I've recently assumed my first shipboard appointment as a navigating officer. in theory, i'm in charge of navigation, but in practice, it's much more than that. was on the train when i met an old fren from ri. when talking he asked, "so you're not doing office work." my answer was, "not supposed, but..." he gave the "i understand" nod. geez. if you think there's a job which is not desk bound, then think again.

but it's not a bad thing lah. i'm more conscious of my spelling, grammar, etc.. er... maybe not when i'm blogging.

more fascinating... i realised some powerful features of microsoft office. k... maybe not that power...

1. you actually can create your own animation schemes for your slides. i wanted to a sort of test for my friends, whereby you show a picture of a thing without the name and after u guess and then u click, the name appears. a bit leh cheh to do for like 100 plus slides. then there's no standard animation scheme in ppt that does this. but the good thing is that u can create it.

refer to http://skp.mvps.org/animxp.htm for more explanation.

2. the next one is more complicated and need some programming background. there are many functions in microsoft excel, like sum, product and stats functions. but there are also others which are not there. today i ran a search and found that one can actually create their own functions. advantages: 1. can cater to individual needs, 2. hide the formula and prevent others from accidentally editting the formula.

refer to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA011117011033.aspx for more explanation.

haha. this is such a geeky entry. never expected to become such a geek in the navy.