I have not being able to blog properly due to the amount of hw. But, lol... i kinda enjoy them. Even ComDI. Dun think i'm mad. coz i reallie can persuade my dreams... after so much years of studying studying. Be it Englisg, Math, Sciences...and tonnes other, i finally get to do wat i truly like. Below is a narrative essay our ComDI want us to write. Blog later. But u guys out there might as well read this first. I will come up with proper blog when i have time. AND mind U... this is a narrative. so some stuff i mention in there is fictional, lol... eg.. i dun have a gal friend. I juz crap around.

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Turning on my hand phone’s Bluetooth, my vision went back to the computer screen. I looked at my watch. It read 2.00a.m. I realized that I must be quick; I still need my beauty sleep. Even though school starts late tomorrow, I’m going to meet up with my girlfriend and pass her a birthday gift before going to school. However, since I have a bad memory. I need to record down today’s happening in the blog before I go to bed. After trying to connect to the phone for a while, it’s finally through. A prompt window appears, “Are you sure you want to copy data here?” I click yes. “Transferring...”

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I went out for a while, and came back with a soda. By then, a window appears which say, “Transfer completed”. I excitedly opened the photo’s folder. The scrolling bar is very short, which indicates that there are a lot of files inside. I scrolled down to the bottom. I have successfully backup my phones photos into my computer.

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I have the habit of taking photo of everything and anything. I often take photo of myself, scenery and things that is precious to me. During the few days in Temasek Polytechnic, I have captured many memorable photos.

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The first photo is picture of the door of multipurpose room 2. There is where I attended my first lesson of ComDI.

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I remembered the time when I first entered the room. ComDI? What the heck is it? I don’t even know what I’m going to study. The lecturer wants me and a guy sitting next to me to collect money and buy the subject’s text. When I went into the bookstore, I finally realize that ComDI is actually Communicating Design Ideas.

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The lecturer started the class and soon afterwards, wants us to form group, sit together and work on the assignment. I realized. This is what ComDI is all about. It is to be able to communicate your ideas to people.

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I work myself to the limit. The usual quiet Samuel finally opened his mouth to speak, to share ideas, TO COMMUNCATE. I see it’s a very important skill we need to acquire. After the assignment, though we had not spent much time together. Our group had bonded very well together, and during that break, even sit together to eat. Before the first day of lesson ended, our homework of the day was to prepare a presentation on an art exhibit and present it the other day. This forced me, the quiet and introverts Samuel, to chat with them. To learn to work together as a team, we must first know each other well.

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I clicked on the button, next, and a blurred image of a clay figurine appears. It blurred, probably because I move the camera phone when I took it. I deleted the picture and the one following is much clearer. It is a clay figurine of my self-portraiture. I remembered how much word I have put into it.

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The self-portraiture was supposed to be something that would represent you. You can make, draw, paint and even get something that is already available and present it. It is like a show and tell I did during secondary school.

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I pondered for very long. What would best represent me? This assignment makes me to look deeper into myself. How I really felt inside me. I reflected for some time and was shocked at how I think of myself; I never thought that I was such a person. Probably, since I never really reflected before. This exercise had allowed me to know how a person I was like, how I can make use of such knowledge and how I can improve myself to benefit in the learning journey ahead. I would try to be more extroverts and friendly. I aimed to make more friends. Not just within the school, but also friends from other schools. I believe connection is very important in later on in life. Also, that is what they teach in this subject, ComDI, to improve our presentation skill and communication skill. Communication is very essential in our learning in a polytechnic. It is even more important for us as designers to learn it. Not just because much of the marks is tabulated via presentation (we don’t have any exam, I hope), but also, it is important for our future. When we leave the polytechnic with a diploma, majority of us will start sending CVs and applying for jobs. Without a good communication skill, it will not look good on us.

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I clicked next. An image appears. It is a picture of me, scratching my head while holding onto a piece of blank paper. Ha-ha... I remember what I was doing. Then, I was taking a photo while thinking, “Why do I need to write essay in Design course?” Honestly, I thought that by entering polytechnic especially a design course, I would not be touching so much on English. I was wrong.

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The topic I was doing is a descriptive essay on the self-portraiture I made. Come to think of it, it’s all English. I failed my English; I am not good in it. I don’t know that I can even write out that essay. Descriptive essay is also more challenging. I never done descriptive essay before in my 10 years of education. It’s true! I always chose narrative. The demand of descriptive essay is to have powerful English, to be able to use nice words to describe things. Due to my limited vocabulary, I dare not touch that kind of essay.

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Now, the assignment of that day was to write one of those kinds of essay. I tried my best to write one. I also realize it is hard to stay formal and that; I will often include feelings into that essay, which is not the style of a descriptive essay. I have found myself in difficulty and is struggling to finish it. What I have noticed that what I am writing is also what we, as designers need to be able write. According to what I penned down in my notes, designers need to have writing skills to be able to come up with concept, bring concept across to clients and to persuade the clients.

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After these thoughts, I finally realized I need to take one step further; away from my comfort zone. Go forward and not let this barrier stop me. I will work hard, I will improve my English. It will eventually help me in becoming a good student, a good writer, a good designer.

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