Can you imagine this happening in poly where a group goes up to the lecturer, tells him/her that 3 out of 4 of the group's members cannot make it for Saturday's lecture. Therefore, they would like to have their presentation on Monday instead.
Lets just say when i heard about this, i only had one thing to say : "WTF!?" You know this will NEVER happen when we were back in poly. We might have all thought about it but i don't think anyone would have been that dumb to approach the lecturer with that request. *shakes my head*What have these kids been learning????
Of course, no one agreed to that proposition and the group did not even dare to reassert their request when the lecturer asked : "Is there any other group with this problem?". Wuss. Had the guts to ask but no guts to reassert themselves.
I would have definitely had marked the group down cos for this presentation we are to mark the other groups and the other groups to mark my group. There is no way that group is going to get two extra days to finish their presentation materials and still be marked on the same grounds as the rest of us presenting on Saturday.
Again, what have these kids been learning in poly before????? Kids! *tsk tsk*
Friday, November 28, 2003
Monday, November 24, 2003
Idiosyncrasies
There are two things that happen in a classroom setting i hate with a passion :
1. Brats who are annoyingly rude to the lecturers.
2. Student making phone calls in their seats, in the lecture theatre while the lecture is going on.
Case 1 :
The lecturer is not familiar with the technical aspect of the computer/ laptop settings in the lecture theatre. So maybe in his nervousness (this is his first time teaching in Singapore ever) he fumbled and forgot to change the powerpoint slide in to slide presentation mode. Therefore, making the text unreadable if you were sitting at the back of the theatre. Most of us continued to just copy and take down what is on the screen when this brat yelled out "I can't read the words!" and all of us turned towards the direction of the shrilled voice.
Lecturer : "Excuse me?"
Brat : "I can't see the words!" [this time she sounded annoyed]
Well, if you can't read the words, raise your hand up and politely tell the lecturer to put the slide on presentation mode. Didn't your mom teach you to be respectful to your lecturers no matter what? For your info, if you're the one who is guilty of this tonite, here's what has been said about you; you are rude, with no manners and this reflects badly on your parents. As we say in Mandarin : "Mei You Jia Jiao".
Case 2 :
Regardless of whether or not the lecture is boring or you can't understand the lecturer like 99% of us, it does not give you the right to pick up your phone and dial the number to talk to ANYONE IN the lecture theatre. What you should do is pick up the phone, excuse yourself from the lecture theatre and take your butt out to make the call. I don't care if you had an impt. message to pass on or if it was an emergency (i highly doubt so) you DO NOT make a phone call in the middle of a lecture! It's common courtesy.
I seriously don't know why these people have no sense of common courtesy at all.
At the same time i would like to mention that there is an inconsiderate driver out there, driving a Nissan Sunny EX Saloon with the liscence plate no. of SFC6250T. My dad was patiently waiting in line along Bukit Timah Road to fill up his tank at Esso/Mobil when this guy conveniently drove out of the t-junction and cut right in front of us. Err... HELLO???! What the heck did he think he was doing??? He probably thinks no one would say anything but too bad he had to do it to me. Sorry, Mister but that was just so inconsiderate!
Right... back to normal programming.
1. Brats who are annoyingly rude to the lecturers.
2. Student making phone calls in their seats, in the lecture theatre while the lecture is going on.
Case 1 :
The lecturer is not familiar with the technical aspect of the computer/ laptop settings in the lecture theatre. So maybe in his nervousness (this is his first time teaching in Singapore ever) he fumbled and forgot to change the powerpoint slide in to slide presentation mode. Therefore, making the text unreadable if you were sitting at the back of the theatre. Most of us continued to just copy and take down what is on the screen when this brat yelled out "I can't read the words!" and all of us turned towards the direction of the shrilled voice.
Lecturer : "Excuse me?"
Brat : "I can't see the words!" [this time she sounded annoyed]
Well, if you can't read the words, raise your hand up and politely tell the lecturer to put the slide on presentation mode. Didn't your mom teach you to be respectful to your lecturers no matter what? For your info, if you're the one who is guilty of this tonite, here's what has been said about you; you are rude, with no manners and this reflects badly on your parents. As we say in Mandarin : "Mei You Jia Jiao".
Case 2 :
Regardless of whether or not the lecture is boring or you can't understand the lecturer like 99% of us, it does not give you the right to pick up your phone and dial the number to talk to ANYONE IN the lecture theatre. What you should do is pick up the phone, excuse yourself from the lecture theatre and take your butt out to make the call. I don't care if you had an impt. message to pass on or if it was an emergency (i highly doubt so) you DO NOT make a phone call in the middle of a lecture! It's common courtesy.
I seriously don't know why these people have no sense of common courtesy at all.
At the same time i would like to mention that there is an inconsiderate driver out there, driving a Nissan Sunny EX Saloon with the liscence plate no. of SFC6250T. My dad was patiently waiting in line along Bukit Timah Road to fill up his tank at Esso/Mobil when this guy conveniently drove out of the t-junction and cut right in front of us. Err... HELLO???! What the heck did he think he was doing??? He probably thinks no one would say anything but too bad he had to do it to me. Sorry, Mister but that was just so inconsiderate!
