Hobby - Trading Card

Last post is bout my new hobby, as for this post will be about my past hobby, still have it but not play due to each team member walk their own path.



The hobby that i want to talk about is trading card game. Not just any trading card game...but international trading card: Magic The Gathering. So each game represents a battle between powerful wizards, known as "planeswalkers", who use the magical spells, items, and fantastic creatures depicted on individual Magic cards to defeat their opponents. This trading card game is not very suitable for child below 12, as it require deep knowledge of understanding and prefect strategy.

~ playing Magic at the dorm ~

I start involve in this hobby, at the age of 15, but playing with computer game on desktop computer (that time do not have any money, and did not know any shop that sell this card). the on the age of 19 (during matriculation study), I meet with friends who actually play and collect the card. 1 year exposed with friends, i also has become one of the wizards of magic the gathering.

~Akroma, Angel of wrath~

Lots of rare card is in my collection, and the one that i love the most is "Akroma, Angel of Wrath". Among my fellow members in matrix, I'm one of powerful opponent need to be aware of. But then, when i join, another magic group, a serious one. They gather at the hobby shop every Sunday from 9 to 12. One of them are top 50 in Malaysia and also there is one player, that rarely come, is top 5 in Malaysia, and also representative of Malaysia for international competition.

He never play serious with me (beginner), and he shows his legendary deck,a very superb combination and strategy. I try once to versus his powerful deck with my one and only legendary (so called) deck. In 5 minutes, I lost...-12 to 36. The initial life is 20. then, slowly my enthusiasm in this hobby began to withered. Rarely i come to the gathering, if come, just see them play, feel very shy to fight them with the so called legendary deck.

But still, i like this game, just not very serious enough. A serious player would buy all the limited edition card, and construct all the most powerful deck they can (still, this hobby require a lot of money)

New Hobby

Lately, i been actively adding 'following' list of other blogs. However the blog that increase the number on the list is mainly on Gunpla hobby.

Gunpla or gundam plastic models refers to plastic and non-plastic model kits depicting the mechas, vehicles and characters of the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam universe (Wikipedia). so its basically bout building a robot (3d puzzle), a toys robot to be precise.

Why, i suddenly become interest in this hobby??...

well, it all start because of my master project. Due to the programming kept on failing, i have to think of new method in order to obtain result to be analyze for my master project. But 1 week of forcing to think will not result anything. Therefore, i do something that i like the most, that is building a robot. But if i start building the robot, i have to take 1 month, for material and $$$.

So, the faster ways to build a robot is building a robot model. although the price is quite high, but not as high as actual robot. so i went shopping with my friends, and bought all the stuff below.



As you can see, quite an item there.....there also parts to build the robot...

part for actual robot:

• ladder sprocket chain
• 4-speed crank axle gear box
• universal plate set
• tank track (in white box)
• pic beginner kit (in white box) - mahasan
• 8-channel servo controller (in white box) - en faizul

Gunpla:

• Keroro - pirate edition #38
• Heavy metal - L- Gaim HG

~L-Gaim with my 3 in 1 solar tank~

so, after that crazy shopping...all the part to make a robot has stop, and gunpla model has incrase:

• Keroro - pirate edition #35
• Gundam Seed Astray - Blue Frame HG
• Gundam Seed Astray - Green Frame HG
• Tool box with all item to build the robot model as prefect as it can be (lots of money goes in here) ~still not complete yet, lots of things need to buy.

and in planning to get:

• Keroro - pirate edition #36, #37, #39, need all 5 to complete full set
• Gundam seed Astray - Red Frame HG
• Air Brush Pen
• Hobby Paint & cement

after get all the planning item, decided to on hold this hobby, and continue my actual hobby, building a actual moving robot (tak kawen laa ak...abis duit kat hobby jek).

Offer 1

Today, an offer to be research assistant comes to me. Actually i already reject the offer, and try to promote my friend, however he did not show any enthusiasm of that offer. Also, i have a doubt on his performance on the knowledge.

