Fri nite...
Went to Dem Bones with John and his friend, Amanda. She looked nice.
John and Amanda ordered the baby back ribs. I ordered the chicken salad and bean.
The ribs were wonderful, much jucier than last time. The salad was good too, just a bit too much. Bean was as fantastic as before. I regretted that I didn't order the ribs.
A few waitresses there were very pretty, including the one who's serving us.
John got a nice card and "The Office" DVD. He was very happy. We watched some of it right after the dinner. John said he couldn't sleep well and watched all the special features himself.
Sat...
Did almost 4 hrs of skating. Tried to learn the waltz-spin thing. Exhausted in the end. Felt like I could fall asleep any minute. I felt better after a lil while. Starting to get sick of all the preparation exercises, maybe I should just forget about them and just try out the single axle.
Went to John's place and watched "The chronicles of Riddick". It's good. I recognized the girl in there. She was in Angel before, the girl who could give out electric shock. After Riddick, we watched "The Office". David Brent's so pathetic. Made me sad watching him. Tim finally got together with Dawn. Dawn made a good choice.
Sun...
Went to church.
Washed my car.... got freezed thighs and exhausted right arm in the end.
And, I just found out today that I missed one whole window.
Later on, went to a nature park in South Delta. We walked almost 30mins in the cold. My face was freezed, very hard to move my lips too, had trouble talking.
Then later went out to Lansdown and Richmond Center. I picked out my xmas present :). John bought gift certs from the Bay and Toy R' Us. We saw Suki, John's friend in Richmond Center.
After the shopping, we made pasta and watched some TV. Pasta with baby clams, sun dried tomato sauce, and onion. I pan fried the clams with the onion. It was wonderful, I did it just right. John is glad that my cooking seems to be a lil better than him.
John wanted to see me more, i.e. besides weekends :).
Today...
Woke up early and did my 30mins run. Taped my skates (made several new holes and scratches last time) and went to work.
Going to finish my test report and go fall some more in the rink.
Monday, November 29, 2004
Friday, November 26, 2004
No Luck so far
on the axel preparation exercises.
For single loop, can only do a max of 3 in a row.
For waltz jump, can sorta do a spin in the end but it'd be all over the place. Worst, the spin doesn't even happen everytime I try it. And, can never successfully attach a single loop at the end of the waltz jump.
The only thing I'm good at now is the stand-alone, backspin.
Too bad, my coach is gonna be disappointed. I don't think there is enough time for me to learn the actual axel jump come easter.
As usual, saw many elite skaters practicing at the figure skating rink. Again, saw Mira doing her triple lutz double loop combination, but it was so crowded out there that she doesn't have enough room I think, so the jump doesn't really look good. She did sucessfully complete it, just that it doesn't have much height or flow. Saw many practicing spins. Their spins were all super fast.
For single loop, can only do a max of 3 in a row.
For waltz jump, can sorta do a spin in the end but it'd be all over the place. Worst, the spin doesn't even happen everytime I try it. And, can never successfully attach a single loop at the end of the waltz jump.
The only thing I'm good at now is the stand-alone, backspin.
Too bad, my coach is gonna be disappointed. I don't think there is enough time for me to learn the actual axel jump come easter.
As usual, saw many elite skaters practicing at the figure skating rink. Again, saw Mira doing her triple lutz double loop combination, but it was so crowded out there that she doesn't have enough room I think, so the jump doesn't really look good. She did sucessfully complete it, just that it doesn't have much height or flow. Saw many practicing spins. Their spins were all super fast.
Lots of new stuffs
Learned lots yesterday. Some new edge exercises and some exercises to prepare for axle.
1. Mohawk, cross leg in front. Mohawk on the other side, cross leg. Alternate this down the rink.
2. Outside 3-turn with one leg "stick" to the back of the other leg. Step on to the leg at the back and glide backwards. Then step forward and repeat the sequence.
3. 5 single loops in a row.
4. Skate in a circle (anti-clockwise). Practice pushing with the left leg behind while having the arms back and the skating leg bend. Thrusting the arms up to a 90degree, left leg up (also a 90 degree), and pull straight the skating leg.
5. Waltz jump and immediately do a single loop without stepping in betweens.
6. Waltz jump and immediately turn into a backspin when landing.
For #3, the most I could do is to have the last 3 single loops on the same spot... so ugly. ...exactly like bunny hopping.
#4, he said the worst thing in starting to learn a single axle is to have the skating leg bend while the free leg is up in front of the body. This exercise is to help prevent that.
For #5, somehow I can't keep my free leg in front after the waltz jump so can't do the loop after.
