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The second and third day have passed and I'm still suffering from not getting used to work 8 hours a day. I remember when other people told me that enjoy yourself when you are in school as much as you can because when you start working things are gonna be different. I didn't understand that until now.

There is nothing much going on since I still have to read through the code and some Android conventions. As everybody know that I'm not a big fan of Android development and I prefer iPhone development, it's been pretty tough. However, because it's still Java, things are not that bad. I also found a lot of places to eat for my lunch, but most of them are hella expensive. Today I went to one "restaurant" and the food is $6.99 per pound!! I paid $9.xx for that meal. I think I'm gonna try to make my own lunch from now on, but can't promise that.

I also think that I'll start blogging about things that I've learned about Android development (I mean, how bad it is compared to the iPhone. lol). Cuz I think it could be useful for other people who started doing Android development. I am also going to do the same thing for iPhone stuff. I'll start with the next post on how to write a Flashlight app for iPhone 4 using the real camera flash.

I hope everybody is doing well. I'll talk to you guys soon.

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  1. babolatpdtpJuly 9, 2010 at 10:17 PM

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  2. babolatpdtpJuly 9, 2010 at 10:18 PM

    how about write a tutorial on how to properly use core data and table view :D

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