Sunday, November 16, 2008
Music
Recently, i re-watched a japanese series 'Nodame Cantabile'. Basically, the background of the series is classical music which includes the orchestra and piano. It makes me reminded the times when i was in secondary school where i joined a band. In the series, it talks a lot about music. There is a lot in a music. It is not just a piece of work which includes a lot of crochets and semiquavers. It contains messages which the composer wanted to tell us. To present the piece well, we have to know and understand the messages underlying the notes. When it comes to the orchestra music, it is not just the communication between the composer and the player. There are communication between the players of different instrument; communication within the conductor ,the performers and concert master(the 1st violinist, the person who lead the orchestra members). And different tone colour can express different kind of mood. A very great performance can only be shown when there are communication between the players.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
life and miscommunications
life is not as easy as i thought it would be. there are so many challenges that one has to go through. at times tackling these challenges can really drain a person. some may even give up. things can get so complicated at times that you just feel like running away.. it gets even worst when miscommunication happens.
miscommunications can cause many things to happen. a relationship can be affected badly by it. sometimes people may not intemperate things the way you think they will. they may take what you say in a whole different way. thats how things get bad. and when they do, we tend to try to make things right. instead they just get worst. sometimes the less you say the better you are. so choose your words wisely. and as we all know LIFE IS TOUGH, SO SHUT UP AND LIVE IT. ( 2008, simren gill ) hahaha..
=)
-simren
miscommunications can cause many things to happen. a relationship can be affected badly by it. sometimes people may not intemperate things the way you think they will. they may take what you say in a whole different way. thats how things get bad. and when they do, we tend to try to make things right. instead they just get worst. sometimes the less you say the better you are. so choose your words wisely. and as we all know LIFE IS TOUGH, SO SHUT UP AND LIVE IT. ( 2008, simren gill ) hahaha..
=)
-simren
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Impromtu Speech....
Since we are going to have an impromtu speech soon, let me introduce some tips that i had research on. It actually sounds quite reasonable. Good luck for all of us....
When we get our topic, the first thing we have to do is to relax and keep our mind clear. The next thing is to create an outline as it can help us to keep us going when our mind are blanked. When we plan our speech, we have to plan it according to these points:
1 Examine your topic. Does it lend itself well to a comparison? Examples? A demonstration? Decide on one method and begin your outline.
2 Consider your strengths. Are you best at making people laugh or explaining things to other people? Identify your strengths to help organize your thoughts.
For instance, if your impromptu topic concerns dress codes in school, you may want to joke about your own wardrobe during your introduction, then re-visit that thought during your ending.
However, you may be more comfortable expressing your opinion to others. If so, don't try to be funny. Pick a style that suits your personality.
3 Make an outline. Think of several points and organize them. Keep a great line for the ending.
If you do nothing else, write down an introductory sentence and an ending sentence.
Practice your beginning and your ending. These are the most stressful parts of your speech, and the most critical when it comes to good delivery.
When you are comfortable with your beginning and ending, then practice your body. List several points and find ways to elaborate on each one.
4 Give yourself a minute or two to relax. Wrap up your practice at least a few minutes before you speak. Give yourself time to reflect and relax.
5 As you deliver your speech, concentrate on diction and tone. If you are thinking about this, you are not thinking about the eyes watching you. This really works. Your mind can't think about too many things at once, so think about enunciating your words and controlling your tone, and you'll maintain more control.
But what if you draw a blank?
1 Pretend like you're pausing on purpose. Walk back and forth slowly, as if you're letting your last point sink in.
2 There is always a joker or popular person who will stand out in the crowd. Stare at someone like this and try to draw a response from him or her while you think.
3 Keep walking or staring and put the crowd or audience out of your head for a moment and go over your major points.
4 Picture your outline on your hand or use whatever mnemonic trick you developed.
5 If you need more time to think, you may want to ask the audience a question. Have a few prepared ahead, like "Do you have any questions," or "Can everyone hear me okay?"