For #6, my backspin wobbles after the waltz jump. Unlike the stand-alone backspin, I don't have the benefit of the deep forward inside 3-turn to start with.
For #2, on the anti-clockwise direction (i.e. skating on the left leg) it's hard for me to glue the free leg to the back of the skating leg, probably from all the practice of single flip and salchow where the free leg is wide away from the skating leg. The coach was trying to show me why it is important to have the "glue". He demonstrated by doing a few ice dancing steps with me. First we started by him going backwards and I go forward (anti-clockwise direction). Then, he changed direction and stepped forward while I do the outside forward 3-turn. After the 3-turn, I stepped onto the free leg and glide backwards. At the same time, he was doing a 3-turn. We did this 3 or 4 times in a row. He said if the 3-turn was wide (i.e. free leg away from skating leg and on the side), then I would pull my partner off track. He asked if I see it. Well I said I couldn't see anything. That's because he's way taller than me and he's blocking my view the whole time. He said the dancing steps felt good to him, i.e. I did good, but actually it's him leading all the way and I'm doing everything wrong.
At the end of the class, he told us that there is a club event during easter and asked if any of us would be interested in being a part of it. He said the point is to show other clubs what is going on in our club and vice versa. My classmate, Andrew, said the point is to use us to attract more students :P. He said, it'd be a 3.5min program. He said back in the UK, he always made sure that he involved the adult class ppl. This is the first time he's involved in this in Canada. He also said that we're a good group. Back in Scotland, he said there were bars on the side that can be pulled away so that ppl can still be grabbing onto something while skating across the ice. Well... in compare to THAT, we're good. Somehow we all said ok... so I guess I'll be doing a group number with my classmates come easter. He said we'd use 20mins of our 1hr session to rehearse... so I guess if I didn't participate then I'd be doing my own thing while all other ppl r rehearsing. That I don't like.
1. Mohawk, cross leg in front. Mohawk on the other side, cross leg. Alternate this down the rink.
2. Outside 3-turn with one leg "stick" to the back of the other leg. Step on to the leg at the back and glide backwards. Then step forward and repeat the sequence.
3. 5 single loops in a row.
4. Skate in a circle (anti-clockwise). Practice pushing with the left leg behind while having the arms back and the skating leg bend. Thrusting the arms up to a 90degree, left leg up (also a 90 degree), and pull straight the skating leg.
5. Waltz jump and immediately do a single loop without stepping in betweens.
6. Waltz jump and immediately turn into a backspin when landing.
For #3, the most I could do is to have the last 3 single loops on the same spot... so ugly. ...exactly like bunny hopping.
#4, he said the worst thing in starting to learn a single axle is to have the skating leg bend while the free leg is up in front of the body. This exercise is to help prevent that.
For #5, somehow I can't keep my free leg in front after the waltz jump so can't do the loop after.
For #6, my backspin wobbles after the waltz jump. Unlike the stand-alone backspin, I don't have the benefit of the deep forward inside 3-turn to start with.
For #2, on the anti-clockwise direction (i.e. skating on the left leg) it's hard for me to glue the free leg to the back of the skating leg, probably from all the practice of single flip and salchow where the free leg is wide away from the skating leg. The coach was trying to show me why it is important to have the "glue". He demonstrated by doing a few ice dancing steps with me. First we started by him going backwards and I go forward (anti-clockwise direction). Then, he changed direction and stepped forward while I do the outside forward 3-turn. After the 3-turn, I stepped onto the free leg and glide backwards. At the same time, he was doing a 3-turn. We did this 3 or 4 times in a row. He said if the 3-turn was wide (i.e. free leg away from skating leg and on the side), then I would pull my partner off track. He asked if I see it. Well I said I couldn't see anything. That's because he's way taller than me and he's blocking my view the whole time. He said the dancing steps felt good to him, i.e. I did good, but actually it's him leading all the way and I'm doing everything wrong.
At the end of the class, he told us that there is a club event during easter and asked if any of us would be interested in being a part of it. He said the point is to show other clubs what is going on in our club and vice versa. My classmate, Andrew, said the point is to use us to attract more students :P. He said, it'd be a 3.5min program. He said back in the UK, he always made sure that he involved the adult class ppl. This is the first time he's involved in this in Canada. He also said that we're a good group. Back in Scotland, he said there were bars on the side that can be pulled away so that ppl can still be grabbing onto something while skating across the ice. Well... in compare to THAT, we're good. Somehow we all said ok... so I guess I'll be doing a group number with my classmates come easter. He said we'd use 20mins of our 1hr session to rehearse... so I guess if I didn't participate then I'd be doing my own thing while all other ppl r rehearsing. That I don't like.
