A Weird/Funny/Dumb Accident

Alright, I have decided to take Jonah’s advice and write about something that happened in my CCA which is robotics. Yes I know that people think that a CCA which has to do with computers and robots and stuff like that sounds totally nerdy and geeky BUT you are definitely WRONG.

One more thing. My consortium director asked me to cut my hair which was ‘too long’ and I did BUT the hair-dresser cut it a little bit too short so if you see PLEASE do not laugh. You could damage my self-esteem and I really do not like that to happen. In case you do not get it, the last sentence was quite sarcastic. Hey don’t blame me, I’m learning from my English teacher who is quite sarcastic. If you’re that English teacher (you should know who you are), please do not get angry with me. That was just a joke (sarcasm strikes once more!).

I won’t bother to explain how fun robotics is because it is PURELY CONFIDENTIAL. If you want to know what other stuff besides programming and building robots we do in robotics, please feel free to approach me in school or whatever. However, I must see if you are truly fit to know the secret before I tell you or you could go around telling the whole world or something. That could be POTENTIALLY dangerous and harmful effect that could damage me and everyone else in robotics.

So now you know why my CCA is so NOT nerdy, geeky and boring (okay fine you don’t but I did explain to you why you can’t know that easily [FINE, FINE I didn’t explain to you at all but I did tell you how you can find out]). Now that I’ve explained to you, it’s time to get on with the post.

Oh, I forgot. This is going to sound really random but I have to tell you this in order for the story to take place. There is a shower in the robotics lab (The lab is in the SRC on the ground floor if you do not know. Now that you do know, feel free to drop by like NEVER unless you’re invited.). That felt totally random but it’s necessary.

Okay; this secondary 2 friend I have in robotics told me this REALLY funny story to me (I’m not being sarcastic this time). If you’re the no-sense-of-humour kind, you’d think that this is dumb. If you’re the weird kind, you would think this is weird (wasn’t that obvious? [NOT being sarcastic again]). If you’re the ME kind (the kind that likes to make jokes out of almost everything), you would definitely think that this is funny.

Here goes:

Once upon the time, there was a curious little boy called Tom (not his real name). As he was a curious little boy, he always wanted to find out more about things no matter how dangerous the situation was. This counts man-eating ten-legged sea monsters that have extremely sharp claws although Tom has never gotten a chance to search for them. That’s beside the point.

Anyway Tom went on his curious way about the lab, not knowing what dangers waited for him (oooooh; scary!!!). His sight set upon this door in the laboratory next to the main entrance. Despite the proximity to ‘civilization’, the area behind the Door had never been fully explored before.

Curious (duh?), Tom asked a senior what ‘treasures’ were hidden beyond the ‘secret’ Door. The only answer he received was a plain “You can go and explore but WHATEVER you do, do NOT pull the handle that is dangling in the air.” That line provoked Tom’s curiosity even more.

And what did he do? I bet you can guess by now. Well, if you can’t that means you are not as curious as Tom which is a good thing.

So Tom crept closer to the Door. The Door was acting as if it was so eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new person. It stood there in the lone corner of the lab, hardly touched and covered in a thin layer of dust. Tom could resist the Door no longer.

Elated, he dashed to the door and opened it. The door gave out a soft creak as it slid open. A laminated sign, most likely written by Neanderthals, was stuck to the wall. ‘Eye Shower’ it read. A simple metal sink stood in the middle of the tiny room and a long metal handle, attached to some pipes by a metal chain dangled in the musty air.

The handle seemed so inviting; as though it was crying out for somebody to pull it. Tom could withstand the urge no longer.

He gave the handle a definitive tug.

A few minutes later, a group of school workers were in the room mopping up a huge puddle of water. Tom stood stunned and drenched, still in the middle of the room as the cleaner auntie shouted with anger in Chinese for him to get out of the way.

Apparently the school had not cut off the water supply to the lab despite it’s conversion from a Science laboratory to the CCA’s headquarters.