Memories...
Saturday, January 05, 2008
ON DAE 16 (Thu 3rd Jan)Slept only 3 hours. Deadline for submission of presentation slides & report was set at 12 noon. Most of us interns couldnt hit it and requested for an extension till 230 pm. It was really a frantic race against time. The intense heat was on.My Commercial office was also heavily buzzing yesterdae n the whole of todae coz its the final inspection day for Terminal 3, before its official opening next week. My supervisors were very tied down as well.Finally submitted my slides n report to HR at 3 pm. But I didnt feel good at all about them. There were still a lot of tables, figures, statistics & findings which I wanna churn in but didnt have the time to. Rehearsal of presentation at the Boardroom at 5 pm- Venue of our Judgment Day tomorrow. I was designated as the 4th presenter. All of us took turns to present and gave inputs for each other to further improve the slides. We only have a max of 7 min each, hence the need to be extremely concise n clear => something which FASS & PS doesnt teach very well. Thankfully we were still allowed to make changes to our presentation slides overnight before 830 am tom. Headed home at 8pm. Finetuned & added in a lot of stuff for my presentation. For the 1st time finally, I felt confident about what I was going to say tomorrow. I felt clear about the direction of my presentation, and I have all the necessary answers to any questions in the back of my mind. It is commonly known that in Arts, u learn to "crap" quite well, be it in presentations, essays or exams. Try that tom & we are screwed. Here, facts & figures are what counts in substantiating our presentation flow.Finally completed & satisfied at 3 am. Sent a final copy to my supervisors & even Directors, and slept on the sofa. Feeling more relaxed & could finally afford to smile. The scholarship means very much to both me and Lionel, which explains why we are piaing so hard. Now for the moment of truth in 6 hours time.