Go The Distance

Nothing really, just someting that crossed my path of life. More later... Today had a good sleep. Too good a sleep. Overslept by a full hour. My first time since a very long time ago. But i was not the only one. There were some that were late too. But i realise we did not do much today. I spent most of my time at school to solve a problem in our project. Time is slowly getting on us, we are not bucking up and still taking things as lightly and doing things slowly. Maybe as a leader, i see things more up close and feel the dateline getting closer and closer. Hope the rest will understand this and move a little faster. I'm giving them alot of space to retreat and did not pressure them. Know them too well as they do not work best under stress unlike some of my friends that do. Walked around like a zombie in school as it was really tiring to spend four hours solving a stupid error. Hope this does not arise again tomorrow. After that, i took two bus trip to the shopping centre near my place to return a movie i rented during the weekends. Went there and the lady did some marketing and pushed some movies to me. Maybe they experience some fall in revenue. Get somebody like me who does not have much time to watch movies and persuade me to rent one or two. But i thank her for her gesture and told her i wanted another movie. Currently that movie is a hot favourite so its not around, but she will hold on to it and i will collect it on wednesday. I think i get my brother to do the dirty job. Went home soon after. One more thing, i changed my service plan for my phone. The customer service girl was not bad, the service she gave me was a good one. But for a friend of mine, he got more complains than the service he received. Maybe that is something that can be compared among the mobile phone service companies.

Once in awhile, there are reports or stories that says that long distance relationship happening. When it appears to the mass, they are usually the ending of the 'getting-to-know-each-other' period and proceeding to 'geting-married-and-happily-ever-after' period. Some couples just get it along as if they have met since they were born. Some had common intrests so they get together and they got together better and better as time goes by. For me, i never did try such long distance relationship. Once during my secondary school days, my school hosted another Scout group from Malaysia, Sarawak. There were girl scouts and boy scouts coming. It was something new for me as i never hosted any overseas scouts in my life. When we were all sitting in the Auditorium, i saw this girl. She was beautiful. Some people say when men wear their uniform, they look alot better and and more eye catching. I think its true. Just think of it, we are wearing well pressed uniform and have achievements all sewed to our uniform. When you wear it, you feel so proud in it. But for the girl scout, she was captivating. That is my first time i ever see a girl looking so nice in a girl scout uniform. Maybe i was still young and unexperienced. But their stay was short. Took them around for shopping and enjoying. At that time, they came over for a short holiday. But also, they came over as a friendly marketing stinct for their mid-year Jamboree (multi-national Scout camp). Before she left, she asked me whether i will see her again. I told her, i will work hard and work my way there. By hook or by crook, i make sure i will get to see her in her homeland. And that is what i did the following year. I went over to Sarawak and met her there. Maybe its fate, maybe its the scout association there. My campsite is just next to hers. And my tent is just 2 lines of fence away from her. During the 7 days stay there, i chatted with her everynight. One of my most memorable nights i have spent. Left when my stay is up. When we were waiting for our flight at the airport, she came and wished my good luck. And i promised i will contact her as soon as i arrived in Singapore. When i board the plane, the most saddening part was thinking of leaving the place i had so much memories in. So much fun. So much enjoyment. Maybe that is how much i miss the place. That is how much i miss her.

Stuck in Singapore...

Another Fruitful Day

Finished what i am suppose to do. Finally... As yesternite was movie nite, i slept very very early. So the next morning i had difficulty in waking up. But all it need was a mental push and up i went to continue my day. Reached school for lesson, man its been quite sometime since i reached the venue early. Thursdays are usually the same, lessons than lunch with my friend. This time more gossip... Would not want to say more, maybe later... Had a fruitful lunch with her. Maybe its the friendship we share and treasure. But i think that she is a good friend to have and lamest entertainer i will ever have. After lunch, we walked back to our area. We seperated when we reached. She left me for another friend. A closer friend. But i do not have any sad feelings or anything. I got my own things to do too. So i walked back to my lab to continue my project. Today completed one of the hardest and most tedious part of my FYP. Had a great deal of satisfaction. After completing that, i went on to do some other stuff. Started on something new. Maybe this will keep me busy for another week or so. Left the school with 2 teammates still doing the work assigned to them. Really appreciate their commitment to the project. I promise, when we have completed our project, i shall give them a treat.

