The past two weeks has been really tough for me. Deadlines for assignments and projects, proposals to be handed in, and the most dreaded, presentations. but thank goodness all of that are over and I can literally smell the holidays. I've gotta say, this term has by far been the most time-consuming, emotional, energy-consuming and lack-of-sleep-ing term ever. However, it marks the end of my year one and it's pretty bitter-sweet to know that I may not see the same classmates again next year and to leave behind all those precious memories I've made with the friends that I got to know this year. 

The second semester is pretty different than the first semester because I have three modules that are related to groupwork and presentations. Since secondary school, presentations has never been my cup of tea. I hated speaking and sharing to the class about irrelevant stuffs :( plus, I tend to get nervous when I'm speaking to the whole class and my voice gets all  weird haha

Two of my "groupwork" modules, namely teamwork and communication skills & iDiscover, are tied together but graded accordingly. What I actually mean is the topics we studied are being taught in iDiscover and tips on how to improve teamwork and ways to present oneself better. for these two modules, my classmates are the half of my classmates and half of a class from Diploma in Business Information Technology (DBIT). The new and unfamiliar students eventually became my classmates and also my friends. 

I also had my first (and last) formal presentation for the year. I was really stoked for it because I've obviously never had a formal presentation. Looking at business students wearing formal clothes makes me jealous sometimes but when I got the opportunity to wear formal for a day, I'm pretty much glad I wouldn't need to don formal everyday :-D 

here's me and my teammate, simching!

I know I'm gonna miss my classmates, especially Kai :( but I know new classmates means new opportunities and new first impressions :-D i'm also glad that this year is over and the much-awaited holidays are closely approaching, but most importantly, I'm really proud of myself for sucessfully enduring you. I remember how I thought I wouldn't be able to because at that time, I was too dependent and too afraid. 

OH BOY I was sooooo wrong. 

As a matter of fact, this term has been such a blast despite its challenges. I got to do stuffs that I wouldn't do in a million years, like walking around school like a fool with a balloon attached to my wrist, applying temporary tattoos on my wrist, colouring irregular strands of my hair with hair chalk, etc. Long story short, I got to be myself. sounds normal does it? well, when there's a certain someone who would always give his "two cents" about whatever I do that seems not normal, it's difficult. putting the past behind, I'm really glad that year one is almost over. two papers and hello holidays :-) All the best and good luck to the poly students who are currently mugging for their exams! 

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