Recently, I'm feeling quite down... that's explain why I seldom blog and seldom talk to others recently... it's being decided that I can't go for attachment because I got academic warning. what can I do? I have calculated that I need to get average B+ this semester to get out of the status. The only thing I can do is to work really hard. I tried my best to attend every lecture (to date I only missed 3), and do every tutorial beforehand. It's tiring but it's necessary. I know that I can do better if I work hard. I'm glad that I have a new mentor who is encouraging, and I have classmates and friends (although not many knows my situation) who are concern about me. Thanks to you all.
You might find that there are lesser gatherings organised by me in the coming 3 months, because I need to dedicate more time to studies. But I really hope that somebody will take the initiative to organise, I will be the most willing person to go for gatherings... OK, Time to go back to do my tutorials...
January 25, 2007
January 04, 2007
Status: Likely Eligible and allocated
It's 4th Jan 2007, 2059Hrs,
my status for IA is still "Likely Eligible and allocated". I still have not got reply about my review on results. The OAS people says they don't know the status. What the hell. If the reply does not comes tomorrow, I really don't know I should go ahead and report for work on Monday(8th Jan), or go for lessons? Can anyone answer my question? Should I inform the IA company about my situation?
my status for IA is still "Likely Eligible and allocated". I still have not got reply about my review on results. The OAS people says they don't know the status. What the hell. If the reply does not comes tomorrow, I really don't know I should go ahead and report for work on Monday(8th Jan), or go for lessons? Can anyone answer my question? Should I inform the IA company about my situation?
December 29, 2006
Quake, Internet Disrupt, Result, SBC 80's Drama
For those who STILL don't know about the quake in taiwan, I think you are super lag in news. On 26th Dec, a quake happened in taiwan, it was known to have the largest impact in 100 years. Due to the earthquake, 7 sub-marine cables that links Singapore to US, Taiwan, Hong Kong etc are broken. As such, if you are in Singapore, you are experiencing very slow internet connections to websites in these areas. MSN services are also not accessible by us. Stock markets and IDD International calls are also experiencing problems.
Read more about the quake and internet disrupt at these sites:
1.Channel News Asia Report
2.Bloomberg Report 1
3.Bloomberg Report 2
Second Agenda.
Please stop asking about my results and whether I am going to attachment next semester. I had requested for review of results and now waiting for reply. Please please stop asking.
Third Agenda.
Just visited Irwin's blog, and saw a couple of classic SBC Drama Opening Themes. It really brings back many memories. 早安老师 and 迷离夜 are my favourites. Anyone find the Fang Lao Shi drama please tell me. Thanks. Enjoy the videos below.
Text link here
Read more about the quake and internet disrupt at these sites:
1.Channel News Asia Report
2.Bloomberg Report 1
3.Bloomberg Report 2
Second Agenda.
Please stop asking about my results and whether I am going to attachment next semester. I had requested for review of results and now waiting for reply. Please please stop asking.
Third Agenda.
Just visited Irwin's blog, and saw a couple of classic SBC Drama Opening Themes. It really brings back many memories. 早安老师 and 迷离夜 are my favourites. Anyone find the Fang Lao Shi drama please tell me. Thanks. Enjoy the videos below.
Text link here
November 23, 2006
S.H.E 怎么办 MV
S.H.E new song : 怎么办 ...
This song is the 主题曲 for <<花样少年少女>>, a drama series by 吴尊 and Ella
They are so cute in this MV... And I like the tune of this song, it's so sweet, smoothing and also very catchy, at least it's better than 觸電 ... If you know who is the composer and lyricist, please tell me...
Text link here
Lyrics:
为什么 你为什么 老是把空气全都吸光了
害得我 你害得我 在你面前呼吸急促需要叫救 护车
别看我 先别看我 我的脸红就快要爆料了
没什么 哪有什么 我是绝对不会承认我喜 欢你了
怎么办 感觉甜又酸
偷偷爱你 快乐又孤单
怎么办 爱却不能讲
你真讨厌 不来帮我的忙
你怎么可以这样 笑容打败太阳
甚至比我还要更好看
我虽然无力抵抗 但是日子还长
总有一天换你为我疯狂
为什么 你为什么 这样不讲理的就出现了
害得我 你害得我 连仅有的一点矜持优雅全都毁了
靠近我 别靠近我 到底离你多近比较好呢
完蛋了 我完蛋了 我整个人眼看就快要不 是我的了
怎么办 感觉甜又酸
偷偷爱你 快乐又孤单
怎么办 爱却不能讲
你真讨厌 不来帮我的忙
你怎么可以这样 笑容打败太阳
甚至比我还要更好看
我虽然无力抵抗 但是日子还长
总有一天换你为我疯狂 为我疯狂
怎么办 感觉甜又酸
偷偷爱你 快乐又孤单
怎么办 爱却不能讲
你真讨厌 不来帮我的忙
你怎么可以这样 笑容打败太阳
甚至比我还要更好看
我虽然无力抵抗 但是日子还长
总有一天换你为我疯狂
This song is the 主题曲 for <<花样少年少女>>, a drama series by 吴尊 and Ella
They are so cute in this MV... And I like the tune of this song, it's so sweet, smoothing and also very catchy, at least it's better than 觸電 ... If you know who is the composer and lyricist, please tell me...
