Final Year Project, Officially Ended

After a month long of bugging myself to finish me and my friend's project, it all finally came to an end yesterday.

Ending in a high tension atmosphere, with 9 Electrical and Computing Department lecturers, and another 10 or so students and friends who actually call themselves friends by parking themselves in an already tense audience, the Finale of this project was a Presentation on what our project was all about.

I believe I'm good at presentations.... at least good enough to get myself through the usual casual presentations to 1 or 2 lecturers plus an audience who knows nothing more than you do.

But in this case, the situation is pretty much opposite. I was presenting to NINE lecturers with a knowledge that far surpassed my own, making whatever knowledge I had compared to theirs seem like a minuscule speck of sand on Tanjung Aru Beach..... and although 1 beach was already enough to compare, there were NINE beaches to boot. Even my cunning and sweet talk wouldn't sway them from their vast experience and knowledge.

The two best lecturers which I looked up to, but feared that they'd be present that very day, Sir Terence Tan and Sir Amaluddin.... I remembered the feeling in my stomach when my friend told me "Gosh, Amaluddin is here". I swore it felt like year 1912 and I was on Titanic when it went down.

This is what the room looked like while our genius Sir Andrew Wong was presenting his Wi-Fi Recon Robot =)

You see... speaking to a group of students, who have NO IDEA what you're talking about, while you're rambling your saliva away on some alien language that makes you seem all high and mighty, ISN'T a problem.... at all!! For all you know, I could say "Hitler was Vegetarian" and they'd go "Oh?", "Umm...", "Ah~".... at most (Which is in fact true, Hitler was vegetarian. Bet half of you didn't know that~ HAH~!)

It BECOMES a problem when the people whom you're talking to, knows EXACTLY what you're talking about, and every single detail you say must be correct, or else you're digging your own grave...... with your mouth.....

But you know, the feeling of presenting something to someone of 'higher rank' than you, kinda makes you feel like.... 'Woo.... this is important'.... and you get a feeling of satisfaction when you're done with it.

 

That morning, I was thinking of saying "Good Morning, Ladies and Gentleman"... when I realized the Ladies weren't at all present and it was all the males in the room. And according to my experience, even the 'ladies' whom are within my field of studies are all pretty 'Man'. Just saying~

Somehow.... we managed to rumble our way through the whole presentation. With more than half of the words that came out from my mouth actually being 'made up' ON the SPOT, it turned out much better and under control than the days I spent presenting to my mom. Overall... I just have to say, it surely is an experience....

As soon as the presentation was over, I felt as if...."Fooooooh~.......... It's OVER~" It felt even more relieving than finishing an exam!!

Seconds later, I realized, we still have exams to take.... and I was dragged back down to earth from my half dazed state from finally finishing the project.

All the best to everyone else out there, studying for their exams.

Whatever you're doing, don't force yourself and just make sure you're happy~

So long, till my next update.