Goal Setting

What do I want to achieve in year2/sem1/2009 ?

• I want my GPA to be at least 4.0
• I want to be damn good at programming
• I want to think like a programmer
• I want to be damn creative an innovative
• I want to synchronize my thoughts with my goals

Where do you want to do you Industrial Training(ITP) ?

SP will offer overseas ITP as well as local ITP . For OITP , your GPA must be outstanding . Local ITP also good if they assign you to a good company based on your result . My ITP period will be on this coming september for 6 weeks .
Well , I pray for the best choice for me.

What do you want to achieve in your second year ?

• To be able to eliminate my competitors
• To be in the top 5% of Computer Engineering students

What do you want to get everyday ?

• Bless from Allah
• Happiness
• Wisdom
  

Cerita Hati

A few days ago , I came across this song which gave me a strange feelings .


I wrote the lyrics below . Enjoy !


Cerita Hati
Album : Hafiz Hamidun
Munsyid : Hafiz Hamidun
http://liriknasyid.com



Semalam yang telah pergi
Menghilang tanpa jejak
Membawa bersama cereka
Duka dan ketawa

Dan kini ku mencari
Kalau masih ada kesan
Yang terus tersisa di dada
Pantai permainan

Jalanan yang panjang
Bersimpang haluan
Bagai pentas luahan rasa
Tiada sempadan

Pada awan biru ku melakar kata-kata
Pada langit cerah ku panah semua cerita
Dengarlah mentari suara hatiku menyanyi
Bertebangan jiwa merentasi pelangi

Gerimis menitis gugur membasahi bumi
Bagai menangisi sebuah cerita hati
Andai kau fahami semua hikayat pendeta
Seribu tahun kau pasti bisa setia ke alam syurga

Mungkin ada esok
tuk ku ukirkan kalimah
Menjadi arca pembuktian
Pengabdian cinta

Design And Innovation

Hmm . . how should I start this ?

Basically , I was required to do some survey about beverage refill dispenser . I need to gather some real problems faced by the users , suggestions , and what do you Ideally like . I hope you can reply the answer to this post .

So , basically I am collecting your opinion about beverage refill dispenser that you can find it in some fast food restaurant such as SUBWAY , KFC and many more .


Thanks in advance = )

===========================Survey Begins=============================

1. Have you ever tried to refill your drinks at restaurants such as SUBWAY or other restaurant before ?

2. What type of problem do you experience ?

3. What is good or bad about these refill dispenser ?

4. Do you ever wished to refill your drinks at any restaurant at cheaper price ?

5. What kind of refill dispenser technology in restaurant do you ideally like ?

6. Let say , someone invented a refill dispenser that you can use it by keying in your desired level of water , then the dispenser will display a price that is cheaper the previous drinks that you have purchased in the same restaurant . All you have to do is tap your ezlink cards or insert a coin to pay .
What's your opinion about the features stated above ?

The Beginning Of Year 2

Finally I started my life again as a year 2 students . Whoa!! I am so excited man!
Its been 1 week since my class started . I posted my module list below.

Module list :
- Build Your Own Computer(elective)
- Microcontroller Technology
- Mathematics
- Analog System
- Critical Reasoning Skilss
- Design And Innovation Project
- Data Structure And Algorithm (favorite)
- Marketing (under Business Diploma+)

Right now I am searching for a programming text book to be included in my personal library . The book title is "Introduction To Programming With C++" Pearson Edition If I'm not mistaken . I want to use that book as my main reference for c++ complicated questions , methods and problems . That is the best book according to my lecturer after he analyzed tons of programming books out there.

Well , I've learned c++ last year . But , this year we do the practical programming I think =p

Grab A Bike ! Go Green !

Yeah that's right ! Burn some of your fats slackers . You already now that we are facing a bad global warming because of the excessive pollution . As a responsible human , let us cycle together to minimize the transport expenses as well as to reduce the pollution . Its like hitting 2 birds with 1 stone .

Talk is easy , I know . Probably you will said , " you just talk without action" . Who said that again and I'll chop his head ...nah just kidding . I'm not that cruel . .. I'm not forcing you , I'm just suggesting . Nothing more and nothing less.

Once upon a day on last month if I'm not mistaken . I wanted to ride a bike as my main transportation to Singapore Polytechnic (SP) . Before I decided that , I've got to test the route and the time taken first . So , one day I decided to cycle all the way to my school and back home . Hey!Probably you can't imagine what have I gone through if you refer to my last year post . I cycled about 12 km within 1 hours and 40 minutes . Then , I cycled 12 km back . It was damn tiring like @#$% .