Today i am going to address to something that i think everyone should have. Privacy. To some, privacy can be something intimate, something that they don't want people to know or see. Others think that privacy is being alone and not called for anything. For me, i think that privacy what everyone have but it depends on the limit they set. One privacy i think everyone have but seldom use is the freedom of choice. I have my own choice. I do not have to be forced to take a choice that i don't like. Each of us have a choices to make to make our lives. It is wrong to diss another person's choices. It is like dissing him/her privacy. Even between relationships, there are bound to be a privacy limit. I don't think no relationship would be so opened that they know each other's secret. That would be something written out of a love story and everyone knows that love stories does not happen in this world. Privacy, a small word that means so much. SO DON'T POKE AROUND ANYMORE!! Muahahaha...

Don't Touch Anything!!

Yawnzzz...

Yeah... Today sure is boring... Chose the most boring elective that the school provided. Regrets? Definitely. All wednesdays will be boring for this semester. Finish the day with alot of things on hand to do. Lessons were done and over with. After that i had a compulsory briefing for my ITP (Internship Training Program). After that, i had to attend this student dialogue session where they question me and another person on why do we sign up to SP and not other Polys. Big issue, small and simple answer... Its near my home!! In the end, the whole room that consists of third year students, was only me and her. Funny thing was... They chose to ask us third year students where i have graudated from my secondary school two and a half years ago. Damn funny how SP works... Finished the dialouge session and i went over to the stationery shop to get my ammunition, i mean my pens as i'm running out of it. But the shop keeper said the manufacturer has no stock. Man, this sucks. So i have to depend on other pens again. Maybe one day i may get to use those sort of pens again. Strolled back home and got some R&R.

Less than 10 weeks more before we submit our FYP project. The stress level is rising every second. Even as im going to sleep, my mind is thinking of how to solve such problems. And when i got one, i quickly jot it down on a book. I would forgo sleep and rest for that idea to be written down and rather lose it and spend time thinking again. Sometimes i think too much and later i could not go to sleep. Not a very good way to pass my nights but this is how i operate when in pressure. Some of my friends will know that i don't show the stress out. My face always conceal what im thinking and what im suffering. A good thing or a bad thing... That is for you to find out and for me to know.

Hit by stress...

Sir!! Incoming Virus at 2 O'Clock!!

Man... Today was another day my com was attacked by viruses. Shouldn't have downloaded any artistic shows... Oopss... Spent the morning at home. A very bad diarrhea. Must be yesternite dinner or supper. Either way, it was unclean or my hands were unclean. Rested at home since i could not move my legs well. But my fingers were still alrite, so i excercised them by playing games on my PS2. Its been awhile since i spent some precious time with it. After some playing, i sat down, again, on my chair and my table. Started to think of ways to do my project. Thinking of ways to solve problems. Even without the screen and the codes, im able to visualise the problem and think of ways to solve it. Well... A 'Code Blueprint' is what i usually called it. When my ass got a little bit better, i went to school to join my teammates to continue our project. Improved on my work, but still a long way to go. Took some time off to have lunch. After that, it was all work and no play. Not even logging into e-Messenger. Work work... All the way till 6.45pm. Went home soon after.

My computer was under virus attack again. This time, my defence did not detect it as the old one crippled it and allow it to bypass my firewall!! Man, this infuriates me. In the end, i had to scan my computer countless times. Search for the virus and delete manually. I even had to restore my system. Did not like what i did. Its a little like operation to my computer. Hate doing that. Almost gave up and wanted to reformat my computer. That will be the worse of the worse to happen. Maybe one day i will do a total backup of my computer to another HDD. That way, my computer is save and my time can be spent on other things.

Damn you viruses...

