Dark times are here..



Assignments and tests will b over by monday..this week carried many sleepless nights..time tables have been distributed, we are all set for the "grand plongeon". Now starts the most tiring, stressful, and hard period of the year, the exams period.



This is the somewhat the same every year at the same period of time (due to the yearly system), except that this time am in my final year, there's no room for errors.



I wish i could blog a bit more, but i kinda badly lack sleep, and am having great difficulty posting typing (actually doing anything...).



Well posts might be eventually a bit rare, do my dear readers (if any :p), plz bear with me..



But i will b back..and the SUN will shine again



till then



HAWOO!!!

Yesterday was my bday..and we decided to have a small gathering together with all my friends.

So we went to our usual baz lanniversaire..at bassin canard..ene tas souvenir ena de bassin canard..reached there at abt 12. Obviously, we didnt plan to attend our class at one..so we were there having a drink.

Then at around one..the traditional ceremony craze dizef gater lor dimoune ki gagne anniversaire la..ek dizef la ti mari gater..alla piiiii la...frank tout..pas aster dizef kot james lot coute..(ou pas donne kash aster dizef :p)

apre ene bon bain dans bassin canard (mo p dire zot..sa delo la meme ki fr mo cv tomber!!!!) we were ready pou ceremonie coupe gato..hehe..ti seryer..gato la ti p gagne gout pas assez selement..ah and we could not forget the champaign..sans alcool..depi lontant mo ti p envi fr sa ek ene bouteil campagne zot konner..imper kouma p pilot formule 1 la fr..hehe

hmm ensuite ene voyage la boisson..vu ki tout labierre ti fini by the time mo ti ale baigne dans sa delo la...

Well had some nice time..aster la kan david donne moi ban clip ek foto la lerla mo pou met sa ici..

encore ene fois mo tenir a remercier tout ban kam kinn vini

David (si mo pas met so nom premier li pou leve bezer), Sami, Varun, Vishal, Anusha, Varuna, Neeraj, Nilesh, Toshee, Kash, Yud, Kevin, PC, Splash, Yud so couz

Merci zot tout..nune bien amizer..ti nissa..bientot bizin  remet encore ene plan..kitfois apres exams??

wai ek oci..merci tout ban kinn wish moi lor msn hier..mais ki mo pann ressi reponn (sa tiena mari boucou..)..wadire mo ti imper sou..

Ah..interesting subject, specially in this particular moment when there are loads of presentations for the different modules..



The very obvious question : WHAT MAKE A GOOD PRESENTATION??



I ain't a great presenter..nor teacher..but..i do have some views which i might perhaps share..up to u to judge whther to use them, or not..



Before considering what makes a good presentation..let's see what makes a bad presentation, specially in our context at uni..

1. The presenter isn't clear enough in his/her oral delivery - ie, perhaps he/she has a low tone voice, or speaks weirdly..put straight, u cant understand what he/she is saying due to the way he/she speaks.



2. The presenter has too many things to say - this happens often when the presenter tries to speaks about everything in the allocated time.



3. The presenter is reading rather than presenting smtg - this happens either because the presenter doesn't know his subject, or is too shy to face his audience, and hides behind some large pages of notes.



4. Lack of eye contact with the audience - coz he/she is busy reading of course..



5. Too bulky slides - way too many information presented on the slides, and are often just read by the presenter or the presenter just say exactly word to word without reading it (as if to say "hey watch me..i can memorise this HUGE slide by heart")



6. The presentation is boring - due to all the above points

Now we know what we shouldn't do..so let's c what we should do??

(Disclaimer : these are my views..they might work..or not..bt it seemed that they worked for me..till now..i'll confirm when i get the marks for my presentations)

1. Be relaxed. Take it easy its only a presentation. No one will eat u. Try to probe ur audience if possible. To know who you are up to.
   
   



2. Speak nicely. Even if u don't have a perfect English or French, make urself heard and understood. Don't speak to low,and please don't chew a gum while presenting..it's freaking rude..and we can't freaking understand u!!!



3. Body language. It not all about the content of ur presentation, but also how you present it. Walk, smile, gesticulate and make eye contact with ur audience.
   
