[Revised] Introductory Email

To: Brad Blackstone
From: Ong Jin
Date: 21 January 2018
Subject: Self-introduction

Dear Brad Blackstone

My name is Jin and I am an undergraduate studying hospitality business in Singapore institute of Technology. I graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a diploma in hotel and leisure facilities management and decided to continue pursuing my studies in hospitality-related fields. I initially did not want to continue my studies as I did not find a need to, and decided to pursue a full time job instead. I worked as a sales coordinator with Stamford Catering for one and a half years and discovered my love for doing sales and finding the best fit for customers. Managing customer profiles was what I loved about sales because of the great feeling I get when they return and look for me. Another reason was the relationships I build with my customers when I help them with their business needs. In between school terms, my part time jobs were mostly in Food & Beverage. I worked in a Japanese restaurant and worked for Formula 1 events for three consecutive years.

During my free time, I enjoy writing letters to my pen pals. When I write, thoughts flow out much more easily and it is comforting to talk about daily happenings and even problems with someone located on the other side of the world. As I do not have the chance to travel often, it is another great way to learn about another country and their cultures and I even get to keep the letters as memories and go back to read them after some time. My other hobbies are playing music - the piano and violin, Latin dancing, and spending time at home, either painting or playing with my pets. 

When presenting, I face difficulties forming a mind map in my head and communicating my thoughts out verbally. Sometimes the concepts and feelings are present, but it always meets a massive roadblock on the way out of my mouth to the audience. I am one of the craziest within my circle of friends, but I turn shy when facing a bunch of people I do not know well. Hence, I tend to stutter and lose my train of thoughts halfway through. One communication strength of mine is sensitive hearing, where I am able to hear tone and pitch changes when the other party speaks which reflects their thoughts or moods. 

I look forward to improving my presentation skills under your tutelage. 

Best regards
Jin

Revised on 30 January 2018