Monday, March 31, 2008
She said two things that are stuck in my head. hopefully, i'll nvr forget them.
Firstly, she was talking about failing and failure with regard to the way we phrase certain things in an email. We may not realise it, but sometimes the way we write things allow others to have a certain impression of you, in this case that she was referring to, making that person who wrote the email look like a failure.
and she was talking about how the Singapore society, particularly the government, does not allow people to fail. And then she said, "But all this is changing, because of Mas Selamat. the escape of Mas Selamat is a failure on the part of the government. and because of this, they have come to realise that nobody or nothing is perfect and failures should be forgiven. So we should really thank this one man, Mas Selamat, who helped this society realise that we should not condemn failures."
ok, i majorly changed the way she said it, but agar agar got her meaning lah.... so yeah, when we fail, we shouldn't be too upset of ourselves but rather, try to stand up again and start all over again till we succeed.
secondly, she was showing some resume that we did and she mentioned that we should never ever put grades in the resume. she said that do u think the employers will look at ur grades and ur GPA? ultimately, it's your work attitude and work experiences that will really help you out. yes, GPA may be the most important thing in your education life, but who cares?
ok, i changed her words again, but the meaning is still there lah.....
i'm really glad that she mentioned the two points above.
she's really like my tuition teacher, Miss Ong. her ideas and thinking are so much like my tutor's. they should really meet each other and talk man. think they'll click.
my tuition tcher once told me that when you go to university, you should study to gain new knowledge. you're not there to compete for grades. studying merely makes up 10% of your entire life. when you go out to work, your attitude is the most important. (come to think of it, another teacher, Mrs Sandra Tan, told me the same things.
Think i've totally lost sight of this admist the competitive environment and letting my first sem's results affect me a whole lot last night that i couldn't sleep, cause i am really afraid to get similar grades this sem....
guess i should just try to concentrate and study to the best of my ability....
i really miss secondary school days and JC days!! MAJORLY. especially when i go back to STC for NPCC trainings. in fact, i do miss relief teaching man!! aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh, 1 year ago, i nvr thought i would say this.... haha but here i am, saying it now.
i've just had verbal diarrhoea, better stop now.... =)
- Mas Selamat.... boon or bane??
by snoopy_lim @ 8:23 PM