My adorable

Seorang lagi, sunyi.. aku benci. Tapi tadi hingar.. aku benci juga. Aku patut belajar bersyukur.

Jam di menubar kata sekarang jam 4.58 am. Aku di mana? Lagi 9 jam aku ada kelas scriptwriting. Story aku masih tergendala. Risau nak bagi orang baca, takut kalau-kalau mereka tak suka. You see, bagi aku lebih senang kalau aku tulis watak-watak aku berdasarkan kawan-kawan aku. Mudah aku nak bayangkan apa yang mereka akan cakap, bagaimana mereka react. 

Kawan-kawan aku semua superstar.

Personally aku pun tak pasti priorities aku apa. Dulu aku tak sabar nak cabut sticker segi empat merah tu dari cermin kereta aku, tapi masuk hari ni dah 5 hari aku tangguh.. Bilik aku masih lagi begitu, wawasan-wawasan aku pun dah kering, usaha usah ditanya. Realiti bukanlah sesuatu yang indah. Aku lebih gemar berfantasi.

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Last week it was my turn to present on a topic I choose for media studies. I thought the topic sounds interesting.. until I sit down and read what it was really about. Taiwanese lesbian movement. The only Taiwanese I know is Wawa and she's straighter than any Cyberjaya street.

Tisk.

I finished my last slide 10 minutes before my turn to present. People say that I'm mad, I told them that from where I'm from, it's called lazy. I told myself it was Murphy's Law. Murphy told everyone it wasn't him. Oh well.

Suddenly as I was tightening the cables of the projector and the power cord, I heard a shriek, a thud and some more shriek. I turned around just in time to see my adorable 12" PowerBook G4 slam the concrete floor. It hit the ground corner first, lid-opened and running. Oh dear..

I feel famous for a while and like famous people, I did what they would do. I smiled and picked up my Mac with one hand and put it back where it was while saying "It's okay" again and again to the girl, frantically apologizing. I sit down and noticed the impact point being pushed inwards causing the bottom case to bent out creating a small opening between the upper part of the case and the bottom part. Oh well.. That thing need some ventilation anyway. Then I noticed my plug: it was inside the port and the light is still on. Normal only for the fact that it is now bent. Now I know why the new Macs have those magnetic cables for. I shrugged.. Oh well, as long as it still charges.

I moved my finger on the trackpad for a while, waiting for a response. There it was, my keynote presentation still up and running. Cun! I started to type my conclusion slides and in 10 minutes, I was presenting, the projector plugged into the laptop with no trouble at all. 

I was surprised. I was sad. I was amused. I was heartbroken. I regretted. This is what you get when you don't finish your work on time son!

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Published:
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
by amerhadiazmi