Vigilante Driver

Simple meaning of the title says it all. Man, this is my first time driving at 70kph!! Haha... Usual morning stuff. No more construction noises. Better sleep. Went to school to start my project work. But realised that there were some technical problems. What a way to start a day!! So i rested and restarted my mood to do work. After some simple use of the computer, my teammates and i went for our breakfast. A long breakfast. We ate like as if nothing is important. Maybe the stress level is not there yet. After breakfast, we stroll our way back to the lab. What a lazy morning it is. Did some coding but not much... Usual monday blues. After that, i went for my final driving lesson of the semester. Finally some sharp turns. Not very good at it yet. Still got some practising to do. But the best part is... I drove outside at 70kph. Highest speed record till date!! Haha... After the driving lesson, i took a slow and winding bus trip back home. A very slow and winding road. But at least i got home in one transportation. Sat infront of my TV and watched some of the Olympics 2004. Track and Field games. Ate lunch late so i try not to eat that much. Watch the Simpsons later and after it ended, i went back to my com. ARGHZ!!! My com is sick!! Took like 3-4hrs to repair it. Finally i got rid of the virus. Im afraid that maybe other viruses will attack soon. Hope it is just the end of the virus attack.

Today while walking to the toilet, i overheard 2 guys talking about our national peddlar, Li Jiawei. Even though she did not win a medal for Singapore, but being 4th of the world is an achievement for her. She did all she could and we should be proud of her. The guys were talking how useless she were to get to the bronze finals and not winning anything back. They were saying how useless she is. Com'on she is ranked fourth in the Olympics. What more could you ask for? Maybe in the SEA games, she will emerge as the Gold Medalist. Im sure she can do it. Have hopes in her. She will be Numero Uno one day. Mark my words, those 2 idiots, she will win a gold medal one day.

Believe in her...

Robots of the world... UNITE!!

The construction site management kept their promise. No 0900hrs, no start work. So i had a quite a good wake up mood. Went to the usual busstop to take my bus to school. Something happened that pissed me off really. Almost lost my cool... I was waiting at the busstop when the bus came. Than the worse of the worse happened... The bloody bus driver just drove off. He stared at me when i stood at the edge of the busstop. At the momment, i almost lost my cool and pointed something at the bus. But i realise that this is Singapore, civilised people will deal with this civilly... Muahahaha... Let me see... Bus number plate, check. Bus number, check. Bus arrival time, check. Hmm... What can i do with all of this? Don't need to say much. In the end, i was late for my lesson and im being marked late. Not worth it... After lessons, i ate lunch with a clubmate. She is now the Welfare Officer. We had lunch and chatted together. Maybe in the future, we will be eating lunch on every thursday. Hope my friends that see me with HER will get MISUNDERSTOOD. Thank you my friends... After lunch, i went back to my computer lab to continue my project. When i walked in, i was shocked!! Where the hell are my teammates? I called one, no pick up. I called another, no pick up also. In the end, i got fed up and sat there and did my own stuff. A few minutes later, one of them called me and apologise. Im not a person that keep grudges long so i accepted his apology and waited for their arrival. Upon arriving, they apologise again and we started our work. No breaks were taken today. No 'makan' breaks that is... Other short breaks were given to them. Its an incentive for them for being so hardworking and really putting effort to complete the project. Around evening time, it was a long and tiring day for them. I can see that their minds were exhausted so i declared end of day for them. I stayed on for a couple more minutes to complete my part of the work. Completed like 50% of the assigned worked. By end of tmr, i shall complete everything. I knock off soon after i closed all the programs that i opened.

Today while having a short break. I decided to browse around for any new robots that i like. Than this monstrosity caught my eye. A huge humanoid robot that carried 2 laser sabres at the back, hung 3 long swords at the each side, attached to left arm are shurikens and flying daggers, to his right is a laser cannon and held in each hand are guns that can blow a new holes for his enemies. I looked at the robot design and im like in awe. But truthfully, how can a robot carry this much stuff?? Just look at the armoury this guy is holding? I wonder how fast can he move? But just looking at the weapons he is holding is a miricle that such a machine can carry that much. But the that thing cost $200 plus... I sure like it, but i think it is too expensive and too unreasonable. I got a few robots currently now sitting and standing in my room. Some people say that im still a child, playing with all this toys. But what i see them are displays. Dreams and visions of the future. One day, maybe one day we can have gigantic robots walking on earth. Not for war but for other purposes like construction, fire fighting and even disaster assistance. But before we enter that age, that era... I shall marvel at the concept designs that are found everywhere and enjoy the art pieces that populate my room.

