Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Nightmare comes ALIVE

August 1, 2007



It was the day of my presentation. I had Computing subject that required us to present the topic of our assignment. Since the night before, I had been doing it in my partner's room. My partner is Deepa. I brought my laptop to her room and we did together.



Till it was nearly 00.00 am in the morning, which means it was august 1, I was called by Andy to went down to celebrate my friend (Steven) birthday. So i rushed down from Deepa's room and found Diana and we went to Dining Hall together. We were celebrating his birthday in a hurry, because we had presentation to be prepared, while the birthday person himself had 2 tests to study. But the celebration was fun. As tradition, we put cake's cream on his face.


Everything was just fine till the celebration was over. Then the nightmare was started to be ALIVED.


I went back to Deepa's room. She was sleeping and has finished her part. I started my laptop because it had been in standby mode. When I on it, I saw my friend (Chandra) had sent me a folder of picture. But it had been canceled because I was not around to receive it and had signed out automatically. So, I closed the window and wanted to online again. So, I clicked on the Internet Explorer icon. But somehow it was not functioning and came out something said that the program was not found. Then I wanted to open the file that Deepa had done from pendrive. Same thing happenned. The file couldn't be openned. Then I thought that there was something wrong with the pendrive. Deepa helped me to check it in Hweeli's laptop. It was functioning. Everything was fine. That meant the problem was on my laptop and not the pendrive. Then crossed in my mind that Andy told Diana before he had received such a folder before and it was a virus. My laptop was affected by the virus. But how can? Because I was not around to receive the file and somemore the sending of the file had been canceled by itself. A big question in my mind.


It was about six hours before my presentation and i had not finished my slide show. I needed someone's help in slide show because neither Deepa nor I are good in powerpoint. So, I rushed down to the common area and found Diana, Ivy, Pearlyn and Jason there. I asked whether they had any free laptop that i could use. Same as me, they were doing the assignment as well. Then I called Andy and asked him if he could borrow me his laptop. Luckily he had finished and he was not using it. I got his laptop from him and faster did it in the common area with them.


I was sa stresses that I scared I couldn't finish the assignment and the slide show. I was nearly to give up and wanted to stop doing. But I quickly threw that kind of thought from my mind. It was not my assignment only. I had my partner to be considered as well. Then with their help on slide show, I could finish it.


I was checking this and that till 6 in the morning then i walked back to my room with Diana and slept for 30 minutes. Then I had my shower and dressed up. Deepa had been waiting for me outside my block. So, I walked with her and Diana. Reaching basketball court, crossed in my mind that I forgot to bring my hardcopy. It was nearly 8 o'clock. And i needed that hardcopy to be handed in. There was no choice. I should go back to my room to get it. But I was wearing heels. It was impossible for me to run or even walked fast on heels.


So, the craziest thing I've ever done in my life; I took off my heels and run back to my block with bare feet. Everyone along the road was looking at me running bare feet. It was really embarrassing. But nothing I could do. I was going to late and I needed to went back to my room to get my hardcopy.


I reached my room and got the hardcopy. I changed my heels with sandals so that I could walk fast. But I still bring my heels along cause I needed it for my presentation. I rushed to the academic block. I walked fast and was about to reach the class. Then I wondered why there was no one outside the classroom. Normally before the lecturer had come, mostly of my classmates will go outside of the classroom. So I thought what day was that day. It was Wednesday. And the class was not supossed to be there. It was at the other block. I walked to Block B and the class was at Block A. Then I rushed to Block A.


Reached the class and luckily the lecturer was not there. She was late. I was so tired because of rush here and there. I changed my sandals with heels and rested for a while till the lecturer came. She came in and on the computer and sit in front and said "OK. First group"


I was thinking "Oh my God. I was so tired of rushing here and there. And now she straight away called my group to present". Then me and Deepa went out to present.

The presentation was not good. She looked not happy of our presentation. It was just added another nightmare of mine.
What made it worse was the result of the test that she gave us. It was really BAD.
Then after the class was over, I went back to take brunch with my friends. Then went back to my room to rest for a while, but who knows, the moment I wake up is 5.30 pm. That was when Wey Kay knock on my door to borrow something. And my class was supossed to be at 12.00pm.
So I asked Diana if the lecturer had given any assignment or not. Luckily there was not any assignment. So, I laid down again and FAINTED again.
The next moment I wake up was 7.30 pm. It was amiao (Catherine) that knock on my door and asked me to go out for dinner. Thinking not to join but then she insisted on asking me out. So, I went out till 9.30 pm. I didn't had my dinner though.
When I came back to my room. Diana asked me whether I wanted to go out for dinner with Steven and my other friends. Since it was his birthday, I agreed to go.
And I had my dinner with them.
That was the end of the day when my NIGHTMARE came ALIVE.
And I won't blog till the beginning of new sem. It was around the beginning of september.
So, don't miss me a lot... hahaha... =p