Homework in Progress

It's gonna be another week full of sighs for me. Yes, there's an incoming test after CNY and then there's tons of assignments for me to finished. Most people would think of it as heavy burden, but for me it's actually a good thing. Since there's pretty much nothing for me to do here. To make things even better, I never actually went out of the Uni for anything, really. So, a presence of an assignment would keep me preoccupied for days to come. And yes, I have to admit that the fact that I AM a workaholic which makes everything even more easier. 

*I'm pretending to be busy. Btw, notice my new hair do? bahahaha*

I can however safely say that I am glad that my class *2C* actually receive an abundant amount of assignment. This will help me a lot in the future *I don't know how but I'm sure it will* At least it'll train me to be punctual and at the same time be a lot more discipline.

Well then, I guess I should continue on doing my assignments. Till next time. Chow

I'm Sorry Master

Today's class was full of sighs. Let me tell why..

Because I don't understand whatever I'd been taught just now! This is serious, for the first time in my 18 years of life, I can't freaking receive the input from the subject I'm learning! This is driving me nuts, I'm a guy that needs to read to understand something! But if there's nothing for me to read in first place, how am I suppose to farking understand?!

*Gif FTW*

Now's not the time for me chillax and do crap, I'm here to study god damnit, I don't want my parents money to go to waste! I need to study properly for farking god's sake! If I don't do well for this subject, I might as well go rogue and become a rider *rempit*!!

But I'll die if I do that...

..........*Awkward silence*..........

Simply put, If I don't rev up my gear NOW, I'll end up being a trash, and I'll just be a shameful mistake for my parents, I NEED TO STUDY PROPERLY!

And Thus, I Hit The Table

Here's some funny stuff. Before my memory went fuzzy and I lose the whole thing, I better "record" it here.

So, the day started like this. *Insert boring stuff here*. K, finish with that. There was two classes for that day and this "incident"*lol* happened during Mdm. N's class. Well, the class today was about short stories. Mdm came in quite late since she wanted to copy the material for the class. Then she came in normally, Mdm talks about the thingy we're learning that day, about the plot and stuff and then the characteristics of the characters *that sounded weird* in the story and how we can learn about the characters traits just by the description given by the author in the story *yadayadayada*. That when the fun part starts, Madam * I type in full this time* called me, Jin and Sasuke in front.

*WTF?!*

It turns out she wanted to make us as an example of characters based on our appearance. So, as awkward as it was, I did managed to stand in front of everyone * I know, it's a lame achievement*. That's when Madam asked the whole class to inspect us * Me, Jin, and Sasuke*, and based on our appearance only, they had to tell what kind of personality we have and what kind of music we like and all that stuff. That's when it occur, I totally forgotten that I can't face a large crowd of people. If I do that, I'll end up laughing and then my face would be red as a ripe tomato. So, I tried my best hiding that fact from everyone by just smiling *forcefully* and act cool *yeaa right*. Madam ask them about my clothes, and then Lucis said jokingly "Handsome!"*I KNOW YOU'RE JUST JOKING* and then Madam suggested to them that I might be a firm supporter of Gothic style. * I know I wear black clothes,but seriously..Gothic?*. I was trying hard not to laugh and my all the blood was rushing to my face, but I couldn't control it. That's when Madam asked their opinion about my face and then Rose *sarcastically* said "he doesn't really smile much, right?" And when this "smiling" stuff was brought up, that's when they started to asked me, why I don't smile, even Madam asked me the same thing. I tried to smile although in dismay, it ended being a sour kind of smile...the next thing I knew was that, I turn around facing Madam's table and I hit the table so hard that I can feel the very veins of the wood been used* I was just over-exaggerating that part, don't mind me*. Then, I turn around facing the class, and I swear they could see my crimson red face * I'm quite tan, so imagine having a cloudy glass of wine, yea, that's how I looked like* Then out of impulse, I slap both sides of my face hoping that I could shake off that embarrassment and just get the hell on with the class. Unfortunately though, that ends up making Madam quite scared of my behavior.. *sigh*

*I wanted to run away as emo as I can that moment* 

By the end of the day, I was happy despite making a fool of myself in front of everyone in class. At least I showed more than I bargained before right? Yea, people should feel lucky because I actually smile *albeit a little..and it wasn't that good for a smile*

Extracting the Knowledge

It's the D-DAY. Judgment in session! Tonight's the night! Now I 'm really gonna try my hardest! So, what should I do to make sure that I'll be able to answer the question tonight? STUDY OF COURSE!

