gotta be intellectual

for this research methods course i’m doing this semester, there are two lecturers. we just switched lecturers this week and this new lecturer is smart. way too smart and knowledgeable.

the previous lecturer was very experienced in her field, which was accounting. she also had good knowledge of finance stuff but when it came to marketing, she was pretty lost. so during short class presentations where we were supposed to talk about how we could apply certain research techniques to our disciplines, i could pretty much talk rubbish without anyone realizing.

but this new lecturer, he’s quite formidable in the general field of business. it’s as if he has 72 hours a day to sit down and absorb knowledge from all business aspects. it’s freaking scary cos he’ll pounce on anyone (there’s only 10 of us in the class) for comments and we’ve gotta be tuning in to the seminar for the entire 3 hours. and he knows what we’re talking about, even though his background is in accounting. which means i can’t hoodwink anyone anymore.

my research question sounds almost frivolous in comparison to the other classmates. all of them are from accounting or finance backgrounds with the exception of a project management phd student and the sole marketing representative in the form of myself. i can’t even understand most of the terms in their research questions. it’s also bad being the only marketing student in the class cos the lecturer is very interested in how the stuff we’re learning relates to marketing.

during the seminar, we were asked to apply some stuff in our ongoing research project and talk about it. as the last time i interacted with the research project was before the term break, i had a little trouble remembering what the research question was. so i looked to my neighbour and said, “you know what? i kinda forgot what my research question was.” she gave me this incredulous look like i just told her cows are pink creatures with blue polka-dots on them.

towards the end of the seminar, the lecturer figured i should have already taken a course somewhat similar to this. so he kinda thought that i should have a solid understanding in these stuff already and of course, that would mean more contributions from me. holy crap, it’s bad enough having a global marketing lecturer who would look to me for expert comments whenever singapore (or singapore airlines) was mentioned during class. now i have to be an expert in research methods too?

photos drought

there’s an obscene lack of people-photos this year, cos of the limited opportunities i can hang out with them. which makes life very boring, cos photos are so much fun to look at. yeah i have a lot of buildings-photos but still….

therefore i shall take a hell lot of photos when i go back in nov. that is, if i feel photogenic. bwahahahaha that’s like once in a blue moon?

now that i think about it, i think there’s people who owe me photos from my one-month holiday. now, hand them over! now! before i start to think that i have no friends in my life…