this week has been weird for me. lets talk abt monday, i was feeling sober the entire day. why? cos both of my sidekicks, Wati and Ann took MC on that day. So the lonely ol' me had my files and stationery to keep me insane. To top it up, thought i get a thank u gift for one of the secretaries who got me a pair of shoes (apparently she can't fit into them - hence, to the Salvation Army of Huda). its a really nice pair, i feel. so reluctantly yet smiley, i received the gift. so.. my next instinct was to get her a thank u gift. i got her Sins chocolate. hopefully, she'll like it.. who would have thought, its not gonna be a beautiful sight after all... here's what happened.

huda: hi [name]! (*start smiling like bad eggs)

[name]: yess? (*sounding like Cruella)

huda: i got u smth! just wanna say thank you. (*smile again - this time halfheartedly)

[name] stares at me, with bloodshot eyes and smoke fuming out from her behind.

[name]: what is this for!?!!

huda: err... (shivering alittle already) its for the shoes u got me! just wanna say thank you..

[name]: wei!! No!! I'm not going to accept it!! take it back!! TAKE IT BACK!!

huda: err... (paged for Mom)

huda: but..but.... its for u...

[name]: next time dont do this ok. I hate it!! you better not do this anymore i tell u!! haiyo!!! TSK TSK TSK!!!!!!!!!

feelin confused, huda walked away. wishing that she hadnt been so nice to get her a thank you gift.

man, that was FUN.

then on tuesday afternoon, the dreadful thing happened. my comp hanged! i reboot. it hang-ed further. drats. called the IT dude. he came. told me that he may have to re-install Windows. and he did.

next thing i know, all the docs on my desktop, the ones i've been working on are GONE! (like how justin timberlake would sing it)

but ok. least my stuff and works in "MY DOCUMENTS" are left untouched. phew.

next morning.

switched it on.

then blackness appeared and some unfamiliar words were fixated on the screen. it reads:

i clicked F1, the system repeats : click F1 to reboot, F2 to setup utility

and it kept appearing over and over again as i helped myself to the F1 button.

so i clicked... F2 (duh)

some computerish jargons appeared, none of which made sense to me. so i clicked ESC.

and it went back to the earlier page. the F1 page.

i reset the comp. it got back to the same pg. called the IT dude again...then he broke the news to me.

"huda, i've tried my very best. theres nothing i can do about it. your hard disk crashed. your documents in your C drive is gone. nothing can be saved"

i said to him.. "i see. i need sometime alone now. if u could excuse me for just one second"

the whole morning, i couldnt work. told my boss and a few other lawyers abt it, and they all sympathized the fate im in. only till after lunch, i had a new CPU back. everything virginly programmed. checked my folders. yup everything's gone alright. (sigh)

on thursday/friday, i was hoping for a miracle. that my.. well... works appeared out of no where. but no. (sigh again)

what a week.