this is the morning of the 2nd day of project exhibition at Ngee Ann Poly.it is supposedly an occasion where Ngee Ann 3rd year, goin-to-grad students, show and awe the crowd. well, i guess we did quite some of that.
its been long since i did some real updating already. oh...i have applied for a place in NTU mechanical engineering. i have paid up the application fee. i also jus dropped into the mailbox my supporting documents that they requested. only to have release that i am quite the nobody. not much academic achievements nor much non-academic achievements to boost about. pathetic sad life.
hmmmm...pretty much guessed how this morning is goin for me already. well since rome wasnt built in a day, i also didnt jus wake up with this mood...
hmmmm...looking at everything, my life is pretty much goin back to the scheduled and planned life like how most of the singaporeans are having. studying till reach degree and then off to work till my blood runs dry. SADDENING
so well, i was quite pre-occupied thinkin of my next venture into the robotics world. so the sumo robot is nearing competition level and ability, time to forecast further. my ultimate goal would of course be Gundam and a fully automated fleet of Protos army. wahahaha...for those who haven have the slightest idea wat Protos is, check out StarCraft. hopefully i can mimic it into real life as closely as possible. same goes for Gundam.
so whose goin to be my next robot? i was actually thinking along the line of constructing a robot that is capable of fight in the TaiJi boxing style. why taiji boxing style? cos it seems to be the only fighting style that induces the opponent off balance while maintain from off balance to balanced state. True test of a robot's balance :)
hmmm...still trying to evaluate how possible is that. Sony's line of robot cant even go up the stairs and i am here dreaming about a fighting robot with INTENSIVE tests on its balance. hmmmm...hahaha y not? since we are pushing robotics technology? hehehe...
thats that...but i am still disliking the idea of working after degree. i really wanna do more than jus earn a paycheck. greatness? paycheck without upper limit? good retirement? super luxurious lifestyle? married life? single and 'super seeder'?
hahaha...all jus wondering only...still not much cause for alarm yet. purpose for this life? erm...teaching ba?when u teach, u learn the most. and y not? seems like a noble enough job. teachers seems to enjoy a good repute so far. through the years, seems like none have been dished.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
jus finished my final review for my final year project. yea~~~ was rushing for the project for the past since i dun know when. now...rest...or at least for the moment.
the rush got intense only within the past 3 days. the days meaning the weekend and friday before monday. hmmmm, still wondering if i made sense in my last sentence. oh well..3days straight staying at alpha centre to produce something that was scheduled for 3months. hahaha...ya. the programming part of the robot, Zer0. we were supposed to give it a 3months troubleshooting and trial run period. ended up, doing it within 3 days.
luckily was able to activate my god-like mode and whacked everything through. y was i in god-like mode? hmmm...cos had to basically program 2 robots. one was the autonomous and the other remote control. hmmm...but the rest of the groups were jus stuck to their autonomous. thankfully the remote controlled robot was a breeze. other than the small glitch of not initialise-ing the timers, which helped out in the remote control process, that was nothing much.
the autonomous one proved to be the toughest. all the groups started abt the same time to panick and troubleshooting (EGO coming) and i ended up tops with both robots working to expectations. wat could be more gratifying? hehehe...rest of the groups didnt make it to the point of expectations.
but the most TURN-OFF event was with one of the groups. his program was hmmmm...how u put it?...STUPID but impressive? jus because its goin at high speed doesnt mean that the program was good.
our robots are suppose to stay within a ring and still sense opponents. there was a boundary white line drawn on the black ring. hence, the more intelligent part was to show that the robot can stay on the ring and differentiate the opponent whether the opponent was still on the ring before giving chase.
one of the panel was like impressed with the speed that the robot gave chase rather than the intelligence of the robot. SHALLOW. seriously, anyone can kick a ball. so wat makes a football legend, a legend? there~ point proven. i sure hope i wont be getting the same score as that group, cos i wont know wat i might jus do. think that i am petty? read on.
i will prove that i am not petty. for the fact that i wrote the whole program with my own brain and that HE edited the program from a senior's program. well there u have it. but if someone is goin to tell me that HE is better off cos he 'stood on giants shoulder and looked further' theory. then i have really nothing to say, i would then have to admit that he's good.
