I experienced the most awful weekend since I came to Singapore. It is lucky that I am still able to write something in memory of it. Hope that next week would hide some surprises for me!
On Saturday morning, I went to NUS to attend an interview for University Scholar’s Program (USP), which was the start of the miserable weekend. I nearly fell into asleep before it was my turn because the room temperature was rather low and I did not have enough sleep the night before. My heart sank at the first question, which I didn’t catch. I reluctantly let out the word “pardon”, which seems to be a frequent term when we Chinese students communicate with English-spoken people. Worse still, I missed the second question. I, with guilt, said sorry for clarification again. After that, they slowed their speed and spoke more clearly. I knew at that time that I would not be admitted any more. But I didn’t show much unpleasant emotion and kept my smile. Coming out of the interview room, I found many pitfalls of their questions and got to know the problems of my answers. A bit frustrated, I went back to the hostel with another mate who also took this interview.
About 4.30 in the afternoon, my research group set out to NUS to do our questionnaire, which almost drove me crazy. I, with our leader Lay, was supposed to do the survey in Kent Ridge Hall (KR), King Edward VII Hall (KE) and Shesres Hall. We first took the bus to KE, only to find that there was not even one person in the hall. We tried hard to find 3 seniors, whom we asked to help do the questionnaire. I thought it was not wise to do the survey in the hall, so I waited at the bus stop. However, most people who were waiting at the stop were from PGP residences. We took far more than 1 hour to complete the first target. It was later than 8.00 in the evening that we finished all the tasks and gathered to go back. I felt exhausted and broke down immediately after I got into the taxi.
Early this morning, I got up to prepare for the badminton match. After 3 games, we lost the competition because of the poor performance of us two’s. I don’t want to say much about the match but I will mention an unsavoury episode here. Due to my low-quality return in the third round, Lay got hurt at the elbow and knee when he was trying to save the ball. Much sorry for Lay!
Tomorrow is another day, and we will keep on striving!
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Come on, boy, don't feel too frustrated about everything that had happened and seemed miserable to you. You know, life is not as perfect as we have expected, but we have to be optimistic and keep fighting. After all, such little thing should not have been strains to you. They are not so irritating. At least, you are always ready to rise to any challenges.
ReplyDeletehuhu,it is really a terrible weekend for you!!but i understand you.i mean it.i understand it but you see,firstly,you have no idea of what the professors think of you (maybe they are satified with your performance )and that does not matter much not having heard the questions clearly;secondly,after all,you have finished your survy!!it is absolutely great to have finish your questionnaire!!though it may seem a little tough but it worth your efforts,isn't it?thirdly, you have done well for our group in the competation!!we all know that it is a very hard match and you have done excellently!!we really appreciate your efforts and achievent you have made for us!we are really grateful to have you in our group!!chear up!!i am also very unfortunate this week to have lost my baby water bottle and my baby basketball again!!!!!!it is really amazing to lose my basketball for a second time~~~
ReplyDeleteI think an optimistic state of mind can help you out of the so-called bad luck. For example, your interview wasn't as awful as you think. You get the opportunity to express your views on the USP program and other things, and you gain experience for your next interview. I always try to avoid pessimistic or negtive thoughts coming into my mind. I think your life quality depends much upon your way of looking at and reacting to it.
ReplyDeleteKeep your chin up. It's part of your learning experience.
ReplyDeleteThink positively. Maybe you did not perform as well as you thought in the interview, but at least you got the chance to learn from it. Results are not important. Just enjoy the process. For the experience about questionaire, I must say that it is an exciting and unfamiliar thing for us, but we should not be frightened by it.
ReplyDeleteAt last, hope next weekends you wil be in a good mood.
Don't be so pessimistic. When I had the interview in China, I almost missed all the questions because I didn't understand the Singlish. However, I was adimited. You have already done a good efforts in the match. We lost it because we lacked of luck that day. Cheer up, Ray!
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