So its now Saturday. Time has ticked on by, and a lot of it I have spent either revising or relaxing. Afraid there is not much more to what I am doing lately. I have been to the library everyday since Monday which I am happy with in the sense that I am getting some work done. I might permit myself a day off tomorrow to switch off and enjoy the football so I can attack next week fresh and make some more progress.
Other than that, watched the film Road Trip last night. I had never heard of it and it was hilarious. I'm told there is also Euro Trip so I plan to watch that soon. Definitely my kind of film, doesn't take itself seriously and my kind of humour.
Hopefully I can keep up my revision, but also have more to post about soon!
Saturday, 20 April 2013
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Revision
And so it has begun. I am back and hitting the library with my notes to get prepared for the upcoming exams. I feel like it will drag on but no doubt the exams will be upon me sooner than I know so I am trying to keep motivated to go and hide out revising at the library where I will feel more compelled to work.
Also I realise how close to the end of year 2 I really am, with only 15 hours standing in my way, the rest is just time ticking away and it will be strange when it comes to a close, what with the placement to follow and the routines and familiar faces changing. But also I am excited, so with a mix of emotion and thought, I enter sponge mode, to gather all the exam-related knowledge I can. I just hope I can absorb enough.
Also I realise how close to the end of year 2 I really am, with only 15 hours standing in my way, the rest is just time ticking away and it will be strange when it comes to a close, what with the placement to follow and the routines and familiar faces changing. But also I am excited, so with a mix of emotion and thought, I enter sponge mode, to gather all the exam-related knowledge I can. I just hope I can absorb enough.
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Easter
Seems I have been taking a break in a number of elements. I decided to utilise Easter as a chance to relax, wind down and recharge my batteries. Using the time to see family and friends and do things that are not work related is very refreshing.
I guess I took a break from my run of posts too, but it is hardly as bad as before. One week more of the relaxing and it is back to knuckle down and try and do the best that I can.
It is not all relaxing, I decided to go for a bike ride today as it is a reasonably nice day. Can safely say that having not ridden in a long time, my bum took a beating from every bump in the road! Still, makes a change to get some fresh air, and to do something different, as I am doing with Easter.
Until next time!
I guess I took a break from my run of posts too, but it is hardly as bad as before. One week more of the relaxing and it is back to knuckle down and try and do the best that I can.
It is not all relaxing, I decided to go for a bike ride today as it is a reasonably nice day. Can safely say that having not ridden in a long time, my bum took a beating from every bump in the road! Still, makes a change to get some fresh air, and to do something different, as I am doing with Easter.
Until next time!
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Time to Recharge
So it is done. Done in the sense that I have finished the last of my formal lectures/seminars for this academic year. Now it is on to the exams. Well, not quite, but soon.
I plan to unwind, relax and break from studying for a few weeks. Found I am increasingly tired and think I'll be much better equipped to tackle revision after a break. Maybe it isn't a good idea but I feel it is needed and so I will see how it goes.
All I need to say no that, I wanted to add that since being introduced to Game of Thrones, I am now an addict and entering the second season, all in good time for the third season on sunday! It is a pretty gripping story and I find I just want to keep watching though that isn't always feasible! Actually, I may well go watch one now... Haha.
I plan to unwind, relax and break from studying for a few weeks. Found I am increasingly tired and think I'll be much better equipped to tackle revision after a break. Maybe it isn't a good idea but I feel it is needed and so I will see how it goes.
All I need to say no that, I wanted to add that since being introduced to Game of Thrones, I am now an addict and entering the second season, all in good time for the third season on sunday! It is a pretty gripping story and I find I just want to keep watching though that isn't always feasible! Actually, I may well go watch one now... Haha.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Excess
Wednesday, mid week, a day reserved for sports at my university and therefore no classes (in the main part). As the end of the semester draws in, I am having more and more free time, and what with the following week being a revision week and consolidation period, I have a rather limited number of hours effectively remaining. This grants me with some extra free time to spend before I am home for easter (and then shortly onto the exams).
To help fill some of the excess time, other than finishing off work, I have begun watching Game of Thrones. I have heard many a comment about it but never gone as far as to watch it. I have watched the first 5 episodes so far and, though it is not what I expected, it is very enjoyable and I am sure I will race through the episodes as it is very gripping!
On the topic of gripping, this blogging is starting to bear an influence on myself. I enjoy sharing my thoughts, and though I anticipate that they are read by few, it contempts me to express them and as it stands, I will continue to do so!
Until next time.
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Another day, another blog.
So here I find myself, again at the keyboard. Twice in a week! That is clearly madness, well, at least for me.
This weekend I have had some time to reflect on what is becoming apparent: I realistically have 2 more weeks left of the second year of uni. Then it is a short break for easter and then into a month of exams and it is suddenly over.
