today we had an individual oral presentation lasting 3 minutes long each! i started on my script only at 12am this morning and had to rush rush and rush! woke up earlier to practice my 'speech' and thought i could remember the bulk of it since i've recited them quite a no. of times.. was reciting it even while walking from hall to SOC, think the people who walked past me must have thought that i'm a weird person who talks to herself, oh well! BUT i was so nervous that i kinda read it all from the piece of paper i wrote my script on. I kept laughing cuz the tutor kept smiling each time i looked up from my script to TRY to maintain eye contact with him despite having to constantly read off that piece of paper! well maybe he was trying to make me less tensed but IT HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT! gosh...
well, was pretty funny though. my topic was on how to become a more effective SOC student. what an irony cuz i'm not even one!
and the brainy me came up with 3 P's :
Prepare for lectures - by reading notes beforehand
Pay attention during lectures
Practice! - past sem papers
and guess what! smart me =S thought of them all but have practiced none of the above SO FAR. i print lecture notes AFTER lectures, fall alseep or stone during lectures, and burn my nights before the exams watching webcasts such that there's no time for me to practice any papers.
i wonder how i'll do this semester, looks like i've got a lot to catch up on!
*PHEW! at least it's over! i was so nervous this morning that i purposely stood behind the table while doing my oral presentation so that no one(i hope) could see my legs shivering. hahahas! yes, and though i usually talk a lot(to my friends) during tutorials, i'm still a generally SHY person.. hahas! okay! one down, many more to go! =( god, bless me in this busy week!! 4:08 PM