Phewwww
Alhamdulillah. Yesterday afternoon at about 3pm I presented my 2nd year work to the masses. I was the third in line after DaveM and Daniella. Their work was really good and I was a bit worried on the standard of my work. When my name was called, I just stood there, did my silent prayer and started it off. BB2 was really a distraction. His face was like scrunching ..like what the heck is this girl talking about. So, I stopped myself from looking at him. At the end of the session, there was a 5 mins period for questions and answers. Some say that the number of questions could show how interesting/uninteresting ur talk is. I only got one. I was quite dissapointed really.
I caught BB2's eyes when he was walking out towards the door of the lecture room when the seminar ended. He just puts his thumbs up. And I breathed 'yeah rite'. If it's good then why were u making that facial exercise when I was at the podium eh???
At tea, I pulled him to one side and asked his comments on my presentation. He said,
"It's ok. You're more confident than last year"
"But the others are better. Just look at David. I want to be at his standard"
"Maybe you can send me the slides so that I might use it for my talk"
"Uh..ok"
Perhaps, he did approve of my talk that he wanted to use my slides(??). Then we talked about my future work. He is truly cool, my BB2.To tell the truth, I felt at that time that he was just trying to make me happy by saying that I did great. Until this morning that is..
Was about to step out of the room when Takis (the next door greek lecturer whom I feel terribly needs a haircut) was about to do the same. He complimented me on my talk. Not one who trusts compliments, I had to ask, was he sure about his complimentary statement. He then compared me with the others and said that I seemed better prepared than the rest. I don't really care about the way I presented the talk, but what about the research, the content of the talk? Does he think that perhaps I need to really step up on that department? He said, no it was fine and reassured me again. He did looked and sounded sincere. I looked at him in gratitude and said "Thank you Takis. You really made my day"...
Lesson learnt here is perhaps. Yes, you need to be critical of yourself but you just need to take pride in somethings, sometimes. After all, the good that comes out of anything in your life comes from HIM. Those compliments that you get are actually not yours but it is for Allah, so just say thank you for HIS sake with no qualms attached.
I caught BB2's eyes when he was walking out towards the door of the lecture room when the seminar ended. He just puts his thumbs up. And I breathed 'yeah rite'. If it's good then why were u making that facial exercise when I was at the podium eh???
At tea, I pulled him to one side and asked his comments on my presentation. He said,
"It's ok. You're more confident than last year"
"But the others are better. Just look at David. I want to be at his standard"
"Maybe you can send me the slides so that I might use it for my talk"
"Uh..ok"
Perhaps, he did approve of my talk that he wanted to use my slides(??). Then we talked about my future work. He is truly cool, my BB2.To tell the truth, I felt at that time that he was just trying to make me happy by saying that I did great. Until this morning that is..
Was about to step out of the room when Takis (the next door greek lecturer whom I feel terribly needs a haircut) was about to do the same. He complimented me on my talk. Not one who trusts compliments, I had to ask, was he sure about his complimentary statement. He then compared me with the others and said that I seemed better prepared than the rest. I don't really care about the way I presented the talk, but what about the research, the content of the talk? Does he think that perhaps I need to really step up on that department? He said, no it was fine and reassured me again. He did looked and sounded sincere. I looked at him in gratitude and said "Thank you Takis. You really made my day"...
Lesson learnt here is perhaps. Yes, you need to be critical of yourself but you just need to take pride in somethings, sometimes. After all, the good that comes out of anything in your life comes from HIM. Those compliments that you get are actually not yours but it is for Allah, so just say thank you for HIS sake with no qualms attached.
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