Kiara Sunrise

Chronicles of a Winger

2008-09-14T17:46:00.000-07:00

Ok ... lama gile tak update blog nihhh ...
Mie pn da sound dah. Anyways at least now I have something to update. Aku da buat lagu baru.
I will host it on lifelogger sbb site kat i-bands down for maintenence. I think this song ada inti la. I was hoping to put it up on i-bands so bleh masuk countdown and hopefully beat my current record(Dark Matter no7 .. fuu top ten tuu).Lagu ni amik masa 2.5 bulan nk siapkn recording ... the concept took way longer. De yg soh aku remake Dark Matter tp de lg lagu dlm pipeline .. tp sparuh2 je la .. tgk la cmne.

For this song, you can possibly view this as a Beta version, because I think I've found a vocalist so I might re-record it or something. We'll see how it goes...

Chronicles of a Winger

Have you ever felt the urge
to feed your shoulders through his hide.
And remember keep it low
to feel the tenderness inside.

Fly, dont play it passively.
clean the rucks and feed the line to
keep it flowing.
As I'm standing on the wings.
Setting up to seize chance to speed,
Don't slow me down.

I can't seem to find,
the essence fueling passion in my mind.
Though I fall behind,
just give me another chance to rectify,

and still we rise from the pain of dislocation.
if simplified, its just another wound succumbed to.

Utilize your speed and stepping skills to run around,
Trying hardest to stay on your feet to gain me ground.

Stressed ???

2008-06-15T04:26:00.000-07:00

Lately stress gle .. tak tau lak knp ... maybe byk sgt kje ... maybe sbb kne buat kje yg bkn kje aku... (termasuk gi outstation) ... Ada satu post kosong kat company Iqbal... intrested ... tp tgk la cmne ... masuk2 jd junior iqbal la gitu .. haha.

Harga minyak naik lagi ... mana tak stress ... That is OUR oil ... I don't want to pay $hit loads for MY oil ... Jgn la nak compare2 harga minyak ngn negeri lain ... compare la ngn negara pengeluar ... ni singapore ngn thailand yg haprak pn xde. compare la ngn Sudan ke .. Brunei ke ..Lgpn Malaysia ni, prime export kita ialah Minyak, Hasil utama negara aku adalah MINYAK AKU.

Paling panas skali, aku dgr seseorang ni ckp "Rakyat boleh tukar cara hidup". Tanak la ckp spe kn, paham2 je la. Senang2 je die ckp cmtu ... Rebate RM600 tu dh la melecehkan nak amik. Bebal ke pe. Kerajaan yg 'membayar' subsidi dan menolong aku ??
Duit tu datang dari aku gakkk .. Aku bayar sniri subsidi tu bile aku makan McD, naik LRT, bayar saman(kdg2). Syarikat aku yg bayar subsidi tu tiap kali aku kje cam gile utk dapatkan income utk syarikat, senang2 je die nak tarik. Buat pe ?? klua iklan kat YM ????

Lepas tu, utk "ringankan beban rakyat" gaji gov akan klua 2 kali sebulan. Pe la yg meringankan tu. Seolah2 die ckap, ok ... korg da tak diberi makan 3 kali sehari ...
Korg akan diberi makan 6 kali sehari ... tapi boleh makan kuih je. WTF !!!

Lupakan smua tu ... I saw this ad masa tgk Euro 2008 ... pada aku gempak la gak ... simple .. straight to the point. Ni adalah ringkasan movie 'GOAL' dalam masa 2 minit. I loved the look on the girlfriends face, and the part where he played a prank on his team mate. Muntah tu tatau la knp .. maybe sbb training kuat sgt ... or too much partying.

Kapal Eksiden

2008-05-01T23:43:00.000-07:00

Yaaa ... aneh .. tetapi ia terjadi. Berlaku kat Selat Melaka. Diorg kata kapten tertido.
Lawak sbb 2 bnde:

Kapal cargo kecik pi sondol kapal cargo besar.
Boleh lak lepas gi langgar, die try melarikan diri, tetapi transponder AIS tak tutup. Maka transponder tu broadcast position kapal tu and kapal tu tak dapat la nk lari dr polis.

Anyway ni la latest perkembangan software yg aku buat. Rendering done by google earth. Die kelip2 sbb bergantung pd mesej2 yg kapal tu transmit. Leh buat accident investigation ni .. hahaha .. CSI ??

Cashflow Quadrant

2008-04-20T09:00:00.000-07:00

Been reading this new book lately, Its like .. part 2 of the best seller, 'Rich Dad Poor Dad'.

I previously had views like to be successful you have to be smart. It still hasn't changed after reading. (in this case ... successful = financially rich).

Some say Bill Gates is successful (because he's rich .. duh !!) ... and yeah he dropped out of college. But he was smart ... in a way in which he bought someone else's product(no idea whose) .. and built a successful system around it, and the product wasn't good to begin with. In the same way McDonalds built a system around an ordinary burger business. Yes you can argue their marketing strategy is evil and targets small children .. true .. but its a dog eat dog world out there. Live with it.

It takes some educating to be financially intelligent. Things we can't learn in schools these days.

This book tells how we should stop prioritizing of job security, the view of the industrial age, the way we were taught to think. Instead we should move on to the information age, and be financially intelligent ... survival of the fittest ... or in this case .. survival of the smartest.
We are responsible for our financial state indefinitely.

The book also strengthens my views in which to be successful you have to continuously think.
It also shows that change is needed in yourself to do what it takes to be successful. One great example given was to get a perfect body.
Quote : "Its not the diet that counts. Its who you have to be to follow the diet that counts".
Another example was to find the perfect romantic partner.
Quote : "So many people go to bars or to work to find the perfect person, the person of their dreams. That is what they 'do'. What they 'do' is go out to look for that person instead of work on 'being the right person'. (some may argue that this applies to me .. well .. my rebuttal is .. I'm not looking for a partner .. haha .. not yet anyway).

I'll end this post with a few favourite quotes from the book.
"Many people will not head down the street until all the lights are green. That is why they don't go anywhere".
"If you do what everyone else does, you'll wind up with what everyone else has".

and my favourite ...
"Its not how much money you earn, but its how much you keep, and how much is working for you".

Out ...

2008-03-31T01:51:00.000-07:00

Lama tak update blog ni ... nothing much lately ... and I have been extremely busy. So as the title suggests, I'm out this season. Bahu aku dislocated completely kali ke2. Klo nk kira time2 terklua pstu masuk blik ... da byk kali da kot. But this time I have the X Ray to prove it.

Pandai2la korg tgk joint bahu tu and figure out where it should have been. Tgh nk amik bola nk buat diving try ... member jatuh atas aku lak ... dgr Krraaaakk ... takyah malu2 cover tabah ... melaung2 je aku kat situ. Sblm ni I gave up playing the guitar to leave room for Rugby. Perhaps I made the wrong decision ? Anyways, 4 bulan out ... considering hanging up my boots now. But then I'll be left to dream of what might have been.

Bebelan

2008-02-22T08:16:00.000-08:00

Dengar la aku membebel jap ...

Finally barang aku da sampai, kne kutip kat MAS kargo ... mak aih ... leceh nak mampos
First and foremost nak masuk ... kne de clearance polis. Tp tu takpe ... understandable. Lepas tu .. aku drive masuk .. about 0.5km ... kn aku da de clearance polis kn ... nak masuk MAS nye tempat pn kne clearance gak .. kne isi borang la .. tah hape2 ... WTF ... MAS yg suruh polis kasi aku lepas pagar depan ... tak cakap kat pagar die sniri ... bodo gile ... so kne la klua kereta .. parking ... isi borang ... etc

pstu masuk tmpt MAS tu ... kne amik borang yg printed ... lepas dah amik borang tu boleh lak die suruh patah balik ... drive 0.5 km lagi ... ke bangunan sbelah pintu depan tu utk tayang borang tu. OK !!! FINE !!! Aku pegilaaa ...

Da sampai situ .. kne isi borang lagi ?? WTF !!! ... dahla kne isi borang ... tp kne meng-copy dari borang yg MAS print out kat aku ... pstu kne salin balik kat borang die ... dah la kne beli borang tu RM20 !! Luar aku senyum2 ... tp dalam da maki hamun da.

Da abis isi bnde tu ... kne patah balik 0.5km ke bangunan MAS tu ... bayar lagi RM20 !! ... BARU LAAA DAPAT BARANG AKU !!!

Lepas tu kne check ngan kastam(part ni understandable). Dah la aku bawak Asnita gi, die tak de pas .. kne tunggu 4 jam kat luar tu ... takpe la .. die rela ...
Aku bawak die ke Jusco Puchong to make up for it. Maybe tujuan aku btul2 pissed off was sbb aku miss training aku. Nevermind.

Kesimpulan ?? What the hell is with these procedures ... dlu UiTM daftar subjek kne ulang alik gak ... MAS pn kne ulang alik gak ... kecik2 sistem cmtu ... scale besar pn sistem cmtu ... klo org tolak2 kat bas pn da kne panggil bodo ... ni tatau la pe nak ckp ... bnde yg leh dielakkan ... last2 paksa kita buat kje sia2 pi ulang alik ...umpama mencangkul angin ... umpama meludah ke langit ... umpama baju kurung ber-shoulder pad ...

I'm back

2008-02-17T21:10:00.000-08:00

Since it's already out, yes, I'm back. Its been a week already. Had a game last saturday, got a head knock. I think it was serious. There was a time I was trying to piece together where I was and how I got there. Kind of hard in the middle of the chaos of a rugby game. Balik muntah2 gak la, tp on the bright side my parents somehow heard me vomiting and I think took pity on me and didn't scold me as much as they would have.

Anyways ... just to say ... yes, I'm back !!!

Axis of Evil - Comedians

2008-01-11T02:17:00.000-08:00

More Test Renders

2008-01-06T01:43:00.000-08:00

Modified the model a bit ... according to topek's advice ... muncung tu kedepan skit. ... and a lighter background tu further appreciate the curves, reflections and textures.

Evo X Metallic Render Tests

2008-01-04T11:39:00.000-08:00

Trying to acheive a more photo realistic effect

800X600
1200X900

Evo X (Render tests)

2008-01-03T13:19:00.000-08:00

I found a tutorial on ambience occlusions in blender. Allows for photo realistic renders. In Max its called ... light tracer ... i think. As a result, nak render jd 10X kelembaban render bagi blender yg render mmg dah cukup lembab. Maybe sbb aku pakai laptop kot. Gambar pn gelap skit sbb in the natural world light bounces of other thing, then hit you. In this scene theres nothing but the car. Also the colors come out slightly differently.
Before

After

Kalau render dgn surroundings nampak la skit die nye kilat2 ...
Render time : 30 min

Paint job

2008-01-03T08:34:00.000-08:00

Looks alright I guess. Thinking of naming it sideswipe from an original character whose colors are red and grey. This is the best design I can come up with. I'm not really that creative in designing cars as you can see ... haha.
I took those from 2 circuit patterns.

Evo X (Complete UV texturing)

2008-01-02T11:34:00.001-08:00

Siap pn ... with rims .. hehe. Rim tu cincai keje 5 min.Janji ada sudah. The UV mapping is complete. No more major modifications. As you can see there's a bump map applied to it. Gives it realism a bit, also gives it away mainly because I did't adjust it to the mesh really well. Ada line2 yg lari. Anyways .. now for that paint job ... lama lg kot siap ni ... xde idea lg.

