Can't help but rave about my lecturer, Sharon Leong. She knows her stuff. Not only has she worked with and for big name fashion houses (she started as Junior Design Assistant - what she calls the tea girl - before being headhunted for United Colors of Benetton). She does works for Valentino and other European brands, mostly garment manipulation. The beading is done in India, though, because she finds it expensive to have them done in Australia.
She likes to talk but not the kind that rambles and gets you irritated. Her anecdotes are funny and in some instances, insightful. She's strict in deadlines and prepared the syllabus in such a way that the student really has to do a lot but in the end will learn a lot.
The sad thing is, she won't be our lecturer for the entire year. From what I gathered, she's doing something major in her business so other lecturers will take her place. Also, she'll be giving birth and will be having 3 months maternity leave. Regardless, what little time we have with her, I'm sure, will be entertaining and informative.
The class is multicultural. We have a Japanese guy, a Swedish girl, a girl from England, a girl from Colombia, a Thai girl, a Filipina (me), and Aussies. I wonder how we'll interact since groupings have already been formed. I did manage to converse with Sara (from country Victoria) and Viviana (from Colombia).
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