Just last week, these were the happenings during my final year presentation on some e-learning application on the basic laws of th*rm*dyn*mics:
[Glass Cookie (G.C.) and The Other Cookie (T.O.C - not the table of contents) arrives and waits for G.C's prof and the moderator to arrive][Moderator arrives first]G.C.: Hi prof, could [T.O.C.] sit in during the presentation?
Moderator (smiles a wide smile): Sure!
[G.C. Starts to set up his laptop, load the presentation slides and waits a while.]Moderator: By the way, do you know who am I?
G.C's mind: Erm, seriously... No. Wait... why the &^%#@$ should I bother who you are? But then again, given such a question asked you must be pretty high up in the school as much as your ego is huge... Hmmm... I have a bad feeling about this guy now. I suppose this is one of those killer moderators that students were fearing. Actually, like I care (i.e. read as: do I care)? Give me C for my FYP and my grades are still unaffected =) If I needed a first class honours, then perhaps I should start to worry that I don't know you...G.C's mind (with the ah-beng seh [i.e. gangster style]): You wan to give C ah? Give la. (With a gangsterish beckoning hand motion) Come come come... Just give...G.C. (smiling - effort was required to smile, and to smile like it's meant to be a smile without the Do-I-look-like-I-care? look [EWRTSATSLIMTBASWTDL]): Erm, no... but I suppose I've seen you before in one of our lectures.
Moderator (grinning): Alright... you'll know later. In any case, my very first question to you is, did you consult any of our th*rm*dyna*ics prof when you did your project?
G.C. mind: Oh my, I am so going to hurt your ego when I say NO... not at all. You mean I need to? OK, maybe for the year ones, I should. But why should I bother? I'm aiming secondary schools, JCs and maybe year 1 th*rm*dyna*ics students... OK, let me hurt your ego now...G.C. (smiling, EWRTSATSLIMTBASWTDL [refer to above]): Erm, nope.
Moderator (cocking his head to one side and giving the "Oh, ok. Whatever" look): Oh, ok.
[G.C. goes to show him a mobile device application, which he was totally disinterested about] [G.C's Prof comes in, does some greeting before G.C. starts the presentation][G.C. starts the presentation and continues in spite of the moderator's disinterested look][G.C. mentions about some failure rates that were unverified and got slammed. Moderator's ego has been hurt again. G.C's prof was slammed for not checking through also. However, G.C. and G.C's prof agrees that it was their fault][G.C. ends the presentation with "well, any questions?" and the Moderator unsheathed his 屠龙刀 (i.e. dragon slaying sword)]Moderator: As I've said earlier, my very first question to you is whether you approached any of the th*rm*dyna*ics prof
G.C's mind: Why should I? You mean my professor who does engine cycles don't know the basic laws of th*rm*dyna*ics for nuts? I am not really aiming the first year students okie?G.C. (smiling, EWRTSATSLIMTBASWTDL [refer to above]): Nope.
* Well, the general contents of the conversations that went on were largely forgotten. However, they were in the form of the following:- Moderator slams and condemns project as inapplicable
- G.C's prof steps in to re-state that the target audience is from secondary school to year 1 students
- Moderator states that it is merely good at stirring interest for perhaps secondary and junior college students
- G.C. is confused as the project is aimed at stirring interest at mainly the secondary and junior college students
- G.C. is happy that the prof recognises the applicability of this e-book...
- Moderator comments that in his own opinion, he feels that the project is useless with regards to trying to improve any grades (which G.C. agrees)
[Disclaimer: G.C. placed a clause that the project was aimed at improving grades of year 1 students because he needed more content to write an intro. So, this is G.C's error]- G.C. was relatively unaffected, other than a little irritated that his efforts and crazy programming have gone unnoticed.
- G.C. starts to count money should the e-book start to sell as the prof continues ranting on...
- G.C. felt that the moderator really did not give a %^#&@ about his prof, who is the HEAD of a*rospace. So what if he is the course coordinator? His prof has course coordinators under him.
- Moderator turns back to T.O.C for agreement/acknowledgement of what he said and T.O.C simply smiles back.
- G.C's prof stepped in to relate his own th*rm*dyna*ics teaching experience about how students were lost with regards to the laws of th*rm*dyn*mics
- Moderator refutes G.C's prof
- G.C. guesses that the moderator's ego that was really well-hammered by G.C. earlier on...
- Moderator talked about his Stamford education, his 12 years of teaching experience...
- G.C. guesses that it probably did sound impressive but he couldn't be crap bothered (oh, and did G.C. mentioned earlier that a friend upon hearing his rant mentioned that the moderator's teaching suc*ed? After 12-3 years...)
[After the presentation, the moderator leaves and G.C's prof goes over to G.C.]G.C's prof: So [G.C.], how have you been these days?
G.C. (genuinely smiling): Well, I'm ok! =)
G.C.'s prof: Maybe we could meet up one of these days about selling the e-book...
G.C. (still genuinely smiling): Yup.
G.C's prof: Don't worry about the grades. Although he was firing all the way, it was because you
[mentioned something that you shouldn't] about th*rm*dyn*mics course (i.e. the failure rates) and as course coordinator, he had a lot to say about it. He's a nice guy actually.
G.C's mind: In my opinion, he is an egoistic b*stard however genuinely smiley he could possibly get. But it's ok. I am unaffected under your protection anyway.G.C (still genuinely smiling): Yup, ok. See you, prof!
Thought: I guess it was the Lord + knowledge of a C-average this semester not being able to affect my grades that kept me calm =) Thank you Lord! =)Conclusion: Whatever, really. Slam all you want. For all you know, I might be the only student that is getting money out of an FYP project =)Conclusion: At least The Other Cookie appreciated my powerpoint slides. I mean, who does simple 2D-animation programming and real-time 3D modelling objects (i.e. rotate any given model you want at will via the mouse) in powerpoint slides nowadays?
Well, since strings sound somewhat soft, and somewhat muffled such that demisemiquavers are not to distinct, and considering it does take up time and there are 5 other pieces to go, and considering this is but 2 bars in a 100 bar piece, and considering blah blah blah... sometimes I play just a note. (OK, most of the time, happy?) Hey, I'm not the only keyboardist around guilty right? Someone tell me I'm not the only one... pleeeese....