Word Cloud - 01/12/08

CE introduced me this cool online application a couple of days ago. It takes the words from your blog feeds and turn it into a word cloud; with the words that appear more in my blog larger in the word cloud.

If you are interested (especially for the bloggers), you may create your own word cloud here! =)

I will update the cloud again when there are more posts... =p

Stressed...

I have heard many people claimed that they are stressed. But sometimes I just don't understand why. Even now when I am trying my best to slack, I am pretty sure that I have more things on my hands and mind then they have.

During my stay in hall, some people seemed to be so stressed over school stuff and sometimes I wonder, if school stuff is already so stressful, how are these people going to face the realities of life?

Sometimes, I feel that the main cause of stress is the lack of personal competence. Lack of proper time management, lack of the required skills to get work done, lack of EQ to handle stress, lack of understanding of own abilities by taking up more then what you can handle and lack of judgment (spending extra effort to fix mistakes you made) are usually cause of stress in most people.

Raymond asked me a couple of months ago about how to identify good and capable people. I gave him a somewhat generic answer, but maybe this time I can let him know for sure how to find one. I feel that people who always appears to be stressed and overworked generally lacked personal competence, and the really capable people are usually very composed and at times appears unaffected by their work or responsibilities, or worse enjoy the feeling of stress.

However, most people are still disillusioned by those people who always seemed to be busy and under a lot of stress all the time as being capable and competence. Well, that's good, because it certainly helps me to keep competition off the right fishes in my 'head-hunting' business. =)

So next time if anyone ask me how to reduce work-related stress, my answer would be to advice them to improve their personal competence.

Happy...

Last Monday, HF cooked Tang Yuan for me. It was her first time cooking it, so I was there to guide her a little.

Small and simple gestures make me happy. It is the thought that counts. I guess I finally found the type of life which I am looking for a long long time. =)

Pleasant Surprise...

There is something I am really happy about after checking through last semester grades. Something really rather unexpected after checking out the models and the electronics of other groups on presentation day itself. And was expecting nothing more then a B+ for EE2001 Design Project.

Integration Stage (didn't take pictures at prototyping stage)

I remembered spending more a little more then half the semester thinking that the module was worth 4MCs when it is actually worth 6MCs! Which is also why I didn't really work hard on the module until like 2 weeks before CA1 (worth 40%) because I am busy with my other modules.

Well, when I saw the A on my result transcript, I was shocked beyond words! I even relogin to make sure I logged in correctly and there was no system glitch or my eyes are playing a tricks on me. A 6MC module with an A certainly helped me boost my CAP quite a bit. =)

Completed Model at Presentation Day

Personally I felt I deserved it after putting myself through many sleepless nights and numerous hours at the lab tinkering with my little electronic board and accessories. Burnt 1 PIC, 1 LCD screen and I guess the most impressive part of my circuit is that it uses 2 PICs which are able to "talk" to each other and I remembered adding so much programming to the 2 PICs that they ran out of memory!

The Team Of Electrical And Computer Engineers

Well I must say my team mates are a great bunch of responsible people who worked hard on the project and it has been a wonderful experience working with them. Good team members are hard to come by nowadays...

Of course I must also thank my dear HF for being extremely understanding and taking care of me when I am sick or overworked, and many a times being there to listen to my complains of how my circuit refuse to work and my frustrations. =)

Other pleasant surprises include an A- for IT1003 Information System Applications which I initially planned to S/U as I did not attend more then half the lectures and a B+ from EE3208 Embeded Computer System (100% Project) which I spend 4 sleepless nights with Philip to complete.

A truly tiring semester but, I am starting to like my course. =)

Relax...

Grabbed from Hardwarezone Forums. Just find it kind of funny. =)

There are many things in life which we can do nothing about, so just relax and learn to live with them.

Working...

I almost forgot about this blog of mine, but from the statistics it collected, there seemed to be a steady stream of reader despite my lack of updates. Really sorry for the disappearance and I will try to update this blog often if time permits.

Been on internship for about 4 weeks now and next week, I will be expecting my allowance. So it time to bring my family and Huey Fen to a good treat! For me, the sole reason for me to work hard and earn money is such that I can provide the best for my family and loved ones. It is not about prestige or about status which many people I know worked towards.

Work has thought me lots of things, and I have learned lots of technical skills. This is very unlike Hall, because for once in a long time, someone actually taught me something! Eusoff Hall never invested anything in me, but at Creative, all I need to do is learn and apply what I learned!

I am blogging from Hall now and in a few moments I will be heading for home. Spend a weekend with the Huey Fen, ate lots of good food and have of fun. This is how life should be and I am enjoying every moment of it. =)

Mugging Tips : Part 1

The Road Not Taken

Robert Lee Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;



Then took the other, as just as fair

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that, the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,



And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.



I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Ones will never know how his life would be if he did not lead a present life but choose the other. And, sometimes, I wonder that if I'm no longer a university student nor an educated human, what will I be... working after secondary school life... farming... wandering in shopping complexes and spending daddy-mummy's hard earning... or marrying at the early age and staying at home as a full-timed housewife? I do not know and I think I will never know. There is no turning point. And, I would not want to be like Frost who left the first road and chose the road less traveled. He is brave, as I can say. But, I believe every single decision that I made or the path that I had chosen including my life makes my growth and allows me to discover my own mistakes along the way.

In life, the decision that we made will often receive scowl and disagreement. Strengthening our steps and moving forward steadily are what we can do now.

(Go back mugging!!!)