FOR ROBOTICS PPL

Ok. So im here. Its worth blogging down such events. Fll'05 if finally over. 3rd dec. Not what i've been looking forward to but stiu it was a wonderful ending. Actually i can care not to blog here for my friends or other fll partcipants has already done that. and it aint fun reading the same post talking about the whole competition over and over again. nvm. i'll just blog.

e plan was to not touch robot for e 2 days b4 e comp. it seems so even in other schs. i wonder y. i only know. this is just ONE of the other few comps that i've been working on my own. MY OWN means

1. No external Trainers, Instructors, Teachers or any other human help aged 20 and above.

2. No speacialised venue to do our robotics stuffs. Be it meeting to do Presentation or meeting to do Robot. There's is no FIXED venue. We do not have a place where we can go everyday just for this comp.

3. We're schoolless! The team being all Sec4's have graduated. And i kinda like that feeling. Not having to be tied down EDUCATIONALLY to any institute. But of cos inner feelings and loyalty to ur sec sch or pri sch still stays. (not like some others who care more for others schs den thier own alma matter. tt's ingrate for u)

So this time as usual. I wuld say im still the overall strategist and director. You can say that i just sit there do nth but just command. Yeah. I got no LEGO SET at home so i cant do any robot related stuffs at home. I know NUTS about FLASH so yea, cant help much abt the Presentation side. I've got no money, I've got no PLAYING FIELD at home (faris has it) and hell, the orginal plan for me to provide the WALLS of the playing field even backfired. So yea. What am i there for? Basically to add to the numbers and the noise pollution. I sit there and tell this tell that. COmmand him to do that, plead him to do this. So in short, i provide lip service and expect it to be carried out. Not happy? Confront me.

Im lousy useless and have a poor social life. This is evident at the comp day. Sec2. 2002. I go into robotics flanked by NUMEROUS other prestigious sch are top notched in robotics. Namely: Xinghua Primary ( my p sch) , Singapore Chinese Girls, Victoria, Hwa Chong, Bendemeer, Bedok north, Bukit panjang Govt... blah blah.. Y we were so strongly allianced then was bascially because of our trainers, Tribal Studioz. Whatever sch that they coached, were our friends, our allias, our supporters. But this time arnd. No such privilege. Its just chungcheng ( infact sum students frm cchs rather not help cchs but care more for others girls sch) and its alumni ( i cant say for all since sum also care more for primary sch pupils) . What to do? Its like Arsenal with Patrick Viera gone and van Persie being interested in a move to Man utd. That's chungcheng's robotics condition for you. For me? I prefer to be known as Arsene Wenger who's desperately managing this almost falling apart club and hoping the best for it.

Venue is in rulang pri. We use thier classsrooms to do everything. So coindentally, Wenxian from Vs is in the same room. You see him alone. Carrying laptop, a robot box, and some other boxes probably the spare lego parts. I shouted," Hi! Wenxian we're in the same room!" he ignored me. I dont think i need to explain Faris ( his senior sec4 in VS) reactions. Just read his blog ok? He got a page dedicated to Wenxian. But for me? I say its not his fault. He's good natured its just the influence. In the room, wenxian DAO-ed us. Actually dao is a soft word on how he treated us. He treated us as enemies. What for? I remeber wenxian as someone who goes to Xinghua Primary School chalet and making sandwiches for us when we havent even wake up. I remeber Wenxian for the countless sleepless nights, the guy who i treated as a brother. But now, its enemies. I wonder why. Izzit the fear of losing to us? Or izzit you think you are too superbly skilled to talk to NOOBS such as us? Can i remind you who first taught you how to programme and build a robot. Who BROUGHT you into robotics.

Ok u can see the group split up now. Hwa chong now is on thier own now since they haf the capabilities (they r gd i tell u) Xinghua is like kids without parents directing them just doing what they do best (aiming for awards) , VS IS GONE. as in faris' blog who said he heard a girl go " VS ROBOTCIS is dying" well to that extent i mean. Well so yea. Victoria now dun pose a threat to the robotics world now. Unless um1 does sth abt it. As for the tribal studioz group? Bedok north, scgs... now what with thoes UPCOMING schs REPLACING XINGHUA.. like juying primary and kcp. I see is as.. i dunno every 5 years swap the schs? Like 5 yrs concentrate on VS, xinghua, chungcheng.. now swap to KCP, Juying...? i dunno. maybe we're lousy and dun deserve it. or maybe we dun haf the attitude they like. my point? We are no more the group once so invincible and strong and formiddable as a force to be reckoned with. Now its just down to individual schs... fighting on thier own. NO more an ant colony.. its just scattered ants.

