Aida Ahmad

Background Information
As stated above, my name is Aida Yuhaniza Ahmad but you can call me Aida. I am originally from Malaysia and this is my third year in Purdue. I am a junior in computer technology, more specifically information system. Besides studying, I have been active in student organizations also, particularly the Malaysian Student Association and Muslim Discussion Group. I was one of the editor for the Malaysian Student AssociationÕs newsletter and the Treasurer for Muslim Discussion Group for Spring 2001 semester. I was the President of Muslim Discussion Group for Fall 2001 semester and currently serving as the General Secretary of the group.

My Expertise
English is the second language spoken in Malaysia and also a compulsory subject in the education system in Malaysia. So, I had always been exposed to the writing styles and had written various kinds of essays during my 11 years of my schooling. Before coming to Purdue, I also had undergone an intensive program in writing and speaking in English for eight months. Plus, I have taken ENFGL 101i and ENGL 102i here at Purdue. Since I am a computer technology major, I am very comfortable using the computer applications to assist me doing my work. I had prepared several power point presentations for team projects before and helped to create one of the team projectÕs website.

Navin Ahuja

I am Indian, born in South Korea and am currently a resident of United Arab Emirates (Dubai). I am pursuing a degree in Business Management and have taken up two minors, which are Management Information Systems and Finance. I am completing my sophomore year and have planed to graduate by 2004. I have worked in two companies so far and both of them are textile companies located in U.A.E (Dubai). I first started working as a salesman in Singapore Enterprises L.L.C in which I learned about fabric and international booking of goods. Then got a job in Sea Lion Trading L.L.C in which I applied as an accountant. Here I advanced my knowledge in book keeping methods. In this memo I will be giving a brief introduction about myself. Manly concerning my education and experience in writing.

Experience in writing
I have gained most of my writing skills in school and university. In school it was just basic writing of essays with a certain format. After coming to university there has been a difference not only in the way of writing but also in what is required of you. I have written in classes such as English 101I, English 102I, Communications 114 and History 103. Therefore I have had a little experience on researching topics and writing summaries on them. Furthermore writing analytical and persuasive papers. I have also been introduced to different types of writing. For example in English 101I they style of writing was APA style and in English 102I it was MLA. So I have knowledge about the difference styles. I have not had much experience in writing in the workplace but have got a chance to read some of the letters being distributed.

I am a sophomore in the school of Computer Science but I am doing a coodo to get accept into the school of Computer Technology . I have a lot of computer skills , i know many programming languages. I like to build websites for living , and I like sport a lot .

I speak English better then I write, I did write many research papers since the first day i started at Purdue University. One of my interesting writing experience that I had to go through last semester is writing 40 pages of research paper in less then a week.

Rahul Bhutoria

I am from India and have been in the United States for about and year and a half. I am a sophomore at Purdue University majoring in Industrial Management. My field of specialization is Management Information System and Finance. During the summer of 2001 I had an opportunity of doing an internship with a credit rating company in New Delhi, India known as Investment and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA). This memo introduces some of my qualities that will make me a valuable asset for a group project.

Experience in writing
During my college curriculum at Purdue I have taken many courses that have involved group projects. COMM 114, which is a communication classes taken at Purdue University stressed on interpersonal relations and working in a group. Due to this experience I have gained the characteristic of working in a group. I have experience in business writing due to my internship, which I under took last summer. Previously taken English courses have supplemented my experience in writing. In addition to my writing experience, I have developed leadership skills with extensive involvement on campus and in the community. As an organizer of events and as a member of student government I have developed insights into the planning, organization and management and got a good grasp of working as a team.

I am an accounting major with minor in Management Information System (MIS). I have studied English, Malay and Chinese for many years and am fluent in the languages. I believe this will prove to be an asset to my future employer because I will be flexible for international assignments.

I offer a solid accounting background and education, as well as extensive experience in financial analysis/reporting and interface with accounting and administrative management. I am actively involved in Purdue Accounting Association. This is a club that serves as a link between prospective Purdue Students and the Purdue School of Management. I have developed many strong leadership and organizational skills as a result of this organization.

I wrote some really terrible short stories as a kid. Today, I don't think I could write a decent poem, but I remembered the fun of playing with the word puzzles. I still love to read articles or stories. My first "serious" attempts at writing came as a teenager, when I became editor of my high school newsletter. I loved having the opportunity to write on so many different topics and utilize a variety of styles.

