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What did you do today?

By David, on June 7th, 2010

Today I wrote the first paper for Higher GCSE Maths, I think that I did okay. The next one will be on Friday. Meanwhile, there are still more exams too go.

What did you do today, David?

By David, on May 17th, 2010

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Today has gone far too quick. I received a call from a recruitment agency and I may have a job interview lined up. I call another recruitment agency to see if they had anything going, they did not. I also procrastinated and procrastinated about revision for my maths. I am falling very behind.

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Things Starting To Settle Down

By David, on November 13th, 2009

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Things, it seems are finally starting to settle down. I have found a place to stay and I can now concentrate on my studies and believe me I need to. The course that I am doing is will hopefully get me into Reading University, doing Computer Engineering. The thing is, is that I don’t have any UK maths qualifications, so I am having to do GCSE Maths both at foundation level and at higher level plus A/AS Level maths to. This is quite a work load. although the maths is not particularly hard, I still have to do it. I have been falling behind because of not being able to devote enough time to it. So it is now time to do some catching up. I will be setting up a study timetable and also a study journal. I will have to work out what to put into the study journal, but once I get going it should be okay. There is lots to do and lots to keep my occupied. I cannot wait for the time when I am ahead in my studies, that will be so good.

The Rough With The Smooth

By David, on November 1st, 2009

The last few weeks have rather a bit rough. Moving out of the place that I was in was a lot harder then I had anticipated. I must never keep that much crap again. For the few years I must travel as light as possible, so that if I have to move it will be a lot less painless.

In addition to this my stepfather is currently in hospital, being a typical man he is stubborn and believes that he can still do things. He fell out of the bed twice and I had to help back in, not a pleasant thing to go through. This is now the second time that my mother has had to deal with a sick man, first my father and now my stepfather.
My studies have gone out the window and it is starting to worry me. I have exams in a few weeks and I am getting worried that I will not pass. I really want to go on to university so I have to get this sorted as soon as possible. I just hope that I can

A Student Life For Me

By David, on October 25th, 2009

I have now been a student for about six weeks now. It has been pretty hard getting everything organised and arranged as I have to do everything myself. I am hoping that it will be worth it in the end.
I am doing so much maths it is unbelievable, all because I do not have a GCSE grade. I am enjoying it though. I know that I will have to put in a large amount of work in order to get the maths done. At least the other subjects are pretty easy. I must also practises my writing skills, but I should be able to that to. All that it takes is practises, the more that you do it the better you get at it.
Unfortunately I have not found a place to live and I have to be out of the place that I am currently in tomorrow. This is not good but I am sure that I can find a place pretty, well that is the hope anyway.
I went to Reading University Open Day on Saturday and it all looks very interesting I cannot wait to go there.
All in all it has been interesting over the last six weeks, I just hope that things will settle down so that I can concentrate on my studies. That is what I enjoy the most.

Summertime, a time for opportunities

By David, on July 2nd, 2009

photo credit: Ventura Mendoza a.k.a. Miurihausen

Summertime, a time for opportunities
Summer has hit with a vengeance here in the UK for the past few days it as been very hot. I orginally come from Durban in South Africa and the heat and humidity is comparable to that.
When it is warm like this, it really makes me believe that I can do anything. I suppose that that comes from growing up where it is warm to hot most part of the the year, as opposed to the northern hemisphere.
I feel that there are many opportunities out there, even if the world is in recession and people are losing there jobs. I think that what has been realised is that it is not very good to go chasing after money, people are important too.

I am at a cross-road in my life. I feel that I am not really moving forward and that I need to make some changes. What I would seriously like to do is go to university. The internet has been a big influence on my like, I have acquired a thirst for knowledge. The Internet does have a lot of knowledge but a lot of it cannot be verified and I would also like a formal qualification.
I have applied to the Thames Valley Univerisity. I will hopefully start out by doing an access course. It is the maths that I have to get up to speed on. The other part of the networking, HTML and things like that I have a fairly good understanding of. So lets hope for the best.

Another endevour that I would like to do is hold a charity event for the the charity Computers for Charities. Computers for Charities re-cycle computers for charities in the UK and abroad. They have a deal on with Dixons and Mercedes UK where for 4000 mobiles phones a truck will given to the charity to help transport equipment in Eastern Europe.
This is going to be a bit of a challenge, but I think that I need a bit of challenge in my life now. Plus it will do a whole load of good. I know that there is going to be a lot of work involved in getting this offer the ground, but I am really looking forward to it.

Thinking about an IT Jobs Tweetup in Reading

By David, on April 14th, 2009

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Currently I am contracting and my contract will be ending soon. I am rather concerned about the state of the contracting market. From what I have been told is that there are jobs out there but that now a lot of people are applying for those jobs. So I got to thinking, what about if I organise a get together or a tweetup for people who are looking for jobs and recruitment agents. It will be nothing formal, just a get to know you type event, probably in a pub. People can bring there business cards and there CVs and hopefully a bit of networking can be done.

I would like to see if I could make this a regular event, may be every two months or so. I am hoping that it can be built into some fairly good, will have to wait and see what the reaction will be.

What I Need Is More Content

By David, on March 7th, 2009

photo credit: Meredith_Farmer

I am working on getting some decent content for my other website, but I am not sure if I should use Drupal or Joomla. I am looking for a good Content Management System (CMS). First I have to get the content, that is going to take a while, but unfortunately I don’t really have the time. I need to get this thing sorted before June.

I am hoping that this will help me find a decent contract, that is what it is about for me now. I am going down the contracting route. It is much better than being permanent, it has a whole lot less politics and I cannot do office politics, but I may get into proper politics, believe me the UK needs at least one decent politician

Feeling Very Much Under The Weather

By David, on February 15th, 2009

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This last weekend, I have come down with the flu, no not man flu the proper one. I spent Saturday afternoon asleep and nearly all of Sunday. Everything is aching an I am running a temperature. This is not good, a whole weekend lost, there was plenty of things that I want to do. ARRGGGHHHHH. Well I suppose that there is not a lot that I can do about it. It also looks like I am not not going to go to work tomorrow. I want to get rid of this as soon as possible. Then hopefuly I can start doing things again.