Evo X (Modelling Complete)

2008-01-01T11:59:00.001-08:00

Siap juga akhirnya ... bump map utk kereta tak siap lg. The textures for the lights and the grill ... lebih kurg da siap ... Who has any suggestions for a cool paint job or cool rim designs ... tell me bout it. Here are renders ...

Evo X (new Year)

2007-12-31T12:14:00.001-08:00

As I lie on the beach,
Fireworks explode above me,
Signals the arrival of 2008.
As I continue to ponder,
I see Orion lying idle in the background,
Who's belt points to Ursula minor,
Indicating the way home.
...
Whatever ..
Happy New Year ..
I went out ... had a Kebab .. (birthday meal .. a healthy meal for a change.)
Made it home in time to continue my 3D model.
Done the lights and textures for the lights and grill ...
It didn't turn out as photo realistic as I hoped it would ... but if it were to be a transformer, I'm sure the lack of detail won't hurt.
Haven't done the bump maps yet.

Heres a photo of the transformed evo concept. Thinking of naming him Jazz .. reincarnated. Jazz shouldn't have died in the movie IMO. The drawing is still incomplete but you get the idea. The theme is curves with straight lines ... like jazz in the movie ... but a little different. No head and arms yet ... ran out of ideas ..

well ... Happy New Year.

Evo X (finishing the front)

2007-12-30T12:19:00.000-08:00

Did the smaller stuff such as the logo, headlights, side mirrors. The headlights aren't quite finished yet. I also modified the front a bit so it looks like the real Evo instead of looking like a skyline. It has that modern touch.

Also changed the color a bit so that it won't look like plastic.

Evo X continued

2007-12-29T06:37:00.001-08:00

What its supposed to look like ....
What it currently looks like .... Stripped down, no windows, doors, tyres, lights.

This is my first experience with blender really. Have to admit its great ... the tutorials online are really helpful compared to 3d s Max where you'd have to buy a book worth RM500 ...
Gotta love Open Source ...

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X

2007-12-28T07:30:00.000-08:00

I'm starved of projects at the moment. I've just formatted my PC, hence the game project has been lost. Anyways, I thought of doing 3D this time. Now my OS is ubuntu, I'm forced to use blender. Had to learn from scratch. May not be a bad thing.
The end result should at least resemble that. Once its finished, who knows. Might even do a Evo Transformer.

As for the modelling part, I think I can do the basics at least. The tutorials for blender are really handy. In 2 days I managed to build the front bonnet.

The lines are a bit crooked round the edges, still tweaking to achieve the perfect representation of the real thing. In my opinion, if you don't strive for perfection, you'll NEVER achieve it.
Evolution X Aeroback ??? ...
Blakang tak siap lg ... xde gamba ... so susah sikit.
Haven't got the material right yet. Not even sure how to get it done .. haha.. Also I modified it, besarkan ventilation and intake for the engine, makes it easier for me and also makes the car look more intimidating.

Pictures that makee you go "What the ..."

2007-12-25T23:24:00.000-08:00

Gamba Kapal terbang ni sje tambah because it looks cool. Click on it and you'll know why...

World Cup 2007 Try Savers and Rib Breakers

2007-12-20T22:50:00.001-08:00

Crystal

2007-12-11T04:41:00.000-08:00

Layan Drama Taiwan ... Devil Beside You ...
Bes gak la .. awek nye (Rainie Yang) comel dan cun pd masa yg sama. Jalan cerita pn agak menarik. If you can overcome the language barrier, this is definitely one to watch.

Hasil emosi jiwang karat dan kesedihan sesetengah episode, cmne tah aku leh dpt inspirasi utk buat track ni ...
I call it Crystal, sbb it sounds beautiful, sort of. Its still a short 1.50 min sub-song which can be developed further, but I like it the way it is.

Chronicles of the Winger (Lyrics)

2007-12-10T14:17:00.000-08:00

M (rock swing version)

2007-12-06T14:47:00.000-08:00

Havent posted in a while ...
This is the new version of M ... pada aku lg gempak dr M and Dark Matter. Maybe sbb aku yg buat, tp .. it definitely has more variety than the other crap songs that I'v done. Its more swing-ish in my opinion. Thats why I like it i guess. Still has that crunchy guitar flavour featured in Dark Matter, but hey, thats my trademark, my personal style. Hard to believe when I listen to the first version of M. I have another song floating around in my head. I think I'm gonna call it "Chronicles Of the Winger". Same style of music, the type that makes you want to RUN !!!.

Might need to redo some parts to distinguish it from the other songs I've wrote. The last thing I want is someone saying "Hey ... that sounds like ....".

Anyway .. here it is.

Download available HERE

Lyrics :

A song about M-Theory ...
(inspired by Mohd Marwan and Utada Hikaru)
verse:

Achieve singularity,
the equation signed,
as its radically defined

So now will you live to see,
when it all confines,
all that you see through your eyes ?

verse:
Though it seems a certainty,
our composing strings, untouchable it seems.
How ?
When will they be found ?

We're seeking the answers in the skies.
Knowing the answer's due to rise.
Did you know its seeping through your eyes.
They're seeping through your eyes.

bridge:
May it start and end in symmetry
in a massive burst of light.

See the hidden right before you're eyes?

chorus:
know the reasons why
you can't crystallize
the impeded, dark and twisted
when knowing that no one can know
the beginning.

within it lies
whats unified
we be heeding, make believing
of science where no one can go.
Someone tell me is there more ?

lyrics by Shahrin
music by Shahrin

I-Bands

2007-11-25T01:06:00.000-08:00

I posted my stuff on I-Bands last week. Dark Matter is climbing the charts like crazy, currently number 2 on the rock charts .. EverGreen is on no 13!! .. Flattering really. But after a while I think Dark Matter is better than EverGreen. Sort of dissapointing because I recorded Dark Matter before EverGreen. Then again Evergreen was supposed to be more metal-ish so it might appeal to a different crowd. Still in the process of reorganizing my PC, reformatted it, so recording new material might take some time. I might redo the song M. Hopefully to make it better because I think it does have potential.
Check out the site.
http://i-bands.net/audiovault/Kiara_Sunrise

EverGreen (beta 0.2)

2007-11-18T19:42:00.000-08:00

Siap pn. This has to be the easiest recording I have ever done. 3 Hari je da abis rekod berbanding projek2 lama, smpi 2 minggu. Anyway, ada komen yg sebutan tak jelas... da btulkn skit ... so hopefully its alright. Didi ngn Topek tak brp berkenan ngn part tekno tu so I changed it a bit. Iza found out the sound wasn't balanced so I edited the effects a bit so now it sounds less bassy.

Today...

2007-11-13T07:36:00.000-08:00

Been recording the new song EverGreen but it's proving to be tricky because as I approach the bridge, it gets less intense. Then it should be most intense during the chorus. Anyway, the game is going well, sort of. Done a chase camera. There was an object to do the job so had to learn how to use that. The problem is the camera is sort of for driving. So the mouse is used for camera movements. I thought the mouse could be used for controls. Well ... we'll see how it goes. I also did a SkyBox to surround the player so it doesnt look all black.

Still listening to Missy Higgins...

New Release !!!

2007-11-12T01:19:00.000-08:00

EverGreen(Acoustic)

Dark Matter (New Vocals)

I have finished recording a new song called EverGreen. Its about Global Warming. I'll wait for feedback before recording the full version. Its a modified, polished up version of my old song called friend. As for Dark Matter, I rerecorded the vocals using a new microphone I bought. Yg DJ radio pakai tu. Expensive, sort of, but definitely worth it and crucial to my recording quality. Though I could still use someone with a better voice.

Current Status

2007-11-11T06:36:00.000-08:00

Haven't updated my blog in ages. Just finished one of the hardest subjects I have taken. 3rd year degree Math, Algorithms and Complexities. Calculus was indeed challenging, until now. Number Theory has made Calculus somewhat trivial. Just sat for the finals for that subject. Quite tough. I hate the questions, that take some inspiration to answer. Questions that say, "Come up with an Algorithm" .. well .. ok ... then "Prove it yields an optimal solution" ..
What the **** ... Coming up with an algorithm(especially one in O(nlgn) time) in 10 minutes is hard enough. But proving it yields an optimal solution, means we have to prove that there is no other way we can get another better answer than the one the algorithm gets.

Anyway ... put that behind me ... whats done is done.

NEW PROJECT !!!
Game in JAVA. Just to test and push the limits of JAVA performance. Concept is a GUNDAM shoot em up kind of games. There aren't many people working on this one so it will take time to finish. Baru ajak Topek and Marwan. Spe2 yg rasa nak join cuba2 ... boleh je. After 1 Day I have obtained this :
Nothing much. Just a still model and we can 'fly around' and view it in wireframe, etc. The FramesPerSecond drops from about 150 to 28 when rendering the entire model. I think it has too many polygons. Got to remodel it. I used the JMonkeyEngine library to build this game.
The JAVA engine is of coarse multiplatform but requires specific libraries available for each platform, so it SHOULD run on all platforms.

Been listening to Missy Higgins lately. Its not Japanese and not rock either. But it is good, beautiful music. I first saw her live and loved it. The lives were more jazzy. Been looking for the live versions but I can't find them.

I'm still composing a new song called EverGreen. Almost done but recording it will take some time. Also I have almost finished rerecording the vocals for Dark Matter, but my voice didn't turn out to be as good as I thought it was. Still looking for a vocalist !! I'll finish it hopefully tomorrow.

EverGreen

2007-10-21T14:54:00.000-07:00

verse
We're men of sin.
All the damage through the centuries unfold.
Still we're at it yet again ?

Now who will win,
If the signs they see to you be left untold ?
Still we're at it yet again ?

bridge
Men who deny,
never realize,
for our climate's ever drifting from the cold.

Do you recognize,
that it burns outside.

chorus

Would you know
Would it be forever
Breathing gales and storms alike.

Now we grow
As we seed the weather,
Brewing carbon littered molecules.

verse

Spirits within.
Need you understand how menacing is our force ?
Need I tell you once again ?

bridge

Parry all the lies.
Never close your eyes,
To the signs, the ozone's blistering a hole.

Tanning UV light,
Causes burns inside.

chorus

Just so you know,
That I freeze and wither
Through the endless winter nights.

So it shows
How I plead to differ
Through the summer burning lifeless souls.

Would it be forever ?
Breathing gales and storms alike.

Will we throw,
All our needs to shimmer ?
Ceding gains to reach our vital goal.

Is it too late to control ?
No where to go.
In this planet we call home.

Dark Matter (Beta 3.0)

2007-10-19T02:39:00.000-07:00

Ni versi Beta, improved vocals. Kalau de pape comments lg, bgs gak ... leh aku release. Cam Software Develeopment lak bunyi nye .. haha ... iteration after iteration pstu beta pstu release. Jgn tanya aku psl documentation ... hehe.

Anyway, thanks to Iqbal, Yunus, Araphats , Didi. You're input into this song is invaluable. Especially Alep and Iqbal. Thanks to Iqbal aku tukar snare, sbb snare sbblum ni ... cam tak dgr sbb tenggelam. Araphats ... for the double solo suggestion.

Also thanks to Fayz, Asnita, Anas and Tasnim. Skrg da clearkn vocals skit ... sikit je la ...

DOWNLOAD HERE

Dark Matter (improved)

2007-10-13T17:21:00.001-07:00

Meor komen, suara tak clear and tak cukup kuat. So aku try clearkan skit and kuatkan. Tp tak byk la, sbb da start pecah2 da.

