4th Semester Preview

2 weeks into the 2nd year, and finally have met all the lectures enough to give me a preview for the whole of 4th sem, based on first impression that is.

This time around, the subjects which I gonna study is Family Counselling, Career Counselling, Leadership Skills, Basic Management Principle and Developmental Psychology. And by the way, hoorah becoz there will be no more language subjects.

First, Family Counselling.

Basically the name suggests what we are going to study this sem. Yeap. Family. The lecturer? According to Miss...sorry again...Dr.Chai, our head of Social Science, he is someone from the army and now half way through for his PhD in Psychology. Now, you will begin to imagine a particular guy with a muscular body, fashioned himself in a tight tee to show of his hard nipples and breast, growing a Hitler-like moustache and speaking in a commanding as well as irritating voice. Or at least this is who I was expecting. Surprisingly, he is the contrast of what we thing he is. The first time he stepped in, we thought he is the technician for the DK, trying to fix the lights. Describing him will be something like this: Small, student-faced, bespectacled and looks like some nerd to me. So, is the way he speaks. Someone from the army? Totally duped.

Now, to the subject itself. The moment he started to lecture, i am already opening my mouth wide. Why? Supposingly you came across words such as Cybernatic Epistemology, Reciprocal Determinism, Linear and Circular Casualty, Identified patient(ID) and 2nd Order Cybernatics, what will you think it is? For me, its something like a military strategy drill. Damn. You call this family counselling? I am expecting terms which are softer and more comfortable. Family maa.

Next, Career Counselling.

Finally, we had the opportunity to meet Miss Eva, recommended by the seniors as the best in our field. Well, the reputation matches her. Yeap. I find her classes very interesting. With her well-spoken English and quirky sense of humour, I'll be darned if you slept in her class. She did warned that this subject itself will be hard and boring. I think she's jsut being humble. The subject is interesting as long as you got an enthusiatic lecturer like her.

Leadership Skill.

In this context, we will not be studying to be some national leader and stuff. It will be something about how to lead a group counselling and doing group dynamics. The lecturer will be none other then Dr. Chai herself. She was with us for Introduction to Counselling, so somehow we already knew her ways of handling her class. Its a moderate subject, at least for the first and second week.

Basic Management Principle.

This is a business subject. Will be studied because it will help us in Human Resource Management in the future. Miss Khoo is the lecturer. Somehow, from some angle, she looks like my friend, Christine Goh. Whahaha. Practically, her style of lecture is kinda business-like, something like having a business conference. A fast talking and no nonsense lecturer.

Developmental Psychology.

For the third time during the course, Mr Phillip will be teaching us, which is good news. The ever informative guy he is, its always nice to have him as a lecturer. Past experience showed that he is well organized and fair to his student. An honest guy. The subject? The philosophy is the same as Career Counselling. Good lecturer=Interesting Subject.

As it is the second year, life will not be as beautiful as the previous year. The subjects are getting tougher and the assignments will be expectingly insane-like.

But thank god we dont have some particular grumpy old man and "hoh" sounding person as lecturer.....for now.

Reporting out.