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After 4.5 years…
Finally, the day arrived.. when I presented my work.
The day of… Oral Defence!!!


Phew, I really tried my best to impress the audience and the professors.
In the end… thank God I passed!!!
“It was more like a show than an Oral Defence”, an examiner commented.
Well, even the closed door session was a session of laughter!! :P :P :P



Took photos with my brothers in arms.
Really, PhD life is more bearable when you know others who share the same hardship like you.



Dinner treat from my PhD supervisor!
Super yummy food and I was the one clearing the food ~ ~ ~ ~
“Jefri, what do you do in your work?” a professor asked during dinner.
“I scrubbed and mopped the floor.”
Yes, I am serious. Scrubbing the floor is my bread and butter.
:P :P :P
Food. Food. FREEEEEE food.
This is how my school gave a treat to the students.
Well, initially the banquet was intended for the faculty and admin staff.
Of course, they could not finish the food.
The students (including me) were there to scavenge clear up the extra food.


Well, a treat on Valentine Day.

The faculty and students were gossiping discussing over food.
Yay!!!
~ ~ ~ YYYYEEEEESSSSHHH! ~ ~ ~
Was invited to a group meeting of another lab.
They had pizza and snacks throughout the presentation.


Toward the end of the meeting, they still could not finish the food.
Sooooooo…. the food went to me!
It was my dinner yesterday, breakfast+lunch today!
Niiiiicceee! Swweeeeettttt!
Last night my group had a combined dinner with another group.
We all went to Chinatown and enjoyed the spicy food there.

The venue



Fantastic dinner. Spicy and oily. Hence, I did not take them much. I want to build muscle, that’s why.

They kept refilling their beer and cheering. I guess they finished at least 20 bottles of beer.

The hungry people last night.
Well, I have a feeling that this is the last group dinner I can join them….
Finally, the conference ended with a dinner banquet! It was held at Traders Hotel near Orchard Road.
I was happy and sad: happy for the free food and sad because there will be no more free food


Hungry students and professors. The visit to Garden by the Bay really drained our energy.

A surprise Lion Dance performance to start the banquet!

A welcome speech by Prof. Lee Soo Ying.

Some instrumental music accompanying our dinner.



Great food!! Well, luckily I sat with my guy friends so we all unleashed our gluttony. Oops.

I didn’t win any award. Yet, I was happy for my friends who did a wonderful in making great posters.
Well, time to return to reality, Jefri!~~~