Thanks for the Break!

Well, the gal in my ite class is attached as mentioned in my blog comment. But still, I feel the class dynamic is marvellous. I am going to miss them soon, as tmr will be the last day.

This morning, I had my first presentation. By right, presentation shld be something 'chicken feet' to most uni students. However, the requirement set by ITE is slightly more stringent. The presentation is not just limited to disseminating info to the class, but also to stimulate their thinking and engage them into discussions. Sounds more like faciliating a dharma circle.... except that we need to do powerpoint presentation as well as demonstrations.

Being over-confident with my own presentation skills, I kinda over-estimated myself by setting aside only one evening for the entire presentation preparation. And gosh.. i found myself starting work straight after dinner all the way till midnight. And wats worse, I din even do any rehearsing before I turned in to sleep, as I was simply too shag.

In the past, I always practised a lot for prior to my actual presentation. I would make sure that my delivery is smooth and the right choices of words were used. However this morning, I went ahead to do my presentation without any prior rehearsal. And surprisingly, it turned out to be pretty smooth. I guess my trainer was right. He told us not to over-prepare our presentation, as that will make it very rigid. Instead, we should just familiarise ourselves with our slides, DO NOT prepare any speech, but speak everything from our heart. And the topic I chose was "Meditation". This is indeed my very first attempt to 'speak from heart' and not 'speak by hard'.

Oh yeah, my honeymoon period will be over soon.... tmr marks the end of my ITE days, and I will be packing my bag back to work at Loyang. I have lost count the number of times i visited NUS and NTU campuses, and must have caused much disturbances to the NTUBS ppl esp at their halls. Thanks for bringing me back closer to my 'terribly-missed' campus life, and allowing me to take a break from work.

Well, is the break long enough? I duno, but I guess I shld be thankful and contented.