6 If you still can't remember what to say, make up a reason to pause the speech. You can say, "I'm sorry, but my throat is very dry. Can I please get a glass of water?" Someone will go to get you a drink, and you will have time to think of two or three points to talk about.
If these tips can't work, just crap anything you can. However, make it sounds relevant to your topic. The main point is keep yourself calm. Lets see if the tips will work in our impromtu speech. Good Luck!!!!
When we get our topic, the first thing we have to do is to relax and keep our mind clear. The next thing is to create an outline as it can help us to keep us going when our mind are blanked. When we plan our speech, we have to plan it according to these points:
1 Examine your topic. Does it lend itself well to a comparison? Examples? A demonstration? Decide on one method and begin your outline.
2 Consider your strengths. Are you best at making people laugh or explaining things to other people? Identify your strengths to help organize your thoughts.
For instance, if your impromptu topic concerns dress codes in school, you may want to joke about your own wardrobe during your introduction, then re-visit that thought during your ending.
However, you may be more comfortable expressing your opinion to others. If so, don't try to be funny. Pick a style that suits your personality.
3 Make an outline. Think of several points and organize them. Keep a great line for the ending.
If you do nothing else, write down an introductory sentence and an ending sentence.
Practice your beginning and your ending. These are the most stressful parts of your speech, and the most critical when it comes to good delivery.
When you are comfortable with your beginning and ending, then practice your body. List several points and find ways to elaborate on each one.
4 Give yourself a minute or two to relax. Wrap up your practice at least a few minutes before you speak. Give yourself time to reflect and relax.
5 As you deliver your speech, concentrate on diction and tone. If you are thinking about this, you are not thinking about the eyes watching you. This really works. Your mind can't think about too many things at once, so think about enunciating your words and controlling your tone, and you'll maintain more control.
But what if you draw a blank?
1 Pretend like you're pausing on purpose. Walk back and forth slowly, as if you're letting your last point sink in.
2 There is always a joker or popular person who will stand out in the crowd. Stare at someone like this and try to draw a response from him or her while you think.
3 Keep walking or staring and put the crowd or audience out of your head for a moment and go over your major points.
4 Picture your outline on your hand or use whatever mnemonic trick you developed.
5 If you need more time to think, you may want to ask the audience a question. Have a few prepared ahead, like "Do you have any questions," or "Can everyone hear me okay?"
6 If you still can't remember what to say, make up a reason to pause the speech. You can say, "I'm sorry, but my throat is very dry. Can I please get a glass of water?" Someone will go to get you a drink, and you will have time to think of two or three points to talk about.
If these tips can't work, just crap anything you can. However, make it sounds relevant to your topic. The main point is keep yourself calm. Lets see if the tips will work in our impromtu speech. Good Luck!!!!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Reflection
What we say and do reflect on ourselves. It's like people know what type of person we are by the way we act and by the way we say things. Usually the things we say most differentiate us from others. For example, everytime my parents asked me what I want to eat, I always reply by saying "Whatever." And when they ask my brother what he wants to eat, he will always say "anything." One day, my mum went to Singapore and she saw two drinks that reminded her of my brother and I. It's literally called 'Anything' and 'Whatever'. She bought it and gave it to us. Now they actually sell it here. I went to 711 that day and saw it.
People say it so often that a company actually decided to create such beverages. The interesting part is the drink has mystery flavours. You don't know the flavour until you drink it. Hence, the name. I guess what I'm trying to say is that certain things we say can remind people of ourselves. Hopefully, it's good things.
-Peace-
People say it so often that a company actually decided to create such beverages. The interesting part is the drink has mystery flavours. You don't know the flavour until you drink it. Hence, the name. I guess what I'm trying to say is that certain things we say can remind people of ourselves. Hopefully, it's good things.
-Peace-
Sunday, November 2, 2008
WE, as a group.
