I was hoping that we could take pictures together at the end of the class, but sadly nobody remembers. Hence, I attached here the picture of Madam Siti Haslina that I snapped the other day during one of our classes. True, I definitely should have a screenshot instead, but I happened to forget that :(

Closure !

This semester was a whole roller coaster, indeed. At least that was what I thought. 

Today definitely marked the last day of class PFB3123 Communication in Negotiation. I learned a lot and if I were being honest, I played a lot too. As far as I could remember throughout this semester, negotiation totally is not just a mere interaction between two or more parties for bargaining. It is a lot more than that. 

From the characteristics of a negotiator to the process of negotiating, I could finally say that now I’ve found myself grasping on to the real idea of negotiation. Even though negotiation is an occurrence that might happen on a daily basis, and while I never really realized it, I sure wouldn’t even get to think thoroughly about what to do instead of just thinking about how to win in a conversation, or just sneaking away from a heated up conversation. However, now, as I could understand every bit of it, I seriously couldn't miss a thing in my daily life whenever there was an incident that hinted a negotiation act happened. 

Doesn’t it show a good sign that I finally indulge myself in ‘the negotiation’ life? 

Apart from that, I did not register this before, but personalities definitely could influence one’s act in negotiation! I always love answering questionnaires on personality, the one that we always got during high school, psychometric tests. I was really sure that I knew myself well enough, but not until we were given the ‘Negotiation Style Questionnaire’. Well that was really intriguing because I did not know that there is such a thing, I mean I knew that different people have different personalities, but what I didn’t get was the fact that it actually affects our style in negotiating? As I answered the questions, I found myself disappointed though because I wasn’t sure if I was being true to myself since I got multiple styles with the same high scores. 

Well anyways, I intend to find more next time when I really have the time because I think it is supposed to be something that is important to figure out since it even was inserted in our syllabus, right? I believe it should be really important for everyone to know their personality, so that they could fit themselves accordingly and pace themselves well through all the steps in negotiation. While knowing the style is important, yet the head in negotiating that everyone should be reminded is all about knowledge. You do your homework, you get to speak more. 

Lastly, a note for our dearest lecturer, Madam Haslina.

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I want to sincerely apologize to you for all the trouble we have caused while you never even tired to feed us with your knowledge. You have always tried your best to involve us in everything during class, though only the same people kept on answering you. Honestly I couldn't be more grateful than having an understanding lecturer, so here I want to say thank you for not giving up on us and thank you for staying with us until the end. I wish all of us could meet you someday, perhaps next semester? It was  definitely unfortunate that we didn’t get to have a face-to-face class, especially when we only had this semester. With the activities that you gave every week, I’m pretty sure that our class would  be much more lively if it's not because of the pandemic. 

I wanted to say sorry again because unlike my promise during the earlier of the semester, I used to say that I would grow much braver. Of course I was given lots of chances, we were given opportunities to speak, but it seemed like my confidence level is yet to build much. Even when I did speak a few times, I still couldn't contain the feeling of nervousness that filled up my chest before and after I spoke. I am ashamed of myself, but I really hope that I could work this out someday. It’s very bold of me to say this, but I hope you could pray for me and the rest of us to keep on striving to be the best in whatever is to come in the future. 

Thank you, thank you and thank you. Even if I were to say this in person, I wouldn't be sure how many times I would repeat, but I would say it over and over again because that is just how much I’m thankful for you. I wish you all the happiness in this world and the hereafter, may you always be in the best condition!