Tiu..

Complaining about anything and everything in one's blog has become a subculture, almost.. My sister warned me about not falling into that particular hole (heh.. hole..), and I'm trying hard not to.

But I'm fucking irritated.

Summer holidays here were supposed to begin on the 1st of June. Meaning everything should be over and done with by then. Over and done. Simple. I booked my ticket home just last week. Dublin-Heathrow-Penang, 28th May. Confirmation. Happiness.

At the end of lectures today, there was an announcement. There's to be an oral examination on the 2nd of June.

Damn.

I might be overreacting just a little, as orals are not compulsory examinations. They're only required if you're borderline pass/fail (quite possible for me) or borderline honours/first class (ha.. ha..).

For example : If you're 2 points away from passing a paper, the orals give you a chance to bullshit your way to redemption, and (most importantly) exemption from resits in the summer.

From my calculations (which were obviously wrong), everything, orals included would be over by the 27th May, latest. So 28th was supposed to be a safe date. Not anymore. Bugger.

So how? I can either change my tickets home to early June, cutting short my time home, but ensuring my attendance at orals if need be, or fuck it altogether, and go home right after my exams, forsaking all chance of passing my orals (if required) and cementing the fact that if I fail any papers at all (touch wood), I'd have to come back a month early for summer resits.

Pride says latter, common sense begs for the former.

I can change the Heathrow-Penang flight free of charge as it's with Malaysian Airlines, but not the Dublin-Heathrow one as it's with a local UK airline. Guess the ticket is going to waste. Damn.

Sim was like : "Chill man.. It's all good.. You won't make orals, don't worry!"

Thanks, but that still doesn't solve anything! It doesn't make me feel any better!

Needless to say, I hate it when things don't go my way. But this wasn't a problem of my doing. It's the damn medical office. The lecturer who announced this was also responsible for the smoking ban in all enclosed areas in Ireland (pubs, clubs, restaurants.. anywhere at all). He is the reason why, if you walk around the city, smokers are huddled together outside pubs or restaurants, trying hopelessly to shield against the rain while enjoying a smoke.

So, what'll happen? I have no idea. I'm gonna go watch a movie and try to forget about all this, at least till tomorrow..

I promise you, no more complaining.. At least for a few days.

This entry was posted by tsh, on Wednesday, April 06, 2005. You can bitch back.