Alep soh buat double solo. So aku buat la ... unfortunately aku rasa cam tak segempak yg aku sangkakan. Sori la Alep ... nnt kalau ada inspirasi aku modify part tu.

I also increased the volumes for the drums. So you coud feel the beat of the song.
Also disebabkan feedback member2 yg positif, aku tambah 1 guitar track utk intro so bunyi tak la bosan nak mampos. More comments are welcome.

Dark Matter (complete)

2007-10-13T03:13:00.000-07:00

Sori lama tak update. Not much happening in my life right now.

So ... ni la lagu dark matter. It's about ... dark matter ... if you don't know what it is, go read about it. Took ages to finish it. Finished recording on Hari Raya. I think the solo part is one of the best ones I've come up with. Don't know what inspired me, maybe because I'm getting better or maybe sbb hari raya.

The quality of voice recording isn't the best. Tak clear. But IMO its better than my last song. The lyrics are HERE.

I also decided to scrap the verses of the last song, M. Somehow suara tak kne ngn music. I might rerecord it again next time. A new song is coming up tp baru tahap idea je.

Comments are always welcome ... kutuk pn takpe kot ... janji tak kutuk teruk sgt sudah. Sesiapa nk rasa2 nk jd vocalist yg rasa suara lg sedap dr suara aku or cam knal siapa2 yg berminat ... sila mail aku ... YM pn takpe. Siapa nk dload ... leh mintak aku ... kalau nak la kan ... takat ni xde org mintak pn ... hahahaha

Presentation Night

2007-09-21T04:27:00.000-07:00

Nothing much has happened since the grand final. Uni ?? ... boring ... same as usual. Lots of assignments, still at it. Anyways, its been a while since I updated my blog. As I said, nothing much has happened.

There was the Mariners' presentation night. This night was probably the most important for me because it would most likely be tha very last time I meet up with my 'family' here in Cairns.

It was fun, well, sort of ... anyway, the food was good, just had fish(like I had any other options). They had this presentation of what happened during the entire season, on and off the field. It's quite funny the way the boys bond together. Felt more at home, more accepted. One where male and male kissing is fine and not considered to be gay(depends where you kiss really .. haha). Well, I had the feast and after that they presented trophies.

Won that trophy. It says 'Most Improved Player 2007'. Last season I won the Most Appreciated Player. So I guess its an impprovement ... hahaha ... can't help thinking they gave it to me just because it's my last season for them. Or the fact that I was the most vulnerable and most frequently injured player. Fractured cheekbone last season, dislocated shoulder this season. Well ... whatever ... it's still a trophy.

Lastly the boys gave me one last souvenir. A 2003 World Cup Wallabies Jersey signed by the Mariners. I was touched. Would have preferred a jersey in Mariners' colors, which we would have recieved if we won the Grand Final, which we didn't. Anyway this jersey means so much to me in a different way. It's not a symbol of what level I've played, but a symbol of what the boys mean to me. Brothers. It's a sad feeling to play you last game for them. I am not known to cry but at the end I was in tears, really.

All I can say is my stay here in Australia was not exciting s people may think. But I cherished every moment I had on the field. I can only wonder what the future holds for me, but I doubt I'll have greater moments as a player. This has been the 2 best years of my life.

I will always remember your guidance.

The memories you've given me.

Your heart, courage and bravery.

I will always remember the Mariners.

Thanks boys. Love you all ....

Grand Final Loss

2007-08-27T17:42:00.001-07:00

I played the Grand Final last Saturday. I'm not sure what hurts me the most. The fact that we lost, or that I only played 25 minutes of the game. Plainly because of my injured shoulder. I knew that injury would come back to haunt me. Played for a few minutes with torn ligaments in my right shoulder, then I got substituted. I went all out because that was my last game. A few team mates said I played my heart out, and may be thats what is most important. I don't have photos.

The journey to the Grand Final was brilliant. The script could not have been written any better. Lost the first match against rivals Barron Trinity. We didn't play that well to be honest. So we really deserved it. after the semifinal loss, we had to play Innisfail, also rivals, in the preliminary finals but in this game we showed heart and I guess we wanted it more than the opposition. The winner would face Barron Trinity in the Grand Finals. If only it could have been a fairy tale ending to beat the ones we lost against earlier, but I guess it wasn't meant to be.

Now, in the Grand Final aftermath, I can see the difference between friend and family. Those who I thought were my friends or family, really didn't care much about the fact that I reached a Grand Final, perhaps the best achievement in my life till now. Perhaps its not really their fault. They do not know how much this means to me.

He who sheds blood with me shall be my brother.

And as I said time and time again, if you don't play, you don't know how it feels to sweat and bleed for yourself, for the team. For your brothers, the men standing beside you.

People like you, can never understand...

Bad weekend

2007-07-21T06:10:00.000-07:00

Australia 26 - New Zealand 12. We lost the Trinations.
Socceroos 1 - Japan 1. Lost 4-3 on penalties.
JCU Mariners 5 - Barron Trinity 16 lost to the reserve league leaders.

About the match. It was a good one. I put in a couple of heavy tackles and got involved in a few rucks. Got my hand stepped on. Swolen like a balloon, but I got it strapped up and continued playing. Almost scored though but it wasn't to be. Fell 5 meters short of the line. Anyhow my A grade won though. Not sure by how much. Got a groin injury and that takes ages to heal.
what luck ...

Masalah font

2007-07-15T09:36:00.000-07:00

Aku nye koleksi lagu ada lagu2 jpun .. tp Kanji nye tak klua .. so aku ubah la kat control panel. Pstu aku enablekan Arab skali .. alang2 kan ... tp ada problem lak.
Problem nye cmni .. disebabkan aku da tukar kat control panel psl language options ... skrg tajuk lagu yg patut Jepun ... dalam jawi lak ... ada sesiapa tau mana silap aku ?

詰まらなかった　。。。如何します　？？

2007-07-14T08:24:00.000-07:00

昨日　わ　ラグビするんです。勝ちましたよ。幾ら　わ　解らない。疲れたから。。。
Translated :
Smlm de game ... menang maaaa .. score brp aku tataula .. too tired to give a $h!t
(Saja nk testing font Jepun... heheheh jakon siot)
Arab pon leh tp tah, layout kat keyboard kelam kabut gile ... huruf alif kat H ??
わてふっく!!!!
Translated :
WTF !!! heheheh　(sounds more like watefukku .. but close enough)

Latest music ...

2007-07-10T10:09:00.000-07:00

In the midst of boredom, I decided to search for some new music .. since I've been listening to the same stuff again n again for the past ... i don't know ... 2 years .. hahaha ...
My Bandwidth isn't free so I had to carefully select what I wanted to dload using Last.fm's website .. it has the stats ...
So I downloaded what people listned to the most(the more probability of it to be a good song)
I downloaded quite a few ... and out of those ... 2 great bands/songs stood out.

High and Mighty Color

To all the guys, I know ... awek tu agak hot ... hahaha .. but she's more than just good looks. Guitar combination die can't rival GLAY nye, and of coarse suara kalah la ngn Utada kan .. tp if you compare this group with Evanescence, hah, I'll pick them anyday.

Recomended Tracks:

Pride
Over
Ichirin no Hana
Dive into Yourself
Enrai
Okizarisu (lagu slow)

UVERworld

Dulu aku byk terserempak ngn band ni tp tak amik tau langsung. Masa browse Last.fm nmpk la lagu UVERworld - D-technolife gle byk org dgr .. tp baca description tulis Jpop/Jrock ... aku tgk muka mamat2 tu ... cam jambu semacam je .. so igt boy band ... hahhaha ... tajuk lagu pn ada techno. Expected it to be electronic pop la ... so bosan gle da xde choice lg aku pn dload la. Skali dgr .. gempak lak. Vocal die agak pop, maybe sbb cara nyanyian die yg clear and takde jerit2. Jpop+Jrock ... sort of like GLAY ... tapi more metal-ish.

Recomended Tracks:

D-technolife (must have ... really)
Colors of the Heart

This is their live concert ...gempak gile. Siapa ada masa tlg jdkn mp3 utk aku .. hahahaha

Wallabies win yet again ..

2007-07-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

This week turns out to be a good week. The mariners reserves (my team) won 4 tries to 2 .. the A grade won .. not sure by how much .. and the wallabies won against south africa .. 25 - 17.

Plus ... they are wearing their new jerseys.

Dark Matter (0.1.15)

2007-06-30T06:41:00.000-07:00

This is my new song ... called dark matter ... not finished yet ... and has no vocals.

Wallabies upset All Blacks

2007-06-30T06:36:00.000-07:00

Dazed Wallabies skipper Stirling Mortlock tonight engineered a stunning 20-15 upset of the All Blacks for Australia's first Trans-Tasman Test win in three years.

Down and seemingly out when trailing 15-6 with New Zealand dominating, the Wallabies crossed for two tries in eight minutes at the MCG.

Go The Wallabies !!!

Quote of the week

2007-06-27T09:49:00.000-07:00

Science is what we do, when we don't know what we're doing.

Jersey Wallabies RWC 2007

2007-06-24T22:56:00.000-07:00

Lawa siottttt .....
........... NAK !!! ..........
kne start kumpul duit ni ....

RUCK

2007-06-24T05:13:00.001-07:00

For those who have no idea what rucking is ... It is when a player challenges for the ball after a tackle is made, and you can only use your feet. And for the poor blokes on the ground, you are
ALLOWED TO STEP ON THEM !!!
(hence the stud marks on his back)
And strangely enough, if you get rucked ... its your fault for not rolling away ...
yes ... its YOUR FAULT !!

COD

2007-06-11T08:30:00.000-07:00

Quote :

Java is entering into its inefficient phase. C# is in the middle of its acceptance phase.When the .NET architect, Hejlsberg, says, "Yeah, and I just think that we're a generation ahead when it comes to the thinking in this space," he is probably right. In the scheme of things the .NET language extensions are particularly small. However .NET now offers Component-Oriented support in the form of properties and events as first class language constructs.

There is a lot of talk amongst senior figures about where Java is heading. JavaLobby, The Server Side and Java Developer Journal have all carried articles in recent months about the way ahead for Java. Looking at the readers' responses to these articles I'd say the vast majority of Java developers don't even appreciate what Hejlsberg is saying.

It's time for Javasoft to start getting aggressive in their vision of what Java is. It's easy to get self-congratulatory and lazy when you're in a dominant market position. I believe that Javasoft can deliver the next big thing but it's going to involve swallowing a lot of pride, and I'm not sure they can do that.

Dark Matter

2007-06-08T01:09:00.000-07:00

verse
Sigh,
Look into the sky.
Know the reasons why,
gravitational lensing
causes light,
to curve through the night.
proves to realize,
that there be mass that you can't see.

verse
Try,
to solidify.
and materialize,
the essence of my mind.

And redefine.
Read between the lines.
Revolutionize.
Twisted laws of gravity.

bridge
I'm drowned in mystery, in curiosity.
Your presence found,
as absence pulls me down.

bridge
In doubt, uncertainty, in animosity.
For what I've found,
would see life turn around.

chorus
I can see night,
and star light through my eyes.
How you're having me inclined,
I'd have to be within your gravity.

Not emitting light,
illusive to my eyes.
Twisting fabric of space time,
yet I fail to see you sitting next to me.

