3rd August: Disappointment :(

Slept at 5 30 and got up at 6 15, when the alarm was set at 6 30.. Now that's examination pressure.. :-D

Presentation time.. In my limited experience of giving presentations, this was my worst performance.. Our group miscalculated the entire time, and I, the last speaker had to condense the material of 12 minutes in less than 5 minutes.. I had to skip a few slides, rush through my sentences and what not.. blaaaahhh.. :-(

Bottom line: That's it.. My OB presentation marks, one place where I was confident of getting decent marks had slipped away.. :-(

Immediately after this, we had to give the quiz and the midterm. Had to put my morning's disappointment aside, so that I could make place for the upcoming disappointment. But.. (a pleasant 'but' this time) it wasn't that disappointing.. Probably because I was expecting worse.. :-P

In the end, I learnt some valuable things:

• Too much of procrastination can screw you.
• You may be pretty good at making presentations and have a few tricks up your sleeve to make a good presentation, but all these things get thrown out of the window in a group presentation, when you are the last speaker and your initial team member(s) have screwed up.
• "Hoping for the best and preparing for the worst" doesn't work here. Here, all you have to do is, "Prepare for the worse and expect the worst" . That ways, on a very few occasions, you will be pleasantly surprised and most of the times, your expectations are met. :-D