The whole class was eager the moment they heard the lecturer’s words. Clearly he had very terrible luck, after all, who didn’t know the kind of person that this professor was very strict. Normally, professors like him won’t take first years but he had asked for it with the claim that he wanted to be sure that the students that came into his class in their final years had a good background. “Okay sir.” Richard accepted calmly his demeanor not changing in the slightest. “First question. How do you affordably capture real-time, equipment-level performance data?” The man asked. The students looked at each other confused, this shouldn’t be a question that a first year student should know right. “Anyone can capture equipment-level data using off-the-shelf hardware from legacy device manufacturers…..” Richard started and the more he talked, the more the look on the lecturer face changed.“In addition, many of these “smart meter” devices can only capture data at 15-minute intervals. Whi
Almost as if it was planned, the moment Richard sat down on one of the couches in the already well furnished house, he got a call from his master. “Little brat! You don’t know to call?” His master, master Kai’s voice sounded over the phone making Richard to wince slightly. “I just managed to settle down, did you have them prepare the house?” He as he stood up and looked around suspiciously. Although the distance from his school wasn’t too much, the most important thing was how beautiful the house was. It had been furnished to the boots for his tastes. Clearly, this wasn’t something his subordinates would do. “Humph! After looking at the houses in those school area, I knew you wouldn’t stay there, after all, your taste is so big now.” The man’s voice was still stern, yet, it was easy to see the doting love in there. Clearly, he adored the young man even though he was talking like he wanted to rip him apart.“Also, unlike overseas where you can just show your faces to the top peo
The next day in school, The professor had asked Richard to see him after school was over. As soon as the students heard that, the erupted in murmurs of dissatisfaction. Richard waited for the buzz around him to die down before he slipped his phone out of his Jean pocket. He had received a message notification earlier but his mind was too distracted to check who the sender was. His lips drew back a snarl as he scrolled through his phone. There was still a lull of noise in the background as several students hung around him.They were talking in hushed times about Richard who had almost been disgraced by their professor. A few of them wondered in disbelief over how he was able to attempt a year four question. The confidence he has used in attacking the question earlier had left a number of them surprised.“Perhaps, he’s not even that smart” One of the male students, who felt slightly threatened by Richard , said in a forced laughter.The guys who huddled around him picked up the cue
Throughout the evening , Elise couldn’t get her mind off the way Richard her publicly humiliated her. He had completely ignored her when she spoke to him but yet , he readily spoke to another girl who was probably a common place person.She fumed inwardly as she sat in the car while her mother drove. Although her eyes were trained on the houses that does past as the car drove, her mind was elsewhere. It was heavy.Every effort by her mother to engage her In a conversation priced abortive. Not only was she insulted by the way Richard had treated her some hours earlier, she felt like it was an irreparable dent in her reputation. It could give other students a reason to disrespect her too, especially when it was convenient for them.She clutched her phone in her right hand, unwilling to check the school platform for the fear that the students had dropped that shameful video of she and Richard on the platform. She didn’t want to be in the spotlight of both students and lecturers and even
The weekend was an unexciting one for Elise because she was stuck alone at home with so much to do.She had cancelled her plans to go on a spa date with one of her friends because of the essays she had to write for school.As she sat at her study table, her open laptop facing her, she wondered if she had not done wrong to turn down the offer of going out to have fun instead of sitting at home in a quiet, lonely too with piles of assignments waiting for her. She placed her head in between both hands and leant on the study table.Her eyes fell on her newly pedicured toenails. Pink. That had always been her color.Her mother never failed to get all her items in pink. She had grown to accept the color as a part of her. She drew in a long, hard breath ,stood up from her seat and pushed the chair backwards.She needed something to distract her from her unfinished projects and just one thing came to mind; it was the new romance movies that had been released only last week.A large grin forme
Richard stood at a corner of the noisy stadium, peering into the crowd with his arms folded across his chest. He terribly hated places like this. The whole place was raving wild with noise from the mammoth crowd. Almost everyone was singing in unison to the song that the artistes were performing on stage.His phone beeped. It was a message from Niko.His frowned deepened and he could feel his jaw tighten. Niko had dragged him over to this concert because he wanted him to meet an old friend who also happened to be on the concerts ground.The message from Niko read that he was going to show up a bit late at the spot where Richard was waiting for him.Richard shook his head in anger. Niko, one of his trusted men, had a way of making him do things that he wouldn’t usually do for another person. Niko stretched him to his limits sometimes but he always remained sane.He yawned and clasped his left hand over his mouth. Then, he decided to while away time by closely watching each person a
Just as Richard got down from the school bus, he switched on his earbuds so that if Niko had anything to tell him, they could easily communicate without him having to pick a call. A loud rock song began to boom from it and Richard put the music on repeat since he wasn’t particular about the song and just needed some distraction.The blaring beat of the song helped to distract him from his environment. He stood under the morning sun as his eyes raved the entire expanse of the schools. There were flashy cars parked almost everywhere. Students bustled about with lively energy while a few moved about in solitude.He began to move towards the building where his department was. As he pushed through the surging crowd of students at the entrance of the building, he suddenly remembered that the previous day, an announcement had been passed on to the students through the public address system that had been fixed overhead where he stood.The announcement had been a short and concise one ; it
Niko strolled over to the table by the wall. There was a playful grin on his face. A small towel hung around his sweaty neck. He picked up the open bottle of soda that was on the table and began to gulp down its content.“I’m very serious” Richard said in a slow drawl. He was lounged on one of the couches in his apartment. He had a frown on his face and some open textbooks on his legs.“I still can’t believe this” Niko said. He had just dropped the empty bottle of soda on the table and turned around to face Richard.“Call it whatever you want but the school administration has made it mandatory for every fresher to be in attendance at that party” Richard said.“So, you’re actually going? “Richard nodded his head.“I think I would love to come with you.” Niko broke outRichard’s eyes widened in surprise. “Why? “Niko threw his hands in the air. “Well, isn’t it obvious enough ? I’ve been working under too many deadlines and I really do think that I have to loosen up a bit. It’s a g