Tuesday, January 12, 2010,12:20 AM
I'm confident only if u tell me so...
I wish more people can give praises and encouragements. As much as constructive criticisms are important, giving credits to someone is vital in making them enjoy their work.
FYP first presentation is over today. There were many feedbacks, criticisms and advices. The module coordinator was not really listening and he was sms-ing away. I'm glad he didn't say it was horrible (like last week's grp). In fact, he said that our presentation has a lot of "punch" in it. He said ppl wouldn't want to listen to a boring presentation. I think that implies that ours were not as boring. Ironically, i don't know why then he was not listening. Apart from him, many ppl commented on certain things that we could have improved on. I was thankful for all the feedbacks. But....
I just can't help feeling a little disappointed. We spent so much time working on it and so much effort in making the slides look nice and clear. I know there are things we could have worked on to make it better but after today's presentation, i felt a bit tired to press on. If only there were one person who sincerely appreciated our presentation and commented on that, that would have made my day.
Imagine that u've done something so well and u were so proud of it. U eagerly wanted to present it to your friends or classmates. You wanted feed backs so that you can make it better. However, after the presentation, you had the feeling that your friends don't seem to share the same viewpoint as you. They didn't think it was as great as you thought it was. Despite all the effort you had out into it and how good you felt it was initially, you felt you had done a bad job in the end. It was that disappointing.
That aside, i've just finished watching human spirit. It was about a girl born without a face. Her face was severely deformed with no cheek bones and nasal bones. She lives with a tracheostomy. Although her face was not aesthetically appealing, she is beautiful, cheerful and intelligent. It made me cry when i watched the show. She had gone through 28 surgeries although she's just 5 years old. Despite that, she's still fearful of undergoing through surgeries. Each time there is a surgery, there is pain and possibility of complications.
Even though many people must have stared at her when she went out, the child still grew up to be confident and cheerful. Her friends and family see her as someone she is inside and treated her just like any other child. I sincerely hope that her confidence and cheerfulness follows throughout her life.
After watching the show, i felt more and more like having a child.
