Looking back...

Yupz...the sem's ending soon. Just 2 more weeks and it's officially over. Guess there're mixed feelings here: trepidation and excitment, since I don't really know what to expect after graduation. Looking back, perhaps those were the feelings that I had when I first entered university as well. Oh yes, all the projects are over as well, with the final one, Marketing Research, ending yesterday. Suddenly felt like recalling all my projects for the past three years. Well, my memory fails me at times, so pardon me if I can't remember some of the details and group members.

First sem 2003/2004

Management and Organization:
We had to do a video project for this. I was in the same group as Huiling and Xiuqi (we were from the same OG) and four other guys. It was pretty fun, mostly the video recording part and thanks to the guys, our video was one of the best for the module. Could remember that we spent about 4 hours every wednesday afternoon for this project (which is only 20% of the total!!), but guess the end result was worth it.

Financial Accounting:
Think we had to do a project on Hourglass, so we spent quite a lot of time pouring over the financial statements of this company. I can't really remember the names of my group mates but I think none were from business. Anyway, we didn't really do very well for this project and it also made me realise that perhaps I do not have the apitude for finance after all.

Legal Environment of Business:
This was rather enjoyable and it was through this project that I really got to know Shujun and Ting Ting better. Little would I know then that both of them would become 2 of my closest friends from Business. Wonder what would have happened if we weren't in the same class or group then.

Introduction to Statistics:
I was in the same group with 2 Vietnamese, 1 Indonesian and 1 Singaporean. Pretty international huh. We didn't really spend that much time on the project since it's not a very big one but it was still quite enjoyable nevertheless.

Second sem 2003/2004

Principles of Marketing:
The project for this wasn't that major, unlike for the previous semester where the students had to do a marketing plan for this module. Remembered that Prof Lau was the lecturer then. Pretty funny lecturer. My tutor was nice too. Anyway, since the project wasn't major, we did it pretty last minute and as expected, we didn't do that well for it either. Thankfully, it wasn't a huge percentage of the total grade.

Macro and International Economics:
Can't really remember the group for this. But can vaguely remember that there were three in a group.

Finance:
I can't even remember if there was a project for this...

First sem 2004/2005

Asia Pacific Business and Society:
First module where we were formally introduced to business cases. I could still remember that we were the first group for both case presentations. Unfortunately, that did not work to our advantage.

Operations Management:
The project for this was rather minor as it was just a presentation of our individual reports. But I could still remember that we did a graphical representation of the RFID usage in supermarkets using powerpoint and spent quite some time doing that as well.

Business Communication:
There were 2 separate groups for this. One for the tutorial presentation and another where we had to do a business report. For the latter, we did on the taxi industry and the five of us (me, Ting, An Lian, Ka Lai and Rekha) got closer after the project, and it was through that project that I got to know An Lian as well. Also made me realised that the stereotype that exchange students are irresponsible is not always right and Rekha proved this. Also felt that this was the few modules that was really useful and applicable to real life as it taught us how to write reports and make presentations and so on.

Managerial Accounting:
Another finance module. Anyway, the project was just a tutorial presentation. Oh ya, I was in the same group as Rekha for this module as well.

Second sem 2004/2005

Management Science:
Was there a project for this?? Hmm...

Asian Markets and Marketing Management:
First module I took where the "ticketing system" was actually used. Actually, I did like the teachings though not this system. Anyway, we did on Coke for this project and we were the first group to present. As expected, it didn't go very well. But I did get to know Joanna through this.

Human Resource Management:
Another group project with an exchange student, Debbie. She was really friendly and yes, she did her work well too. There were two projects for this. We were the first group to present for the first project and the last for the second. Don't ask me why I always get such arrangements. I wished to know too. Anyway, since the second project was on international HRM, we actually did a video interview of an expat professor from NUS. Yupz, finally got to put my video editing skills to some use, not that it's that fantastic anyway..Haha..And not to forget, this was the first time I worked with Claire too, and definitely not the last.


