What would you do? This happens to me a lot. I just do things that I am unable to understand and there seems to be no logical reason behind the things that I have decided to do. Well, one example is I don't know why should I treat others well when they don't even bother about me at all. I know that I have no logical gains to doing them such favours but why? Maybe I should sit down and have a chat with myself to get myself working right again. Doing this in a long run will not bring me any good. It will only cause troubles and the lack of rest on my part. Aren't you already overworked enough? Stop getting yourself into more troubles than usual already.
For today, it's started quite rocky. Not only did the bus arrived late, the public transport was more than crowded today. Furthermore, the place where I happen to get my coffee everyday was overly cramped but I still managed to get mine. Then, due to the slow lifts of the office building, someone tried to squeeze into the lift and banged into me and my coffee, I ended up drenched in coffee this morning. Once I stepped out of the lift, the first thing I saw were the people working in department going out for breakfast while I was drenched in coffee. Well, I went to the toilet to clean up the best that I could, went to my desk and all the works were left on my desk. That's the beginning of one of my everyday. However, it seems like I am getting used to this when it is not something to get used to.
I tried to read some of my posts during my way to work and found quite a number of typographically errors, however, I am unable to find them now. I wonder where did all of them went. For those of you who read and spot the errors, please drop a comment and let me know about it. I will amend them as soon as I see your comments.
This month would be an uncertain one. That is mainly because of the huge numbers of medical check ups and scans that my mother will have to go through and the appointment with her operating doctor to decide if she will need to go through another operation or has her condition stabilized. I hope it would be the latter. However, I should be worried about the amount of money I need for her to visit the doctor this regularly. To think, the previous lawyer's letter from the hospital wasn't even settled yet. My salary is really lacking. Even if I don't spend on transport and food, I won't have enough for her.
I will try thinking of a way to solve this before I go to bed tonight...
Friday, May 30, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
The Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate Review - Mechanical Keyboard
Here is another mechanical keyboard review and this time it is the Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate. I have saw this on the Das Keyboard official website and the keyboard itself just looks amazing. Previously, I think they didn't not include a volume control wheel, but in this version, you will notice one straight away. I think the volume wheel is really useful to controlling the volume of your system intuitively, you will not need to look for the specific keys on your keyboard to control the volume any more.
Before I move on further with my impression of the keyboard itself, let's take a look that how the Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate looks like!
This is how the Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate looks like! They also have another version which includes the letters, numbers and symbols on the keyboard for those who requires them. However, for those of us who typed everyday and are able to memorise the layout of our keyboard, we may like to give the Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate a consider. Without the letters labelled on our keyboard, we would not need to worry about the letters wears off from our keys after using our keyboard for a long time. Moreover, sometimes having such keyboards might prevent friends or relatives who visit your house to use your computer necessarily if they can't get use to the keyboard without labels.
I haven't actually seen nor try this keyboard as yet, and I doubt I would have the chance. However, I feel if you are able to afford it and enjoy having a quality keyboard to type on. This keyboard is definitely worth the consideration.
The design of the keyboard looks elegant and well built to me. As you can see from the third image, this keyboard also provide a foot rest which is useful for those who like to adjust your keyboard to leaning upwards for a better typing experience.
There are two different switch type available for this model: the blue switches and the brown switches. For the blue switches, it is also known as the clicky version of the keyboard on some website while the brown switches would be the quieter version.
Other than the above, this keyboard is the 104 full keyboard. Some of us prefer a full keyboard, while some of us prefer a more compact keyboard. Different games normally have different ideal condition in order to enjoy the best gaming experience. This keyboard uses a 2.0 or 3.0 USB port, hence, you can choose between the two depending on your preference and your system.
Well, this keyboard does not need a driver to install and is compatible to Linux, Windows, Mac and ChromeOS.
You can find this keyboard in Amazon and perhaps other online shops listed in the official website. If you are living outside of America, you will need to purchase one from one of the online retail shop, or if you are lucky you might find a physical retailer store in your country. More information may be found on the offical Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate website, it's the caption under the image (for those who are wondering).
Personally, the thing I like about the board is the blank key caps that they provide as well as the design of the keyboard itself. Also, I love the volume wheel as well, it enables me to control the volume of my system with much ease.
Of course, the above are my personal preferences. All in all, this is a keyboard for professionals and those who wants to enjoy the maximum typing experience while typing and gaming. So why not give it a consider for those who are able to afford it!
If I'm able to get my hands on experience on the keyboard, I will update this post on that. Till then.
Before I move on further with my impression of the keyboard itself, let's take a look that how the Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate looks like!
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| http://shop.daskeyboard.com/products/das-keyboard-4-ultimate/ |
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| http://shop.daskeyboard.com/products/das-keyboard-4-ultimate/ |
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| http://shop.daskeyboard.com/products/das-keyboard-4-ultimate/ |
I haven't actually seen nor try this keyboard as yet, and I doubt I would have the chance. However, I feel if you are able to afford it and enjoy having a quality keyboard to type on. This keyboard is definitely worth the consideration.
The design of the keyboard looks elegant and well built to me. As you can see from the third image, this keyboard also provide a foot rest which is useful for those who like to adjust your keyboard to leaning upwards for a better typing experience.
There are two different switch type available for this model: the blue switches and the brown switches. For the blue switches, it is also known as the clicky version of the keyboard on some website while the brown switches would be the quieter version.
Other than the above, this keyboard is the 104 full keyboard. Some of us prefer a full keyboard, while some of us prefer a more compact keyboard. Different games normally have different ideal condition in order to enjoy the best gaming experience. This keyboard uses a 2.0 or 3.0 USB port, hence, you can choose between the two depending on your preference and your system.
Well, this keyboard does not need a driver to install and is compatible to Linux, Windows, Mac and ChromeOS.
You can find this keyboard in Amazon and perhaps other online shops listed in the official website. If you are living outside of America, you will need to purchase one from one of the online retail shop, or if you are lucky you might find a physical retailer store in your country. More information may be found on the offical Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate website, it's the caption under the image (for those who are wondering).
Personally, the thing I like about the board is the blank key caps that they provide as well as the design of the keyboard itself. Also, I love the volume wheel as well, it enables me to control the volume of my system with much ease.
Of course, the above are my personal preferences. All in all, this is a keyboard for professionals and those who wants to enjoy the maximum typing experience while typing and gaming. So why not give it a consider for those who are able to afford it!
If I'm able to get my hands on experience on the keyboard, I will update this post on that. Till then.
The coming weekend..
It will be Friday tomorrow and weekend will follow soon. I am wondering about how should I allocate my time during the weekend. I would like to have my haircut but am afraid that it will be too crowded due to weekend, I would really like to do that on a weekday. However, I will need to take leave for that to happen.
Anyway,I realize that the work that were allocated to be by four seniors are getting worse. Nowadays, they even push the scanning and filing jobs, which are done by part timers, to me. Moreover, I was not given any challenging and brain-damaging work to do any more even though I have not make any mistakes with them at all. I wonder why there is such a change? Perhaps they just like me to suffer not only from over-working but also from getting bored after doing almost 9 hours of endless filing and scanning. Well, it's not that I have not done that before, though I am really sick of doing such meaningless chores and it's not even within my work scope. I guess someone will have to do it in the end and none is willing to, hence, the one who got sent to the thrash would be me. That's one way of thinking. For the optimists, they would probably think that it does not matter, they will have the chance one day to learn something new after they became good in the scanning and filing, or when they hire someone new for a lower rank position. However, I am not willing to wait for those to happen since I have no interest in the industry any more. You will see things every day that question why the world works this way, and makes you think that striving and working hard is almost close to being meaningless.
Now it's time to work on something more constructive today...
I will jot down my thoughts before I sleep later.
Anyway,I realize that the work that were allocated to be by four seniors are getting worse. Nowadays, they even push the scanning and filing jobs, which are done by part timers, to me. Moreover, I was not given any challenging and brain-damaging work to do any more even though I have not make any mistakes with them at all. I wonder why there is such a change? Perhaps they just like me to suffer not only from over-working but also from getting bored after doing almost 9 hours of endless filing and scanning. Well, it's not that I have not done that before, though I am really sick of doing such meaningless chores and it's not even within my work scope. I guess someone will have to do it in the end and none is willing to, hence, the one who got sent to the thrash would be me. That's one way of thinking. For the optimists, they would probably think that it does not matter, they will have the chance one day to learn something new after they became good in the scanning and filing, or when they hire someone new for a lower rank position. However, I am not willing to wait for those to happen since I have no interest in the industry any more. You will see things every day that question why the world works this way, and makes you think that striving and working hard is almost close to being meaningless.
Now it's time to work on something more constructive today...
I will jot down my thoughts before I sleep later.
What's in for today?
Still no news nor calls for interview yet. I wonder when will I get the opportunity. Patience is the thing I need right now. Although I am in a rush for a change, I have to wait patiently for the right opportunity. All in all, it's just waiting and waiting. I bet most of you out there actively looking for a job will understand how I am feeling really well, or perhaps understand how easy to be demoralized when interviews and applications don't yield the results you expected. Some of us would just jumped blindly into any first offer and eventually realize that we do not enjoy the job as well, eventually leave the position and start our search again. It's a good example of misfits and social pressure which encourage job misfit to a certain extent. No one could survive without money. That is the truth. However, because of this, most are stuck with the jobs they don't even enjoy doing and may not even be good at. This is especially true when you have a family to support and you will need money for food, transport, education, daily necessities, bills, housing loans..The list is endless. It may result in lesser work efficiency, pushing of responsibilities, position hogging (as you guys know, the higher the position, the more pay you get), and other issues which I may have miss out. The point is that the efficiency would definitely be affected and most likely decrease. With lesser efficiency, it is not utilizing the full potential of the individuals and, in turn, limiting the company growth potential due to the limited utilization of it's talents. To put it simply, it is not a good thing to have. Well, even though I said this, it's in fact none of my problems right? Who am I to be bothered by all this? I should just be concerned on my own survival, no extra time to worry about what others think and do. Nothing good will ever comes out of that.
So how is work today? I am not sure about you (if you are reading this, perhaps you may like to share how is your day at work with me). For me, it is a horribly inefficient day with nothing new and endless processing and repetitive work. Well, however, when I was travelling to work, a sudden thought struck me which made me quite determine to leave the company sooner. So what's the thought about? With my previous post, I have talked about my supervisor resigning and they, in fact, hired someone new to take over the position. It's a middle ranked position, why didn't the company trained the employees with a ranked lower to take over the position? They just decided to hire someone else to replace the vacant position which I don't understand. You are denying the other employees in the company an opportunity to grow within the company. I mean shouldn't you at least look at your very own employees before deciding to hire someone new totally? It seems almost as if that if you stay with the company, the opportunity for you to be raise to a higher rank is extremely slim, and they don't really provide training to their employees to improve their knowledge and skills. No wonder one of the team mates are looking for open position for another company today. Well, I am sorry to myself, not team mate as I am not being treated as one. One of the employees who happened to be in the same department as I do was looking at job openings in another company recently to find a suitable one to apply I guess. Perhaps, we feel the same way, he might feel that it's too boring for him, that's why I being the newest there has to do all the work. Who knows? If I can tell what others are thinking, I wouldn't be here typing blindly, I would be a fortune teller, earn easy bucks from gullible folks. Anyway, it's just a joke, I have no ability to be one and even if I do, fortune telling is not my interest.
I feel guilty today because after typing this post I would just rest in bed and drift off to sleep. I am unable to continue reading today as I am tired and overworked. Not only I had to serve over time without being paid, I had to go to the mart and top up coffee and buy dinner for my family as the rest don't have enough money to buy coffee nor dinner. The mart is quite a distance from my rented apartment so it takes awhile. This explains why I posted extra late today. Oh and about the youtube tutorial I have been talking about recently, I have not really found a good free software that I can use to record down my screen and voice for explanation. Perhaps, I may try my best to find it by this weekend and try it out. However, I have plans for the weekend so I am not too sure if I have sufficient time for this but I will just try. As the saying goes, "You'll never know unless you try." However, remember one thing, there are consequences for every actions and decisions you made, so think before you do. Some of you might think what the previous sentence is all about, it came so abruptly. It's just what I am thinking recently because of some news that are pretty controversial in my country.
