Evaluating Intercultural Behavior

I think if you do not consider intercultural situation, someday you get some trouble.

I am sure that you have to care this difference. Unless, you will have some trouble likes me.

-This is my personal example-

Two weeks ago, I had a terrible experience due to opposite traffic system

You guys know that Singapore’s pedestrian system is left walking. However, Korean system is obviously opposition. Because of this different, I almost would be dead. 

When I finished shopping with my friend in the department store, I wanted to go to my dormitory. At that time, I was shopping 3hours and I had some bad cold. So my condition was so bad. Because of my condition, I would like to go earlier to my room, and at the same time, I saw taxi the other side.  

So I just watching left side and I checked that any car doesn’t coming. After the confirming, I started walking to road. But as soon as walking to the road, I heard a very loudly horn and almost melt down. It is very lucky incident to me because driver saw me very fast and quickly reduced his speed.

Because of intercultural situation, I got a big lesson. If you want to across the road, look at the other side comparing to Korea! Actually this case is very specific story, but if you do not consider difference of culture, it will be bad… So be careful and always think about intercultural situation!!!

Cover letter

September 12, 2012

Yu Jin Kim

South tower 38 college avenue(138601): 10-250D

Graduate Residence, U town

National University of Singapore

Mobile: 85353950

Email: Kimyujin0415@gmail.com

HR Department

M1

Dear Sir/Mdm,

Application for Sport marketer

I will be graduating from the National University of Singapore with a master business degree in May 2016. I learned lots of sport marketing strategy and got some prizes which are related in sport marketing competition. Because of my interest and ability, I would like to work your company.

- These are my strong point

I have a experience as a baseball player

When I was elementary school student, I was good at baseball player, but after serious injured, I stopped the baseball. After that I have always missed sport and I set up my goal to work that kind of industry. So if I work you are company, I am very happy and I can do my best comparing other people.

My personality

I think my characteristic is fit to sport marketing. First of all, I am outgoing person. So I can do it very well to meet new people. And also I am able to harmonize other group or work. Since my activated personality, my colleges often like to work together. In these situations, I think that I am satisfied people to your company. 

Thank you for considering my application.

I sincerely wish to be able to work with your company for the Industrial Attachment programme.

Yours sincerely,

Yu Jin Kim

Week 4/ Resolving Interpersonal Conflict (Post #2)

Resolving Interpersonal Conflict (Post #2)

Actually I have had real a problem with my friend who is my college in our university.

Two weeks ago, we had been to Malaysia and there we had some conflicts each other. When my friend went out, I saw his cell phone. After that, I just uploaded some contents to his facebook page for fun. But contents are not serious and I think that contexts are fine to him. My intention is making some fun or memorable experiences during our vacation. But after that he said to me “what are you doing? Are you crazy?” and he was very upset. At first, I was very embarrassed and felt sorry to him. So I said “hey, ooo I am so sorry… I just do it for fun… because of my mischief, I break our good feeling, so sorry” but he kept going blame to me in spite of my apologized.  

Actually I know that it was my fault but his attend makes me angry. So after that, I lost my mind and also blame to him. “it is kidding and I apologize to you but why you are oversensitive?!” After, travel was terrible and our relationship was also awkward.

Of course, our friendship is very good in these days but at that time, our conflict is very serious and dangerous.

 In this situation, what is the key point? I think me and my friend have each problems. First, in my case, anyway that conflict was outbreak by me. So I had to more polite. But, I couldn’t control my mind so it was my fault. And my friend’s problem was that ignoring my apologized. Frankly speaking, my friend did this kind of mischief before me. So absolutely we can understand our situation. But he also couldn’t control his angry at that time.

 Anyway as time goes by, we knew problems and through a lot of communication which is based on understanding each other, we can resolve our conflict and we swear that we will not do this kind of mistake ant more.

If you guys have same experience, how do you deal with that kind of problem??? 

Why effective communication is important for me?

 Hi ~! my name is Yujin from KOREA^^
I know that effective communication is important. But why???
I can explain the topic very well, because i am korean!!! Unfortunately(?) our mother tongue is not English and we also use just one language (Korean). At these reason, I have some burden to communicate with others.(Especially this semester!!! As you know that i'm exchange student right now) I'm not good at English and can not speak Chinese and Japanese. In these situation, when I meet some foreigner, I have to more concentrate  and tense.

 But whenever I got some experience, effective communication skill is very helpful to me(particularly non-verbal language) For example, At first, when I could not understand my roommate's idea (actually he is from Sweden) I usually ignore his idea or just do it my own work. So our relationship is little bit awkward. But after I decide to use my hand language and facial expression like this,(Of course he did,too.) we are more intimate and  we can make a good friendship from now on.

 Actually this example is very tiny and ordinarily case, but I can realize that effective communication is important for future career and it is also improves my life. If I do not communicate more effectively, I will remain just alone within my dormitory, my school, my society. So if we meet some difficult communicate situation (any situations do not matter), we have to convey our opinion more effectively!!!

[ps. I just define that effective communication is using some other tools(like non-verbal language) and I can communicate more precisely]