失而复得

that probably sums up the day. the thought of losing something/someone; has it occurred to you that it can actually happen any time? so cherish every moment you have now.

no, i didnt lose anyone. i nearly lost my laptop today.

i was studying at utown this evening, still happily teasing my friends (hehe) and complaining about the difficulty of the assignment, when i suddenly realised that my laptop was nowhere in sight. the first thought that came to our mind (shiya and i) was that wenjie took it (haha sorry we had to think it was a prank). after affirming that it wasnt a prank, it really dawned on me that - my laptop was missing - oh the horror. and so the drama begins.

i dashed straight back to the LT where i had my lecture from 4-6pm. damn the LT was cold, dark and spooky. plucked up my courage and began searching everywhere for my laptop, but it was to no avail.

approached the management office. asked the only lady (i wonder why she's still working alone, at 8pm) who was still in her office for a lost laptop. nope, she didnt give me a positive reply.

then i started to trace back my path. yes! i was in the deck before coming to utown! p.s. Deck is the arts canteen. so i rushed back to the deck to find that my laptop wasnt anywhere around the place that i wasmin the afternoon. i mean like duh, the probability of finding a laptop lying in the canteen is almost impossible. the human traffic is just too heavy for my laptop to be left there unnoticed.

yes! 2303 tutorial before that! so i went back to AS1 02-05. to my surprise the door wasnt locked and there was a group of students doing their discussion. went in, searched, again to no avail.

oh! my tutor might have seen it and took it along with her! and so i rushed to the PhD room. but she wasnt in, she was in a class so the other PhD students attended to us. somehow, they happen to know that she didnt find any laptop in the tutorial class. they didnt even allow me to write a note to her just in case she really was carrying my laptop. they just shoo-ed me off, damn what the heck is wrong with people from China.

and off i went to campus security. that was my last hope. i reached there, told the security that i lost a laptop and if anyone found it. he went over to the other side of the office, and tadah! he came back with my laptop in his hands.

i almost collapsed on the floor. from exhaustion. from relief.

the most coincidental thing was, i performed a first back-up for my laptop just last night! and i had to lose it the day after. what the heck man.

i asked for the particulars of the person who found my laptop. i just kept thanking him profusely.

and wenjie! thank you for your help! if you werent there, i probably would have died from a panic attack haha.

why do i keep troubling others, why. now that my laptop is back in my possession, i promise i will not replace you for a Macbook. well at least for the time being haha.