I will try to spare more time tomorrow to read up and do up some constructive posts as well as finishing up the next Java Programming tutorial post. I apologize for it to be delayed since I am not really in a good condition to finish it up by today. I will put more effort in it and get it done soon so I can move on the do up a slightly more interesting tutorial. Looking forward to that :).
Much being said, it's time for me to rest well and prepare for a long day tomorrow. I hope that it will be less tiring as compared to today. Also, may tomorrow be a day with moderate work, sufficient time to read and study, and work on my Java Programming tutorial posts as well as one other constructive post.
I miss a post today, if possible, I hope that I can make it up tomorrow, if not Friday.
Well, then, have a good rest!
So how is work today? I am not sure about you (if you are reading this, perhaps you may like to share how is your day at work with me). For me, it is a horribly inefficient day with nothing new and endless processing and repetitive work. Well, however, when I was travelling to work, a sudden thought struck me which made me quite determine to leave the company sooner. So what's the thought about? With my previous post, I have talked about my supervisor resigning and they, in fact, hired someone new to take over the position. It's a middle ranked position, why didn't the company trained the employees with a ranked lower to take over the position? They just decided to hire someone else to replace the vacant position which I don't understand. You are denying the other employees in the company an opportunity to grow within the company. I mean shouldn't you at least look at your very own employees before deciding to hire someone new totally? It seems almost as if that if you stay with the company, the opportunity for you to be raise to a higher rank is extremely slim, and they don't really provide training to their employees to improve their knowledge and skills. No wonder one of the team mates are looking for open position for another company today. Well, I am sorry to myself, not team mate as I am not being treated as one. One of the employees who happened to be in the same department as I do was looking at job openings in another company recently to find a suitable one to apply I guess. Perhaps, we feel the same way, he might feel that it's too boring for him, that's why I being the newest there has to do all the work. Who knows? If I can tell what others are thinking, I wouldn't be here typing blindly, I would be a fortune teller, earn easy bucks from gullible folks. Anyway, it's just a joke, I have no ability to be one and even if I do, fortune telling is not my interest.
I feel guilty today because after typing this post I would just rest in bed and drift off to sleep. I am unable to continue reading today as I am tired and overworked. Not only I had to serve over time without being paid, I had to go to the mart and top up coffee and buy dinner for my family as the rest don't have enough money to buy coffee nor dinner. The mart is quite a distance from my rented apartment so it takes awhile. This explains why I posted extra late today. Oh and about the youtube tutorial I have been talking about recently, I have not really found a good free software that I can use to record down my screen and voice for explanation. Perhaps, I may try my best to find it by this weekend and try it out. However, I have plans for the weekend so I am not too sure if I have sufficient time for this but I will just try. As the saying goes, "You'll never know unless you try." However, remember one thing, there are consequences for every actions and decisions you made, so think before you do. Some of you might think what the previous sentence is all about, it came so abruptly. It's just what I am thinking recently because of some news that are pretty controversial in my country.
I will try to spare more time tomorrow to read up and do up some constructive posts as well as finishing up the next Java Programming tutorial post. I apologize for it to be delayed since I am not really in a good condition to finish it up by today. I will put more effort in it and get it done soon so I can move on the do up a slightly more interesting tutorial. Looking forward to that :).
Much being said, it's time for me to rest well and prepare for a long day tomorrow. I hope that it will be less tiring as compared to today. Also, may tomorrow be a day with moderate work, sufficient time to read and study, and work on my Java Programming tutorial posts as well as one other constructive post.
I miss a post today, if possible, I hope that I can make it up tomorrow, if not Friday.
Well, then, have a good rest!
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
An unexpected news...
For those who are looking for an extreme unexpected news, I am really sorry to disappoint, it's just a normal unexpected news. You will never know what one is thinking I guess. It seems like the only supervisor who is nice and helps out when you have too much to do is going to resign. It was quite sudden in fact, well, I don't know what else to comment as I don't really know him well. Furthermore, he is not the usual one I report to unless our team leader is on leave, which happened rather recently.
I am still constantly looking out for other opportunities which I can go to and enjoy the work I will be doing. However, there are not many offers, and almost none had got back to me. I guess it's because of the lack of relevant certification, perhaps I should seriously study first. Recently, I have found a slightly cheaper course of my interests, however, it only begins next year. Registration of the course will be this year end, December. Anyway, the course is rather affordable after subsidies, however, the modules are not really in depth. It will be a good certification for entry position, however, for senior position, I guess I will need to further my studies and knowledge even more if I managed to secure a position in the industry. By then, how old will I be? I am not that sure as well. But if I don't try, I will be stuck in a position which I dread everyday. With this, it's more than enough to make me hard work and give it a go before giving up. I need to learn how to live for myself already, if not I will be the one who is going to suffer in the end.
Well, apart from that, as usual I feel really tired today. I think I have an idea as to why I feel this tired, it's because I am not really sleeping when I am asleep due to the fear of waking late and being late for work. No wonder on Friday, it almost feel like I have not been sleeping for days. That's why I went to google on how to help myself to relax and sleep well. However, I tried and most does not really work well for me. I will continue to find a way to solve that.
I have been typing this post for almost an hour now, and I haven't typed anything substantiate to justify the time I used to type this post. Indeed, there are some things that I am bothered about. It is a thought that I don't really wish to jot down. If possible, I hope I won't be bothered about it. It's difficult though. However, I think a crippled person like me would be able to do that well. The only thing I need would be time.
What else? Oh, not only I am reading about Java Programming, I have started reading about HTML as well. It is quite an interesting book to read, however, it's inconvenient for me to practice on it when reading as most of the time I will be in a really overcrowded train or taking a lunch break at work. The moment I reached home, I would work on my Java codes and no time for that at all. I am thinking of squeezing some time out to practice on HTML as well. I wonder how am I going to do that. Will that result in a loss in productivity in my work and end up fired? Most of them comment that I am working more slowly recently, and lesser work is done in a day. Of course, since they pushed most of the work to me, they would monitor my speed regularly. It is kind of stressful. I don't mind getting fired, but I am concerned about not having enough money to live and support my family. That's why I am keeping the position until I find a suitable opportunity. I guess I am sleeping later and later recently because this. To make it worse, there are things on my mind, I just can't rest peacefully with that.
I guess I don't have much time to complete the 4th Java Programming tutorial today since I am in the middle of working with a different code which gives me endless errors. I have not found out the reason why and still struggling with it. I am going to look at it at least until 12 am, if till then I am unable solve it, perhaps 1 am.
Well, I guess I better go work on that before I actually fall asleep.
I am still constantly looking out for other opportunities which I can go to and enjoy the work I will be doing. However, there are not many offers, and almost none had got back to me. I guess it's because of the lack of relevant certification, perhaps I should seriously study first. Recently, I have found a slightly cheaper course of my interests, however, it only begins next year. Registration of the course will be this year end, December. Anyway, the course is rather affordable after subsidies, however, the modules are not really in depth. It will be a good certification for entry position, however, for senior position, I guess I will need to further my studies and knowledge even more if I managed to secure a position in the industry. By then, how old will I be? I am not that sure as well. But if I don't try, I will be stuck in a position which I dread everyday. With this, it's more than enough to make me hard work and give it a go before giving up. I need to learn how to live for myself already, if not I will be the one who is going to suffer in the end.
Well, apart from that, as usual I feel really tired today. I think I have an idea as to why I feel this tired, it's because I am not really sleeping when I am asleep due to the fear of waking late and being late for work. No wonder on Friday, it almost feel like I have not been sleeping for days. That's why I went to google on how to help myself to relax and sleep well. However, I tried and most does not really work well for me. I will continue to find a way to solve that.
I have been typing this post for almost an hour now, and I haven't typed anything substantiate to justify the time I used to type this post. Indeed, there are some things that I am bothered about. It is a thought that I don't really wish to jot down. If possible, I hope I won't be bothered about it. It's difficult though. However, I think a crippled person like me would be able to do that well. The only thing I need would be time.
What else? Oh, not only I am reading about Java Programming, I have started reading about HTML as well. It is quite an interesting book to read, however, it's inconvenient for me to practice on it when reading as most of the time I will be in a really overcrowded train or taking a lunch break at work. The moment I reached home, I would work on my Java codes and no time for that at all. I am thinking of squeezing some time out to practice on HTML as well. I wonder how am I going to do that. Will that result in a loss in productivity in my work and end up fired? Most of them comment that I am working more slowly recently, and lesser work is done in a day. Of course, since they pushed most of the work to me, they would monitor my speed regularly. It is kind of stressful. I don't mind getting fired, but I am concerned about not having enough money to live and support my family. That's why I am keeping the position until I find a suitable opportunity. I guess I am sleeping later and later recently because this. To make it worse, there are things on my mind, I just can't rest peacefully with that.
I guess I don't have much time to complete the 4th Java Programming tutorial today since I am in the middle of working with a different code which gives me endless errors. I have not found out the reason why and still struggling with it. I am going to look at it at least until 12 am, if till then I am unable solve it, perhaps 1 am.
Well, I guess I better go work on that before I actually fall asleep.
Take a look at the: Thermaltake Poseidon Mechanical Keyboard
If you have seen my previous posts, you would realize that quite a number of them are about mechanical keyboards and reviewing each of them. I just realize that there are some typing errors and grammars errors in my previous posts. I will edit them as soon as I spot the errors, alternatively, you may wish to point them out for me so that I can correct them, thank you! This would be one of the add ons to that. For this post, I will be reviewing on the Thermaltake Poseidon mechanical keyboard which is largely known as budget friendly mechanical keyboard.
The thermaltake Poseidon Z keyboard is available with two different switch types: blue and brown. However, they named the switches as Tt eSports certified mechanical switches. The switches are made by a company in China after the patent for copyright of Cherry mechanical switches has expired.
The above shows example of the blue certified mechanical switches on the Poseidon Z from thermaltake.
Now for the look of the keyboard and the lighting itself:
Don't this keyboard just looks cool? Anyway, apart from the look, the size of the keyboard is perfect for me, it's a full keyboard. For those of us who use the num pad a lot, this keyboard may be a good choice if you are on a tight budget. If you notice, you might be wondering what is the button on the top right hand side of the keyboard, you don't see such key in other keyboard. Well, it would be the window lock key, once you depressed the key, the window key will be locked. You may unlock the key by pressing on it again. This keyboard also allows for N-key roll over. Great entry mechanical keyboard for those who don't require macro functions keys.
Apparently, there are mixed reviews on this keyboard, some loves the feel of the switches and find that they are no different from the original switches. Some complained that the switches are more noisy and they are unable to withstand the noise. There are also those who love the quality and price of the product so much that they just give endless praises for the keyboard itself. While others, complain about the lightings being too bright, space being a different size and quality isn't that great. So I am really not sure what to say about this keyboard. However, I can assure that those of you who have no experience with mechanical keyboard and would like to try one that won't cost too much. This keyboard would be a great choice for you to experience how it is like to type on the mechanical keyboard, then perhaps move on from there.
I think that's about it, if I have any more updates on this keyboard, I will edit the post then. Also, if you manage to spot any errors, please advise or leave a comment so that I can rectify it. Thank you so much!
The thermaltake Poseidon Z keyboard is available with two different switch types: blue and brown. However, they named the switches as Tt eSports certified mechanical switches. The switches are made by a company in China after the patent for copyright of Cherry mechanical switches has expired.
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| http://www.ttesports.com/productPage.aspx?p=130&g=ftr#.U4SNTvmSxq4 |
Now for the look of the keyboard and the lighting itself:
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| http://www.ttesports.com/productPage.aspx?p=130&g=ftr#.U4SNTvmSxq4 |
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| http://www.ttesports.com/productPage.aspx?p=130&g=ftr#.U4SNTvmSxq4 |
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| http://www.ttesports.com/productPage.aspx?p=130&g=ftr#.U4SNTvmSxq4 |
Apparently, there are mixed reviews on this keyboard, some loves the feel of the switches and find that they are no different from the original switches. Some complained that the switches are more noisy and they are unable to withstand the noise. There are also those who love the quality and price of the product so much that they just give endless praises for the keyboard itself. While others, complain about the lightings being too bright, space being a different size and quality isn't that great. So I am really not sure what to say about this keyboard. However, I can assure that those of you who have no experience with mechanical keyboard and would like to try one that won't cost too much. This keyboard would be a great choice for you to experience how it is like to type on the mechanical keyboard, then perhaps move on from there.
