4th November 2012 - A few updates and pictures

It has been a good few days since I've posted an update. College is keeping me busy and we received our first two assignments to work on, another one will be handed out after our Reading week.

The first piece of work I have to do is a four-page maths exam with questions about all the topics with have discussed on Tuesday night's lecture. I was a bit shocked at first as this assignment only counts for 10% of the overall mark in Business Methods. Still I am a bit thrilled to work on it. We have to solve fractions, linear and quadratic equations, statistics and number system. I've already solved a few which I found easier to do. Somehow, it feels like Christmas has come early.

The other assignment comes from our Web Development and System Design class which takes place on Thursday. We have to write a project proposal for a website that can be displayed on mobile phones. I have done some note taking and already put the outline together despite the fact our lecturer said that there is no need to rush: we don't need to start working on this assignment before coming Thursday, 8th November. Couldn't wait. As I am boarded a flight to Germany on Friday 2nd November, I already did some work on the flight. I had this rush of typing down ideas. I spent the last two nights after going to bed working on my notes page. We were encouraged to spend a good bit of time on our User Analysis Matrix as this section will play a very important part in our second assignment when we actually start designing the page.

I had a good few days rest which also have been very productive. My parents have agreed to let me drive their car now that I have full driving licence. I am really enjoying myself - although the car feels a bit like a toy car. It's very easy to end up in the wrong gear and once in a while I have the urge to use my left hand to change gears. The gear box is on the other side in the car and my left arm feels a bit neglected at present. Still, I really do enjoy driving in Germany. Today we are going to a local flea market and so far the weather is on our side.

Now, here a are a few pictures which I have collected over the last couple of days:

I took this picture to more or less annoy a colleague. We had to go to our DR site out in Mulhuddart where the company that hosts our seats in case of emergency is located. I saw the sign above in the door window and had to take a picture - just to annoy my colleague! He wants to organise table tennis tournments - we are still lacking the table though.

 

This was the view from my allocated seat at the testing side. One of my colleagues found it very funny to say that one of rabbits/bunnys was likely going to be served for lunch. Funnily enough, one of them was gone by lunch time. However, no rabbit or bunny stew on the lunch menu.

A few days ago, before Halloween, I met a few friends and their kids for an early dinner in Skerries village and saw that our local ice cream shop was all dressed up. After our dinner, I drove everybody home: three adults and three kids in a little Micra. Just happy it was already late and dark and nobdoy stopped us - I had a lot of fun.

Now that I am back home with my parents, we do all the things we used to do when I was still living in Germany. Saturday is our market day and we get our share of fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers. We stopped at one of the stands that was selling fish products and my grandmother happened to notice the water tank full of carps. One was particularly interested in having his picture taken.

I am meeting a few friends tonight for a general catch-up and dinner. Weather still looks fine at the moment which I hope means it will be a promising day.