CS3214 - a person's perspective

i thought since the project has ended, i should just look forward to the exams and get it done and over with.

however i still feel strongly about the paperwork.

finally.... CS3214 has reached an ultra climax

this week is going to end. It was close to living in hell since sunday night.

so many nights burnt in office and lesser in school. Let's see what i did (amazing stuff highlighted in red):

- Sunday: went back office in the afternoon, code code code till forgot what time
- Monday: started work at 5pm + code code code till 5.30am
- Tuesday: reached school at 12pm, partial code integration then code code code till 11.30pm
- Wednesday: code code code + GEK test at 6pm + code code code till 9am next day
- Thursday: reached school at 2pm + code code code + study for test till 4am
- Friday: CS2250 test at 12pm + CS3214 submission (YES!) at 3pm
- Saturday: typing here at 3.30am

i have to admit that procrastination caused me agony this week. It's purely luck and a good foundation for my Java code that i was able to finish my CS3214 on time.

there were really worse moments, where i nearly broke down and wanted to punch somebody to vent my anger. It was on wed night, when i finished my GEK. The test questions were ok (50 MCQs), but i didn't study. Serious, i didn't study when the test was 50% of my module grade. Foolish but true, and it caused me some invisible stress later.

never mind, just answered the questions and left in 1 hour. Didn't want to brood over it, then went back to my "coding room" to code. Then i was at the desk coding from 8pm to 9am, with a midnight supper at NUH at 2am. At 6am, i was about to be done with my Manpower codes when my security enforcement code FAILED! Imagine the stress when i told CH that my enforcement worked, then it failed after. Furthermore i was really exhausted because i didn't sleep. Kelvin told me to hang on. It was the worst moment of my life after many years, excluding BMT in the army. I had an urge to take a cigarette from him and go out and smoke. Wow, i still cannot believe myself. And i didn't do it either.

solved it, went back to sleep at 10.30am. Then after 3 hrs of sleep, received a call from them on how to implement the security enforcement code. They know me well especially zw and steve, my temper was downright shitty during the call. I tried to hide it but it wasn't that good still. Sorry my friends... we have all suffered much. Especially for KO and Wang Yu who didn't go back home when i did, and stayed for ~36 hours without sleeping.

CS2250's test was also pure luck. Didn't study until Thursday midnight. That same night, i took out my GEK test paper and marked it against the correct answers. Nearly tore up the paper, but i threw it off my table instead. The only difference between me and my mates was that i studied 11 research articles since week 1, and it really helped in the test. What's another high for me, i slept till 11.30am and test was at 12pm. Stress upon stress.

submission for CS3214 was rather ok, except where Waixin found that one of his page broke at 15 mins before submission. 3 of us looked so panicky, luckily CH was very accommodating.

initially we thought the SQL statement had some problem. It read like this -

SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE ... BY ORDER ...

saw the error? Anyway the code still didn't work until many minutes after 3pm =x


now the pictures.

the tense night before my stress level rose

Presenting our team members

We bullied this aircon controller and it roared cold air after


Steve's notes for CS2250 - hardworking chap

The submission "package"

Crowd outside CH's room at 3pm

Peer review and code boxes, with chocolates. Nice of CH.

I liked this poster.

just now was dinner with zw and steve at bugis. We had no intention to roam around, but we wanted a breather after cooping up in the "coding room" for days. After dinner was a walkround in Simlim, where we discovered the ultra low RAM price (1GB = $39). Steve went for a 2GB microSD instead, since i thought he needed that more for his Navigator.

dinner II was with my usual hangouts. It was a usual friday evening at millenia's coffeebean.


some pictures i took when i went sakae last weekend - new menu to reflect new prices:

New menu again. The previous menu was roughly a year plus old only

This time there are many words for the preface

Sashimi moriwase

My favourite nabemono dishes

The fried stuff

I think this is new, or taken from their teppanyaki?

Pumpkin chawanmushi was taken out.

Not sure whether there are changes here

New sushi segment costing $8 (!)

The price of red plates dropped, but they removed 1 of my hana maki. -.-"

I think this is new.

