Confabulate With Winfred

1       Background Hand grips in public trains are of paramount importance when it comes to safety of the trains commuters. As the train moves, standing commuters will use the hand grips to keep their balance. During peak hours, 84.4 % of commuters are standing. Out of the standing commuters, only 19.3 % are able to use the support poles while the 20 % will need to use the hand grip instead according to Ng (N.D). The grab handles in Singapore’s MRT are suspended at approximately 170cm, 4 cm shorter than the average height of a Singaporean male at 174cm as stated by Toh (2010). Based on an earlier survey conducted for this project, 88% of respondent find the hand grips to be an obstruction. With the current design, the hand grips swing back and forth while the train moves or when the previous person holding it releases. Commuters standing in the range of the swinging motion of the hand grip may get hit by it. In the conduct of an evacuation, commuters w...

On the 2 nd of November, my team and I did a mock presentation. Although my team and I worked well together, I feel that our presentation was not up to standards due to inadequate preparations and last-minute work. First and foremost, we were not able to transition smoothly between presenters, what we could have done better were to give a short review of the what was covered and a brief preview of what is to come. This will help the audience to keep up with the presentation and show team camaraderie Next, was my body language throughout the entire presentation. From standing on one leg to not paying attention to my teammates’ presentation. All these minor tell-tale signs to show the audience how unprofessional I am and that the team lacks teamwork. Lastly, was time management for the duration of the presentation. Personally, I tend to speak very fast when I am nervous. Hence, during the mock presentation, I utilised only half the time given, which is not acceptable. In conclu...