I think that's about it, if I have any more updates on this keyboard, I will edit the post then. Also, if you manage to spot any errors, please advise or leave a comment so that I can rectify it. Thank you so much!
Monday, May 26, 2014
Ducky Zero DK2108S Mechanical Keyboard Review
Yet another review on mechanical keyboard! This time, it will be on the ducky zero dk2108s mechanical keyboard. Why the ducky zero and not the ducky shine 3? The main reason would certainly be the price! It's one of the cheaper mechanical full keyboard in the market, the ducky zero dk2108s.
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| http://www.duckychannel.com.tw/en/ZERO_DK2108S.html |
Grab a picture of how ducky zero looks like on the ducky taiwan website. The first thing you would notice would be that the keyboard is fully back light. There are two different colours available, blue and orange. The blue looks really attractive to me. The feature that attracts me most would be the full keyboard which allows me to do data entry using this keyboard as well. Not only you can use it for gaming, a full keyboard would definitely enhance the typing experience when you need to deal with numbers all the time.
Some features of this keyboard would be that it uses USB port and it allows for N or 6 key rollovers. I guess I will need the manual to find out how each of this work. In addition to this, the keyboard has UV coated and lasered key caps, which is great. It will allow the letters of the keys on the keyboard to last quite a while.
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| http://www.duckychannel.com.tw/en/ZERO_DK2108S.html |
For the ducky zero dk2108s, it is available with a variety of switches in fact. However, on the website, they only show you the brown switches. After much research, I think the brown switches will suit me quite well. They are not too loud and provide a tactile feedback so that you know that you have activate the key just by feeling the feedback. Also, I have tried the brown switches in one of the computer accessories store in bugis, I just like the feel of the brown switch and the blue one. Red is much too light and easy to press for my preference. However, for those who needs to double tap a lot, do give red and black switches a consider as well, those are linear switches. Anyway, with my knowledge, I think if I remember correctly, the ducky zero dk2108s is available in red, blue, brown and black switches. I look around the web stores from Taiwan and China for that information, however, there may be more switches available which I may not be aware of.
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| http://www.duckychannel.com.tw/en/ZERO_DK2108S.html |
Last, but not least, the keyboard also enable window lock which is rather important for competitive gamers would gets frustrated when you hit the window key on your keyboard accidentally and end up being switch out of your game. Fret not as this keyboard enables window key on the keyboard to be lock, hence, you won't be switch out of your game even if you pressed them accidentally. Well, and I just realize that the N-Key rollover key is just beside it, I guess that would be the key you press to enable the N-Key rollover.
That's about it for this keyboard. Personally, the major attractiveness would be the price and it's certainly for people who wants an entry mechanical keyboard to try the key switches and get used to it before completely switching to the mechanical keyboard. So how much is this? If you decide to buy this through a web store in the local country, it cost about SGD 105 excluding shipping, which is around USD 84. This is consider quite affordable compared to the higher end mechanical keyboard like Razer ultimate which cost SGD 219, twice the price of this keyboard. Hence, for those out there who are looking for a mechanical keyboard but are on a tight budget, you may want to consider this particular model of ducky keyboard.
So! Have you decided? I haven't...
Ciao~
Some times you just don't understand what you are doing.
It's all because of my dinner yesterday that made me unable to work today. However, I do not have sufficient money to visit the doctor, therefore, I just rest at home without going to work. I have tried to sleep for the whole day, however, it's really too painful for me to fall asleep. I did called to inform, however, my manager asked me to go back to work if possible. Well, now the problem is I don't have the money to afford a medical certificate to prove that I am really unwell. I will just need to prepare myself for tomorrow, it will be a rocky day at work.
I tried applying for a number of position, however, none got back to me at all. It is really discouraging in fact. The only call I got today was from a recruitment agency. I have had much bad experience with them. They ask you down to the interview twice, one with the agency and one for the actual position itself. They will inform you if you are actually short listed for the interview with the actual position. However, you will not be informed at all if you don't. They don't even give a damn about it, it's almost like they ask you to wait but didn't give you a specific time frame until you realize why has it been so long. When I gave them a call back asking about the position, they don't even remember who I was and ask me down for any interview for a totally irrelevant position with my interest. After which, they tell you again that they will inform you if you are short listed and no response...I can only sigh. From the company perspective, perhaps they are just trying to minimize cost of informing job seekers that they are not short listed for the interview. From job seekers perspective, *You seriously think that their perspective is important?* (This is the feeling I have after long period of job search in the past) they may get depressed, demoralized and discourage when no one actually bothers to get back to them. I have a friend who said that it's damn rude of the them to do that, she was told that they will inform her on the status that week, she waited for two weeks and called the company back, and she was told them, no one commented anything and whether she will be hired or not. Honestly, if you are not hiring, just inform that our application is rejected, how hard is that?
Anyway, apart from the job search, I practically wasted most of my day resting so that I will feel better, and indeed my immune system have not failed me. I am feeling better right now and I am hungry, however, I am afraid that if I eat anything the diarrhoea would persist. Well, I should stop worry about every single thing in my life, it getting tiring.
I am halfway through my third Java Programming tutorial post now, hopefully I will be able to complete it before Wednesday. Basically, I am also thinking of creating the video so that it would be easily to explain while I typed through the video using a screen capture software. I am currently looking into this and if I really decided to make videos on Java Programming, I will update my posts including the videos I did so that it will be easier to understand.
Well, I will just go and buy myself some food before my gastric starts.
Perhaps, later...
I tried applying for a number of position, however, none got back to me at all. It is really discouraging in fact. The only call I got today was from a recruitment agency. I have had much bad experience with them. They ask you down to the interview twice, one with the agency and one for the actual position itself. They will inform you if you are actually short listed for the interview with the actual position. However, you will not be informed at all if you don't. They don't even give a damn about it, it's almost like they ask you to wait but didn't give you a specific time frame until you realize why has it been so long. When I gave them a call back asking about the position, they don't even remember who I was and ask me down for any interview for a totally irrelevant position with my interest. After which, they tell you again that they will inform you if you are short listed and no response...I can only sigh. From the company perspective, perhaps they are just trying to minimize cost of informing job seekers that they are not short listed for the interview. From job seekers perspective, *You seriously think that their perspective is important?* (This is the feeling I have after long period of job search in the past) they may get depressed, demoralized and discourage when no one actually bothers to get back to them. I have a friend who said that it's damn rude of the them to do that, she was told that they will inform her on the status that week, she waited for two weeks and called the company back, and she was told them, no one commented anything and whether she will be hired or not. Honestly, if you are not hiring, just inform that our application is rejected, how hard is that?
Anyway, apart from the job search, I practically wasted most of my day resting so that I will feel better, and indeed my immune system have not failed me. I am feeling better right now and I am hungry, however, I am afraid that if I eat anything the diarrhoea would persist. Well, I should stop worry about every single thing in my life, it getting tiring.
I am halfway through my third Java Programming tutorial post now, hopefully I will be able to complete it before Wednesday. Basically, I am also thinking of creating the video so that it would be easily to explain while I typed through the video using a screen capture software. I am currently looking into this and if I really decided to make videos on Java Programming, I will update my posts including the videos I did so that it will be easier to understand.
Well, I will just go and buy myself some food before my gastric starts.
Perhaps, later...
For those who are feeling unmotivated, no matter it's at work or in school..
Clearly, I am definitely one of the unmotivated ones, however unmotivated I am, I will try to do my best in the work that were given to me and make sure I finish all of my responsibilities before I leave even though as you know from my previous posts that I am not paid for staying outside of my working hours. Even if I am sick, I was not allowed any leave or early dismissal after I am done with the things I was supposed to do because others would just push me theirs to work with. Yet, the real reason me being unmotivated was I feel nothing about the work I'm doing, I don't like the nature of the job as it does not seem to have a purpose and I can't see myself working long term in this field at all. With the misfits in company cultures and the attitudes that my team mates are giving me, it just makes me feel worthless and inferior compared to the rest of them. If they were treat everyone slightly fairer regardless if they are poor or rich, fresh or experience, perhaps I would not feel as frustrated everyday. However, I will still leave the position once I found a position that I think I will see myself enjoying and work in the long run.
Yes, I have read another article today and it was talking about "being unmotivated is a choice not a consequence". This means that it is trying to imply that if you are unmotivated, that is because you made that choice and it is not a result of you being treated unfairly, or not compensated fairly and so on. Do you actually agree with this? My view would be there are some truth to it, however, it may not completely a choice. Say you are in a position which you are passionate about and feel really motivated to work everyday, it's something that you look forward to. But the environment and the culture of the particular organization just happens to turn you off everyday. Some times it may be the people you are teaming with just can't get along well and problems seem to be endless everyday. As time passed, you start to question why you are even working here and tends to dread going to work. It happens to some of us. Yes, and this shows that indeed being motivated or unmotivated may be a personal choice but it's a choice that is influenced by internal as well as external variables. It may be complicated to analyse and if I have to write something substantial about this topic, I may not be able to catch some sleep before work. Then some might come up with "things can be simple or complicated depending on how you want it to be", arguments just seem to be endless, aren't they?
For today, I have not done much apart from some readings. I spent most of today thinking about all sorts of different issues that my family and I were having. Someone told me before, thinking so much does not really solve any problems, why can't you just stop thinking and let yourself be freer and happier. Life is that short, why should you choose to live such a difficult life when you can choose an easy one. However, I think when the moment I stop thinking and worrying about all sorts of things and live the way I want my life to be, my family will have to suffer from a even worse financial constraint. As you know, they are really precious, and I will do whatever I can to lessen their burden. Then again, it would seem as though I am not living for myself and living for the sake of others which is quite risky. The time will come eventually when you don't have them by your side anyone, you will be so lost that you don't know what you are going to do. Well, let's just wait till the time comes and we will see what happens.
I believe that you are the one who understand your body and your health the best. Even if you may not be the doctor or a health professional, you know if you are well or not simply because we can feel ourselves which even diagnosis may not provide an accurate report of what we are exactly feeling. This is especially true for cancer patients from my experience. My dad passed away because of cancer, and my mum have been diagnosed with cancer for more than 12 years of my life (I'm really not that old though). Anyway, from my interactions with cancer patients in the hospitals when visiting my dad and my mum, I realize that sometimes it seems as though they could tell that they are going to passed away soon themselves even though the doctor told the patient he could live up to 2 more years. Also, a person who thinks he/she may have something wrong with their body would ask for a full diagnosis showing that he/she actually knows if the health issue is serious or not. If everyone were given a chance to gain knowledge on our own health, coupling with the medical diagnosis capabilities, the chances of having a wrong diagnosis may, in fact, decrease significantly. Yet, human life span may be too short for such knowledge to be acquired (In fact, it's too costly to equipped everyone with such knowledge with no exceptional returns for such an investment). Anyway, having a wrong diagnosis is more common than you think, just that most of the time we won't realize it because we are not equipped with the knowledge and are unable to tell. Only when eventually a patient lose his/her life then their loved ones may check and eventually find out. There is a recent case where a senior citizen was given the wrong prescriptions and eventually died due to an overdose of medication. The healthcare professional was fined SGD 6000 for the incident. It was followed by some uprise in the social media, typically facebook./Some commented that how can a life worth $6000. Others having doubts on the credibility on prescriptions that we received from the medical institutions. While I am sure you guys know, there bound to be trolls on the net, laughing at the incidents or just making fun about it. I don't have much to say about the incidents but perhaps the procedures when dispensing the prescriptions should be reviewed and have it checked by at least two different doctors for approval before it is prescribe. However, the advise would waste time, effort and money so I seriously doubt even if it was suggested, it may not be implemented. Ok, time to stop....Though I still have much to say about it, will find a better time to talk about this in future after I have research and find sources to quote from so that you will have a better understanding of which issue I am talking about.
Well, and here comes Monday. Hopefully, you are not suffering from the Monday blues as I am right now. My little wish is that if you're reading, hopefully you will be someone who look forward to what you are working as or what you are studying. This way life would be more interesting and exciting. There wouldn't be blues but rainbows all around! Joking, it's only likely to happen in fantasy story.