Text link here
Lyrics:
为什么 你为什么 老是把空气全都吸光了
害得我 你害得我 在你面前呼吸急促需要叫救 护车
别看我 先别看我 我的脸红就快要爆料了
没什么 哪有什么 我是绝对不会承认我喜 欢你了
怎么办 感觉甜又酸
偷偷爱你 快乐又孤单
怎么办 爱却不能讲
你真讨厌 不来帮我的忙
你怎么可以这样 笑容打败太阳
甚至比我还要更好看
我虽然无力抵抗 但是日子还长
总有一天换你为我疯狂
为什么 你为什么 这样不讲理的就出现了
害得我 你害得我 连仅有的一点矜持优雅全都毁了
靠近我 别靠近我 到底离你多近比较好呢
完蛋了 我完蛋了 我整个人眼看就快要不 是我的了
怎么办 感觉甜又酸
偷偷爱你 快乐又孤单
怎么办 爱却不能讲
你真讨厌 不来帮我的忙
你怎么可以这样 笑容打败太阳
甚至比我还要更好看
我虽然无力抵抗 但是日子还长
总有一天换你为我疯狂 为我疯狂
怎么办 感觉甜又酸
偷偷爱你 快乐又孤单
怎么办 爱却不能讲
你真讨厌 不来帮我的忙
你怎么可以这样 笑容打败太阳
甚至比我还要更好看
我虽然无力抵抗 但是日子还长
总有一天换你为我疯狂
November 15, 2006
4 versions of the TORTOISE & HARE story
Recently, I received this story from a forwarded email from my friend, I guess it is worth reading...
TORTOISE & HARE - WHO WON THE RACE?
Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race.
The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race. He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise, plodding on, overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ. The hare woke up and realized that he'd lost the race.
The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race. This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.
But recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this story. It continues:
The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some soul-searching. He realized that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax. If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed.
This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.
The moral of the story? Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady.
But the story doesn't end here.
The tortoise did some thinking this time and realized that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted. He thought for a while and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route. The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and ran at top speed until he came to a broad river. The finishing line was a couple of kilometers on the other side of the river. The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.
The moral of the story? First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency.
The story still hasn't ended.
The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realized that the last race could have been run much better. So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time.
They started off and this time, the hare carried the tortoise to the riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the hare on his back. On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached the finishing line together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.
The moral of the story? It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well.
Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.
There are more lessons to be learned from this story. Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures. The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure. The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as he could.
In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more effort. Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different. And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.
The hare and the tortoise also learned another vital lesson. When we stop competing against a rival and instead start competing against the situation, we perform far better.
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TORTOISE & HARE - WHO WON THE RACE?
Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race.
The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race. He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise, plodding on, overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ. The hare woke up and realized that he'd lost the race.
The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race. This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.
But recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this story. It continues:
The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some soul-searching. He realized that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax. If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed.
This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.
The moral of the story? Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady.
But the story doesn't end here.
The tortoise did some thinking this time and realized that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted. He thought for a while and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route. The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and ran at top speed until he came to a broad river. The finishing line was a couple of kilometers on the other side of the river. The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.
The moral of the story? First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency.
The story still hasn't ended.
The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realized that the last race could have been run much better. So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time.
They started off and this time, the hare carried the tortoise to the riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the hare on his back. On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached the finishing line together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.
The moral of the story? It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well.
Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.
There are more lessons to be learned from this story. Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures. The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure. The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as he could.
In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more effort. Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different. And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.
The hare and the tortoise also learned another vital lesson. When we stop competing against a rival and instead start competing against the situation, we perform far better.
Filed in: story
October 24, 2006
I am choosen by DSTA for attachment!!!