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Disgruntled Designer
Disgruntled Designer
My friend's new blog.
His xanga site is also very interesting.
spini2k's Xanga Site
My friend's new blog.
His xanga site is also very interesting.
spini2k's Xanga Site
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Life is life....
Turns out that not only IT ppl can get layoff. My sis was just told that she can either quit or work only part time in her company. She is choosing to not work part time. I wonder if they would give her severance pay seeing that they give her the option. She is about to sell her furnitures and move back here this mth or so.
Actually this might be good for her since she hates working in that lab anyway. So much labour (eg. yanking 10L water up to the sink) and yuckiness involved (pig's blood, egg yolk, chemicals and such).
Before this, she is planning to go back to school and get a cert anyway. And, also looking for new job... but no luck so far I heard. Donno if taking the courses is a good idea since those courses are actually for high school students. My mom totally doesn't like her to do that. She said it's a waste of time. But now that she's not gonna have a job I guess my mom might be ok with that.
No response on any of the job applications that I sent out too :(.
Actually this might be good for her since she hates working in that lab anyway. So much labour (eg. yanking 10L water up to the sink) and yuckiness involved (pig's blood, egg yolk, chemicals and such).
Before this, she is planning to go back to school and get a cert anyway. And, also looking for new job... but no luck so far I heard. Donno if taking the courses is a good idea since those courses are actually for high school students. My mom totally doesn't like her to do that. She said it's a waste of time. But now that she's not gonna have a job I guess my mom might be ok with that.
No response on any of the job applications that I sent out too :(.
~_~
So so so sleepy today. Woke up at 6 to get my 30mins run in. I actually didn't start to run till 6:30.... spent 15mins eating 1.5 small blueberry muffins and 15mins napping on the couch. As I was driving to work, I felt like I could have fallen asleep any sec. I'm so sleepy now that all I want to do is sleep, doesn't even want to drink coffee.
Yesterday, I also did 30mins run in the morning. During lunch, skated about 1.5 hrs. After work, skated 40mins. Don't know y... seems like the more I skate the worst it's getting. My upper body is now getting out of sync with my lower body, it's always moving ahead. I am thinking that it might have something to do with the sharpening that my skates had recently.
I'm so very under stress now. Work is very slow and I'm not contributing anything at all. As a result, I turn to food for my comfort again.
The most I eat in a day...
coffee w/ cream
a white ovaltine drink (4 spoons of ovaltine)
veggie with pork for lunch
20 coconut waffle sticks
small portion of veggie with beef for dinner
after dinner... a muffin, 2 pieces of 9-grain bread, 7 girl guide's cookies
...basically non-stop eating till I go to bed.
Yesterday, I also did 30mins run in the morning. During lunch, skated about 1.5 hrs. After work, skated 40mins. Don't know y... seems like the more I skate the worst it's getting. My upper body is now getting out of sync with my lower body, it's always moving ahead. I am thinking that it might have something to do with the sharpening that my skates had recently.
I'm so very under stress now. Work is very slow and I'm not contributing anything at all. As a result, I turn to food for my comfort again.
The most I eat in a day...
coffee w/ cream
a white ovaltine drink (4 spoons of ovaltine)
veggie with pork for lunch
20 coconut waffle sticks
small portion of veggie with beef for dinner
after dinner... a muffin, 2 pieces of 9-grain bread, 7 girl guide's cookies
...basically non-stop eating till I go to bed.
Monday, November 22, 2004
Weekend
Went running outside on Sat. Did 15laps with a break at the 8th lap. Then, went home and got very hungry and had muffins. Later on, went to Lansdown to buy shin guards and a Canada hat for John's bday. =) He seemed to like them. We went to see "National Treasure". It's a good movie. It has history stuffs in it and a surprising ending (for me at least). I got a lame Simpsons character...so expensive :(. John bought car cover for his 'vet. He had to cut a hole in it to fit the antenna in. I wonder if that would ruin the cover.
Went to John's parent's house for his bday gathering on Sun. Their place is so much warmer than John's place. We had roast beef with mashed potatoes, pickles, olives (which I skipped and still don't like), and wonderful fruit spinach salad. We watched Simpsons and had a nice time. Saw John's dad's china trip photos, has HK in it too. Some of them are quite beautiful but I'm glad that I came here and away from the pollution. John got his parents TV. I hope it's still functional after the drive.
