I stared at the glaring screen.
The icons, commands, lines, circles, polygons and arcs on it seemed to morph into colourful swirls.
It had been 3 hours but I still couldn’t get my way around it. It was something new and totally foreign to me. How could I grasp it within such a short time? I turned around and saw everyone leaving the laboratory and pressure started to set in. How did they know how to do it? I looked back at the screen again and clicked around hoping to create the correct circles and arcs.
I could feel the veins around my temple area throbbing and my heart beating faster.
The sound of my fingertips hitting the keyboard became louder.
The clicking of the mouse became more rapid.
A friend beside me who was happily humming a random tune turned to me and … read more