in one day. In addition, I had slot in time to exercise thrice a week and to train for Aikido. With a rough knowledge of time, it is difficult to disillusion myself into...
Impromptu Speaking and Self Entertainment
Table Topics and Confidence I did great for table topics! The teacher remarked that my speech clearly deserved an ‘A’. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”. This was my quote to talk about. I must admit I have came across this quote years ago and therefore, was slightly relaxed about talking about it. Next week shall be the second session of table topics. And I’m determined to choose the lots of a riskier topic category. I am determined to prove to myself that I am able to talk about unfamiliar topics, with little preparation time. In the mean time, it means practicing in front of my friends. How to entertain yourself during lectures… Allow me to tell you part of the story of the Hidden Village of The...
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