STARR'S LITTLE THOUGHTS: General Chemistry Poster Presentation

28.10.08

General Chemistry Poster Presentation

woke up with my stomach filled with fluttering butterflies..
yup.. today's our general chemistry poster presentation!!
and... i have no idea what will we be asked..

anyway, went to school at 9.00am..
headed straight to the 4th floor..
and squeezed past a dozen of busy + chattering students..
and finally got to my group's poster..
the others were already there..
sorry guys.. i didn't mean to be late..

the whole placed was packed with students..
there must have been at least 400+ students there..
and the poster boards were all still scattered in a corner..
it actually felt like being in a small maze.. zzz...
well, thank goodness Dr. Kang came and started organizing the boards..
but then, the boards were still a little bit to close to each other..
so, it kinda feel like we're sardines in between the poster boards..
and with the number of people present there, it became suffocating in a while..

anyway, the 1st lecturer turned up..
and it was Dr. Er Hui Meng..
i guess she was quite impressed with our poster.. *yipee~*
and she even gave us a smile~
*someone caught a glimpse of the mark sheet, and we got full marks~~~~*

then there was a long long long wait for the next lecturer to come..
had squeeze out into the open for some fresh air now and then...
well, the second lecturer to evaluate us was Mr. Kenny Chan..
he made us explain the whole poster..
and i nearly went blank when he asked me why the melting point of Arsenic is so high..
ooo.. did i mentioned it earlier? our group was group VA..
anyway, he did left with a nice comment: "very creative!"

now for the 3rd lecturer...
for heaven's sake...
no one knew who was the 3rd lecturer..
and we were all waiting blinding..
Ms. Shubbara came.. but only to have a look.. zzz..
so it's not her..
and just when we were wondering whether it is Dr. Ooi or Dr. Kang..
an Indian lecturer that i've never seen before showed up...
about time too.. we were getting impatient there..
well, he took a long time at other groups..
and we had to wait again...

finally he arrived at our poster board..
and i started explaining..
"our poster is divided into few parts: general features.. physical properties.. chemical properties.. these are............ and for each element we have.........blablablabla...."
then he asked: "do you know any compund of bismuth that has any biological significance?"
panicking... but i came back to my senses and flipped the bismuth card over..
"here, sir.. Bismuth Subsalicylate, it is a treatment for gastric disorders such as colitis, diarrhea, and peptic ulcers.."
and he said: "good.. that's all.."
that's all???? guess he was also hungry like us and was trying to make things easy~~

well, that's all.. i can't belief it took 3 hours...
hmm.. but at least it's another mission accomplished~~

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