Firstly, I'm typing this from a fully fixed Dell laptop. Another technician was sent to my house on a Saturday morning where he replaced the LCD, The Entire Case, the motherboard (which had an onboard CPU) and the fan. Things he didn't replace? Hard Drive & RAM. Working an absolute treat. had the first event listed in my previous post never occurred, I would say Dell is AMAZING. One happy little customer now. Lesson learnt from the whole dilemma? Sometimes things just don't go as planned, but they tend to work out in the end... This lesson has seemed to repeat itself quite a few times in my life...
Which brings me to the second item I want to talk about which is my application to the police and an update since my first post which I copy and pasted from my thoughts on my birthday last year in November.
So I received a letter in the mail to say my application had been received and they were happy for me to progress though to a Maths/English/Psych exam on the 31st January. I arrived with bells and whistles and it was a very full on day. The English test I believe I went well in however the Maths was not easy and I went home feeling a little unsure. A week later, a large envelope arrived "We are pleased to announce you have been successful" It went on to say that a Psych interview has been arranged for Monday, and a physical test arranged for the Monday after. I was over the moon.
I turned up today once again excited and glad to be there. I can say this was, by far, the hardest Interview I have ever been involved with. 1 on 1 with a psychologist who is out to break you. It was not easy, 2 hours later I thanked her for her time and the opportunity and walked away with a smile on my face. When I arrived home, not so pretty, I cried for over an hour. Yeah that's right, I balled my eyes out and I'm man enough to admit it. A lot of issues were bought up, I should point out I feel there is a certain level of confidentiality I feel I should maintain regarding the application process so I will not go into details on specifics of questions or areas raised, but it hurt.
Next up was my medical assessment with a doctor in the afternoon, absolutely nailed it. A+, no problems. The doctor went as far to say I was incredibly fit and healthy and couldn't believe I was 27.
The third item I want to discuss is Solo Cinema watching. A few months ago I put a post on my facebook asking friends and family their thoughts on going to the movies alone. I had never done it and always seen it as something... forbidden... But to my surprise,I was quickly shut down on Facebook, everyone telling me I must try it and how excellent it is. I shrugged it off as everyone being crazy :) Till today. Today I went and saw "Chronicle" at the cinema and broke my solo cinema virginity. I felt it was a good way to distract me from the interview in the morning. I absolutely LOVED the actual movie. Was really great and highly recommend it if your into District 9/Cloverfield style movies. Being alone however was not for me. I wasn't uncomfortable it was the fact that I had noone to share my movie experience with when the credits rolled and the lights came back on. In summary, going to the movies alone is not for me and something I don't plan on doing again for a while.
I have some exciting things in the works as well, as the subject of this blog is everything and anything I plan on going into other areas that may be a little less exciting but remain important to me at this time in my life. Areas like my favourite Starcraft 2 players to watch, or my quest to get better at the game myself. I also want to talk more about SAP and my current casual role as a SAP VC Modeler (Variant Config) I'm not sure on the IP of the material I do but I'd like to give some specific examples of my work and some of the problem solving I do. Also I'm contemplating doing a VLOG of me practicing my physical test for the Police force, or perhaps something else fitness related and that side of my life. I'm a little hesitant go into nutrition because to be honest I'm not a nutritionist, I just know what makes me feel good and how I like to eat. So there's a few ideas I have for the future.
That about wraps it up for me, I'd like to leave this post on a positive note with 2 of my favourite YouTube inspirational videos:
No comments:
Post a Comment