Well, last Thursday, we had finally finished our Human Comm movie analysis assignment. Hooray~
We managed to get things in the right place at the very last moment where Mr. Murali asked us to make some adjustments on our paper. At that moment, we were just rushing and rushing like mad, just to make sure that we could pass up the paper by 3.30 pm. Things got a little easier as we were in group. Our members helped each other by doing our own parts after the jobs were seperated. Fortunately, we were able to hand in the paper to Mr. Murali on time. *wink*
Group work was always not an easy thing for me as I prefer doing my college work by myself. To me, group work is hard as members in the group will always need time to tolerate with each other before coming to a point where desicion can be make. But, we, in a society will always need to work in group, and that is when we need to communicate. Communication is important as things need to be done quickly and correctly.
Anyway, since Mr. Murali had taught us about "Group" last week. I shall do a simple analysis on my Human Comm assignment group based on what I have learnt from the lecture.
Group size: 5 people
Type of group: Learning group
Goals:
Individual goal: [Task-oriented] To get marks in the assignments and pass Human Comm.
Group goal: To finish and pass up the assignment on time.
Norms in the group:
- All members present on time in each meetings.
- Things have to be done before due.
- Works are divided equally to each members.
Pattern of interaction: All-channel network
Gate-keeper (who keeps the information flow through the group): Jaime
Decision-making methods: Consensus and Majority control.
And.. That's what make us - Me (Yin Foong), Jaime, Liza, Afiqah, and Simren a group. *wink*
=Yin Foong=
We managed to get things in the right place at the very last moment where Mr. Murali asked us to make some adjustments on our paper. At that moment, we were just rushing and rushing like mad, just to make sure that we could pass up the paper by 3.30 pm. Things got a little easier as we were in group. Our members helped each other by doing our own parts after the jobs were seperated. Fortunately, we were able to hand in the paper to Mr. Murali on time. *wink*
Group work was always not an easy thing for me as I prefer doing my college work by myself. To me, group work is hard as members in the group will always need time to tolerate with each other before coming to a point where desicion can be make. But, we, in a society will always need to work in group, and that is when we need to communicate. Communication is important as things need to be done quickly and correctly.
Anyway, since Mr. Murali had taught us about "Group" last week. I shall do a simple analysis on my Human Comm assignment group based on what I have learnt from the lecture.
Group size: 5 people
Type of group: Learning group
Goals:
Individual goal: [Task-oriented] To get marks in the assignments and pass Human Comm.
Group goal: To finish and pass up the assignment on time.
Norms in the group:
- All members present on time in each meetings.
- Things have to be done before due.
- Works are divided equally to each members.
Pattern of interaction: All-channel network
Gate-keeper (who keeps the information flow through the group): Jaime
Decision-making methods: Consensus and Majority control.
And.. That's what make us - Me (Yin Foong), Jaime, Liza, Afiqah, and Simren a group. *wink*
=Yin Foong=
Facebook. In today's world, it's like "Everyone has a Facebook". I learnt this phrase in a movie that I've watched recently, which is the "Disaster Movie". Well, it is undeniable that Facebook is a quite successful online-networking tool.
I have joined Facebook last month. Before that, when my friends asked me to join, I was quite reluctant to sign up for Facebook (FB) as I think there is nothing interesting. However, after I got an account in FB, I started to learn why people got addicted to it that easy. It's not really about making new friends, it's about the applications within it! The main application of writing on the "wall" on one's profile allows people to express their comments easier. In addition, the "wall" will also displays the activities that one have done in FB. To view these "walls" or profiles of others, one will have to add that person as friend. One by one, when one keeps on adding his friends list, his network gets larger.
Other interesting applications include tagging of photos. People who have account in FB can tagged themselves in someone else's uploaded photos. So when others are viewing one's photos, they can identify the friends of their friend, and then get into the profiles of their friend's friends. Once again, people are connected.
