its just a ride

im excited about a course assignment. and yes, you heard it right.

i'm taking this half module called leadership practices and skills. because...
1) fulfills my credit for OBHR major
2) no exam
3) no group project

happy enough. even happier when we found out that our prof was super nice & charming. but still, leadership skills and practices still sounds like a bullshit course where u throw up leadership theories and go through some case studies of leadership.

week 2 of class, the major individual assignment was revealed to us.
it surprises and delights me because it is MEANINGFUL & i feel that it wraps up my academic life nicely. Now, what a way to describe an assignment.

its a assignment much related to self-discovery & awareness. we are supposed to get people to tell us "how we are great", and how they see us at our best. and from here, we are supposed to present a summary on what is said about us, discover our strong points and how that applies to leadership.

now, after 4 years in here. maybe only now i can manage to coerce myself into saying we are different in a positive manner.

i've always felt that its impossible to understand someone completely. you cannot even understand yourself completely. because (1) we do not usually take the time to reflect on why we do the things we do and behave the way we are, (2) our logic and behaviors are erratic merely because we are too complex a creature that we cannot strictly place ourself into nicely segregated types. we are abit of everything, full of overlaps and contradictions.

when we do take time to think through what kind of person we are, it does make u proud and scared are the same time. self discovery is like a neverending rollercoaster ride, it never ends and you feel proud and scared apeshit at the same time.

let's end this off with a parable prof mention in class (its interesting)
Parable: The Cracked Pot