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Today was one of those days especially taxing for the brain, as I had two presentations in class, one of which I had spent days and nights working on in the last couple of weeks. Even during the two days when I was sick and on MC from work, I was working on it too. They probably make up less than 30% of my overall grade but I think I really slogged very hard before today. 

I have to say though, that today has been one of the most fulfilling days in 2017.

The group presentation came first. I was feeling, frankly, slightly unprepared as I had little time to work on it amidst my work and another assignment of the other module. The teacher was however very satisfied with the presentation and commended that I brought up some very good points which I had always wanted to share about translation. Less than 2 hours later, I was up again for my individual presentation, which kind of achieved a lot better impact that I had thought. The classmates were very amused. That kind of tickled me too. At the end of the presentation, the teacher said he could not help but give me full marks for my work. During the lunch break, two classmates said to me, "Well done! That was a very interesting presentation." While I was very flattered, I think I had not felt such great accomplishment in a long time. 

When I say today has been one of the most fulfilling days, it is more than just obtaining full marks for the presentation. I actually derived a lot of satisfaction from doing my translation (home)work these days, regardless of how tired I had been. It is still something that I never really want to give up on and which gave me a lot of motivation, something I could not have otherwise derived from my current job. Taking up this course really opened up my mind to many things I have not really been exposed to and made me question issues in a way I never really thought I would have.

I guess this is what learning is about, is it not? I can only say I am very thankful for an opportunity like this. Mr. Yeo's words keep coming to mind, "Work for a year or two before you study. You will see things in a different perspective." 

I could not agree more.

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