After comp, its prize presentation.. Desmond won it BIG. CCHS WON IT BIG. CCHS DID IT. and for thoes in cchs you deserve sharing the honour glory and fame. BUT if u look at us going on stage and feel jealous and sourness. You know u r guilty. I dun need to say anymore. Just ask yourselves. When you see us going up, IF anyone of you had felt a sense that we dun deserve to be dere or that u feel other's schs efforts were more than ours. Sorry, ur loyalty for cchs is gone. anyone loyal to cchs would haf cheered and gone bonkers over us winning an award for Lo chee lin. Anyone would haf gone Mdm Tan gonna get promotion liao. This kinda stuffs. But well, its ur conscience. u're ok wid it? den i am. for one i know i started the chungcheng ke mama cheer alone. wahaha. siao hor?

So.. maybe this two BIG YELLOW LEGO BRICKS does mean sth to us? the sch? the club? maybe more funding? more intrested students coming to learn robotics in our sch? another Singapore Quality Class award? i dunno. whatever the case is. im proud of it. i only know mdm tan will be damn proud of us again. sumtimes in robotics. its amazing how we nv fail not to let her down. she always gets e awards huh. haha. she's lucky to be the tcher in charge of it club man.

FOR NON-ROBOTICS PPL

haha. sorry ar. wasted my time on such robotics stuffs. but was fun la. tks to thoes hu prayed for me. and sorry to thoes whom i've let down. mainly faris. im sorry bro. no robot performance becos of prog1. sorry. and ryan.. haha sorry ar. nv once haf we won a fers. its always second or consolation prizes. sorry dude. but the TEAM WORK award is indeed meaningful. Shanglong me and u, ryan. haf worked together for 3 yrs liao. 3 yrs. i tink tt's damn cool. exosphere all e way.. and to the new mixed team. Logic, im speechless. I want to tk hernyih and esp James for sooooo much help.. I feel i've left u two down for not bringing home the more pretigious awards. but i hope the Team work award is a consolation. at least they saw how our TEAm work together.

once... ppl call me solo.. doing everything alone.. from xinghua misslim... to tibal studioz. when they see one person at the playing field. they always say whr ur team members.. but for wenxian's case.. i guess they made an exception. Even my dad told me i was solo. My mum olso. Now. this team work award proves a great deal. Im a soloist but i can work well in a team. Yea baby. im terrribly sorry tt e robot din work out well. luck wasnt wid us. supposedly programme to get a high score of 390 a la desmond hu got it. but guess wad. he's more lucky den me and maybe more consistent. i rmb on my last run. i on robot. i press run. yet, the programme is not running. PRESS PRESS PRESS. to no avail. ok gg. forgo first run. i bet ppl frm other schs watching me must be damn happy. like last yr when i failed one mission CHIJ TP GIRLS CHEERED. haha. i was like damn demoralised already when i fail the mision and they still can cheer. cheer as in happy that i failed the mission. not cheer for me ok. dis time.. well.. i heard none. but.. do u feel guilty of smirking to urself when i failed e mission? if yes. hi betrayer.

desmond ar desmond... u r damn lucky u noe? can u imagine how much effort SCGS has put in? e times they spent doing robot.. e numerous trainings. e help they got from others.. yet u took it away from them. can u imagine thier agony? i know how they feel. its just like when i got second while admiralty got first. its just luck that helped them win. likewise for ur case.. its luck. remmeber ar marine parade crestar? u were watching my robot wid so much envy.. so much yearning that ur robot culd complete thoes tasks like i did. i know. u even went " wah liao darren u all sure win one la" i rmb ok. cos i wanted to comfort u. but i know we were not "SURE WIN" and tt u stood a chance. tt dere is no "SURE WIN" thing. I rmb when we shared the playing field at crestar. my robot kept completeing every mission wid ease. while u were stuck everytime. plus on ur own. i saw all that. but on 3rd dec. u proved everyone wrong. u r no push over. tt u haf what it takes to represent singapore and compete wid other countries. DUN STOP CCHS"S ROBOTICS LEGEND. Hernyih started it by going to IROC in 2000. I went for WRO in 2003. now.. 2006 u r going to world festival FLL! whether i will go or not depends. but one things for sure. u must learn fast now.. apply everything u learn. and be HUMBLE. dun forget ur roots. dun forget to ask for help if u need it. and most importantly. relationships beats competition. dun be glory hungry after dis award ok? all e way next yr at netherlands. do singapore proud do cchs proud. but more imptly, do ur parents proud.

http://www.firstlegoleague.org/nobanner.aspx?pid=18830 ----> fll 05 in s'pore

http://www.firstlegoleague.org/default.aspx?pid=13390 --------> world FLL

http://www.firstlegoleague.org/default.aspx?pid=17100---> very soon. Team 1337 frm s'pore will be up dere.

ps: sorry. damn lousy post. im very very sorry. no mood to blog... check back la. i will resume my own blooging style. haf faith man. this one is becos of robotics season onli. after season is over. its hols and xmas season. party hard ppl. party hard sec4s.