First sem 2005/2006

Leisure, Recreation and Tourism:
Wondered what possessed me to take this module after my disastrous attempt with the first Arts module I took, Singapore Society. But I don't regret taking it. For this project, we went to MacRitchie Reservoir and I'm ashamed to say that it was my first time there. Got to know Xiaofen, Xuelin and Victoria through this too. The lectures were also very enjoyable though sad to say, I didn't score that well for this module.

Consumer Behaviour:
This was a rather interactive module. Though my first impression wasn't that good, I guess the professor managed to change that impression after subsequent weeks. The class was really spontaneous in contributing to the discussion and this was one of the few modules where I could actually feel relaxed in class. Anyway, our group project was on aero-modelling (or radio-controlled aircrafts) and we had to interview the people who were really into this hobby. For this, we went to Clementi one night and then to Tuas another evening. It was really an eye-opener and I guess we all learnt quite alot from this experience as well. The group was really nice too (we were the only all-girls group in class) and I could still remember the times we spent on the project. Really long hours, and there were times when we did digress from the task at hand. Ok, we didn't score an A for this project in the end but if I had to choose again, I guess I would still choose to be in this same group.

Leadership in Organisations:
There were a few unpleasant occurances during the course of this project. Firstly, one of our members left mid-way (she was an exchange student who went back to her home country mid-sem) and left us to complete her part. Just when I had thought that my experience with exchange students were all wonderful, she had to spoil that. Then the rest of the members got really busy so I was left to finish her part. That was pretty annoying because it wasn't that I was that free anyway. But I shall not start ranting here again. Well, the good news is that we managed to get an A for the project.

Organisational Effectiveness:
We did a case study on Five-Star beer. My second time working with Claire and first with Freddy and Jiamin. Can't remember how many times it has been working with Ting though. Think it went alright I guess since I manage to get a pretty decent grade for this module.

Second sem 2005/2006

Organizational Behaviour:
Got to work with familiar people again, namely Claire, Jiamin, Shaoting and Ting. Considering that we were almost separated at the beginning, it made us all the more determined to do our best for this module. Though I do not know how we fared for this project (we did on blogging) yet, I guess we did learn quite a fare bit from this as well. The professor was really helpful during the consultations and through this project, we learnt how to formulate hypothesis, develop an appropriate survey, analyse the results and present everything in the report. There was also an article contribution part which was pair work and I did with a Vietnamese girl. We had to do on Hiv at the workplace and most of our meetings went rather efficiently.

Information Systems Applications:
Was in the same group as Joanna and Ting and we did on Amazon. To spice things up a little during our presentations, we even had a little game (snakes and ladders) for the class. Fortunately, the class were really sporting and they gamely took part.

Business Policy and Strategy:
The project was a case study on Ben & Jerry's, and I must say that this is one of the few projects where we did not really spend a lot of time discussing on. We split up the work after the second meeting and everyone just did their own parts, though there were quite a number of editings to be made after that.

Marketing Research:
The project was on Pampers Premium and in the beginning I admit that I was rather apprehensive about this project, mainly because the professor actually allocate the group for us. He spilt up the groups according to our names in the register, but Ting and I still ended up in different groups even though my name was just below hers in the register!! But I guess there's a reason for everything. Though I do not know how we'll do for this project, it did progress better than I had expected. I managed to know some people who I had known, or should have known. Jacklyn was my ex-colleague. David was from crusade, though I did not know that until then. And Siew Siew was from TPJC too. So I guess we we were connected in some way or another after all. And everyone did put in effort for the project too, from going down to expo for four to five hours to survey the mothers to spending a few hours meeting each week to discuss the project. I wished we would do well for this but even if we don't, I thank God for the people that I've met through this project.



So that's about it I guess. My three years summarised in one entry. Of course there were other things as well, besides the academic part, but I shall leave all that to another time. This entry's long enough, for those who actually bother to read til the end.