Good day, my dear Hivers!
So today, I’ll be sharing with you our research proposal day, which happened last Tuesday. But if you remember, I mentioned in my previous blog that it was originally scheduled for Monday.
However, since our section was divided into 7 groups, we were probably the sixth—so second to the last to present.
When Monday came, Group 1 started their defense at 10:30 AM because another course had to do their research defense before us. So it began at 10:30 AM. The original plan was to finish all seven groups in one day, even if it meant staying until evening.
But the panelists had classes and other important errands starting at 5:30 PM. So only five groups were able to present on Monday, and the remaining groups—including ours—were moved to Tuesday.
Honestly, my group members and I were disappointed when we found out because we were already fully prepared, wearing our OJT uniforms, and ready to present and defend. But it got postponed.
As the group leader, I told them not to be sad because maybe it just wasn’t meant for us to present that day. I reminded them that everything happens for a reason. So I said, "Save your energy for tomorrow, let’s keep going!" I also encouraged them to use the extra time to study and review our research manuscript better so we’d be ready to answer questions.
After comforting one another, we went to the student lounge where some of our classmates were hanging out.
Guess what? Group 7 was there too.
Since we couldn’t present on Monday, some of our classmates suggested we take pictures instead.
But one of our group members, Stella, said we shouldn’t because we hadn’t presented yet. However, I insisted that it’s different—it’s before the defense now, and there’s also an after. So we agreed to take a photo. Just the four of us. Literal girl power!
Honestly, throughout our journey in making this research paper, we had no conflicts. Everything went smoothly, and we all got along well.
After the photo session, we went home.
Anyway, the schedule sent to us said that the research defense would start at 8 AM, and our group would be the first to present.
When Tuesday came, we all arrived on time and immediately prepared the laptop and everything needed for the defense.
During the defense, all my group members and I were able to answer all the questions from the panelists. Although we still needed to revise some parts, everything went well.
After our defense, we sat at the student lounge and waited for our grades to be announced. We all agreed not to leave because we wanted to read the results together.
When our instructor finally sent the grades, we were all so shocked—imagine, we got a 95.33%! We were so happy we jumped around and silently screamed, but our faces clearly showed how happy we were. We didn’t scream loudly since there were a lot of people around, but we kept jumping and were all shocked.
After that, we congratulated each other.
The day after the defense, our research adviser sent a certificate in our group chat, recognizing us as an Outstanding Experimental Research Proposal Presenter.
At first, I didn’t know she had sent it in the GC because I was busy chatting with my friend Angelie. Lavester then showed me her phone screen, and yes—it was true.
At that moment, I was still in shock. It hadn’t sunk in yet that we received a certificate and award. I couldn’t even reply in the group chat because I was speechless.
So Lavester—one of my friends—chatted in the GC saying, “Ma’am, I’ll just say thank you since Micah is still too speechless.” Our classmates and even the research adviser laughed at that message, and so did we.
A few minutes later, I finally replied to Ma’am.
During that time, we were in class, and my classmates congratulated us verbally and personally.
This research proposal was truly a team effort. We all cooperated, which is why we received a certificate.
And that’s all for this blog, my dear Hivers—thank you for reading!
