Monday, January 31, 2011

Week after that "terminal choo choo", as what I called it, another activity was presented to us in our CMSC2 lab. It was the same as "the terminal choo choo". We again use the terminal and the editor for this exercise. I think it was not that hard compared to last week's exercise.
I had fun doing the exercise though I belonged to those who passed their papers one minute before the time. It was fun because it's as if I'm playing a game I'm  not used to play but still rest assured that I will win the end.
Unlike the last week's exercise, I somewhat know what I'm supposed to do. What took me so long to finish it was the fact5 that it is indeed long, and i was confused to on what command I must used to end up with the right result.
Just this moment, a thought came to my mind. I wonder why every time my instructor is giving us her lecture, I am thinking I already knew those stuff, and it's easy as 1-2-3. But when it's time for exercise, I become nervous as if I know nothing.(daw?)

the terminal...

It was last year when we had our second activity in CMSC2 lab- the terminal choo choo (i forgot what my instructor exactly called it). As far as I remember, when we had this exercise, I was quite nervous because it took me so long to perfectly do it. It is because I know what our instructor asked us to do but i don't know how to do it. I almost consumed more or less two hours for it to be done. Even though I have already done it before when I'm taking IT1, I found it difficult. One reason I thought why i found it hard is because I really don't understand why we should learn those stuff. It was a factor why I found no  interest in studying it well.
Upon doing the exercise, I remembered one of my reasons why I should do the exercise like that during IT1. I've done  it before for my grade's sake, aside from learning new things of course. And as it came my way for the second time, I somehow understood that it is important to know those stuff. I should learn about those, not just for passing the course but to be able to understand its importance in the world of computer.
All in all, the activity was quite interesting but still, it was fun. And before I forget, I just want to thank my instructor and my seatmate. Why? Because without their imparted knowledge, especially my instructor's, I won't be able to finish my second activity... =)