Tuesday, September 23, 2008

5.01 Suana

Today is a very hot day!
  • Planned to have lunch at 小田园 (Fishballs), but delayed.

  • Had PM lessons in the afternoon 1-5pm (Sweaty skin & tired)

  • End of day
Reflections:
Currently is the start of week 05 and exactly I left about 2 weeks before flying back to Singapore. Looking back to the start, I've set for myself to develop certain global skills. One of the skills such as the Interpersonal skills, I grade myself as 50/100 at the start. After spending 4 weeks in Wuhan and hanging out with the people around (local/roommates/other friends), honestly I think I've improved by a little. I would say for now, I stand about 65/100 in terms of being able to better understand the language and the slang the Chinese used to converse with me. Compared to the start, I was a little worried that my standard of Chinese I wouldn't be able to understand the words they used and the slang they elaborate the meaning. However, I managed to learn certain words and I felt more confident in being able to communicate with them by expressing myself freely with the basic Chinese language I have. But still, there are certain constraints such as remembering certain words.

Other than the language spoken with the locals and the people, there is another factor which I'm still weak in. The area is about my boldness in interacting more with the people face to face. I think I'm lacking in that area. Thereby, the remaining 2 weeks, I'll be looking forward and believing for myself in putting myself in places of discomfort and constantly challenging myself to interact with people.


jac

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