Human + robot = ???

Boring Boring Boring Day

Today was not a very intresting day. Nothing intresting happened. All was boring and it was one of the boring-est day this week. Woke up with only a few hours of sleep. Very tired but still had to go school for lesson. Frist lesson was boring. Teaches us something that we have learnt during our 1st year. Boring is one big word to describe. After that, i went for other lesons. All were lessons... Some were okie, some were dead boring. After lessons... I went for my lunch. Bored of eating in school. FOr the past 6 weeks... I have been eating breakfast and lunch at school. Bored of it totally... After lunch, i left for home. Did not have much to do either... Catch my favourite Simpsons show and went for a shut eye later.

Same old boring day...

Today was no different form any other day. I spent it in school and nothing much happens as i did the usual, FYP and more FYP. One thing that differs from other days is i wrote another love letter. Written it in class and had it read to the entire class. Was not a very good one, but i expressed my feelings in words. Maybe my words are too difficult to understand. Maybe one day i may write a very good one and give it to the girl im in love with. When i declared its time to knock-off from school and go back to our normal lives, i realised i needed some stationery. So i hopped on a bus and went to the nearest Stationery shop. Must be some luck... I did not find my pens neither did i find my special erasers. But i would not give up, so i took another bus and went to another stationery shop. While on the bus, i met up with a friend. He was on his way to giving tuition at a nearby condominium. We chatted and talked about our diffculties and our fate. I alighted earlier than him. So i continued my hunt for stationery. Alas... I could not find my objective and i ended buying another kind of eraser to reload my erazer (there is a difference!!). Before leaving the building, i went to rent a movie as it has been some time i have seen a good movie. Went in grabbed one and left quickly. Title of the DVD; Big Fish. Yeah, i've seen it before, but its still a great movie. It is one movie that will accompany me through my life and i will remember it. One thing i will always carry with me after watching is that life is as beautiful as each person sees it. No two person sees a thing the same and will articulate totally the same. Some may belt out facts, boring and true. But some, some will weave stories and add magic to them to make them intresting. Whatever the ending is, the main message is get acrossed to the targeted audience.

Fact or Fiction...

Exchange a few days??

Who would like to exchange a few days with me? Would give a million bucks to exchange a few days of R&R... Woke up feeling tired. The mind is willing but the flesh is weak. So i dragged my tired body to the bathroom to wash up. Set off soon after. Went school in a cheery mood. Started work soon after. Had breakfast later and continued to do work. Halfway, i left my group to do another project. Man, another boring project. So we slog it out and quicly cleared it. Went back to my group to continue my work. Had a very frustrating time. Could not pass the hurdle i met. Keep staying at the same point. Didn't know what to do. So i had to shut the com down and went home to rest my brain.

I think a few days of rest would perk me up. Im like always feeling so tired and lethargic. Not only that, i have more and more work piled up on me as each passing day. I can't seem to clear them as i move on. Maybe that is the way or that is the usual lifestyle of a typical Year3. Before you graduate, they force you with all kinds of things and make sure you die of suffocation. After that, they pump you with alot of information and stuff before letting you leave the institution offically. I mean... Is this how our poly grad must go through? It is like a tradition. Every poly student must pass it to be considered a graduate from poly. But one thing you will notice is that we are trained to be able to handle stress better than other people. We are being trained to get used to the outside world and understand the ups and downs of a office worker. It is here where we learn to do what we will be doing for the rest of our lives. Some of us may not agree with what i said, but no matter how you argue...We are trained to fit into the working world. This is our advantage over other people. Maybe one day i will reflect on this gruesome days and laugh at those 'O' level graudates for choosing poly as their higher learning.

Wanting to switch...

Phase II commence...

Team Member: Sir, we have completed and achieved good results for our phase I of the mission. What shall we do next, sir?