Ciao.
Yes, I have read another article today and it was talking about "being unmotivated is a choice not a consequence". This means that it is trying to imply that if you are unmotivated, that is because you made that choice and it is not a result of you being treated unfairly, or not compensated fairly and so on. Do you actually agree with this? My view would be there are some truth to it, however, it may not completely a choice. Say you are in a position which you are passionate about and feel really motivated to work everyday, it's something that you look forward to. But the environment and the culture of the particular organization just happens to turn you off everyday. Some times it may be the people you are teaming with just can't get along well and problems seem to be endless everyday. As time passed, you start to question why you are even working here and tends to dread going to work. It happens to some of us. Yes, and this shows that indeed being motivated or unmotivated may be a personal choice but it's a choice that is influenced by internal as well as external variables. It may be complicated to analyse and if I have to write something substantial about this topic, I may not be able to catch some sleep before work. Then some might come up with "things can be simple or complicated depending on how you want it to be", arguments just seem to be endless, aren't they?
For today, I have not done much apart from some readings. I spent most of today thinking about all sorts of different issues that my family and I were having. Someone told me before, thinking so much does not really solve any problems, why can't you just stop thinking and let yourself be freer and happier. Life is that short, why should you choose to live such a difficult life when you can choose an easy one. However, I think when the moment I stop thinking and worrying about all sorts of things and live the way I want my life to be, my family will have to suffer from a even worse financial constraint. As you know, they are really precious, and I will do whatever I can to lessen their burden. Then again, it would seem as though I am not living for myself and living for the sake of others which is quite risky. The time will come eventually when you don't have them by your side anyone, you will be so lost that you don't know what you are going to do. Well, let's just wait till the time comes and we will see what happens.
I believe that you are the one who understand your body and your health the best. Even if you may not be the doctor or a health professional, you know if you are well or not simply because we can feel ourselves which even diagnosis may not provide an accurate report of what we are exactly feeling. This is especially true for cancer patients from my experience. My dad passed away because of cancer, and my mum have been diagnosed with cancer for more than 12 years of my life (I'm really not that old though). Anyway, from my interactions with cancer patients in the hospitals when visiting my dad and my mum, I realize that sometimes it seems as though they could tell that they are going to passed away soon themselves even though the doctor told the patient he could live up to 2 more years. Also, a person who thinks he/she may have something wrong with their body would ask for a full diagnosis showing that he/she actually knows if the health issue is serious or not. If everyone were given a chance to gain knowledge on our own health, coupling with the medical diagnosis capabilities, the chances of having a wrong diagnosis may, in fact, decrease significantly. Yet, human life span may be too short for such knowledge to be acquired (In fact, it's too costly to equipped everyone with such knowledge with no exceptional returns for such an investment). Anyway, having a wrong diagnosis is more common than you think, just that most of the time we won't realize it because we are not equipped with the knowledge and are unable to tell. Only when eventually a patient lose his/her life then their loved ones may check and eventually find out. There is a recent case where a senior citizen was given the wrong prescriptions and eventually died due to an overdose of medication. The healthcare professional was fined SGD 6000 for the incident. It was followed by some uprise in the social media, typically facebook./Some commented that how can a life worth $6000. Others having doubts on the credibility on prescriptions that we received from the medical institutions. While I am sure you guys know, there bound to be trolls on the net, laughing at the incidents or just making fun about it. I don't have much to say about the incidents but perhaps the procedures when dispensing the prescriptions should be reviewed and have it checked by at least two different doctors for approval before it is prescribe. However, the advise would waste time, effort and money so I seriously doubt even if it was suggested, it may not be implemented. Ok, time to stop....Though I still have much to say about it, will find a better time to talk about this in future after I have research and find sources to quote from so that you will have a better understanding of which issue I am talking about.
Well, and here comes Monday. Hopefully, you are not suffering from the Monday blues as I am right now. My little wish is that if you're reading, hopefully you will be someone who look forward to what you are working as or what you are studying. This way life would be more interesting and exciting. There wouldn't be blues but rainbows all around! Joking, it's only likely to happen in fantasy story.
Ciao.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Weekend are always short, well it's only two days...
I have across an article yesterday, and it was about things that you should look out for when you are choosing on your new job. One of the point I find quite irrelevant in the place where I lived in would be the point where you try asking the interviewer what they will be normally doing at 5 pm of the day. The article suggests that if they replied hanging out, having a beer with a friend then it will be probably a good job with good work life balance. However, it is not an effective question for us to ask here as 90% of the job requires you to commit to over time work and if you were to ask that sort of question, I doubt you would be able to secure any job at all. Therefore, I know that the targeted audience for the particular article are definitely not for people who are living in the Asia region. I heard about people in my office saying that they like the Western cultures and countries as they believe in work life balance, and there is even a law stating that no one should reply email after 6 pm. Comparatively, it seems that the working hours are much lesser in the Western countries as compared to the Eastern countries. Of course, it's an unfair comparison, it would depend on your nature of the job and the company policies and culture itself. However, this is generally true as in the Eastern countries, most of us know that work life balance does not exist anyway. Most of the time is work and family, apart from that the life part is missing. We could catch up with our friends, however, for the majority of us, our job does not provide enough after we pay up for the necessities. Hence, it's difficult for us to enjoy life when almost everything you do require money.
Apart from that the article also suggest people to look at the company culture, whether only those with managerial position have their own office, while the other employees work in a crowded area. Based on my working experience for quite a number of part time, contract and the current full time position, most of the companies have such arrangement where only those in managerial position have their own office where the rest work in the crowded area with just their own desk which is sometimes shared with others in the case where there aren't enough space. The only two companies which does not have this arrangement was a start up advertising company that I worked for and an small IT education provider company that I work for. Even though they may not have such arrangement, it certainly does not mean that they are not as hierarchical as compared to other companies. The advertising company is pretty much hierarchical and the only reason they do not have that arrangement because it has not been long since they start a small Singapore office here. However, as for the IT education provider company, I had a pleasant working experience there, the boss and manager are generally very nice and understanding. The office itself is feels at home instead of work. Also, they generally do training for trainers like us in the office and the real work are done in schools and education centres, this allows the office to be a "get together place" for the like minded and the stress level is generally manageable. So why did I leave? It's because it was a part time job for me to study while working at the same time. After I graduated from school, they were unable to offer me a full time position as the company was not hiring, however, they do ask me to do some part time and freelance assignment now and then. Yet, because I am too busy with my current job now, I am unable to help them with much of their assignments now even though they pay quite well. It's unfortunate to leave actually. Besides this one exceptional company that I worked for, the rest are all hierarchical and most of the time you have no right to deny what your supervisors want you to do even though it may be against your personal values. I have had jobs which I have to lie to different corporations all day long, jobs which I have to lie to customers all day long, jobs which I have to smile even I don't feel like smiling at all and more... You just got to do what you are told, if not the only outcome is that you will get fired with no income to survive in the society where you still got to pay your bills every month. You can't survive without a job unless you are lucky to have someone earning more than enough to support you.
Well, apart from the above two points which I would like to complain about, the rest of the point from the article is pretty relevant and good points to consider when you are going for interviews for different job position and really want to enjoy your job and not hate it. :)
Well, that's the link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesleadershipforum/2014/05/19/10-signs-that-a-company-has-a-serious-culture-problem/
Take a look at the article if you have the extra time, or are simply curious about it.
Apart from that the article also suggest people to look at the company culture, whether only those with managerial position have their own office, while the other employees work in a crowded area. Based on my working experience for quite a number of part time, contract and the current full time position, most of the companies have such arrangement where only those in managerial position have their own office where the rest work in the crowded area with just their own desk which is sometimes shared with others in the case where there aren't enough space. The only two companies which does not have this arrangement was a start up advertising company that I worked for and an small IT education provider company that I work for. Even though they may not have such arrangement, it certainly does not mean that they are not as hierarchical as compared to other companies. The advertising company is pretty much hierarchical and the only reason they do not have that arrangement because it has not been long since they start a small Singapore office here. However, as for the IT education provider company, I had a pleasant working experience there, the boss and manager are generally very nice and understanding. The office itself is feels at home instead of work. Also, they generally do training for trainers like us in the office and the real work are done in schools and education centres, this allows the office to be a "get together place" for the like minded and the stress level is generally manageable. So why did I leave? It's because it was a part time job for me to study while working at the same time. After I graduated from school, they were unable to offer me a full time position as the company was not hiring, however, they do ask me to do some part time and freelance assignment now and then. Yet, because I am too busy with my current job now, I am unable to help them with much of their assignments now even though they pay quite well. It's unfortunate to leave actually. Besides this one exceptional company that I worked for, the rest are all hierarchical and most of the time you have no right to deny what your supervisors want you to do even though it may be against your personal values. I have had jobs which I have to lie to different corporations all day long, jobs which I have to lie to customers all day long, jobs which I have to smile even I don't feel like smiling at all and more... You just got to do what you are told, if not the only outcome is that you will get fired with no income to survive in the society where you still got to pay your bills every month. You can't survive without a job unless you are lucky to have someone earning more than enough to support you.
Well, apart from the above two points which I would like to complain about, the rest of the point from the article is pretty relevant and good points to consider when you are going for interviews for different job position and really want to enjoy your job and not hate it. :)
Well, that's the link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesleadershipforum/2014/05/19/10-signs-that-a-company-has-a-serious-culture-problem/
Take a look at the article if you have the extra time, or are simply curious about it.
1.2.2 Part Two on Integer and Mathematical Operations of Java Programming Tutorial - Multiplication!
As I said just now, I will post a slightly complicated code on mathematical operations which is slightly more complicated. However, just a word of caution in case you are taken aback, I will use something new to illustrate repetitive multiplication, a loop. It should not be too hard to understand and I will explain as I show how the code actually works.
Well, the code I would share today would be a way to create a multiplication table using Java. I bet there are a lot of different codes out there to illustrate this, there are no wrong or right answer to coding but a matter of personal preference. However, I would like to point out that having comments in your code would greatly improve the readability and if eventually you get to secure a job that requires coding it would definitely be an advantage as others will be able to read your code more efficiently compared to those without comments. Comments can aid in understanding your logic when you are typing the code itself. Sorry to diverge a little now to the code, there are several ways to write an application with the same objective. However, different coders have their own way of thinking and hence each person code may vary depending on how they want the application and steps to flow. Hence, if you happen to research on multiplication table code online and find codes that vary with each other, don't get too much of shock. Start by studying the logic behind the codes and you will understand the differences. Well, to me, as long as it achieve what I want it to, I am pretty much fine now. However, if you are working on a application that you want to publish, try to keep the code simplified making it easy to read and edit by programmers whom you may employ in future if your application is successful.
For now, this is a slightly more complicated mathematical operation you can achieve using the code below:
Now, first you would notice that there is something extra in the line! - import java.until.Scanner; What this does is to import a scanner utility from Java so that you can create a scanner later and allow users of your application to input data into the application itself. Hence, it's something that you will see quite often in Java programming, especially when you just started learning how to code in Java.
Moving on, we have our classic "public class IntegersandBasicMathOperations {" and "public static void main(String args[]){". If you forget what these meant, you can refer back the post in 1.1 for the explanation and the basic in using eclipse for Java programming.
After that, as all of us know, in multiplication table, we will need two integers in order to multiply with each other. I think I had just typed something really stupid. But nevertheless, in our multiplication table that I'm illustrating would multiply a number of your choice with 1 to 10, which actually gives you the multiplication table of the number of your choice. Therefore, we need to define two variables as the integers (you may choose to rename the variable if you like). In this case we name the variable as a "num" and "a".
In order for the user to choose a number of their choice, they will need to input their option. A new for java to recognize the input is through the scanner utility. Therefore, we will need to call out and define a new scanner for this particular application. We do this by typing the following: Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
With the scanner created, we can then proceed to instruct the user to key in the particular number of their choice for the multiplication type with "System.out.println("Choose a number for the multiplication table!");". Also, we need to let the application know that the number that the user input will be the number we want to have as the variable "num". Therefore, we can type "num = in.nextInt;". It represents letting the variable 'num' to be the next integer that is input into the system.
Then, we need to explain to the user that the system will print out the multiplication table to the user using "System.out.println("Multiplication table for " + num);".
