Perception, as defined, is the process of noticing, organizing and interpreting data about people, events, activities and situation.

Look at this dog, and tell me what do you think of it.
Timid? Afraid? A coward, even?
In actual fact, this is probably the naughtiest dog i know on earth. His name is Kuro and he is my dog. He loves jumping onto us and pushing us down; he loves stealing Gypsy's (my other dog) food; he love biting her tail fur, causing her once bushy and furry tail to be short and un-furry.
Impression, is important, especially the first impression. The dog above gave you the impression that he's a timid dog (as a first impression), but if you were to look past that first impression, you would find that he's an unbelievably naughty and mischievous dog.

For example, yesterday, C2AGE 2009(Cosplay, Comic, Anime and Games Exhibition) was held at HELP University College. For the opening event, we had performances and an opening ceremony which was conducted by the Japanese ambassador and the appearance of Animax host Hannah Tan. The opening performance would be how the participants of the event would perceive this event as good, bad or just average. Like some of the participants who arrived early just to get the Gundam model, they hung around for nearly 2 hours before the opening ceremony was conducted, and when asked, they said they were bored and the opening ceremony was just average. Whereas when those who arrived just slightly before the ceremony, they said that the opening ceremony wasn't bad, above average even as they hadn't had to hang around waiting for it to start. This is an example of how perception plays a part in our everyday lives.

'The first impression is a lasting impression' , this line is indeed true. If you were to see someone acting immaturely, you would probably perceive him or her as a spoilt and pampered kid who always gets his or her own way. I still remember the first day I met my best friend, Elle. My first impression when i saw her was that she was a loud and sophisticated girl, mabye even a little snobbish. During the time then, we only played ice and fire as she was my friend's friend, so i didn't get any chance then to know her better. The next year, I was placed in the same class as her and the teacher put her in front of my seat. For the first week, we still kept our distance and just talked normally and kept our relationship as "just friends". Later on in the month, we found out that we were pretty simillar in ways that we never knew, we shared simillar taste in music, fashion, teachers and even food. We had more chances to get to know each other and soon after that, we became best friends. By then, I had already shedded my first impression of her and had gotten to know her from scratch. This is to say that first impressions CAN be thrown away, IF you take that chance to get to know the person better. Still, that doesn't mean you should decide to give everyone a bad impression by giving everybody the cold shoulder and keep your distance from them and tell yourself that they'll have a better chance to get to know you better and they'll like you then. By then, it'll be too late. That will be so so sad.

In conclusion : Make sure your first impression is a good one!

Thought of Human Communication so far : Acting is not what I'm best at......at all.
This is Jenn (Diong Jenn Huen) and this is my second blog post on Human Communication.