Anti-climax

After all the big hoo-ha and hype that my project on "The Effects of Traditional CHinese Herbs on embryonic developemnt in Zebrafish" has created, after all the assurance that came from my mentor, teammates, friends and even the judge before our presentation that we will qualify for the Finals, and after all the glory that we had brought back to the school from external competitions,

We lost.

We did not make it to the finals.

终于败下阵来。

人算不如天算，天算不如不算。

We should not have given ourselves such high expectations. 希望抱得太大，失望越大；期望越高，摔下来时就越痛。

都说了，高处不胜寒。

其实，我一点痛楚也感受不到。不是因为我冷酷，冷漠，冷血，而是因为我早已对失败麻木了。

要以这次的失败“鸟”我，恐怕起不了什么作用。

You could try on Minghao though. But I shall not be held responsible for any subsequent consequences after you really did that.

有人说，我在电视上很造作，说我明明知道了答案却还装出一幅“松了一口气”的样子。

事实上我虽然相当肯定该题的答案，但是那也只不过是我自己的肯定，也未必是真正正确的答案。

只有当主持人说“标准答案”时，你的答案才是正确的。否则，请继续怀疑你所肯定的答案。

只有当事实尘埃落定了，你才有资格自满自信；否则，请继续谦虚悲观下去。

我专题作业的落选，就是个很好的例子。