1.  Were you nervous about presenting your work?
   Hell yes?! My classmates’ work are so professional that mine seemed so ‘homemade’.
2. What kind of feedback did you get?
   They suggested that next time I can try shooting from a different angle, to involve more of something else rather than just me doing all the talking, and can try to make it less vlog like.
3. Was the feedback useful?
   Certainly. It’s always good to listen what other people think and get a different perspective other than myself’s.
4. What is the most difficult about the process and why?
   It is very difficult to criticize other people’s work because it feels bad to criticize something that you know they have put so much effort into it. It’s just not my personality to say bad thing about other people.
5. How might you get better at this hat system over time?
   I think when we have more time learning more things from this course, we might be able to appreciate or to pick up something that we didn’t really notice the first time from a media perspective kind of view. To be able to use more professional ‘media language’ and in my case, to be more comfortable telling people what I don’t like about their work.
6. What might be a good way to separate the moments of receiving feedback and actually evaluating it and doing something with it?
   Do not be offended when you hear critizism, write it down or type it in your computer, then look again when you are not at school. Remember your feedback and try to do something different on your next project.
7. Is it worth reflecting on the feedback both close to the experience and a bit further on?
   Yes, you may have a different perspective when you reflect on the feedback at another time.

Hello, my name is Bonita, Bonnie for short. I’m originally from Hong Kong. This is my 16th year in Melbourne and I’ve just started my first year of Bachelor of Communication at RMIT University.

I am a single mom to 7 year-old Caitlin.

I work as an Chinese interpreter when I don’t have class. I am mostly based on Austin Health hospital, but sometimes I will work somewhere else, like Maternal Child Health centres, VicRoads, home visits etc., wherever they need me 🙂

I chose Media because I am interested in understanding how all the background production works. I am hoping to seek another career other than being an interpreter. At the moment I hope to become a subtitler, because it is like combining Media and translation into one professional. However I may chance my mind after I have completed my degree.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my blog.

Audio recordings:

• That I know how to play a bit of piano (but not very good at it)
• that I am fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin

Photos:

• Sewing is my hobby, I started 7 years ago and I still love it
• I drive around with my little Yaris everyday and it is a very important part of my daily life
• My family in Melbourne
• My bestie <3
• The seal I sleep with every night. Don’t judge. I always consider myself a child at heart
• A very usual scene of my life, all about time management while you juggle work, study and a daughter all at the same time

Videos:

• What I do on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays afternoon-Uni life
• What I do on Tuesdays, Thursdays afternoon and sometimes Fridays as well-working as an interpreter
• And life other than work and study

This is my first and current car: Sally. She is a very important part of my daily life. We bought her in 2013.

On Saturday night, my brother, my daughter and I had dinner with my childhood friend (top left) who came all the way from Hong Kong. We had Souvlaki in city and it is the best in the whole Melbourne.

This is my best friend Maggie (left) and I (right). We have known each other for 9 years and still going strong. We went to a nightclub on Friday and the theme was school uniform.

I sleep with this giant cute fluffy white seal every night. He’s name is ‘giant bark bark’, which means Giant white white in Cantonese, very creative name, I know. He is very difficult to photograph because he’ll just look like a giant round white ball if I shoot him from the front.

To clarify: she’s my daughter 😉

Untitled from Bonita Leung on Vimeo.