From 2007 to 2008

Today is the last day of 2007.I did make a few plans when 2007 begins.So,lets review my initial planning and the outcome.
1.Getting SCJP and SCWCD certifications.Well,I've got SCJP but not SCWCD.There are few reasons,one of it is because i am too busy :P...the other reason is I think SCBCD is more suitable to what I am doing now.
2.Create one or two open source projects.Well,I am too lazy for that.But I did post some of my findings on my blog,such as the jboss axis problem etc.

So what's my planning for the coming 2008?Here are some of them
1.I should really take my SCBCD exam before the voucher got expired.
2.I hope i can be a little bit more hardworking.
3.I will be going to Beijing in February,I hope I can do well in the new envinronment.
4.Earn more money,and spend less(I think spend less is more important..hehe)
5.Become a better man.

At last,I will like to wish everyone a Happy new year... :D

Just need to be patient

Recently I am looking at Android, the new phone platform launched by Google and some other partners. I found it quite interesting, and I mentioned this to Neo and suggested him to use this platform for his college project. And I myself also try to implement a famous "Hello world" program in Android.So i downloaded the SDK, Eclipse plugin and created a new Android project. I used the sample code from Android website and run it on the emulator. The emulator launched,but only the word "Android" shown on the emulator screen instead of "Hello world".This is weird, I tried few rounds and the code i wrote just seem not loaded.I did some surfing and finally I found out that it takes time for the emulator to load.I am using a 1.4 centrino with 2GB ram,and yet it still took around 1 minute to load.The lesson I learnt from this experiment is,when first launching the emulator,be patient and wait for the apps you wrote to load,then don't close the emulator to avoid the waiting when you load your apps again.
Happy programming :)

Updates : My first work using ZK,Spring and Acegi

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My first work using ZK,Spring and Acegi

My job interviewer requested me to submit a file management application in one week time.This app should be able to upload and download file.I can use any open source libraries as long as I am doing it in Java.So,I think "Hey,this is a good chance to explore ZK.".I've been looking at ZK for quite a while,but dun really have time to play around with it.So I've decided to use ZK and Spring to complete this assignment.Other than upload and download file,I also added some other features.You can download the complete source code with libraries file here. This application is strictly for testing purpose only.Please leave comments here if you have any.Thank you.

Talented Programmer

Its been a while since my last blog post.I'd been quite busy with works,works and nothing but works for the past 3 months.And now,due to some management issues,I've decided to look for another new job.So,while I was browsing the job directory,I found some interesting jobs.One of it said that they are looking for "Talented programmer".Hmm...how they define talented?Do we categorize the ability of programming as skill or talent?If I can juggle, I am talented.If I can drink coke using my nose,I am gifted.But i don't see that have anything to do with programming.So can I demonstrate how to juggle 5 balls at a time during interview?Probably they will hire me since i m talented and my programming skill,probably doesnt really matter. LOL

No more comment,thank you

Sometimes ppl will ask me to listen to their stories and then ask for my opinion.I always give suggestions which I think are the most suitable,but not anymore.They can actually decide themselves, so why ask for my opinions?If I spent weeks to think a solution for them,and in the end nothing is taken,I felt like I am wasting my time.I don't know about others,but my time is somehow precious.I respect other ppl final decision,and i always think they know what are the thing they want,and this is what I want,no more comment,thank you.

Wake me up when September ends

Last month seemed like the busiest month I ever had.Almost every weekday I reached office at 5 or 6 am,and work all the way to 7pm,just to prove that I am not a bum to my manager.He assigned me tons of works at the beginning of September,and requested me to finish them within 3 weeks.Some of the functions are half done by other colleagues,and I am the one who clean up the mess.However,I did prove my value and my abilities by finishing almost everything on hand.I can't really finish all the things due to some requirement changes and I need more time to apply the new changes.
So,in your face,Mr Manager...