After that, we would reach a complicated part where we need to make the system repeatedly print the multiplication between the number from one to ten. If you are one of those hard working ones out there, you can definitely type in "System.out.println(num + "*" + 1 + "=" + (num*1));" and repeating this ten times replacing the 1 with 2, 3, 4, ... until you reached 10. However, there is another way to do this and that is by introducing a loop into your code. One of the way is typing the following:
for (a = 1, a < 11, a++)
System.out.println(num + "*" + a + "=" + (num*a));
The above means we have the loop to start at a = 1 and the condition for the loop to repeat would be "a" < 11 (which means once "a" reached 11 and above the loop will stop repeating itself) and the last "a++" would be the change that you want the loop to adapt after each cycle. "a++" is similar to typing "a = a + 1", which also means that we want variable "a" to increase by one after each loop cycle. I am not sure if this is clear, please give me some feedback if it's not so that I can improve the explanation and find a simpler way to explain this.
Alright, then we are pretty much prepare to run our application to test if it is working! If it is not, don't be too worried, remember to check that you have your semi-colon in the right place. Remember Java is sensitive to capital letters and hence check it you have included a capital or small letter in the wrong place as well.
Once you have successful launch, the application will ask you to input a number of your choice for the multiplication table.
From the above, you can see that in the console which shows your application, it will ask you to input a number of your choice. So click on your console once and key in any number of your choice. Make sure you key in an integer as we define everything in our code as integers. After that, just need to press and enter and you will see the following:
Yes, if you only want to see your console and not your code, you can just double click on the console. To return, just double click again. You can check if the multiplication table is right, it certainly looks ok to me. So I know that the application is exactly doing what I want it to do and so far no errors were observed.
You can test it with different integers to make sure. And there you have it, you just program an application which shows you the multiplication table of an integers of your choice.
Of course, you can develop this code further to do something else, or makes it more interactive. It's great to edit the code and see what will happen if you change something to it, it will make you understand the code better and definitely you will improve your skills as a beginner programmer as well.
If you have any questions, just drop a feedback. I will try my best to answer it. Please limit the scope of your question to the code that is listed on this post, I am no expert and I am still learning myself also.
Hope most are sleeping right now since it is way past bed time. I am going to bed soon as well. Our weekend is going to end soon. How scary how fast time flies.
Well, the code I would share today would be a way to create a multiplication table using Java. I bet there are a lot of different codes out there to illustrate this, there are no wrong or right answer to coding but a matter of personal preference. However, I would like to point out that having comments in your code would greatly improve the readability and if eventually you get to secure a job that requires coding it would definitely be an advantage as others will be able to read your code more efficiently compared to those without comments. Comments can aid in understanding your logic when you are typing the code itself. Sorry to diverge a little now to the code, there are several ways to write an application with the same objective. However, different coders have their own way of thinking and hence each person code may vary depending on how they want the application and steps to flow. Hence, if you happen to research on multiplication table code online and find codes that vary with each other, don't get too much of shock. Start by studying the logic behind the codes and you will understand the differences. Well, to me, as long as it achieve what I want it to, I am pretty much fine now. However, if you are working on a application that you want to publish, try to keep the code simplified making it easy to read and edit by programmers whom you may employ in future if your application is successful.
For now, this is a slightly more complicated mathematical operation you can achieve using the code below:
Moving on, we have our classic "public class IntegersandBasicMathOperations {" and "public static void main(String args[]){". If you forget what these meant, you can refer back the post in 1.1 for the explanation and the basic in using eclipse for Java programming.
After that, as all of us know, in multiplication table, we will need two integers in order to multiply with each other. I think I had just typed something really stupid. But nevertheless, in our multiplication table that I'm illustrating would multiply a number of your choice with 1 to 10, which actually gives you the multiplication table of the number of your choice. Therefore, we need to define two variables as the integers (you may choose to rename the variable if you like). In this case we name the variable as a "num" and "a".
In order for the user to choose a number of their choice, they will need to input their option. A new for java to recognize the input is through the scanner utility. Therefore, we will need to call out and define a new scanner for this particular application. We do this by typing the following: Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
With the scanner created, we can then proceed to instruct the user to key in the particular number of their choice for the multiplication type with "System.out.println("Choose a number for the multiplication table!");". Also, we need to let the application know that the number that the user input will be the number we want to have as the variable "num". Therefore, we can type "num = in.nextInt;". It represents letting the variable 'num' to be the next integer that is input into the system.
Then, we need to explain to the user that the system will print out the multiplication table to the user using "System.out.println("Multiplication table for " + num);".
After that, we would reach a complicated part where we need to make the system repeatedly print the multiplication between the number from one to ten. If you are one of those hard working ones out there, you can definitely type in "System.out.println(num + "*" + 1 + "=" + (num*1));" and repeating this ten times replacing the 1 with 2, 3, 4, ... until you reached 10. However, there is another way to do this and that is by introducing a loop into your code. One of the way is typing the following:
for (a = 1, a < 11, a++)
System.out.println(num + "*" + a + "=" + (num*a));
The above means we have the loop to start at a = 1 and the condition for the loop to repeat would be "a" < 11 (which means once "a" reached 11 and above the loop will stop repeating itself) and the last "a++" would be the change that you want the loop to adapt after each cycle. "a++" is similar to typing "a = a + 1", which also means that we want variable "a" to increase by one after each loop cycle. I am not sure if this is clear, please give me some feedback if it's not so that I can improve the explanation and find a simpler way to explain this.
Alright, then we are pretty much prepare to run our application to test if it is working! If it is not, don't be too worried, remember to check that you have your semi-colon in the right place. Remember Java is sensitive to capital letters and hence check it you have included a capital or small letter in the wrong place as well.
Once you have successful launch, the application will ask you to input a number of your choice for the multiplication table.
From the above, you can see that in the console which shows your application, it will ask you to input a number of your choice. So click on your console once and key in any number of your choice. Make sure you key in an integer as we define everything in our code as integers. After that, just need to press and enter and you will see the following:
You can test it with different integers to make sure. And there you have it, you just program an application which shows you the multiplication table of an integers of your choice.
Of course, you can develop this code further to do something else, or makes it more interactive. It's great to edit the code and see what will happen if you change something to it, it will make you understand the code better and definitely you will improve your skills as a beginner programmer as well.
If you have any questions, just drop a feedback. I will try my best to answer it. Please limit the scope of your question to the code that is listed on this post, I am no expert and I am still learning myself also.
Hope most are sleeping right now since it is way past bed time. I am going to bed soon as well. Our weekend is going to end soon. How scary how fast time flies.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
1.2 Java Programming Tutorial on Integers and Basic Mathematical Operations
Welcome to the second Java programming tutorial! Hope you have been typing and messing around with the code from tutorial one with different strings of sentences.
Now for this tutorial we will touch on how to use integer and do basic mathematical operations with the Java. No worries, it is not a big jump from what we have learnt, just a little add on. With this, we can use Java to solve our maths homework! Well, I will just do a basic calculation Java code example here, it may not be used to solve the complicated maths problem we all have from schools.
I hope you still remember how to create a Java application and a class in order to input your code for the Java application.
For this second code, we will be doing a little classification of the numbers we input into Java and use these numbers to do a little mathematical operation.
The above code represents an example to do multiplication with integer on Java. Similarly, first you create a Java application project and name it. After which, you got to create a class within the specific Java application project that you created, and name it as well. For class, the naming should not contain any spaces or special characters if not there would be an error.
Now, I will move on to explain the key points for this code. Mainly, the first interesting thing you might want to note would be the "int num;". This actually represents your will in classifying the variable "num" as an integer. You may wish to change the variable and give it a different name as you wish, and it will still work the same way. Try exploring yourself to further understand what's a variable.
After that, in order for the application to work out some maths for us, we need to tell the application what we want to calculate. For this example, I want to multiply a number by 3. So, let's choose a random number 157 and type in "num = 157;" to enable to application to know which number we want to calculate. You may choose a different number, and it will still work. However, as we have classify the number as an integer, you should not key in decimals or fractions as it will cause an error when you run the program. Your code will have to be logical for the computer/application to understand what you want them to do. If you classify the number as integer but you key in a decimal (for example 157.52), you are contradicting your code and it would result in an error as the computer would expect an integer instead of a decimal.
Now after keying in the number we want to use to do the multiplication, we have to tell the computer to multiply both the number and 3 to get our answer. Hence, we type in the code "num = num * 3;" and this will tell the computer what we want to be calculated. However, it does not end here. Yes, the computer have calculated the number but you have not tell the computer to show or print out the answer. Therefore, adding in "System.out.println("The product of the number we choose with 3 is " + num);" will give us the answer.
You may wish to change the multiplication to division, addition or subtraction as you like. Also, you can try a combination of these operations to get a more complicated operations done. We have to explore more on ourselves in order to understand how it works and eventually use it to solve our mathematical problems that we have.
This is a simple mathematical code for this tutorial. I may post a slightly more complicated one later, so that for those who are learning, we can practice together. If you have an interesting code, please feel free to post it or email it to me so that I can also learn more about it. Learning alone is pretty boring, however, when you are able to find like minded individuals, learning tends to get more interesting.
Stay tuned to the upcoming tutorial.
Now for this tutorial we will touch on how to use integer and do basic mathematical operations with the Java. No worries, it is not a big jump from what we have learnt, just a little add on. With this, we can use Java to solve our maths homework! Well, I will just do a basic calculation Java code example here, it may not be used to solve the complicated maths problem we all have from schools.
I hope you still remember how to create a Java application and a class in order to input your code for the Java application.
For this second code, we will be doing a little classification of the numbers we input into Java and use these numbers to do a little mathematical operation.
The above code represents an example to do multiplication with integer on Java. Similarly, first you create a Java application project and name it. After which, you got to create a class within the specific Java application project that you created, and name it as well. For class, the naming should not contain any spaces or special characters if not there would be an error.
Now, I will move on to explain the key points for this code. Mainly, the first interesting thing you might want to note would be the "int num;". This actually represents your will in classifying the variable "num" as an integer. You may wish to change the variable and give it a different name as you wish, and it will still work the same way. Try exploring yourself to further understand what's a variable.
After that, in order for the application to work out some maths for us, we need to tell the application what we want to calculate. For this example, I want to multiply a number by 3. So, let's choose a random number 157 and type in "num = 157;" to enable to application to know which number we want to calculate. You may choose a different number, and it will still work. However, as we have classify the number as an integer, you should not key in decimals or fractions as it will cause an error when you run the program. Your code will have to be logical for the computer/application to understand what you want them to do. If you classify the number as integer but you key in a decimal (for example 157.52), you are contradicting your code and it would result in an error as the computer would expect an integer instead of a decimal.
Now after keying in the number we want to use to do the multiplication, we have to tell the computer to multiply both the number and 3 to get our answer. Hence, we type in the code "num = num * 3;" and this will tell the computer what we want to be calculated. However, it does not end here. Yes, the computer have calculated the number but you have not tell the computer to show or print out the answer. Therefore, adding in "System.out.println("The product of the number we choose with 3 is " + num);" will give us the answer.
You may wish to change the multiplication to division, addition or subtraction as you like. Also, you can try a combination of these operations to get a more complicated operations done. We have to explore more on ourselves in order to understand how it works and eventually use it to solve our mathematical problems that we have.
This is a simple mathematical code for this tutorial. I may post a slightly more complicated one later, so that for those who are learning, we can practice together. If you have an interesting code, please feel free to post it or email it to me so that I can also learn more about it. Learning alone is pretty boring, however, when you are able to find like minded individuals, learning tends to get more interesting.
Stay tuned to the upcoming tutorial.
What to do for a living? Is being your own boss better than working for others?
Some may think that the above is a silly question to ask, of course, being a boss is better if you can, you have the authority, the freedom and your decision is the one that matters (of course, it may be influenced by your team). However, even though being a boss is great, not everyone is willing to take the risk and try to start their own business. This is mainly due to the amount of effort, time and money a start up will need before it starts to make a profit. If you're unable to strive until the point where your efforts are realized and profits start to slowly accumulate, not only you may result in a loss, debts and you lose the opportunity cost of the salary you may make if you are working for others.
