When I was first entered this class, Introduction to Engineering, actually I was quite surprised because there are two lecturers , Ir Dr Zaki and Dr Siti Hajjar . I also assumed that this class will be very easy . This is because most of our senior said that this class is the easiest . But , after been through the first semester , I would say that my early assumption is dead wrong. I never thought that this class will be that hard. For this class , we need to do big assignment like Engineering Overview and WASCAM 2014 . The hardest is WASCAM because it consist of 3 stages. However , to be honest , maybe this class is quite hard, but it really helps me to improve myself to be a better person and prepare me to become …show more content…
I can say that there will be presentation every week without fails. I remembered previously during my first presentation, I stuck for a minute, standing there without saying anything. That happen because I was too nervous. I have tendency to become nervous if I need to talk in front of so many people. I’m really disappointed with myself. From that moment, I knew that I need to improve my soft skills. So, I’m doing research from internet on how to get rid of nervous when talking in front of many people. From there, I try to implement what I learnt from the internet during my presentation. Thankfully, my presentation skills is improving with each presentation. My group mates also notice the changes in my presentation skills. I’m quite happy and proud with myself. I think that doing so many presentation is quite tiresome and burdensome, but in the long runs, it will helps you to develop your soft skills. Soft skills are important in so many ways. Soft skills will helps you during your interview to get jobs. Soft skills also important when you become engineer in the future. When you become engineer, you need to convince your colleagues and your boss that your ideas is brilliant and will bring profits to your company. So, it is quite important that we need to develop our soft skills from now on because it will be really useful in the …show more content…
Before this , the other seminar was really boring and no fun at all. To be honest, the seminar about public speaking is the best seminar in this semester. Before this, I will feel very sleepy during the other seminar but because of his charismatic and his enthusiasm, he able to keep me awake. The way he conveys his talk is really something and keep me awake for the whole 3 hours of seminar. All the activities that being carried out during his talk is really fun and enjoyable Up until now , I still remembered exactly his tips and guidance when giving speech. I can practice using his tips so that I can deliver speech effectively without any problems and now I have even more confidence to talk in front of many people. Before this, I was really shy and nervous to talk in front of many people, but after keep practicing his tips , I can say that the nervousness inside me is decreasing. This is because he already taught us on how to get rid of your nervous by breathing slowly and slow the pace of uttering words. I also can implement his tips when I become engineer in the future. As an engineer, you need to have high confidence level when you’re talking. This is because if you’re confidence when you’re talking , people will be convince in what you said even though you’re totally wrong. So , starting from now , we need to boost and increase our confidence level so that we will be become