I thought I won't cycle like that ever again . But , to my luck , the history repeated itself again . It took me 2 and half hours to reach SP from Jurong East . It was like "damn it ! I should not be alive " . Actually , you just need 1 hour to reach SP from Jurong East IF you are not lost . To my luck again , I lost my way and I ended up cycling to commonwealth , west coast and finally I reached clementi . I was really exhausted . Luckily I brought up my kit with me that is a fisherman cap , pair of gloves and arm covers(I don't what is it called).

When I reached SP , I bought a waffle with 2 scoops of ice-cream to refresh myself . Then , I took my bicycle again and cycled my way back home . The journey back is about 1 hour as I did not lost . I was extremely happy T\the moment I reached home ..

The conclusion is , if your workplace , study place or whatever is near , I suggest you grab your bicycle and go green . Why ? To minimize the monthly expenses as well as to reduce pollution released by public transports or whatever transport that releases harmful gases... I hope you enjoyed by reading this simple story of mine.

A Journey To Be The Ultimate Programmer Part 1

The title caught your attention huh?

Well , actually it is a true story of my journey to be the ultimate programmer . The part 1 indicates that the journey just began and its just ahead of its initial point . I wrote back this memory because I want it to last I guess . The story goes like this .

True Journey

Its all started since April 2008 . I was given 5 choices by Singapore Polytechnic to choose my desired course . I did not know what course should I choose . I was thinking and thinking . In fact I was hoping to take an aerospace engineering course since I developed an interest in aircraft a few months ago in 2008 . But then , as the time passes , I asked myself ,"why do you want to take that course while you hated electronics very much?" .

Well , back then in my schooldays , I used to hate electronics chapters when it comes to physics . Then , I asked myself again, " Why don't you just choose aeronautical engineering as it focus on mechanical parts?" .Hmm..."definitely no "..Why? Because I don't want to get my hands dirty .. I wonder why am I thinking like that at that time . Probably not matured enough haha . .

Next , I also considered to choose civil engineering since I kinda like mechanical drawings . But again I thought to myself that I don't want to end up in construction sites . How naive I was at that time . To make the story short , I ended choosing 5 courses based on the points required and interest . Oh yeah , for your info I managed to collect 6 points . This is not to show off , I just wrote it as a true story ..LOLz .

Here are the choices if I'm not mistaken :

• Aeronautical Engineering
  
• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Marine Engineering

Guess which one did I get ? Well , I managed to grab the second choice that is Computer Engineering . I chose this course because the features are attractive , the max points required is 24 , future working environment maybe comfortable and I had some interest .

I was required to attend the 1 day orientation period . When I came to the location , I could not find my name in the student dashboard . Probably because I was too careless . I asked the management there and they assigned me to class 1B/24 for the orientation . Then , I went to the lecture hall and searched for my course seats and waited for the event to start .

After that we had another event at 1.30 p.m. This is the best part as I started to search for a place to pray . Luckily I found a senior and he helped me find the place . Then, the orientation continued until the end .

For your information , SP has lots of system such as Eliser , Mysas , Idims , Mike and many more to help you navigate your 3 years life there . But for a newbie like me at that time , we are quite confused and not used to it at the beginning . As a result , I ended up in 1B/24 for 1 week . Within that period , I explained to my lecturers the reason for me being in that class as they could not find my name in that class . At the end of the week , I tried to check mysas to check my time table as well as my class . To my suprise , I discovered that I was suppose to be in 1B/22 instead of 1B/24 .

Guess there is no other choice . I transfered to 1B/22 on the following week . What a pain .. For the second time I became a total stranger at my new class as I did not know a single person . The first thing I did was introducing myself and get know them as soon as possible . It likes a cartoon film when I tried to pronounce their name as most of them are Chinese . Actually , I never pronounce a chinese name before as this is the first time I get to know a Chinese.. lol ..

Back to the story , My class consist of 18 students if I'm not mistaken . The subjects for the first semester are Principle of Electrical and Electronics , Digital Electronics , Program Design , Mathematics , Teamwork and Communication Skills(TCS) , Character Development(CD) and IDEA . The most subject I hate was TCS and CD . Why ? Because , there is a lot of presentation and I hate presentation very much . In fact , most engineering students hate this subject . But , what we dislike is good for our sake . Its just about time that we'll realize it sooner or later .

