Sleep deficit

On Tues night, I stayed in school til 12am (that's Wed already) It was so sick; the thought of staying so late in school is disgusting. Do other university students do that? I was preparing for my Business Law presentation and, at the same time, finishing up the report for Technology and World Change (TWC). For the TWC report, my group mate, Richard, took forever to send me his part. Did I forget to mention that I'm the collater? That means, the Sai Kang Warrior.

So at 12.15am, I boarded the bus with Rich and his friends, and of all things, we missed our stop. Imagine, it's probably 12.45 already and we're shagged. Missing the bus stop was so 'suay'! Thank God for Mummy who picked me up at the Eunos MRT, so I didn't have to change bus to go home. I'm so blessed!

So on Wednesday morning, 1.00 am, I started working on my Biz law report, interchangeably with TWC report. TWC report was due at 8.15am. Biz Law presentation and report was due 3.30pm. MAN, was I stressed! Since 13 weeks in SMU, that particular night, sitting all alone in my living room, knowing that everyone else is asleep except me, was my lowest point. If I thought week 12 was crazy, I was kidding. Amanda was also online at that time, in fact, she's in my group for Biz Law. She worked on the ppt while I worked on the report. Checking my MSN window, I saw my group mates online too. Richard, whom I had to work with to rush out the report, was on internet call with me. Apparently, he was too lazy to type. [Lately, I've been leveraging on the use of Internet phone calls. It's free and hands-free. haha.]

3am.. 4am.. 5am.. 5.30am. Finally I got my TWC report printed at 6am. I slept at 6.15am. Woke up at 6.45am. Surprisingly, throughout the day, in my demeanor, I was pretty upbeat. Looking back, I think I was just too stunned to be feel dead. My brain had already mentally forced more adrenaline into my blood, so despite the severe lack of sleep, I appeared in tip-top shape.

2 hours before my Biz Law presentation at 3.30pm, my group mates and I were going crazy. Our No.1 problem: Unpreparedness. Nevermind the report which had many conflicting answers, presenting live to a class, a LAW class mind you, is way different. So during presentation, I put on my best possible smile and cheerful face. Thank you, Amanda, for preparing the powerpoint and being the clicker! Even though I did not know what my next slides were, I just acted as if I knew the case like the back of my hand. Haha, this is called smoking/fluffing! I hate to call it smoking though, it's really about believing what you're presenting. After all, what's the point of presenting something you're not sure of?

Big thanks to Rong Hua for bringing me MacDonald's at 11.30 pm on Tuesday! That was uber-encouraging and helped in saving my sanity.

Last night, I slept for 6.5 hours. Usually I sleep about 6-7 hrs a day. Right now, I have a sleep deficit of 6 hours. :(