End of The Road

Hi!

It has been arguably the busiest week of my internship. Two big events, a host of things to prepare and follow up from the event, and a tired, but satisfied me.

Week began frantically on Monday as i was assisting my colleague in preparing for the association's Annual General Meeting on Tuesday. From "chasing" and reminding participants to attend the meeting, to obtain the necessary documents and paperwork for the event, to liaising with the various departments such as Corporate Communications, Management and other departments and staff who will be involved in the event, it was one of those period where you really wished you had more than 24 hrs in a day. Somehow though, we managed to rush everything in time (RSVP, confirmation notes, follow-up calls, briefing, co-ordination, etc etc.

Our 25th Annual General Meeting went by smoothly and without much of a hitch (much to our pleasure, and relief). Mr Chan from Goodrich Global was confirmed as the new president of the association out of the AGM and the new executive council was introduced to the attending members present.

But before we could get any rest bite, a quick check at the schedule reminded us that just 2 days after the AGM, there was a charity movie event organised by my department coming up soon. So shortly after clearing the AGM, it was straight back to work for us in repeating almost the same routine (RSVP, confirmation notes, follow-up calls, etc.) Only difference this time was that since the event was to be held outside, a lot of effort and co-ordination was required by my colleague in preparing the logistics for the event.

Before i rant on and on about the dry details of preparing for the event, the event is actually held together with the Singapore Children's Society to raise funds for the society and needy children. Theme of the event was firstly, an art exhibition at the LUXE art museum followed by a movie screening "Margin Call" at the Cathay cinema next door.

Event day arrived and I was tasked with registration along with my colleague. Registration might seem like a simple task but believe me when it gets crowded with people filling up at the registration booth, chances are you would tend to get nervous (especially when there are VIPs or well-known people in the queue). I've learnt that keeping things simple and remaining calm while being polite would help greatly in handling such situations.

On a lighter note, here's a pic of my colleague from Corporate Communications Department, Kumudha. We often work closely with Corporate Communications for a variety of tasks by the way.



(Note how well her outfit blends with the art piece in the background. We jokingly referred her as the theme on which the art piece was drawn for.)

The event then went out without much hiccups (thank goodness) with speeches from Mr Chan and the Singapore Children Society as attendees also proceeded to mingle and network with one another while waiting for the movie screening. When the time arrived, we ushered the attendees and guided them to the respective cinemas for the movie screening. (Movie shown for that night was "Margin Call", a Wall Street Financial Thriller).

And before i knew it, my internship period was almost over. Time goes by in an blink of an eye! Its been a month since I've started on my internship and before i know it, we've reached the end of my internship period. Perhaps one reason why time flew by so quickly was due to the fact that my weeks were mainly packed with activities during this period. It's been hectic at times, but certainly an enjoyable journey. My journey with ASME doesn't end here though, for I shall be continuing with the association as a full time staff. I am certainly confident that my time as an intern here will prove to be useful for me in my full time role moving forward.

Signing off,
Nick Chia