I really enjoy programming. I've only played with HTML a little, and I've only done C for one and a half semesters, but I feel like I'm already in love with all these codes shit!
I've been making C programs on my own accord these days, just for the fun of it. Ask any engineering student if they'd make a C program for fun, and they'd most probably say no. [and for all I notice, engineering students everywhere find programming a burden]
If you remember my Thanks for the Smiles of 2013 post, I'd written a little note for everyone who had given me reason to be happy in 2013. Right after tweeting its link, I tweeted to make sure you check it in case it has your name on it.
Thinking about it, it was probably troublesome to search for your name, wasn't it, if you thought my 'categories' didn't help you find your place. That's why I thought I'd make a program for it.
Using my knowledge on switch and cases, I made a program whereby I list up the people I had featured, in alphabetical orders. You find your name, and when you see it, you type in your corresponding number and there would appear my note for you.
It was actually really simple, it just required a lot of copy and paste from my blog post, and a bit of edits here and there with the \n especially, to make the output look neater. I added a loop but I couldn't get my system("cls") to work, so I'd scratched that.
Of course, I could only show it to people via my laptop. I had no idea how to transfer a C file onto anywhere on the net for anyone to see and enter their numbers without having me to hand my laptop over. So far I've only shown it to Shi Hui, Wai Kit and Faiz.
I've had thoughts of learning C++ during my next holidays.
I'd just been thinking about how my mom actually did want me to be a reporter. But I remember her specifying that she wanted me to be a reporter, aka a woman in a shirt and skirt who sits behind a desk and read the news out to the camera in front of her. Even then I still defied her expectations of me.
And then here I am, scratching away whatever dreams I'd had of being in the media field, because I've fallen for something else.
The modules I'm learning here and so much easier than I'd expected; I've realised that I'm smart, but I'm lazy [big fat problem right there]. I used to hate lab, but I had fun during my latest DAELN and EMPTS sessions.
There's a Rapit Transit Technology course in Nitec, adjoined with SMRT, teaching knowledge and skills like maintaining all the systems and railway tracks of the MRT. What's more there're also attachments, so there's opportunity for real-work exposure.
Feels like it's so damn perfect for me, what with my current interest in all these things in MRTs. To think it all started with a fascination for the map; now it evolved into a whole new passion for the industry. [I guess my love for the MRT map and sudden liking towards engineering just fused together]
I've been thinking of getting another diploma in engineering after getting my current course one. Right now I'm in a course for Electronics and Computer, but I've been thinking of pursuing some form of mechanical or railway engineering course afterwards. Another diploma, or a degree maybe. What do you think?
I'm not forcing myself to leave behind writing. I just know it's not for me. Never will be.
Link: why I'm suddenly so determined in engineering
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