Mokong Posted May 3, 2006 Posted May 3, 2006 Ah so this has been an interesting day...and it's only 14.00. Ok so today i started my college exams, i had a 20min french oral at 10.30 and a 1 hour Customer Service exam at 11.00 (only worth 20%, rest came from projects done over the year). So i get up early cuz i wanted to get there early. I had my breakfast (Frosties) all seemed fine. Realised i forgot to get a blank tape for the french oral (we have to supply our own) so left a few extra mins early to pass a shop and buy one. Now those who know me may remember i drive a motorbike, so i got on that went to the shop got the tape, went back to the bike and NOTHING. It wouldn't start, in fact nothing would work, lights, indicators, NOTHING. Somehow in the 2mins i left it parked outside the shop the entire electrical system seems to have died. Needless to say with thoughts of missin my exams i was swearing like only an Irishman can (lots). Lucky the shop wasn't far from my house so i pushed the bike home, and lucky still it was downhill. Called a taxi to drive me to the college in the city (20 frackin euro for a 15min taxi drive....AAAHHHHH). Well i got there just in time for my french oral, which didn't go very well, i couldn't concentrate due to being pissed off due to the motorbike, forgot lots of words and in the role play which was to do with going into a cloths shop i was meant to ask for a jumper i said "une jupe" which is a frackin skirt...AAAAHHHHH FRACK IT. So that is worth 30% of my french, i'd say i'd be lucky to get 10 - 15% on it (BALLS). Customer Service exam went allright, questions that came up were ok and knowing that i had already passed and got 70% from the projects over the year helped calm me down. So i only need 10 out of the 20% to get my merit, so not bad. So finished that in half the required time, ran off, got a bus home, went straight for the bike took it looked at the wiring (with the little knowledge i have of how bikes work....very little) as far as i could see the wiring was fine so that narrows it down to either the battery or one of the components is fried. Took the battery out hooked it up to a charger it says its full, ITS FRAKIN FULL DAMN IT. Which means i now have to hire a van (20euro) to bring it to a garage in the city (none in my town do bikes), i'll most likely have 1 or more (hopefully just the one) components replaced which could cost (depending on which components and weather he can get me second hand ones or new ones) anywhere between 100 to 300 euro i'm guessin (plus i've already got an appointment for me tyres so that another 75 euro each. God damnit, I'm still Job hunting and this just wasn't in my spending plan. GGRRRRR. On the plus side, i did have one bit of good luck when the postman came. I got a letter from my college, i'm being presented with a Student of the Year award on May 18th, never saw that coming. It actually not from the college exactly, there's a girl in my class already gettin the Student of the Year from the college for our class. The course i'm doing you see isn't set by the college but by an Academy outside the college (who set the course for a number of colleges in the country) and my award is comin from them...so i wonder does that mean i'm the student of the year from all the colleges the academy works with? Still very pissed off and worked up about the bike, think i'll go listen to some heavy metal and lift some weights to work it off:mad:
demonmike04 Posted May 3, 2006 Posted May 3, 2006 Man, sucks about your bike dude. Try seeing if they offer a cash alternative to that award though =P
Mundi Posted May 3, 2006 Posted May 3, 2006 Well your lucky compared do me (except the bike thing), i was going to my oral in danish today (i was on last shot to take it because me and my partner blew it in returning it) so i go to school at the right time and the right class room and the teacher dosen´t show up! Woopy doo to taking up Danish class again such a frigging fun class...
Guest Jordan Posted May 3, 2006 Posted May 3, 2006 Wow, that bike had it in for you Franklin. Ah well dude, i wouldn't worry about your exams etc you probably did better than you thought. Hope your bike gets fixed and shit >_>.
Mokong Posted May 3, 2006 Author Posted May 3, 2006 Wow, that bike had it in for you Franklin. Seems that way don't it, it kinda reminds of that ep of Malcom in the Middle, when malcom buys a car and fixes it up but it keeps breaking down again, when its working you love it, when it breaks down you hate it but get it fixed again and all memories of anger dissappear. I swear the bike if alive and is taunting me, its had its problems before but something tells me this could be the worst when i find out what the problem is. If i had a job i'd buy i new one, but alas, i don't:heh:
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