Reflection about Suzhou Industrial Park

From the establishment of Suzhou Industrial Park, I have learnt that in that point of time the Chinese were very unwelcome to foreign investment as shown when Singapore held the majority of the shares, the Chinese government did not push for the project to continue on but instead did a half-assed job on it. The government also copied totally the architectural blueprints of the Suzhou Industrial Park and used it to establish the Suzhou New District that was just beside the Suzhou Industrial Park. The government did not take the agreement that they have signed seriously.

In my point of view, I think that Mr Lee Kuan Yew was a charismatic leader. Since Singapore grew to a first-world metropolis in a generation's time, many countries wanted to learn from Singapore, or more specifically the Prime Minister of that time, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Mr Lee Kuan Yew was also keen to expand Singapore's range of business, hence he travelled all the way to China to meet Mr Deng Xiao Ping to talk about this matter. China was still a closed-up countries at that point in time, so it was very hard to persuade China to let a Singaporean company build their businesses in China. But Mr Lee Kuan Yew still succeeded to do it with his amazing persuasion skills. Thus, I think that Mr Lee Kuan Yew did many things for Singapore and I really respect him.

Reflection on presentation

I think that this assignment is a good experience for me. When I was preparing my presentation, I was very confident with my content. I think that I can do well this time and practiced many times in front of mirrors and family members. I have stage fright so the presentation assignment was a great deal for me. When I saw my classmates presenting so confidently, I became more and more nervous, it became more and more scary for me. So when I had my speech, I was very scared and I stammered throughout the presentation. I think it was badly done and was depressed. But after this assignment, I did better in my English presentation. I was not as scared as I was for CID presentation. I think after some experience will help me overcome my stage fright little by little. I felt relieved after my presentation.

I think all my other classmates did better than me. They were confident and did not stammer much. They do not seem scared or anything but presented leisurely. I actually hope that I can be as confident as them. But I think if I can do more presentation and speech, I might be able to overcome my stage fright. I think this type of assignment will be very useful for me.

Reflection on Assessment 1 Presentation

I think that for this assessment, I didn't exert my whole potential since I was nervous when I was up there presenting. I think that I did not choose the picture well since I had a better idea which I did not discover when I was choosing my picture. While preparing for the speech, I was too focused on describing the picture instead of inferring the messages that the artist was trying to convey to the audience. I think that I should have thought more throughly about the picture I should choose since it will affect the delivery and grade of the presentation,

Well for the class, I think that most of them are very nervous and cut short on the content of their presentation since this was the first presentation we had this week. But some of them are confident in their delivery hence, I think I that I should learn from them, preparing well and speaking with confidence. 

Reflections

Process on preparing speech

Preparing the speech was quite a difficult thing to do since I had nothing much to talk about chili crab. However, i started to think out of the box and think what is really the exact reason I chose the chili crab to represent singapore. This is when I realised it's because chili crab is so significant to singapore that I had to choose that picture. 

Presentation 

I think I stuttered quite a lot because I kept forgetting my points. I also kept looking at my script since I was not confident enough. I think I should have prepared more so I can stop relying on my script

How you think class did 

Overall the class did well. However, I think that we should try to refrain from relying on scripts since it made us look unconfident. 

Reflection on Assignment 1 presentation. Han Wei 26

Process: In researching and writing my script, I found more and more about Singapore, it's history, food, multicultural practices and contributions Mr Lee Kuan Yew did for Singapore. 

Presentation: I was the first group to present and I was actually quite nervous before the presentation. However, when I was presenting, it became more natural to describe my home, Singapore. 

Overall for class: I think the class did alright. Many people was nervous but pulled through with a smile in the end of the presentation. 

Reflection on CID presentation

I think that in this presentation, we all didn't make use of the time well. We were afraid of going over the time limit and being deducted marks so we shortened our speeches to make sure we stayed within the time limit. However, when I presented, I was nervous and forget things, so my speech became even shorter. So, I think that we should not worry so much about the timing, as when there is 30 seconds left, we can end of our point and conclude, and not go over the time. I think I should have done that instead of trying to plan out everything, as this way, it will be more flexible, and made use of our time better.

Comment on group threes presentation

I think that the presentation was good as it was funny and engaged the audience. Yizhuo was able to use humor to attract the audience and his voice was loud and clear. Furthermore, he held in his laughter when telling the jokes. So, I think that he didi well as he was able to articulate clearly and engage the audience