Once again, me and Jin *him again* decided that instead of loitering around causing trouble, we should spend our remaining *precious* time to study. So, off we go to *surprise,surprise* the library. things went well *barely* until Lucis and Guy shows up *those two..sigh* If the situation was pretty much like this in the beginning:

 *So calm, haa*

then when they showed up, things turn out like this:

*The dude on top is Lucis btw*

The study session ends up being a shitty chatting scene *adds up with a bit of dirty talking, trash talking, whatever crap you can think of*. Seriously, I think 80% of the things I just read were burned off quite easily..

By the end of the crappy day(After the test of course) I was like this:

*It's blurrrryyy*

and both Lucis and Guy was like this:

*I don't know how they did it..*

Study Time

Godamnit. I can't believe we're gonna be having a test this Monday. It still felt surreal whenever I think of it. *what? I have the right to think like that kay?* So, in hopes of not FLUNKING HARD during the test, Jin and yours truly decided that it would be best for us to go and study. And me *being a wise-crackin' genius* suggested to Jin to go and study at the library*of all places*. Unfortunately for us, the library was close due to the fact that it was holiday and of course, it was 1/1/11 *jeez*.

 *me and Jin was like "wait..what?*

Once again *being a wise-crackin' idiot(note the "idiot)* I suggested to Jin for us to go and study at the faculty instead. I was like "Dude, there's no one there, if you need to surf the net, that's the IT place for you to be" and my face was like:

*owh, confidence*

But unfortunately *it's for me this time*, Jin was surfing wayyyyyyyyyyy too much. *well, he did opened the wiki and search some stuff, but still..(okayyyy, I appreciate your help researching for the assignments, kay? It's for the teamm)*..

2 hours later *in french accent*

I fell asleep and Jin went back home. Conclusion? Study FAIL.

*I'm too sleepy to remember anything that I studied..*

The Social Network and Mental Shock:Writers Block

I know what you're thinking. I'm not talking about that movie but I'm referring to THE actual social network. Don't get what I'm saying? Fine. Then let me story you  a bit  about what happened to me today.

Once upon a time...*LMAO*

I had Writing skills class today. And it was awesome.  Here's  he part where the title is referring to. The first activity that we done in class that day was kinda like random date kind of thingy *understand me?* You know, when you're being set up for a blind date kind of event, you're gonna be given a topic and then you have to talk about the topic with the guy or girl you're being partnered with. Like I said, it's like a blind date. But it wasn't like we were bound to one partner only. So here's the rules of the game that we played during the class:

Blind date *lol* game

1) Arrange the chair in pairs face to face

2) Sit of the freaking chair* XD*

3) Look at your partner's face

4) Listen properly to the topic given by the lecturer

5) Talk about the topic

6) Exchange experience with each other

7) When prompted, change your seat to the one towards your left *either 1 to 4 steps to your left*

8) Repeat step 3-7

That pretty much sums the whole game. In the beginning, it was way too awkward to even speak with the person in front of me. But then as the game progresses, I started to feel more comfortable to speak, to voiced out my opinions, to talk about my experience. And as I speak, and kept on changing partners, I get to know more people that I never actually cared to speak with before. Like this one girl, Azuki *of course that's not her real name(p/s: I always wanted to talk to her like this before)* who talks about her best friend Aya *coincidentally, I use Aya Hirano as her number name. and IRL we called her Ayya for short*, and how she always hangs out with her and that they always go back home together and stuff. Then we have Roxy * she had to cut her hair boohoo* who talks about her favorite teacher at school * but her memories were all foggy though, I don't know how that happened*. Next we have Tear * who was somehow wearing an identical color scheme as me that day* she talks about how she went for a holiday with her family and that she took pictures with mermaids and stuff * I thought it was real mermaid, it turns out it was only a statue, silly me..* And finally we have Cammie *this one is seriously hilarious*. She talks about the dream guy of the previous girl partnered with her. It was funny because she keeps on insisting on speaking in Malay instead of English *heck, she scolded me because I tried to make her speak in English XD* from my perspective, this girl must be dorkish and fun to be friends with. Let see what"ll happen next time. 


