Okay, so today I’m going to tell you about a time that I will late for a crucial meeting. So back then when I was in Taiwan for an exchange semester, me and my friend, we had a very special and important group project. And you know, this project was about developing an automatic fridge center. And we scheduled this project at 10 a.m. in the morning, you know, to check whether where were we at and to see each individual’s progress. So unfortunately I was late for the meeting. So the meeting supposed to be at 10 a.m. but I was late. I arrived 20 minutes late. This is the result of staying up late the night before. So I pulled an old nighter just to polish my performance and I ended up slept over in the next morning and I messed things up. You know, when I arrived at the meeting, I immediately apologized to all of my teammates and I started to present my ideas about about my work. And thankfully and fortunately my work was quite well prepared which makes our progress get back in track pretty quickly. So this experience taught me a lot of lessons about how to balance between work and rest. So you know this is a big lesson for me. This was a big lesson for me. And don’t try to pull an all nighter especially before a crucial event like this meeting.
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Okay, so today I'm going to tell you about a time that I was late for a crucial meeting. Back then, when I was in Taiwan for an exchange semester, my friend and I had a very special and important group project. This project was about developing an automatic fridge sensor. We scheduled this project meeting for 10 a.m. in the morning to check where we were and to see each individual's progress. Unfortunately, I was late for the meeting. The meeting was supposed to be at 10 a.m., but I arrived 20 minutes late. This was the result of staying up late the night before. I pulled an all-nighter just to polish my performance, and I ended up sleeping in the next morning, which messed things up. When I arrived at the meeting, I immediately apologized to all of my teammates and started to present my ideas about my work. Thankfully, my work was quite well prepared, which helped our progress get back on track pretty quickly. This experience taught me a lot of lessons about how to balance work and rest. This was a big lesson for me. Don't try to pull an all-nighter, especially before a crucial event like this meeting.
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