the cherry on the top

no that wouldn't be me... that would be referring to some excellent news i received the other day with regards to my honours research paper...

i received the prize for the best honours project in the information systems department.

the best.

i wrote the *best* research paper.

wow.

the pain of that paper is quite distant, almost numbed now... so i don't think that this prize can be fully appreciated... but even so, i am rather amazed. i wrote the bulk of that paper in one of the most difficult weeks (both physically from not sleeping and emotionally - when it rains it pours) of my life.

i am just so grateful that it is all over... and i have this to add a bit of a sparkle to the end of it all... a light at the end of the tunnel... a rainbow after the rain.