But every good thing has it's flaws...

I once again encountered the Skrull Queen.. and the memories that I tried to suppressed haunts me once more. Every single thing that I wanted to forget shows it's face in front of me. All that past feelings and desires that I thirst so much, were present. And that..resulted in me having a mental shock.

I failed to fully control my mind. And as a result, when I am prompted to do my work.. I couldn't focus. My mind's blank. I was..EMPTY.

*I know, once again a cheerful entry turn out to be a depressing one. sigh..*

But I still couldn't believe it. How was it that a person like me, who spent a majority of his leisure time READING could actually acquired this called "mental block aka writers block" Is my brain THAT tired to actually able to think of something creative to write about during the Writing skills class? Or, am I actually NOT a person that is capable of writing a good essay? These "questions" kept on playing inside my head, like a tune. Forcing me to think otherwise about myself. It's driving me nuts.

Hopefully, my mind won't experience anything like that anymore. I hate it when I can't think straight. It sucks so badly.

P/S: Now do you understand why I put "social" in the title? Because I managed to socialize with people a bit,whoooohoo! XD

*My mind got split into 4* 

Chipolatas? :-3 and Increase Self-Esteem

"If a romantic dinner is referring to the situation, then how about "sexy dinner"? Can you imagine it?"

IMAGINING SOMETHING...(grinning)

"Okay, you can keep to yourself whatever you are imagining right now. I don't need to explain it."- =_='' Mdm. N.

Seriously, today's literature class is the funniest one I've had in a while. And it was all because of ONE particular poem. Yes, I'll marry you *No, I'm not referring to you* by Pam Ayers. Well, the poem's mainly about the power struggle between genders and the demands of a women. *Yeah, I'm starting to type like an English teacher now* But that's NOT the thing that I wanted to talked about. Btw, ignore my stern tone above, I just wanted to talked about how FUN today's class was, jeez.

Here goes.

Today, we had a presentation and we were lucky because Mdm. N was in a good mood *despite herself being busy* which means it'll be a good thing for Rose * since she's the one that's gonna be presenting the stuff in front of the class.* But despite having a smooth sailing while presenting, we were still bombarded with questions regarding our tone and mood of the poem *we were doing Mother to Son by Langston Hughes btw* And here comes the worst part, Me and Yangus FAILED to aid them * Sarasvati, Lynette, and Rose*

...I know, instead of talking about fun, it became depressing instead....Enough with that matter...

* I'm not THAT depressed to kill myself lol*

But here's the FUN part, when Mdm started to talked about how making a direct translation from Malay to English can resulted into forming words that would sounded SOOO WRONG  *such as, "THE POWER OF MAN"(seriously), "HARDNESS OF LIFE"(it's MY group's mistake btw) and "THE DEMANDING OF WOMEN"(i know what you're thinking)* Then she talked about this one particular word. CHIPOLATAS. Nobody actually understands the meaning of that word, * I thought chipolatas are fancy name for italian coffee(silly me)* but then Mdm said something that strikes me. "Chipolatas is a small 'sausage'....and she wants him to cook it every night..." and my reaction was like this:

*What the fuuuuuuuuuuu*

In the end, that was the part that I seriously won't forget this entire semester. *learning about a kinky(erotic in nature) poem*

Fine, enough with the fun stuff, moving on..

For Mr. S's class, he told us to read the notes given for 15 minutes and then he'll called out our names randomly to explain about things such as Competence and Performance, Comprehension and Production, Nature or Nurture, and etc.. * I'm suck at explaining things, which fortunate because Mr. S didn't call my name at all (phew..)* But the thing goes on and on and on.. There was this one time when he ask Connan if he wanted to read the notes or not, Connan ask him if there is any other choices for him. Then Mr. S explains further about why he asked such question. He told us that he was actually using a type of speaking known as 'DISCOURSE' * let's just say that it's words with underlying message. When he ask Connan if he wanted to read, he's actually trying to say that Connan MUST READ THE NOTES* I remembered Mr S's eyes at that time was like this:

