Actually this internship that i’m on really requires some good public relations skills. I think that this is probably the best public relations job that any PR/Corp Comms major can hope for. Until today, I have always been thinking about how this internship can contribute to my understanding of my Social Science degree (Political Science major) but not to my second major – Corporate Communications. Until today, I realise that the chinese saying ‘xiao li chang dao’ (hiding a dagger behind the smile) is quite true. Not that I experienced anything, just that there are things that my colleagues teach me, show me and explain to me, that made me realise that.
Not only that, today I am made a cynic of altruism – not in all cases but majority. Just like in Social Psychology, where we learnt that a person will only help if the benefits outweigh the costs – no matter how altruistic you are. But many would often say that there are some truly altruistic people out there. But if you think about it, what if these altruistic people were faced with the costs of their own lives/lives of their loved ones, would they still do the same?
