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Ready Steady Never Look Back

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BGM: [Ready Steady Go] – L’Arc~En~Ciel

Waw. After much thesis work, I’m almost done. Done with my patience.

I finished our Filipino thesis almost singlehandedly. I had tremedous help coming from Ellison, who willingly lent his PC and his Internet time to our presentation and thesis work. Kenneth And Aaron had their share and helped me with finding adequate resources for our thesis.

So much. We’re done, with my palms and my fingers cursing me with pain. But the presentation’s not done yet.

Yes, there’s a presentation side to our Filipino thesis work, of “COMPUTER PERIPHERALS”. We have to present it and deal with critics. Of course, me, who screwed my JS Prom debut public speaking 101 (FACT: I made, wrote, and delivered a Batch Prophecy for our JS Prom when I was in 4th Year for the flimsy excuse that I am the highest 4th Year staffer in our school paper organization), has to deliver our painstaking thesis to the hungry wolves. Looks like me and my group is Daniel, and the class are the lions in the pit (or mosh pit). Warrr…Woorrr…hawerrr…

Then the day came. I informed all my members, except Aaron who is on Internet drugs, that we are to wear a long-sleeved polo and a nice decent tie. The day came, and Aaron and Kenneth has none. Aaron offered to go home and fetch a polo, while Kenneth called home for an instant polo delivery. The hour of judgment came, and Kenneth is the remaining one who don’t have a polo yet.

Heavy-hearted, I started the presentation without him.

The presentation went rocky from the start, with a damn silent crowd. Silent as in TOO silent. Bored and sleepy.

I took up Kenneth’s part, the “basic computer peripherals”. Naturally, as I was the one who did 95% of the thesis work, I delivered my part without glancing, for more than 5 times, at my thesis copy. So much for familiarity. I caught our teacher’s attention, and so are the sleepy audience. It’s like, hey, I’m here, guess who’s back…from the dead…

Then Aaron took after me, and soon the class grew bored again.

And I took my real parts, like the “latest computer peripherals”, on Powerpoint with pictures of great quality, and soon they were caught in my web. Haha. I delivered a speech like a salesman with 13 billion dollars in debt, and I caught some laughs at my jokes. Nice. But the only thing that made me sad for a second is the sight of a dejected Kenneth. As a leader, and according to my leadership rules, even if my member screws up like hell, I want the best for all of us, and I want them to be a part of any success we reap for their due help. And the sight of him near the point of looking like The Undertaker made me want to melt my DPS Leadership bronze medal.

At the end of the show, I ended up being praised by our teacher as the best speaker the class had so far. Ok, that got my ego ballooning to a big O. But when our teacher castigated an already dejected Kenneth, I almost wanted to go between them and say, that’s enough, but the look at my teacher and I saw a flash that meant, don’t bother, so I froze.

I carried the team to victory as project manager, but Donalda Trumpie (our Filipino teacher is a she) fired one.

The English isn’t so hard as it was. Katrina was an enourmous help. At least we passed it on fast.

The two remaining things to be done is on PHIST and ICS. I wish they extend the deadline, for I’m still gasping. I need a lot of SalonPas for my hands. And cash too.

What the heck. So much. And I’m in a PC shop still trying to figure my time. And budget. So here, while I’m resting, have a dose of links for you all to be tired of…um…find it. Dunno.

There. I’m now tired.

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