Emotional Intelligence -Connecting with Self and Others

I had signed up for this PA organized course some time back and it was yesterday.

This was held at NACLI at South Buona Vista Road. This place is now the training arm of PA.

As I arrived here, I remembered that I had come here years ago when I was just a first year student at NUS to attend a camp. That was in 1982. Then it was called the National Youth Leadership Training Institute. I had to attend a one week residential camp together with about 30 others who all had been awarded PSC scholarships that year. I had completely forgotten about this camp I attended until I arrived here. I cannot remember anything else about the program or the people who attended that event. I only remember that the course director was a unsmiling and strict Chinese gentleman. In the first session, he walked in and asked us when Singapore surrendered to the Japanese. None of us knew the answer and we were chided. Till today, I still remember that it was 15 February 1942.

The course yesterday was attended by 22 people and it was from 9am till 4 pm. All the attendees were grassroot leaders. A simple program and I did learn something but ultimately Emotional Intelligence is something one has to work at consciously and continually. Let’s see.