Told Yoda the truth, I have

Yesterday, I had a brief meeting with Yoda. It started with our usual semi-formal discussion about the progress of my work, what I've done, what I struggle with and the development of my thesis. Since I haven't started writing Chapter 6, I decided to talk about the SALT analysis findings.

Yoda asked me to summarize what I did, so I listed down the types of errors I found and the ways in which I have coded them. To aid his comprehension, I also provided examples from the essays. After 5 minutes of talk, I saw an unfamiliar expression on his face. It read : What the hell is she talking about? Okay. So maybe my explanation was a bit disorganised. Regardless, it felt good to know that my Jedi master was capable of being confused. So how does it feel like to be in my shoes? I asked him.

Well, silently of course.

So anyway, since the old jedi  didn't say anything, I continued talking about the codes and the interesting findings I came across. That's when he broke his silence.

"Now explain to me the difference between an error of utterence, EU and  word order, WO."

Hmm. Easy peasy.

Me: The code [WO] is a word-level error code used to mark words that are used in the wrong order. The code [EU] is used to mark errors that cannot be associated with a specific word...or when the whole sentence just doesn't make sense.

Yoda: Right. *knit brows*

Yoda: So how would you code She horses rides?

Me: Pardon me?

Yoda: She horses rides. Is that an error of utterence or word order?

Crap! Mesti juga mau tanya soalan muhau.

Me: Ermmm...Both I guess. It's a word order error and also an EU. I'm not sure though..

The jedi smiled.

Yoda: Indeed. It's a bizzare sentence. She horses rides is more like Yoda-speaking in Starwars. We might not find any in the transcripts but anyway, have a chat with B and get some feedback. Also, have a think about the apostrophe error. Bla bla bla bla bla.

I wasn't listening anymore. I was dumbstruck cos he mentioned the word Yoda. I never told him or any of my colleagues that he's Yoda. Our discussion continued for some time before he finally said

"Is there anything else we need to discuss?"

Me: No..But there is something that I want to tell you..I hope you won't be offended...

Yoda: Oh God...*feigning a worried expression*

Me: I actually call you Yoda. I mean, when I talk about you, I address you as Yoda. All of my friends know this......When you mentioned Starwars I just had to tell you.

Yoda senyum sampai nampak semua gigi dia. Btw, ada 1 gigi atas hilang.

Yoda: Golly!! So you have been talking about me. Now if  I'm Yoda, that makes B...

Me & Yoda: Obi Wan Kenobi

Yoda: Indeed! Then you must be... Luke Starwalker?

Me: Yes! *over-excited*  Luke Skywalker not Starwalker. I'm the apprentice!

Yoda: Aahh.. but of course.. So I'm Yoda *squares shoulders* Mmmm...I like that. 

There was an akward pause after that but only for a few seconds.

Yoda: Alright then. I've got to run cos I have a class at 11. See you next week I will!  

Me: Yes! See you I will! 

And that's how Yoda found out that he is Yoda. Who would've thought that I had the guts to tell him? Hehehe. That was the best meeting EVER.