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Saturday, 6th March 2004

Posted By Lester Chan at 23:07 in Blog

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Woke up and it is still so dark, 6.20am. I doubt any of you woke up earlier than me. Mom fetch me to NYP reached there around 7.45am after having breakfast at Ang Mo Kio Central.

They started quite early and I was the first one to register but the third one to reach, because I was in front when they say you can start registering. We started 30 minutes late instead of 9am we started at 9.30am, I think must be because of those damm late comers. They informed us to come at 8am and actually the registration starts at 8.30am, but seems to me that 30 minutes grace period is not enough.

My sit was B02, and I was in the tutorial room where they split A and B people. Was there for more than an hour. There is this guy from NP who is damm bloody talkative, he was early so he came in early and he chatted his friend throughout the whole hour. I have no problem with him being talkative but he talk damm bloody loud and was disturbing the peace and quietness of the room and the worst part he is sitting 2 sits away from me. Feel like telling him to shut the fuck up.

When there is bad, there is also good. There is this girl, I think her name is WeeMin, from NYP sitting in front of me. She is the chioest or rather cutest looking girl among all the girls in this competition. I think she is our age accompany to my friend who is studying in NYP.

The first session was 4 hours, followed by the 30 minutes free lousy lunch, followed by another 4 hours. The lunch is free and it sucks, I rather pay to get better food instead, still can’t imagine some guys actually eat 2 rounds, while I cannot even finish mine share.

The two word to describe the computer lab is freezing cold. Throughout the 2 sessions, the only phrase I said was “go toilet”, it was so cold that I have to go a few times for each session. I feel like a prisoner when going to the toilet because there is a person following you like a guard.

Lots of food stuffs are given during the 2 sessions. Coffee, tea, mineral water, cakes, sweets and kueys. I did not take any of that because I hardly have time to finish the website, let alone eating.

My computer is good, didn’t hang or crash throughout the 8 hours.

At 6pm, like what LiXiang said, I became relieved. I will not qualify, that is a confirm because I only finish 90% of it and I doubt many actually finishes it. It was just so much to do within this 8 hours, and I feel so helpless without the Internet and for that 8 hours Dreamweaver is my best friend.

Our topic was to create a CMS plus frontend website for Asian Aerospace. The CMS is easy, there are 3 sections to it. Add/Edit/Delete News, Add/Edit/Delete Users, View Statistic. I managed to finished the News and Users section but not the Statistic section. For the frontend, I finished everything beside to create a pop-up disclaimer window. I just need another 2 hours to complete the whole thing. But I believe Hang Wei can finished it on time and it is SP lost not to nominate him for this competition.

Thumbs up to NYP. They played a very good host at the WSC. Everything went on smoothly.

I must say this, my mom bought back Mee Rubus and Mee Soto from Bedok. It is recommend by Makansutra. The Mee Rubus tastes godly, it is the best I have ever eaten.

And yes, I am officially sick of programming.

20 Comments

urbanfire

Comment #1

00:34
Sunday, 7th March 2004

u sick of programming?! that’s the first..

GaMerZ

Comment #2

01:34
Sunday, 7th March 2004

yes, hahah, shall not touch for a few days, need to wush my log book first.

syed

Comment #3

19:59
Sunday, 7th March 2004

hi.. just wan to let ya know, my new url is http://www.beezler.blogspot.com

GaMerZ

Comment #4

20:52
Sunday, 7th March 2004

Okied Updated.

Comment #5

01:19
Monday, 8th March 2004

Erm… FYI, SP did not nominate me for a good reason. I told Christopher straight that I don’t want to go. He had doubts of my ability because I always didn’t go for the workshop and the only time I went, I ran away half time. So, I simply told him, since you don’t believe in me, I might as well not go.

As far as whether can finish the test on time, erm… I don’t know the complexity and requirements, not to mention the temperature of the room and other significant factors like my emotional status, my health, hunger status, amount of sleep the other day, whether I ate too much sour plum the day before and more…

Actually, I just don’t want to say how long I will take to complete something like that. People might start to think I’m so ‘hao lian’ again.

Comment #6

09:11
Monday, 8th March 2004

Ap… i sure if u go, can finish in 4hrs….looked at ur old old old…2week task u took 1day nia…u power! but then…expected lah…

Lester… can lah, 90% liao…just dun think about it liao lor, if get selected take it as surprise gift, if not take it as exposure^^ xixixix…

anyway….i seriously not sure if to continue in IT field!

AP: u going to U? if yes wat course u taking?

NO IDEA WHAT TO DO IN FUTURE~~ ONLY TOUR IS IN MY MIND~~

emtaddbel

Comment #7

11:44
Monday, 8th March 2004

I was in the same lab as u… I agree with u, the food sucks and the room was freezin cold . Brrr

GaMerZ

Comment #8

14:08
Monday, 8th March 2004

AP: I have faith in you one, you can sure complete in time. =D

ET: Haha. Thanks =D

Haha I book for NTU/NUS liao.

emtaddbel: LOL, by the way you are?

emtaddbel

Comment #9

14:48
Monday, 8th March 2004

Actually we don’t know each other. I happened to get into ur site bcoz I was searchin for site related to the competition. Anyway I was sitting @ the other end of the lab. =)

GaMerZ

Comment #10

15:03
Monday, 8th March 2004

emtaddbel: ooo, I see, can I know your name?

Comment #11

16:53
Monday, 8th March 2004

Gamerz, I hate you man… I typed out whole chunk of crap, then click ‘Post Comment!’, then says I did not fill out name and email, then I lost everything I typed le. At least make it redirect back to the same page and preserve the original stuff I type mah.

ET: I might or might not be going to Uni, depending on ‘after NS’ circumstances, but I will most probably register for it. Regarding the course, should pick more seriously this time, instead of picking the first course I see like for poly. My current personal preference got to be economics. IT is too easy, so thought of finding something to challenge myself.

Gamerz: I’m actually quite surprised that the scope is so small, since it does not really test in depth to a person’s capability to program. Maybe it’s web design after all. A good programmer gets more useful as the complexity of the application increases. For example, ‘Hello World’ is basically a test of typing speed, but when it comes to recursive functions and complex table joins with 5 to 6 tables, thinking is required more than typing and a good programmer can do that same task 10 times or even infinitely faster and of course, come up with neater, shorter and often more efficient codes.

syed

Comment #12

18:15
Monday, 8th March 2004

so is it a must now..to take SATs? im trying to enquire NTU ..dunno where it’s possible. Since it’s totally out of our field, IT. It’s Communication studies im trying to enroll in.

GaMerZ

Comment #13

18:45
Monday, 8th March 2004

AP: Ops sorry, is not my fault, I did not create this blog. I took away the Javascript validation because some of them don’t want email validation, guess I have to do it again. I agreed with that.

syed: No need SAT unless u going SMU or SIM

Comment #14

20:50
Monday, 8th March 2004

Gamerz: How do I register for NUS or NTU and by when do I have to register?

Comment #15

20:55
Monday, 8th March 2004

wah! I just noticed you were asking for donations sia at a small corner sia. Seriously speaking, you need donations? Most likely you should donate to us, instead of the other way round sia.

GaMerZ

Comment #16