Invention and Innovation Competition Dec 2010 Session

One of the exhibitions for the Invention and Innovation Competition. I think this won overall. Something about creating an alarm system for motorbikes. Forgot the details.

Today my dept organized the invention and inovation competition. Overall it was lame as predicted. Lack of coorperation from the comittee members, lack of communication and a lot of awkwardness. I was the MC for the ceremony. Well, one of the MCs. My partner, R is a bachelor of my dept. Scrape that. R is "The" bachelor for my dept having to be the only one still eligible. At least that I know of. But it sucked coz between me and him was a huge hole of awkward silence that no matter how many times i tried to break, remained the same.

I actually expected more hardwork and more contribution from the staff, but all that happened was people acting shy, hiding behind each other, students walking all over the place, contestants getting lost and nowhere to be found, last minute plannings and the whole failure drama fell in the hands of the MCs for the morning. Sucking all the humiliation (and some guts), i think I managed to give a lot. What bothered me is how I almost fell asleep downstage. Why? coz of the tension there that can be cut with a knife. I know i must have fallen asleep for at least 30 minutes. It didnt help that one of the reason for the awkwardness is that I had a little (tiny, teeny, disposable) crush on my partner. What? he's cute! But I think I managed to let that go, having to learn that there are more cougars around waiting to pounce on him and I don't really like competition.

Anyways, despite managing to look hot (at least I think so) in my new dress, I wished the event never happened. I was expecting something grander, it was my chance to outstand. Kinda tired of being known as the director's kid and not having an oppurtunity to stand on my own feet. (I was a national Public Speaking champion for god's sake!) I hope my dept or the whole institute gives me another chance to show my talents of hosting a program (without being tied to a script i didnt write) and kick some audience arses.

Panda love, Anne <3

A Welcome Message

Civil Engineering Dept Building #1, Polytechnic Kota Kinabalu

Well hello... first and foremost, thanks for visiting this page. I just got bored one day and suddenly decided to make a blog about my life as a lecturer. Yeah, not everyday you get to become the thing you always wanted to be. My dad has always been a role model to me. I spent my childhood feeling so proud when i tell my friends my dad is a lecturer. Now I am one. And It's an adventure so far.

I'm currently working in Polytechnic Kota Kinabalu, that's on Borneo Island (to those who aren't from this country) For this semester I teach 5 different subjects :

1. Contract Procedure and Building Measurement

2. Environmental Technology

3. Geotechnics (theory and lab)

4. Softskill

5. Dikir Barat.

Honestly I only enjoy teaching half these subjects. The rest are practically forced onto me. Yeah, being the new staff gets you to accept whatever people wanna give you.

So here's to updates on my life as a lecturer. If I have time, I'll probably upload some lecture notes and other interesting stuff. We'll see how that goes ;)