   



4. Its ok if u dnt speak about everything, atleast have a plan, jot down the most important things to discuss, and discuss them. If there are some less important thing, skip it, most probably some1 will ask about them during the question time, if not, it means it really was unimportant to them.



5. Know ur subject well. This will give prevent u from reading pages and pages of documentation.The plan i was talking about in the previous point will help u know what to talk next.
   
   



6. Don't bore ur audience with too technical details..unless u really have to..but u always can avoid it.



7. Don't use slides if u dnt need them. And if u do need them, don't flood them with too much information, use pictorials, use some main points, keywords..these have a better impact.



8. Don't Be Boring!!! It so easy not to be boring, crack some jokes (not too much), share an anecdote. If u happen to make a mistake at some point, stress on it and make it sound funny, but don't make fun of urself.. Interact with ur audience, ask them their opinions, don't make it a monologue.and ya, be spontaneous..
   
   



9. "Make everything as simple as possible, not simpler". (by Albert Einstein)



10. Presentations are fun, enjoy them!!!

Those were some of my point of views, and what i actually do in presentations. What do u think abt it??

There is an interesting discussion going on at Avinash's blog.



The yearly system!!!!



This has been the object of many rants from the part of the UoM students, specially us 3rd year students who were the "cobayes" of this experiment.



I personally wasn't informed abt the way the course would be conducted when i joined uom. It only on orientation day that i got to know that it was going to be a yearly courses, and that we were the first one to be testing this new system.



Now this means that we would still be like in the  HSC system, where it take 2 year to prepare and then is an exams for the whole two years. Duh.."sappe dans caraye tombe dan dife"..this would imply having to memorise the whole 1 year of study for only one exam.



I think this is a bad idea, and it seems am not the only one,judging from response received on Avinash's blog.



The advantage of the semester modules were that atleast if u didnt work well in one module, u could try catch up next semester with another modules, or retaking the module. Now with this @#$% system, we can only have exams once a year, even it we have a resit, we gonna have to wait for a whole year to re take it. This is a very very very very bad thing. For instance, myself a 3rd year student, if i get a resit (hopefully i wnt, but if i do, then surely it will b from Computer Networks), i will have to come to uni just for that module one whole year..wtf???



We have been voicing out this problem since the very first year..via the student union..and also via the lecturer feedback, bt wht did we gain?? All the courses change on a yearly basis!!!!



Am pretty sure that the lecturers also don't like this system, yet how to change it? It seems like the main concern of UOM is to save cost..



I think its high time the concerned autorities re think abt the system, if not restoring the semester system, atleast give us the possibility to take the resits in the first semester of the next academic year.

Hehe..it is finally over!!!!!

Right now am abt to leave to go drop my Final Year project report to the University Printing, and then on monday it will be submitted. Finally its done..

and just like slackenerny finished too..am asking myself the same bloody question..NOW WHAT?????

It seems like Slackenerny has found himself a reason to complete his thesis (Finally!!!!!).

I was still looking for a similar boost..

guess i just found one..a cute one..

Debugging a software can be such a pain sometimes..specially when u are doing an assignment at the last min..and nothing seems to work..

Sometimes u get sucked in the vortex of unproductivity..and c sans compter l'effet boule de neige..and then u find out that while u were procrastinating..there was a surprise test in class..duh..et le comble it was an easy test :-s

Ban ki ti p procrastiner ensam..pas vinn plaigner aster..

Well, it finally seems like the report of my project is progressing..

very SLOWLY but SURELY..

Today is public holiday..been sitting in front of my pc the whole day..looking for some writing material..and i did not procrastinate at all today..but damn..this is going really slow..will i be able to complete it whtever i have to complete by tomorrow?

Here its starts again..this is hopefully gonna b my final semester at UoM..

Am getting ready to go..

Damn..i can't find my bag..and i can't remember whr i'd keep my pens/pencil..fuck!!

OMG..i dnt even have a copy book :-s will have to get it done with some blank A4 sheets...

pffttt..kel rentrée....

Summer Break is almost over..uni resumes tom..and together have to return loads of assignments..and also have loads of tests..which makes me think?? what did i do in the past months???