Roy Hsieh

Who am I?
My name is Jip Kanathanavanich. I come from Bangkok, Thailand. IÕm an accounting major with a minor in finance. I came to Purdue in SpringÕ00, which makes me a third year student at the present. I have chosen to pursue my studies in the business management because I feel that I would be capable of the courses and this specialize area could be employ by most of the companies and the job could easily be transfer to almost any countries in the world.

Employment
I would like to work for a large company where I can utilize my ability in accounting and finance, especially in an accounting firm like Price Waterhouse Coopers or Anderson. I have not had any work experience before apart for the charity works with the Salvation Army and the Red Cross. I am currently looking an internship in United States for this summer. I have applied for a job in three companies; two of them are in New York and one in Philadelphia. They are Air Products, Formic and Chase.

My Expertise
My past experience in professional writing was mainly build from English102 class. In that class I have gain a knowledge of rhetorical writings and other types of writing from the preparation of a project on argumentative issue. These writings are PowerPoint presentation, annotated bibliography, memorandum, and website. You would be able to view this work at; http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~jip

Other experience in writing in business context would be a cover letter and resume. I am also comfortable with using computer technology in writing and sending e-mail attachments.

Personal Information
Transfer student from the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico. Currently enrolled in Purdue University, School of Management as a sophomore. Past employers have been Internet related companies such as IslaZ.Com, an on-line auction company and IslaNet Inc., an Internet Service Provider.Experience in Sales, Customer Service and Marketing.

Expertise

• Persuasive speech that was critical for winning the elections for Vice-President in my High School Junior class
• Effective RŽsumŽs for diverse positions in different companies
• Academic Research about the effects and vulnerability of alcohol consumption in teenagers
• Influential Essays for admittance into a top ranked public undergraduate business school
• Computer skills includes Word, Excel, Auctioneer (for on-line auctions) and any type of web browser All these abilities along with my teamwork experience and creative talent would help my peers in enabling us to accomplish our best in future class projects.

Introducing my background
My name is Teh-wei Lee, for easiness friends call me Lee. Right now I am a junior management student minor in finance in Krannert the school of management. I was born in Taiwan and have been living in Singapore and Malaysia for many years for education. I speak English with a Singaporean accent because I learned most of my English there. I worked in international office for few semesters during my college days. Mainly my job consists of typing, editing, managing and translating documents, helping new international students to settle down in a foreign environment and reception for that office.

My expertise in English writing
I have taken both composition classes in Purdue. These two classes improved my skills at writing, equipped me with skills to write a research paper. In group projects, I have much experience in collecting information and summarizing key ideas. I believe that a good group project needs to have good communication within the group. I am sure that I can contribute to the harmony of the group.

I am Christina Lim, majoring in management and minoring in international business and economics. I am into my senior year and will be graduating in upcoming August. I had experienced business writing in the real working world last summer as an intern in Singapore where I am from. It was quite an eye-opener as it is very important to be able to communicate ideas and plans in an efficient form when writing memos, and I was writing several memos daily within Prudential where I interned. I was being mentored by a very experienced secretary who is very particular about my memoÕs presentation, language and style. I thought it was rather boring at the beginning but as the multitude of tasks occupied me further, I learned more than I could possibly imagine.

I believe I can bring creativity and plenty of energy plus enthusiasm to my peers. This is because I have always enjoyed writing as it comes quite naturally to me. Since an early age, I have been an avid reader, and I continue to read into various genres despite hectic college schedules. Another aspect of me that I am quite proud of is my imagination. Currently, my source of imagination stems from my re-discovery of the most classic of all fantasy books, "Lord of the Rings" and I have a deep respect for Mr. Tolkien. In my high school, I often contributed to creating the class newsletters which is a daily thing in my class where we would write funny and thoughtful mini articles on one ruddy piece of paper passed all over the classroom. As for professional writing, I would say, my resume and cover letter writing is what I practice a lot these days, since I am one of those frustrated job-seekers. Being technology savvy like the generation of today and tomorrow, I am very comfortable using the most up to date software and writing techniques. Yet, learning should never cease, so I look forward to writing more professionally as well as more technologically in the future.