but guess wat, he stayed for days at alpha centre trying to make it work to expectations and still fall short. HA~ the STOOPID me stayed at alpha using my own brains and it worked. hmph. thats to all copycats out there. GET A LIFE, instead of copying others. _ | _ _
hmmm...enough of that. otherwise i might end up smashing my latop.
ok...today is jus a day after the final review, but still not much rest time. cos i need to prepare for tmolo's big event. my 2mth with my dear. hehehe...due to wat i planned for tml, i will only have to get everything by today to gurantee the FRESH-ness of things. if i have gotten it the min i planned it, it wld have by then perished. wanna know wat i planned? hehehe...maybe after she experience it, THEN i might consider telling you...hahahaha~~~
the rush got intense only within the past 3 days. the days meaning the weekend and friday before monday. hmmmm, still wondering if i made sense in my last sentence. oh well..3days straight staying at alpha centre to produce something that was scheduled for 3months. hahaha...ya. the programming part of the robot, Zer0. we were supposed to give it a 3months troubleshooting and trial run period. ended up, doing it within 3 days.
luckily was able to activate my god-like mode and whacked everything through. y was i in god-like mode? hmmm...cos had to basically program 2 robots. one was the autonomous and the other remote control. hmmm...but the rest of the groups were jus stuck to their autonomous. thankfully the remote controlled robot was a breeze. other than the small glitch of not initialise-ing the timers, which helped out in the remote control process, that was nothing much.
the autonomous one proved to be the toughest. all the groups started abt the same time to panick and troubleshooting (EGO coming) and i ended up tops with both robots working to expectations. wat could be more gratifying? hehehe...rest of the groups didnt make it to the point of expectations.
but the most TURN-OFF event was with one of the groups. his program was hmmmm...how u put it?...STUPID but impressive? jus because its goin at high speed doesnt mean that the program was good.
our robots are suppose to stay within a ring and still sense opponents. there was a boundary white line drawn on the black ring. hence, the more intelligent part was to show that the robot can stay on the ring and differentiate the opponent whether the opponent was still on the ring before giving chase.
one of the panel was like impressed with the speed that the robot gave chase rather than the intelligence of the robot. SHALLOW. seriously, anyone can kick a ball. so wat makes a football legend, a legend? there~ point proven. i sure hope i wont be getting the same score as that group, cos i wont know wat i might jus do. think that i am petty? read on.
i will prove that i am not petty. for the fact that i wrote the whole program with my own brain and that HE edited the program from a senior's program. well there u have it. but if someone is goin to tell me that HE is better off cos he 'stood on giants shoulder and looked further' theory. then i have really nothing to say, i would then have to admit that he's good.
but guess wat, he stayed for days at alpha centre trying to make it work to expectations and still fall short. HA~ the STOOPID me stayed at alpha using my own brains and it worked. hmph. thats to all copycats out there. GET A LIFE, instead of copying others. _ | _ _
hmmm...enough of that. otherwise i might end up smashing my latop.
ok...today is jus a day after the final review, but still not much rest time. cos i need to prepare for tmolo's big event. my 2mth with my dear. hehehe...due to wat i planned for tml, i will only have to get everything by today to gurantee the FRESH-ness of things. if i have gotten it the min i planned it, it wld have by then perished. wanna know wat i planned? hehehe...maybe after she experience it, THEN i might consider telling you...hahahaha~~~
Monday, December 05, 2005
hahaha...back here.
nothing much to update here already. cos all the updating is done on another blog site => www.girlfriend.com/XXXXX [please do not try this site. it is an invalid site, or at least i think its invalid.] well, so i have been updating my recent happenings with my girlfriend.
comment on this relationship? nah...time will tell...:)
nothing much to update here already. cos all the updating is done on another blog site => www.girlfriend.com/XXXXX [please do not try this site. it is an invalid site, or at least i think its invalid.] well, so i have been updating my recent happenings with my girlfriend.
comment on this relationship? nah...time will tell...:)