i'm all set.....am i?

My thesis statement was approved
And I am set to write a draft now.
Well, I should have written it by now but the same old case of procrastination kicked in.
I am writing out my position paper based on the short story 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor.
The story carries varied interpretations and I feel good about my thesis statement.
So far, that is.
If anything comes up,
I do have another tucked in somewhere.
And btw, Mr Omid is kinda cool

Owh...now i know

We've done Pygmalion some time ago when I was younger.

and little did I know it originated from Greek mythodology..

Foolish me just thought
'Oh, This brilliant Mr Shaw came up with such marvelous story that later Audrey Hepburn made famous'

Apparently Ovid was the one to blame and look up to.
His 15 books of Metamorphoses contained the tale of Pygmalion.
A sculpture who fell for his sculpture.
Well, of course he did.
I mean I, too will fall for something that possesses all the quality that I love (i created it in the 1st place)
Its human nature

Just like how people always try to persuade or mould their spouses or partners to change and behave according to what they expect them to be.
Well, relationships are tricky to discussed.
But just like what I am writing in my Yahoo! teachlitmalaysia forum (in another tab)
Literature is all about life.
Getting to know it means getting to know the oohs and aahs that might be happening in the lives of millions.
Or perhaps in our own little life.
Which we are constantly feeling its a tad too much to handle....

Mr Omid Al-Akbari...

I hope the spelling of the name is right though......

We had our first tutorial session with Mr Omid (which means 'hope') last week
And though the hours were long, the discussion helped me to understand what thesis statement is all about..
The problem now is the text
Mr Omid told us that he will be providing us with a selection of texts which we will then choose
I guess that makes sense
It'd be quite a load for him to evaluate our position paper when all 47 of us are writing about different texts.
If i were to choose, I am kind of interested in Mariah by Che Husna Azhari
But then again, I'll have to wait for Mr Omid's

EDU 3234 Readings and Project Works for Teaching Literature in ESL Contexts.....

Here comes the new semester and I really have to get back into study mode...NOW
There are fewer subjects but no less works in store for everyone
We are required to post entries in a new blog for Dr Edwin's EDU3234..
So here I am

Looking at the course name, I see....
1. Readings
2. Project Works
3. Literature
All of them spell out that loads and loads of work coming our way
And more literature text to be read (kind of exciting, actually)
It is definitely going to be a daunting semester
But having had gone through 3 semesters here in UPM
I guess I'd manage...

Dr. Edwin drew us a picture of what to be expected in this course during his first class
There will be a position paper and a research paper
And we will be working with a tutor (a foreigner, apparently!)
Hearing about both papers brought me shivers
But we'll see as the semester progresses

So I'm going to keep my hopes and spirits up
Really
Already thinking about that thesis statement thing..