the clock tower at Nottingham Uni, Malaysia Campus
i was told to write a short article for our upcoming Nottingham University postgraduate prospectus... i.e. an article to sell our university to those young and naive people out there...not like Nottingham is a bad place to study or do your research, but seriously, writing an overly self-praised article is the hardest thing one can ask me to do...
ask me to write a review paper of my research, i stare at the comp screen for a few hours blankly, but ask me to write an extremely short article for the uni prospectus, i stared blankly at the comp screen for 2 days..yes, two days and i couldn't type anything except my opening quotation marks ("blank blank blank..)...
anyway, as a researcher, i got some "templates" from previous undergraduate articles from the UK prospectus...and as i try to conjure up something similar to these lines, it occurred to me that this task seem more and more fauxed...
The faculty of engineering at Nottingham has an outstanding reputation both internationally and nationally..
(the only other choice of an internationally uni in Msia was Monash, and i couldn't find the right supervisor there...after meeting up with 3 eccentric people, i decided to give up there)
Being a research assistant, not only did i develop my research skills, but also offered me a way to develop my teaching skills..
(teaching the same lab for 3 years di lo, close eyes also can teach la..)
The course provides self development and growth especially in presentation and time management skills..
(marking 400+ reports in one semester, have to manage the time properly la... eat sleep also in office di..)
The research work certainly keeps you on your toes but prevents you from getting bored..
(equipments suka-suka then fail, sure keep you on your toes, and fingers and back.. no time to get bored also, get annoyed got la)
Opportunities to attend and present at both local and international conferences encourages bondings with researchers of the same field..
(RM 1500 for 3 years, the furthest you can go internationally ma Singapore or Thailand..that also need your supervisor to top up on the USD 400 registration fee..)
Providing you manage your time well, it’s easy to have a good social life too..
(looks like i manage my time quite badly, because frankly, my social life sucks...)
So you start writing again.... at least blogging more than before :P
ReplyDeletetoo much uncontained emotions these days
ReplyDeletehave to find a way to release them.. =)
i would love to read the finished article of the "praise". That's if u r willing to. Perhaps a shift in perspectives? Not see what the uni can do for you but what u can do for the uni thus also would eventually benefit u? hehehe
ReplyDeletetake care!