This is one course which I have always wanted to go since I was in sec 3. However, due to time constrains I never had the chance. Thus, after As, I told myself I must go for this course before I get enlisted for national service. I gave a few calls to Saint's mental skills trainer, Mr Vaz, the gentleman who will be running the course. The next course he would be conducting would be held in KL for 8 days- split into 2 parts, 4 days each. I grabbed the opportunity. Further more, I was thinking that it would also be a good time for me to take a break too. Mr Vaz son's Rishi also would be going for the course.
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I travelled with Rishi to KL on friday afternoon after we ended work. Reached there rather late at night and met up with Mr Vaz who went there earlier to get some things prepared. We ordered room service to have quick supper before turning in. Rest is essentially important for this intensive course I'm about to go through. It will be from 9am to 11pm on 4 consecutive days. On the first day, I when I saw my other fellow participants, I felt alitte wierd as I was the youngest chap there. These adults here have real life expereiences to share, they've been through more in life than an 18 going 19 year old chap like me. However, I told myself if I'm going to keep on with this mindset- to just keep quiet and feel timid, I'm not going to get anywhere and it's going to be a waste of time and money to come for this course. Soon enough, when I did opened up, making rapport with my fellow participants were much easier and faster. Somehow, I felt they were in the same frequency as me as I was being able to effectively communicate with them. 4 days passed liked a flash. We then took about a week's break before coming back for the last 4 days.
For the final part of the course, I decided to go KL a day earlier to do some revision and shopping. I met up with Shankar on that day to have a chat. For the final part of the course, I will be around for 3 days instead of 4 because of the b div rugby finals. The course became even more intensive as most of us felt the pressure. The last day was set for evaluation, meaning we will be tested one of the processes that we had learned earlier. For me, it was the night before. In addition to that, I was the first participant to go for the evaluation. Hours before the evaluation, I told myself I had two choices- first, to be all worried thinking if I can get through this or not or second, just relax, have this self- belief that I'm going to do well and more importantly knowing that I've done what I should to get preapre. I chose the latter. To my surprise, I had not much problems with the process steps during the evaluation. My "client" then was Tejinder.
On the whole, NLP has given me a new healthier way of looking into life and problems. With this, I can not only help others, but myself. This experience is not easy to explain in words. The changes that happen are mostly internal.
Other then being equipped with NLP, I have also been blessed with wonderful friendships that I have forged during the course. We ate, laughed, danced, sang and even cried together. Knowledge I have received from this course is not only from Mr Vaz but also from them. They too were my teachers. Thanks guys!
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