Team Leader (That's me!!): Well... Looking at how our objectives are met in our phase I, i believe we are able to start phase II. All hands on deck! We shall begin phase II now. Set a course to finish all the coding and designing. Full speed ahead. Let's finish before expected time.

Team Members: Aye Aye Sir!!

Nay... Nothing of such happened. Dun think it will happen ever. Haha... Wished it was that exciting. But i have started our 2nd phase of my FYP. It is time for nightmares to begin. Today i had 3 major events. Morning, noon and night. During the morning, i met up with my teammates and we continued our phase II. It is a looooooonnnng time since i touched programming. Needed sometime to get use to the pressure and stress. Especially the shortcuts and the rules of the language. Had to leave school as i had a driving lesson in the afternoon. Went there to drive round and round and left the school to the outside world. Boy, it was fun driving outside. But very dangerous. Good thing the instructor had a brake pad, else i do not know what castatrophic accidents will happen. After the end of the lesson, i headed back to school. Wanted to find my teammates but they could not be found. Alas, i went on and headed for club. Before going there, i went elsewhere to find a lady. This lady is very powerful, she is the Liason Officer for Student Clubs. Short, she is the Clubs' sub head. Wanted to ask her if im able to get CCA points for helpers and orgainsers of my event. But she wasn't there. Kinda dissapointed but still alright. Sat in the club and relaxed my mind of the stress and pressure. After that, i went to meet my friends at a train station. Boy... I waited and waited and waited. I waited for 90mins for 2 gals that i dun have any intrest in. For those that know me, they will know that i will wait till end of time if i arranged a date with a gal. But since these 2 gals are kinda close with me... I shall forgive them this time. Waited from daylight till night... So we went to my senior's 21st birthday party. Had some fun but wasn't as good as expected. Still think i have some gap with them. Don't want to elaborate more, too much is bad for my health.

Nothing much to say as it is very early (Look at the entry time). Maybe i will talk more on monday. When im well rested and fully charged.

Mission to success...

Presentation Cleared

A big load have taken off my shoulders. Now feeling rather light and stressless, but it won't be long... Woke up earlier than usual as i could not sleep. Don't know why, maybe too nervous and anxious. Daily routine and stuff... Wore formal clothing again... Like going to Raffles Place to work. Arrived early for lesson, and as usual... The lecturer came late again. Always we waiting for him and not him waiting for us. Anyway, my teammates did not come at all. So i thought they skipped the lesson together. Damn them... Never gave me info to skip... After that, it was the usual lessons. One thing i learn is get close to lecturers to get build up relationship with them. But getting to know them will put oneself in dangerous postitions. I was nominated, with a gun pointing to my head, to be my module class representative. She kept enphasising that these people will get more General Points (GP). But max cap is 10. And she like give it freely every lesson, i think some of the noisy classes that pariticipated actively got like thousand over points. No matter what... Im still the unlucky one. As if i had not enough things to do on hand currently. Started on my project on the same module. Had some problems importing the data into the software. I almost killed my teammate as she forgot to close the other program before importing to the other software. Lunch came swiftly and go swiftly too. I met up with my teammates and we added some details into our presentation slides. Not long later... We went for our presentation. It was rather exciting. Not because this is the first time presenting but the first time presenting something that we did not do before. Totally new. No copycats. I think that is enough to elborate my point. Well... Everything works well and we did not have any major problems. After that, we seperated and i accompanied my ex-Treasurer to the club to take a look at things. Update ourselves on the happening of the club and also take some time off on the stress. Went home after settling on the stuff on hand.

The presentation was something that all of us are very nervous of. We did our best and we presented what we wanted the lecturers to know. Although at the end we got comments on our project, one thing that still pissed me off is the communications between my Supervisors. They are 2 sides of a coin. Although they are our Supp, they talk totally different things. Before the start of my presentation, one of them said not to put any diagrams in the presentation slides. After the entire presentation has ended, the other Supp asked us what happened to all the diagrams. We were like, '?!?!?!' Arghz... Both are good lecturers and both are helping us alot, but they do not seem to have the communication and the understanding of each other. As the leader of the group, im still kinda pissed at this point. 6 weeks have passed and they are still this way. Think the coming weeks, i shall only contact one of them. Don't know what they are trying to do to us...