Went to John's parent's house for his bday gathering on Sun. Their place is so much warmer than John's place. We had roast beef with mashed potatoes, pickles, olives (which I skipped and still don't like), and wonderful fruit spinach salad. We watched Simpsons and had a nice time. Saw John's dad's china trip photos, has HK in it too. Some of them are quite beautiful but I'm glad that I came here and away from the pollution. John got his parents TV. I hope it's still functional after the drive.
Friday, November 19, 2004
8-rink
Arghh!!! Supposedly it's twonnie skate today but the new person wouldn't believe me said that it's not on the sheet that was given to her. Got charged 4.25!!!
The cookie/chip vendor machine got broken, so instead I got mocha. Didn't feel too good afterwards. I think I had too much coffee..... 3 in a day!
Saw pair skating practicing again when I was waiting for my coffee. Saw a beautiful triple toe loop.
Then afterwards saw Mira Leung and Annie Bellmare. Both of them doing triple. Mira was doing a triple lutz double loop combination. It was awesome, she was spinning SO FAST in the air.
In the public skating sesson, a lady was doing a single axle and attempting double salchow. Her scratch spin was great.
My crossovers still suck. Maybe I need to use one of those scooters to fix them...meaning I need to go to one of those public skating sessions in Richmond.
The cookie/chip vendor machine got broken, so instead I got mocha. Didn't feel too good afterwards. I think I had too much coffee..... 3 in a day!
Saw pair skating practicing again when I was waiting for my coffee. Saw a beautiful triple toe loop.
Then afterwards saw Mira Leung and Annie Bellmare. Both of them doing triple. Mira was doing a triple lutz double loop combination. It was awesome, she was spinning SO FAST in the air.
In the public skating sesson, a lady was doing a single axle and attempting double salchow. Her scratch spin was great.
My crossovers still suck. Maybe I need to use one of those scooters to fix them...meaning I need to go to one of those public skating sessions in Richmond.
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Thurs
Kevin went to Kamploops with the kids for their provincial competition so we have Lee today. She didn't teach much, but I did learn one new thing about scratch spin. The spin should be initiated by itself. That is, the 3-turn should wrap around itself like the following tracing:
If you're doing the 3-turn too wide (i.e. it is not wrapping around itself), then you're probably creating a tracing like this:
Right after she drew that first tracing out for me to see, I could do the spin. It felt wonderful, no scratching toepick, no compensating to keep my balance. However, I could not repeat it.
Also, she told me that I shouldn't lean too much during the entry.
If I'm leaning too much, then I'll be on an inside edge once I get out of the 3-turn to spin. That'd in turn make me skate in big circles instead of small ones, meaning almost impossible to stay centered and actually do the spin.
Somehow I have to fix my outside 3-turn entry into the spin...
Now I'm thinking maybe Lee is a better coach than Kevin. Kevin didn't tell us that.
Lee said she has faith in me, that I can do a double jump one day ^^!
And, another classmate said I'm her role model ^^! Wow... do I actually look that good? I just felt that I'm always tipping forward too much.
Oh and 2 more things...
For the salchow, the free leg should be right in front of the skating leg (or at least as close as possible) before we start to jump.
For the waltz jump, the free leg should come straight (i.e. no swinging the free leg around) thru with the knee up.
If you're doing the 3-turn too wide (i.e. it is not wrapping around itself), then you're probably creating a tracing like this:
Right after she drew that first tracing out for me to see, I could do the spin. It felt wonderful, no scratching toepick, no compensating to keep my balance. However, I could not repeat it.
Also, she told me that I shouldn't lean too much during the entry.
If I'm leaning too much, then I'll be on an inside edge once I get out of the 3-turn to spin. That'd in turn make me skate in big circles instead of small ones, meaning almost impossible to stay centered and actually do the spin.
Somehow I have to fix my outside 3-turn entry into the spin...
Now I'm thinking maybe Lee is a better coach than Kevin. Kevin didn't tell us that.
Lee said she has faith in me, that I can do a double jump one day ^^!
And, another classmate said I'm her role model ^^! Wow... do I actually look that good? I just felt that I'm always tipping forward too much.
Oh and 2 more things...
For the salchow, the free leg should be right in front of the skating leg (or at least as close as possible) before we start to jump.
For the waltz jump, the free leg should come straight (i.e. no swinging the free leg around) thru with the knee up.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
:D
Yay! Got reply from FishOnly. Finally cleared up with her.
No response from any of the companies that I had applied to. Oh well maybe it's still early. Worst come to worst... i'll just ask for a permanent position here. Or... maybe go take some more courses and just sit back and relax.
