Hell hath no fury like an essay scorned
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Yup, you heard that right. It was a torturing 6 days. I couldn't even see the end, I thought it'll never come. I didn't even have time to think about it. After I was finished with one thing, I had to do the next one immediately.
The statistics: Every night I was sleeping at 5am. Of the 6 nights, I slept 3 hours each in 2 of them and 1 without any sleep. I could have died in my swarm of essays, but I didn't and for that I'm rejoicing now. (Well, let's not go to the exams yet alright, let me have my two minutes of victory.)
During this time, I have had no sense of time, day, date whatsoever. My sleeping hours were warped, so were my eating hours. I had an average of 1 to 2 meals per day at funny timings. And no, even though I was doing most of stuff on my bed, I did not fall asleep. How do you fall asleep when your bed is swarmed with papers and books all over it? (Actually I was secretly gloating inside that I had a queen-sized bed to hold all my stuff hur hur..)
What kept me going: I don't know. Panic I think. My plans for doing one thing on certain days failed because I was just too slow and so I had to multi-task. And no, I didn't rely on coffee, red bull or any adrenaline stimulants. When I got really really tired in the middle of the night, I relied on watching Japanese dramas (haha!) No kidding, I don't know why I picked it up, my usual stuff are anime, but due to a large amount of procrastination, I didn't I just wasn't going to reward myself properly if I only got 15 mins of enjoyment for all my hard work. And yes, I did go back to do my work after watching one episode. Hur hur, I don't know what it was, guilty conscience? Maybe.
The achieved: 25% film project plus report (we did a mini-animation, in which we drew and painted, filmed and then did major editing), 70% cold war essay (so much weightage, I know, groan..), 40+% Asia-moderns essay (why 40+%? Because it is my estimate, I really don't know how much it weighed)
Although I'm still feeling kind of zonked out from major lack of sleep still, I'm really glad it's over and hope the past will never repeat itself. Well, ok that's really hard to say with level 4 modules. Argh the pain.. Anyway I have reason to relax a bit (or at least get some sleep to nurture my brain cells) before mugging for the rest.
What I'm left with: 50% shakespeare & film exam, 30% cold war exam and JLPT 3 (this is an official proficiency exam to test your Japanese language skills)
Hehe, now now people, don't get too jealous. I have paid it off with all my 100% CA thing. It was painful but it was worth it :)
11:14 pm
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