when I know I am up to a challenging day ahead
and probably could be shitty
well, anything could happen under this roof
then I would love to put on my favourite piece
because I do believe that
dressing up in the way you like
indeed could lift your mood for the day
10 a.m. consultation class
indeed it turned out
not that great indeed
when my ex BFF did not turn up for the
consultation session
not difficult to guess
she did not finish her portion of work
and someone was saying that
she hung over
well it’s Halloween night
so it’s perfectly normal for
people to go party and
leave their work behind
since the work is not that important anyway
came to think of it
let’s look at some background info about
this particular group project
6 members in a group
there are 5 segments
a tourism proposal
done under the Edward’s Six Hat method
this method is actually quite relevant for
proposal writing
even better than S.W.O.T. analysis
White Hat – background information
Yellow – why it should be done & why it will work
Red – emotional reaction from the people
Black – why it shouldn’t be done & wouldn’t work
Green - recommendation to solve Black’s
the role of Blue hat (unfortunately)
is taken up by the lecturer
it is about weighing all the rest and
decide whether it’s a Y/N
oh yay you see!!
blue is a born leader
so initially I already took up the
tougher of the two hats
which are the Red and the Black
and those points I put forward were
already approved by the lecturer
I did a pretty neat mind map
which he even borrowed to
use as example during discussion with
the other group, i.e. our competitor
so basically my work for this
is almost done you see
but since Green hat was not turning up
well
it’s not difficult to guess that
not a single shit has been done about it yet
and since Green Hat is supposed to solve
the problems proposed by Black Hat
then of course it bounced back to me
why don’t I just do it instead
so I spent some time drafting suggestions
showing it to the lecturer
he gave some feedbacks
some real solid recommendations
and so hence I guess now
I have to wear another hat
seriously!!
you see,
White Hat is about basic info
Yellow Hat is about advantages
since I have already done the 3 tougher one
it is not too difficult if
I could have completed the
whole bloody 60 marks assignments on my own
aha never mind
at least the Yellow Hat is doing her job
it is not doing her justice to say so
anyway
what’s fairness, what’s justice
I have already learnt to
dump all these away
after having been dealing with
all these group assignments
group assignment doesn’t teach me the
so-called team-work
it teaches me how to sail through a sea of
liars, excuse-finders, procrastinators,
drama queens & kings
fantastic
things that you can never learnt
even at the best university in
the whole wide world
and you probably can’t hire and pay
someone to teach you
you name it,
what doesn’t kill you
make you stronger
and it does make me way stronger
12:30 p.m. PSA recording
need to re-record a 30 seconds PSA
since I wrote the script
and I am sick of asking if anyone else would do it
I recorded 4 versions
which to the lecturer was like so crappy
firstly, he thinks my voice
sounds like the children character in horror movie
what the fuck
he commented this in front of everyone:
“Have you seen those horror movie trailer
with children in there?
Steph I think you seriously should consider
applying for a job as the voice talent.
This is not an insult,
I am real serious about this”
secondly, he thinks
I have pronunciation issue
which is not up to the standard of proper English
thirdly, he thinks
I could have drunk two bottles of
Red Bull or Livita
before the recording
and another two reasons
which finally do not have anything to
do with my eerie voice
in short, we have to do it again
and for real
I am not going to do it again
luckily enough
caught a classmate who did the best PSA
she attended American international school
and she helped us to record
while another sign off message
which we managed to
get a lecturer to do it
woohoo!!
done within half an hour
1:00 p.m. dissertation consultation
my tutor actually commented that
this is an “A” thesis
so what I am left with is
some wrap ups
he is a chatty man
and could go on talking
for hours, trust me
but it feels nice to engage in conversation
with such knowledgeable person
who can basically talk about
China Communism back in the 1980’s
all the way to the capitalism today
then to CIA agents,
to driving ethic in US which is lacking here
and he knows so much about Chinese
that he could comment on
the mainland-HK-TW issue
all the way to Tibet
how does the
Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Hai Nan clans
landed in Malaysia and Singapore
that’s interesting
I didn’t even know,
shamefully speaking as a Chinese
so according to him
Cantoneses came because of the mining sector
Hakkas were brought in due to plantation
Hokkiens were mainly small traders
that’s why they are rich
as a Hokkien,
oh come one I don’t think so,
because I am quite poverty-stricken, really
Hai Lam see themselves one level higher
than the rest of the clan
because they followed the British here
since they have been working in British families as
cook, domestic helper, driver and etc
(ssshhh…
he said that’s why
they speak louder than the rest)
interesting!!
but oh, it was past two p.m. already
to wrap up
this is a fruitful Friday on university
time to go
got a text from mom and dad respectively
urging me to go home
since tomorrow is a public holiday
hence there is no class
that’s right I have been having Saturday class
but decided to stay back
and get the works done
a weekend “stuck” here
could be translated into load progress
and sail through Monday blue, in cool
heading back to dorm
for a Friday Lunch’s Special and
a long cozy nap
life’s good and
nothing could stop me from
enjoying it with my own ways
Update of event
two days later,
on a sunny Sunday afternoon..
and I got this text
as I was saying
I wasn’t really mind doing 3/5 of the assignment
but it’s the attitude of people which pissed me off
so a person could suddenly wake up on
Sunday, realizing she
has already missed a consultation on Friday
all so confused as to what she is supposed to do
unfortunately enough
I am such a bad leader
not only failed to give clear instruction
but so not approachable that
my beloved ex bff is too scared to
approach me for
what she is supposed to do now
and I wasn’t the one who
is assigning Green Hat to her
(which is now thrown back to me)
she volunteered to do it because
she did not participate at the other assignment
which consists of
video/Facebook page (with content)/PSA/poster
information has been supplied on Thursday
and when I checked back now
it has been read, immediately
but no response has been given
so it’s my fault to assume that
she understands what to do
it’s alright
at least she is doing the compilation
which none of us in the group can do
compilation which is so damn important that
I am going to bow to her
in order to express my highest gratitude for
her contribution,in spite of
her hectic schedules
What the heck man
I thought going for internship will
teach a person who has zero working experience to
appreciate her group mate who
do all the work better
but it hasn’t
my lecturer was very right
the problem with young people nowadays is
they are creative in the wrong way
they pick up all the bad attitudes
which they supposed to learn later at work
and apply them way too earlier at school
keep calm and eat your lunch, Steph
life’s good and
nothing could stop me from
enjoying it with my own ways
and I would always remind myself to
put on that smile as my protection mask
when I am at school tomorrow
now I begin to see
if I ever get Monday Blue
it’s less about the work
it’s the people that I have to face
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