Ok, trudged down to Sim Lim Tower to get 2 cheap solar cells and some jumper wires and some other misc. items.

After 5hrs of soldering, cutting bending and frustration, not to mention one big connection error, the robot lives!

Basically it lives off solar power, and using two tiny motors and light sensors attempt to move in the direction of the brightest light.

The motors are firing, circuits are working, but the design and workmanship is crap. Motors keep slipping, not enough traction blah blah. Will work on it tmr.

Work again tmr, but at least its a Friday and Ian will be going to VJ w me to meet the rest for floorball.. woot!

Oh yes, managed to exchange roles and got to be Lane 1 Timekeeper today. Everything finished quite on time, till the very last race where an extra reswim was scheduled for two girls who apparently had the same timing.

They were at most erm 7-8 yrs old? Poor girls.. everyone in the complex was packing and ready to go, but paused just to watch the two of them compete against each other in the humongous pool.

Not to mention the countless coaches, school teachers, parents all yelling something like a cross between a cheer and swear words at the 2 of them.

Then the timekeepers realised something: The two poor girls were tearing all the way up onto the platform. Not bawling and sobbing out loud, but just resolute tearing. What a sight.

Whistle went off and they swam, so close that in the end one made it in and won by less than 0.5 seconds. Out they came, the winner was congratulated and the other consoled.

Ack. such pressures to perform at such a young age.