I used to have a friend who studied computer science saying that he would like to start his own business after he graduated from University. Of course, he was lucky to have a scholarship, if not, no way could the average citizens could afford the cost of a degree. However, he is 26 now and have not even graduated from University. I doubt he would even have sufficient capital to start a business once he graduated. Not only that, he would have to serve his bond for the scholarship for around four years. If he really does start his own business in future, he would be at least 30 years old, and if it is not successfully, not only he may not have the experience to securing a job in future, he may not be used to environment in which he has to work under someone else. Of course, it may or may not end up like I speculated, but the risk and uncertainty is what stopped many from starting up their own business. Also, some may worry that they may end up in debt if their business aren't successful. Some worry that they might need to spend too much time building their start up business that they don't have much time for their family and loved ones. Some may just have no idea what kind of business they want to go into. Some may lack the knowledge need to start a business and may not know where to acquire them. The list can go on and on.
I used to have the idea of starting my own business when I was young just because my dad is a boss, and my my mum used to be her own boss as well before one passed away and one currently ill. So why I am so poor, that's because the money was taken by my relatives due to the absence of a written will from my dad. As for my mum, it's because the place was demolished for future development, however, it's been more than 10 years, no such development had happened at all. The amount returned to her was much less than what the market price of her business is worth. However, there is no other choice since the land was not her, it was decided to be demolished and thus nothing more the citizens there could do. Well, it's just our luck I guess? Anyway, because of that, I have been thinking of what kind of business I am going to start myself since young. However, it's all just a dream and unrealistic thinking now that I am in this situation. It's never possible for me to start my own business at all, and the least I could do it just to keep searching for a job that pays well and suffice for me to support my family. However, until now, I am unable to find one that allows that.
Being the one that decides on the direction of your company development and being the one in charge definitely makes one feel comfortable and superior. Most people tend to think that their opinion should always be the right direction, this is one of the reasons why there are so much office politics in most companies. One is unsatisfied with the management, one is feeling inferior due to scoldings from their superiors and managers, one is depressed due to the isolation from others (this itself may be resulted from so many different reasons: differences in culture, background, income, discrimination). It's just endless. Some times, it makes me wonder if cohesion and team work really exist. Perhaps, I have not been across a nice one yet which result is such thinking. Anyway, being your own boss enable you to choose the timing for your work, it may not necessary be office hours and this makes your life more comfortable as you can manage your time better. The time you start work can just be 12 pm, just to suit your lifestyle. However, please do consider the nature of your business and if it's viable to start at 12 pm in the afternoon.
However, those of us who dislike making core and important decisions may not be suited to start their own business. You would need to take into consideration a number of different factors affecting your business, having a good and clear idea of the industry, your competitors, the ideal location of your office, the price of your services and products, the additional knowledge for your business, the other companies that you may need to cooperate with, what kind of marketing will you engage in...and so many more. Hence, for those who are unable to think, analyse and make a comparatively well informed decision will be unsuited for such a role. There may be a solution to this though, if you are rich enough, you can just hire someone to make such decisions for you. (If you are, you won't even need to worry if you can strive until your business reach a point where it's earning profit.) For the average, if we want to start a business, we have got to do everything ourselves until we reach a point where we can hire talents into our team and improve on the efficiency and functions of our business.
I don't even know why I typed the above post, I forgot what I was thinking. I think it's something along the line with my brother suggesting that if he were to try starting up his own business, will I collaborate with him. Well, it's hard to say, but I am sure once he completes his education, he won't think this way any more he would be in debts which he is unable to return until perhaps 20 years later? I did warn him about this fact, it's just that he refuses to believe what I said and believe that the economy and wage rate will be better once he gets his degree. It's his life, I can get him advise but I am not the one to interfere with his decision, that's why even though our dire financial situation, we didn't stop him from doing what he wants. However, he would have to take loans for his education and look for a guarantor for his loan. To me, it's really almost like jumping of a cliff.
Anyway, who knows, he may end up being successful. It's a risk he is going to take and I am curious how much he could achieve. We will all know the result in the near future.
I used to have a friend who studied computer science saying that he would like to start his own business after he graduated from University. Of course, he was lucky to have a scholarship, if not, no way could the average citizens could afford the cost of a degree. However, he is 26 now and have not even graduated from University. I doubt he would even have sufficient capital to start a business once he graduated. Not only that, he would have to serve his bond for the scholarship for around four years. If he really does start his own business in future, he would be at least 30 years old, and if it is not successfully, not only he may not have the experience to securing a job in future, he may not be used to environment in which he has to work under someone else. Of course, it may or may not end up like I speculated, but the risk and uncertainty is what stopped many from starting up their own business. Also, some may worry that they may end up in debt if their business aren't successful. Some worry that they might need to spend too much time building their start up business that they don't have much time for their family and loved ones. Some may just have no idea what kind of business they want to go into. Some may lack the knowledge need to start a business and may not know where to acquire them. The list can go on and on.
I used to have the idea of starting my own business when I was young just because my dad is a boss, and my my mum used to be her own boss as well before one passed away and one currently ill. So why I am so poor, that's because the money was taken by my relatives due to the absence of a written will from my dad. As for my mum, it's because the place was demolished for future development, however, it's been more than 10 years, no such development had happened at all. The amount returned to her was much less than what the market price of her business is worth. However, there is no other choice since the land was not her, it was decided to be demolished and thus nothing more the citizens there could do. Well, it's just our luck I guess? Anyway, because of that, I have been thinking of what kind of business I am going to start myself since young. However, it's all just a dream and unrealistic thinking now that I am in this situation. It's never possible for me to start my own business at all, and the least I could do it just to keep searching for a job that pays well and suffice for me to support my family. However, until now, I am unable to find one that allows that.
Being the one that decides on the direction of your company development and being the one in charge definitely makes one feel comfortable and superior. Most people tend to think that their opinion should always be the right direction, this is one of the reasons why there are so much office politics in most companies. One is unsatisfied with the management, one is feeling inferior due to scoldings from their superiors and managers, one is depressed due to the isolation from others (this itself may be resulted from so many different reasons: differences in culture, background, income, discrimination). It's just endless. Some times, it makes me wonder if cohesion and team work really exist. Perhaps, I have not been across a nice one yet which result is such thinking. Anyway, being your own boss enable you to choose the timing for your work, it may not necessary be office hours and this makes your life more comfortable as you can manage your time better. The time you start work can just be 12 pm, just to suit your lifestyle. However, please do consider the nature of your business and if it's viable to start at 12 pm in the afternoon.
However, those of us who dislike making core and important decisions may not be suited to start their own business. You would need to take into consideration a number of different factors affecting your business, having a good and clear idea of the industry, your competitors, the ideal location of your office, the price of your services and products, the additional knowledge for your business, the other companies that you may need to cooperate with, what kind of marketing will you engage in...and so many more. Hence, for those who are unable to think, analyse and make a comparatively well informed decision will be unsuited for such a role. There may be a solution to this though, if you are rich enough, you can just hire someone to make such decisions for you. (If you are, you won't even need to worry if you can strive until your business reach a point where it's earning profit.) For the average, if we want to start a business, we have got to do everything ourselves until we reach a point where we can hire talents into our team and improve on the efficiency and functions of our business.
I don't even know why I typed the above post, I forgot what I was thinking. I think it's something along the line with my brother suggesting that if he were to try starting up his own business, will I collaborate with him. Well, it's hard to say, but I am sure once he completes his education, he won't think this way any more he would be in debts which he is unable to return until perhaps 20 years later? I did warn him about this fact, it's just that he refuses to believe what I said and believe that the economy and wage rate will be better once he gets his degree. It's his life, I can get him advise but I am not the one to interfere with his decision, that's why even though our dire financial situation, we didn't stop him from doing what he wants. However, he would have to take loans for his education and look for a guarantor for his loan. To me, it's really almost like jumping of a cliff.
Anyway, who knows, he may end up being successful. It's a risk he is going to take and I am curious how much he could achieve. We will all know the result in the near future.
A review on mechanical keyboard Corsair Vengeance K70 - From a normal individual perspective
Hi all! I have updated this late because I slept half way while reading on the Java programming yesterday night. Now, my neck is sore. Anyway, this would be a personal opinion on the Corsair Vengeance K70 fully mechanical keyboard. As I have mentioned before, I have been doing some research on mechanical keyboard, and the Corsair Vengeance K70 is one of them that have caught my attention due to the designs, the variety of switches available, and it is full keyboard, hence, data entry won't be a problem at all.
Having much said, below would be showing some pictures of the Corsair Vengeance K70 from Corsair official website.
Having much said, below would be showing some pictures of the Corsair Vengeance K70 from Corsair official website.
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| http://www.corsair.com/ru-ru/vengeance-k70-fully-mechanical-gaming-keyboard-anodized-black-na-layout |
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| http://www.corsair.com/ru-ru/vengeance-k70-fully-mechanical-gaming-keyboard-anodized-black-na-layout |
The built looks amazing to me and it's really well-designed including the media keys which is useful for those who loves to control the music that is played in the background will be able to control them using the keyboard. Further more, the first thing that attracts my attention will be the hand rest, it's rare to find a keyboard with hand rest these days. I used to have my very first keyboard with a hand rest and I miss the feeling of that, it's really useful when you have you type for long hours. However, it's definitely just a personal preference, not everyone would prefer a keyboard with hand rest, some prefer a more compact keyboard rather than a full size keyboard. Hence, do focus on your needs and your preferences when selecting a keyboard you will be using.
Apart from the above points at that attract me on first look, there are other key features that this keyboard offers which is really cool and definitely a plus point for gamers especially. First, it would be the customizable back lights that you can have with the keyboard. There are several modes to choose from: wasd and arrows key mode, full keyboard back light mode, reactive back lighting and you can even customize the specific keys that you want to be lighted up! It's a really cool feature, and it's useful for those who have to type through the night with no little lightings and gamers who love to game through the night. I used to only survive with a pretty old laptop which I have used more than 8 years now (however, it fails to power on now), and I have one major problem with the laptop keyboards which is I will have much typographically errors when I have to type my reports while I studied through the night. Those of you with similar experience will know that it is really frustrating to having to back space and key in the correct keys with you can't even see where the keys are.
The second feature is that the keyboard offers a contour and textured replacement key caps for WASD and numbers 1 to 6. This is really useful for gamers who used WASD and numbers keys often. The contour and texture keys not only provide a certain friction and anti-slipped feature to your finger, it can also aid in finding the keys just by feeling the keys. It's certainly some thing good to have. However, some may not like texture keys, but that would not a be problem, for those who don't like, we can just retain the original key caps.
Further more, it is 100% anti-ghosting and full key roll over on USB. Anti-ghosting would mean that no matter what combination you press on the keyboards, you wouldn't have random character appearing. It doesn't happened in some other keyboard. Furthermore, you're able to press any keys at the same time and the keyboard will be able to register all the keys at once which is amazing for gaming and fast typers.
In addition to this, you can choose between red, blue or brown switches that is available with this keyboard. My personal preference after watching and reading some reviews would be either the brown or blue switches. However, I have not tried them on this keyboard personally. Hopefully, I would get the chance to and update my post once I have tried on them. Red switches are recommended for most gamers as they are linear and soft, so it's easy to double tap on them as they require less actuation force. Amongst the three switches, the blue will require the most actuation force and it's great for heavy typers. The blue switches do produce a satisfying click sound when typing. For those who enjoys the clicking sound of keyboard, blue switches will be definitely a good choice. It's great to type on and some even said it can improve your typing speed and accuracy.
Since I have not used one before, I can't really share my experience on the keyboard here. Above are pretty much the important functions of the keyboards that most will find useful and attractive when considering a switch to using a mechanical keyboard. However, if I happen to find one to try on, I will update here and my experience with the keyboard here.
Until then...Enjoy your weekend everyone.
Friday, May 23, 2014
An update for yesterday post..
The truth is I dread waking up this morning due to the amount of stress I need to face today. After some mental struggles, I still manage to get myself prepare to go to work.
Basically, I called up the credit management company again and they said they were not the one who did that and pushed the responsibility to the bank, saying that they shouldn't have done that. After much debate, they said that they have to check with the bank and give me a call back. I called them at around 9.30am, I have not received any response from them. If I didn't give it a check, I wonder will they just make a pass with this. Well, I was not being calm in the morning, however, as the day passed, with more work to handle and more stress to handle, my energy drop to a level at which I can't even think much any more. This is when I started to calm down and tidy up my thoughts. Though it is still in a hell of a mess, least I come to a consensus that I will still have to live even being a burden as I am.