Objective one met...

The Interview

Thank god my VP called me. If she did not do that, i guess im gonna be late. But i think she called twice. Cos when i picked up the phone... Well... Let's skip that. Brush teeth, wear my formal clothing and leather shoes. Boy, i looked like a businessman. White collar worker. I walked as if im going to Raffles Place. But... Im actually going to school to attend an interview test. Man... It was short. Maybe my interview wasn't that great. But it was shorter than my teammates. Kind of excited and dumbfounded at times. But i smoked my way through. Haha... Breakfast was all i think of after the test. Ate and went to back to lab to continue our presentation. Did up on our powerpoint slides and rehearse for the first time. Wasn't a really good timing. But we are different. We want to be different. Maybe the difference is scaring us. Ended the rehearsal soon and we seperated our ways. Had to meet up with some friends from Quests Inc. (an open adventurers club) to discuss about future events and where we want to do. Last minute and i was really tired. After the meeting, I went back home to rest and catch some shut eye. Had very little sleep the previous night.

Something that my lecturer told me after the interview:
L: Eh... Your position you are looking for is very high leh. You are just a fresh graudate and you want to be head ar?

Me: Not really lah. Since i want to do e-commerce stuff, dan that is the only one i can find. So might as well take it loh.

L: Next time when u looking for job, dun find such high level. Chances of getting it is very low for a grad like you.

Me: Okie... (Bloody hell... Fresh grad cannot be head la?!?!)

After he said that, i left the room and my friend went in for his interview. Did not have much to talk with him anyways. I don't really take this interview for real as my plans for the future is not to find a job after i graduate. I intend to finish my National Service (NS) as fast as possible and continue to study after that. After i get my degree, than i will search for a job. But i think my degree that im pursuing won't be related to my course of study now. But who cares... It's my dream and i live to dream. One day... Just one day... I will create a game that receives an award that is internationally known; Game of the Year Award.

Interview is sucky...

Happy Birthday SG!!

What a lazy morning i had. Woke up really late. Nothing much to rush so i did things rather slowly. Ate breakfast slowly, changed slowly and bathed slowly. All things done slowly. It is so relax to do things at my own pace. After that, i came back to prepare my presentation for my project. Did not have much concentration to do it. So i went for a swim. Man, the water is so damn cold. Put shivers down my spine. Swam and swam... Been long since i ever swim that much. A long bath was taken after that too. Played some games and totally forgotten about my preparations. But since did not do... Whatever la... Had dinner elsewhere as my uncle gave us a treat. Skipped the whole National Day Parade (NDP). After dinner is home sweet home.

A big congratulations to my country. My motherland. It is her 39th birthday and we are celebrating in style!! No more just simple display of stuff and such. But this time we had a sub event, the fireworks event or something. Attracted dozens of and dozens of crowds and people to see a 5 min fireworks display. Yes... 5 mins. I can see each of you reading this thinking, 'Haha... Stupid people.' Not to offend any of my friends that were there, but you should feel quite dumb to squeeze like crazy for a 5min fireworks display. No matter what... Still a very different celebration for the nation.

Onward and Forward...

Motivation Needed... Badly...