I'm officially a pig. Had a muffin and 4 pieces of pecan cookies after a light supper with cauliflower and beef. Didn't go back to running since last Sat. My only workout is skating. Recently, I'm practicing spin more than jumping, meaning, even less cardio for me. Not much improvement eventho I've been practicing a lot.
Just found out yesterday that I could skate w/o wearing stockings. If I really get comfortable with it..donno what I'd do w/ my skating tights... > 20bux a piece.
Skating went terrible today, kept slipping. Gonna get sharpening tomorrow. Since I didn't get much exercise from skating, gonna have to run today.
No response from any of the companies that I had applied to. Oh well maybe it's still early. Worst come to worst... i'll just ask for a permanent position here. Or... maybe go take some more courses and just sit back and relax.
I'm officially a pig. Had a muffin and 4 pieces of pecan cookies after a light supper with cauliflower and beef. Didn't go back to running since last Sat. My only workout is skating. Recently, I'm practicing spin more than jumping, meaning, even less cardio for me. Not much improvement eventho I've been practicing a lot.
Just found out yesterday that I could skate w/o wearing stockings. If I really get comfortable with it..donno what I'd do w/ my skating tights... > 20bux a piece.
Skating went terrible today, kept slipping. Gonna get sharpening tomorrow. Since I didn't get much exercise from skating, gonna have to run today.
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Nothing much...
Lazy as a bun. Only sent in more cover letter & resume.
Didn't do any studying at all.
Didn't even go apartment hunting with John. He said he went to a few good ones. I hope that he'd buy the nice ones and not the one with weird smell. But then, that's his choice.
Such a dilemma... is an old relatively big place better or a new small place? Hehee I'm superficial I'd go for the new place. Big place = more cleaning to do. :P
Saw so many movies lately. Friday, saw "The Incredibles", and it is incredible! It's so funny and exciting, not a boring minute. Sat, saw "Shrek 2", good animation. Kinda boring. Not as exciting as "Finding Nemo" or "The Incredibles". Then saw "The Collateral", too tired in the second half... couldn't keep my eyes opened. It seemed very exciting in the end.
Didn't do any studying at all.
Didn't even go apartment hunting with John. He said he went to a few good ones. I hope that he'd buy the nice ones and not the one with weird smell. But then, that's his choice.
Such a dilemma... is an old relatively big place better or a new small place? Hehee I'm superficial I'd go for the new place. Big place = more cleaning to do. :P
Saw so many movies lately. Friday, saw "The Incredibles", and it is incredible! It's so funny and exciting, not a boring minute. Sat, saw "Shrek 2", good animation. Kinda boring. Not as exciting as "Finding Nemo" or "The Incredibles". Then saw "The Collateral", too tired in the second half... couldn't keep my eyes opened. It seemed very exciting in the end.
Lazy
Planned to study all weekend but ended up going apartment hunting with John. First apartment was really small but it's on the ground floor. But, it's new and looked really nice. Good layout and good interior decorations. Second apartment was much larger but smelled like old ppl home, and had a scary elevator. Third apartment was very old as well, but at least it didn't smell funny. However, the exterior looked really old and unstable, and the parkade does not have a gate. The agent was trying to sell us ..."the more lock you put in, the more break-in will occur"... Well, I totally disagreed. I think the more lock you put in, the more noticeable the break-in. There might be a break-in to other ppl's car but if there were no lock then you might not have known unless it's a tight community where everybody knows everybody's business.
FishOnly seemed to have either filtered my email to her (that she misread my blogger, "Disappointed") or that she got it and just ignored me.
FishOnly seemed to have either filtered my email to her (that she misread my blogger, "Disappointed") or that she got it and just ignored me.
Friday, November 12, 2004
Aching all over
Sent my comment to FishOnly. Hope she gets it.
:( Probably it's my bad English that she misunderstood me.... anyway...
Aimed for 8 laps yesterday. Felt good at 8th. Took a break then did 11... then still feeling ok so ended up doing 15. Then, John came. Ran 3 laps with him. In total, did 18 laps. Oh man... my left ankle was so stiff afterwards.
John was so nice. He went to my fav mall with me :). Had Caprioca(?sp) green tea. It's too sweet for my taste. John's lemon grass pork was really good. Restrained myself and only took a bite. In Daiso, got another pair of charcoal deoderant for my skates, and hairpins (my old ones r too loose).
Skating was ok. Didn't really learn anything new. Coach sorta showed me a layback spin.
Learned some new edge exercises:
1. Russian stroke (backward crossover in one direction, then deep knee bend, and do backward crossover in the other direction... and repeat)
2. Choctaw, backward crossover, step forward, forward crossover.
I still have trouble with my backward crossover in the clockwise direction...
