Time to blog.. and what a lot I have to blog about!

It has been a crazy time in my eyes in the last couple of days so far!!!

First of all, gotta talk about going to B'ham and that trip. *that started on Wednesday afternoon*

So.. The trip going up there was nice; got a haircut and trim from the local barber, got some pizza and headed for the station. Made sure i got the receipt and headed to B'ham. It took me 2 hours to get there and the journey was nice. (also first time I used my laptop out and about as well in a way).

Heading to B'ham

Once I got there, getting the bus was interesting; because I didn't know exactly how to get to the hotel, I got off one stop early and realized that the stop I wanted was only about 5 mins walk away. The manager was real nice and told me how to get around. I ironed my clothes, took some pictures of the place, practiced my presentation and went to town to get some food.

My room

 At first, walking around there was cold, but it was nice; Micah directed me to a place where to eat, but i found another place, as it wasn't a buffet. The place I went to was called the Big Wok; the food was alright, nothing to write home about really.

 I also felt a bit lonely as I was on my own. After a while, while talking to Sinjeet and Boo and Micah, I felt better and headed back to the hotel.Once there, I made a plan for the next morning and went to sleep.

Virgin Media

So the day *Thursday* came and I was up at 6 and did all the plan said I had to do. Once I got to Virgin Media, the day got better. There was 4 exercises in total, 2 group and 2 individual. To make a long story short, I felt I did ok and I will find out the result by this week. I was so tired afterwards when it was over, that when I came home, I wanted to sleep so badly. (I did in the end).

It was tiring in all aspects of the word. But It was a good experience.

Church was good on Saturday ( I know I skipped Friday; not much really happened besides housework and a bit of note taking); there was a surprise birthday party for a friend, which he enjoyed and today, I was a tour guide for Japanese students.

Me, Darren, and Joel (the little baby) :)

I really enjoyed it; they asked me loads of questions from how I met Boo to what made me want to study Japanese; it was windy and cold, but overall very fun!

Actually, something did happen on Friday- I remember wanting to be a part of a team developing games, so I checked on Unity and now I am getting emails and so on about being parts of different teams, which is great! I got off Skype a while ago with a guy who I am interested in working with; overall, I am in it for the experience, and if money comes in as a result, then that is really good and I can be proud of whatever happens.

So yea, it has been big the past week and a bit! And tomorrow, I am going to meet a second group of Japanese students from the airport! For now, I am just going to chill and do some trucking (got Euro Truck Simulator 2 + an add on), so see y'all later!

What a past couple of days it has been!

I meant to blog yesterday about my assessment day but didn't get a chance to do so!

So!! here we go!


Saturday: The day was good! Church was great and Pastor preached on Matthew 8:5-13; In the evening, the ladies went out and I went to Kish's house (A friend from church) and we hung out with his mom (she is funny!)

Sunday: All I did was prepare for the assessment day the next day; i spent the day making a chart of all the experiences and questions I had prepared and that the RED award sign off gave me. I went over the presentation and everything else, and I felt ready! went to sleep early..

Monday: What a day! I woke up early and Boo gave me a lift to the station; the journey was long - 1 hour and 20 mins in total. I had to make 4 changes. Slough - Windsor - Windsor Riverside - Staines - Weybridge - Hersham. Then after that, a 15 min walk to the company. It was long for sure! I arrived first and it was a smaller group of people than I thought (only 5 of us). One of them was very chatty and kept letting off the fact he was so nervous and so on; another one was also chatty and it felt as if he was surprised we was getting free stuff. (we got a small notebook filled with sticky notes and tabs, a memory stick, a pen, a coffee mug and something else i forgot).

So we started with some presentations from the assessors and then I was first to do my presentation; i felt ready to do it, and I think it went well! (In my presentation, in the end, I gave a small Japanese lesson! I also played music to set a good atmosphere.) What I forgot to mention was that the place was tightly locked up; so you couldn't get places without a pass.

After everyone did theirs, we had lunch ( I didnt get to eat much cos i was talking so much with the assessors, just trying to network and stuff). Then we had interviews; I had 2 people and it was very easy (I say that because I got to prepare the night before). Then we had the group exercise; it was to build a structure using &^%& (I'm not allowed to say in case anyone wants to apply for the company- although I didn't mention what the company was in the beginning! Haha). Either way, we managed to get it 100% correct!

Then we were able to leave and I will find out the results by the 20th. Walking back to the station, I wanted to find out about HP; I got told via their HP Careers they left me a voicemail last week, but i never got anything! (Plus, I thought, if i failed, they wouldnt of bothered phoning me to tell me that). So I am relying on God to sort that out. I got back home in the end and I was so tired!

We had dinner and gamed and went to sleep.

Today: Woke up early again and headed to Uni; Data Mining was good - found out there was no Law and Management, so that freed up my time. Afterward, did some small work for my project (logbook entry) and ate and spoke to a friend. Then I had the weekly meeting for Computing Networking, which went well and then I went back to Slough and hit the gym. It was good and i went intense.

Around this time, I messaged Virgin Media, asking about the telephone interview, and they told me i could have it tonight! I nearly went :O (but the day before prepped me for it!) So I got myself ready; wasnt sure what to expect really!

(on another note, on Friday, Vodafone came back and told me that they re-instated my application! how often does that happen!?) So I got their tests to do by Thursday I think.

Boo came and got me from the gym and We had fish and chips, which was good :) Then the interview started and i wasnt even home! They called me and Boo was joking about how she would make noises in the background (she didnt though so that was good)


I didnt expect the interview to be so short ( and in fact, quite informal!) it was only a couple of q's and that was it. I really enjoyed it (I like these sort of scenarios for some reason!). Anyway, I will find out on Friday if I get to go to the assessment center next Thursday in Birmingham! Never even been there before haha.

So now, im chilling listening to music and need to make a small to do list for tonight.

What a great couple of days! :P

Life and Uni so far

Since the last blog post, quite a lot has happened; and here, I will attempt to break it down as I remember it.

1. My project is going really well; I need to meet with my supervisor to discuss some another section to do; otherwise, I have left it alone for now. It is on schedule again :) 
2. Modules are going good; they aren't hard to understand and I make sure to at least go through the lectures when I have the time (which is a lot, but I need to structure it better). 
3. I am going to a tour guide for Japanese students coming over in late Feb and March! I get to pick one school on a coach and then take one group to Oxford and another to London; and I get paid for it :)
4. I also got the RED award completed once again! This time, it is more relevant for my interviews that are going to come up soon. I need to write a chart of experiences I have had recently so practice them for interviews. 
5. Speaking of inteviews, still waiting on jobs to get back to me; got an assessment day for Air Products on Monday and I had to make a presentation; I did it on Japan, and I loved it last night! Looking forward to that one. 
6. Jazz guitar lesson went good; practicing for it is good as well- it makes me consistent as well with playing. 

That's it for now :)