=)

it's nearly over

come'on zm, you can do it!

details of my excruciating week to come.

phone for mum

queue at Hello! shop was torturous! But i didn't want any other days to go down, so i slacked at cwp for 2 good hours to get to my turn.

got a SIM card, with Singtel iOne Value plan and a choice number for mum. Initially the salesperson could only find xxxx 0800, but i wanted xxxx 0080 more. Luckily he tried harder and got something. Furthermore, the first four digits nearly coincides with her IC number. She was so happy when i told her the new number. *4D* *4D*

time for my brother to get a number ending with 0080. We will be a family of 0080s, minus my pa who doesn't want a hp. lolz....

next is to get her a phone. She prefers using Nokia 3310 though, alamak. I'm thinking of a Samsung C520. Budget yet good enough for her. At least she can close the clamshell (and stop all operations) when she gets lost in it.


i'm so tired now... so bored that i went to the server room nearby my office, and shifted 2 aircon vents to direct airflow to the more powerful servers. The last time i did this nonsense was almost a year ago. Next time when any nypian pass by the server room and see the neat rows of aircon vents on the floor, thank me. lolz....

someone should just kill me. So i need not study for tests, exams and forget about CS3214 eternally. Yawn...

Jay - On The Run 牛仔很忙

i found tracks 2, 5 and 7 nice. Can't wait for 蒲公英的约定's mv to be released.

彩虹 (Rainbow)


哪里有彩虹告诉我　能不能把我的愿望还给我
为什么天这么安静　所有的云都跑到我这里

※有没有口罩一个给我　释怀说了太多就成真不了
　也许时间是一种解药　也是我现在正服下的毒药

＃看不见你的笑我怎么睡得着　你的声音这么近我却抱不到
　没有地球　太阳还是会绕　没有理由　我也能自己走

＊你要离开　我知道很简单　你说依赖　是我们的阻碍
　就算放开　但能不能别没收我的爱　当作我最后才明白

Repeat ※,＃,＊

(Rap)
看不见你的笑　要我怎么睡的着　你的声音这么近我却抱不到
没有地球太阳还是会绕会绕　没有理由我也能自己走掉
释怀说了太多就成真不了
也许时间是一种解药解药　也是我现在正服下的毒药



蒲公英的约定

小学篱芭旁的蒲公英　是记忆里有味道的风景
午睡CAO场传来蝉的声音　多少年后也还是很好听

将愿望折纸飞机寄成信　因为我们等不到那流星
认真投决定命运的硬币　却不知道到底能去哪里

＃一起长大的约定　那样清晰　打过勾的我相信
　说好要一起旅行　是你如今　唯一坚持的任性

在走廊上罚站打手心　我们却注意窗边的蜻蜓
我去到哪里你都跟很紧　很多的梦在等待着进行

Repeat ＃

一起长大的约定　那样真心　与你聊不完的曾经
而我已经分不清　你是友情　还是错过的爱情



我不配


这街上太拥挤　太多人有秘密　玻璃上有雾气在被隐藏起过去
你脸上的情绪　在还原那场雨　这巷弄太过弯曲走不回故事里

这日子不再绿　又斑驳了几句　剩下搬空回忆的我在大房子里
电影院的座椅　隔遥远的距离　感情没有对手戏你跟自己下棋

还来不及仔仔细细写下你的关于
描述我如何爱你　你却微笑的离我而去

＃这感觉　已经不对　我努力在挽回
　一些些　应该体贴的感觉　我没给
　你嘟嘴　许的愿望很卑微　在妥协
　是我忽略　你不过要人陪

＊这感觉　已经不对　我最后才了解
　一页页　不忍翻阅的情节　你好累
　你默背　为我掉过几次泪　多憔悴
　而我心碎你受罪　你的美　我不配

Repeat all once

Repeat ＃,＊

校花校草 II

2 months ago i blogged about Hey! Gorgeous coming to NUS.

it's so fast, time flies! The 1st semi-finals was aired on Monday.

although i was working night shift, i have to thank peeps from HWZ for spreading the good stuff.

Miss NUS (Rachel), Miss NP (Angelia), Miss TP (Beatrice),
Miss SP (Cherie), Miss SIM (Peiling) and Miss NYP (Wen Tao)

of course the votes were evenly split after talking to zw. lolz... i'll always prefer girls of my type.

too bad Cherie stands a lower chance as she lost out in Round 2 and 3. Round 3 wasn't her fault, but the team leader (Mr NP, Jerald) kind of got too complacent and forgot about his mates. Her marks suffered a bigger dent. Sigh =(

luckily Angelia has topped this round, she's my favourite =x Both of them are unlikely to win, because Peggy and Beatrice has really got the charisma to wow the public. Peggy's confidence is really thumbs up.

for the grasses i'll put my vote for this round on Lloyd. I'd guess army men are really faring better, especially where teamwork is concerned.

was closing the LT, this was my usual seat for 3 good years

dinner just now at Arts Deck - Si Chuan stall

we didn't plan to have dinner at the Sichuan stall, in fact we were decided on BK and then the economy rice stall since budget was more important. Then we saw so many people having mini steamboats. And the ingredients are really generous, everything for $5.00 only! Better than Beach Road in terms of utility value.