Kiara Sunrise - M (DEMO)

2007-06-06T08:00:00.000-07:00

FINALLY ....
Ni die ... complete+vocal. Ingat nak tambah lagi satu chorus n bridge ... tp malas lak. Tak sabar2 nak release la kan ... hehehe ...
Masa first aku record tu ... dengar balik .. baru sedar suara aku ... sucks gile ..
Sblm ni prasan sedap .. hahahah ... but whatever.
Skrg aku tau suara aku tak sedap ... but thats not the point. The idea is what I wanted to present, and the meaningful lyrics. Sebutan tak dgr sgt sbb pakai mic PC je(and because of the pointless attempt to cover up the imperfections of my singing). By th way, the vocal recording quality wasn't good.

So hope you like it ... or at least ... don't hate it .. hahaha .. cheers

Download HERE

(inspired by Marwan and Utada Hikaru ... hahaha)
Now ... back to my studies ... exam minggu depan ni ... masak aku

Single Cover ??

2007-06-03T01:27:00.000-07:00

Hahaha .. sementara bosan2 hari ahad. Surf la internet mencari wallpaper... terserempak ngan gambar Guitar Hisashi from Glay. Guitar die mmg unik ... custom made ... khas utk die. Agak cun gak ar. Semua guitar die design cmtu. Like a drop of water. So tgh2 bosan ni dan perasaan jeles ngan gambar tu ... Aku buat aku nye sendiri... amik gambar guitar aku ... bikin kat photoshop skit ... Pstu alang2 tarok nama Kiara Sunrise... hmmm ... agak2 ada rupa cover CD utk single aku nanti ... HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA (lagu tak siap lagi .. tp takpe kot kalau aku nk berangan skit... ala ... skali skala kan ..).
So ni la die...For those who didn't know... Kiara Sunrise ditubuhkan oleh aku ... and I was pretty much the song writer. I wrote the song 'Friend' ... unintentionally ripped the chorus of L'arc~en~Ciel. Tak la sama pada pendapat aku ... tp bunyi dekat2 la .... ala ... masa tu heavily influenced by L'arc~en~Ciel. What to do(nak buat cmne ...hahahah) ... ??
So aku quit band tu... ada join lg satu band ni tp cam tak gerak je. Aku tulis lagu gak... tapi tak membuahkan hasil. So alang2 solo je la. So since aku yg tubuhkan band Kiara Sunrise ... aku pakai nama tu gak ... cam alias la ...

Anyway nnt aku abiskan recording. Still tgh carik guitar effects utk guitar track aku. thanks to Chong for helping me out on that one. Tp still tak jumpa lg ...
Kiara Sunrise - M (incomplete)

M (Bass and Drum)

2007-05-20T02:40:00.000-07:00

Ni la Bass and Drum utk lagu latest aku tapi intro xde lagi. Da research da lagu2 lain(fuyooo saje nk kasi bunyi gempak ... cam aku study laa ... hahaha ).

Example cam "GLAY - Be With You" intro die cam dibuat khas ... die main skali je dlm satu lagu tu. Tp cam leceh lak nk buat cmtu. Kne cipta another melody ...

Yg obvious, mainkan chorus je ... just like all other typical songs. Tapi unlike other songs, aku transpose chorus aku 1 1/2 steps. Bkn pe ... tp kalau main chorus awal2 cam spoil lak ... aku nak kasi listeners aku cam terkejut ... hahaha.

Then again, glay pn transpose part intro "Be With You" tu. (aku main transpose2 ni influence GLAY la ni .. ) .. Nnt2 la aku pikirkan.

Tengah2 tu ada cam jazz skit. Influence Tokyo Jihen la ni ... cam tiru pn ada gak ... hahaha ...
tak la tiru .. jazz nye bass mmg walking bass, nak buat cmne. As for the drums, masa part tu aku langsung xde idea. Tp guitar 100% original composition ... Bangga gile siot ngan part tu ... hahahha

Well, topik recording lak. Aku tak rekod bnde ni sbenarnya. Just pakai software "Fruity Loops"
yg baru aku cilok dr mmbr aku. Agak gempak gak. Tp mostly for Dance n Hip Hop laaa ...
So sesiapa yg berminat mereka lagu Dance or HipHop or whatever, i can give this to you. Kecik je ... 40MB je.

Do give me feedback about it kalau2 rasa cam aku tiru sgt or whatever....
tp aku takkan ngaku tiru nye la ... hahaha.

The guitar track ... nnt aku rekod ....
Still looking for a vocalist.
Those interested, can mail me.

ps: Lawan southside hari tu ... menang 78 - 7 ... belasah kaw2 nye ... yeah !!!

M

2007-05-15T22:25:00.000-07:00

A song about M-Theory ...
(inspired by Mohd Marwan and Utada Hikaru)
verse:
Achieve singularity,
the equation signed,
as its radically defined

so now will you live to see,
when it all confines,
all that you see through your eyes ?

verse:
Though it seems a certainty,
our composing strings, untouchable it seems.
How ?
When will they be found ?

We're seeking the answers in the skies.
Knowing the answer's due to rise.
Did you know its seeping through your eyes.
They're seeping through your eyes.

bridge:
May it start and end in symmetry
in a massive burst of light.

See the hidden right before you're eyes?

chorus:
know the reasons why
you can't crystallize
the impeded, dark and twisted
when knowing that no one can know
the beginning.

within it lies
whats unified
we be heeding, make believing
of science where no one can go.
Someone tell me is there more ?

lyrics by Shahrin
music by Shahrin

The Return from Injury

2007-05-12T01:26:00.000-07:00

Aku tak perform sgt game ni tadi ... walaupun team aku blasah team lawan 48-0. Aku dapat main 5 minit je .... tp aku mmg mintak 5 minit pn ... terasa cam patut mintak lebih lak ... tp da lepas ... biar la. Lagi pn aku baru baik injured. So baik aku rilek2 dlu ...
I'm happy to be back none the less

lg 2 3 minggu lg nak return sepenuhnya ...
Bahu ni da ok la ... hope nothing else happens. The A grade lost ... 4 games witout a win.
What a day ..

MAYA

2007-05-05T02:30:00.000-07:00

Finally finished it. Color scheme pakai cadangan Yunus. Buat color Gundam skit. Sori Yun, biru + hijau tak kne la. Kuning pun aku buat kat lampu je. Kalau knuning Gundam tu ... tak ganas ... hehehe.

MAYA assignment

2007-05-03T23:12:00.000-07:00

This is the X-901 Neutrino. Lum abis texture lagi. Inspired by the grumman F-14 Tomcat, and a vulture(cadangan yunus). Design main bedal je. Improvised as I went along, go with the flow.

My Current Status

2007-04-29T05:06:00.000-07:00

Don't quite know whats going on ... suddenly lost it. Just ..... lost it. Been really busy, but all of a sudden I feel that I'm behind in my studies. Maybe its because I never studied this semester, I skipped a few classes, a lot really. But I always find myself occupied in Uni work, so why feel this way ??

Maya, slalu aku ponteng. Sbb yg datang pn budak senior yg pernah amik subject tu. To be honest he didn't know much at all. So ... why go ?? I go to the intensive classes and to me thats enough.

Object Oriented Sware Engineering... As cool as the name sounds, I hate this subject. Mainly because theres not much engineering to begin with. They come up with all this conceptual stuff to 'help' you write code... but its all just so unimportant to me. To draw a UML, Domain Model, and extract pieces of code from it. I find it so .... boring. I never picked up the text book, let alone read it. I find myself dragging my ass through this one. I went to the test, just wrote what I know and submit it in just 5 minutes. Couldn't be bothered putting any effort into it. Maybe its because it was only worth 5%. But honestly I didn't give a $hiT. Could have been 10% and still I won't touch my book.

I find it hard to except that we need to do all this stuff ... I want to learn what I want and I'll do things my way. May sound arrogant but its the only way to get myself motivated.

I'll be back on the field in a few weeks. Hope that does more good to me than damage. Wish me luck....

Organic Graph Layout

2007-04-09T22:48:00.000-07:00

Took me 4 days of work, but finally it's done. 4 hari hidup kelawar. It was a nightmare just to get it working correctly, and a lot of tweaking to get it just right. It solves the very thing we take for granted. Aesthetic values ... that make things look 'nice'. Ratios, determine how beautiful something really is. Who said the world isn't all math. Well, it isn't ... but most of it is anyway.

As to graphs, we look at a graph which the nodes have been randomly spread across a canvas, and rearrange it. But sub consciously we place nodes at a roughly same distance from every other node. We cluster them so that the connected nodes are closer together.and we try to get rid of crossing edges.

This is found in nature. But natural approach is a bit different but the result is more or less the same. You have 2 forces. Attracting and repelling ...
This model is what keeps molecules together. Keeps the moon in orbit. Keeps the earth in orbit. For all we know, keeps life itself going.

So organic graph layouts simulate how molecules keep intact. Each node has a repelling force, but to the nodes it is connected to, it attracts to some extent.

This is the pseudocode ...

set up initial node velocities to (0,0)
set up initial node positions randomly // no 2 nodes are in exactly the same position
loop
total_kinetic_energy := 0 // total kinetic energy of all particles
for each node
     net_force := (0, 0) // running sum of node's total force

  for each other node
      net_force := net_force + Coulomb_repulsion( this_node, other_node )
  next node

  for each spring connected to this node
      net_force := net_force + Hooke_attraction( this_node, spring )
  next spring

  // without damping, it moves forever
     this_node.velocity := (this_node.velocity + timestep * net_force) * damping
  this_node.position := this_node.position + timestep * this_node.velocity
  total_kinetic_energy := total_kinetic_energy + (this_node.velocity)^2
next node

until total_kinetic_energy is less than some small number  //the simulation has stopped moving

The result :

The code doesn't really deal with crossing edges but naturally most of the crossings will resolve itself.

Maya

2007-03-31T22:35:00.000-07:00

Earth, Moon and Sun

AlgoAnalysis UI

2007-03-28T01:09:00.000-07:00

huuuu ... Siap a functional UI for AlgoAnalysis. Hasil kje 3 hari non stop ... ada la stop2 skit. The problem is, kalau display, semak lak rupanya ... positioning nodes nye random. So kdg2 overlap. Kalau tak overlap ngan node lain ... die overlap ngan edge. Skrg tgh pikir Algo utk organize display. Tgh consider triangulation. Kalau sesiapa ada pendapat ... bg tau aku ...

Python Power

2007-03-25T08:32:00.000-07:00

A friend once had a problem with this code ... didn't know what was going on. Took ages to debug a simple problem and gave up ...


f = open('test.txt','r')
for line in f.read().split(','):
   if i == 0:
       z = line
       print 'X1 = '+z
   elif i == 1:
       a = line
       print 'a! = '+a
   elif i == 2:
       b = line
       print 'b! = '+b
   elif i == 3:
       c = line
       print 'c! = '+c
   i = 0
   i = i + 1
   #training(x1, a, b, c)

Its 18 lines long, a pain in the @$$ to debug, and frankly ... too much bull$#!t ...
1st step, bring your logic up a level and stop thinking like stupid one dimensional programmers, start thinking like a errrr.... a 'person'. 2nd step, keep it simple...

If you do these 2 steps right, you might get something like this ...


f = open('test.txt','r')
linelist =  f.readlines()
for line in linelist[1:]:
   var=line.split(',')
   print linelist[0].strip(),var[0],var[1],var[2]

Its 5 lines long ... took 2 minutes to think of and write and it does exactly the same stuff that the previous one was supposed to do.

May his experience be a lesson to all ...

MROAD beta version 0.0.2 revision 15

2007-03-15T21:08:00.001-07:00

Bangun tidur, bkn gosok gigi, bkn mandi, terus gi kat PC and sambung debug. Ini la hidup programmer. Br mlm smlm tgk member training, sedih je but nevermind. So far da isolate the problem. Dekat db ada data salah. So betulkan la ... tambah 1 line je kat gpsExtractNodes.py and da siap.

