Courtesy Of Getting Swamped

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You see, today is Wednesday. Relax, I’m sure you know it already. We’d be having our CBT exams tomorrow, but that is absolutely by the way, because Friday is the day I get to give my seminar. As a final-year student, it’s a sort of prelude to my project that will take place this coming semester. This seminar doesn’t involve building anything, but more about how I can run research and present it in an intelligent way in a… well, a seminar.

So, you see that I have a lot planned out for this week. The last few days have been filled with me actually running my research, writing down my reports, and compiling them into something that would wow the panel on Friday. I was ready to impress them. And now that the proposed strike was postponed, I’m sure that nothing at all would stop the seminar from happening on that day.

However, while I was preparing for the seminar defense, I really wasn’t preparing for the seminar itself. You see, I have everything down pat. Right from the cover page to the reference list, I know because I spent nights working on it. However, I’ve not really considered what I would wear to the defense. We all know that such occasions are marked by corporate clothing. You dress like you would for an interview.

You see, that’s the problem. I don’t have any corporate attire. All I have are big polo, shorts, and joggers. And my footwear? Palm slippers, palm slippers, and oh yeah… another pair of palm slippers!!! The closest thing I’ve got to corporate footwear is a sandal and I don’t think that will be an acceptable piece of clothing. Yeah, it’s that crazy.

So now, I’m planning to see if I’d hit the market today and see if I’d be able to score a quick buy. Maybe get black and white. The shirt is more important, I can hustle up the shorts if I have to. And as for the shoes, I’ve never been a fan of shoes because I kept outgrowing them, forcing me to always give them out before I’m ready to do so. That’s why I gave up on them as a piece of clothing.

However, with this happening, I can see that I have no choice. I would have to bear the discomfort for at least a few hours next tomorrow. If I don’t see a good pair in the market when I go later today, I’d have no choice but to borrow from someone. After all, it’s a one-time thing, and I’m sure that before my project defense next semester, I would have prepared something better.

Well, I guess this is what you get when you focus too much on one thing and block out everything else. I was so focused on what I was going to present at the seminar that I forgot about what I would wear to the seminar. And it’s something I have to take seriously because flunking it is not an option at all. Once I leave this school, I want nothing whatsoever that would make me even consider coming back.

Either way, once this wardrobe issue is fixed, then I’ll be really ready for the seminar. I’m sure that whatever curveball gets thrown at me, I’ll be ready to field it without hesitation. So, I’m looking forward to how the next couple of days go.

I’ll be sure to update you on it later on.

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