I think I'm incapable of learning from mistakes.
Anyone remember the time I didn't do my report because I didn't know its already due? It happened again - exactly the same way! (It said 'last Monday' which I somehow interpreted as 'last day' of semester. They really should give exact dates next time.)
So I just sent an apology letter and pointed out that I do not take the subject lightly, hoping that marks won't be deducted, much. I think some of you may remember that too. And like last semester, I won't be getting any sleep tonight. *sigh*
Come to think of it, last semester I missed a 5% test too. And I also handed in one of my lab report late. One missed test, one late lab report and one late posh report; that's exactly the same as this semester! Oh my gosh, this is getting scary.
Man..
This afternoon after lunch, while I was finishing up a project that needed to be handed in by 5pm, I remembered that I had another test coming up for my Physics subject. So I checked the course outline and found out that the test was on the 18th... I had missed it by five days and I wasn't even aware!
That's 5 marks literally thrown away. I really don't want to just throw away marks like that - 5 marks could almost definitely cut me down a whole grade! What should I do? I thought of going to the lecturer and beg for some kind grace marks or replacement test. I even thought of using my not-so-recent cough as an excuse for missing the test, even though I didn't have an MC. I don't know, maybe I should try both? I really can't just let go 5 marks.
Sorry guys, the past many weeks had been really weird for me. If you still remember the time I fell sick - ages ago - (I blogged about it), it actually got worse, and was extended for WEEKS. Its like justice had just disappeared from my life...
I was coughing the whole night - literally - until I could hear birds chirping and see the sunlight pouring through my window. Whilst on other mornings it may seem like a dew from heaven casting its warm beam on home sweet home, on that week of sleepless nights it was more like hell flooding my sodden room. Those two weeks were meant to be my holidays, but there had to be a project that took exactly two full weeks of hard work. To top it off my parents just had to fly in for the last couple of days of my holidays to add a little 'climax' to it. There was a point that I thought that I was dead. No sleep, no rest, no voice, no life.
But that was weeks ago.
Those coughs had their side effects though. It appeared that not sleeping properly for a whole week had somehow hardwired a less desirable sleep pattern into my poor brain and body. Now I can't even sleep at 3am if I wanted to. And it seemed that my mind can only truly rest when sunlight pours into my room. Grrr. To make it worse, I missed all my morning lectures (and some afternoon ones) for the week after the holidays, because I could only wake up at 2pm, missing breakfast, lectures and lunch. Unfortunately there are more projects and assignments needed to be done, so I still get no rest. The only differences were that I was not coughing, and I had my voice back (no groaning!). And yet, it made a whole world of difference.
This morning however, was the first time that I woke up on time for a 10am lecture since I fell sick! Prospects are looking up already. I'm sleeping slightly better, though I still toss and turn on my bed till the birds chirp. Plus I started on my 20% project that's due on Friday (that's actually a disastrously late time to start, especially considering the fact that I've been missing lectures all semester). If I work hard enough (till I run out of brain cells?), I should be fine. And I've got some results of my projects back, but I really do not want to talk about it.
Anyway, the point is, I'm back. -]