Yum. $5/set.

Of course we ate like hungry ghosts =x


CPU Upgrade for my brother's rig

the CPU is undergoing stress test @ 2.34GHz, a 600MHz overclock from the stock speed of 1.73GHz. Not bad if you ask me.

china scammers 中国诈骗集团

apparently there is a new way to trick people who fears the law.

SPF has issued a media release for this scam:

Police would like to alert the public of a phone scam where callers impersonate themselves as police officers or staff from the Supreme Court. The impersonators would direct them to attend court or request for transfer of monies and attempt to induce their victims into parting with money, presumably to exonerate them from involvement in criminal cases or for failure to attend court hearings. In reality, the victims were not involved in any such criminal or court proceedings.

Over the past 3 weeks, Police have received 35 reports by victims who have received such calls, of which a victim have parted with about S$10,000.

During the course of Police work, investigators will sometimes inform members of the public over the phone on Court dates and appointments at the police station for police statements. However, police will never ask for money to be deposited into a bank account. If such requests for property deposits or personal information disclosure are received, they should be reported to the police immediately.

They may take different forms but these scams are designed to cheat victims into parting with their money. The public is advised to be wary. When in doubt, the public is advised to verify the caller's identity with the agency or organisation the caller claims to be from.

looks like many Singaporeans are taking them for a ride too, as more and more become aware of such scams.

2 real experiences here and here. Time to inform my parents because the elderly are very vulnerable to these scare tactics.

once again i have no issue with Chinese nationals in general, many of them are extremely courteous and kind-minded. My past 2 visits to China were by and large pleasant, except for a few touts targeting tourists on the streets. The tour leader in charge of our China itinerary was a gentleman who had much historical knowledge and love for his country, in particular. The more unfortunate (scammers) probably have financial difficulties because of the enormous population and limited employment opportunities, but as usual i hate dishonest people, as anybody else. 2 wrongs doesn't make a right.

stress

long time never blog. Or is it?

racing to finish up my manpower module before the 11th. Is it possible? Not too sure, gotta try. Internally i feel if i give up some sleep and have better discipline, i can. Since i designed the entities, screen flow myself there's more leeway to do stuff (and anyhow do =x).

just before the final system release submission on the 16th, zw and i will have a test on the GEK1531 module - 50%! Cannot afford to lose out since the stakes are really high. The sample mcqs aren't easy either. zz.

after the final system release presentation on the 20th, there's another written test for CS2250 in that week. Argh... that's the study week man! And my birthday week!!! *slap forehead*


just came back from work, was helping a colleague from EI to setup CL 7, which was disused for some time. I remember having lab classes in it as a student back in 2000, before it was closed and used as a specialist lab and more recently, a tutorial room. So it's finally being setup as a regular computer lab once again after 7 years =)

as SIT(EI) finally merges with us, there will be more to expect in the months ahead - staffing, facilities and teaching content have to come together as well. For me, i'll just concentrate at my spot. But definitely render my help to anyone without any prejudice too. My intention is to get things functioning, not to "play" the stage.


just read the thread at HWZ for k850i, comments aren't kind and exceptionally critical of it. I think i'll hold on my purchase for an improved firmware, or better still k860i or such. I don't see myself going back to Windows Mobile based PDAs soon, because of phone stability and bugs. There are no credible brand names as well (i don't really like HTC/Dopod). Maybe i can consider the Symbian based SE P1i? lolz... the indecisive me.

recently, the forum's popular topics include

- Sunshine Empire - the director from Sunshine Empire is just a loudmouth imo. In another words, a tua kang. Now he has to mop up the mess created by his air. There are no free lunches in this world, remember? To put it legally, it's still considered an investment but a high risk one. Same goes for the swiss cash shit.

i don't mind if rich people go in and burn their money, after all the current economy is so good that they don't mind the risk. But i mind if they are targeting old folks with an intention to cheat. If any of them comes near my parents, i'll fling my toilet brush at them. I detest people who are educated yet don't work honestly, and yet attempt to turn black into white. f**k.

- Blk 852 Woodlands - the famous empty block. Apparently it was already ghostly before the SARS episode, because it was empty for 10+ years. There wasn't any SARS in 1997.

- Our Prime Minister discovered that MRT trains are crowded, when he peered at it from CTE. And also, our Minister Mentor claiming that he can reach any point in Singapore in 20 minutes. Is he referring to Singapore in the 1950s? Or probably he is using this -

Yeah, in 20 minutes...

- Tatarah.com.sg - is there a catch somewhere?

i want my CPR!!!! hahaha...