5 days boot camp

alright.. time for update.. well well.. i went for 5 days boot camp training for WSC(World Skill Competition) from monday to fri this week..
training starts from 9am - 5pm

Day 1:
Use of Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Access 2007.

well.. started with the basics.. trying to find out the difference between MS Access 2003 and MS Access 2007.. lolx.. went to through the online tutorials.. and did practices.. hmm quite some time since i last touch Access.. ever i passed FNDB in yr 1.. hahaz.. but after i gone thru the tutorial.. i got a better understand of the software and the new features in MS office 2007..

after some practices, we did the past yr paper of WSC 2007 Japan.. hmm.. its was initially done using 2003 and now 2007.. well u find some differences in it.. hahaz.. and wats our task? it is to do out a soft copy exactly the same as the hard copy.. which is somehow a lil impossible.. because the templates are different and some source that were suppose to giv to us are going missing.. hahaz..

Day 2
Use of Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft PowerPoint 2007.

hahaz.. well though u noe that all our presentations are done using MS ppt.. hahaz.. but the problem now is i really really.. only noe the basics!! hahaz.. wan something more complicated? hahaz.. yea.. for now i can do it.. but not on that particular day.. hahaz.. guess wat was used to train us? We are given a set of slides written in MS ppt 2003 with the content of all the features in MS ppt 2003.. and we are suppose to write in MS ppt 2007 and change the contents of all the features to 2007.. hahaz.. had quite a hard time finding all the buttons.. and of cuz.. some was missing.. hahaz..

our nxt task is of cuz is to do out the soft copy of some slides with the hard copy given.. hahaz.. well.. all of us died.. an 1hr juz to do 3 slides and none of us did it perfectly.. hahaz.. ya.. but now oni nid 10 - 15 mins.. its still rather long.. but at least its a improvement yea?

Day 3:
Use of Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Excel 2007.

Well.. if u noe mi.. u will noe that my office skills is so so so.. LIMITED!!

and sad to say.. i noe nuts about excel because i hardly use it.. hahaz.. well.. but i can say.. i had great improvement in Excel.. at least i noe the basics.. and some other features that others do not know now.. hahaz.. yea.. some thing.. make the softcopy out of the hard copy.. ya.. but now still some parts stuck.. hahaz.. especially the 1 on protection of workbook.. hahaz.. did Excel till 11 + pm after the training.. hahaz.. lemmi see.. 9- 5, 7 - 11, 12 hours of training!!

Day 4:
Use of Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Word 2007.

hahaz.. at least this is better.. haha.. yes much much better... hahaz.. cuz most familiar with it.. makes mi think that day was somehow wasted =X.. hahaz.. cuz they were really teaching the basics.. hahaz.. but still its a 9 - 5 session..

Day 5:
hmm.. the Graphics training was cancelled.. mainly because they were still unsure whether the competition uses Corel, Illustrator or Photoshop CS3.. but still i went back to sch juz to do some MS Access self training.. was doing the Singapore Finals paper 2006.. quite tough for some parts.. especially the macros that needed the use of VB (Visual Basics) hahaz.. cuz u noe i seldom use it.. hahaz..

well.. and the trainer don hav the soft copy of the 2007 japan paper.. which means making the completion of the paper is impossible cuz we don ahv the pictures, the tables, all the necessary files!! hahaz.. yea.. now still stuck.. hahaz.. well.. for graphics of cuz i hope they would go for photoshop CS3.. hahaz.. had tried the new platform in sch.. hahaz.. quite fun.. =)

well.. wat i've gain.. better understanding and use of MS office 2007.. and ya.. neck pains and backaches!! the trainers should giv as more breaks in between.. hahaz...


okay.. today is the BIG DAY of YCiSNet.. we had organized a dialogue session with Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister-of-State for Finance with the public.. talking about the recent budget 2008.. well.. for the very first time.. we had this dialogue session held in an open area.. setting like a kopitiam.. with news papers, hokkien songs.. kaya toast and coffee.. yea.. we trying to make it as likely as the normal coffeeshop where all the people were talking about the recent currect topic.. for this case, its the Budget 2008.. hmm.. overall.. it was a great one.. the questions given by the participants were in-depth.. showing that they really did research on the budget statement given recently.. some even went all the way back to 1999.. which i think its a 'WOW' he actually rmbed all that.. hahaz.. of cuz there are more that we nid to improve on for the nxt forum!! ciaoz