MY LIFE IN TP
These 3 years in Temasek Polytechnic has been a great impact to my life. I have enrolled into Business process and system Engineering course of Engineering school by the score of 18 points for my “o” level.
The first year in my polytechnic was not a smooth beginning for me. Even before I have enrolled into Temasek polytechnic, I have many friends who were already studying in it. I met up my friends during my break time and I have totally neglected my classmates and spent little time with them. In addition, my bad habit of late coming to lectures and tutorials had affected my result badly. Thus, it greatly affected my relationship with my classmates as they started to drift away from me as they see me as someone who is difficult to get along with. Deep inside my heart, I know that I must do something to improve this relationship. To change their thinking of me, I have to first change my attitude. I kicked off the bad habit of late coming and started attending lessons on time. This change has motivated me to study to get better result for my studies. As people see a change in me, they become my friends and helped me in my studies. I am so glad to have good friends around me who supported and taught me patiently through the examination periods. In the second year, my GPA has increased tremendously! And i really mean alot, 0.4 more!
Polytechnics are famous for projects. Through these few years, I have been grouped as a team to work for projects. During discussions, we are bound to have some conflicts due to different methods of doing things or even misunderstandings. And I guess one very good way to resolve it is to listen to people’s ideas first, respect them before even arguing for your point. Compromise and accommodate is the key.
During the first semester of my third year, I have been attached to Amtek Precision Engineering Co Ltd Shanghai for my Oversea Student Intern Program. My purpose to go there was to do my major project on Amtek. My team mate, Jasmine and I passed through the ups and down moments together. In the beginning, we experienced difficulties in adjusting to the environment at ‘Amtek Shanghai and had the tendency to shy away from my colleagues. As the days passed by, we managed to adapt to the new environment and relationships between my colleagues and I improved. We encountered difficulties as we were new toward their company’s computer systems and made plenty of mistakes, which brought about inconvenience to the staffs there. While doing MP, we have difficult time planning what to do. We have tried a few methods before using the right one. Our project has successfully improved Amtek’s welding process and has saved the cost up to RMB$92, 572.
From the training program, I was trained to be flexible and react to situations quickly. I have also acquired how to handle pressures through the tasks given and the deadlines to meet by my supervisor and in turn, helped me to prepare myself for the working life after my graduation. I have been attached for both my OSIP and MP; I need to juggle my time between both of these. This helps me to have better time management and to adapt to the stressful and competitive society. Overall, it is a pleasant and meaningful trip for me.
In conclusion, throughout my 3 years in Temasek Polytechnic, I have picked up some important points:
1.Knowledge is power.
2.Knowledge is money.
3.Never give up attitude
Upon getting my diploma, I plan to further continue with my studies and acquire a degree. I realized the importance of having a ‘keep on learning’ attitude so as to achieve the highest potential in life. With knowledge, you can win people. People will listen and respect you. And people are an important resource. In this competitive society, u must have educational certificate to survive in this high economy country.
Besides that, the most precious experience that I had gained is that there is always a second chance in life. So do not give up whenever things are not going smoothly or you feel that you have messed up in some periods of your life. It is because of me not giving up and that is why I am where I am today.
Qian signing off.
