Week 4: After the Storm Comes a Calm

But what happened this week was actually a blessing in disguise. I feel this was the beginning of when each and everyone of us finally realized how diverse we actually are as a group. Looking back, it was when I feel all of us started showing more sensitivity, understanding, and tried to tread more carefully (but not necessarily tiptoeing around each other) during discussions and meetings.

As for the Event Organizing Module, the talks we had only served to reaffirm my initial assumptions about how we should go about organizing these Nova events. Working as a Marketing Executive and serving as President of my college's Student Council, I've organized more than 30 of my company's participations and college events in the span of 2 years from small events attracting upwards of 30 people to the largest roadshow in Malaysia attracting more than 1 million people. (Here are the links to some of the events I've organized that were covered by the biggest Malaysian newspaper / media outlet: Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 ). Together with the Community Building Module, these were the 2 Modules that I probably felt most comfortable and competent in from my experience.

However, I felt that I didn't or couldn't really contribute towards the Event Organizing Module this week. It was a combination of being bogged down and affected by the tension and also trying to avoid even more unnecessary conflicts during the discussions and meetings that we had as it was emotionally and mentally draining for me (thank you Ilya for noticing that :) ).