Sunday, April 17, 2005
CSI Wannabe
This blog is specially dedicated to Mag - who shares my interest in the CSI serial.
remember the night we spent talking in a coffee shop near your place - that was when u first introduced the serial to me. since then, i was hooked to the show and still very much now.
this term, i am taking a class titled 'Criminal Investigation'. you will be very jealous, my fren.
for the class tomorrow, we will learn how to lift fingerprints - i am totally excited and looking forward to it. at the end of the term, as part of our assessment, my prof will set up 3 different crime scenes and the class will be divided into teams to process them. 2 scenes will be outdoor and my prof warned that the assessment will continue even in adverse weather - just like in real life!! how exciting it is!
but there is more to the fun of the class. as i study the subject, the theories that i learnt are not unique to crime scene investigation. would like to share some with you
be objective - there is so much emphasis on being objective, for everyone is bias and prejudice due to our past & experiences. but certainly, an investigator has to overcome this and base his findings on facts and evidences. this is so applicable in life and we often overlook it in our haste. hence, we end up being judgemental and allow subjectivity to cloud / colour us.
another trait of a good investigator is to be observant. i think my text book put forth this point so very apt - (i quote) ... our eyes often see only what they look for and look for what is already in our minds. ... most of us see but do not observe.
how true - we more often then not, see what we want to see, hear what we want to hear; rather than what our family and frens are really trying to show or tell us.
as i read my text, i come to realise that life is very much like a big crime scene that we set out to find the truth (meaning) or value/worth of our existence and purpose.
remember the night we spent talking in a coffee shop near your place - that was when u first introduced the serial to me. since then, i was hooked to the show and still very much now.
this term, i am taking a class titled 'Criminal Investigation'. you will be very jealous, my fren.
for the class tomorrow, we will learn how to lift fingerprints - i am totally excited and looking forward to it. at the end of the term, as part of our assessment, my prof will set up 3 different crime scenes and the class will be divided into teams to process them. 2 scenes will be outdoor and my prof warned that the assessment will continue even in adverse weather - just like in real life!! how exciting it is!
but there is more to the fun of the class. as i study the subject, the theories that i learnt are not unique to crime scene investigation. would like to share some with you
be objective - there is so much emphasis on being objective, for everyone is bias and prejudice due to our past & experiences. but certainly, an investigator has to overcome this and base his findings on facts and evidences. this is so applicable in life and we often overlook it in our haste. hence, we end up being judgemental and allow subjectivity to cloud / colour us.
another trait of a good investigator is to be observant. i think my text book put forth this point so very apt - (i quote) ... our eyes often see only what they look for and look for what is already in our minds. ... most of us see but do not observe.
how true - we more often then not, see what we want to see, hear what we want to hear; rather than what our family and frens are really trying to show or tell us.
as i read my text, i come to realise that life is very much like a big crime scene that we set out to find the truth (meaning) or value/worth of our existence and purpose.
# posted by nic @ 11:31 PM 
