To tell the truth, we have never done a project before when we were in China. So when hearing that we are going to submit a research report at the end of Phase 2, I felt unconfident about it.
During the recess week, we (Daniel, XINGXING, JUZHENG and me) visited Ms Leo in her house. She gave us some instructions and supervision on our project. The most important is that she let each of us choose one role from group leader, researcher, surveyor and editor. Thus we four are responsible for different aspects of our project, which will make it more efficient. Especially after I read the guidelines for students carefully on project work, the previous anxiety disappeared. As long as we conducted our research according to the strategies, principles and guide the material recommend, there should be no problem, I thought at that time.
Only when we started did we know that it was not so easy. During the process of deciding which topic we are going to work on, there were different points of view. Group leader (Daniel) thought that we should do something interesting, which could attract the audience and readers. While I held the view that we had better do something practical. If we apply the results of our project into our daily life, it may help improve something. After our discussion, we concluded that our points of view were not contradictory. We brainstormed five ideas. Then we needed to choose one from the five topics. It was difficult to make a choice. Each topic had its strengths and weaknesses. We referred to the strategies and principles for choosing topics. Finally we came to the topic “the attitude of Singaporeans towards the Chinese products”. Later on, we found that our topic was too general. We had to narrow it. Again we came to the crossroads. If we narrow our topic improperly, it will make our project unbalanced. But our topic was actually big. We decided to narrow from Singaporeans to NUS students. It is better and more practical for us to conduct our survey.
Well, you see that we spent two days on deciding our topic. Then we need background information. That is my work. I have to look through as much information as possible in order to obtain enough useful information. As for web pages, I have looked through at least 100 pages. Although it is a tough job, when I share the information I selected with them, I felt happy and satisfied. Every time I know that we are nearer to our final report, I have a feeling of accomplishment. During our teamwork, I see there are so many ideas from my fellows for one question, which make my mind more open. The other three guys are also very cooperative. I believe that we can do a good job at last.
There is one old Chinese saying that nothing will block you as long as you are eager to achieve something. That is it.
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