Da dapat path yg tak bercabang, so far so good...

Kalau guna the same path, walaupun takde cabang2, still bkn optimum.
As suspected before this, algo ada salah. Salah sikit la. End node die jumpa tapi for some reason die naik atas amik detour jauh gile ... patut ikut jalan hijau tu (ditambah using photoshop and is not a part of the programme). This bug is still to be fixed. Ada banyak lagi bug ... tp one at a time. Special thanks to Mohd Marwan that helped during debugging. And I forgot to mention before, he is also involved in the building of the core engine.

Siapa yg nak bende ni leh email aku ...
Requirements:
-Python 2.3++
-pysqlite2 module

I am considering making this a stand alone to eliminate these requirements...

M road beta

2007-03-15T21:06:00.001-07:00

This is my new project, a path finding system for roads in KL, ingat nk release. Skali tgk byk lak bug. Errors in the core engine that are hard to isolate and fix. This bug is a result of inadequate testing during AGILE development. Imagine what it would have been if I used the Waterfall technique.

Test 1 :

Path yg terhasil betul. This is exactly macam yg berlaku masa first test of the engine.

Test 2 :
test jauh sikit so far OK. Walaupun node yg die pilih jauh sikit dr end node, its doing what it's supposed to do ...

Test 3 :

Obviously somethings wrong ... mana salahnye exactly ... sumpah aku tatau. Mana boleh shortest path bercabang kan ?? and ... ada kalanya edges nye tak ikut jalan... hmmm ..

Possible faults :
Data ...the source should be right, dah check .. so maybe process masuk data dlm DB ada error.

Graph ... mentafsir data from the DB ada error somewhere ... and debugging this part paling payah.

Sesiapa nk join, help a bit or leave some comments for suggestions, YM aku sentiasa ada...
ps : life really sucks when you're injured ...

The Amazing Ant

2007-03-13T20:36:00.000-07:00

This AlgoAnalysis project is doing quite well, unlike my other projects. Stuff like J2ME, etc. Took a while to get that running. Sbb aku mmg tak nak install IDE.

Anyway, ni sebahagian drpd build file ant...

The beauty about this part is that it auto generates the API for the classes that you build according to the JAVA standard API.

All you have to do is add comments above each function as shown in the image below and build the project.

AlgoAnalysis prototype version 0.0.1

2007-03-12T04:13:00.000-07:00

Projek ni nak generate statistics for algorithm performance testing. Hence, the name 'AlgoAnalysis'. This is just a prototype but the random graph generator has been completed using python. This prototype tests if those classes can be called from a JAVA program which I have successfully demonstrated in the screenshot above as I use ANT to build my project.

Interaction antara JAVA ngan Python menggunakan JYTHON. Drawback nye is that JYTHON guna Python2.2 je. Tatau lak bile nak release one for 2.4 / 2.5. As a result, certain functions takde. Tapi there are ways around that.

Python leh interact ngan JAVA. Nak panggil JAVA class senang aje, tapi nak panggil Python nye class payah sikit. Kene buat an intermediary class and embed Python scripts in the JAVA program as if sending commands to the interpreter.
Python :


import random
class Graph:
def __init__(self):
self.nodeIDList = []
self.nodeEdgelistDict = {}
self.nodeEdgelistWeightDict = {}

self.allowLoops = 0
self.allowMultipleEdges = 0
self.directedGraphType = 1

self.edgeWeightUpperLimit = 10
self.edgeWeightLowerLimit = -10

def generateGraph(self,nodeTotal,edgeTotal):
# add nodes first and define edge list
for currNodeCount in range(nodeTotal):
nodeID = self.getNextUniqueID()
self.nodeIDList.append(nodeID)
self.nodeEdgelistDict[nodeID] = []
                 .
                 .
                 .

JAVA :


package AlgoAnalysis;

import org.python.util.PythonInterpreter;
import org.python.core.*;

public class Graph {
private String variableName = "";
private PythonInterpreter interp = new PythonInterpreter();

public Graph(String newVariableName) throws PyException {
 this.variableName=newVariableName;
 interp.exec("import graphGenerator, graphAnalysis");
 interp.exec(variableName+" = graphGenerator.Graph()");
}
public void generateGraph(int nodeTotal,int edgeTotal){
 interp.exec(variableName+".generateGraph("+nodeTotal+","+edgeTotal+")");
}
public void toFile(String filename){
 interp.exec(variableName+".toFile(\""+filename+"\")");
}
.
.
.

As a result the python scripts are translated and compiled into
JAVA classes like so:

Prinsip hidup aku ...

2007-03-04T05:47:00.000-08:00

Man is a pupil, Pain is his teacher.
-Alfred de Musset

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, It is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
-Seneque

The wise man asks himself the reason of his mistakes, the fool asks others.
-Chinese proverb

Life's battles don't always go to the Stronger or Faster man,but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
-Bruce Lee

Why ??

2007-02-26T02:28:00.000-08:00

People ask me why we do it ... why put our bodies on the line ... for glory no one will remember.
Why get cuts, bruises, fractures, broken bones, dislocations just in the name of 'fun'.
What do we have to prove?? That we're tough??That we're macho ?? That we're man enough ??

well the truth is, I don't know why. I just like doing it.
And its something people like you can never understand...

Trauma lagiiiiii

2007-02-24T18:14:00.000-08:00

sabtu tu ada game ... da main tuk satu half, disebabkan team lawan x cukup org, aku main tuk diorg gak. Tinggal lg 20 minit, aku dapat bola, pstu kne tackle.

Aku jatuh style Superman, tiba2 rasa sakit kat bahu blah kanan. Member aku pon escort aku ke tepi pdg ... igt minor injury. Skali bukak baju ... bahu aku dah kat bawah...DISLOCATED

Member aku pn anta aku gi hospital. Sampai2 semua org pandang je ... hahahaha.

Masa tu tgn aku da kurang kebas so da start sakit. Nurse tu kasi morphine... tp x cukup .... die kasi lg. Brapa byk die kasi aku pn da lupa...

Die siap leh tanya "How do you feel ??"
Aku pandang die ngan muka sarkastik, aku jawab "How do you think it feels ??"
Die gelak ...

Setelah sekian lama dok borak ngan member, 3 org doktor dtg nak masukkan balik tgn aku. Pstu xleh so die gi panggil reinforcements lagi 2 org laki

masa die buat tu tak sakit langsung lak ... mungkin sbb die da byk kasi pain relief.

Anyway aku skrg tak dibenarkan menggerakkan tangan aku selama 2 minggu. Aku kne gi rehab lagi 2 minggu lepas tu. What a start to the semester, What a start to the season.

So jgn kacau aku sgt .... xde mood

Final Night

2007-02-16T06:53:00.000-08:00

hmmm ... sok pagi nak gerak da ...
one half can't wait to get back, the other wishes not to leave.
Strange feeling really.

I don't know why but I keep getting ill since I've returned. I think it might be the change in lifestyle or diet. I've lost more than 5kg's since the lat time I checked ...

anyway...

To all my friends, see you in a year or so, depends on what the future holds for me.
Thanks ... (especially to those yg ikut aku carik jersi home Malaysia)

XWAU continued ...

2007-02-12T13:43:00.000-08:00

Takde pape ... just gambar2 je ... and close-up engine ... enjoy

X-WAU

2007-02-08T15:11:00.000-08:00

Finally finished. Textured nicely pakai motif songket. Didn't take long. Just got involved in several other things which needed more attention. Yg banyak makan masa pon detail kat bahagian engine tu tp tak nampak sgt pon .... tp kalau close up cun gak la ... heheheh . Texturing pon main bedal je ngan cara paling simple. Tp result puas ati so takpe la ...

Prototype XW01

2007-01-05T01:04:00.000-08:00

Patut artwork tarok kat page art aku lg satu ... tp ... malas lak.
Ni concept car terkini ... bermotifkan Wau. 3 tyres, 2 jet engines, 1 motive ... speed.

Model ni hasil bosan2. Enjin semua buat external, so nampak cam ada power sikit. Raw energy. Enjin pn tak siap lg sbenarnya. Kne detailkan lagi laaa ...

Lum tarok paint job pon lg ... esok2 la aku buat.

MS4W alpha

2006-12-22T02:05:00.000-08:00

Hmm ... seminggu buat ni je ... AIS data lum sentuh lagi ... hahahah ...
takpe ... UI-nye amik dr ka-Map and server .... MS4W laaa ... oh ... lupa .. built on Apache(PHP).

Nak decode data AIS dan display ... tapi akibat hasutan Mohd Marwan, terus setup server ni jadi WMS client. ( WMS == Web Map Server ). So setelah reformat ENC nye data cantik2 nye .. tarok la data WMS kat blakang ... the end result :

Data blakang tu image mosaic yg diambil dr server NASA (http://onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/)

MS4W

2006-12-18T00:20:00.000-08:00

Ok ... 3d viewer dah siap ... done and dusted. No real use for it YET ! ... tp takpe .. ada proj baru.

-MapServerForWindows.-

Linux pn ada tp memandangkan PC kerajaan manjang pakai windows je ... so pakai la ni ... lg pn config die sng skit .. hehehe. Map atas tu display data ENC. Data AIS bakal di-display-kan. Sehari suntuk buat ngan member aku Marwan.
For more info, jenguk la blog die ....

Next ... AIS ...( Automatic Identification System )..

GeoViewer 3D

2006-12-14T02:07:00.001-08:00

Tgh sambung program smalam tu. Dah bagi nama dah... GeoViewer 3D ...tp ... sangkut lak kat UI die ... tak tau nak buat pe. Tak de idea setakat ni. Prog ni pon lum tentu hala tujunye ... hahahah ... ini la namanya R&D. Well, hari ni tukar color scheme ngan tarok legend blah kanan. The scale factor still kene tukar nanti once I get the correct measurements.

3D Data Display

2006-12-13T05:22:00.000-08:00

OK ... dah start keje ... ok la takat ni. Boss aku takde, so takde org monitor aku. Bukannya aku tak buat keje tp kalau die ada ... pressure gak la.
So aku dah abandon cita2 aku tuk buat terrain viewer pakai 3d game engine tu. Limit game engine tu 65000 triangles. Banyak tu sebenarnya tp menurut demand data accuracy, kene go back to the basics...

Topology of Malaysia

OpenGL.

Senang gak la sbb lagi sempoi dr game kereta aku tu. So aku amik a stipped down version of the code and modified it. The tricky thing is to manage 500,000 vertices so I had to store the all in an Array. Sesiapa ada cara yg lg baik ... sila bg tau kat aku sbb byk data ni ....

500,000 kali 3 (for x,y,z) ... = 1,500,000.
That is 1 million float variables ... byk siotttt ....
Color nye aku compute at runtime. Tp skali dah load model ni ... run nye leh terima la .. tak la lembab. Nasib baik pakai C++, bkn JAVA.

Sorry tp takleh kasi korg dload yg ni ... hehehe ... screenshot je leh la ... still in development ...

Terrain Viewer Test

2006-12-05T05:34:00.000-08:00

This is my new project I have developed independantly using C++ and Irrlicht libraries. The camera controls are the mouse and you can switch between orthographic and perspective viewing using keys "O" and "P". I could use a few testers but later on I'll be working so this will be owned by the company. But while its free and MINE ... you can download it here

HOME !!!