Lissie said it's because I'm tipping too forward. I think I need to relearn how to go backwards in the clockwise direction with 2 skates side-by-side, no crossover that is.
Donno y.... I'm now having feet cramps again the first 30mins or 40mins of skating. Is it because I skipped skating Mon and Tue?
:( Probably it's my bad English that she misunderstood me.... anyway...
Aimed for 8 laps yesterday. Felt good at 8th. Took a break then did 11... then still feeling ok so ended up doing 15. Then, John came. Ran 3 laps with him. In total, did 18 laps. Oh man... my left ankle was so stiff afterwards.
John was so nice. He went to my fav mall with me :). Had Caprioca(?sp) green tea. It's too sweet for my taste. John's lemon grass pork was really good. Restrained myself and only took a bite. In Daiso, got another pair of charcoal deoderant for my skates, and hairpins (my old ones r too loose).
Skating was ok. Didn't really learn anything new. Coach sorta showed me a layback spin.
Learned some new edge exercises:
1. Russian stroke (backward crossover in one direction, then deep knee bend, and do backward crossover in the other direction... and repeat)
2. Choctaw, backward crossover, step forward, forward crossover.
I still have trouble with my backward crossover in the clockwise direction...
Lissie said it's because I'm tipping too forward. I think I need to relearn how to go backwards in the clockwise direction with 2 skates side-by-side, no crossover that is.
Donno y.... I'm now having feet cramps again the first 30mins or 40mins of skating. Is it because I skipped skating Mon and Tue?
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Disappointed
Dished seeing John's parents, workout, and skating for this enormous career fair. And... what a disappointment. 800+ ppl registered I heard. Lined up for at least half an hour. I did such a poor job at the 5-min so-called interview with one of their hiring managers. I so totally prepared for the wrong thing.
Questions were...
1. What positions r u looking for? Java/C++.... he said "oh. ok. it's actually VC++". well.. yeah i know.
2. How many years of exp? 4
3. Out of those how many were Java?.... cat caught my tongue here... cuz mmm i only took java courses while and in between working.... so "It was mostly C, I did some Java on and off".
4. What kind of things did u do? application, one is written in Java, and another one is also in Java and with servlet..so it's a web application....
5. Can you tell me a situation where you got challenged by it and how did u resolve it?... again couldn't recall immediately but did say something like..."back then when i was using COM there was no java type library and i had to go do a lot of internet research.. u know... with the java type library they compiled everything for u and u just use it like normal java classes".... He just said "yeah yeah".
The hiring manager was an asian guy with cantonese accent. Not a lot older than me. How can he be a team leader??
He said there are 5 java positions available and 20 C++!! I said I am interested in C++ position too but I'm more interested in Java.
In the end, I just said "I love Java". And, I started out the "interview" with saying how nice Java is... so clean and portable.
I donno. I think I sucked. He's probably thinking... yeah doesn't matter how much u like it.. u don't have the experience!!
Hmm... maybe I should go back to BCIT and take several EJB courses...
since I'm sick of C now and C++ syntax is not as good/neat/clean as Java.
I think I'd like to work with Java more than anything else.
Hmm... one of my coworkers is applying too I know. Heehee... maybe I should hope that he gets the job and then I can get his job here doing Java. :P
That's probably the best I can hope for now.
And, because I was so sad/embarrassed, I treated myself with a blueberry muffin and 4 chocolates after supper. Supper was just veggie (kale) and soup. During the career fair, I had 2 huge yummy cookies (bigger than my palm), and few chips. Before bed time, I had more veggies.... I feel so fat now.
Questions were...
1. What positions r u looking for? Java/C++.... he said "oh. ok. it's actually VC++". well.. yeah i know.
2. How many years of exp? 4
3. Out of those how many were Java?.... cat caught my tongue here... cuz mmm i only took java courses while and in between working.... so "It was mostly C, I did some Java on and off".
4. What kind of things did u do? application, one is written in Java, and another one is also in Java and with servlet..so it's a web application....
5. Can you tell me a situation where you got challenged by it and how did u resolve it?... again couldn't recall immediately but did say something like..."back then when i was using COM there was no java type library and i had to go do a lot of internet research.. u know... with the java type library they compiled everything for u and u just use it like normal java classes".... He just said "yeah yeah".
The hiring manager was an asian guy with cantonese accent. Not a lot older than me. How can he be a team leader??
He said there are 5 java positions available and 20 C++!! I said I am interested in C++ position too but I'm more interested in Java.
In the end, I just said "I love Java". And, I started out the "interview" with saying how nice Java is... so clean and portable.