Late for lessons again... This time same as yesterday... Attendence taken at the end of lesson. Should have woken up at 8am, but a message shattered my dream. After shutting up the phone, i went back to sleep. A very bad mistake... In the end, woke up at 8.10am. ARGHZ!!! Rush rush rush... Arrived to class 15mins late. If that bus driver drove a tat faster... Maybe i would be 10mins late. Anyways, i continued my day. It was really boring. Feel so sleepy throughout the day. Almost fell asleep during lesson time. But held on to stay awake. After that was lunch. Had lunch with a friend from SCS. He came over to present and hold a roadshow for another event. One that i don't wish to be involved. Well... Since he came over, might as well play host and join him for lunch. Got him a cup of coke and talked about stuff. Told me how the his school operates and stuff. Had some laughs together too.After lunch, he headed to his destination to prepare for his roadshow while i went back for more lessons. Attended this lesson where we had no motivation to do our project. Sat there just to let time pass... Wonder what will happen to our project. Maybe that is the lifestyle of final year students. It eneded rather fruitless... But my teammates were like not giving a care. Maybe after sometime they will start to care. Went out of school to go for a haircut. Usually there would be a young girl, around my age, to wash my hair. She is very good at it. We even had common topics to converse. But today, it was a guy. I guess he is a trainee or a under-study. He washed my hair without much experience and had no courage to speak loudly. His voice sounded so timid. Maybe its his 1st day. But he is still good. Trained from a school, must be of some standard. My hair stylist came after the wash to fix up my messy hair. Same old style. She asked me whether i want to add colour to my head. I don't think i want to do it there. Its just so costly to get her to do it. Maybe i get my friend to help me. Wash, cut, rinse and style. End of haircut process. Proceeded back to school to attend a meeting. Even though i have stepped down, i still feel for the club. I guess there are some people still trying to add their influences in the club. Its a he. Just don't want him to take over from the MC. Maybe one day i should talk to them to get them to be more independent. Meeting ended rather late. So when we went back home, we had to squeeze our way into the public trains. But don't expect much from cheap transportation.

Man... If my project continues to be undone, nobody cares. I think im going to go crazy soon. I guess we have no motivation and we do not see a need to complete that project. One thing that i think is we need girls in our team. They are the menticulous gender and im sure the guys wont want them to get angry. Big mistake... Now our team are like lost sheeps. Wondering what to do and does not know what is happening. I think we shall get some people to do this project and some to concentrate more on other things. I may have to sacrifice here and there. Maybe less sleep and more work?? Its something i have to balance up.

I have decided to dedicate this to my club's current Welfare Officer. She today just got played out by the 'fake freshie'. Every year we have this happening to them. I knew of the trick so i decided not to get any of the contacts to call. In case im got hold of one of them. In the end... She is the lucky gal. Before they distribute, i was like thinking who will get played out. Didn't expect her to be the one. Hahaha....

Motivate me please...

Presenting a Presentation

What do you need for a good presentation?? Well... Tell you more when u continue reading. Was a very tiresome day. Woke up by my phone. It was 7.30am than... Since initial wake up time is 8am, i continue slping. In the end, i woke up late. So i went for lesson late again. But when i arrived, lesson not started and im not the one that is late. Im like early. That feels abit good. Well, lesson as usual. BORING!! In the middle, we had a test. Not a very good one. Did not put in my best... Guess the results will be not my best either. After the test, we are suppose to put our names for our timeslot for an interview test. So... Alot of things happened and then... Conflicts started out of nowhere. Than my team shatters into pieces of glass. Well.. The happy times were broken like that because of a timetable. It took some time for the pieces to glue back and form a nice piece of glass. As soon they settled their differences, we got back to our work. Had to redo our presentation slides. Tedious work, but somebody got to do it. Settled that once and for all. Went to town area to look at the clothing required for our presentation. Guys were simple, get a colour and style we like. Pay for it and go. For the girls... Well... They do the 1st and 2nd step more often than the last. I have to admit that makes them the biggest difference between girls and guys. Went home on a bus trip back home. Was a rather long trip, but it normal for us.

I had my team's presentation slides totally striked off for redo as what we did was not required. Was a little sad at the start and frustrated too. In the end, we had to summarise our points on powerpoint and present using speech more often. So we sat down, discussed what is needed and such. Summarise all your major points. When presenting a project to a client, make sure he understands what your system is and what you are doing. It does not matter whether the server has more than 200GB of space. All he wants to know is what the hell are you doing and what is the final product. So we have to summarise things. Listed is an example:


PPT slide:
- Member uses message system.

Speech:
our system will allow members to use our internal messaging system to send private messages to one another. initially, we thinking of just sending messages via email, but that will be out of our boundary. Also, a private messaging system will improve on the communication between members.

Well... If this does not help, i guess we might as well forgo our 10% on presentation and focus more on the programming part of our project. Maybe in life, presenting oneself and presenting is one important aspect in life. It is a life skill. Some are born with it, some are trained in it. With practice and perfection to errors, im sure everyone can present like a pro.

Training on presentation...