2006-12-05T05:23:00.000-08:00

Ku kembali ... !!! Byk btul yg dah berubah. Macam2 terjadi. Bilik aku pn da jadi office. Byk bende yg berlaku semasa aku takde .. sedih dan gembira. Life changing moments which I have missed the opportunity to witness and be a part of, and for that I am very sorry.
What can I say .. life goes on.

I've got things to settle this week but hopefully I'm free later on. I'll see you then ...

... PENAT !!!

Madiera ...

2006-11-21T17:17:00.000-08:00

This song's called ... Madiera.

Title : Madiera
Author : Shahrin Shahrulzaman
Genre : Classical (plus solo ala Steve Vai)
Date : 21 Nov 2006

Exams ...

2006-11-17T20:56:00.000-08:00

Life as a programmer is so boring when there is no programming involved.

Drifting ...

2006-11-12T04:52:00.000-08:00

Hmm ... time nak exam ni ... Oracle byk nak kene catch up, tapi sambil naik bas ... terserempak lak ngan hotel ni ... "Euro Madiera"

hmm ... the name reminds me of someone ...

Benji Marshall

2006-11-02T01:31:00.000-08:00

Tgh bosan2 ... aku post la bende ni (bkn pasal aku...pasal star player ni [rupa cam Yunus])

Taken from http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/why-god-blessed-us-with-benji/2005/07/31/1122748524293.html

Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall is a rare talent (number 6).

Footballers come in all shapes and sizes with varying degrees of skill and athleticism. Rugby league has evolved by catering to the many different types of men who play this game.

Some are tough and aggressive. Others approach the game with thoughtful calm, planning every move.

Front-rowers can be in the tall, sleek, athletic mould of Jason Ryles or the wide, wrecking ball-style of Shane Webke.

Fullbacks can be little and mischievous (Matty Bowen), tall and graceful (David Peachey) or just plain tough (Anthony Minichiello).

It's a nice mix.

But every now and then God creates a special one. Benji Marshall is such a player.

Marshall has been blessed with an inner toughness and drive. The way he has come back from serious shoulder injuries at such a tender age to be out there battling with the bigger guys shows he has no fear (or learned to deal with it).

Marshall also has been gifted with a rare set of skills. He can fire spiral passes to his left and right with ridiculous ease; make a defensive line stand still before deftly putting a teammate through a narrow opening; be hit by two or three defenders but manage a one-arm off-load to a support.

He has amazing footwork - and we're not just talking a sidestep. I have seen great sidesteppers but never anything like this. He can put two or three together with either foot to leave defenders grasping at air. Sometimes he appears to hover above the ground in slow motion before deciding which foot to bring down first. To add to the defender's confusion, the foot he plants first isn't always the one he steps off. Sometimes he doesn't step at all.

But there is something else, and I don't know what to call it.

It's like his brain is a high-speed computer, continually evaluating everything and everyone around him before firing off rapid messages to his body to react.

As players come into his line of sight from any direction he determines if they are friend or foe, fast or slow.

Yesterday, in one magical moment, he received the ball 10 metres inside his own half off an inside pass from Scott Prince. He slowed for a moment before exploding in a succession of rapid sidesteps, each one giving him just enough time and space to evade the next player and then the player after that.

Just when the footwork looked like it was never going to stop, he saw the gap he was searching for and, in a blinding turn of speed, burst through into the back field. He turned Sharks fullback David Peachey inside out before delivering a perfectly timed pass leading to a Wests Tigers try.

Tigers fans were delirious. Sharks fans sat open-mouthed but clapped in appreciation. Commentators screamed, trying to put Marshall's exploits into words for the listeners to understand. Journalists strained their eyes on the TV replays, furiously trying to scribble down the names of the players he beat and with which foot he stepped them.

I just found myself laughing in appreciation of pure talent. It reminded me of what football is all about.

It's about fun. It's about appreciation of the talents of young men who play with such skill, heart and courage.

In the playgrounds at schools today young blokes will be starting up a game of footy and one will say, "I wanna be Benji Marshall".

Yeah, kid, we can all have dreams.

Game edited

2006-11-01T14:07:00.000-08:00

OK. Aku kata tak edit byk. Tp tah, went with the flow. Last2 da ngarut2 dah. Drive atas kaca, drift kluar api. 2 bende tu je yg aku tambah. Jalan tu aku buat itam sikit, pastu buat reflection pakai stencil buffering. Takyah pakai stencil pon tp tu cara betul nak buat. Panjang ceritanya. Buat reflection tu kejap je. Tapi yg makan satu malam tu buat particle, tp tak nyesal aku buat. Ok je ada spawn rate everytime drift. Tapi tak lawa sangat sebab itam je. So aku pon tukar kat blend function. Skali cam api la pulak. Mengarut tapi lawa ... hahahhaa. First2 tak nampak cam api sgt tp bila dah grow lawa gak. Lawa tapi lawak, takpe, janji puas. Download Sini

Game release Beta

2006-10-31T01:21:00.000-08:00

Last tweaks. Supposed to submit it on Thursday. Dah nak siap pon so nah laaa ... lebih kurang siap la. Nanti mungkin ada modification lg kalau aku terasa cam perlu la tp kalau ada pon sikit je. Sila tekan 'F1' tuk Help screen. Leh tau semua controls. Ni ada GUI, collision detection added lights and functionality. Have fun. Download FREE HERE

Sydney ...

2006-10-27T02:04:00.000-07:00

Finally ... sesuatu yg menarik. Nak raya ni ... so I met my parents in Sydney. Naik flight lepas kelas ... poteng Lab jumaat hehehe ... tak pe kot. Tujuan yg baik ... hahaha.
So sampai2 pukul 11. Flight kene delay. Weather buruk. Sampai Sydney byk turbulence. Landing cam nak crash tapi alhamdulillah selamat. Da masuk terminal jumpa mak aku ... tp mak aku pon da tak kenal aku ... hehehe ... aku tegur baru die kenal ... rambut mohawk nye pasal kot. Tak pon aku mmg da berubah. Muka bertambah cacat hehehe.

So sampai2 je hotel ... layan nasik goreng ayam bapak aku beli. Lama gile tak mkn daging. So next 3 days ... jadi carnivor laaaaaa. Hotel nye smart gak. Aku rasa melayu. Sebab restoran kat bawah tu namanye cafe Kasturi siap ada tanda 'halal' lg ... chef nye melayu Singapore.

Anyway ... jumpa la family aku ngan bapak saudara aku. Die pon bawak family gak. Bwh ni die ngan family die.

So ... byk tempat la disinggah. Ada budak2 kecik la kan ... so pi la tgk2 aquarium, ngan wildlife centre. Tp tempat paling syok kedai kebab Ali Baba kat George Street, leh makan daging puas2.
Tu gambar Shark paling besar dlm Aquarium tu. Ada gamba2 lain gak cam seal semua ... Lawak gak la gelagat2 masing2. Aku tukang jadi cameraman ...
Macam2 lagi la dapat tgk. Aku gi jalan2 lagi.
Overall Sydney ni tak la gempak sangat. Ramai sgt foreigner. Mungkin sbb tmpt duduk aku tu kat chinatown kot. Kluar je ... semua cina. Rasa cam aku kat Low Yat lak.

So ... besok2 lak tak gi mana2. Dok umah je. Gi shopping sikit, beli jersi baru heheheh. Jersi 'Wests Tigers' ... aku beli sebab ada lambang 'Proton Cars' kat depan. Patriotik la konon.

So esok2nye Raya, Australia ikut Saudi rupanya. Yg datang dr malaysia pon Raya ari tu. So aku pon raya laaaaa lg pon last day aku kat Sydney tu, so alhamdulillah. Gi la solat raya kat Malaysia Hall. Masuk2 dewan solat ... semua org pandang je. Rambut mohawk nye pasal kot .. hahahah. Terasa asing gile la. Tak peramah langsung. Mampus ar ... abis2 tu aku lepak luar, tak join pon jamuan raya die. Tunggu je bapak aku.

So lepas tu gi wildlife centre. Seronok gak lepak ngan saudara2 kecik2 ni. Sebab da lama tak jumpa... jumpa2 je da besar da. Malangnya saudara laki tak de. Kalo ada leh aku ajar die tip2 kehidupan hehehehe ... kira die leh jd apprentice aku. Anyway ni gamba2 kat wildlife centre.
So abis2 kat wildlife tu, lepak la kat cafe die makan aiskrim. Aku minum susu sempena diet naikkan berat badan ... hahahhaha .... Tgh dok merenung kehidupan, sambil2 tu membelek2 camera. Dapat la tangkap gambar supermodel muda tgh posing maut mengiklankan aiskrim paddle pop.So, Thats my Raya. Tunggulaa aku balik disember ni. Simpan2 sikit kuih raya tu ... especially bahulu hehehehe. Pastu leh main futsal puas2.

5 things

2006-10-14T07:38:00.000-07:00

Ok ... oracle da anta ... tak la siap ... burn markah sikit ... so bosan2 aku buat la post ni ... saja je

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire.
1) Beli genting ... pastu jadikan die satu observatory ...
2) Beli satu universiti pastu buat semua coarse yg menarik ... dan adjust silibus agar blaja bende2 menarik dan berguna.
3) Takde nak collect movie dah ... buat sniri je. Tambah2 special episode cam Spiderman vs Kluangman ... Superman vs Orang terbang ... Power rangers vs Teletubbies ... Mr Bean vs Bendul ???
4) Beli google hahahaha ...
5) Saki baki duit ni semua gi derma ... sbb aku dah leh pakai income dr google tuk sara hidup aku ... hahahahhaha ... dan income tu aku still millionaire so leh buat 5 bende lain ... hehehe cam upah org install BSD agar sorg tu tak kene marah ngan Paan.

5 bad habits.
1) garang ... menurut sesetengah orang ... cam lina
2) smgt lebih dlm sesetengah bidang ... yg lain .. tak smgt lak ..
3) pemalu
4) suka gado / berdebat / perli...
5) hate doing more things than the 5 stated below

5 things I hate doing.
1) learning or doing things that i feel are unnecessary.
2) accepting the fact that I have to put up with my house mate singing his lungs out in the shower everyday(dah la tak sedap ... lagu cina lak tu)
3) Clean my room ... apatah lagi mess org lain.
4) Waiting ... i get restless
5) having to put up with life without being able to do things that i love doing.

5 things I will never do.
Susah nak ckp ... sbb life is unpredictable

5 things I regret doing.
1) Byk sgt ... hahahhahaha dan byk da lupa ... nnt tau la masa akhirat nnt.

5 favourite toys or things.
1) PC(programming ... tgk movie ... YM ... blogging ... music ... etc)
2) Rugby ball + boots ... playing with friends anywhere.
3) Kalo tak ... main futsal ler ... tp tak syok sgt sbb takleh lari full speed.
4) Berbicara ngan wan pasal theoretical physics
5) Lepak kat umah paan sambil kutuk paan ... kutuk depan2 ... takpe .. hahahaha
tambahan ... 6) baju arsenal aku ... dan baju wallabies aku ... nak beli jersi baru ni .. tp tgk dulu ...

5 people I choose to do this.
1) Hmm .. teammates aku ... strangers, but brothers on the field.
2) rakan2 ... cerita kisah2 lama
3) kucing aku kat umah ... rindu siot ...
4) Family ...
5) hmmmmmm .... etc

Bosan ...

