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Sunday, November 8, 2009

It's the end of the second week of Internship (finally....) and I find myself still unsettled in this company I'm attached to. It maybe the first time I've worked and hence doesn't expect the company to be like 'this'. What I mean by the word 'this', I just can't find words to describe it. Like what my saviour advised, "Take things one step at a time and see how things goes as time goes by"; I'll try to stay positive and perhaps things will be better.

I've done quite a few things on the 2nd week. Completion of the user manual, uploading all models to the website database via the new company private website, completing models which were unfinished from Week 1 and a new task that will be carried forward to Week 3: the testing of the company's program/game/software.

There's one funny moment on Friday which I thought I wanted to share. Here we go....................
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On Friday, about 2 in the afternoon, the business manager wanted to show me their program/game/software. He ran the program/game/software and give me a demo or 'walkthrough' of it. It did take very long before everything goes out of hand! The game/program/software crashes so often that it has to be restarted from the start. The computer went into Blue Screen of Death once during the demo and really wasted lots of time just restarting the computer. He was extremely humiliated when all the crashing happened and at one point, he temporary lost interest with what he wanted to show me. He was so so so so so so so so so 'pai seh' (embarrassed) that in one moment he pretended to pick up a call when nobody called !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
He did eventually pop a question to me which I though was very scheming, "Do you know why the game crashes so often ar? Why do you think this happened".
I didn't immediately reply but here's how, "Hm, very interesting question Mister. Let me think of it before answering that ................. (3 minutes later) .............. I don't think I can help that much since the CEO handles most of the development."
He made a very cold unglamorous comment later on which I thought will piss the company's staff more than me. Anyway, the whole demo of the program/game/software ended with him giving me the task of testing the program for inconsistency (like images doesn't not match the description etc)...............
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I was told that I have to be polite in answering questions so I tried my best here. Do you think I'm not being polite by answering his question that way?!

You must be wondering why I used 'program/game/software' when describing the company's product. Answer is, I don't know what the heck it is. I asked around the company and all replied that 'It's not a game.". I'm thinking, "If it's not a game, then what is it?". I should have the answer by the end of the month. lol.

Last Wednesday was a very special day. My Liaison Officer (LO) or lecturer-in-charge came to pay me a visit to see how I'm doing. I raised lots of issues and I got most of the answers I wanted, from both the LO and my Company Supervisor. My LO even advertised me that I'm a programmer and not some silly typist that does filing or word typing task in front of the Company Supervisor! My thoughts, I'm very pleased that he brought that up. :) Now that the company people knows that I'm a programmer, I hope they give me real stuff to do from next week onwards not typing shit on a Word Document!
Lunch on Wednesday was very special too. I dined with 2 of my classmates, Mox and TrusT. We had a good long chat to share our experience which definitely brightens up my day. I'll definitely treasure that day and remember Mox's advice.

In conclusion, week 2 of my Internship is full of ups and downs but I still alive and breathing to tell the story. I must end the post now and will get back soon enough. Till then, take care.

Auron
P.S. Below are a few images of all the 3D models I've done so far. Please give me your precious comments. And if you like them, I can give them to you provided the company allow me to do so. If you like a close up, I'll post it here as well.