As a family, we tend to feel useless when we can't help each other much, but this also shows how much we love each other and how much we mean to each other. This is probably the one love I would know. The only one I am holding on and keeps me moving on.
Logically, when there is always a way out, when you are unable to live any more, one way is to choose not to live. It's also a way out. Not necessary a good one. However, there are some who opposed to such thinking, saying that life is precious and one has no right to end one's own life. To me, it's just a choice. For now, I choose to live even though it's hard and difficult almost everyday. Even so, when I am able to be with my family for just a short while, I feel blessed having them with me. However, this will not remain as status quo. That's unfortunate.
We would feel loss of words at times, and this is a time I don't know what to say. The truth? Trying to be neutral? I really don't know because whatever I jot down may be used as a weapon against you because others have the power to. I'm almost powerless.
It's finally weekend and I can start reading up more and posting more as well. I will post on something constructive later to brighten the mood up a little. No point ruining the mood of this blog during the weekend.
So...Stay tuned till later...
Basically, I called up the credit management company again and they said they were not the one who did that and pushed the responsibility to the bank, saying that they shouldn't have done that. After much debate, they said that they have to check with the bank and give me a call back. I called them at around 9.30am, I have not received any response from them. If I didn't give it a check, I wonder will they just make a pass with this. Well, I was not being calm in the morning, however, as the day passed, with more work to handle and more stress to handle, my energy drop to a level at which I can't even think much any more. This is when I started to calm down and tidy up my thoughts. Though it is still in a hell of a mess, least I come to a consensus that I will still have to live even being a burden as I am.
As a family, we tend to feel useless when we can't help each other much, but this also shows how much we love each other and how much we mean to each other. This is probably the one love I would know. The only one I am holding on and keeps me moving on.
Logically, when there is always a way out, when you are unable to live any more, one way is to choose not to live. It's also a way out. Not necessary a good one. However, there are some who opposed to such thinking, saying that life is precious and one has no right to end one's own life. To me, it's just a choice. For now, I choose to live even though it's hard and difficult almost everyday. Even so, when I am able to be with my family for just a short while, I feel blessed having them with me. However, this will not remain as status quo. That's unfortunate.
We would feel loss of words at times, and this is a time I don't know what to say. The truth? Trying to be neutral? I really don't know because whatever I jot down may be used as a weapon against you because others have the power to. I'm almost powerless.
It's finally weekend and I can start reading up more and posting more as well. I will post on something constructive later to brighten the mood up a little. No point ruining the mood of this blog during the weekend.
So...Stay tuned till later...
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Major Stress Due to Unforeseen Circumstances..
Is it possible for a credit company to deduct money from another account while you only authorise them to deduct from one? I realize the money which I deposit into my mum account was deducted by the credit company. I already told them I will pay $100 per month but they insist that I pay $400 per month. Now, even deduct money from mum's account when it was not authorised. How to live in such a society?
I called them up recent week to ask them to give me the statement for the loan, however, I was refused by the customer service officer saying that they have no access to give me such statement. I calculated the ones they sent on by last year end, and it seems that I should have already cleared one of them. However, I was charged $600 this month, and they deducted another $200 from mum's account. I wonder what happened. I filled in the form stating a monthly repayment of $100 for each account, and it should only be $200 per month. What can I do now? I really don't know. Another worry been added to the basket. I will have to call them up tomorrow again, though I am pretty sure that they would refuse to give me my remaining balance statement. Is my calculation wrong, or am I being overcharged? I will definitely find it out tomorrow, this credit management company really sucks to the core. Not only they refused to abide by the repayment application form, they could just deduct money from your immediate family bank account?
Perhaps, they would be better off without my existence. Though the loans were taken for the medical expenses for mum's continuous operations over 10 years, it's my fault being at school unable to afford her expenses resulting in all such loans. Sometimes I wonder why did I study in the first place, it was useless, not only it didn't help in gaining a rightful employment well, it doesn't secure me a job that provide financial stability to me and my family. Perhaps, the cost of living in this country is too high for it's citizens. It's more suitable for rich businessmen. Just not for us. We are not living in the right place.
I think I might get another break down soon, if tomorrow I can't get them to refund the money. I would really break down, and I am serious about that. No one would help anyway, as long as it's about money, no one would. I am used to living this way, I have to be. The sun would still rise tomorrow, and everything would still be the same, work stress, bullying on and on. Now, this...
I will go find out the what the hell happened and update again, jotting all this down so that I won't forget about all this as time passed. It's not something that should be forgotten, it should be something that you remember and know how hard and cruel living in a society is.
I would.
I called them up recent week to ask them to give me the statement for the loan, however, I was refused by the customer service officer saying that they have no access to give me such statement. I calculated the ones they sent on by last year end, and it seems that I should have already cleared one of them. However, I was charged $600 this month, and they deducted another $200 from mum's account. I wonder what happened. I filled in the form stating a monthly repayment of $100 for each account, and it should only be $200 per month. What can I do now? I really don't know. Another worry been added to the basket. I will have to call them up tomorrow again, though I am pretty sure that they would refuse to give me my remaining balance statement. Is my calculation wrong, or am I being overcharged? I will definitely find it out tomorrow, this credit management company really sucks to the core. Not only they refused to abide by the repayment application form, they could just deduct money from your immediate family bank account?
Perhaps, they would be better off without my existence. Though the loans were taken for the medical expenses for mum's continuous operations over 10 years, it's my fault being at school unable to afford her expenses resulting in all such loans. Sometimes I wonder why did I study in the first place, it was useless, not only it didn't help in gaining a rightful employment well, it doesn't secure me a job that provide financial stability to me and my family. Perhaps, the cost of living in this country is too high for it's citizens. It's more suitable for rich businessmen. Just not for us. We are not living in the right place.
I think I might get another break down soon, if tomorrow I can't get them to refund the money. I would really break down, and I am serious about that. No one would help anyway, as long as it's about money, no one would. I am used to living this way, I have to be. The sun would still rise tomorrow, and everything would still be the same, work stress, bullying on and on. Now, this...
I will go find out the what the hell happened and update again, jotting all this down so that I won't forget about all this as time passed. It's not something that should be forgotten, it should be something that you remember and know how hard and cruel living in a society is.
I would.
Cooler Master Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Keyboard..Worth considering?
Hi, for those out there who are thinking of getting a mechanical keyboard, may actually like to consider this as one of your option because of mainly the price and the built quality.
I went to look at pretty much reviews on mechanical keyboards and this actually caught my attention due to the relatively affordable price with a pretty well built quality. Most people who game may like their keyboard to be smaller so that they can reach for their mouse better, and this is one of the ten key-less keyboard that able to provide this convenience. However, it may not be for those who needs to do a lot of numerical data entry due to the lack of num pad.
To me, I consider this keyboard suitable for my everyday uses. I don't do much data entry and most of the time, I navigate just using the arrow keys.However, I have never tried one personally before so I am not sure if it would really improves one's typing.
Besides it's well built and great to type on, it also has laser-marked key caps which retains the printed alphabets better. They are less likely to fade off as time passed. For gamers, this keyboard also had a window locked key, which disable the window key when you are gaming. Thus, you wouldn't accidentally pressed the window key and get switch out of your game which may cause devastating results.
There are three types of switches available for this model: blue, brown and black switches. For the blue switches, its for those who loves to have a tactile feedback of their keys with clicky sound when you depressed them. However, it would be your preference whether you like the sound or not. Personally, I have never tried typing long period with blue switches, hence, I am not the one to advise. But do consider the environment that you will be using your keyboard on. In the case where there are others close to you most of the time, you might need to consider if they are able to withstand the noise the keyboard is making. Then, for the brown key switches, they generally provide tactile feedback, however, they are less noisy compared to the blue switches due to the absence of clicks. Do note that if you tend to bottom out your keys, it will still produce a rather loud cluck sound, it may not be a quiet as you may imagine it to be. For the black key switches, I don't really know much about them, so I wouldn't comment much here as well. It will be good if you can go to the store personally to try and feel the different key switches and choose the one that suits you best. Everyone has different typing habits and therefore they will have different preference in the switches they choose. No one switch is better than others, it all boils down to one's preference.
Well, if I really want to try it, I might have to find a second hand one so that I can afford the price of it. It may aid in relieving my stress when I type on it, who knows.
There are more mechanical keyboards around, no harm giving potential ones a consider. It's always good to do a bit of research before we buy things, it will tend to reduce overspending due to unsatisfied purchased products. :)
Then for the time being..Ciao~
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To me, I consider this keyboard suitable for my everyday uses. I don't do much data entry and most of the time, I navigate just using the arrow keys.However, I have never tried one personally before so I am not sure if it would really improves one's typing.
Besides it's well built and great to type on, it also has laser-marked key caps which retains the printed alphabets better. They are less likely to fade off as time passed. For gamers, this keyboard also had a window locked key, which disable the window key when you are gaming. Thus, you wouldn't accidentally pressed the window key and get switch out of your game which may cause devastating results.
There are three types of switches available for this model: blue, brown and black switches. For the blue switches, its for those who loves to have a tactile feedback of their keys with clicky sound when you depressed them. However, it would be your preference whether you like the sound or not. Personally, I have never tried typing long period with blue switches, hence, I am not the one to advise. But do consider the environment that you will be using your keyboard on. In the case where there are others close to you most of the time, you might need to consider if they are able to withstand the noise the keyboard is making. Then, for the brown key switches, they generally provide tactile feedback, however, they are less noisy compared to the blue switches due to the absence of clicks. Do note that if you tend to bottom out your keys, it will still produce a rather loud cluck sound, it may not be a quiet as you may imagine it to be. For the black key switches, I don't really know much about them, so I wouldn't comment much here as well. It will be good if you can go to the store personally to try and feel the different key switches and choose the one that suits you best. Everyone has different typing habits and therefore they will have different preference in the switches they choose. No one switch is better than others, it all boils down to one's preference.
Well, if I really want to try it, I might have to find a second hand one so that I can afford the price of it. It may aid in relieving my stress when I type on it, who knows.
There are more mechanical keyboards around, no harm giving potential ones a consider. It's always good to do a bit of research before we buy things, it will tend to reduce overspending due to unsatisfied purchased products. :)
Then for the time being..Ciao~
Sometimes it's weird how we know someone don't want us to be present without them saying it...
The above is what I had experienced today. It seems that my presence is not welcoming to many in the company. Perhaps, it is because it is pretty obvious that I am poor, having a fake phone charger, not carrying branded bags, and listening to a cheap mp3 player all the time just turns them off I guess. Since the start of my employment till month, it's almost four months and my managers haven't talked to me once even though I tried to greet him countless of times. He just walked straight off without even looking at me. I guess he really regrets hiring me perhaps. Furthermore, for team meetings and feedbacks session, I am the only one not included in them. It makes me ponder why I am excluded all the time. Guess I have one more reason to switch job then. I don't want to make myself feel worse than I am already feeling.
My mum suggested that she should find some time and pray for me because she thinks that I am really unlucky and unfortunate. Apart from my daily unfortunate events, which it normal for me, she told me that when she is drying all our clothes in the sun yesterday. My jacket was the only one which a bird flew past and poop-ed on. Well, at least, that did make everyone smile a little. To be honest, I don't really believe in superstition. However, is there such possibility? Or is all of this just a coincidence?
Thankfully, it will be Friday tomorrow. I guess I will just take leave to attend interviews on my own accord forcefully since the ones I applied for are never approved. Guess that's the only way out now. I never liked to be restrained by others in the first place any way.
The weekend is coming and finally I can get majority of the reading done. I guess I will not be going anywhere as I am already empty. If you don't get what I mean, it just mean that I ran out of money and currently is negative. My lunch in recent days are just bread and coffee. No wonder I feel so tired and restless recently.
I have been wondering lately as to how am I going to save up for my course when I am always negative every month due to utility bills, rents, hospital bills, medicine expenses and of course everyday necessities expense which includes our food. I am still thinking about it occasionally during work, during lunch, and even now. This makes me unable to focus on my task perfectly. If only I could find a suitable solution for this....
