WOOHOO! four weeks down and two more to go!! and back I will be in Singapore and see all my dearest!! (family/friends/spiritual family/MANY MANY MORE).. hahaha! oh man. four weeks in China is really something for me and it is so much fun and laughter! I can't believe I'm away from Singapore for almost a month! wow!

DAY 29

basically there's nothing interesting happening today except for the guys managed to complete a game which we took super long to figure out how to win. haha! it was quite a nice bonding session where we do things together, having an aim to achieve something. Although it is a game, nevertheless, it is still something we managed to complete! =)

had PM lesson today. Mainly talked about leadership styles and conflict management. haha! I was like -.- when Mr. Tan talked about it. A little bored for me as I have went through these topics already. I even had my own workshop!! haha! oh well. Its a little different though. The leadership styles being taught this time round is more general. About autocratic, democratic and Laizzes-Faire style. so yea. it much more general than the workshop I gave during TVC'08. =) but still, its something to learn. as for conflict management, I felt it was exactly the same as what Min had in her conflict management workshop for TVC'08. so I was rather half listening and half listening to my music =P but in all, there's still something to learn from it. so yea. because i always believe that there will be something new to learn from even though it is the same thing. since we will notice different things at different times. =D

oh wells. blog about something more interesting. haha! I shall talked about the conditions of the apartment since it is getting a little boring for me to always update about my life over here. since a picture speaks a thousand words, I shall have a many thousand words essay here!

This is how the apartment looks on the first week:



My room.


The living room or we call it the common clothes area.


Jacob's and Zheng wei's room. haha!


And after four weeks, this is the condition:


my room.


cheng teck's room (sorry ah. didnt took his room picture on week 1)


Jacob's and Zheng wei's room. By the way, the half naked guy is Jacob. haha! =P


our common area with Mr. Hardworking + Joker, Cai Guo Yuan.


And tadah! that's me!! I LOVE MY HAIR! WOOT!~

haha! SEE THE DIFFERENCE??!! SO COOL RIGHT??!!

Oh well, it will soon be cleared. Cause I will need to start packing and jumping on my suitcase already. haha! I will soon blog about what I've bought. So yea. haha! LOOK FORWARD TO IT!! =D


REFLECTION OF DAY 29, MONDAY, 22nd SEPTEMBER 2008:

Time: 9:55pm

Today’s Project Management lecture talks about leadership styles, conflict management and also change control. I was a little bored at first as I had been through 2/3 of the lecture’s topics before, which is leadership style and conflict management. However, I decided to be attentive as I thought there would have something additional which I didn’t know that can add value to my knowledge.

Although the content was similar, it sort of reinforced what I have learnt, especially for the part on conflict management. Thinking back, there were many times I didn’t really resolve conflicts but let it hanging as I am one that do not like to settle things that may turn ugly. Being people oriented, I will need to better manage conflicts as it is something unavoidable most of the time. Conflict does not necessary be bad as it helps to build relations if managed correctly.

Remembering what I have observed since Day 1 in China, I notice that people in China are very open in conflict management. Meaning they are very willing to step out to manage an on-going conflict. I once saw two people having a conflict and them managing it to resolve the problems. They tend to adopt a more forceful way of management a conflict which is to try and create a win-lose situation (whereby the position is in a Me-You). Although I don’t prefer this method of management, but somehow this is the way they work over here. If it were to be me, I would not be so “open” in trying to resolve it as I will walk away instead. But still, I admire their courage and boldness to manage a conflict.

In conclusion, I need to learn how to break out of my own comfort zone to deal with conflicts so that things can get going. This will also not affect relationships among people as leaving a conflict does not solve it but prolongs it. Therefore, conflict management skill is something that is important in daily life.

Learning in progress: Adaption to environment