Thursday 11 October 2007
I, Julienne Wong...burnt my NAIL!
How did I do that you ask?
Let me rewind you back to why I suddenly felt like I need candles to soothe myself. I've been spending 2 days TRYING to comprehend my reading materials (and there's shit loads of things to read). If you think judges are being mean to you with case laws, wait till you read books after books about what academicians and philosophers thought about the genealogy of human rights and their criticism. I mean, I'm reading theories about Human Rights, natural law and legal rights since BEFORE CHRIST up till the 21st century!
Lecturer said "make a 15 minutes presentation" on my Seminar handout. So, since it's my first class, I super gian trying to make a good impression for myself in front of my new lecturer and classmates. And since I've scored a distinction for my PLR, I so semangated , tried to do a power pack point presentation.
Didn't sleep properly for two nights trying to make this presentation somewhat presentable up to standard. Went to class and this is what happened.
Lecturer: So, has anyone done a formal presentation?
(this is what we call sial punya budak because I'm the only one who lifted up my hand!)
Lecturer: Right. So, what kind of formal presentation is this?
Me: Oh, I did power point slides because you said you wanted "15 minute presentation" on your topic.
Lecturer: Well, because it's out first class, we'll just have an informal one so that everyone can participate.
I looked around and everyone just had scribbles on their notes. Some did not even finish reading everything from the reading list.
CHATOU!!! Tell me earlier lar!!
Why when I decide to be hard working, everyone else decides to be lazy! If I knew she wasn't serious about it, I could have slept slumber-ly for 2 whole nights not worrying about whether or not I will make a fool out of myself for not presenting a smart enough power-point for all the "highly intellectual" people!
I even carried my laptop to Uni just in case the computer in Uni decides to screw up (like many other times when I needed it the most!)
I seriously felt like a total idiot.
So for the first hour, I didn't have the mood to participate much. But everyone in class was very engaged with the ongoing discussion of God-knows-what-because-my-mind-is-too-busy-thinking-about-my-bed, I felt like I needed to participate to prove myself worthy with the "highly intellectuals" again. I had all my art of bullshitting skills back on track but was just piss off because this obviously didn't need 2 restless nights.
And so, I was simply trying to light candles in my room to feel a bit relax. Turned on some jazz music, light some candles and off all the lights; then just space out in my own bed. I mean I feel like I need it after spending 3 1/3 hours discussing the genealogy of human rights! It's insane!
So I open my candle box (yes I have a whole collection of them! Enough to light the house on fire), take out the lighter and started lighting the candle. While doing it, I realize something smelled funny and I SAW MY NAILS ON FIRE! Thank God my nails were a little longer than the usual length that I usually keep.
What did I do? Scream lar. But totally forgotten my housemates went to London. And while screaming, I aimed for the carpet and stepped on my own thumb! How did I do that? Fuck knows. Bloody bimbo right? *sigh* You call this a Law student pursuing a Masters degree in LAW someore! Seriously, my natural instinct and my ability to react "logically and rationally" when things like this happen, is close to NONE EXISTENCE!
It smells horrible!! Seriously..just horrible! But at least now I know what burnt nail smells like...
Lifetime achievement right? I mean how many people do you know who has burnt their own nails! Not just had their nails burnt but literally saw flames like as if it was some magic trick from the TV show! Tell me.
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4 Comments:
aiyo
poor thing
i know that feeling:" wanna be hardworkin then everyone else decided to be a slacker"
bummer!!!
ok la..next time pls be more careful. look before u light candles
hugss
pegs
Try to burn your hair next time LOL
...you can burn nails? ...they can catch Fire?? O.O
yes...nails can catch fire.
btw, i found another guy who burnt his nail. Guess I'm not the only one. hahahahah
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13 October 2007 at 18:52