Mar 19, 2005 - tv    Comments Off on Sometimes you just gotta love the BBC !

Sometimes you just gotta love the BBC !

Tonight I watched a really cool programme on the BBC. Well, at least I thought it was cool. It was the TV adaptation of Robert Harris’s Archangel. It was really good and I was really impressed.

See, usually I hate TV adaptations, because they have a tendency to ruin the book. Not this time. The dialogue was right, the events were right, it had the right ‘feel’ which was the same as came from the book. The scenes were just how I saw them my mind when I read the book. And I loved the book in the first place.

With the Sum of All Fears (another one of my favourites) They completely changed the story. Aside from the basic ‘Nuclear weapon goes off in the United States’ and the bit about how the weapon came to be lost. It was totally different. It didn’t fit into the ‘Ryan-verse’. It was all out of sync (even with the previous Jack Ryan films) and it omitted some of the best bits of the book.

Which was why I was a bit dubious about Archangel. And I was very pleasantly surprised. I just hope that the second part is as good.

Mar 18, 2005 - Uncategorized    Comments Off on Up and down and round and round

Up and down and round and round

Its been a pretty hectic two days. The main theme has been the search for the missing passport. Having spent two days turning my room upside down, it turns out that my parents had posted in to me all along. Even though we all thought they had sent my old one. So panic over. I’m ready to fly.

And now back to the Uni work I should have been doing. Which has become rather involved and long winded. Who would have though there were so many books on one topic.

And this one goes out to the librarian who told me when I placed and inter-library loan “this one is five volumes. That takes five requests” My response ” I finish in June. I’m not going to need any more” What I wanted to add “I only just found out you could do this.[inter library loans] Do you just not tell students that as a library, you can get books from external sources if you haven’t got any in the library?”

Anyway rant over. Got my passport now so “we’re off to see the wizard…”

Mar 17, 2005 - Uncategorized    Comments Off on Damn Passport

Damn Passport

I’ve lost my passport. Again. Rats.

I know I had it when I came back from my summer holiday last June. And I’m pretty sure I put it somewhere safe. Its very safe. No one can steal it. Hell, even I don’t know where it is.

Mar 16, 2005 - Uncategorized    Comments Off on Camping Equipment

Camping Equipment

One of my major weaknesses is camping kit. I rarely go camping (once in the past twelve months) yet I insist on buying a load of kit that I probably don’t need. Todays purchases include: a rucksack, a compass and a set of mess tins.

Ok, this is all

Strange isn’t it?

Mar 15, 2005 - Uncategorized    Comments Off on Student Apathy

Student Apathy

I spent a whole afternoon trying to recruited student volunteers to help with local Scouting. I sat, in the cold SU entrance. And not one person was interested. The problem is when people start out like that, they’ll never get any better. And we’ll have a population of people who just cannot be bothered to do anything for others.

I don’t get it. There are young people all over the contry, who are desperate to join youth monvemnts such as scouts and guides, and there is just not the adult manpower to support them.

Year of the Volunteer – Yeah Right.

I just don’t see why people cannot give up thier free time to support local communities, but (especailly young people) can go out crateing choas in city centres at night.

Mar 15, 2005 - Uncategorized    Comments Off on I Get it!

I Get it!

The final year at Uni, less than four months to go, and I finally get it! All my degree just slotted into place. I can see the big picture. the concepts from all the different modules are linking together. I can see how marketing and HR are linked. How there can really be no one department with sole responsiblity for noe fuction. Everything is interlinked. Everyone, despite specailist roles, is needed to be a genralist in fuctional areas.

Mood: Stunned.

Mar 15, 2005 - understanding    Comments Off on To do….

To do….

Goals are something that I never really think about. They are just there, in the back of my mind. I try to relate what i am doing each day to how these fit with my long term goals. A lot of my Uni work at the moment is based around the idea of goal setting and purpose. It’s made me think. Which I suppose was the plan.

I spoke to someone today who said that “goals should be as specific as possible” otherwise you’ll stagnate, never knowing quite what you are aiming for.

So, in no particular order, (and not exhaustive) my goals are:

  • Graduate.
  • Achieve Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
  • Achieve Black Belt.
  • Write a book.
  • Travel the world.
  • Own a Peugeot 206.
  • See a shuttle launch.
  • Visit Disney World in Florida.
  • Retire to Exmoor.
  • Own an Old English Sheepdog.
TBC…

The next step, of course, is to work out how to get there… So watch this space!

Mar 14, 2005 - understanding    Comments Off on Time flies…

Time flies…

I graduate in July. It’s a terrifying thought. I finish Uni in June. Where have the last three years (nearly) gone? How is it nearly April already?

These are life’s eternal questions.

I think uni has changed me. Tomorrow I have to host a visiting speaker. Introduce him to the class, prompt the questioners, and play ‘host’. Two and a half years ago, the though would have terrified me. Last week I volunteered. I am a new person. I even surprised myself with that.

I have hope for the real world after all.

Mar 13, 2005 - understanding    Comments Off on Opportunity Knocks…

Opportunity Knocks…

A while back I received the best piece of advice ever:

“take advantage of every opportunity that is presented to you”

Its true. A random conversation at the weekend, and I’ve been offered the opportunity for a work placement. I know it will cut short my Easter break, but at the end of the day, if it helps in the future, then its worth it.

All of life is experience. Every little thing builds on another. If you don’t seize opportunities, you can be certain someone else will. There are so any students who graduate with nothing on their CV. No hobbies or skills. It show that all you did at uni was read books, or that you were too lazy (like a lot of students are) to get up and do something with your time. This was my problem in my first year, however in my second year I joined a society, got involved with volunteering and Tae Kwon-Do and haven’t looked back. I realised that my CV needed to say more. And that is the most important thing about going to university – life experience. (Oh, and the degree as well!)

And that, said John, is that.

Mar 11, 2005 - Uncategorized    Comments Off on QuickKwiz : Bloggers’ Quiz – What Kind of Geek are You?

QuickKwiz : Bloggers’ Quiz – What Kind of Geek are You?

QuickKwiz : Bloggers’ Quiz – What Kind of Geek are You?

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Your IQ is high
You are a gamer geek
Your strength is you can see in the dark
Your weakness is chocolate
You think normal people are interesting
Normal people think that you are deranged
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