The shower room tonight was noisier than ever. Then I heard an African and a Korean coming out saying something about浪漫主义... I was puzzled, until I found out from Laotian Jin that they had lit candles in the shower room cos the lights were out. Wow.
GlobEl Village publicity...sigh...
The entire day, I was feeling down in the rut.
First of course, I didn’t feel that what I prepared for the evening’s presentation was fantastic or interesting. It is sad, but I honestly do not feel much belonging to NTU. I don’t live in hall, so I don’t have a hall life. I am in CS, but not soooo into CS. Basically, in NTU, my joy comes from my friends and Chinese modules. I’m the typical student who comes to school, learn, study, and go home. Oh well…
The second factor was how poorly organised this entire event was. Late last week, I was informed that it would be postponed. Then I was asked to call the in-charge who made me choose ANY day this week for my presentation. Ming Lei, my co-presenter, is leaving for 丝绸之路on Tuesday, so we had to keep to Monday. As a result, there was publicity only during lunch hour today. To make matters worse, I was not informed at all about the venue cos the in-charge never called or sms me as she said she would. That was 3pm.
Let me just say that my mood took a 180 degrees turn during, and especially after the presentation.
I think I had more supporters than attendees. 4 of the organisers who came were very apologetic about the poor turn-up rate. The entire presentation took up half an hour, with the screening of a Uniquely Singapore video, NTU Corporate Communications video, and my power-point slides.
I have to say that it was still an experience. I not only learnt more about NTU during my preparation, I drew lessons from the presentation itself as well. It is more difficult maintaining and giving everyone eye contact when the group is so small. Despite the organisers’ approval, I should have done the presentation entirely in Chinese. It is not an easy task for the presenter, and it confuses the audience when both English and Chinese are used.
After the presentation, a PKU Biological Science Masters student came forward and enquired more. I’m glad I was of help. =)
It’s over!!!
While preparing for the presentation, I came across some interesting sites.
Videos
10 short videos produced by NTU students. Check out my CS peers in Bar None But Two & Like Love!
Naresh Argawal Portfolio
NTU from an Indian International student's perspective
NTU Singapore Survival Guide
Collated by a German student. Below are some "worthy" quotes.
Bring what you consider smart casual or good style since the SG taste for clothings is terrible (warning: subject to my opinion) and it is sometimes hard to find stylish stuff (try the City Hall MRT Shopping Centre. If you cannot find good stuff here, you cannot find it at all).
Many street people speak a singlish (mandarin-english mix) that is far beyond the -lah, -ah and -lor stuff and impossible to understand.
Hmmmmmmm...
gRacE ;)
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