Friday, October 17, 2008
Blog Post 6
I am a Singaporean and attended Maris Stella High School and Temasek Junior College (TJC). I am currently an undergraduate at the National University of Singapore (NUS) majoring in the Life Sciences. Academically, my interests lie in Physics and Biology. I picked up rock-climbing when I joined the TJC Climbing Club and am currently in the NUS Intervarsity Climbing Team. My greatest achievement in this sport was winning Team 1st in the national bouldering competition, Pumpfest 2008. I am also working as a part-time lead instructor at Climbasia where I am involved in planning and conducting courses for students and adults who have signed up. My other hobbies are cycling, reading and listening to rock music. I am a level-headed person who loves to make people laugh.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Blog Post 5
The research project has been an enriching and tedious at the same time. This project has not been more demanding than any other projects but the workload and time constrain imposed by the other modules have made it quite a challenge to balance everything. Therefore, the research project has given me insight about working more efficiently with other people who have different working styles and habits.
I feel that one of the most important aspects to discuss is being a team player and building good rapport with the other members of the group. I believe that everything will go more smoothly if the distribution of work is fair and everyone is happy with what he has been entrusted to accomplish.
Teamwork was crucial for us to meet the requirements during the different phases of submission because everyone from our group had different schedules in this semester, so we had to make compromises to accommodate and make up for one another’s hectic periods. For example, my team-mate had supportively shouldered the responsibility of fine-tuning the layout of the project when I had a test to prepare for in that week. In return, I also did my best to help out with the writing of a draft when he had a test in the week. This way, the combined effort of everyone ensured that reliable work was produced on time.
Another helpful benefit of good teamwork was that we discovered what each member of the group was more comfortable working on and was naturally more proficient with. This refers to distributing different tasks such as scouring papers to write up the literature review and using Microsoft Excel to create charts for the results section, which require different interests and expertise. With that insight, we delegated the sections of the project accordingly and this enabled the smoother completion of the work. Hence, this informed method of work distribution allowed us to optimize the team dynamics to ensure that everyone is motivated do fulfill their responsibilities on time and in the best way they know how. However, we made it a point to review one another’s sections as this was a group project and three brains are always better than one.
Ultimately, I would like to say that I am pleased with what we have produced and I enjoyed working with my team-mates and really appreciate all the effort they have put in. All the best guys!
I feel that one of the most important aspects to discuss is being a team player and building good rapport with the other members of the group. I believe that everything will go more smoothly if the distribution of work is fair and everyone is happy with what he has been entrusted to accomplish.
Teamwork was crucial for us to meet the requirements during the different phases of submission because everyone from our group had different schedules in this semester, so we had to make compromises to accommodate and make up for one another’s hectic periods. For example, my team-mate had supportively shouldered the responsibility of fine-tuning the layout of the project when I had a test to prepare for in that week. In return, I also did my best to help out with the writing of a draft when he had a test in the week. This way, the combined effort of everyone ensured that reliable work was produced on time.
Another helpful benefit of good teamwork was that we discovered what each member of the group was more comfortable working on and was naturally more proficient with. This refers to distributing different tasks such as scouring papers to write up the literature review and using Microsoft Excel to create charts for the results section, which require different interests and expertise. With that insight, we delegated the sections of the project accordingly and this enabled the smoother completion of the work. Hence, this informed method of work distribution allowed us to optimize the team dynamics to ensure that everyone is motivated do fulfill their responsibilities on time and in the best way they know how. However, we made it a point to review one another’s sections as this was a group project and three brains are always better than one.
Ultimately, I would like to say that I am pleased with what we have produced and I enjoyed working with my team-mates and really appreciate all the effort they have put in. All the best guys!
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