Hello and good evening!! yeah, it’s me again, Si
Ar Em. This is the second time I post something in this blog. This time, just
like its tittle, I’m writing about things I learned from other people (friends,
lecturers, classmates, experience, and many more) in the college since the very
first day. Here are some of them:
1. “Talk only when you really need to talk” is
not really good
I used to talk a lot to my friends in senior
high school. We talked about everything, from the unimportant things until the
most unimportant things. We were so fussy, lol. Then, after entering college, I
tried to talk less than I usually did, especially during the class. I talked to
my classmates only if I didn’t understand what the lecturer were saying/writing
or if I wanted to ask about something. Because of this, some of my new friends
said that I was a calm person (maybe). Now i realize that keep doing such thing
is not good. Some of my friends suggest me to talk more in order to get closer
to new friends. This is tough, but should give it a try
2. Handling criticism gracefully
We all make mistakes all the time, it is human nature. As we go through life we have plenty of
opportunity to learn and improve ourselves. Therefore, no matter what kind of
criticism is aimed at you, analyse it to find something you can learn from it. For Constructive
criticism, it is designed to point out your mistakes, but also show you where and how improvements
can be made. This should be viewed as useful feedback that can help you improve
yourself rather than put you down. Destructive criticism on the other hand, is often just thoughtlessness by
another person, but it can also be so hurtful, in a worse case, it can lead to
anger. To deal with people who gave me destructive
criticism, I usually responded in anger. But now I’ll handle it by thinking “they
only know what I’ve done, not what I’ve been through” and try to take the
positives out of the criticism itself. It’s kind of difficult tho..
3. Stay focused when you are in the ATM
Around February 2015, After I took the money
from the ATM, probably I didn’t concentrate and forgot to take back the debit
card from the machine. It was swallowed accidentally. I was a little bit panic
+ stressed in that time, so I went to the nearest bank immediately to block the
debit card. Since that day, I always try to get focused first before taking
money in the ATM.
4. Don’t leave your food in the bedroom for too
long
I usually left (forgot) food in my bedroom (sweet foods, flesh or greasy foods). When I came back to my the bedroom, “Damn it, my food, full of ants!!!” ,”oh, I hate ants
very much!!”. Yes, tiny
red ants crawling on the food all over. I tried to dust them off, but no
success, even “shit!, I got bitten”. Finally I decided to kill them and throw
(away) my food because I had no idea whether the food is safe to eat after
ants have gotten on it or not. From now on, I won’t do that again.
That’s
all that I can write this time.. see you again next time..