Well, I guess I will start reading and continue with the second Java tutorial after I read a bit.
I will try to post something else later as well. Remember, one day two posts. That will keep me going.
My mum suggested that she should find some time and pray for me because she thinks that I am really unlucky and unfortunate. Apart from my daily unfortunate events, which it normal for me, she told me that when she is drying all our clothes in the sun yesterday. My jacket was the only one which a bird flew past and poop-ed on. Well, at least, that did make everyone smile a little. To be honest, I don't really believe in superstition. However, is there such possibility? Or is all of this just a coincidence?
Thankfully, it will be Friday tomorrow. I guess I will just take leave to attend interviews on my own accord forcefully since the ones I applied for are never approved. Guess that's the only way out now. I never liked to be restrained by others in the first place any way.
The weekend is coming and finally I can get majority of the reading done. I guess I will not be going anywhere as I am already empty. If you don't get what I mean, it just mean that I ran out of money and currently is negative. My lunch in recent days are just bread and coffee. No wonder I feel so tired and restless recently.
I have been wondering lately as to how am I going to save up for my course when I am always negative every month due to utility bills, rents, hospital bills, medicine expenses and of course everyday necessities expense which includes our food. I am still thinking about it occasionally during work, during lunch, and even now. This makes me unable to focus on my task perfectly. If only I could find a suitable solution for this....
Well, I guess I will start reading and continue with the second Java tutorial after I read a bit.
I will try to post something else later as well. Remember, one day two posts. That will keep me going.
Possible way to cope with break down..
This is what I did: Think about the reasons that cause my break down and try to convince myself that I will be able to solve them. After that, I would just throw everything aside, relax myself and go to bed. This is how I felt better today, and being able to post as well as drafting the second tutorial. However, I didn't have sufficient time to finished reading the last few pages of chapter two, which is unfortunate.
I know that not everyone would cope with a mental break down like I do. However, I think that besides family and friends' comfort, the most of important thing to deal with any break down will be yourself. Whether you can deal with it would depend entirely on how to think about the issues that caused the break down. If you think that there is no way out any more, you will have a terrible time recovering and the time you need to feel better will take longer. It doesn't mean that you can't cope, it just mean that it may not be effective. It may cripple you from everyday activities in the worst case of break downs.
There many ways in which you can cope with break down. Some people may find taking a walk in nature would be a good way to calm down and organize your thoughts. The doctors also recommended my mum to do that to relax herself and stop thinking about cancer and her health so that she would not that depressed too much. Also, deep breathing is a good way to calm down when you are agitated or crying too hard. Take a deep breath through your nose and breathe out through you mouth, and repeat this until you have sufficiently calm yourself down. This would be a good time to find someone to talk to, however, if you are the same as me with no one to trust, it would then be a good time to recollect your thoughts. Of course, if both the ways do not work for you, don't lose hope, there is always Google. I include this two methods in my posts because I have tried it personally and it works. However, all of us are different and hence we might need different ways of coping with our break down. There are people all around the world, willing to share the possible solutions but you have to be willing to look for those solutions before you can find a suitable way out for your problems. That is why we have to remember, though we have people who are precious to us, ourselves is precious too. If we don't take good care of ourselves, not only we will hurt the ones who sincerely care about us, we will also betray our own existence. No one will be willing to live to suffer, we will try different ways to survive until we reached the end of our journey.
I will keep trying too.
For those out there who are having a hard time, you're not alone. There are lots of us out there suffering and feeling the same way. Let's just hope that we can pull through for a better. Hoping doesn't require money, so no harm doing so.
It's bed time for me now. So ciao. I will try to complete the second tutorial by Friday. (If I typed and publish it, I will tend to fulfil it better if I didn't.)
I know that not everyone would cope with a mental break down like I do. However, I think that besides family and friends' comfort, the most of important thing to deal with any break down will be yourself. Whether you can deal with it would depend entirely on how to think about the issues that caused the break down. If you think that there is no way out any more, you will have a terrible time recovering and the time you need to feel better will take longer. It doesn't mean that you can't cope, it just mean that it may not be effective. It may cripple you from everyday activities in the worst case of break downs.
There many ways in which you can cope with break down. Some people may find taking a walk in nature would be a good way to calm down and organize your thoughts. The doctors also recommended my mum to do that to relax herself and stop thinking about cancer and her health so that she would not that depressed too much. Also, deep breathing is a good way to calm down when you are agitated or crying too hard. Take a deep breath through your nose and breathe out through you mouth, and repeat this until you have sufficiently calm yourself down. This would be a good time to find someone to talk to, however, if you are the same as me with no one to trust, it would then be a good time to recollect your thoughts. Of course, if both the ways do not work for you, don't lose hope, there is always Google. I include this two methods in my posts because I have tried it personally and it works. However, all of us are different and hence we might need different ways of coping with our break down. There are people all around the world, willing to share the possible solutions but you have to be willing to look for those solutions before you can find a suitable way out for your problems. That is why we have to remember, though we have people who are precious to us, ourselves is precious too. If we don't take good care of ourselves, not only we will hurt the ones who sincerely care about us, we will also betray our own existence. No one will be willing to live to suffer, we will try different ways to survive until we reached the end of our journey.
I will keep trying too.
For those out there who are having a hard time, you're not alone. There are lots of us out there suffering and feeling the same way. Let's just hope that we can pull through for a better. Hoping doesn't require money, so no harm doing so.
It's bed time for me now. So ciao. I will try to complete the second tutorial by Friday. (If I typed and publish it, I will tend to fulfil it better if I didn't.)
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Save up a little since it's the end of the month...
Therefore, today's dinner menu: Cup Instant Noodle! That's a must have item on my survival kit, not only they are cheaper than normal food, they can be cooked within 3 minutes. Of course, there are always good and bad. They aren't healthy, not nutritious enough and tend to result in hair loss..There are more disadvantages, however, I will not list them out for now.
Today is a rather inefficient day, I didn't get much done and I am still indecisive in certain issues. As usual, team leader remains on leave, and there are tons to complete. I woke up early today, however, somehow the bus came later today, hence, got to office slightly later. It was because of this I was held up even later today. In fact, I spent almost 14 hours travelling and working when I am paid only 8 hours a day, OT was not paid to me at all. The six hours, I wonder why the hell should I waste so much time on that. This happens when you really don't enjoy what you are doing. You just dread working and wish to hurry home and do the things you really enjoy to de-stress. I am not sure about others but at least I feel this way.
Resting early really helps and I feel much better today. Planning to start typing the next tutorial tonight, however, I am not really sure when I could finish it. I have not really get my thoughts organize yet.
When I opened my email this morning, I saw an advertisement on careers and courses fair. I wonder if I should attend that, however, if I am not wrong, the event days are during July. This means two more months to go. Even though I have started searching for job opportunities, I haven't have time to go for interviews which totally defeat the purpose in the first place. I am thinking of a way out of this.
After working with them for quite some time now, it's obvious that they are really close to each other and no wonder help each other out so much. "Helping" are more towards justifying unjust within our work place. One typical example is "In order for you to learn more, you will have to do more right?", "Ya, you're lucky that you are given all the work because you can learn.", "Right, you don't know how fortunate you are." There I go with all the work and no OT pay at all for that. Some might that argue that it's true, only when you do things then you will be learning. Yes, I have been doing all the things, yet they are all repetitive how I even learn? Plus, due to the pushing of responsibility, I am the one with all the work, they are the ones chatting away about their upcoming vacation plans this year. Furthermore, they are having a new project to be done, and interestingly, I was not included inside. I guess I am just a slave instead of a team member. If so, I guess I really should leave. Reasons being I am not part of the team, I guess not even part of the company, just someone who came in to do things that other refuse to. That's all to it. In fact, I don't understand why I am feeling disappointed when I should have know that when they just don't pay me my OT while others get paid. I was employed as a full time staff, but I feel like I am some part time odd job worker for the company. It's laughable that my previous company treats me much better than this, I was included in all the weekly meetings for updates and upcoming changes on our team project, and to think I was only on a contract position with that company. I guess every company has their own cultures and values, hence, comparing them like this may not be fair. It's perhaps my personal preference to be in an inclusive environment rather than an exclusive one.
It's already 9.30 pm. Time passed slowly at work, however, once I reached home, time flies. Tell me that I am delusional.
I guess it's not only me who feel this way, I bet many others find themselves not having a good job fit. However, many of us couldn't just leave our job like this due to perhaps financial responsibilities and other constraints. When the time comes, we would eventually find ourselves too late to do a job switch due to the lack of skills and experience in the job that may suit us. There is also an uncertainty that the job you might want to switch to, does not suits you at all. I wonder is there any constructive solution to such issues. It seems like this issue is persistent through time, yet it is not being addressed well enough. Education is certainly not the answer to this question, sorting humans through credits in the subjects they score well may not land them in the exact job that they can do exceptionally well and enjoy doing them.
Well, perhaps I should stop here and start typing my second Java tutorial and try to catch up on some readings later. I may jot down my thoughts about the break down yesterday later though I am somewhat reluctant to.
Today is a rather inefficient day, I didn't get much done and I am still indecisive in certain issues. As usual, team leader remains on leave, and there are tons to complete. I woke up early today, however, somehow the bus came later today, hence, got to office slightly later. It was because of this I was held up even later today. In fact, I spent almost 14 hours travelling and working when I am paid only 8 hours a day, OT was not paid to me at all. The six hours, I wonder why the hell should I waste so much time on that. This happens when you really don't enjoy what you are doing. You just dread working and wish to hurry home and do the things you really enjoy to de-stress. I am not sure about others but at least I feel this way.
Resting early really helps and I feel much better today. Planning to start typing the next tutorial tonight, however, I am not really sure when I could finish it. I have not really get my thoughts organize yet.
When I opened my email this morning, I saw an advertisement on careers and courses fair. I wonder if I should attend that, however, if I am not wrong, the event days are during July. This means two more months to go. Even though I have started searching for job opportunities, I haven't have time to go for interviews which totally defeat the purpose in the first place. I am thinking of a way out of this.
After working with them for quite some time now, it's obvious that they are really close to each other and no wonder help each other out so much. "Helping" are more towards justifying unjust within our work place. One typical example is "In order for you to learn more, you will have to do more right?", "Ya, you're lucky that you are given all the work because you can learn.", "Right, you don't know how fortunate you are." There I go with all the work and no OT pay at all for that. Some might that argue that it's true, only when you do things then you will be learning. Yes, I have been doing all the things, yet they are all repetitive how I even learn? Plus, due to the pushing of responsibility, I am the one with all the work, they are the ones chatting away about their upcoming vacation plans this year. Furthermore, they are having a new project to be done, and interestingly, I was not included inside. I guess I am just a slave instead of a team member. If so, I guess I really should leave. Reasons being I am not part of the team, I guess not even part of the company, just someone who came in to do things that other refuse to. That's all to it. In fact, I don't understand why I am feeling disappointed when I should have know that when they just don't pay me my OT while others get paid. I was employed as a full time staff, but I feel like I am some part time odd job worker for the company. It's laughable that my previous company treats me much better than this, I was included in all the weekly meetings for updates and upcoming changes on our team project, and to think I was only on a contract position with that company. I guess every company has their own cultures and values, hence, comparing them like this may not be fair. It's perhaps my personal preference to be in an inclusive environment rather than an exclusive one.
It's already 9.30 pm. Time passed slowly at work, however, once I reached home, time flies. Tell me that I am delusional.
I guess it's not only me who feel this way, I bet many others find themselves not having a good job fit. However, many of us couldn't just leave our job like this due to perhaps financial responsibilities and other constraints. When the time comes, we would eventually find ourselves too late to do a job switch due to the lack of skills and experience in the job that may suit us. There is also an uncertainty that the job you might want to switch to, does not suits you at all. I wonder is there any constructive solution to such issues. It seems like this issue is persistent through time, yet it is not being addressed well enough. Education is certainly not the answer to this question, sorting humans through credits in the subjects they score well may not land them in the exact job that they can do exceptionally well and enjoy doing them.
Well, perhaps I should stop here and start typing my second Java tutorial and try to catch up on some readings later. I may jot down my thoughts about the break down yesterday later though I am somewhat reluctant to.
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