My name is Jawad Musaddiq and I was born in Karachi Pakistan on September 27, 1981. When I was eight years old I moved to another city known as Lahore, which is also situated in Pakistan. In Pakistan we have two kinds of schooling systems, one is English medium and the other is Urdu medium. In English medium all the courses are in English on the other hand in Urdu medium all the courses are in English language. In Pakistan we follow the British system of English. After 10th grade I joined high school in which I took mostly business courses. In between my high school I also took 2 courses in British council, to improve my speaking and writing ability. After completing my high school I joined a college there for that time being and applied to Purdue University.

I joined Purdue University in summer of 2000 as a management major with MIS minor. I have taken two English courses in Purdue prior of taking English 420i. I also took com114 last semester in which you have to work with groups to give presentation in different topics in front of the class. I am also taking Organizational Behavior course this semester in which I am learning how to work in groups, especially if there is a big diversity in it. I am also a varsity member of Purdue Polo club so I have somewhat of an idea how to work in small group or a team. I am also looking forward to do an internship in a finance department of a firm this summer. After my graduation I will go back to Pakistan and do my MBA there to have an idea about business there. After doing my MBA I will go to U.K to do a diploma in leather technology and join my father in his business.

Raguvira "Ray" Rayalu

My major is Political Science with Industrial Management. My minor field of study is Mathematics. At Purdue my focus is International relations in the school of Political Science. As an Industrial Management major I intend to minor in the field of Operations Management. I have worked for a short period during the months of January and May in an Internet consulting firm in a group that was primarily involved with graphic design.

Writing Experience
Most of my previous writing experience in college and at work was in the form of reports. My audience was almost always specialist in nature and so my writing was technical in nature. In high school my writing was general in nature and for the most part was descriptive in nature. For instance I had to write about certain events or places and my audience was my class and the instructor. It was a general audience that required no specialized forms of writing. As an employee my writing was in the form of project reports that outlined the progress of a certain job and reports that had outline specific details of projects in progress that needed modification. In college my writing was in the form of reports once again, lab reports for some laboratory based science courses and research papers for some of my Political Science classes. Both audiences were specialist and so my writing was technical in nature. In general, my writing experience served the purpose of informing my audience of a topic I had been working on some occasions persuasive in nature.

I came to the U.S. about three and half years ago. I got an A. A (Associate in Arts) degree from Harper College, a small community college located in Palatine, Illinois, which is less than twenty miles from Chicago. I transferred to Purdue University last fall after finishing three years at Harper, and I chose Purdue because I heard many people say that Purdue's Management Program is very good. I'm a management major and my minor is in Management Information Systems. I'm in my sophomore year.

I worked at the Harper College Library until I transferred to Purdue University. That was my first "real" job, and I liked it. The library was a quiet, peaceful place to work, and I was considered a good worker. My duties were many in number, but mostly I was responsible for inserting magnetic (but hidden, to the naked eye) strips in the magazines and journals; if someone were to try to take these magazines and journals out of the library, the strips that I inserted would cause an alarm to sound. Also, I began taking care of/baby-sitting for my cousin when he was two years old (in 1998), and I continued to care for him until he was five (this is when I came to West Lafayette: last fall, 2001). I lived with my cousin and his sister and their parents (my aunt and uncle) for three years, until the beginning of last semester. Sometimes baby sitting can be fun, but not always; little kids can be very loving and very sweet, but they can also be annoying sometimes, as we all know. Besides working and studying, I enjoy shopping, hanging out with friends, and finding good Asian noodle shops, since I'm a noodle lover.

Writing daily is my habit (I keep a diary/journal), and that proves that I do write outside of my homework assignments. I wrote several resumes before for my classes, and I'm writing one now for my Management 100 class. Also, I wrote research papers a couple times; I just did one last semester for my political science class, and a student cannot pass Harper College's Freshman Writing sequence (English 101/English 102) without writing a very large literary research paper at the end of the second semester. I was also in Harper's ESL program for a year before I started taking "regular" college classes, and I took writing classes every semester during that year. I learned plenty of writing skills, and I believe in having good writing skills. I believe the ability to express oneself clearly on paper is important (no matter what one does for work), and I truly look forward to learning more about writing. I don't know if the writing I have done is "professional writing," exactly. I guess I felt (before taking this class) that professional writing was done by professional writers who publish their essays, their stories, their poetry, etc. But maybe I was wrong. Maybe we can all be professional writers, so to speak, if we follow the rules of professionalism while we write.

Atibeth "Ati" Trisukhee

Who am I?
My name is Atibeth Trisukhee but my friends called Ati because it is much easier to pronounce. My major is IDE (engineering management) and I am currently a sophomore. Last summer I interned at a Telecommunication company called Shinee.Com in Bangkok, Thailand, as a assistant field manager.