It's not that i don't trust him, just regarding on his capabilities make me think twice. Promoting him means that i guarantee to the lectures that he can do it, but when i notice his performance on the topic of research, i not so sure his the right man.

As a result, i advice the lecture to rethink on my recommendation of him. In a flash, the lecturer directly reject him, and put my name on the application and say that i can quit whenever i get fixed job. The reason the lecture want me in this research because, i have participated before, so no need to explain from the beginning.

I feel bad for my friends, and i hope that he can find job quickly (same to me)~Sorry

Trying to impress

My supervisor request the draft report on Thursday, but i don't know what comes to me, i determine to finish the draft one day early. trying to impress him. but now my work is half way to go, but really2 tired....

i have 2 choice, the first choice is close all my notes and then go to sleep...continue after wake up or the second choice, take a 2 hours nap and continue with the work...for sure i cannot continue, already banging the keyboard....can not 'goreng' anymore words.

the first choice is quite impossible because, i already made my plan for tomorrow evening, my friends will be coming to melaka, want to have all day out, so maybe have to struggle also tomorrow...and as for second choice...all alarm are setting to make sure I wake up to continue my job.

so anyhow...gudnite...

Thank You ...

Lately, i have been in very2 busy day...with my project that kept on failed, paid project that kept coming, also an unpaid chores that been adding to the list and also 'minat' project that can not let go due to my enthusiasm.

Thanks to Allah S.W.T , one by one problem have meet their answer...

• I manage to come out with the result for my project, actually really proud of myself...kept smiling the whole night and feel very good (wanted to call myself master of the matlab... hahaha)

• This week will be the last class (teach by me) for the robotic club class, finish with the module, hope that all that I thought will be able to help them (really like them all, because they have this 'minat' ).

• VB programming project also settle, although the PIC for this project would not care much bout it, but due to that, I learn new knowledge on VB programming and Parallel wiring.

• One of student project also got his result....really glad for him, coz he very serious in doing his project...usually student take simple on their FYP, did not meet their supervisor...no progress for almost 1 -2 month....quite sad when thinking that during my time, I would ask help from others (my family helps me a lot in this) even they are from others university or already working.

• Green light from PIC of control panel for D'Space project to on hold until I finish my master project.

• PIC of material handling system wiling to corporate in his role on this project, finish my task on this project...and also he like the concept idea for this project, hope he can finish this project.

• finally, promise that i make with my love one, able to achieve (found the item that i really2 want to buy for her)

So, I would like to thanks my family, my friend that helps me....its really2 great to have you all support me

Another Failure Plan

As night slowly comes to end, yet my project still not yet able to interpret the data. The result should be shown in simple trajectory graph, but i failed to plot the graph with the raw data i have.

The software that i use to analyze the data is matlab, a very powerful mathematical analysis software, yet very hard to use due to not familiarize with the language.

So up to now, already 15 plan had come to failed, however i must not give up. Cause i've been waiting to end my master project. One and half year that fill with mind blowing, body fatigue, sleepless night, and many more just to obtain a piece of 'paper'.

Anyway, will be trying to sleep and hope will come out with another plan, cause on monday needed to past up the final draft report.

Nite and Gudluck...

Aku, Robot & . . .

So today entry is on me wif the robot (large size robot) I proudly to declare mine !!!


The first robot I n my team design and fabricate use for robot competition, Robocon 2006 (we are sad due to the robot cannot function and also had to be sacrifice due to the weight limitations)


2nd robot I n my team (but my team left only me due to the lack of commitment from other team mates, group leader exclude them) fabricate, also use for robot competition, Robocon 2008...fully function, unfortunately did not able to do his task coz all group members not confident. My robot will be use to take the butter in the middle, in order it to do, a manual robot are require to lift my robot to reach the butter. They afraid that my robot will damage the manual robot.


The 3rd robot my team fabricate...consist of 3 person..n fabricate within 1 months...function according to plan with minor error...use in robot competition, Robowars 2010.


p/s: smaller robot entry will be post next time.