Refrying the Fried Rice

Returned from advanced organic chemistry presentation. Had group meeting presentation yesterday and basically, I am using the same material. *lol* This is the so called refrying the fried rice.

Prof. Dai put my presentation at the last and I have to endure 7 presentations (a whooping 3.5 hours) before mine. Basically, I feel that most of them presented just for the sake of presenting. The materials were not thorough and the presentations were not clear. When they talked about asymmetric synthesis reactions, they just talked through it as-a-matter-of-fact without models and explanations to how asymmetry is achieved. Crab lor. It was only then that I realized the CM4223 presentations that I listened to were actually pretty decent. My juniors made an effort to use models, diagrams and look up references to explain the asymmetry.

Anyway my presentation also not so fantastic lah. Usual comments like too fast and info-packed were told to me by my lab colleagues. Well well. Prof. Dai commented at the end that I talked like Erik Sorensen. *lol*. Also, I prepared presentation slides like the way he does. Hmm nice compliment from him but I'll not be Erik Sorensen as I'm not going towards total synthesis. I like to read them and teach them to others though. That's why I am thinking about writing a book on Q pertaining to total synthesis. Such book exists though but not good enough in my opinion. Anyone interested in joining me?