9 April 2012 (IS Presentation Day)

9 April 2012

Early in the morning before our morning welcoming ceremony, we practiced acting in our dorm to perfect it and I was the narrator for Scene 4 with Saab, GM and Spyker and must coordinate the act with my PowerPoint slides to flow smoothly.

At 10am, ceremony started and all of us wore the Ngee Ann red shirt.

 The Principal gave a speech followed by our teachers, they also issued our certificates for the OIP trip and a booklet with pictures of us during our visit and the 5 batched of students, those who went for OIP, past and present.

 The finale was a video done by Eudy of our funny doings of every tour and tourist attractions and I admit that it was a job well done!

At 11am, we went to the classroom to start our presentation. We were the first group presenting because Hakim was the first on the list (Abdul Hakim), we did the first act with the 3 scenes about history, I acted quite alright then later we used the computer and explained a little of our research then on to the last act which I was the narrator for this act.

 The class’ attention was somehow acceptable and teacher enjoyed our act and we used 30 mins for our presentation. Finally the worst was all over and we rested in class while the other groups went on. 

We ate our lunch in class to watch the other groups present other China stuff and the whole thing ended at 4pm, we stretched our legs after sitting down for many hours and went back to our dorms to let Mr. Nick mark our performance and presentation skills but Chee Seng called us to my room for a debrief.

During our debrief, all pointed out my mistakes as well the others in our group then we moved on to the feedback given by other groups. After this talk with my group, I rank my presentation B as we did rather normal with mistakes here and there.

 In the end, a lesson learnt and I learned that nobody is perfect, humans make mistakes and that’s what we are. I from this point on will learn my mistakes and improve my presentation skills and others which I am weak in.

Before dusk, I went dinner with Feng Li and Meng Ling at their kitchen area for our last dinner together. 

We have their friends joining us for dinner and talked about our past hangouts and the fun we had and happiness we shared.

At 7pm, the 2 girls went for class while I stayed in the kitchen to clear the plates together with their friends (2 guys). I guess that I have to help them because the 2 girls cooked for us, this was to show appreciation.