finally...the singapore robotics game have ended. Ngee Ann got first prize and the third. muhaha...Nanyang got abt 18 entries. to demostrate the QUANTITY they brought in : it was a full page of NYP contestant names, 7/8 of TP and 5/7 of NP. muhaha...however, i still wanna state that TP did bring out a few worthy adversaries. :) nice job. looking forward to meeting them next year, when i compete. :)

the whole event taught some valuable lessons that we shld look out for. even to minute details like, an LED indicator light to signify that the robot is on. a serious competitor from TP helped us gained such an important lesson.

the robot from TP was named Hamster and our robot Zeta. it was a deciding match between who was the champion. Hamster was the champion for the previous year, thus the pressure was on for us. the first 2 bouts was a tie, with each side winning one. the third, and deciding bout, came to a very undecisive ending. both Zeta and Hamster was thrown off the dohyo, and the judge cannot give judgement on who landed outside the dohyo first. thus a fourth bout was called. before the foruth bout began, both teams were given a minute to touch up and maintain their robots. i was watchin the match from the second level, with a birds' eye view. i can clearly see the team members rushing off to their individual robots. like how those F1 technicians, when the F1 car enters pit-stops. when the fourth bout finally start, it ended for Hamster. everyone was quite taken aback when Hamster remained stationary after the time-keeper shouted start. the Hamster team had apparently forgot to switch on Hamster and had lack of indicator to show it. pity, otherwise there would have been another interesting bout to remember.

my team has been set. WeiChien have gladly decided to join hands and design the winning robot for next year. hehe...arrogorant? na...jus hopeful. i jus hope i can gather enough mistakes from past experiences and make a better robot. WeiChien have taken upon the task of the mechanical design and aspect of the robot. while i will handle the intelligence of the robot. as for the circuity of the robot, we decided to take half responsibility each. this will be called Project 零(ling). i wish to divuldge more but theres still nothing conrete yet to talk about. hmmm...till later.

another thing of interest would be that i was kinda approached by some frens to join a biz venture. this whole thing started when i decided to re-join a biz venture that i had once abandon due to certain personal reasons. reason to re-join? i thot that it was kinda of in dire straits and needed all the help possible, since i was one of the founding fathers as well. somehow, after understanding the situation there, i found it quite redundant for me to return. as it would be a matter of time before everything bounces back...and another matter of time before everything dismantles. bleak...but possible future, assuming that the ongoin evolution that the biz is takin works. so...thats one...

the second biz, that i was proposed to is rather hush hush too. however, based on my limited foresight and judgement, i have decided invest my limited abilities and time into it.

the problem that remains is whether i should return to the biz that i had once abandon to help salvage and steer the direction of it?