canine..K9

last friday my apartment has another two creatures

not cats

not mice

not tortoise

but two puppies

toy poodles to be exact

cute

hairy

cuddly

first day at my place is very pleasant

they were very adorable and fun

that's what i think at the first moment i saw them

what happens next is unbearable

starting the next day

they start to get noisy

barking (more like monkey screams) in the cage

peeing and pooing on the floor whenever and wherever they want

things get ugly early in the morning

no more alarm clocks but dog calls

it can be very annoying as they are just outside of my room, in the living room

the sound they make don't even resemble dog barks

more like squeels

and the noise they make when thrashing around in the cage

mornings are not quiet and tranquil anymore

my housemates are still snoozing

while i'm wide awake

just cant stand my early mornings to be disturbed in this manner

you know what?

all those ruckus stop the moment someone is near the cage

stupid damn vermins just wants attention

what the hell?!

today we have exam

and the female one is sick

so male one is out of the cage while we're gone

i forgot my ID

so i went back for it

once entering the apartment

i saw, dog poo

fresh from the anus

and one spot of pee not far away

at last, a reason to clean the apartment

the dogs keep on doing what they want every now and then

when will they be properly potty-trained?

when will they learn how to shut up in the morning?

when?

that's all i have to complaint for now

exhausted

last two days were the most tiring days of my life

tired and exhausted

not physically but mentally

all because of one presentation that costs 15 percent in my grade

it was communication system

and it requires us to do a project

and then present the results that we simulated

it's about a QPSK modulator

for those who don't know about it, click here

we need to simulate the modulator in MATLAB

FYI, MATLAB is a mathematical analysis program for simulation and result generation

one thing about this project is that it is brand new in this course

which means, our senior haven't done this before

which means, no previous samples to refer

which means, no answers to copy

which means, we need to figure it out ourselves

which means, it'll be a hard struggle before we can get the correct stuffs

we kick started the project a few weeks before the deadline

that time, we're thinking of using SIMULINK, a feature in MATLAB

for about one week of thinking, testing, consulting lecturer and coordinator

we got nothing

then we shifted our focus to solve using coding

which was the original instruction for the project

(because my lecturer allows SIMULINK

We tried to take the easy way but failed)

after scanning through the web

i found no solution

the same with my partner

but then some fella comes out telling my partner he got the program but cant generate the correct grpah

we got the program from him

it's just one of the samples i found and it's wrong

another week went by with no progress

a few days before submitting our report

my group member found another source of solution

but in the end we found out it was fraud

the so called 'smart guy' just renamed the file

from 'QPSK_TX.m' to 'QPSKkclimultimateEDITION.m'

what a blowoff

i just think that he was simply 'too smart'

and he 'totally' understood the codes

just so to put his name and the word 'ultimate edition'

as the file name

so that anyone getting the answer will be his honor

in the end, he succeeded

almost 90 percent of the groups used the same code

and ended up rejected by the lecturer

bravo~ BRAVO!

nothing comes without effort

it's true

they receive nothing by doing nothing

back to my group

we still have nothing

so, we combined with another group to discuss

last two days

we found a bunch of codes that we can use

we spent the whole night trying to integrate it into the 'ultimate edition' codes

discussing and retrying

trying to understand the original codes at the same time

results won't appear the moment we start working on it

we got nothing but a bunch of errors and warnings

my MATLAB program gave up on me at 2am

it simply wont simulate anymore

forcing me to reinstall it

uninstalling took me a mere 15mins

reinstalling costs me one hour!!

but after reinstalling, the problem persists

i was very frustrated and disappointed

then my role in the discussion group changed

since i cant simulate

i change the codes and send to the others

and they send back the results after simulation

we have me, my partner CH and KV and Jo from another group

four brains can't beat a few lines of codes

we gave up at 5am and went to sleep

the next day i overslept but manage to arrive for the 8am class

after the 10am class, KV told us that a guy manage to do it

and he got the codes with his group mate

my 8 hours of effort just went to waste within 5mins

there goes my sleep also

Jo even made coffee to stay up to do the codes

after obtaining the codes

we spent another 3 hours trying to modify it

we also tried to integrate his codes into our

failed in the end too

we gave up and continued to complete our report with the results we get

at 3pm

KV's group went on to presentation after printing the report

while i finish up my lunch

the lecturer has the same speech as she did to previous groups

'i know you get the codes from the internet'

'i recognize it as soon as i see it'

'what does this code mean?'

'what does this value represent?'

'how you get this result?'

'show me *this* show me *that*'

eavesdropping their presentation made me feel insecure with my report

KV's group came out being rejected

they sounded like giving up

but luckily we got all the tips from them

what the lecturer asked and what she want

so we spent another 2 hours modifying the codes and report again

CH left for class in the process and our presentation was delayed until 5pm

(it was supposed to be at 3.45pm till 4.00pm)

presentation was stressful when we messed up the code files

the lecturer was frustrated

i was frustrated

the codes were messy

soon, we manage to get pass those obstacles

all spent was worth it when the lecturer is satisfied with our presentation

and we can go home and get some rest

i slept at 7pm on friday

woke up to answer a call in the middle of it

don't know what time was that

the time i really wake up was after 10am this morning

i slept for 15 hours straight because of one presentation!

last time worked for two days straight was not that tiring either

(though i slept for 14 hours that time)

now i know that mental fatigue is far more serious than physical fatigue

for those out there..make sure you get enough of your sleep

and for those doing reports and presentations, good luck

microP lab project

t's been awhile since the last blog post

now that something happened that worth blogging about,

it's another post then..

this happens to my group project for microprocessor lab

the title is LED display

so we decided on an electronic dice program

the project didn't require us to build the real thing

we just need to simulate it by using a program called 'Proteus'

that's a pain in the ass

first of all, it's another new program we need to master

since MPLab, mikroC, hyper terminal, and now Proteus

it's totally new to us

and the instructor didn't even bother to teach us how to operate it

in fact, she came in and left straight away

for tea, i think, sweat..

designing the program wasn't very HARD

drawing the hardware layout didn't take much TIME

trying to make the simulator work was a HARD TIME

after debugging again and again

our efforts are still in vein

even the unnoticed mistakes were taken care of already

our project still haven't made any progress

not even a sign of success

then it's time to leave

the lab helper urging us to go

well, same as always

bring back home do lo~

program, i got the installer

serial, outdated

meaning, can't work

tried everything from reinstalling, configuring to changing keys

still won't work

every time i try to insert a component, it won't appear

lost hope until i found another installer with crack for the same version

waited till the download is complete

extracted the file

applied the crack

and it works wonders

finally, i can get to work

everything goes on just fine

why i didn't find that file earlier

would save me the whole evening for that single, stupid, serial key

here's my work

the dice will start counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and repeat again

until SW1 is pressed, then the count will stop to display a number

until SW2 is pressed, then the count restarts again

that's how it works

sounds simple, think is simple

when we get our hands on it

it's not that simple anymore

especially when dealing with assembly codes

the simplest language in programming

though the hardship is torturing

the satisfaction after the job is done

worth more than words can say

and now, back to report writing

which was delayed by the simulation part

T-T

work, work, work

work till can't work anymore..

that's life, right?

wrong!

we work so that we no need to work later

that's why we should work hard now

so that we don't have to work anymore later