Today was presentation day at the university. Not being in the final two groups we figured we were out of the woods presentation wise. Well in fact it turned out we were wrong! Each of the remaining groups was divided into pairs and each was to redesign the presentation in 45 minutes and then present to another group and a lecturer. It was a great experience getting to work with everyone in a group and not through online platforms! I was not planning on presenting but last minute everyone hooked me into it and encouraged me to. I guess i thought I've challenged myself this much already its better to present than to have any regrets, right? So i presented. I have to say it was an amazing experience! We did an amazing job and the feedback was excellent. The lecturer said our ideas were really creative, cohesive and clearly linked to our objectives. It was great to hear this after not being sure about the presentation the whole time. I found that presenting helped me to understand the ideas and how they worked so much better and if i don't say so myself, our proposal sounded amazing!
The rest of the afternoon included lunch in the cafeteria, a presentation by media students at the university, the finalists presentations, industry professional panel Q & A and presentations by lecturers from different countries. It was a long day and so hard to stay awake but after it finished we left the university and made our way back to the hotel to get ready for the gala dinner. The ride back was the beginning of us making friends with the rest of the group. We all sat up the front and got to know each other. Apparently i look like Kate Nash! haha.
We literally had 20 minutes to get ready for the dinner and i still had to wash my hair and everything! Needless to say i didn't look how i wanted to but we were only a little late compared to what we thought we would be! The night was nice but quite quick, the only thing that was done was the announcement of the winning team and the awards for each sector. Our team won the most creative award which was great news! There was a little bit of conflict though as we had been in such a rush we hadn't called the other girls or taken our phone! But luckily we managed to sort that out before the rest of the night!
We went to the bar for drinks first- Free cocktails for ladies! However weirdly they let us in the first time and not the second as the legal age was 21. . so after some sweet talking and showing that i wasn't impressed we managed to get in! It was really great spending more time getting to know everyone. The girls from Aus even invited us to the Russian Vodka party and out to the club after. We went to the vodka party and squeezed in with everyone else to drink vodka and get to know everyone. We were about to head off to the club when we realised that we weren't old enough, however everyone thought i was in my twenties and not still a teenager so it was funny seeing the shock when i told them i was only nineteen so couldn't get in! We headed back to the Vodka party though and spent the rest of the night there dancing, laughing and learning italian and russian. It was amazing how well everyone got on and we made some really good friends and met some lovely people!
Lets just hope its not too hard to get up in the morning. .
We literally had 20 minutes to get ready for the dinner and i still had to wash my hair and everything! Needless to say i didn't look how i wanted to but we were only a little late compared to what we thought we would be! The night was nice but quite quick, the only thing that was done was the announcement of the winning team and the awards for each sector. Our team won the most creative award which was great news! There was a little bit of conflict though as we had been in such a rush we hadn't called the other girls or taken our phone! But luckily we managed to sort that out before the rest of the night!
We went to the bar for drinks first- Free cocktails for ladies! However weirdly they let us in the first time and not the second as the legal age was 21. . so after some sweet talking and showing that i wasn't impressed we managed to get in! It was really great spending more time getting to know everyone. The girls from Aus even invited us to the Russian Vodka party and out to the club after. We went to the vodka party and squeezed in with everyone else to drink vodka and get to know everyone. We were about to head off to the club when we realised that we weren't old enough, however everyone thought i was in my twenties and not still a teenager so it was funny seeing the shock when i told them i was only nineteen so couldn't get in! We headed back to the Vodka party though and spent the rest of the night there dancing, laughing and learning italian and russian. It was amazing how well everyone got on and we made some really good friends and met some lovely people!
Lets just hope its not too hard to get up in the morning. .