*O_o''*

Then he asked us this question, "If a 4 year old child listen to a radio, can he acquire the language?" We took a lot of time before actually understanding it and then someone answered and said "No, because process of acquiring the language needs someone else to interact with". That's ONE question down, then Mr. S asked this question, " Can the child learn the language by listening to the radio?" Here's where things get complicated. Realizing that the whole class was filled with uncertainty, Mr. S told us that we are still clouded by low self esteem, and that if we can't speak up now, we wouldn't be able to speak properly at all. Inspired by those words, the whole class tried to answered the question but to no avail. "100 % CONCENTRATION!! " I said proudly. And he responded by saying "Wrong! You're expecting a 4 year old to give 100 % concentration??" Then I tried AGAIN, that's when Mr. S said, " Looking at your face tells me that the answer might be correct" and try to guess what happens next? I said " The program must be able to motivates the child?" *smiling* and I heard Mr. S sighs... 

=_=''

So, yea.. In the end we managed to went back early with the help of Gaara. Although he didn't really gave a complete answer, it was correct..so..yeah

What I do realized after that class was that my self esteem *might* had gone up a little bit. Why, you asked? Well, a realized I was smiling while answering the question given by Mr. S. And that smile felt..comfortable. I dunno, maybe it's just my feeling. Hmm.

It's One Hell to Another and United We Stand

Nowadays, public transport is an essential thing whenever we wanted to go anywhere. I myself uses the train every time I gone home and back to Unisel. Not just that,  we *the younger generations* prefer to use public transportation rather than using our own transport *at least that's what I think*. 

Sorry about starting my entry with an essay intro *I wanted to brush up my LEET skills yo!* But I was reallyX100 tired today. It wasn't because I didn't have enough sleep *okay, I sleep for 2 hours only*. But it was because I had an adrenaline surge *by walking crazily from one point to another* And it was all THANKS to the freaking bus!

And the story goes like this:

I woke up at 7 and went on to complete my Subuh prayers. Since my train will only depart at 9.15 sharp, I've got another 2 hours before going to the station. Once I departed * after hugging my parents goodbye of course*, the train took 3 hours for me to reached Sungai Buloh from Ipoh. Once there, *after taking a comuter  from Rawang* I headed straight for the bus stop. The time was 11.45 pm.

2 freaking hours later...

The bus FINALLY came... In the end, I was late to Mr. B's class by 30 minutes! Heck, I didn't even get to have a shower after that long journey! I went straight to the bathroom, took my wuduk and pray straight away. I was unfortunate enough to get there and not get scolded by Mr. B *thanks a lot Mr. B! Although your class made me yawn a lot, but I really do appreciate you!* . *sigh*

*sigh*

*END OF PART ONE*

Right after Mr. B's class, me and Yangus stayed behind so that we can group up with Sarasvati, Rose, Tweety and Lynette.  Us, being the guys were quite timid *although it's suppose to be a group discussion and we have to (at least) give out opinion over the matter being discussed*. But despite not being of any help at all, we actually did pretty good to survive in a group where the girls are UBER great. *Applause to ourselves* In the end, the discussion was settled. We concluded that as long as we can explain the whole poem thoroughly to Mdm. N tomorrow, then we don't need to feel afraid of anything. Rest assured, we'll be okay.

*study smart, don't be like this girl here*

*END OF PART 2*

Lucky Draw and My Last Stand: Malaysia's Triumph

OH YEAH! SCORED!

Today, I went with my parents to a clothes shop. I wanted to buy a neck tie *a particularly white one* to be paired with my *all* black shirt. Unfortunately for me, there was none *sigh* so I instead chose a red neck tie *hey, at least it looks good with that black shirt of mine*. Btw, we were lucky because a couple of days before, my mother already went to the shop and ends up entering a lucky draw. So while we were busy shopping, the shopkeeper *who was the one that keeps calling the buyers names* called my mother's name "ROSNI HASHIM!! IS SHE HERE!?" and my mother *who's a person that can get panic easily* shouts back " I'M HERE! I'M HERE!!" and she claims the prize *a big pillow btw* 

Okay, that's enough with the lucky draw thingy.

OH YEAH! SCORED!

Next, I finally managed to finished my assignments. Despite the fact that my whole team members were late *I freaking asked them to give their life philosophy to me earlier but, nooooooo. They went on chillaxing like there's no freaking deadline!* sigh.. But by the end of the day, the work was worth it * although I'm the only one that did the job thank you very much( I was the one that volunteered myself jeez)*  

Okay, shut up with the assignments stuff already.

