So yesterday, 23th September 2008, HMC celebrated its 4th Anniversary, so to say. So the HMC Student Council threw a Birthday Bash in order to celebrate it.

Yesterday was quite a whirlwind for me as there were quite a number of events that took place which i had to deal with and I'm gonna try my best to relate them to human com.

First off, The 'Talk'. As we all know woman and man are very different when it comes to communicating. The day before yesterday, i said a few things to a person (i shall not name) with an intention to just clear things up and getting my feelings and thoughts out. Little did i know, the person had actually misinterpreted my intention and also misunderstood some of the things i brought up. (Which tell us that not all communication is good, and conflict may occur even when we didn't mean for it to happen). Anyways, the next day, which was yesterday, we talked it out and resolve the misunderstanding without much drama. We may have use direct and indirect aggression to deal with it but its all good though i would admit it wasn't a win-win situation.

During Bday Bash, of course performances was what everyone was looking forward to. So come this dance group, which in my opinion perform just okay but that's not the end of it. One of the girl performer had really dressed inappropriate which cause many many different reaction from the crowd as she dance and 'inappropriate parts of her body was being revealed too much'. Now most of us there dont know her personally, and im very sure almost all of us just started judging her. I mean it's human nature to do so. So for you who were there? What was your impression of her? What kind of person do you think she is? I personally thought that she didnt know how to feel ashamed and other stuff i wont mention :P (Now, this shows how even your clothing can be used by other people to create an impression of you, part of non-verbal communication. So knowing this, people, learn ur lesson! and dress well and as deem appropriate though this may vary depending on your environment, the culture you live in and many more) Leaving this topic with a clip of an article i found:
'More than half of a first impression is affected by appearance - clothes, make-up, body language, gestures and facial expressions,' said Mahena Stief, a business psychologist in Munich.

Next, how many of us can admit we tend to tell white lies from time to time? Well, I can. Cause well, its true.(We usually tell white lies for the intention of face-saving). So, as the Bday bash was ending, I had 'a moment', and i started crying for reasons i wont disclose. Well of course i had my 2 friends sat there and comfort me through it. As we were sitting as the corner, a few people noticed and approach us asking why. And thinking as quickly as possible, Dila replied "Her back hurts". Haha. Smart move. Well my back did hurt like a few minutes before that, but its definitely not the reason as to why i cried. Well i guess, you can kindda consider that face saving, cause i definitely did not want other poeple knowing the real reason i cried. But I'm fine now.

To add, i just got to say thanks Dila and Tarra for being there for me that night and told a little white lie to save! me..and not forgetting Jeremy too for comforting me. I love ya'll!

All in all, yesterday was a pretty god day considering all that had happen and of course not to my surprise we can relate pretty much anything to the chapters we study in Human Com.

Reference:
1) Eva Numann, 2006, First Impression Counts;Apperance Must Match Personality, online, retrieved on 24th September 2008, from http://www.monstersandcritics.com/lifestyle/life/features/article_1237306.php/First_impressions_count_appearance_must_match_personality