2006-10-08T07:14:00.000-07:00

Bosan ... buat keje Oracle ni tak habis2 ... rasa cam nak hantar camtu je ... 50% da siap da .. tp tak sure kalau btul ke tak. Leh lepas kot, insyaallah. Semakin tak semangat lak aku ... semua tak kene .. bosan ... penat ... sakit blakang. Sakit blakang tu kombinasi makan byk, duduk depan PC lama sgt ... dan silap angkat berat. Tp duk dpn PC lama tu takleh buat pe ... Oracle nye pasal. Minggu depan nak kene hantar ... lg cepat lg bagus aku rasa. mampos ar ...

Tu video member aku buat keje gile kat dapur. Tak de bende menarik sgt pon ... tp saje nak meluahkan perasaan ... hahahaha ...

Mariners Presentation

2006-09-30T07:30:00.000-07:00

Haaa ... finally something different. OK la .. rugby gak .. tp bukan game. Ni presentation night. To reflect on the hard work we put into the season, and a time for gifts and prizes(not that I was expecting any). Anyway ... it was a great season. Menang 4 trophy tu. 2 aku tak terlibat. From the left, the John Tubby Jekyll Cup. Menang sebab tak de org dapat kalahkan kita dalam A grade home game. Kalo kalah .. opponent dapat la. So pastu kene kalahkan die kat home die baru leh dapat balik. Sebelah tu, The Club championship. Pemenangnya ialah team yg dpt paling byk points terkumpul dalam A grade ngan Reserve grade. Sebelah tu ... Minor Premiership. Tu tuk table reserve grade je. Sebelah tu pulak, the A grade premiership.

Dalam presentation tu ada la byk prize, cam best player overall, best utility player(player yg paling flexible yg leh main mana2 position), best forward, best backline, dan byk lg. Ada satu tu, best newcomer ... igt aku leh sebat yg tu la ... skali member aku menang. Die main halfback, tp die mmg power la ... mmg patut pon die dapat. So ... ada gak satu prize ni ... nama die 'managers mug'. Slalu nye die akan bg kat player terbaik setiap game. Kira kat impact player la. Player yg inspirational yg bg dedikasi sikit. So habis season tu ... die akan engrave-kan kat mug tu nama player yg paling dedicated dan hard working ... so tunggu la die announce player tu. "And the managers mug goes to ...... Barry". Eh ... aku daaaaaa. Tak bajet nye. hahaha .... Terasa bangga dan penting lakk
So die pon ada kasi gak medal tuk finalist ... katanya walaupun aku tak main (tu pon sebab injured)... tp ada impact kat club ... so tak la aku balik Malaysia empty handed. (Nampak tak nama aku tu ?? hehehe ... ok la .. salah eja ... tp dapat la something gak)

Game phase 6 - Physics

2006-09-24T06:03:00.000-07:00

haaa ... Physics. Bukan aku amik teori fizik btul2. Just took what I think is right and put it in. Now the car tilts as you corner and tilts forward and backward when you accelerate or decelerate. Cam ada suspension la. And kalo laju2 bwk kereta, turning circle ko makin besar. Finally... due to overwhelmingly high demand. I added DRIFTING !!! Agak susah gak nak control drift nye. Pastu ada byk lg bug la. Salah satunya, kalo tgh drift pastu berhenti, die berhenti ... tp kalo sambung jalan lik ... die cacat ... drive senget kejap sementara membetulkan angle driftnya. Disebabkan added features ni code aku pon makin panjang ... lg 20 line nak sampai 1000. Anyway ... I need testers ... leh bg tau bug2 yg ada ... so siapa yg sudi leh download sini ... dan terima kasih kerana mengsupport projek ni.
(Aku tak tarok screenshot sbb nampak serupa je ngan yg sebelum ni)

Game phase 5 - tayar

2006-09-23T01:03:00.000-07:00

Fuh .. lepas test .. ok gak ... sempat tgk2 tutorial lepas sikit2 je ... tak tau la result camne tp rasanya ok. Anyway, balik umah lepas buat assignment Oracle(bosan ...) sambung la buat game ni. Nak simulate driving btul2 ni ... so aku buat la tayar. Kasi rotation die selaras ngan speed kereta. So last2 dapat gak .. tp tgk2 cornering die cam tak natural so aku pon kene modify cara corneringnya... dapat la formula matematik kat bwh ni...

car.angle+=(0.025*car.speed*car.frontTyreAngle);

tak la realistik sgt tp cukup la cam tu je ...Controls cam dulu gak. Nak tukar view tekan 'c'. Siapa nak leh download kat sini.

Game phase 4

2006-09-22T04:32:00.000-07:00

Ok ... prog A* tu da siap, at least dah nak siap. Dah bosan pon buat ... hahaha. Perasaannye cam blajar magic. Tgk org buat, kagum .... pastu nak blaja ... lepas da tau ... bosan. Igt kan org buat AI path finding tuk robot tu susah sangat. Senang je rupanya. So sambung la game aku yg tak siap tu. Da dapat buat lighting sikit. Susah gak sebab kene calculate normals for each individual triangle. I'll work on the smoothing later. Semua nampak merah skrg sbb yg ada material tu kereta nye saje. Lepas tu nak simulate cam kereta tu reflect light(natural reflection of objects), kene set satu function yg emmits light. As a result the whole scene is red(because the car emmits red light). This is how it looks like
You can download the files here. Its just a windows executable. You dont need anything else other than windows OS. Sesiapa yg nak source code nye ... buzz aku kat YM. Well, setelah lama try buat lighting ni berjaya, dapat gak akhirnya. Puas !!! ... masalahnya aku ada test kul 11 ni ... dah la tak study pe lg ... tawakal je la.

Project continued ...

2006-09-17T01:21:00.000-07:00

Mid term da nak dekat... nak studi malas lak ...
Well, when I have free time I continued building on the A* project. It's got a fancy UI now. I can't merge it with the pygame interface, so I had to use threading and open a Tkinter UI thread. So now it ended up looking like the GIMP user interface. Might be an inefficient way to get around it but who cares. The funny thing is now the UI is getting to be more complicated than the path finding algorithm. I tried to make it as modular as possible, except that there are several classes in 1 file. This is what it looks like now: I tried to convert it to an exe so everyone can use it but I can't just yet. I'll figure out the problem later. To run the progam you need python 2.4 and pygame.
You can get the files here

Projek Baru ...

2006-09-15T07:27:00.000-07:00

Ok ... the game is going fine and all, however I have been persuaded to join my friend, Marwan in exploring this Algorithm called A star. To be honest, it's exactly the same as Dijkstra. The only difference is dijkstra uses a queue. A star uses a Priority Queue based on the cost, therefore reducing the total number of nodes that have to be explored. Hence, improved performance. The path obtained depends on the heuristics, sometimes the result will be optimal, sometimes not.

In all algorithms that find a shortest path, it simplifies a complex data structure and turns it into the simplest, a list. The goal is creating the shortest list possible by eliminating all the possible nodes that could be used to get to the destination.

This A star algorithm calculates cost using heuristics, unlike Dijkstra which uses actual path values. It is actually a combination of both Best First and Dijkstra. It will behave like Best First until it reaches an obstacle. Then it will show behavior similar to Dijkstra path finding. In other words it will start to explore. The red path shows the shortest path. The faint red/pink pixels are those that are explored once the 'explorer' hit head first into the dark grey obstacle.

To get this optimum path I came up with this Heuristic function:

H(n) = distanceFromStart + accumulatedCost + selfCost + distanceToDestination

Each has its 'weights' to adjust its effect on the output. I set them all to 1. The larger the value of the 'weight', the larger it's effect on the heuristic function calculation.
These are 2 identical maps. As you can see, changing the 'weights effect how many nodes are explored. In this example there is not much difference in path selection.
The diagram on the left uses the following weight values, the one on the right uses all 1's.

distanceFromStartWeight = 0.21
accumulatedCostWeight = 0.5
selfCostWeight = 0.5
distanceToDestWeight = 1

The python program I wrote is about 200 lines long written in maybe 12 hours. It's still pretty basic. I'll include features later on. I actually plan to do map navigating using this algorithm. Still thinking it through. I'll post the code up after I test it and maybe add further features.

Game phase 3

2006-09-13T01:18:00.000-07:00

Da phase 3 da ni, pe beza phase2 sblm ni aku pon tatau ... hahahha .... development yg tak terancang ...
Tp version ni da tarok plane yg besar so leh la navigate senang sikit. Ada functionality tambah sikit. Files can be downloaded here
The controls:

Up Arrow key	Accelerate
Down Arrow key	Reverse
Left Arrow key	Turn left
Right Arrow key	Turn right
Space bar	Brake
w	Move camera up
s	Move camera down
a	Move camera right
d	Move camera left
q	Adjust lens (zoom in)
e	Adjust lens (zoom out)
c	Cycle through cameras 1 default cam 2 rear cam 3 top(ortho) cam 4 static cam

Season Finale

2006-09-06T02:01:00.000-07:00

Lama tak post pape ... sbb team aku kalah so tak dapat medal. Tak main pon, injured ... kira cam bangga la sbb aku tak main ... pastu kalah ... kira cam kalo aku main tu patut leh mng la ... hehehhe ... Anyway, team A grade aku menang, main syok gak la ... siap klua paper tuuuu. Bangga tgk member masuk tv, masuk surat khabar, kene interview semua. Aku tiap2 minggu turun training ngan die org ... siap jd bahan kutukan lak tu hehhehe ... abis season satu daerah puji die... tp mmg die main gempak pon mlm tu(baca petikan "hero" tu) ... Kalo nak tau pasal game tu baca petikan surat khabar ni ... Tak tau la kalo leh nampak ke tak die tulis pe ...

So skrg da tak tau nak buat pe ... da training pon tak de, nak concentrate blajar, malas lak.

Takpe2 ... tunggu sembuh baik2 ... season dpn buat comeback.

Game : phase 2

2006-08-25T02:13:00.000-07:00

Improved version of the game. I made a car using blender. Marwan kata ada rupa cam kereta Tamiya sikit. hmm . Maybe he's right ...

The mesh kelam kabut sikit. Kadang2 nampak cam transparent. It's because the normal is pointing in the opposite direction. I have to find a way to render both sides then ...

available for dload HERE
Controls cam dulu gak ...

[esc] - quit
[up arrow] - accelerate
[down arrow] - reverse
[left arrow] - turn left
[right arrow] - turn right
[space bar] - brake

Game in the making

2006-08-23T21:33:00.001-07:00

I made a game, well, part of it. It's just a test though. It's for my assignment. A driving game. Haven't done a detailed version yet. As I said, THIS IS JUST A TEST. I had some discussions with Marwan, and he suggested that I add drag, which I did. This added some realism to it, however it still behaves wierd for some reason.

you can get the .exe HERE

you have to unzip the file and double click CP2060_asmt.exe. The glut32.dll file MUST be in the same directory.

The car is represented by the yellow box. Kind of confusing because you don't know which direction is forward. When the program starts, the car is pointing towards you, along the z axis. Therefore if you accelerate it will come towards you. You'll get used to it. The red, green and blue line represents the origin, 0,0,0, and is used as a guide. I will post more of my work later on as progress is made. If you have any suggestions(like Marwan), buzz me.

You can move the car around using the following controls:
[esc] - quit
[up arrow] - accelerate
[down arrow] - reverse
[left arrow] - turn left
[right arrow] - turn right
[space bar] - brake

My $200 poster

2006-08-17T00:31:00.000-07:00

Finally it's Thursday .. pi town ... buat CT scan ... costs $200 ... abis gaji seminggu.
Rasa cam professional player lak ... injured je gi scan .. hehehe. Aku tgk kat film, expected to find a crack or something damaging. Takde pon ... tp still tak simetri gak.

