Self Reflction

         Self Reflection is time spent in analyzing our own character and beliefs. As we go through our busy lives, we seldom spend time trying to understand our various actions. Self Reflection is a solution to enrich us and give a deeper meaning to our life.

Benifits of self reflection

1. Strengthening Emotional Intelligence

When taking time to self-reflect you are looking inwards. This helps to build two components to emotional intelligence: self-awareness and self-regulation. Self awareness gives you the ability to understand your emotions, strengths, weaknesses, drives, values and goals, and recognize their impact on others. Self-regulation involves the ability to control or redirect your disruptive emotions and impulses and adapt to changing circumstances. Building these skills will improve both your personal life and professional role as a leader.

2. Acting With Integrity

Becoming clear on your core values will help to strengthen your integrity and lead you to better decisions. Our integrity is often put to the test during stressful times. Taking time to review your key decisions and actions in the recent past and evaluating them against your core values is critical to acting with integrity. Doing this consistently can solidify your values and make the decision making process easier in the future.

3.  Being More Confident

Confidence is crucial for managing a busy, complex life that includes meeting career, family, community and self needs. It helps in effective communications, decision-making, and influence building. The more your reflect on your strengths and how you can build upon them the more confident you will be in the future.  We become more confident in where our strengths lie and how to close the gaps in our areas of weakness.

       Also tthat day our PPd lecturer Madam Sarasi told us to do some curricular activities in our free time to gain above benifits. 

Story Writting

          In this week we got a new activity from Madam Sarasi. First we were divided into 3 groups and asked to face back to the white board.A marker pen was given for every group and we should write a story but a group member can only write one word at a time. 

         One by one in a group went to the board and write the story. There were four rounds. 

         After all rounds completed, we read story when we wrote in board. But after our madam explained about how communication matters to a work, we realized what was wrong with the stories. It was an amazing activity for us.

Emerging Technology Trends

      In this ppd session , We had a very important industry session. It was based on Emerging Technology Trends. The session was conducted by Senior Software engineer at WSO2.
     It was the very important session for us.Because of the new technologies recently come to the it industry. So we can update our knowledge about new trends using in current days
     It was very important session for us.

Expertise

Also we got an amazing experience doing activitiew every in our PPd session. This is the one of experience is the expertise.

Firstly, we divided into four groups with six members.Madam sarasi asked to pick three expertise areas of group members and come up with a product can be implemented our expertise areas.

We work with it is really difficult to find people with same ideas, same talents etc.So we got problems talking with each other.

Our teams come up with product ideas then presented it.

• Team 1

               Areas: Taekwondo, Painting, Gaming
               Product: Taekwondo video game       

• Team 2

              Areas: Cricket, Painting, Gamimg
              Product: Cricket video game

• Team 3                

                Areas: Handmade things, Bike riding, Reading

                Product: Eye glass cover

• Team 4          

               Areas: Gaming, Chess, Painting
               Product: Chess video game

Technical Writting @ WSO2

       We  had a interesting session on 12th of september. It was the second year batch of software engineering participated "technical writing" session at WSO2 .It was the first time, I visited to the WSO2. WSO2 is the one of the leading software company in SriLanka.

     Before attended, I don't know What is the technical writting or any job position available for writer for it industry. They clearly explained about technical writing and technical writers. Then, we were learned some English grammar parts.After that we had some exercises to correct the sentences.

Then we had a competition and it was a group activity.It was the write a user manual for a user who wants to withdrawal 1500 rupees from an ATM. They selected a winning team who wrote it very well.

     After the that we got refreshments and then there was a fun activity. It was also a group activity. In the fun activity we had to think about an object and write four sentences described it. Actually it was very fun. The winning team of this game also was given a gift.

By the time, we reached the end of the session and lastly we had some photographs with the team. It was very interesting session and we learnt so many new things.

  

How to face an interview

After long period of semester finally, we had an important session in ppd lecture.It is How to face a interview.It is very important us to face interview in coming year.Interview is very easy use this following steps.

1. Know The Company

This goes without saying! This is what any employer expects from you and they aren’t wrong! Research well about the company you are applying for and know their aim, mission, vision, values and functions. Using this information in your answers will create the right impression in front of your employer. The research is the first and foremost task that you need to do before appearing in any interview.

2. The Introduction of yourself

‘Tell me about yourself’ is every employers favorite question! So be confident in your approach while you tell them about yourself.

3. What Can You Offer?

Thoroughly know the job title you are applying for, the responsibilities and why you are fit for the job. Remember a wide specturm of opportunities awaits you. so, for every point that you make, try to have an instance where you have used that quality.

4. Act Confident Without Hesitation

This can be quite a task considering it’s the first time you are sitting for an interview but you have to pull off this lie. You have to act confident and make the employer feel that you have it all together and perfectly fit the job. Only confidence can get you there without much hassle.

5. Never Lie In Your Resume

Lying can backfire! The person sitting in front of you has ample experience of interviews and can easily know when you are faking it. So keep it real and only write in your CV, what you have actually achieved.

6. Dress Well

 "Job interview prepration" is not as formidable as it sounds. No one can stress enough on the fact that in case of an interview, ‘The first impression is the last impression.’ Put on your best clothes (formal of course!) and look neat when going for an interview for the first time or otherwise.

7. Have Your Questions Ready

Be observant and notice what’s going around you. Once the interviewer is done asking you questions, it is going to be your turn. Return the favor! Ask if you have any questions about the company and the role they are offering you. Just make sure they don’t come across as offensive or rude.

8. Be Eager To Learn

It’s okay to not know everything! If you get stuck on some questions and don’t know what to say, politely let the interviewer know. But also make it a point to ask what the answer was once they are done with all the questions. This shows your eagerness to learn, which is often considered useful from an employer point of view.

9. Deep Breathe

More than anything else, it’s the anxiety that ruins most interviews. Just before entering the room, take a few deep breaths and relax your nerves. Trust me, It always helps!

10. Thank You Mail

Whether or not you are hired, make sure you send the employer a thank you mail after the interview telling them how glad you are to get this opportunity and how you hope to get selected for the same.

So get going and all the best for your job interview preparation!

Plane Rocket

First time in new academic year ,Madam Sarasi announced a new task to do. It is not more challenging one.. but it remembers our childhood.Madam Sarasi divided us into two groups each group have eight or nine.

 

Then said make paper rocket and She gave us six colored A4 sheets. One team got blue A4 sheets and other group got yellow one.Then we had decided which size paper rocket may be occured to fly over the boundary.
So we can make maximum number of rockets using A4 sheets. 

Then Madam gave us a line on the ground and challenged us to send all the rockets over the line.
The outcomes of this task are get ideas from others ,time mangement and use of limited resources. we learn things that helps us to improve our soft qualities