First Defense

Finally, the day that I thought would never come has arrived-- the defense. And we were a big pile of mess! lol

We had it on September 23rd, a Tuesday. The reason I wasn't able to go to Myk's condo gimmick that Sunday was because to prepare for this shit. And to think, I SHOULD have gone to the Myk gimmick instead! Haha!

Just imagine having your defense in about an hour and your group mates are still completing test cases! Then you review your docu and found that there was a major typo in there (like a dead end on a program flowchart). It's infuriating, it's frustrating... but hell, I guess everyone goes through that at some point! ;p

I was actually losing my cool even before the defense started. I mean, I did my part... everything to a tee. So having to think of a big possibility of failing because others did not do their work is really demoralizing and agonizing (okay, too much "zings" there.. ;p)

It was then that Pilep arrived! A large morale booster there! I really owe it to that guy even though I haven't really told him personally that yet! ;p

With Pilep there, at least I had someone to share my sentiments that very moment. He assured me that its going to be fine! Naks, koyang koya talaga!! Hahaha!! jk ;p

And then there were all the other guys who also went there (for us or for DOTA?!?!!! lol jk)--Dale, Mark, Ed (with Leslie), Myk, and even Anthony (who just came back from the States). We all met them after the defense. Thanks for all the support. :)

Then there's also all the people who chatted on ym, and texted on SMS, just to wish us luck.

One notable well wisher was Ade! Haha! She texted me a few minutes before Pilep arrived (just around the time I was losing my cool). It was something like: "do your best, konting hirap nalang, kaya mo yan, wham burger (lol!)"...

...and I started to conjure a reply message and I was like: "Mukhang sablay ngayon, badtrip si ganyan, ganito kasi, mukhang malabo, delayed ang wham (lol!)"... basta super haba yung reply ko...

Then after I press send ----- CHECK OPERATOR SERVICES. Hahahaha! Badtrip! ;p

Baaack on the defense, it wasn't so bad. We presented, they listened. Basing from their reactions during defense time, you'll think that everything was going smoothly. I was actually surprised that they eventually asked us to do a re-defense. Thinking about it after, I think they were reasonable enough. There's an incorrect HTML structure after all.

Right after, we went and met up with the others. Mejo exhausted, badtrip, disappointed during that time.. pero carry pa rin. :)