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Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Stupid Days

Let's face it: every one of us has had at least one stupid day. Every once in a while, our IQ drops around ten to twenty points, leaving us dumbfounded when faced with problems we can normally solve in our, well, normal days.

Of course, this is normal. It is part of our biorhythmic cycle. In some days, you may notice that you are livelier than usual. At times, you may feel sluggish. This is due to our body chemistry which follows a cycle that results in how well we perform.

Yesterday, I had a stupid day. Aside from yesterday being a Monday (which, for some certain reason - probably the weekend hangover, we tend to be more sluggish compared to the other work days), I felt a sharp IQ drop.

Here's a scenario from yesterday: one of my bosses asked me to create a flowchart of a program to run on a handheld PC. So the initial, internal question for me was, "Ano nga ba ulit ang flowchart?"

How could I have forgotten what a flowchart is? I've created flowcharts for a reasonable time during college and should have mastered it, but there I was, wondering what that chart looked like.

And then it dawned on me, so I created one.

Upon accomplishing a draft, I presented it to my boss, only to receive a strange comment. "Hindi ba DFD 'yan? 'Di ba CS ka?"

Oh crap. Sad thing was I really did a flowchart (I had to check with Katrina later that night) and was not able to defend it due to uncertainties. If I were more intellectually competent for that day, I would have defended my work. Later on, my boss remarked something that didn't really comfort me.

"Sige. Pwede na 'yan."

In fact, it devastated me. Why wasn't I certain? It was as though I had a bad case of mental drain. Well... I did, actually. I was even asked if I really did study Computer Science. I did, didn't I? Heck, I can even say that I excelled at it somehow.

This morning (Tuesday, a day after Stupid Day), I received an e-mail regarding the flowchart, since I requested my boss for a standard - for sake of uniformity and future reference. I received an e-mail telling me that there is none.

So for today, I'm going to look up the internet for a standard flowchart. Sure, yesterday was a stupid day, but not today.

NOT today!

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