ASSIGMENT 2 7. A day when everything went wrong Ever had a day when everything went wrong?

I heard a person across me in the diner say to his date. He was a picture of a very frustrated person and if you have seen him in person, you would have sympathised with his outlook. His date, on the other hand, was a sight for sore-eyes. She had this angelic look, which would make anyone who had this notion to disbelieve in the existence of the winged divinity to review their belief. Larry was so distraught that even the angelic, Tina was getting the effect of his negativity. It all started in the morning, when I got out of the house. I got in the car and the car would not start! In addition, I had the important meeting that would change my life. Talk about a wrong step! he went on. I had to take a taxi which was just passing by the condo, which you might think was lucky but in fact, that idiotic driver just had to get stuck in the morning traffic heading out to KL. I told him to take the newly constructed DUKE highway. But no! This old driver decided that he is wiser than the young scientist who always travels the same route for the past 5 years! At this point, you can actually see Tina getting a little exasperated. Larry continued And when we were about to reach Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Sdn Bhd in Technology Park, I get a call from the police saying that my car blew up in the parking lot in the condo! And I could not even go back to access the situation because here I was late for my life changing meeting and I just cannot brave through the traffic again for a car that was no longer there. The police told me that the cause was some overheated radiator, which puzzled me because I could not start the car. So I get to this meeting which was supposed to start at 9.00 a.m, but was delayed due to my late arrival. I could sense the air of disapproval from the board of directors, which sort of made a pre-conceived judgment on my presentation. But I am the best presenter in the company and I could wow these directors off their socks! So here, I get ready to get the presentation on the easiest way to reduce weight. You see, there is this gene, which is responsible for fat accumulation in the body, and if you could just switch off the gene, then you would get the best weight reduction miracle anyone would ever want. And since you need to convince the board of directors that this

would be a money making venture, I made it such that this gene would switch on every month! You see, this is a great money making venture.

At this point, you can see that Tina was suddenly perked with the prospect of reducing weight effortlessly. When I just started to present when my presentation was suddenly disrupted by the very obvious power failure, which came right on when the backup generator kicked in. But the process of the backup generator kicking in caused a sudden surge of power and that resulted in my laptop to malfunction. I actually saw that smoke rising from my laptop, a sign that the motherboard was fried. With a small tear in my eye, I requested for a postponement and this did not bode well with the directors. They reluctantly agreed. Tina coaxed him to tell more about the fat reducing project, but After that, I had went back to my lab in Petaling and found that the whole lab was shut down due to some leaked gas which resulted in fire which burnt out my whole work on this project. Tina was dejected. It was all I could do than burst out in tears with all that has happened. But all is not lost, my dear. You see, I still have the work all saved in my laptop. I have checked my close friend, Chandra. He is the best in the recovery business. He took one look and told me that all the information in the hard disk is still salvageable. So Chandra is at the moment, my saviour.

At this moment, I got up from my seat and made my way out. My dinner was done and I had to get home. I could not stay and listen to how this mans day turned out to be. As I passed Larry, there was a loud sound of clash of plates. The waiter, who was clearing the dishes at table far end of the diner, dropped a whole stack of ceramic plates on the floor. After the commotion, Larry quipped, My whole project is now in the hands of Chandra, who is now still trying to salvage my hard disk. At this point, Tina interjected and called for a toast. To the hard disk that would change how your day ends! she purred. In addition, they both downed the wine, an 1851 merlot. What surprised Larry was that, Tina suddenly feigned headache and wanted to go home. There goes my evening. My string of bad luck followed me here. I cant even

take a woman home, thought Larry. Tina got up and excused herself. In addition, before Larry could offer her ride home, Tina walked out, leaving Larry all to himself.

In addition, Tina walked up the alley to where I was standing. I could smell the alluring perfume of this lovely angel waft up my nostrils. As she walked up, she said, Its done, Chandra. 1 drop of concentrated Cocaethylene1 in the wine is good enough to induce cardiac arrest in 10 minutes. None will be the wiser I smiled and said to her, Now we can meet with GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals with the fat reducing gene project I took from his fried laptop. Poor Larry, talk about a day when everything went wrong for him
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