I haven't updated my blog for nearly a month already... And I think you probably know the reason for this, right? Hopefully you do, so I don't have to blabber about it here...
For those of you who really are completely clueless, here's a little hint - ( Hint: College )
Anyway, my schedule has become more packed than ever. Among all the subjects I've taken, the one that really consumes most of my time would be Biological Sciences. Apart from the usual mountain of homework ( no surprise, really... ), Biological Sciences subjects you to endless hours of research, countless assignments, plenty of report writing, and of course, presentations.
Speaking of presentations, I did have to carry out a Biology PowerPoint presentation a few days ago. For me, I don't really mind doing presentations in front of a crowd. I'm kind of used to it already, since I had to do A LOT of presenting back in high school... I can still remember standing on my school stage, in front of thousands of people, talking about, uhhh, Malaysian Indians...
However, this Biology presentation was a little different. I had to talk about ozone depletion. Simple, no? But here's the catch - I had to talk about EVERYTHING regarding ozone depletion, including its description, history, causes, environmental effects, solutions, examples and/or case study. AND I had to explain about ALL of this in only FIVE minutes!!!
When I knew this, I almost fainted! All my previous presentations didn't really have a definite time limit. And now I was expected to talk about a lengthy, long-winded topic in a mere time span of 5 minutes...
To add to my worries, my computer does NOT have the latest version of Microsoft PowerPoint, not even the 2007 version. All thanks to some annoying virus that infected my PC quite some time ago. So, I had to prepare all my slides in the college library! Every single bit of my free time was used up just to do this! It was hectic...
The night before the presentation, I continuously rehearsed until 12 midnight. I tell you, my throat was extremely dry, and my voice was unbelievably rough and hoarse by the time I finished rehearsing. But thankfully, I managed to clock an average time of around 4 minutes 45 seconds, without compromising too much of my explanation about ozone depletion. On the morning of the presentation itself, donning my good ol' Prefects blazer and leather shoes ( both of which I have not touched for months! ), everything went smoothly, and I'm just relieved that I didn't panic or exceed the time limit of 5 minutes... Phew...
I'm just glad it's over. But this isn't the end. There's another timed presentation coming up, but next time, it's going to be longer, with up to 10 minutes talking time, and 5 minutes of Q&A session! [ gulps ]
And even after the presentation, the Biological Sciences subject is still keeping me on my toes! I have to do a written report regarding the YouTube video "The Living Planet - New Worlds" by David Attenborough. Plus, I've got to study for the Biology Test that's coming up next week... Furthermore, I've got to conduct a field study on "natural ecosystems" and "ecosystems that have been developed by man" as well as produce a report on my field study... [ sigh ] Give me a break!
I guess one of the things that's still keeping me relatively sane is Chess.
Ahhh, Chess!
Every Friday, after my last lesson for the day, I would happily make my way to the College Cafeteria to attend the Sunway Chess Club meeting, gratefully looking forward to a good game of Chess. Besides allowing me to "release some stress", I've met so many new friends, including a guy who was an MSSD Chess representative last year ( Hilariously, he keeps relating me to someone on YouTube called "Kevjumba"! Haha! ).
Anyway, that's all I have to say for now.
I actually have some other "miscellaneous" stuff in my mind, but I don't really consider them to be that significant, and hence, I don't really intend to spend my precious time typing them out...
So, I guess I'll end my post here.
May the Force be with you...
