Last weekend was the final week to finish up the documentary for the English assignment. My group members and I struggled a lot to complete the 10 minutes-documentary. Poh hui who stayed outside came to the hostel at night just to do the editing process, really thankful as she was able to drive, thus it would be easier for her to come without asking her father or anyone from her family members.

People may think that it was easy to do a ten minutes- documentary compared to the documentaries on the discovery channel or national geography, which were usually an hour or 30 minutes documentaries. But, when they were required to produce it by themselves, I doubt they would be glad to face the great experiences from it. Indeed it needs a lot of efforts and considerations. Teamwork and responsibilities from each of the group members are vital elements to finish the documentary with the satisfaction.

we have faced lots of challenges in the process of making this documentary from the beginning till the end, lost the important footages, being followed by the security guard at the centrepoint as a result of interviewing the publics without the authority’s permission, in this case , I would say that it was not our fault as we did not know that we were required to do so, and we also burn the midnight oil together in my room to put the background song as well as the subtitles.

Finally, after finishing the group presentation, it was a relief to hear that Mr. Derick was satisfied with the project. He even has no question to ask us but I still worried because he had given no comment or opinion about the documentary. Hopefully we can get good marks for that. In spite of facing a lot of plights, I realize that I have learned a lot from it.


Now, it is about 9 months left to finish my course, ausmat. For me, it is a long time to wait; time management as well as being consistent is the key to get an excellent result in the final examination. I admit that I always have no enough time as a result of delaying my assignments. That kind of behavior should be avoided if I really want to follow my seniors’ step who had succeed in their journey, instead of facing a lot of difficulties, finally their sacrifices have been paid after receiving an offer letter from Australia’s university.