She was sent in for emergency treatment yesterday morning.
I should have been more alert, I shouldn't have ignored the ubiquitous signs and calls for attention.
I regret not taking action earlier to prevent the defect from bringing the whole system down.
I panicked, I didn't know what to do..
What was going to happen to my case study report which I didn't back up from my laptop?
It was due on monday, the com crashed on friday morning, so how was I supposed to finish this crucial report which was 40% of the finial assessment on time?
I immediately brought my lappie to the IT Co-op in science after seeking advice from Susan, the
After the IBM engineer promised to check my hard disk for me and retrieve the data, I left for lessons.
At the bus stop I started to think about all the precious photos and videos that I might lose IF the hard disk failed me. And of course also the case study report la.
But most of the tears shed stemmed from the thought of all the bad things that happened to me, eg. failing skills assessment, having bad knees and ankles and then this.
Why me? I didn't surf no porn sites, I didn't download songs or videos illegally.
The only things I do with my com are MSN, facebook, read email and newspaper articles from CNN website (just kidding, this is to act intelligent only).
Anyway, while I was wallowing in self-pity (if I could turn back time, I would march up to the crying me at the bus stop and give myself a slap and tell me, "wake up your idea!") Loke called. Being the most sympathetic (handsome, eloquent, intelligent, selfless, single.. the list goes on. Contact me for more details) guy friend I have he understood my situation and actually offered to lend his laptop to me over the weekend.
He saved the damsel in distress. He saved his tutorial or work he needed to do into a thumbdrive and lent me his laptop.
Lent me his laptop.
Lent me his laptop.
Lent me his laptop.
Lent me his laptop.
Lent me his laptop.
Lent me his laptop.
Pardon me, I was trying to let the idea resonate in your head.
Would you do it for your friend?
I mean, if you could, would you lend your friend your laptop?
The laptop which is almost like your girlfriend whom you caress everyday,
also like your closest best friend with whom you share intimate thoughts and confidential information with,
also like your laptop, which use to play diving games on MSN with boys (hor, Jeslyn). hahahahhahhaha
I duno, I think that very few people will actually do it.
Loke says that this is the time to test all your friends.
That is evil! I hate the thought of using situations like these to 'test' your friends.
Because I think that
1. nobody is actually obliged to help anybody (this is precisely the reason for the test I know)
2. and sometimes situations don't allow your friends to help you - for example they are not around or they have the same need for the thing that you need
3. I reprimanding (fuck is now called reprimand according to SueJean, Michelle and Belly because fuck is too coarse. and I have typed the word twice.) hate the idea of using people to do things you can do yourself.
Just let me say my thanks to Susan (the
to Yiling, who lent me her external harddisk for the data recovery which didn't happen because my harddisk was too badly damaged,
to Yan Kai, who tried to use his Computing prowess to figure out why Loke's laptop can't connect to my hall's internet,
to Johnson, the most dependable problem solver, who lent me his router for wireless internet connection.
[I mean it when I say that. I think Johnson gets a kick out of solving my ridiculous challenges.
I remember asking him to peel the skin of the orange (not the mandarin orange, that will be too easy), take out the fruit, and reassemble the skin such that it looks as good as new.
When I challenge people to do ridiculous things, normal people will react by laughing and think in their head 'she's siao', but not Johnson.
He takes my challenges seriously.
And of course the empty orange peel faked a few people to think that the fruit was still there..
Good job la. ]
And lastly, thanks to Mdm Liaw who replied, "You must be devastated." when I emailed her asking for an extension of dateline/deadline for my report.
Yuting says to not think that good things never happen to us, because good things happens in ways that we might not be able to see and touch, but there are lots of good things!
Susan also said that we always 'gian' (<-hokkien word for 'lust after' in my translation) other people's things which we don't have.. which makes us oblivious and take blessings for granted.
My pretty girl's sms:
"Remember, if u feel like the world stinks now, at least u hav a family that loves u, friends who treat u good, scholarship, can dance so well and play sports..."
To which I replied, Like that only ar? No wonder I'm so sad.
hahhaha of course I am kidding, duh.
I am aware that I overreacted ungracefully to this com crash saga but you can forgive a girl who is menstruating, right?
Ultimately I knew that things always work out in the end.
♥Bid Farewell