OH YEAH! SCORED!

OMG!WOW! I can't believe this. Malaysia won 3-0 again Indonesia!! That's just freaking insane!! My mind's blowing up right now at an orgasmic proportion!! OMGZZZZZ!! * Seriously, even a non-football fan like me would feel the adrenaline rush whenever I heard the word "Malaysia defeats Indonesia" simply because I'm proud of the team.* They showed the garudas who's boss and they managed to pay back for the humiliated loss against Indonesia last time *5-0 Ouch* But all good things always have a price to be paid. And the price is the Indonesians *SHITTY* attitude towards their loss. Seriously, they said that the only reason Malaysia won was because our fans use lasers *seriously?* to ruin the attention of their goalkeepers. *meh, if you can't take the loss like a man, you better off without those rusty balls anyway* So..yea, in the end Malaysia rules and kick the shit out of Indonesia. * I hope they'll do the same the next round against Indonesia at Jakarta* let's pray for their success.

 *It's time to celebrate for retribution! Long live Malaysia*

I Love My Writing/Literature Class and Journey to The Center of the Capital

Ohhohohoho! Really lovely! I can finally go back home after staying here for 2 weeks *that's my highest record so far*. The started like every single day I spent here *wake up in the morning, wash my clothes, fried some eggs etc* At 9 o' clock I went straight to A2's lair and waited for Guy to come down. *I was planning to go to the bookshop to photocopy some notes that I had downloaded from Miss M's slide-share account*. The notes was about Exspository essay and the Writing Class I was in ended up being a blast! *specifically because me and my group chose an UBER fun topic to wrote about *Superheroes,seriously* To sum the whole day's class in one word, I could say it was AWESOME. One particular thing that I made me really happy was when Miss M called out my FB name and people asked why she called out, she said "He is my fan" *lol being recognized as a fan made me happy* then during Mdm N's class, she told me to smile because according to her "looking at your face for quite a time makes me wanna slap you, can you please smile? Your smile is cute you know?" *I almost wanna puke but thanks Mdm!* Okay, after the classes, I went with the gang to eat *I was starving* At 2 pm, me, Jin, Guy, Sasuke and Kakyoin went to the bus *we were excited to go back home eheh*  I paid 5 bucks for my journey towards Sungai Buloh. Then all of a sudden I saw Padayappa on that very same bus. In the end, I ended going with him to KTM KL *since he said the bus there goes way faster and earlier than the usual train that I took weekly* Then *surprise-surprise* I met an old classmate of mine there. He studied at MSU and he usually went back home weekly*like me* Btw, at the KTM, I kinda took some pictures *to commemorate the fact that I actually went to some place other than Sungai Buloh or Rawang( I felt a tingling sensation to snap a pic). So, at 4.50 sharp, I boarded the bus with Padayappa and it was a smooth sailing from there to Ipoh~ *END OF STORY*

*owh, it looks quite lovely despite the fact my camera was suckish

CRAP! I Missed a Class! And I Need To Study The Ancient Manuscript

Bummer...Why in heaven did I do THAT. If only I didn't go and sleep at the mosque, then I would had been able to attend Mr. S's class* but still, it's a mosque, so I can't really blamed the place for being really comfortable*. Alright! That does it! I must stop be TOO dependent towards Guy. He's a human and he has his own flaws too. Although he's the class rep, that doesn't mean he has control over the matter. Next time, I must take my own initiative to go and find the class. That way, I'll be able to attend every single class this semester*although I missed a couple of classes already(sigh)* So, what can I do to make amends for missing the classes? Easy breezy~ I'll just study more and hope for the best!*I wanted that 4 flat sooo bad..* Okay, enough with missing the classes. Now, I need to study for Mr. L's class. He's going to do a quiz for all of us in class C. It's fortunate for us though. since he already gave us the appropriate notes. So, the only thing that I need to do now is read the notes and at the same time try my best to put ALL that info into my head. I think Mr. L is doing a great job in teaching us. Having quizzes every time we attend his class is a great way to make us keep our guard up and that way, we'll be able to improve our knowledge of the following subject we're learning. Hmm... I hope I'll be able to score in the final exam for this subject. *again, I wanted that 4 flat sooooo bad..*

Well, that's it for tonight. I'll continue my study of the Ancient Manuscript* a fancy name for Mr. L's notes lol*

*Thumbs up*

Survive The Classroom!!

