Seen-Unseen: Privacy - What Have I Learnt?

On Friday, 24th July 2009, Sr. Dr. Ilias Said gave us a talk on Seen-Unseen : Privacy. He started the lecture with the story of a poor guy and rich guy. He talked about how much expectations have been put onto the two guys when they have been accepted into USM and what they have become in a year's time. From this story, I have learnt that the moment we enter university, it's not only our hopes and dreams that we are carrying. There's our parents' expectations, our sibling's admiration, our friend's anticipation and many others' hopes. Bearing all this burden, it serves as a constant reminder that if we are to fail, many people will be disappointed. Therefore, putting this to mind, I realise that I cannot risk failing or to lack behind. I need to keep onto the right path and not stray from the sight of my dreams and my expectations of myself.

The other thing he showed us was the view or the thinking from people from each discipline. For example, an engineer may design a swing with many electronic devices and principles but a quantity surveyor would just design one which will cost the least. It triggered to me that although we are all in the same class and studying the same things, our perception and thinking may be different from each other. The seen and unseen - we can't see our thoughts, but when something is acted out, we can see that one is different from another.

Well, this is just basically what I have learnt from Sr. Dr. Ilias's lecture on Friday. I don't know if this is the message he was trying to send but I have learnt a few valuable lessons that day.