There are also some other gaming applications. The one that I am so into right now is the "Fluff Friends" where people can adopt cartoon pets. After adopting a pet, one can pet it, feed it, decorate its habitats etc. So, you might wonder: How does this application help in connecting people around the world? Simple, people are "encouraged" to pet, give gifts, and feed others' pets as there will be "munny" (which is so-call money in the Fluff World, people use it to buy items, foods, decorations etc.) granted. In every "fluffer"'s (those who use this application) profile, there will be information of other fluffers displayed randomly. Therefore, one can click on one's profile to pet their pets. The network can be spreaded so widely that a fluffer from Malaysia can pet a pet owned by a American.
Anyway, although some of the applications are really fun to play with, one will maybe get bored someday. In the end of the day, the thing that really matter are still your friends that you made on FB.
PS: For those who know me and have a FB account, search me by this name: Yfoong Liew(http://www.facebook.com/s.php?ref=search&init=q&q=yfoong+liew&sid=f49f8b16b9b52e7bf89037731846358d) and add me as friends ya~ ^^
*wink*
=Yin Foong=
I have joined Facebook last month. Before that, when my friends asked me to join, I was quite reluctant to sign up for Facebook (FB) as I think there is nothing interesting. However, after I got an account in FB, I started to learn why people got addicted to it that easy. It's not really about making new friends, it's about the applications within it! The main application of writing on the "wall" on one's profile allows people to express their comments easier. In addition, the "wall" will also displays the activities that one have done in FB. To view these "walls" or profiles of others, one will have to add that person as friend. One by one, when one keeps on adding his friends list, his network gets larger.
Other interesting applications include tagging of photos. People who have account in FB can tagged themselves in someone else's uploaded photos. So when others are viewing one's photos, they can identify the friends of their friend, and then get into the profiles of their friend's friends. Once again, people are connected.
There are also some other gaming applications. The one that I am so into right now is the "Fluff Friends" where people can adopt cartoon pets. After adopting a pet, one can pet it, feed it, decorate its habitats etc. So, you might wonder: How does this application help in connecting people around the world? Simple, people are "encouraged" to pet, give gifts, and feed others' pets as there will be "munny" (which is so-call money in the Fluff World, people use it to buy items, foods, decorations etc.) granted. In every "fluffer"'s (those who use this application) profile, there will be information of other fluffers displayed randomly. Therefore, one can click on one's profile to pet their pets. The network can be spreaded so widely that a fluffer from Malaysia can pet a pet owned by a American.
Anyway, although some of the applications are really fun to play with, one will maybe get bored someday. In the end of the day, the thing that really matter are still your friends that you made on FB.
PS: For those who know me and have a FB account, search me by this name: Yfoong Liew(http://www.facebook.com/s.php?ref=search&init=q&q=yfoong+liew&sid=f49f8b16b9b52e7bf89037731846358d) and add me as friends ya~ ^^
*wink*
=Yin Foong=
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Write and Deliver a Great Speech!
1. Breathe, deeply & Relax your mind.
2. Think of what to write in the speech, considering who are your audiences, the settings, time given, and other relevant factors that are important.
3. Talk a topic that you are familiar with (if you are given a free-topic).
4. Scribble some rough ideas on what you are going to talk about, what you want the audiences to know; roughly about 3 main ideas, and don't forget about your thesis statement!
5. Start to develop your ideas in creative way whereby people could understand it better such as making it like a story! Conclude your speech either by calling them to action, motivating them to do something positive, and understand what you are trying to talk about.
6. Arrive early at the presentation area, talk to strangers and get to know them better. Talking to some of your audiences will make you feel a lot closer and less afraid when giving speeches later.
7. When you arrive at your conclusion, do not rush it as it is one of the most important part in your speech, which must have a 'bang' and 'wow' to the audiences and you.
8. Don't forget to smile at your audiences! You make both the audiences and you feel relaxed and less worried!
9. Enjoy the whole process when you are delivering speeches as it is the the most important instruction you must remember. Only then, everything will turn out fine.
sources: Thomson, B 2005, 'Write a Great Speech in 5-7 Minutes, Don't Agonize Over your Next Presentation, Associated Content Inc, viewed 30th Oct 2008,
Liew Hui Qing, Jaime
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