April 3, 2011

Lesson learnt from Laptop


Introduction:
I got my research presentation on 28th morning, just as I was praising my F80S Asus being tough enough to stand by me for 32months, and yes, it died  at that midnight, together with my presentation ppt, without any prior signs or symptoms.

Details:
It suddenly became very slow when I finishing my presentation at 12am and I only managed to save the final version at desktop, before its last shout: bee....and died off, similarly to the patient with last breath. I tried to resuscitate, but I couldn't recover the files from my C'drive.

 I refused to accept the fact at first, and was trying to recover it, but I could only access to recovery system which required me to format my hardisk T_T Normally, I'd save the file in my pendrive and backup at desktop, but not this time, so sh*t thing just happened when I overlooked to prevent it.

My housemate's sister whose owns a pc shop was my last hope. She suggested to turn my internal hardisk to external one by breaking down the external hardisk owned by my housemate. So we tried. Luckily, the precious photos in D'drive still around; but Unfortunately, C'drive was shown to be corrupted-- indicating my ppt was GONE~

It was about 1.30am already, and I was scheduled to present my research on 10.30am, I borrowed my housemate's laptop, starting from scratch. Frankly, the feeling was so so so desperate and disappointed and so many reluctance and unwillingness within, while still hoping there'd be some miracles that my ppt could be recovered.

Last solution was offered, and recovery & repair tool cd was used to recover the file. After first long test, it showed a lot of errors and I knew I could hardly get it back already. I told myself to be focus and do it seriously to opt for maximum score, it was really no point to cry to the spilled milk, and what's more I really short of time and lack of rest/ sleep! I couldn't waste more time & energy dwelling on the past and I must focus!

It was 2a.m., I decicated my sleep to the 30% of my 4 credit research module, from stratch....It was terrible but time spent actually was lesser as I roughly know what and where the info I should look for. My housemate was still working on the hardisk I already given up to. Run and re-run the tests again till 4a.m. and I requested him to stop and rest as it was meaningless to do anything to the hardisk.

4.30a.m, my body signalled me to take some rest, I reluctantly lied on bed for awhile, closing my eyes and I knew I would never fall asleep as my presentation was still half way through. Body wanted to rest, but the mind refused. I was exhausted physically, but I told myself I must be mentally strong to face & overcome this crisis-- I must present & I want to graduate smoothly & uneventfully! "Hang on there~" the voice kept flashing through, I knew I could.

9a.m, I finally finished the ppt and handout, but not the design. It wasn't easy to me as a particular person to design thing at a short time, I was kinda fussy & choosy, what's more I hadn't practiced the presentation for once! Only God know how much adrenaline had been released since then. I got my stuff ready and double check, I glutted a cup of drink and changed my clothes without bathing, I RAN to uni!!!!!!!!!!!!

But when I reached uni, there were still 3 more people to present before my turn, probably due to some delays. I caught my breath back and started to memorize. But, nothing absorbed. When it was my turn, I could hardly remember anything I need to say, but just read the slides without thinking. It was kinda worse, and I got commented my conclusion getting from noway. Luckily, I still managed to answer the questions shot by the panels. Overall, there was much to be improved compared to last well-prepared presentation.


Lesson 1:
Backup anything especially those important files at additional pendrive, skydrive, gmail doc, i-drive, or whatever to play safe. Though the management & update of files could be kinda troublesome.

Lesson2:
Treasure everything surrounding us, be it items or people, because we don't know when are they/ we leaving, probably may just be gone without any prior notice.

Lesson3:
For everything to happen, there must be a reason, instead of dwelling on the negative thoughts-- complaining, blaming, condemning, whining, cursing, we should quickly ride it off with positive energy-- being grateful, preseverant, focus, strong-minded, & dedicated, things may turn out to be unexpectedly well.

Lesson4:
Be good and thankful to anyone surrounding us, even for those we might not feel liking them much, because they might just turn out to be our saviours in our desperate moments in life.

Lesson5:
Be well-prepared always! Opportunity knocks but once, we might just lose a great chance to explore a great, new experince in life due to unreadiness and laziness accumulating in daily life.

Quote to be shared:
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. - Henry David Thoreau

 

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