I’m never a last minute person. Yet, I have this really bad habit in working on deadlines: I’ll definitely start working on stuffs ways before the due dates. However, I’ll be taking my sweet time throughout, progressing slowly until the deadlines aound the corner, then only I’ll start speeding up the progress, which ended up like "hell".
I had a long week not long ago. It was ‘long’, cause I was awake for long hours, stressing up myself, working in front of the computer. Why was this deadline so important? It’s because .. I were preparing myself for my 1st conference, ever; presenting as a student, yet too as a researcher.
Research Higher Degree (RHD) conference held every end of the year. All academic staffs from School of Life Science will be invited to attend this event, and all the postgraduates will need to present their piece of works done in the past year. This is a big event for our school, for us~!
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這一天。星期五。
我有點緊張。感覺肚子隱隱的痛。就像以前無數個演講辯論相聲比賽前的時刻﹐我感受着身體荷爾蒙水平的上昇﹐也努力的讓自己鎮定。
這一天。星期五。
Newcastle地方博物院。我要自豪的告訴大家我一年裡的努力。
這一天。我這麼的告訴自己。
很糟糕啦﹗我從來都那麼“幸運”。這一次又是如此。
我。。是。。第一位。。present。。的speaker。天﹗
但還好啦。想想第一位說也不錯啦。至少說完以後可以relax and sit back and just listen to people。好好的享受一下充滿科學氣息的conference theatre。
這是一個全天性的event。早上八點許我們就到達博物院了。大家忙于檢查自己的power point presentation slides﹐以確保一切都alright﹐避免talk時有不必要的技術問題而影響表現。
每個school的學生都有自己present的style。Art students的presentation都穿的很藝術﹐catch people’s eyes﹐也因此突顯出自己特有的風格。Engineering students都得穿得很formal﹐西裝畢畢的﹐很專業。那﹐你想知道Science students都穿什麼來present的嗎﹖哈哈﹐放心﹐不會是穿着lab coat 的啦﹗我們﹐很隨性。T-shirt and Jeans是最常見的。因為現在是夏天﹐所以這一天的conference很多的男生都穿短褲拖鞋。正當我覺得science students也蠻有性格時﹐上台present的女生竟然。。沒穿鞋﹐光腳哩﹗棒﹗She’s the champion~!呵呵﹗﹗
因為是全天的﹐所以會很累﹗支持我沒在中途睡著的除了是對科學的熱誠(臭美﹗)﹐也是因為對每一個中途休息的小茶點的期盼。1st session的五個talks完後﹐是morning tea。咖啡和蛋糕﹐贊﹗2nd session後是lunch。果汁和多種口味的三文治﹐超贊﹗(個人對三文魚三文治情有獨鐘)3rd session後是afternoon tea。奶茶和cookies﹐還可以。Final session後,先來個 pre-dinner drink。 Red and white wines, beers, 香賓任你選。當然也包括我手上的果汁啦。嘻嘻﹗
晚餐后我们有个after dinner guest speaker.他是Professor Adrian Page, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).身为civil engineer,他与我们分享了他的一路走来经历以及他一直秉持着的精神。分享的同时,他也将一些他认为很棒的建筑物放在power point slides上。很漂亮。当然我也很自豪。因为当中我看见我们的KLIA(Kuala Lumpur International Airport)。机场的波浪型屋顶让他很欣赏。他的talk很有激励作用。Research路不容易走吧。会有点寂寞的。因为你只在你的世界里。你在你的王国(实验室)里,努力的一点一点的建立着属于你专有的世界。还好我有一班战友。在心疲累于自己的世界时,我们会来个世界与世界的交际,在宇宙里开场舒缓的营火会,暖和一下冰冻了的思维。
就这样我参与了生平第一个conference。很有满足感,因为知道自己已将最好的表现出来了。但我会好好加油的。好好加油,是我们的承诺。