...still catching up (Dec 15, 2005)

...still catching up


well, no not exactly. there is nothing special to talk about from the past weeks. Actually, I was waiting for our group performance to take place before I could write another post and that happened today. Basically we were supposed to give a group presentation on any classic for the communication skills class and we chose to do that on Silas Marner. Now, although the novel is very short, most of my group members did not read the novel because they did not get the old english. That left just me to decide about the aspect that we were going to give a presentation on. The aspect I chose was the way the author explains common human reactions to different situations. The way she philosophised simple states of the human mind, during the story in very good prose struck me and because anyone would have done the character sketch of Marner, I decided on this aspect. Everything was prepared, the material, the slides but the ppl were not prepared. We had this day before the class but my group members were not serious and the next day we had an awful presentation. It was not that awful but no one understood the aspect and the fact that the teacher had read the book and was expecting the aspect to have to do something with the plot of the story, worsened the situation. Also, because we used to have the best presentation in class, this one came as a shock. The second part was the performance part. We had it today. I was this girl and I wore a long skirt which was funny. The ting went fine with no hitches and because I went red because of shyness, it seemed like I was crying which was what my character did during the scene in the story. But the teacher pointed out very little movement and yeah, the golden locks of Eppie (me). I dont remember reading anything about golden locks an I dont understand ma'am at times. How was I supposed to move with such little space what with that table top and everything lying on the stage? Also, she had said that props were not that important and even then we had dressed up. Missing out the "golden locks" was not that much of an issue. But she was not so critical. Just the fact that we had worked hard, it irks you to hear even minor comments. haha..and most of the guys thought I had dresed up like a kashmiri because of the scarf worn the wrong side, more like a bandana. But as far as I know, women did wear something of that sort in the early 18th century in England. The guys did not...soo anyways. They thought I looked cute...;)...I know i was looking cute with the purple scarf (bandana) and off-white highneck. Ali said he wanted to come up to the stage and claim me the way Godfrey was claiming Eppie as his daughter..LOLZZZ...Godfrey did not impress me..why would Ali...Simon from the Lord of the Flies.
Wish I could show you any pic but stuupid aisha. She made such a terrible video. It shows me but not a lot.
Ooohhh..and I have to study Aero. Aisha does not admit it but it is so obvious. She got better marks because she studied aero on the weekend. I did not. Looks like we'll have to get another book quite soon. Now I better go google something for the islamiat presentation.. I am waiting for the day the Calculus sir gives a presentation. He is the only one left..[groans]...aaarrrghh..
posted by shhhnuff duff @ 6:05 AM