Walking in a Winter Wonderland!

I was so happy when I woke up on Saturday morning to a fresh blanket of snow over the town! The atmosphere is so festive all of a sudden and I'm begining to realize that Christmas is just around the corner! Snowball fights, advent, hot chocolate and an open fire, Winter has truly arrived!! I better start organising my gifts.. Maybe some handmade ones would be good this year..

Harry Potter!!!

The first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released last Friday. The fact that I was going to see it after school was the thing that was getting me through that week! We all dressed up, (like the freeks we are...), and had a great time. What a great movie!!!!

Young Scientist.... :(

It's a real shame that our group didn't get into the BT Young Scientist Compitition. According to the judges, our idea was a good one but our entrance form was a little too vague.... They encouraged us to re-enter next year though and hopefully with a little fine tuning we can give it another shot next year.

Fourth Day of Work Experience!

I went around to St. Steven's Green Shopping Centre to take some photographs that will help me make my 3D model of the the building. I'm really enjoying the work and am really contemplating being an engineer or architect in the future.

Second Day of Work Experience

So far I've been working mainly with the Fire Engineers in the company. I had never heard of Fire Engineers before but when you think about it they do actually play a key role in the design of any building. They make sure that the fire escape routes are clear and simple to follow, they examin smoke flow and predict where it will go so that vents and smoke screens can be installed. I find their job extremely facinating! At the moment I'm helping them make a 3D model on the computer of St.Steven's Green Shopping Center so that they can examin the fire saftey in the building before and after some updates are installed.

First Day of Work Experience!

I was so nervous when I got up, dressed and traveled by train into town. What if I didn't fit in? What if I coun't do anything they asked? I was Freaking Out!!! But when I arrived at ARUP Engineering, I found that everyone was very friendly and helpful. I was taught how to use Google SketchUp to make 3D designs of buildings and had to opperate this giant printer with loads of buttons.. I think I must have stood there staring at it dumbfounded for at least 5mins! It even stapled the pages together, for goodness sake!! All in all it turned out to be a lot less imposing than I thought.

Dancing!!

Last Wednesday we had our first dancing session of the year! It was so much fun! Everyone gave it their all and we all were exausted and flushed by the end of it. The instructer is lovely and boy can she dance... Wow!! The following day I woke up aching all over thinking... "I didn't even know I had these muscles!"