It was the ADC victory party last night so I slept at Ma'am Maya's. I woke up at around 7 and is running late for our thesis (proposal) defense. After a quick breakfast and words of advice from ma'am, I scooted off to meet Jeng, Ninay, and Tin-tin. I feel bad for making them worry. We even had last minute arguments last Thursday. Tsk, arguments. That is the last thing I would ever want to happen between us. And now, I know I'm toeing off the line once again for being late.
We have Sir Pancho, Ma'am Tetchie, and Sir Abejaron for our panel. I'm so nervous, my heart is beating against my esophagus. I prayed our prayer and started talking. The report went on pseudo-smoothly. Migawd. I can't remember saying as many "granting that..." than before. Then the interrogation came. For the past ten minutes, the panelists were asking us questions; but after Sir Pancho questioned the feasibility of our proposal (vis-a-vis good relationship between researcher and respondent), we became mere observers. They (the panelists and Sir Nappy) discussed about changing our topic. They gave us tips regarding the new topic and they never asked us any questions again.
After 2 hours, they sent us out of the room so that they can decide about our proposal. We were all nervous and were talking about the possibility of our proposal getting rejected.
Jeng: Hindi effective ang topic.
Ninay: Pero tingin nyo makaulit tayo?
Tin2x: ewan. kung maka-ulit, eh di mag-ulit.
Me: pero okay lang man lahat sa paper natin diba? Wala man silang mareklamo dun. Yung topic lang talaga.
Jeng: masyado kasing sensitive topic natin.
Ninay: oo nga.
Me: pang-PhD?
NInay: uu.
Tin2x: Kapoy balik.
Jeng: okay lang yan guys. kaya natin to.
Me: hehehehehe.. *nervous laugh*
After conditioning ourselves that making another paper and having a re-defense is okay, Sir Nappy asked us to come back in. To which, Sir Abejaron gave us their final judgment. It went something like this:
Ma'am Tetch: Go, sabihin mo na. Wag mo na sila pahirapan.
Sir Abej: I can't look at them in the eye.
Me: *to myself* atik lang na si sir... *heart beats faster*
Janine: *nervous laugh* hehe..
Tin-tin: Kaya natin to.
Sir Abej: well, I'm sorry to say that, WE CANNOT ACCEPT YOUR PROPOSAL...
Jeng: *sad smile*
Sir Abej: WITHOUT REVISIONS.
Jeng, Ninay, Tin: whew! *lipay ang mga bata* hehehe..
Me: *to myself again* haay.. ingon na ba. adik man ni sila sir ui. hehehe... *lipay japon*
Sir Abej: You just have to change the topic. Okay sana ang paper pero medyo ambitious talaga siya for undergraduate students.
So there. Thank you God. I am (super-duper) happy. If only I had enough money today, I'll treat my groupmates in Pizza Hut. Hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala na hindi 85 and below grade namin. Whew!
Sa mga magde-defense pa, GOOD LUCK and GOD BLESS. :)
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