Just found out that my hols have been cut damn short due to the fact that I'm doing my Final Year Project. Bloody hell. Went for a briefing on Monday at 9am thinking that it was 'only a briefing' but instead had to stay until 6pm to 'get acquainted with the project'. Get acquainted my foot!! Bloody hell, my specializatino was Web-based & they gave me a Networking project?? How fucked up can that be??

Michelle who's supposed to be in Networking got a Multimedia-type project. Ass-shit!! We were divided into different labs & later segmented into our individual or group project titles. There were about 20 of us in the same lab; Michelle & I got separated diagonally across from each other. I knew most of the people from my lab so it wasn't an awkward situation as I'd thought it would be. There was Puru, Yati from my Entrepreneurship class & ex-project partner, Daphne whom I'd known at Accounts, Becky whose real name was Robert & Izwan from a lecture in one of the semesters before.

So that was all right. But the shitty part of it was that my supervisor whom is supposed to guide me & whatnot was absent!! As in on leave!! For 4 freakin' weeks!! Bloody hell. So I was put under the supervision of the co-ordinator; the one whom was overall in-charge for all of us, Mr. Bob Hum. Of whom I hadn't seen for the last 2 days that i've been. Obviously he was MIA. Arrrghhh...so frustrating!! And he was supposed to brief me on the project that I was supposed to do on!! And now I'll never know what the freakin' heck I'm really supposed to do because the bloody faggot isn't here!!

Anywayz, Kity introduced me & the rest of us gals this online mafia game on the day we played badminton. We all thought it was interesting because it's usually guys who play these games so we decided to give it a try. Such signed up for it first as Cindalacosa then me, as GodGillaxxx. Michelle was the last one of us to sign up. Her nickname, Ladydeaths. So this mafia game is really easy, not really very graphical or animated but somehow, it pulls you to addiction & you find yourself wanting to make more & more money even if it is through the extortion of a kindergarten kid which you can get 10 bucks, at most.

If you're unlucky, you get caught by the police & spend your time in the county jail for a few minutes. unless of course, you can bail yourself out legally. But if you're starting out as an empty-suit, then too bad. You gotta til someone busts you out illegally OR just let the timer run itself.

The first few levels of the game are pretty much boring & you find yourself in jail almost every other time. You can't even nick yourself a decent car. So I started as an Empty Suit then worked myself upwards to Delivery Girl, Piccioto & now GodGillaxxx is at the Shoplifter stage waiting to be promoted to Pickpocket. As you get promoted through the levels you find yourself easier & easier to commit the crimes & Lady Luck is frequently with you. I found this game rather dry at first but I was determined to climb up the social ladder myself. Thanks to the protection of ScornedKilla (Art) & Hydrilla (Chippy) of the Portucalia family, I think my life isn't as badly threatened. Or so I think.

Anywayz, I started playing the game during lab while waiting for Bob 'The Fucking Builder' Hum & soon, I attracted the attention of some of the guys who wanted to know what I was doing. Even before we were in the lab, Yati who overheard my converstaion with Michelle & Mazlan over at lunch seemed pretty interested. So, since I had nothing to do during the whooooole time all of us were in the lab except research, research & more research, I opened a new Internet Explorer & started playing.

I was doing very well; most who came to me wanted to sign up & I helped teach them the tricks of the trade. Soon they were all climbing the social ladder upwards. By today, they didn't need my help anymore. They knew more or less what to expect in the game. So we were all playing happily; I was waiting to be promoted from Shoplifter to Pickpocket. I had worked hard bringing myself to the level, what with my 5 cars, bullet-proof vest, a Smith & Wesson pistol & my 6-figure bank account.

But today however wasn't my day to rise. After a heist with Chippy, I went to pee with Daphne & Sharon then over to Michelle's room to chat for awhile. When I got back, I'd found out that I'd been pickpocketed. My $13000++ was gone!! Bloody hell. And all because for a moment, I decided to put all my money in my pocket & not in the bank where all wisemen do. And as if that weren't enough, a few minutes later, I found myself helplessly murdered. All my money, cars, weapons, EVERYTHING. GONE. Like sand through the hourglass. So are the days of my life.

I couldn't do anything but stare into the empty screen. I got up & went over to Becky & Izwan & said tonelessly, "I'm dead." They couldn't believe it either since they knew that among all of us, I was top-ranker. I couldn't believe it myself either. But like Aiqi, the girl next to me said, it was just a game. Yeah, a game of life. Suddenly I felt like the death upon me was real. I was kinda traumatized when Izwan showed me the RIP Forum. Of course I iimmediately signed up for a new account & informed my friends but well, it wasn't the same. I had to start from bottom up.

Michelle came right over when she received my message & told me that she'd sent me a few thousand to start off, the kind soul that she was. And she made Izwan & Becky give me starting money too. Even though Becky was a tad reluctant at first. She said that it was me who introduced the game to them so, well, I guess it was in honor. And then later on at night, Chippy gave me 27K. In addition to avenging my dead alter-ego. Oh goshhh...thanks guys. Really. I wouldn't take it under normal circumstances because I wanted to earn my own money. But since you guys have pushed the money to me, all I can say is thanks a million. I will honor you with points when I get them.

I got a marriage proposal today from someone I totally didn't know. Said he found me in jail & decided to look me up. At first he was insistent on marrying me even when I told him I was only a delivery girl. Then he decided to check it out himself & sure enough, we couldn't get married unless we were chiefs. However, we did maintain contact with each other, filling up our inboxes with introductions of ourselves.

All in all it was a kinda fluctuating day for me. I managed to do some research on my project, too. Which was fruitful considering the resources or lack thereof that I had. I told Chippy everything about today, from my death to my marriage proposal. He said, "Wah sempat nak flirt ngan gangsta lain ehh...". Ahahahakz...yeah, yeah. A little flirtation sometimes ain't bad!!

Laterz...
Lenny JC