271th Day in Melbourne
SUNNY!
Today marks the end of semester 2 of year 1...END OF HONEYMOON!!! It's a little sad that time has passed so fast and i'm now preparing to go on to 2nd year...Sobz.. Had an oral presentation exam today for Case Analysis, so everyone has 30mins to look through a different case and to come out with some differential diagnosis and assessments...RS, the lecturer, had our names written down and drew lots on who's to go 1st..Nobody likes to be the 1st presenter as you won't have enough time to plan and that you can't get some ideas from the previous presentation...Lucky me, i was the 6th to go..i was really nervous..When all of us were planning for our cases, you can hear "Huh", "Shit", "What?" in the room...those were really difficult cases and 30mins is not enough, though it's open-book...Gosh! I thought my case was difficult, but when my classmates presented theirs, i realized mine was pretty straight-forward. THANK GOD!! RS did pose several questions to the rest when they presented their case, but only asked me a question when i presented mine, so i take it that my presentation's okay...The exam went on for 3 hours and you can be sure why my program never take in more than 8 students every year...can you imagine if there are so many people waiting to present and it can possibly go on for days...Now 1 thing's off my mind...time to concentrate for my research (i really didn't sleep well last night)
Had a meeting with my supervisor and it turns out that there are so many things that she weren't aware that she has to set up for me, such as arranging a panel of judges for my confirmation, arranging when will be the best for me to do my confirmation..I sort of knew she's not aware cause most of my classmates have gotten their confirmation scheduled except me..and true indeed, when i asked her today, she said:"Oh, i didn't know that!" She's a senior lecturer and it's not the 1st time she took a Dpsych student, how could she not foresee that? Anyway, i must say i'm incredibly impressed by the energetic vibe she's been displaying throughout the meeting..She just looked up some names from the faculty, called them and asked them to be on the panel for my confirmation, and she said i'm more than ready for the confirmation and it'll only take me 2 hrs to write my 1000-word proposal and 2 days to get my presentation slides ready...I'm really freaking out when she said that...I'm not sure she's too much confidence in me, or she's overestimating my ability, so that she didn't think i need to put in that much effort for the oral presentation...Oh no! And she's treating me like a pri-school kid and ended the meeting saying :"Okay, this is your homework for this week,....." Well, i'm glad that she's giving me structure but she could have made it sound more professional...Guess i'm in serious trouble for the next few weeks preparing for the confirmation.
Was rainy last week and then these 2 days are hot like crazy..it's 25 Degrees Celsius today, not that i'm complaining..i like the sun! Finally some warmth coming into the house..having said that, Melbourne is really a windy place..though it's sunny, the winds can seriously make you feel cold...that's well no matter what, i never go out sleeveless cause you never know when the wind will blow...
It's Halloween again in 2 days time...Gosh! Halloween reminds me of the dateline for postgrad applications. The whole school is bustling with all the applications and for us, we'll have a chance to be at the interview on 2 week of Nov to talk to the interviewees...i didn't make it to Melbourne last year for the application so i won't know what's it like but i guess it should really be helpful to the applicants to talk to their seniors (oh! i'm a senior now) and learn more about the course!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!!
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