March 29, 2005 @ 1.39pm
click click type click
Click click. Type. Click.Repeat this for another few thousand times. Tell me whether your eyes go awry.
Busy uploading images into the database. Well, maybe you could blame it on stupid us who didn't know how to implement batch upload. Ok, I might as well just shut my mouth here coz this uploading part was done by Zhihao *our saviour* for this darn FYP.
And I'm itching to do other stuff. Like now. I'm taking a short break. I can nod off while doing all this stuff ok even if there's Koda Kumi belting out fine sounding tunes on Windows Media Player.
Alright. Back to the clicky click.
March 28, 2005 @ 11.26pm
back with hilary
realistic-soul.net is back. After a few days of trouble with diaryland *their server broke down* and then having trouble with the cache and all *still am*...I'm back.Actually I did up everything days ago but was having trouble with the cache, css yada yada... And I figured, what the heck. So if you see the links portion, the scrollbar is white, it's not my fault. My tcg page is lime green, it's not my fault. I asked Vince for help and after some testing, he concluded that it was netrillium's fault. The old css is stuck in the server cache or something.
I know this layout takes some time to load...sorry, I got to carried away with slicing. Heez. I doubt this layout will stay up long. I have ideas for a new one already!
Tomorrow will be back to school again to continue work on the project. *sigh* Just back from Malaysia, a little holiday and there's work right in my face already.
Went to Malaysia to celebrate my paternal grandpa's 80th birthday. There was all this big hoo-ha. Everyone getting flustered and all. Sis and I were going "but it's just a birthday celebration." And Mum came back with the reply "wait till you reach 80-years-old." That shut us up.
Oh oh...and my little cousin-once-removed, Lee Ann is so adorable. She looks like a little doll.
Alrighty...need to take a bath now. Will be back with more.
March 24, 2005 @ 11.03pm
the dimmer side
I am almost done with the layouts and all. Just that I have a small problem with the cache. Now I really wonder why. In school, it seems that when I update a page, all I have to do is click on the refresh button twice and I see the changes.Back at home, no matter how many times I refresh the page, I still get the old one. Don't tell me to empty the cache and change the settings to "every visit to the page". Done that.
This is rather frustrating.
Anyway, I'm going to Malaysia tomorrow. Going to celebrate my paternal grandpa's 80th birthday. Today we just celebrated my maternal grandpa's birthday in advance.
Work on the portal isn't going too great. It takes a long time to load each result page. If 2 or more people start to search, the whole portal lags and hangs like nobody's business. Zhihao says that it might not work even if we were to upload it to the school server. And we only have until next Wednesday to work on it.
Haha...we joked that maybe the whole portal might end up exclusively for Ms Tan's use only. Wahahahahaha...
March 22, 2005 @ 10.23am
stop touching my stuff
I'm tired, bleeding and feeling like crap. And horrors of all horrors, the cleaning lady re-packed my stuff. Gawd. Will she just leave my stuff alone? Never mind if she packs only. I just took a quick look and I think that she threw the box for my webcam away.To pack is one thing. But who gives her the right to throw my stuff away? I don't care if I'm PMS-ing here or whatever.
March 18, 2005 @ 2.34am
my bleak future
Wednesday...Had our FYP presentation. I really couldn't tell if it was good or bad. But I knew we sure did get someone in a fix when he couldn't really answer Ms Tan. Optimising thumbnails...I shall not forget that moment of "sweet revenge". Well, he does deserve it anyway.All I know that if we ever thought that this was the end of the project, that we were never going to see it again...boy, were we so wrong. Ms Tan is really serious about getting it up and running for them. She asked us to continue with it after our exams.
I'm not sure how much more we can handle since Zhihao is going to start working in April which means it's pretty much Weiqi and I left. Forget about Daniel. I don't think Weiqi and I can really handle a lot of in-depth php scripting. We really suck at it.
Well, today I started work on revamping all my sites. I'm done with the fanlistings and tcg pages. Next would be the main blog. Not sure whether I will be able to work on it for the next few days.
It's rather alarming that people around me have more or less settled their plans for further studies after graduating from polytechnic. Already some people have gotten accepted into a certain university.
I took a look at whatever Pwen linked on her blog and discovered that most universities offer more or less the same IT degree courses. Computer Science or some intense networking stuff. Really not my cup of tea. I'm thinking whether to totally give up IT and go into business or something. I mean I do have interest in IT, more on the website designing. But I seriously lack the flair for it. Look at all my designs so far. It pales in comparison to like Nad's or Ling's.
I do have plans to take SATs and have even asked my aunt who's coming down from the States to bring along some brochures for University of Illinois. But I really don't know if I will go through with my plans in the end.
Sis suggested maybe I could take up another diploma or something. I don't want to seem like I'm wasting these 3 years.
See...I'm not good at anything. ANYTHING at all. It seems like such a bleak future for me.
March 15, 2005 @ 11.24pm
a heffalumpish story
Went down to The Amara to lunch with Sis at O'Briens since I have a voucher and it was also to visit Joyce.After which, we caught "Pooh's Heffalump Movie". Surrounded by lots of kids. Haha, the 2 of us...the only big kids. I like how Winnie The Pooh stories are circled around the topic of friendship and learning to love and accept others. Good values a kid could learn.
Now, I'm just itching to add on some stuff to my FYP so that tomorrow will be a slightly better presentation.
