A bad dream...

I had a weird dream last night. and it wasn't pleasant.

in the dream, i was a student. hundreds of us were sitting in a lecture room, listening to different lecturers. there was this "chief" of sorts who was sitting right in front of everybody, it was almost like he was a king on a throne.

anyway, it went pretty fine until one lady lecturer started speaking. she was in front, but she didn't face the audience when she spoke; she was facing the "chief". i couldn't hear a thing, so i put up my hand and said "i can't hear you".

she turned around and started speaking louder, and i could hear her now, loud and clear. so i said "yes, i can hear you now."

but the chief was quite pissed. he looked at me and said, "i can't believe you can't hear her just now. she was speaking at the same volume!"

the lecturer also said, "yes, you're obviously lying"

i was like *huh*? i started to wonder.. perhaps i wasn't really paying attention to what she was saying, so i didn't hear a thing. so i swallowed all that, kept quiet and listened till the end of her presentation.

all the while, i was wondering, how could it be that i'm lying? isn't it obvious that when the speaker faces the audience, the projection of the voice is louder and clearer?

so at the end of the presentation, i said, "excuse me, but i have to clarify this with you. if you have a loudspeaker and face it towards you, will the sound be louder than if you face it away?"

the chief and the lecturer didn't argue with that point, but said something like i was so rude to interrupt her presentation. then i said, "but you've always taught us to let you know when we can't hear". the argument went back and forth.. and obviously, i lost. i was called rude, arrogant, and all sorts of things. in my dream, i started crying.

and then i heard a shout "huang weijian!!!!". its my mum calling me to wake up.

what's with my dream? is it weird or what? anyway, i think it taught me a very valuable lesson. sometimes there's injustice around, but don't fight unecessarily.