It is odd to think of it in those terms, considering it was back in 2012 when I started this year and that seems like such a distant place now. They say time flies, and to an extent I agree. I mean yes, I know the sensation comes about from you not remembering every detail so naturally it feels shorter, but ultimately, I look back and see that I have made some great memories and had some fun with friends, and that also, I have grown up that bit more. It is odd every time I think or say it, but I am 21! I jokingly say I feel old, but some times I really do!
I get the growing feeling that an era is drawing to a close. I guess I have that feeling because I am going on placement as is one of my housemates, with the remainder of them going onto their final year. I had the "ending of an era" feeling when I left school after GCSEs and A Levels, so perhaps it is odd to feel it with the second year of uni drawing to a close but there we go. Yes, I'm sure it will be different coming back to third year, with new faces on my course, but I expect I will still have a good time so will it really be so different?
As ever, time will tell. Shall blabber on again soon.
This weekend I have had some time to reflect on what is becoming apparent: I realistically have 2 more weeks left of the second year of uni. Then it is a short break for easter and then into a month of exams and it is suddenly over.
It is odd to think of it in those terms, considering it was back in 2012 when I started this year and that seems like such a distant place now. They say time flies, and to an extent I agree. I mean yes, I know the sensation comes about from you not remembering every detail so naturally it feels shorter, but ultimately, I look back and see that I have made some great memories and had some fun with friends, and that also, I have grown up that bit more. It is odd every time I think or say it, but I am 21! I jokingly say I feel old, but some times I really do!
I get the growing feeling that an era is drawing to a close. I guess I have that feeling because I am going on placement as is one of my housemates, with the remainder of them going onto their final year. I had the "ending of an era" feeling when I left school after GCSEs and A Levels, so perhaps it is odd to feel it with the second year of uni drawing to a close but there we go. Yes, I'm sure it will be different coming back to third year, with new faces on my course, but I expect I will still have a good time so will it really be so different?
As ever, time will tell. Shall blabber on again soon.
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Summary
I am a creature of habit by routine, but it seems that blogging has not become a regular feature in that which is a shame in my opinion. I would like to eloquate my thoughts/views/experiences more regularly but for whatever reasons, I do not. But alas, I can only strive to improve on that aspect.
Lately, I have been trying to keep busy and be active, involving going to the gym 2/3 times a week, playing football and squash and keeping up to date with my work. The work part is a constant but with exams looming menacingly on the horizon, I feel I need to keep my focus and ethic going as I want to do my best. It is fast approaching the easter holidays, and despite my last sentence, I feel like, of the 3 weeks holiday I get from uni, that I will go home for 2 and simply relax. I want some time to tune out, turn off and revive. May not be the best move, but hopefully then that will leave me with 3 weeks prior to my first exam, and I can really hit the ground running and get into a groove for what will for me be the full 4 week exam period. Rather daunting but little choice in that! I have 5 3 hour exams which will be draining, so perhaps a period to turn off will help.
Following my exams, there is minimal gap to my placement at IBM. I am filled with trepidation and excitement. I want to find out what I will be doing, meet new people and move into my house for it, which myself and 2 others have recently signed contracts for which is all rather exciting. I guess I do like to look forward to certain events and that is certainly one of them. I find the prospects massively inviting, to be able to have a new experience with new people and really put myself out there and see what I can learn and achieve.
For now though, I need to keep the wheel turning and keep my motivation and work going. I must keep setting in the place the building blocks for each next step on what I hope will be my path to success, happiness and all else! Have a good day and speak again sooner rather than later!
Lately, I have been trying to keep busy and be active, involving going to the gym 2/3 times a week, playing football and squash and keeping up to date with my work. The work part is a constant but with exams looming menacingly on the horizon, I feel I need to keep my focus and ethic going as I want to do my best. It is fast approaching the easter holidays, and despite my last sentence, I feel like, of the 3 weeks holiday I get from uni, that I will go home for 2 and simply relax. I want some time to tune out, turn off and revive. May not be the best move, but hopefully then that will leave me with 3 weeks prior to my first exam, and I can really hit the ground running and get into a groove for what will for me be the full 4 week exam period. Rather daunting but little choice in that! I have 5 3 hour exams which will be draining, so perhaps a period to turn off will help.
Following my exams, there is minimal gap to my placement at IBM. I am filled with trepidation and excitement. I want to find out what I will be doing, meet new people and move into my house for it, which myself and 2 others have recently signed contracts for which is all rather exciting. I guess I do like to look forward to certain events and that is certainly one of them. I find the prospects massively inviting, to be able to have a new experience with new people and really put myself out there and see what I can learn and achieve.
For now though, I need to keep the wheel turning and keep my motivation and work going. I must keep setting in the place the building blocks for each next step on what I hope will be my path to success, happiness and all else! Have a good day and speak again sooner rather than later!
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