March 14, 2005 @ 11.29pm
going on a short break
I can hear Per! I can hear her loud and clear now! Muahahahahahaha...Alrighty, I think I shall put up that hiatus notice now.
March 13, 2005 @ 11.12pm
i see me
So...went to the IT show at Suntec yesterday and today. Yesterday was just to check out stuff and compare prices. Went with Per and Pwen.Looked for Ling...she was working at the Kingston counter. Saw Benjamin too, working at the Acer counter. Later in the night, Sis told me Esther was working at the NEC counter.
We checked out the UK education fair as well. The minute I stepped into the hall, I felt kinda lost. Seeing people walk into there, asking questions to the people at the booth of a particular school, and me? What was I there for? Nothing. Just to accompany Per who wanted to check out a certain school. I don't even know what I want to study.
Well, but my presence there did help London a little. We signed in their bid for being the next host country for the Olympics. After Beijing. Oh...and I did a survey by the British Council. Haha...
Per took a Samsung pamphlet this guy was giving out. And there was this huge error staring right in her face. If you can spot it, yay for you. Else, *disgusted look*
"Visit Samsung Roadshow at Suntec City Convention Hall 602 for fanstastic deals."
Today, I got myself a webcam from the IT show. $29...Ranger Vcam365. Don't need an extremely good one since it's just for fun. It has a built-in microphone too.
Today was with Jo and later Per joined us. And today was worse. More people. Human-jam.
Later, went shoe shopping with Jo. She needed a pair of slippers badly.
I think the highlight was on our way home in the MRT. Per took out the free copy of Reader's Digest she got and we started reading the jokes. This one's really funny. No offence to Christians and God-loving people. It's just a joke.
"Morning sermon: Jesus walks on water. Evening sermon: Searching for Jesus."
WAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
Oh...and a moth took a liking to Per's jeans and decided to hitch-hike. Jo and I on the otherhand didn't want to be near Per coz of our dear little moth. No creepy crawlies manz. Haha...
March 10, 2005 @ 11.32pm
lemony snicket
Today's my grandma's birthday. We celebrated with her yesterday. Simple meal together. And I was quite relieved/glad that my grandpa actually talked a bit. Ever since he had a little accident years ago, he became quite withdrawn and because of that, he started to age a lot quicker.Watched "Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events". Quite a nice show actually. Sunny's so cute! And yes...don't watch it if you are expecting to see happy little elves. Wahahahahahahaha...
I saw this nice sweater/jacket from Fila. But it's expensive. Bleargh. James offered his Fila card to get a 15% discount. But with the discount, I still think it's expensive and it's not like I'm in need of one. It's more of a want. I need to really think through if I want to get it. Like after I buy it, will I keep using it? If not, it's pointless to spend so much.
March 10, 2005 @ 1.52am
not in the mood
I typed this whole long entry just for diaryland to give me some error. And now it's gone. I don't think I have the mood to re-type it. May what I typed be part of my memory now.March 09, 2005 @ 4.49pm
nail-biting situation
Please God...please let everything be ok.Shall post more later...after FYP presentation. If you don't hear from me, take it I'm dead.
March 08, 2005 @ 3.33am
colour and composition
*slaps myself* That's for leaving your cds assignments to the last minute. My gawd...I think I can't finish it on time. Bleargh.Haven't even looked through my CMSK stuff for tomorrow's technical writing test. Blah ah.
I meant to think back and blog from what happened Saturday onwards but I don't think my brain can handle it at this hour. All I can remember is that I got my Arashi and Johnny's Jr calendars. *victory sign*
I have decided to make my next layout feature Hilary Duff. Nyeh nyeh nyeh... Shall keep the layout more or less the same as this one. That means it will still be a irritating-to-some-sideways-scrolling layout. If Nad doesn't mind though since this layout is done by her so I'm officially asking whether I can borrow her idea for free. Wahahahahaha...
March 04, 2005 @ 5.38pm
your concern made my day
I have learnt that I can find answers for quite a lot of stuff from the internet. Spent the past few days looking for PHP coding examples...and today, adding an image to my GUI with Java.I am rather glad to say that the ENMM project is over. Although I didn't get high marks for my phase II, just a C+, I am rather contented. At least now I can pick up on my sleep a little.
I really do need sleep...badly. I'm starting to space out a lot again. Dangerous. When Weiqi asked for paper, for some unknown reason, I kept fumbling around my bag when my file was right on the table.
I was touched when Don msn-ed me this morning to say that he is willing to help me out in any way for ENMM or Java coding for that matter. It was just out-of-the-blue, sincere concern. Although it was sort of last minute, I really appreciate the concern. Thanks! You made my day. Really.
March 03, 2005 @ 1.59am
tired and sorry
I'm really tired. Few days of sleeping at 4am has really taken its toll on me.And it doesn't help that I suck in Java. Sitting in the comfort of familiar surroundings at home. Everything is more or less there for me to work. And I have to get stuck.
Well you see, I do know what I want to do. Click this, what will happen. But the problem is I don't know how to type out the codes to make it work.
Sitting there staring at what to put into the actionPerformed area. Panic a little since the submission is Friday. I won't have much time to work on it since there's still FYP to complete. It really doesn't help that we have one member who isn't doing anything. Finally, I give up. Shall get someone to help me out tomorrow. Wonder who will be patient enough to sit down with me to help me out. Or else I can just blardee fail ENMM and come back next semester.
I'm so sorry I ain't good at anything.
I'm so sorry I'm such a slacker.
