I managed to meet an old friend on MSN today. (Actually, it was more like I didn't talk to him all this time until now.) His nick at the moment was "Giant Hamster". @_@
Oh, well. Giant Hamster worked with me on another project two semesters ago. He has taken CS3214 already, so I asked him for advice. He gave me some tips to start off and sent me some sample codes. We started talking about my predicament. I had 6 more weeks left to the deadline and he agreed with me that I didn't have much time left.
From our conversation, I began to realize that the problem with this project didn't lie just with me. Sad to say, the fault might actually be with my groupmates.
We have group meetings twice a week, and for nearly 3-4 hours per meeting. And yet, we never get anything done cos' halfway through, someone would start talking about fashion, relationship, movies, etc. And to make matters worst, they did not attempt to study J2EE, which was what we agreed to do during the last two weeks. Heck, some of them haven't even downloaded/installed the damn thing yet.
Maybe I am being unfair here. Perhaps I haven't seen their 'hardworking' side yet. Some people need a little stress to spring into action.
Whatever the case was, I started asking Hamster what would happen to me should I fail this module. I told him that, unless my group members can pull themselves together and realize that we are in a most urgent and dire situation, we are all gonna die. Oh, well. I guess I shall now mentally prepare myself in case I do fail CS3214. This way, I won't get a mental breakdown or something.
Monday will be the start of another week full of worries. My project meeting is at 10 am, but who cares. I'm gonna play Cronous through the night so long as it makes me happy.