14 January 2007

"This is angie's school life"


Heh...

this is what goes on in my class practicals. Well, not most of the time...
but just to let you have an insight of a scientist-student's life. It's much more fun being a student, than to be an employed scientist..
You'd end up talking to your zebrafishes if you get employed. heh heh!

Proteomics Lab Part 2

There was a part 1 for this, but it's 10minutes and utterly boring.
Watch out when allison screams. it's deafening. I do apologise that it's rather blur, my friend's mobile phone is horribly scarred with scratches.


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Drug Development Practicals "Awards Ceremony"
Where dr guo decides to let us grade our own concoctions of Lotion, Ointments, Creams, emulsions and cough syrups. My group scored A's all the way! everyone did.
Dr Guo got abit high giving out marks. heh. she's such a funny teacher.
Anyway.. the cream looks disgusting, i know. Where got cream ORANGE colour one!?

6:41 PM. By: anj ( 0 comments)

03 January 2007




How to be a good YCM Mentor?
1. Build a Relationship - Establish a positive, personal relationship with your mentee
* Establish mutual trust and respect
* Maintain regular interaction and consistent support
* Remember that relationships take time. Don't expect immediate results.
* Make your time spent your mentee enjoyable or fun

2. Develop Life Skills - Help your mentee to develop or begin to develop life skills
* Work with your mentee to accomplish specific goals
* Instill the framework for developing broader life-management skills (i.e. decision making skills, goal setting skills, money management, etc.) in improvising the supported YCM community project

3. Provide Resources - Assist your mentee on obtaining additional resources
* Provide awareness of resources provided by National Youth Council (Singapore) and how to get them
* Act as a guide or coach, giving clarifications when questions are raised
* Conduct your role of mentor as a friend rather than a counsellor

How to make youths talk more to you?
1. Give your undivided attention.
Show with your body language that you want to listen to that one person. Maintain appropriate eye contact. Occasionally during the conversation call the youth by his or her name.

2. Concentrate fully on what he or she is saying.
Because you can listen faster than the other person can speak, you will sometimes be tempted to think about something else or to interrupt.

3. Please do not talk.
You cannot listen if you are talking.

4. Be honest with him or her.
Speak the truth in gentleness and love. Sometimes you will be in a situation in which a youth wants to talk to you, but you do not have enough time. Be honest and arrange another time to get together.

5. Acknowledge his or her feelings.
Sometimes a youth will specifically state his or her feelings such as "I'm so mad!" or "This is exciting!" or "I feel so discouraged." If so, repeat back or paraphrase the feeling words used in order to communicate that you heard the feeling. Often, a feeling is not put into words but is communicated through vocal communication (such as loudness, pitch, speed, or emphasis) or body language (such as facial expressions, gestures, moving toward or away from you, or touching). Let the youth know ythat ou have observed his or her feelings but let the youth correct you if you are wrong.

6. Avoid giving too much advice and doing alot of problem solving.
A youth may say, "I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do now" or "I really need your help" or "I have a problem here." Your immediate thought is that the youth is asking for advice or a solution to the problem. However, that may not be what was said. More likely, sometimes he or she just want to talk to someone about the situation/problem.

7. Have lots of patience!
Allow time. Do not expect all issues to be settled immediately. Having said that, do not lose faith in your ability to help the youth solve his or her problems if they can or need to be solved. Do not make quick decisions for the youth in order to speed up the process.

8. Silence is okay.
It gives the youth time to reflect on what has already been said. Sometimes he or she is using the period of silence to decide whether to share with you at a deeper level.

9. Invite him or her to talk more.
Ask open-ended specific information questions rather than yes-no kind. Such questions lead to a dead end or only satisfy your curiosity. Questions based on what has already been expressed allow you to follow the direction the youth wants to take.

10. Say your life story?
Hearing the youth's story may somehow remind you of an incident or event in your life. Resist the temptation to tell your story if the result will be shifting the attention to yourself. When you feel it is appropriate to tell your story, make it short and brief then. The purpose of sharing your personal experiences should be to give the youth permission to continue his or her story.


When you are able to listen better, youths will tend to open up, talk more and share with you on a deeper interpersonal level. So always try practising improving your ability to listen.

9:48 AM. By: Administrator ( 0 comments)