A rather boring day with some amusement before dinner.
Went to look for Prof. Wu to discuss about my project and at the end, he said something that made me amused. He started by asking me about last Sat's Hong Kong Chemistry PG Symposium. Then he asked me about one of the lab senior's oral presentation etc. Following that, he said that if I have some interesting results, he'll consider asking me to represent HKUST in oral presentation next year!! Gosh. That's not the most amusing thing lor. The latter part is even more amusing:
Prof Wu: When you presented previously during the group meeting, you spoke too fast; it makes people hard to catch and understand the content.
Me: .... ok (actual feeling: yah I know; you are not the first person saying that...)
Prof. Wu: ...and I realize that you speak in British English; HK and mainland students may find it hard to catch British English ..."
Me: Oh.... (stunned beyond words; I never knew I spoke in British English....more of Singlish??? Lol)
Prof. Wu: ... so next time, maybe you can slow down and speak a little slower.
Me: ... ok.
Ha, I didn't know I speak British English. That's really a news to me.
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Your accent is far from British by the diameter of the universe!! Prof Wu must have never heard of Singlish before...
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