The most subject I like was Program Design . In this subject , we learned Visual Logic which is the concept of flow charts . We also learned LEGO robot programming in this subject . Well , I can say that the subject is fun and pretty easy to understand if you pay attention and do the tutorials . These 2 basic elements will make you a good programmer in the future .

To make it short . I completed semester 1 with a GPA of . . .secret . . .(I won't tell ya unless if you are special to me :p) . When it comes to semester 2 , everything seems so fast and those who never pay attention in class can't survive (count me in) . Its like "whoa!" ... I started to get annoyed and confused in some subjects that I dislike such as DE , IE and PEEE . But , hating a subject is not a solution . Well , I tried to love these subjects but its just too complicated .

On the other hand , I started to really love programming . I practice programming whenever I have free time . It has become part of myself . From that moment , I decided to specialize in programming when I reach final year . Along the way , I'll try to avoid hardware specialization because I really not interested although I can connect the components and troubleshoot it somewhat perfectly . It pisses me off dude .

So, this is my target . I should be able to master almost all programming languages by 3rd year. The languages includes C , C++ , ASP , PHP , Pearl , HTML , Ruby on rails , MySql for the moment . How to achieve it ? Self study and self practice although it is not in my official subject .
Why do I want to become a damn good programmer badly ? Well , I want to work with big companies such as Microsoft , Apple , Softnic , and many more reputable companies . In order to realize it , I've got to be damn good so I can stand on top of the crowd when it comes to selection process ...Ameen .. So , we'll continue the story nex year ...watch out for part 2 next year .

To your success and see ya .. . .. . ..

Rock Climbing

Rock climbing is one of the extreme sports ever.For beginners , it will push your stamina and strength to its limit (some sort).It is a good sport to practice for those who wants to be strong , though , handsome(no relation LoL).

To make it short , I started this Rock Climbing sport since last year(2008) when I was a first year student in Singapore Polytechnic. Why? Because I was looking for a challenging extreme sport. Actually , I don't know which CCA club to choose at the beginning . Suddenly I came across SPRC club . Then , one of SPRC member talked to me . He asked me whether I would like to write my name on their list so that I can see2 first then decide whether to really2 join them or not. So I said (more or less) "Why not?Bring it on!" .

The orientation for new SPRC members started a few days after that if I'm not mistaken. I was required to pay $10 for membership fee and $12 for 3 days orientation fee . Overall is $22 . That's a big sum of money to me . We were divided into several groups and assigned 1 senior to train us the most basic techniques and knowledges we should know as a climber.

So , we were trained these few days and I bet all newbie must be exhausted starting from the first day. Why? Because we still not familiar with the techniques . Hence , we used 75% of our arm strength and 25% of our leg strength . Whereby if you use the correct techniques , you should consume about 25% of your arm strength and 75% of your leg strength . Therefore , you'll be able to last a longer period.

At the end of orientation , our SPRC seniors organize a small competition using > 5 m wall I guess. We were required to finish up 2 sections at the wall . I mean , we should reach the top of the wall in this 2 sections. Well most of us managed to complete the 2nd section while the first section , we managed to complete 90% of it . Anyway , it gave us a little exposure .

After the 3 days orientation , Our official training started . We were again divided into several groups with a senior as our leader . He is responsible to train us all the techniques we need to know , track our development , motivate us and help us get along with other members I guess.
So, the official training was about 2 months . After that period of time , we are allowed to train on our own any time we want . Cool huh?

However , only about 10%-20% of these new members are committed to do their own self training. Well , I was quite a good novice climber at the beginning haha. Then , when the sem1 break came , I was very lazy to come to rock gym for self training. I skipped the training for 2 months since Sem1 holiday if I'm not mistaken . As a result , I lost all my cool moves and talents that I have built .

After 2 months I skipped the training , suddenly I feel like I want to climb again. So , I came to rock gym one day and I climbed . I was very2 embressed as I noticed that I climbed like a total noob . I was envious of those who are far better than me . I know that my envious and jealousy does not change anything.The only thing that can make it change is exrteme training .

I started to schedule my time-table . I climbed 3 times a week . There was certain time I climbed almost everyday after I finished my homeworks. Now , eventhough I am having 1 month holiday , I still come to climb with my buddy , Hanafi . I don't want history to repeat 2 times . I admit that I'm not a very good climber since I lost in an inter-competition event . However , I realized my intention . All I want to do is having some fun while climbing . Eventually , my skills will improve drastically as I enjoyed the sport . Now , I can see the improvement and I'm happy for it eventhough it is not a big achievement .