Had my honours progress presentation this afternoon. Some friends probably caught me in semi-formal wear, I was in jeans though the top was a formal one. I think I look good in it, however that's not the point cuz I felt damn uncomfortable in it la! My feet ache after wearing heels the whole day. After my shower, I felt so comfortable in Science Fac T like never before!

Anyway, my presentation didn't turn out terribly screwed. I rehearsed umpteen times, to boss, friends, to my sis, to my soft toys, to myself... Came up with trillions of possible questions and answers I can find from boss, from my friends and from myself. The part which I feared most was Q n A, and as predicted the killer examiner asked tough qns that caught me in the tongue. I was clueless to qns like: "So now that your results didn't follow what you've postulated. Can you come up with another possible mechanism?"

NO! How can I possibly come up with a mechanism on the spot? Nuts ah! The proposed mechanism was from my supervisor anyway, I didn't come up with that.

A couple of tough qns, and the whole presentation finished within short 30mins. Haiz.. am I fortunate to get this killer examiner, or am I not. Having friends of boss examiners could sometimes bring privilege no doubt. Should I be relieve to feel that he did show mercy on me this time as compared to stories where I heard he was a ruthless shooter? I could sense that he was trying not to ask too many qns already, but there's a need to and his brains are just too smart for mine. Seriously, I felt lousy and useless after the whole presentation...

I thought back of the days in secondary school where giving speeches seem a piece of cake to me. Where have my confidence gone... I wonder.