Saturday, September 25, 2010

By this time i should be sleeping but can't sleep when i lie down on bed. So decided to update my blog and blog about some stuff :)

Should i just say yesterday since already pass 12am.

Finally my right arm was un-cast at Thursday. But still can't do any physical activities like carry heavy stuff. Hope really can recover and back to normal. Kinda worrying whether it will not be like last time.

Went back to school's usual lab to discuss WRO preparation stuff for 2 hours. One thing I like about the competition and the trip, everything was FULLY sponsored by Science Centre (Finally get to sponsor by them which is F**king hard and Really emphasizing the F**king FULLY!) First time my competition and oversea trip was everything sponsored. Including my air ticket, accommodation (it was 5-star hotel stated at the website), transport and FOOD (although mostly is hotel food).

Bad thing, might have to rebuild entire robot due to the nature of the competition. Shall not be too technical as i know some reading sure get bored.

After discussion, lunch and chat at FC4 with WRO ppl. Guess we got to stay together in hotel room for 3 days. Let's hope the lecturer wun sleep with us.

Went back to JSS again for Junior's farewell. Had some "fun" and dinner with the some usual juniors at Subway and laugh at some "subway's virgin". Return back home and rest.

Finally get to play com game after being cast for one week! At least I won't be bored during the holiday..

Time to post something technical and experience stuff. If any of my junior read this, encouraged to read and discuss among ourselves. Just dun discuss with "sensitive teachers".

Winning any robotic award in Secondary school is totally different from winning any robotic award in Polytechnic.

Let's talk about winning an award in secondary school.

From what i heard from those doing robotic in school and my own experience, what's our reward from clinching award?

1. Getting CCA points

Definitely lah but bloody hell the stupid CCA system only take the highest award which i find it dam bloody stupid, what if people winning many awards from the same particular competition and joining the same competition for many years? The system just bloody take the highest award points. There are so many different awards in robotics and how the hell they going categorized? I rmb my Judges Award don't even get recognized at all by the system. Same to those of my friend who win some awards but didn't show at CCA cert at ALL.

2. Getting recognized

Please lah. All those Sports, Performing Art or Uniformed Group win awards will get recognized from the school, even those tiny awards and trying to blow trumpet like very hard to win. When me or even my friends from other schools won robotic awards in school, majority of the population dun even F**King care and some people just say: "Chey, robotics nia. Just some stupid robot do this and that, fun meh?" Eh please lah, is not easy to do programming and construction to complete a task like throwing a discus. FYI, it is not easy to make the robot MOVE EXACTLY 100% COMFIRM STRAIGHT. Those who participate various competition should know what i mean.

Also, even the school website and magazine don't even update the awards my CCA won. It's kinda frustrating when u won the awards and still not updated. Those from my sec school, go check the school website >> CCA >>( my CCA to those who know). And TADA! Still at F**King year 2007??!! I see these since year 2008 and still not updated. Same goes to school magazine. Where the hell does all my awards won from 2007 to 2009?? U go see other CCA page, their accolades were updated and nicely spell.

3. Treats

Finally a positive part, CCA teacher in charge get to treat us for major awards won. I really appreciated from the teachers. Although sometimes me and my juniors were trying to "force" teacher to treat us, but i guess the teachers also see our hard work and treat us for doing well in the competition. Thanks to those teacher who have treated me. I still remember the crystal jade treat from ms lam :)

I know I use the word F**king lots of time. Okay i think i will stop using:)

Finally let's talk about winning an award in polytechnic.

1. Getting recognized

Go to SP website and you will see the photo familiar which is identical to the group photo I have posted (to make sure the date of the website i refering will be 25/9/2010)

About half a page long article and list the awards our team won.

Also go to school of EEE page, you will see a catchy topic and you will see familiar group photo again and also half page article with video.

Compared the recognition I got from polytechnic and Secondary school, very different isn't it?

At least we are proud what we winning from the competition and show others what we won.

2. The attention

The "attention" i got from competition by representing my own tertiary school is different from when i represent secondary school. When I run my robot during trial or actual run, automatically cameras are up, lots of eye will be looking at me and the robot. Cause of the T-shirt SP and majority of the people in the field knew teams from SP definitely will do very well and have high expectation on them which I found it true lately. U go see SP awards in robotics and engineering if you don't believe. Winning local and international competition

Compared to when i was running my robot representing my own secondary school, nobody even care last time, i don't about now due to the fact during my year did shock some teachers from other schools and trainers asking which school me and my juniors from. Yeah i agree that my sec school's robotic is improving but it will be very hard (impossible) to be better than those school niche at that field. That's the truth due to how much funding and resources is pump into the CCA.

Compared:

My sec school: One small bio room with 12 lego sets shared among 40 CCA members and limited budget

My tertiary school: 2 big computer lab with god knows how many lego sets shared among less than 6 members and god knows how many budget decided by the lecturers, director and principal.

Vast huge different!!!!

3. Acknowledgement

Although our team have not been treated by any lecturers for lunch or dinner, but heard there will be some talking session with director and lecturers about our experience. And just get to know some stuff about Worldskills from my lecturer in charge since his in charge of it which I quite keen to join. It is not easy to get in the Worldskills team which heard the training cost is roughly 5 figures number. Let's hope the chance drop to me LOL.

And if u have read some of my previous post, I was ask to be trainer for pri/sec schools but still in a dilemma to join the company.

Just share my experience and those juniors who happen to read my post, talk with me and perhaps discuss how to make the CCA better etc etc.

Yeah is a very log post and I WANT TO SLEEP!

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