I donno. I think I sucked. He's probably thinking... yeah doesn't matter how much u like it.. u don't have the experience!!
Hmm... maybe I should go back to BCIT and take several EJB courses...
since I'm sick of C now and C++ syntax is not as good/neat/clean as Java.
I think I'd like to work with Java more than anything else.
Hmm... one of my coworkers is applying too I know. Heehee... maybe I should hope that he gets the job and then I can get his job here doing Java. :P
That's probably the best I can hope for now.
And, because I was so sad/embarrassed, I treated myself with a blueberry muffin and 4 chocolates after supper. Supper was just veggie (kale) and soup. During the career fair, I had 2 huge yummy cookies (bigger than my palm), and few chips. Before bed time, I had more veggies.... I feel so fat now.
Monday, November 08, 2004
:(
Studied all weekend, no fun. Just finished the basics of Java, didn't even have time for servlet, or thread yet. Still have to read COM and J2EE. The J2EE tutorial is HUGE! U can check it out here.. http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/
Called BCAA to fix John's car. Finally, a new battery. No more jump start.
Had cramps/diarrhea on Sat. Missed out at least 5 hrs of studying.
Thought it was because I finished the whole bag of pecan cookies.
Now I think otherwise.... do I have colon ulcers or even cancer? Will go see a doctor after Tue's career fair.
Thinking I might have to take tmr off too and I'm already taking today's off clinging on the hope that I would finish COM and J2EE in one day! Rather impossible actually ...
And, grandpa passed away, funeral held in China.
Called BCAA to fix John's car. Finally, a new battery. No more jump start.
Had cramps/diarrhea on Sat. Missed out at least 5 hrs of studying.
Thought it was because I finished the whole bag of pecan cookies.
Now I think otherwise.... do I have colon ulcers or even cancer? Will go see a doctor after Tue's career fair.
Thinking I might have to take tmr off too and I'm already taking today's off clinging on the hope that I would finish COM and J2EE in one day! Rather impossible actually ...
And, grandpa passed away, funeral held in China.
Friday, November 05, 2004
More edges
Learned
- backward 3-turn. Tip: to turn and change direction, need to rock the blade a bit using the end of the blade
- bracket
A turn made on one foot from forward to backward (or backward to forward) from one edge of one character to an edge of another character, i.e. outside to inside or inside to outside, where the body rotation is counter to the natural direction of progress causing the cusp to print outward from the center of the lobe curvature. The edge before and after the turn is on the same lobe.
Learned more edge exercise from last nite's class.
- 3-turn on right skate, change direction and stepped onto the left skate, and followed by forward crossover, do the same in the other direction and alternate.
- backward 3-turn, mohawk to go back to skating backward, then backward 3-turn in the other direction, then mohawk, repeat in the other direction and alternate.
- bracket, backward 3-turn, forward crossover and repeat.
Trick to perform 3-turn with free leg in front is not to tip forward when doing the 3-turn. This way there'll be no scratching on the ice and you can move on to the backward crossover easier.
Practiced a lot of edge exercises during lunch, didn't do much jumping. I definitely know how to do bracket now altho on the left skate it's not as comfortable.
- backward 3-turn. Tip: to turn and change direction, need to rock the blade a bit using the end of the blade
- bracket
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A turn made on one foot from forward to backward (or backward to forward) from one edge of one character to an edge of another character, i.e. outside to inside or inside to outside, where the body rotation is counter to the natural direction of progress causing the cusp to print outward from the center of the lobe curvature. The edge before and after the turn is on the same lobe.
Learned more edge exercise from last nite's class.
- 3-turn on right skate, change direction and stepped onto the left skate, and followed by forward crossover, do the same in the other direction and alternate.
- backward 3-turn, mohawk to go back to skating backward, then backward 3-turn in the other direction, then mohawk, repeat in the other direction and alternate.
- bracket, backward 3-turn, forward crossover and repeat.
Trick to perform 3-turn with free leg in front is not to tip forward when doing the 3-turn. This way there'll be no scratching on the ice and you can move on to the backward crossover easier.
Practiced a lot of edge exercises during lunch, didn't do much jumping. I definitely know how to do bracket now altho on the left skate it's not as comfortable.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
:O
Being a good girl yesterday, finished up my first draft of resume.
Got to work early and finished my cover letter.
Since I did my cover letter in the morning, I didn't go skating, stayed and worked during lunch instead. However, it turned out to be a complete waste of time. I'm again stuck in the place where I don't know if I found a bug or if I did something wrong.
