This week began badly. On Monday I got the result of my final year project proposal back and I hadn’t done as well as I’d hoped. It was worth 15% of the overall mark for the unit so I can pull it back but I’m pretty chuffed I opted for the 20 credit project over the 40 credit dissertation now. Theme for the year – spread the risk! The interim report, due in January is worth another 15% so hopefully I can pull it back then.
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| Blank, cracked screen... |
On Tuesday evening my week took a turn for the even worse... As I was working on finishing up my HFRM coursework (due tomorrow!) my laptop broke. The screen has been on the way out for a while but it finally gave up. I had a bit of a nervous breakdown and frantically had to check what work I might have still got because, even though I know I should – I’ve never backed up anything on my laptop. So, I lost some work which I hadn’t saved at all or only saved on my laptop but I did have some on my USB stick. Most upsetting was the thought of losing my pictures and videos from my trip through Africa – but, now I’ve calmed down a bit, I’m pretty confident I can retrieve it by plugging a new screen in and transferring the files. Annoying, but my own fault…
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| New Windows7! |
Wednesday was simply brilliant. As you’re by now hopefully aware, Wednesdays are football days. This week our 2nd team played University of Manchester, our fiercest rivals. Matches have a serious build up and the atmosphere is akin to United vs City, Liverpool vs Everton or Celtic vs Rangers. We went ahead 2-0 pretty early on but they pulled a goal back to bring an end to the half at 2-1 to us. In the second half our keeper, Catherine gave away (nightmare), then saved (unbelievable) a penalty!..fantastic drama. We had the ball in the back of the net to make it 3-1 only to realise the referee had ruled it offside – possibly the latest decision I have ever witnessed in all my days of football. They scored a soft goal to take it to 2-2 where it stayed for the majority of the second half until… in the 86th minute, when MMU star striker Holly gets the ball on the edge of the box and lashes it into the top corner. We went crazy and there was an audible sigh of defeat from the opposite touchline.
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| The perfect 3 and 0 so far... |
I can never decide which feels better, a win over University of Manchester or a win over MMU Cheshire. But the win on Wednesday is definitely up there in my top 3 favourite wins of all time.
In my Digital Libraries class on Thursday morning I cracked on with the coursework which is due in before we break up for Christmas. I finally got my head around exactly what we need to do and what is to be included. We have to build a searchable library for a collection of items related to The Clash and write a report about it and its possible users. Fine. I have MCO on a Thursday afternoon and this week we had a new teacher!..confused a few of us who thought we’d walked into the wrong room.
I feared Friday at work may drag a tad as I was eagerly waiting to catch a train home to see Harry Potter 7.1 with the rest of the Fam. But it wasn’t too bad and followed by end of week drinks around the corner from the office. The film was fantastic!..I can’t wait to see the final one next July. On Saturday I got the chance to get to grips with my (awesome) new laptop and carry on with tidying up what I thought was my finished coursework…I’ve tweaked it so much now that it’s barely 80% done.. EEEK!
Saturday evening, my sister and I headed to Manchester Academy to see We Are Scientists where we realised, after over 5 years of loving them; we’re now at the top end of the age range of the band’s fan base – weird. Nonetheless, we moshed along with the best of them.
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| Keith and Chris at Academy 1 |
And now it’s Sunday evening again. Things to do tonight include putting finishing touches to HFRM coursework, deciding between a crisp butty and Cadbury’s Heroes or pasta and ketchup for dinner and hopefully seeing the long overdue exit of Katie Waissel.
Will be a week of hand-ins this week. HFRM tomorrow and the Professional Passport application by Wednesday.
But I’ll tell you more about that next time.
Typical week in the life of a student, downs followed by ups, and learning curves all over!
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