the feast just done, n the timer starts, i got 13 hours before i have to hand in a 3000 word essay. its 2300 hours. just a week ago when i wanted to start, a huge massive storm broken out, bring down with it a whole lot of tress together with the electricity and my poor modem. after many calls n desperate attempts to get it replaced, i still am stuck with the lightning struck modem.. n with 13 hours left, i manage to get a frens modem for the nite...
12 hours.. n the modem doesnt work with my pc? y? the adapter is not compatible. After an hour of fixing my network card n figuring out the alternating current n all that… it still doesn’t work
so wat else can I do, in this modern age, one is unable to do an essay without the internet. I wonder how people did it b4?! So I type wat I know… I head off to bed for a super heavy morning… its 2am n I got 10 hours left
damn… me wakes up at 845am! Rushing like a mad, I grab a glass of good ol milo and head off to da uni’s com lab.
9am, and with 3 hours left to the deadline, the research starts. And hour for research, an hour to put em together, and an hour to do the final touches n references etc.
it starts well… I get good articles n journals….
Then, com lab door opens: ”we are gonna close at 10am as there is gonna be a fire drill” who would have guessed… of all dayz?!
I get out of uni at 10… fire drill doesn’t start till 1030.. and the commotion n gates are closed till 1115. so much for the hour to put em together…
I hurry back to the labs, to find the doors locked… those guys must have thought locking the doors will not allow the fire in or something…
Now I have half hour to start and finish a 3000 word essay..
By 12 everyone is handing in theirs, and the loveliest of friends are offering to get me lunch.. I get many calls (and this is the reason why I decided to write this!) I skip lunch, no time to eat, n 180% concentration on my work. By 2 I am done… n edit my references while a fren tries to irritate the hell out of me…
It is also at this time I realise I have another work due at 5pm. I print my essay.. n get started on another work.. this time, easy.. a file from a fren.. cut n paste til the end! Wala… done in 2.3 seconds. Change a couple of things, done in 15 minutes.
I am outta uni by 5pm.
The day gets worst.. i cant return the modem as another storm breaks out…
When its ova, its time to catch Liverpool vs arsenal. With high hopes… I head to catch it live on a big screen. It starts out promising (just like my day) and end up a horrific lost for my team –esp since they lead TWICE!.
Wat can I say… april 9 2004, wat a hell of a day…
But because I had friends… yup.. just the lil stuff like calling about lunch can make such da difference.

Its da tiny lil things done with absolute sincerity that makes it so much more meaningful.