First draft = trash.

Got back some comments on my first draft. Just like what I expected, my supervisor thought it was trash. It didn’t really surprise me, considering he’s got this big ego about him that he thinks everyone else’s work is not worthy.

What I hate about his comments is that he doesn’t seem entirely encouraging in his words – though I never expected him to be. But why put 20 question marks when one does the job? What is he exactly trying to show me? Then he keeps on harping about the fact that this is missing, that is missing, blah blah blah… c’mon la, since when have you ever taught me how to write a HYP report? All you were saying is “go and read journal papers”… there are a million and one journal papers out there, do you expect me to read all the million of them? Every paper has a different way of presenting, so which is the right one? Instead of dishing out encouragement, he’s only good at knocking me down and make me feel trashy and worthless. Or maybe I am trashy and worthless in his opinion.

All in all, it was as good as I didn’t submit a first draft at all cos I have to rewrite the entire thing altogether.

If NUS is to lose a postgrad prospect, I’m sure the graduate division would know who to point their fingers to.