The Melbourne Cup Drama Timeline

9.15am --> Woke up feeling real crook due to the bout of fever she had.

9.20am--> Coughed up slimy green phlegm with streaks of blood. Horrified and fascinated her at the same time, causing her to attempt another coughing bout to check further slime expulsion. Minor disappointment when none came out.

9.40am--> Setting off to the hospital

9.45am--> Stepped on possum poo. The word "ewwwwwww" etched all over her face, she wipes her shoes on the grass. Tiptoes past that stretch of road along Carlton Gardens. Wouldn't wanna step on possum poo again.

10.00 am--> Arrives at the Eye and Ear. Beaming widely at arriving at 10am on the dot ( 9am is much much too hard to even think about) she steps up to the sliding doors.

10.01am--> Doors wouldn't open as the hospital is closed for the Melbourne Cup is a public holiday, grumbles and shuffles off to the Emergency entrance farr farrr away on the other side.

P/s: Not a UNi holiday though, explains the attendance to work P/ss: The Emergency entrance is FAR! LIke 25 metres away FAR!!! P/sss: Yes people, it took me 1 minute to realise that the doors aren't gonna open for me today. Blame it on the illness yesterday. High fever fried my brains.

10.05 am --> Reaches CERA (Centre for Eye Research Australia) on first floor. Walks past the notice board. Does a double take at the sheets of the sweepstakes pinned up. Searches for her horse --> "GALLIC! Favourite to win at the races!!" Congratulates self on good luck. Smug smile ensues.

Explanation: Every year, CERA has their own sweepstakes where you can buy a horse for $2. Horses are assigned randomly. Winners get $20, first runner-ups $15 and second runner-ups $10. Horses that come last earns $3.

10.15 am --> Makes a mug of tea at the tea room and stands looking at the board checking out others' horses. Smug grin grows wider as she realises her horse is the best bet.

10.30am--> Still standing at the board. Colin joins her and a discussion on the horses commences.

10.40am --> Laughs (in a nice way, mind you) at Colin's horses. He bought 5 horses ( $10) and none were very good, according to the pinned sheet. Realises mug of tea is getting cold. Reluctantly returns to room.

10.42 - 12.30 pm --> Ebuddy mania! Chats with people and brags about 'her horse'. Excitedly announces her luck to all and sundry. Asks other people about their horses only to cut them off by saying " my horse is the horse tipped to win!". Ignores those looks from the others.

1 pm--> Has lunch. Horrible sick people fare (porridge). Eyes the chocolate bar on the table, then pretends to be enjoying her lunch when the owner arrived to claim his bar. Shakes fist at his back once he leaves.

1.02pm --> Cheers self with the thought of her horse. Winnings --> $20, paid $2, thus earnings = 900% of investment!!! Day dreams about things she could buy with that amount of money (example: 5 single cones from Freddos, suggested by Lippy)

1.30 pm --> Returns to AMS room. Meets Rob and announces her winning horse ( she has decided that her horse is definitely No. 1).

1.31pm --> Rob destroys her hopes and dreams, tears apart her world and shakes the remaining pieces all around with his single sentence : " But Gallic has been scratched from the race! It was announced this morning!"

1.32pm --> Thunder clouds roll across her horizon.

1.40 pm --> Snaps at Cheryl who wanted to borrow her stapler.

1.50 pm --> Snaps at Rob who asked her a question about the printer.

2.00pm --> Explodes at Manjula who innocently asked her about her horse.

2.30 pm--> Recovers enough to start whining to everyone within earshot " But how could they withdraw my horse!" "If you think you have it bad, think about MY HORSE who got scratched from the race!" " NOw i don't even have a fighting chance in the race!"

3.00pm --> With her sour and dour expression she follows the others to the seminar room where MAtt managed to get Channel seven on the projector.

3.05pm --> Races start!!! Waves arms about excitedly, then withdraws arms as she realises no one is doing such childish things. Helps Cheryl cheer for her horse, Zipping and Efficient.

3.15pm --> Efficient wins!!! Congratulates Cheryl!

3.30 pm --> Matt strolls in with a jar of lollies ( Cherry Apples) as a consolation prize. Offers to everyone in the room. Didn't take one for self on account of bad throat. *curses all microorganisms*

4.00 pm --> Starts writing blog post amidst checking gmail, yahoomail, facebook, friendster, ebuddy, kennysia, liciacxy's blog, graceong etc etc all to prevent having to do work.

5.30pm --> Finishes blogpost and packs up to head home :)


Disclaimer: This piece of work is partly fictional due to the tendency for the author to dramatize stuff to make her boring life more interesting. Fictional bits? anything that portrays me in a bad light, whether intentional or not (stop that sniggering, you people!!!). Non-fictional? All the nice parts bout myself inherently shining through my brilliantly written masterpiece *grins*.

LOL.

Hope you had a nice laugh. :) Happy Melbourne Cup Day!!!!Gallic and his jockey in the Adelaide Cup March this year.