Tuesday morning was really stressful, and the long lines and heavy traffic did not help at all (I guess I should have left our house the same time as my sister did). Instead of being the first one to arrive at the office (like what happens everyday), I came in second-to-the-last, just a few steps ahead of Denise…
We still encountered the same issues as the day before regarding the Friendster API. Fortunately, we understood the problem more as we kept editing codes and checking the results. If I am to explain our problem, it would be something like this (weird comparison coming up):
Friendster gives out two people for free to anyone who would like to develop applications. Establishing verbal communication between these two people, who are supposedly from the same country and speak the same language, are crucial in our project because it serves as the foundation. Without it, we wouldn’t really be able to continue. However, due to unknown reasons, they actually aren’t from the same country, much less speak the same language. It’s like one is Filipino and the other is Spanish (they could probably understand each other at first because of the same origin of their language, but along the way, some things get lost in translation and communication is not established).
There were moments when I thought that I found the solution, but when I did the appropriate modifications, I realized that I was wrong. Dru and I have one final thing to check that we think would solve the problem. However, unlike our previous tries, we now required the help of Stratpoint’s server. Sir Roqs helped us again by showing us the steps that we need to do to set-up the files we need on Stratpoint’s server. Again, he did things kind of fast and it became difficult to follow. After his explanations, we went back to our workstations and tried to retrace the steps, starting with the installation (from the internet) of Cygwin and the required packages (which took quite a while… like, i don’t know, at least 2 hours). After just a few minutes, we were summoned (summoned?) to the conference room, along with all the other Stratpoint employees, by Maam Luz. Apparently, Dr. Paco Sandejas, one of Stratpoint’s managing partners, was present, and he was going to give a speech, a talk, something.
Instead of reading to us the slides he prepared, he decided to give a summary of his life story, from when he was a little kid, to his experiences as a graduate student. He wanted to encourage us listeners to pursue a degree after our undergraduate studies because, according to him, it “matures one’s brain” which, again is according to him, is more important than 1.0 grades and medals and awards. I admit that it was inspiring ang thought-provoking, but…
(by the way, the talk was an hour and a half long, it’s kind of difficult to remember all the details)
When I got back to my workstation, the Cygwin setup still wasn’t finished. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough time left because we were going home soon. Since I arrived at 9, I got out at 6 (for the first time) with Arvin, David and Denise (also for the first time). The way home was still stressful, and the long lines and the heavy traffic still did not help.
P.S.
If our final attempt still doesn’t work, I think we’re in trouble…
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http://www.cygwin.com/
- Raymond
