Let me start by wishing Happy Holidays to everyone!
I have been planning this post for quite a while but with the holiday frenzy overtaken my family, I have been most occupied. So let me continue...
The other major Aston happening has been the coursework submission. The second year has been copious with papers. I had to write a business plan for the Business Game Module (a total of 25 pages) and an article for the Econometrics Module (a total of 17 pages). The last week of November and the whole of December was the 'Lab Time Special' as I like to call it. The 'Lab Time Special' is a particular phenomenon which implies the 24-hour working computer labs will be full 24/7. I have seen people spend their entire Saturday sitting in them labs - no food, no drink; just a fag from time to time. We were like an army of zombies, ready to kill anyone who would stand in the way of the coursework completion.
The day of submission was the most hectic of course: people running everywhere, sheets flying around, angry mobs complaining about the queue at the Copy Shop or the non-working printers. I have even hear do of people who had had a most unforgettable day...
Mr A. encountered a very serious problem - the night before submission day he was again sitting in the cold computer labs, finishing his report; when leaving the lab he "saved" all his information on his USB stick and left; getting home he tried to open his files and guess what, "the files have been corrupted" message sows on the screen!
Poor Mr A. could not find the problem, or recover his files so he had to ask for an extension. While I was drinking wine around Christmas, Mr A. was writing his article, yet again! I hope he saved it this time!
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