The Bioorganic Chemistry presentation is analogous to a battle ground between the 2 most populous countries in the world. Be it political, academic or just for the sake of making fun and shaming the side that is less Anglo-inclined, a by-stander like me can sense the heat and in the process, developed a wave of feelings and emotions for it. Oh well, I may be exaggerating and the reader might think that I am racist. The fact is I am not; I am just speaking up for our poor cousins up north who are being bullied, not because they are weak in chemistry concepts/ theories but just because they are not as linguistically inclined as the other camp. Now, who is being racist here?
I guess I did an okay job as usual; not fantastic and not too lousy. The preparation for the presentation was very last minute and it all boils down to procrastination. In fact, I am still preparing for the slides on the day of the presentation and I am done with it minutes before the presentation. Thanks to Alice for allowing me to use and modify some of her slides and Emily dear for her support and love. Not to forget, I am also thankful to Yuan-Ting for coming down to support me for all my presentations.
The Q & A after my presentation was pretty heat up, with people trying to ask me questions for the sake of asking. It was a question on one of the intermediate of the catalytic cycle I drew and how I wished Zhijie was around to defend my point. That guy kept insisting on what he thought was right and I don't see the point in arguing with him. The following questions I got was fine, asked my a fellow Singaporean whom I thought was trying to lighten up the mood. The final Q was from our cousin up north on characterization and it was okay as well.
The class was filled mostly with foreigners, with very little locals (can be countedwith one hand). As mentioned above, it appears as a battling group between 2 large camps, with one side attacking our less lingustically-inclined cousins. It was very bad of them to do that and certainly, I will help them as much as I could within my abilities. I am not being nationalistic here but I feel that there is a need to speak up for my fellow race when the need arises.
I guess I did an okay job as usual; not fantastic and not too lousy. The preparation for the presentation was very last minute and it all boils down to procrastination. In fact, I am still preparing for the slides on the day of the presentation and I am done with it minutes before the presentation. Thanks to Alice for allowing me to use and modify some of her slides and Emily dear for her support and love. Not to forget, I am also thankful to Yuan-Ting for coming down to support me for all my presentations.
The Q & A after my presentation was pretty heat up, with people trying to ask me questions for the sake of asking. It was a question on one of the intermediate of the catalytic cycle I drew and how I wished Zhijie was around to defend my point. That guy kept insisting on what he thought was right and I don't see the point in arguing with him. The following questions I got was fine, asked my a fellow Singaporean whom I thought was trying to lighten up the mood. The final Q was from our cousin up north on characterization and it was okay as well.
The class was filled mostly with foreigners, with very little locals (can be countedwith one hand). As mentioned above, it appears as a battling group between 2 large camps, with one side attacking our less lingustically-inclined cousins. It was very bad of them to do that and certainly, I will help them as much as I could within my abilities. I am not being nationalistic here but I feel that there is a need to speak up for my fellow race when the need arises.
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