I was asked to use "snoop" to see the network trace, which I did. But afterwards I was told "This is not what I wanted. But I'll have a look at it and see if I can find anything.". I donno what to say... well I did exactly what was told.
This gives me more motivation to look for new job in company where I don't have to tip toe around ppl.
Donno if it's stress I suddenly developed a liking to chocolate. And, yesterday ate 3 pecan cookies before bed, this morning too.
Got to work early and finished my cover letter.
Since I did my cover letter in the morning, I didn't go skating, stayed and worked during lunch instead. However, it turned out to be a complete waste of time. I'm again stuck in the place where I don't know if I found a bug or if I did something wrong.
I was asked to use "snoop" to see the network trace, which I did. But afterwards I was told "This is not what I wanted. But I'll have a look at it and see if I can find anything.". I donno what to say... well I did exactly what was told.
This gives me more motivation to look for new job in company where I don't have to tip toe around ppl.
Donno if it's stress I suddenly developed a liking to chocolate. And, yesterday ate 3 pecan cookies before bed, this morning too.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
...
So distracted at work lately. Been reading too much of my friend's xanga site, online forum, and job sites.
Decided to start my job hunting saga since the market out there seems to be so much better now. If I didn't try it, I'd hate myself later. Gonna first update my resume and write new cover letters. The resume shouldn't be too hard since it's not too out-of-date. It's only been several mths since I last updated it. The cover letters r another matter. For the career fair, I need to write a generic but yet specific letter.
I found one job that I'm so interested in, application programmer for device. But, it's in downtown. I'd like to work in Richmond for a change. Oh well can't hurt to apply.
Skating is getting boring by the min. Doing the same stuff over and over... No new improvement.
Decided to start my job hunting saga since the market out there seems to be so much better now. If I didn't try it, I'd hate myself later. Gonna first update my resume and write new cover letters. The resume shouldn't be too hard since it's not too out-of-date. It's only been several mths since I last updated it. The cover letters r another matter. For the career fair, I need to write a generic but yet specific letter.
I found one job that I'm so interested in, application programmer for device. But, it's in downtown. I'd like to work in Richmond for a change. Oh well can't hurt to apply.
Skating is getting boring by the min. Doing the same stuff over and over... No new improvement.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Lazy as a snake
Yesterday, woke up at 5 thinking that it was 6 but still stayed in bed till 6. U would think that fallback would give u an hr more sleep....
Skating wasn't really good. Boots felt so stiff. I should have skated on Sun. But, got lazy, stayed home and watched "Charmed" instead.
Found another person from www.loyaukee.com that likes skating. She's lucky she started when she was 9 but she's off of it now.
I wonder if I'll ever be able to do backward crossover smoothly.
Instead of running after work. I mean workout...not looking for job, but I think I should start doing it. Watched "Lost" and "CSI: Miami" instead. "Lost" is so good. The new episode is coming out on Wed. Can't wait! My mom likes it too.
A guy friend of mine asked when I'd be able to see him... But I'm busy with my bf and he's busy with his gf. And I wonder if it's appropriate to go see a guy alone now that I'm not single anymore. It's probably ok but I wonder if John would mind.
Today, woke up at 5 again.... I wonder when my body would go into fallback time.
Signed my online friend's xanga guestbook. His blogger is so much interesting than mine. I'm such a boring person.
There is a career fair on my friend's friend's company in Richmond on Nov 9. Maybe I should go take a look.
Going to a bday gathering tonite. Such a big group of ppl. I already forgot whose bday it's for.
Skating wasn't really good. Boots felt so stiff. I should have skated on Sun. But, got lazy, stayed home and watched "Charmed" instead.
Found another person from www.loyaukee.com that likes skating. She's lucky she started when she was 9 but she's off of it now.
I wonder if I'll ever be able to do backward crossover smoothly.
Instead of running after work. I mean workout...not looking for job, but I think I should start doing it. Watched "Lost" and "CSI: Miami" instead. "Lost" is so good. The new episode is coming out on Wed. Can't wait! My mom likes it too.
A guy friend of mine asked when I'd be able to see him... But I'm busy with my bf and he's busy with his gf. And I wonder if it's appropriate to go see a guy alone now that I'm not single anymore. It's probably ok but I wonder if John would mind.
Today, woke up at 5 again.... I wonder when my body would go into fallback time.
Signed my online friend's xanga guestbook. His blogger is so much interesting than mine. I'm such a boring person.
There is a career fair on my friend's friend's company in Richmond on Nov 9. Maybe I should go take a look.
Going to a bday gathering tonite. Such a big group of ppl. I already forgot whose bday it's for.
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