Right... back to normal programming.
Sunday, November 23, 2003
Just breathe.......
What can i say, slowed down to a complete stop when it comes to updating my blog.
"I've been driving for an hour
Just talking to the rain
You say I've been driving you crazy
and its keeping you away
So just give me one good reason
Tell me why I should stay
'Cause I dont wanna waste another moment
in saying things we never meant to say"
A general update, last day on the job was on Friday. Colleagues gave me so many going away presents and it was just sad to leave them. I don't have the world's best job but i can safely say i had the best team of colleagues i have had in a long long time. The girls in my dept got me a basket of sunflowers with a teddy bear on it and a 50 dollars from Dorothy Perkins. The guys and gals from the Operations and Merchandising Dept. gave me a 70 dollars CK Tang voucher, a classic Winnie the Pooh bear and a winkie_eyed plush doggie. *smile* Boss even gave me a maroonish crumpler-like bag. I wander what it is with my ex-Bosses and bags cos i have had been given 3 bags so far from all three of my ex-Bosses.
"And I Take it just a little bit
I, hold my breath and count to ten
I, I've been waiting for a chance to let you in"
Met up with Mala last nite and had a good time catching up at Starbucks (which i think can be officially known as our favourite haunt!) with a pseudo alcholic toffee nut rhumba frappie. That thing was damn good and just oh so sinful. *grin* *smile* Just so happened while we were walking along Orchard we wandered into the Buskers' Festival and was met with a whole throng of people. Since it was already the school holidays, parents and kids were out in full force. Doesn't matter to me, only means i get the excuse to go trigger happy on my Nikon Coolpix! =) Got to a point where Mala just bursted out saying "Ee, i'll buy you a kid and you can take photos of the kid all you want. Just please stop going goo goo gaa gaa now!" I managed to take some good photos, esp of this 2 yr old lil boy who just burst into a crowd that was gathering around this golden retriever. He walks in, looks at the dog and then in a wangfeihong-like stance pointed at the dog. *grin* Very cute, he kept pointing and pointing and looking at the door, obviously very curious and very much wanting to go near the dog but was too afraid. *heehee* He was just so adorable!
"If I just breathe
Let it fill the space in between
I'll know everything is alright
Breathe
Every little piece of me
You'll see
Everything is alright
If I just breathe"
One of those them days at home again. Only fuels my desire to want to get out. Then again that is stale news, who doesn't know i want out of this place eh? Just as long i am breathing and healthy i will get out of here soon. Get out first and then decide how to pay the debt of 13k later. As the new Michelle Branch's single goes "Everything is alright
If I just breathe."
"I've been driving for an hour
Just talking to the rain
You say I've been driving you crazy
and its keeping you away
So just give me one good reason
Tell me why I should stay
'Cause I dont wanna waste another moment
in saying things we never meant to say"
A general update, last day on the job was on Friday. Colleagues gave me so many going away presents and it was just sad to leave them. I don't have the world's best job but i can safely say i had the best team of colleagues i have had in a long long time. The girls in my dept got me a basket of sunflowers with a teddy bear on it and a 50 dollars from Dorothy Perkins. The guys and gals from the Operations and Merchandising Dept. gave me a 70 dollars CK Tang voucher, a classic Winnie the Pooh bear and a winkie_eyed plush doggie. *smile* Boss even gave me a maroonish crumpler-like bag. I wander what it is with my ex-Bosses and bags cos i have had been given 3 bags so far from all three of my ex-Bosses.
"And I Take it just a little bit
I, hold my breath and count to ten
I, I've been waiting for a chance to let you in"
Met up with Mala last nite and had a good time catching up at Starbucks (which i think can be officially known as our favourite haunt!) with a pseudo alcholic toffee nut rhumba frappie. That thing was damn good and just oh so sinful. *grin* *smile* Just so happened while we were walking along Orchard we wandered into the Buskers' Festival and was met with a whole throng of people. Since it was already the school holidays, parents and kids were out in full force. Doesn't matter to me, only means i get the excuse to go trigger happy on my Nikon Coolpix! =) Got to a point where Mala just bursted out saying "Ee, i'll buy you a kid and you can take photos of the kid all you want. Just please stop going goo goo gaa gaa now!" I managed to take some good photos, esp of this 2 yr old lil boy who just burst into a crowd that was gathering around this golden retriever. He walks in, looks at the dog and then in a wangfeihong-like stance pointed at the dog. *grin* Very cute, he kept pointing and pointing and looking at the door, obviously very curious and very much wanting to go near the dog but was too afraid. *heehee* He was just so adorable!
"If I just breathe
Let it fill the space in between
I'll know everything is alright
Breathe
Every little piece of me
You'll see
Everything is alright
If I just breathe"
One of those them days at home again. Only fuels my desire to want to get out. Then again that is stale news, who doesn't know i want out of this place eh? Just as long i am breathing and healthy i will get out of here soon. Get out first and then decide how to pay the debt of 13k later. As the new Michelle Branch's single goes "Everything is alright
If I just breathe."
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