Day 27: Singaraja

The big day is finally here! Which of course means I went to bed at 3 and got up at 6:15, then went back to bed until 6:45 as I was too tired to function.
After a healthy chocolate bread breakfast my group met to continue working on our presentation. Oh that reminds me, yesterdays post was entirely accurate of the day we had. But after my three hours of sleep I was freaking out a little less.
Anyway, we met, practiced, messed up, practiced, edited, emailed, printed, practiced and then headed off to school at 11am! We weren’t presenting until around 4pm so we had a lot of time to wait, but everyone’s presentations were so interesting that it went by really quickly. It was very cool to learn about the different projects that had been created since I last heard about the proposed solutions about a week ago.

Girls of the Seven Semut!

However a few etiquette differences were really apparent to me as we progressed. For one, people talk on their phones throughout presentations! While they weren’t screaming it was still audible, and it happened no less than ten times over the day. Also an interview was conducted in the middle of one presentation, leaving all of us confused.When it was finally our time to present I was really nervous and the tension in my group was palpatable. However I think it went pretty well, and although I don’t totally remember it I shall watch the video Carla took later and see how we did.

After all the groups were done we took tons of photos, and I must say I am really going to miss my new friends in Singaraja! I know I will definitely keep in touch with Dian and hopefully she can visit the US sometime and I’ll show her around.

Lessons Learned:

Undiksha jackets are really hot but thank you to our group members for making us look professional in them!!