I seriously need to train my stamina in writing. I've just got my first draft of introduction back from my supervisor and it is RED, red-red-red-red EVERYWHERE! Thankfully my supervisor is a very nice lady. I can hear her tone in the email is not a condemning tone like "Your writing sucks!" Thank God for my supervisor's kindness. I can even feel her concern in her email and she's really willing to help me to improve my writing and discuss about the draft next week. Thank God!
Why did I say that I need to train my stamina in writing? It is not only because of the length of the pages that I need to write, but also the amount of information that I need to integrate in an introduction. It's too overwhelming for me and after half an hour sitting in front of my laptop, I already feel tired. Yesterday I brought my research proposal draft to the writing hub in the library and I felt sooo embarrassed because the mistakes that I made are the silly ones. The draft really gave the impression that I did it in a rush (it's quite true) and I did it carelessly (this one I was trying not to be careless, but I was careless in writing that piece). The moment I stepped out from the writing hub, I felt so ashamed that I had sent that piece to my supervisor too.
Even though I feel so embarrassed that my writing looks like rubbish, I am quite happy and grateful that God has given me strength to learn from the mistakes. My mom said, "If you don't make mistakes, you don't learn," or other people say, "Learn from other people's mistakes." I knew that if I didn't have the guts to send the draft to my supervisor, my draft would not be much better even though it means that I have extra time because I won't feel the urgency to change and improve. At least now I know that as my supervisor said, I've done my research quite exhaustively. It's time to sit and write properly.
Sighhhh.. I hope I have enough time to produce a good writing. Can you imagine if I graduate from NUS still with a bad writing?? Hmm, or perhaps it's not a bad writing, perhaps I just need to put MORE effort in writing, practice MORE, write more, and organize more. ADD OILLLLLLLL, FERNINDAAAAAA!!
Why did I say that I need to train my stamina in writing? It is not only because of the length of the pages that I need to write, but also the amount of information that I need to integrate in an introduction. It's too overwhelming for me and after half an hour sitting in front of my laptop, I already feel tired. Yesterday I brought my research proposal draft to the writing hub in the library and I felt sooo embarrassed because the mistakes that I made are the silly ones. The draft really gave the impression that I did it in a rush (it's quite true) and I did it carelessly (this one I was trying not to be careless, but I was careless in writing that piece). The moment I stepped out from the writing hub, I felt so ashamed that I had sent that piece to my supervisor too.
Even though I feel so embarrassed that my writing looks like rubbish, I am quite happy and grateful that God has given me strength to learn from the mistakes. My mom said, "If you don't make mistakes, you don't learn," or other people say, "Learn from other people's mistakes." I knew that if I didn't have the guts to send the draft to my supervisor, my draft would not be much better even though it means that I have extra time because I won't feel the urgency to change and improve. At least now I know that as my supervisor said, I've done my research quite exhaustively. It's time to sit and write properly.
Sighhhh.. I hope I have enough time to produce a good writing. Can you imagine if I graduate from NUS still with a bad writing?? Hmm, or perhaps it's not a bad writing, perhaps I just need to put MORE effort in writing, practice MORE, write more, and organize more. ADD OILLLLLLLL, FERNINDAAAAAA!!
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