networking

I went on a picnic to the Canyon Glen Park with the Korean Business Student Association yesterday. The purpose of the picnic was networking, and I decided to join it because I didn't know many Koreans at BYU and I felt a need tor the network with other Koreans.
We played some games and had a barbecue together. It was good to know other Koreans at BYU because we could share useful information about school. Many of them are in the Marriott School, and I was able to ask some questions about different majors.
I guess one of the major goals of networking is to share information, and without networking, we will fall behind. These days, I feel the importance of networking, more than any other times in my life. However, it is still not so easy for me to build relationships with others. I become very shy with other people when I hardly know them. Thus, I have been putting off going to such meetings. But I will participate in those networking events more often, and build valuable relationships. Changes are good and good changes are even better. So I will make good changes of myself.


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Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

I joined Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and we had an initiation banquet last Wednesday. Honestly, I joined this society because it would look nice on my resume. I went to the banquet because the dinner was free. So, I dressed up and went to the banquet alone, but there were a few people I knew, so we seated at the same table. I wasn't really interested in the society itself. Rather, I was more interested in the potential benefits as a member. But, as I was sitting in the banquet, I thought it might be a good opportunity to socialize and form relationships. In MCOM class, the professor and the guest speaker talked about the importance of relationship. In today's business world, relationship means a lot. I am a shy person, and it is not easy for me to approach others and initiate conversation. But, as I get to know more people in the society, I will be able to build relationship with more people. I don't want to use them for my success in the business world. Rather, I want to be a mutually beneficial source.Thus, I need to pursue my goal and become a successful person to contribute to the society.
Nowadays, I feel the importance of relationships even more. Even in everyday life, with my closest friends, it is very easy to hurt them and hurt the relationship. However, recovering the hurt relationship is hard, and maintaining good relationship is not easy. So I believe that I need to start learning how to maintain good relationship and start to care more about others and their feelings. I know it will take some time, but I know that if I can keep good relationship with my friends, I won't be able to have good relationship with others in the world out there.

GO DISABLE? GOD IS ABLE!

I went to Nick Vijicic concert last Friday at Utah Valley University. Nick is a man with no arms and legs, and he travels the world to give hope in Christ. He mentioned many memorable things, but one quote really struck my mind: "Go Disable? God is able!" When we place our weaknesses and disabilities in God, then our mighty God will use us.

I often feel like I don't want to share my weaknesses with others because I don't want them to look down on me. However, even though I cover up my weaknesses, that doesn't turn my weaknesses to strengths. I still have those weaknesses that I don't know what to do with. But when I bring those weaknesses to God, they can be used to glorify God because God shows that He is the One who turns weaknesses into strengths.
It works in daily relationships as well. People sometimes see things of us that we don't want them to see, but if we try to cover up ourselves, we will lose trust from them. However, if we admit our weaknesses, then it could improve the relationship and result in better outcomes than we thought. Disability, not being able, is not something that we need to be ashamed on, but rather something that we should treat as a chance for something better.
It is not easy to admit my weaknesses, but I will try not to excuse myself. I will rather accept my faults and seek for improvements. Also, when I admit and overcome my weaknesses, I will be able to bring hopes to others through Christ.

Writing, a difficult task

This week, I had the first formal writing assignment of the year, the memo. I knew writing is not an easy process, but it was so much harder to write formally. I had to revise the memo several times, get it proofread by others, revise again, and repeat the process. Now I understand that it takes a lot longer time and more effort to write a good, concise paper.
Not only with the formal writing, but with the less formal writings for other classes, I struggled as well. I thought the writing was not a big deal for other classes because they were not an English class. But I ended up losing quite a bit of points on my writings, mostly due to simple errors such as misspelling and grammar mistakes. If I proofread my papers even once, I would have caught those mistakes.
Writing is different from speaking in the sense that the errors in the writing are seen as a more serious problem than the errors in the speaking because writings could have been revised before submitted. Also, writings can be kept permanently.
I will take all of my writings more seriously from now on. I will put more efforts in writing, I will proofread, and I will take my writing to a writing center or TA's for revision.