I received this email on 16/10/2006 (last monday).... damm happy man, I finally got a chance to work in a big company, a dream that I have for years... BUT, in order to go for attachment next sem, I need to tackle a big problem, that is to pass all the modules this sem... exams coming soon but I still got projects on hand... haiz...
Filed in: updates
Dear Yeo Ying Yong,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected by Defence Science & Technology Agency (Interviewing) after the interview.
Programme Allocated: To explore novel approaches to 2D-3D visualization for Constructive Wargaming [Programme Code : 1379]
Programme Scope: To look at suitable cost-effective and/or open-source libraries products, eg. WorldWind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_World_Wind), ESRI ArcGlobe, to facilitate geospatial-temporal data representaion.
A messaging layer (eg. using Java Messaging Service and HTTP protocol)shall be incorporated to facilitate interactions between applications. Design considerations shall include robustness eg. automate recovery upon abrupt/internittent disconnection from HTTP/JMS server.
To look into suitable data representation and interchange format. Open standards such as Goodle Earth Keyhole Markup Language (KML) and ESRI shapefiles shall be considered. Suitable semantic data models eg. use of CityGML for urban buildings, maybe explored.
Performance (eg. efficient loading mechanisms for large datasets) adn usability (includes human computer interface (HCI)aspects)factors shall also be looked into.
Optional/advanced areas:
a. Techniques for Automated Data Extraction which will cove
r some of these areas:
- Automated Feature Extraction: Delineation, Attribution.
- Automated Target Recognition: Detection, Categorisation, Identification.
- Change Detection: Feature-level, Broad-Area.
- Spatio-Temporal Anaylsis and Topological Reasoning.
b. Human-Computer Interface. Advanced Interaction and Display Modalities and Multi-dimensioanl Visualization.
Pre-requisites: - Java (Swing)
- Familiarity with Eclipse development environment (http://www.eclipse.org/)is preferred.
Attachment Location: 71 Science Park Drive #02-05 Singapore (118253)
BY OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL ATTACHMENTS
Filed in: updates
October 15, 2006
boring weekend (30/09/2006 to 01/10/2006)
last last weekend is a boring weekend...
on saturday(30/09/2006), I "book out" of hall after fighting DDP in my so-called "recess week" (while everyone is having holidays, I am doing project!)... my "book out" timing is in the late afternoon... no life right? on the way home, I visited cd-rama at JP and bought myself yanzi's latest compilation album, "My Story, Your Song 经典全记录" (I bought the 2CD version, only to discover there is a 4 CDs version the next day, damm you warner music)... It includes 2 new songs, 雨天 and 梦想天空, and 34 old songs, of which I like 雨天 a lot... I will write a review on the album when I got more time...
In the night, I went out for supper with mother and brother at the nearby Mcdonald's (at Ridout Tea Garden) till about 3am...
more photos at here
after supper, we took some pictures at the far east flora (behind Mc), where I used to work part-time with (from Dec 2001 to Feb 2002)... I still remember, I only receive $5/hour and have to do all sorts of heavy duty work...
on sunday(01/10/2006), I went out alone to orchard to walk walk... I bought some movie vcds from HMV and a taiwanese magazine from Kinokuniya...
happy times pass by very fast, on the same night, I have to "book in" at hall again and face the reality of projects, projects and more projects...
Filed in: updates, family, sunyanzi
on saturday(30/09/2006), I "book out" of hall after fighting DDP in my so-called "recess week" (while everyone is having holidays, I am doing project!)... my "book out" timing is in the late afternoon... no life right? on the way home, I visited cd-rama at JP and bought myself yanzi's latest compilation album, "My Story, Your Song 经典全记录" (I bought the 2CD version, only to discover there is a 4 CDs version the next day, damm you warner music)... It includes 2 new songs, 雨天 and 梦想天空, and 34 old songs, of which I like 雨天 a lot... I will write a review on the album when I got more time...
In the night, I went out for supper with mother and brother at the nearby Mcdonald's (at Ridout Tea Garden) till about 3am...
more photos at here
after supper, we took some pictures at the far east flora (behind Mc), where I used to work part-time with (from Dec 2001 to Feb 2002)... I still remember, I only receive $5/hour and have to do all sorts of heavy duty work...
on sunday(01/10/2006), I went out alone to orchard to walk walk... I bought some movie vcds from HMV and a taiwanese magazine from Kinokuniya...
happy times pass by very fast, on the same night, I have to "book in" at hall again and face the reality of projects, projects and more projects...
Filed in: updates, family, sunyanzi
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