Scientific definition of beauty = proportion AND symmetry

Therefore, scientifically I can no longer be categorized as a beautiful person ... hahahahha

Anyway, not just the cheek, tp semua tak simetri. hahahaha. Either the skull isn't meant to be symmetrical or aku ni byk gile kecacatan kat kepala. So lepas da scan tu, malam tu pi la jumpa doktor/coach. Tgk film tu langsung aku tak paham. Bdk Comp Science la katakan. So die pon cerita la kat aku. Katanya aku mungkin ok dalam 3 minggu ... tak dapat nak main semi finals tapi ada peluang nak main tuk Grand Finals ... YESS !!! Rupa2nya CT scan ni bkn nak tgk fracture nye ... nak tgk samada ada internal bleeding kat sinus cavity ke tak ... takut ada infection naik masuk mata or otak ... tu gile nye serius la kalo ada infection. Tapi alhamdulillah takde, just a dented, asymmetrical skull ... hehehe.

Won the Premiership ... but at a cost

2006-08-12T18:56:00.000-07:00

WE WON THE CAIRNS DIVISION RUGBY UNION MINOR PREMIERSHIP
Finally ...menang ...but I don't have photos. why ??
Because other events seemed to have higher significance than wining the competition.

I was selected in the starting 15. But I didn't play for long. I got cought in a head high tackle.
My nose was bleeding so I was taken off (blood bin). The guys wanted me to play (sbb aku kira cam gempak gak la ... hahhahaha) , thinking that it was just a minor injury, so they told me to blow my nose to get rid of the blood. The air suddenly rushed through my sinus and out through my right eye socket. After that they knew something was terribly wrong. Apparently I've fractured my right cheek bone and therefore I need an X Ray and surgery to repair the damage and lift the cheekbone to it's original position. Till then my face is now asymmetrical.

*sigh*

What luck ... Looks like I'll be missing the grand final.
Well, on the bright side, it doesn't hurt ... but I'll be out for six weeks, the rest of the season.
In the long term it could effect the rest of my life, may have to remain single... hahahaha ...
Anyway, on the inside, I haven't changed much ... thankfully.

End of the holidays

2006-07-29T08:39:00.000-07:00

Bosan .. bosan .. bosan. Haven't updated my blog in a long time.
Tak de bende nak buat lagi pon ... nanti2 la aku introduce kat ko ye Mie ... ada la roommate baru 8 - 10 org. So ada la adventure sikit. tp sikit je la.. Gambar takde.

Hari2 lain, dok rumah tgk TV je...

This is a pic of Weepu performing the new haka ... menggerunkan gak ... I bet if you were watching it face to face you'd be pissing yourself. Tak ramai yg suka ... tp who cares, looks cool. It's under fire recently in the news papers. Well, if they can show gory images and violence on TV, this new haka wont hurt as much.

So lepas2 tgk TV tu ada la borak2 ngan member2 kat YM. Ramai lak yg cakap aku makin gemok ... mmg aku makin gemok pon ... hahaha ... so takleh kata pape la.

Aku akhirnye dah berhenti keje ... letih gile, I really feel that job isn't for me. Especially not if I'm doing it everyday. Tangan pon dah tak se'lembut' dulu ... hehehehe.Takpe ... janji ada income sikit. Nak beli DVD baru Tokyo Jihen ni, so kene la kumpul duit. Lagi pon nak cover expenses time boros dulu2 tu. Hopefully It can last me a good 2 months or more.

Hari ni start U. First day kelas, ingatkan intro bodo2 je. Skali lecturer cakap nama .... blah3 ... terus start kelas, subject networking. Topic: Classless routing, Subnetting subnets. AMBIK !!!
Dah la aku lupa banyak adduss kene study balik la ni.

The only interesting thing that happened was that I had a game last weekend. Team aku menang la (reserve). 20 - 14 lawan Barron Trinity. Malangnye A-grade aku kalah. Kluar paper tuuu!!!!!!

Reserve grade pon die ada mention tp seciput je la ... "RESERVE GRADE: UTS 20 d Barron Trinity 14". Siapa score tuk reserve grade pon tak ckp ... (tp bkn aku score pon ...)

Well, that shows how much they love their sport.

Anyway, kalo A grade aku menang dah leh secure club championship sebenarnye tapi kalah, nak buat camne.

For details ... read the paper.

Well, it's the end of the holidays, approaching the end of the season, start of the semester, start of the preparations for the premiership grand final. Can't wait ...

Thank God It's Friday (TGIF)

2006-07-21T05:18:00.000-07:00

Well, it's Friday. Patut public holiday tp kene keje ... tapi ... aku terlajak tido ... sbb smalam kene keje sampai lambat ... pastu kene gi training lagi. Nasib baik boss aku baik ... so rilek je.

We had this house we had to finish up. Rumah org kaya, besar gile, ala mansion kecik. It was challenging so I had to go to work for the whole week (except friday, terlajak nye pasal) sebab nak siapkan umah tu by Monday. Managed to witness a beautiful sunrise one morning. Don't remember what day. Too tired to even care.

Sunrise at the work place

Anyway, U start lg 2 minggu, so there's plenty of time to concentrate on everything else, like rugby and work. The results were out, and I'm glad they turned out the way they were. So glad that I bought my self presents(new boots and a jersey)... hehehe ... bukan la result yg terbaik ... tp cukup tuk puaskan hati aku. I think I ended up spoiling myself sebab boros gile. Nasib baik aku keje so leh la cover sikit2. Tak pe la ... skali skala ... just on special occasions.

We had a game on Friday night. It was an important game. A game to decide who is on top of the table. It was like a dream come true to play in a big game on foreign soil in front of a grand stand and with the spotlights on you. Terasa cam 'star', especially when you have fans shouting your name(Barry, not quite my real name, but close enough). Further more it rained that night. The setting was like one of those dramatic Hollywood sports movie scenes(the ones when the team dramatically loses).

However, we won this one, and won big. 4 tries to 1. Don't remember the conversions, and don't really care(because kalo amik kira pon, we'll still win). This was one of the best games I've seen us play this season. I didn't get the ball, but I was involved a lot. Got a few tackles and joined a few rucks.
Now that we've won, we're 1st in the premiership table. The 1st grade won as well, so balik ngan rasa puas hati, biarpon kene kayuh basikal balik penat2. Well, that sums up the week. Tiring but enjoyable.

Besok kene gi keje *sigh* ... kene bangun kul 4 lagi ... so kene tido awal. Some of my friends went out to town to celebrate the victory.

Well then, it looks like I'll be celebrating in my sleep. ZZzzzZzzzzz

Sweet Taste of Victory ...

2006-07-15T07:32:00.000-07:00

Smalam aku beli boot baru ngan Jersi Wallabies, so pokai gile ... tiba2 boss aku telepon.
Soh keje sok .. caya lah ... tp adduss ... kene bgn kul 4 ... takpe .. Saturday is confirmed to be a hectic day.

After a dull uneventful week, Saturday has arrived. I woke up at 4.45, blah blah blah, went to work. 1st time gi keje awal gile ni. Kene datang awal sbb nak siapkan umah org kaya ni atas bukit ari ni gak sblm kul 12 tgh hari.

Rumah tu kat tmpt orang kaya, atas bukit. View die mmg cun la. But there's no time to enjoy the scenery, a lot of work to be done ...

Ketuk sana ketuk sini ... Skru sana Skru sini .... siap la satu umah ni. Kecik je umah die, but I bet tanah die mahal gile.

Nasib baik siap sblm kul 12. So terus pack barang2 semua pastu gerak gi Gordonvale, UTS Mariners vs SouthSide Crusaders. Gerak dgn Boss+workmates aku. Semua nye team mate, hehehehe.

Lepas warm up, start la game kul 2. Aku pon main la sungguh2 moga2 dapat improve performance minggu lepas ... Unlike other weeks, the ball actually reached the wingers. So banyak la aku dapat bola, tapi tak dapat Try. Ada, tp disallowed, forward pass katanya. Tensen je. Tak pe2 ... nasib baik aku menghasilkan performance yg memuaskan ... hehehe ...
Satu team up-kan tempo banding ngan minggu lepas, ikut game plan betul2.Kiranya satu team main gempak gile, tp kene consider, opponent pon cam sayur. Nak dekat habis2 game tu aku kene sub. Tak pe, aku pon puas ati gile, sbb byk dpt bola, byk contribution, dan team aku tgh menang. So, lepas 80 minit main, ref pon tiup wiselnye.

Result: Mariners 31 - Crusaders 0
(belasah baik nye)

Aku tak leh balik sbb transport takde, kene tumpang member yg tunggu nak tgk 1st grade kita org main, lawan South Side Crusaders gak. Gempak gile la 1st grade aku main. Bangga gile jadi ahli team tu (walaupun aku reserve je). Belasah opponent kaw2 nye. Tapi tak cam team reserve, defence die ada bocor gak. Tapi sikit je la, tapi attacking flair die gile gempak.

UTS Mariners (merah putih hitam)
South Side Crusaders (biru hitam purple)

Team aku dominate gile2 sampai da half time tak terkira score die. Spectator da malas nak layan gak ... sbb da ketara sangat siapa yg akan menang. Main pon ganas gile.

So, no surprise team aku menang lagi. Result ??
Mariners 91 - Crusaders 14
(belasah tahap melampau)

Lepas game tu letih gile nye so nak balik tido je ... tp club aku ada function lak, attendance compulsory lak tu. Die org ajak pi tgk game Australia vs South Africa which ended in a win for the Wallabies.
Australia 46 - South Africa 0
(belasah tahap international)
That game sums up the whole day. Semua team aku sokong menang, in style ... hehehehe ...
(ari tu semua team aku sokong semua kalah....)
Looking forward to next week, it'll be a Friday night game. Tak la pancit sgt nanti ...(hopefully)

$100 poorer

2006-07-13T21:24:00.000-07:00

Ari tu bkn main smgt lari ... tgh sprint laju gile ... skali nampak lubang kat defence cantik nye ... per lagi ... SIDESTEP !!! ...Zeessssss .... terjatuh ... takde grip ... kaki terasa berangin je ... tgk2 ada lobang besar gile ... nampak jari kaki ... adduss ... kene bli boot baru la ni ... ari tu da repair da, kat cobbler soh die gam-kan , katanye , "It'll last at least 6 months" . 6 months pale hotak die, 2 minggu je tahan ... pastu terbukak balik.

So ari ni terpaksa aku klua duit beli but baru, tanya brader kedai tu, expert gak die, cakap die, ada klua point2 scientifik. Which areas have more pressure during sidesteps, which areas during kicks, acceleration, etc. Luckily he showed me what's best for me. Mmg expert yg berpengalaman. Camne aku tau ?? Sbb aku pernah lawan die ... hahahha .... power lak tu mamat ni .. tackle aku ... bengkak gak lah besok2 pagi. So die offer la aku boot ni, brand "Nomis". Aku tak de duit, kene beli yg murah nye ... paling murah $145... Pergh ... agak2 sama harga ngan Adidas/Nike. Ari tu nasib baik ada diskaun 40%... so dapat ar $105. Dengar la cerita brader tu .. kisah silam die semua .. die pon pakai boot Nomis gak rupanya (sedap ati aku sikit ... mamat otai pakai boot sama ... hahahha... leh aku jadik otai gak... hehehehe)... keje kat sport store nye pasal ... boss die kasi free ... hmmm
Lepas ni aku nak keje sports store gak la ...