Finally! After 3 *seemingly endless* hours, I've finished the class! *way to go Scott!* *applause!!* 

*Partyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy timeeeeee*

I'm sure you're wondering why I'm THAT happy that the class had ended. It's simple; I was at the pinnacle of boredom *and before you go and say that I'm a spoiled brat, listen to my reason first*  I think the main reason could have been because of the lecturer himself * Okay, I'm not saying Mr. lecturer should be blame thoroughly* It's just that, Mr. B REALLY took his time when talking, and at the same time his voice is UBER whispering type! While i was waiting for him to finished his sentences, I could have sworn that I felt really sleepy.. Now, when your student felt like sleeping when you're lecturing, that means you REALLY need to feel worried. And when you, as a student felt sleepy *although you've got 100% charged up energy* during a lecture, then you  yourself need to feel worried too. So, I was wondering. Is there actually any way for me to make Mr. B's class feel entertaining? Is such thing even possible? Will there be time where I won't feel tired whenever I'm in Mr. B's class? Will it be possible for me to actually spend another 3 hours listening to his lectures?.....*long pause*
...On second thought, I think I can do such thing. But it'll be fully dependent on whether or not my willpower is high enough*I'm talking as if I have a meter for measuring will power lol*

*Now, we'll see how things gonna progress itself*

The Builders: The Modern Retelling of The Three Little Pigs

*Sigh...

I've got a lot of assignment from last week. The worst thing is I didn't finish anything yet.*Maybe there was one, Miss M's essay of course* So, let's not waste our precious time.

 *sigh*

Here's the poem that was given by my lecturer, Madam H. It's called The Builders by Sarah Henderson Hay and it's seemingly humorous allusion is to the children's tale The Three Little Pigs. The little pigs are 'the builders' of the poem and their story were told by the survivor of the onslaught that were brought upon by the Wolf*the antagonist of the story, which ironically killed by the final Little Pig* he who recommends “Brick is the stuff to build with, solid bricks.”  His impractical siblings are devoured “hair and hide” as they sit “one in his crummy yellow shack, and one / under his roof of twigs".

 However, the 'humorous' allusion above goes way beyond that. The last line "But I'd been willing to help them. all along,/If only they'd once admitted they were wrong." hint at a much more serious commentary about human nature. The pigs of the story book fame can be seen as human beings, so intent on their own ego or ideas that they'd turn their backs on humanity just, valuing being 'right' rather than doing the right thing. *now you understand why I was talking about PRIDE being a sin just now?* The pigs were so drawn into their own idealistic that they forgot which right and which wrong. The only thing that matters was that they themselves would ALWAYS be right, nothing else matters.

 *there's no freaking way I'm going to put pics of pigs in this blog*

Turning the tides and the Oranges against me

Damn!Tomorrow I got three classes in a row and the worst thing is I have to do a presentation at 9.00 in the morning and then there's gonna be a quiz for Mr. Lim's class. And for god's sake, I didn't freaking study anything at all!! NOW, I'm really scared. * I wanna ask Oren for her number but I'm too busy right now to even think about that.Bummer......

Ridng the taxi, MR. B and presentation

One word that describes today: TIRED . I should have known that it would end up being a tiresome day since I'm running from one point to the other like crazy. Well it is my fault in the first place since I myself chose to return to Unisel today. But this is what I call "experience". I bet if I instead chose to come back yesterday, I wouldn't be able to feel the despair of missing the bus or using the taxi. All in all, it was a first time experience for me and I glad I did what I did today. * I'm actually running wayyyy off the point here so let me get to the main thing I wanna write about today. Let's start with this word: UNDERSTAND? . This is the trademark of a particular lecturer known as MR. B. An old wise man with a really elastic tongue * of course, if he doesn't have an elastic tongue then he won't be good with English.* He's good and wise and stuff, but here's the thing..I don't quite understand what he told us in class today despite hearing him saying the word UNDERSTAND a dozen of times. Now, I've been assigned into a group, and because of Azril's*my buff buddy* luck, we manage to get the highest number for our turn in presenting. *phew talk about being save by the bell*
For now, I'm just gonna study harder and practice for my presentation tomorrow. * Brr, hopefully my group members already finished with their fair share of work*