Application letter
Friday 14 September 2012
Blk 276 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 2
#09-303 Singapore 680276
(+65)96568966
leeyongsheng.90@gmail.com

10th September 2013

Mrs Jerusha Ang, Group Human Resource Director
Human Resource Division
JTC Corporation
The JTC Summit
8 Jurong Town Hall Road
Singapore 609434


Dear Mrs Jerusha, 

I am writing to seek career opportunities in the field of statistics. I am very interested in working at JTC Corporation, the position of a statistician in your organization. I truly hope that I can be working as a part of your team in conceiving developments in the national economic growth for the future. 

I will be graduating from National University of Singapore (NUS) in May 2014 with a Bachelor Degree in Science (Statistics). At NUS, I have developed a very unique education experience that has combined the theoretical and computational aspects of statistical studies. With these, I have learnt how to conduct good statistical surveys and produce accurate statistical analysis on data collected. I am also proficient with the use of statistical software prevalent in this field, particularly R, SAS and SPSS and also with software like Microsoft Office.

Being the vice-director of the Sports Committee in NUS Faculty of Science as well as the Company Sergeant Major in the Singapore Boys’ Brigade as my co-curricular activity in secondary school, I have developed a strong sense of leadership in terms of leading by example and giving clear instructions. Also, I was a player of the school badminton team in Junior College in which I have developed the quality of fighting spirit and effective teamwork. Having experiences in participating in both the uniform group and sports team, I am equipped with the ability not just to work independently for analytical work in statistics, but also to work in a team to solve problems. Furthermore, I have been giving private tuition for the past five years and I believe that balancing work with study has groomed me in becoming a person with good time management and organisational skills.

Thank you for considering my application. I would find the post of a statistician in your organization very worthwhile and challenging, and I hope to receive a favourably reply from you.

Yours sincerely,


Lee Yong Sheng
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Resolving Interpersonal Conflict
Saturday 8 September 2012

There is a phrase which says “win a heart and lose a friend” and it clearly described the situation that I was in six years ago. 

In secondary school, I used to have a clique of close friends who would eat lunch and play basketball together at one of the courts near my house almost every day after school. Although life was mundane back then, we really enjoyed each other company. We liked a girl in our school, but none of them succeeded in winning over her heart. After O-Level examination, I went to Junior College (JC) and that girl went to the same JC as me. Coincidentally, we were in the same orientation group. Due to many close interactions, we eventually fell for each other and got into a relationship. 

One particular morning, my group of friends agreed to meet up for a game of basketball at the usual court which we used to play to reminisce all the happy moments we had. I was extremely excited and was looking forward to meet my old buddies. When I reached, I went around for a “fist bump” action with my friends like how we did last time. However, there was this friend A of mine walked away when I walked towards him. I was puzzled about why he ignored me as I am pretty sure he knew what I wanted to do. Later in the game, this Friend A pushed me intentionally when we were both anticipating for rebounds and he elbowed me simultaneously when I was bouncing the ball. I was really outraged by his actions. Someone told me that Friend A was pissed with me for getting together with my girlfriend whom he liked as well. I was so flabbergasted when I heard that. I thought he would have given me his blessing and I didn’t expect our friendship to be so vulnerable. 

A year later, I broke up with my girlfriend. Things got slightly better between Friend A and me but our relationship is no longer as close as before. Although each of us has our own girlfriend now, the feeling is still weird when we see each other. If you are me, what would you do to resolve this conflict?  
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