Tuesday, November 02, 2004
I will be ranting about PW Oral Presentation so skip this post if u can’t stand my whining.
PW officially ends today. wow, i should be celebrating! (yar, my grp did eat ajisen ramen and watched the movie long feng dou after that, but that's not the point.) the point is, i got assessed by jismyl lam the blue t-shirt aunty. ok, she might not look as aunty as rita wong but i dun care. Mr ho was right… she asks tough questions that seem ridiculous to me. the real stressful thing about OP is not the presenting, but the Q & A after that, which can decide whether u get a band 1 or band 3.
the aunty asked both jodi and i questions. here is the interesting conversation jodi and she had. (assume this is a MSN chat)
JISMYL LAM SUX: how do i distinguish these organic apples from conventional apples in a supermarket?
Jodi: u may not be able to distinguish by taste, but they are placed at a special section marked out in the supermarket, blah blah…
JISMYL LAM SUX: (seems rather dissatisfied with the answer) what if these apples are misplaced? how are you going to identify it?
Jodi: u can maybe ask the people in charge of the supermarket and they should know how to identify.
JISMYL LAM SUX: (in a very displeased tone, almost arguing) who are the people? the uncle or aunty there?
Jodi: erm, the workers.
oh, if you think the organic apples can be misplaced in a supermarket, then 101 things can happen. people can tear off the label from the organic apples and replace it with a cheap conventional apple label. frankly, most Singaporeans won’t give two hoots about organic apples after they see the price tag. perhaps, since u are a smart-assed bio tutor, u can teach us how to identify.
then it’s my turn.
JISMYL LAM SUX: listen carefully. About the evolution of the trend, how does your project follow the question requirement stated in the project task?
She spoke in such a slow manner that anyone could have caught her question. I got her question immediately since jodi raised this point before about our project since our evolution of the trend is increasing and we propose to further increase the trend. but the question says that we must change the direction of this evolution. We asked ms ho our supervising tutor before and she said that will do too.
I tried to explain that there is only a small amount of people eating organic food but there is a slow increasing trend and we propose to make this trend more significant in 10 years time. Perhaps we presented our trend too explicitly unlike other groups. But that was wad ms ho wanted. Argh… I almost wanted to say “go check with your fellow colleague ho sern ling and see whether I’m right”.
She then proceeded to “insult” my intelligence by guiding me through her question.
JISMYL LAM SUX: when u change the direction, u…?
Me: (very reluctantly) reverse the trend?
oh, so she wants me to admit I got my project wrong from the start. SHIT HER LAH.
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I must remember to thank my other members though for slogging with me through this project. They are:
Jodi: our wonderful group leader who gave us a Garfield soft toy each today. She led us well, and is in charge of pushing us when we feel restless.
Wanyi: she types most of our minutes (oops, don’t tell MOE!) and is in charge of the wonderful powerpoint presentation with her photoshop skills.
Chen yu: our entertainer. Yeah, like that only. =P
next up: maths project? Shudder.
~ the @lie[n] landed on Earth @ 6:49 PM