My Expertise
I am linguistic, I can write and speak in Thai and English. I am capable of using various writing technologies such as MS words and e-mail. I have previous experiences in professional writing both in Thai and English that I can bring to group projects. I have a past knowledge of C programming, Excel, and Matlab. I am capable of writing in the field that ranging from medieval history to modern chemistry.

Yenny Widya

I am a junior majoring in Food Science. I have been in Purdue for 1.5 years. Right now I am working in Food Science department as a research assistant.

My previous English classes were ENGL 101C and ENGL 102I. In ENGL 101C, I learnt a lot to write using Microsoft Words since the course was held in the computer lab. While in ENGL 102I, I had a chance to develop my writing skill with other international students. Writing e-mails, regular reports, and laboratory reports using Word and Excel are my regular activities.

By taking this business writing class, I expect that I can learn to write professionally, which will be useful for my future career. I also believe that individual interactions in the class are very important to develop ideas and communication skills.

I am looking forward to working with you as my instructor in this class.

I am a junior in the School of Management, with a minor in Marketing. I had a marketing assistant internship at Twentieth Century Fox Korea during the summer of 2000. I am currently working for the Purdue University Humanities, Social Science & Education Library.

Academic writing experiences
My writing experiences at Purdue were mainly reports and essays for English composition or science classes. The compositions were descriptive and in general, the instructors required a certain type of format. However, for a marketing class and speech classes, I had to give a formal presentation to the students in class. At times, I had to use MS PowerPoint or Excel as a visual aid.

Professional writing experiences
During my internship, I wrote short reports to the manager on the weekly box-office statistics and trends of the movies that were out in the market. In order to summarize every detail in a condensed form, I focused on graphs and tables that would assist reading the reports. I also participated in formatting the scripts into Korean captions. Not only did this job require translating skills, but I had to find the most appropriate vocabulary for the captions since there were a limit of letters that could fit in the screen. When the company was promoting new movies for the season, there would be a preview and I wrote short reports giving feedback about the movies as well a brief outline of the promotion plan. There were times when I had to use my creative side and come up with scripts that were used in newspaper, magazine advertisements. Most of these scripts were short but persuasive phrases what would catch the attention of the readers.

Sung You

My name is Asad Zahidi, but people some times call me acid, whenever they have a hard time saying the name. My date of birth is 21st of February 1983. I am originally from Pakistan but never lived there. I was born in England, Luton to be exact. Shifted to Abu Dhabi in Untied Arab Emirates at the age of six, ever since been there. Throughout, my schooling has been done from British Community School, except for the last two years. In tenth grade I shifted to American International School and graduated from there. Came to Purdue University in fall semester 2000. I am majoring in Accounting with three minors, Finance, Management Information System (MIS) and Economics. This my fourth semester here and I am expecting to graduate by 2004, if things work according to my study plans. My plans after graduation are to get my MBA degree and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) degree. After these degrees I plan to go back to England for the Charted Accountant (CA) degree. But my goal right now is to get an internship in America for this summer.

From my schooling and my experiences I have developed certain form of skills in writing which may be useful in my group project. In twelfth grade I ran for the Student Councilor President. We had to give a speech in front of the whole school. I came second and was elected as the treasure of the school. This experience helped me raise my confidence level. I have also taken COM114 here in Purdue University, for which I wrote the speeches and delivered it. This course helped and showed me ways to deliver my speeches. I personally have not had any hardcore writing experience, but I feel I right okay and can help my group with ideas also.

Sahar Zaidi

I chose the picture from the popular sitcom ÔFRIENDSÕ because I have been able to relate to each of the characters at some point in my life. There have been times when I have been watching the show and squealed, "I did that once!" I see myself as a sensible and cool-headed person in general but at the same time I have been found to do silly things, go wild and lose my temper. That is why I believe that there are many sides to a person. We all adjust to our environment.

The most important things in my life are my family and my close friends. You cannot live with them nor can you live without them. I have lived most of my life out of my native country but I always make it an effort to remember who I am and not give in to peer pressure.

My interests are music, traveling, mountain climbing and anything that has history attached to it. My greatest dream is to go to Egypt and Greece and see all the ancient sites. It does sound boring and very stereotypical; but one cannot ignore the marvels and the mysteries that lie from those ages. I believe that one can be inspired to move ahead in life by learning from the past.