Biodata

I am Carolyn Wong studying Bioengineering final year.

I am determined, disciplined, control, independent and jovial person. Moreover, I like to explore new things just as much as mountain hiking. I am able to adapt to changes quickly too as I love to try unexplored things. I hope to excel in design field of a start-up company since I love drawing, at the same time travel to different places and constantly meet new people through dancing parties and different interactions.
I would be graduating from NUS with a Bachelor Honours degree in Bioengineering in 2009. I hope to pursue a career in design field of engineering firm. Years of studying in engineering department has inculcated me to have logical thinking and analytical ability. Furthermore, I like to draw since I was very young. This has influenced me throughout my studies in NUS. I have been trying to integrate my love for drawing into engineering. I have taken relevant engineering design modules and workshops to polish my skills too. I wish I could to work as a designer in a start-up company as it provides motivational environment and stretch me to fullest potential.
I am good in speaking and writing Mandarin, English and Malay. I speak Hokkien in my family and I understand Cantonese. I also learn 3dmax, Adobe Flash and Solidworks during my free time.

Finally, my life time goal is dedicated to create animations for educational purposes to enlighten and benefit children from third world countries.

Reflecting on Your Report Writing Experience

I have a positive learning experience doing this research project. It conveys the procedures of conducting a meeting, importance of agenda and meeting minutes, and editing by peers. I found out that it is very efficient to prepare things for discussion before meeting as dragging of meeting will irritate and exhaust attendants.
I have learnt how to plan the procedures of conducting a meeting, how to write agenda and how to prepare meeting minutes. I have also learnt how to communicate to get the message across. It is not merely a sentence. It should be supported with arguments, examples, or secondary data if necessary to persuade others to adopt your concept. Sometimes ideas are easily thwarted if others do not understand what you are trying to suggest.
I still have to work on interpersonal relationship.
Being a supportive team player is important to keep the wheel turning and get things done. Without cooperation from team members, others are easily frustrated and demoralized. I have trying to be one by preparing information beforehand and suggesting lots of ideas to my group. I am pleased to be in my team as they are really helpful and diligent members.
I notice that finding statistical results within Singapore context is rather difficult as environmentally sustainable business practices are not hot spot in research yet. I tried to find ranking of green companies or number of companies implementing environmentally sustainable business practices, but to no avail; this is totally opposite to foreign countries like United States.
I like peer review in report. Incremental improvement has been made to writing report through instructive opinions when it involves editing and compilation by peers and group members. As the saying goes, wisdom comes from crowd. The more people there is to review and edit the report, the better the report will become.
I hope that the oral presentation can be presented as simple as possible to ensure everyone understand the concept.
My team members have done a great job in communication and I believe that we can do the same in presentation.