The storm has passed

It was amazing going into uni today and seeing the faces and moods of everyone who only yesterday were in a mix of panic and sleep deprivation. Everyone was chirpy, cheery and wanting to get the rest of the deadlines out of the way so they could get their lives back to normal!

1/3 of this years marks will be derived from a joing honours group project, whereby Music Tech, Sound Tech and Media Tech all band together in one big techy mass and work in groups to create a product or business.
my group has created a Web-based project that attempts to join together people from all walks of life in the Cardiff music scene. It is this project that we are to present to a panel of 4 lecturers and a few dozen of our classmates on tuesday.

I'm not very optimistic about our groups presentation as the meeting today wasn't as productive as we would have hoped and because of various commitments acorss the group, we aren't able to meet up again until the morning of the presentation (the presentatation is in the morning).
The next few days will be a test of communication and co-operation as each member prepares his or her part, practises it and compiles it inot one stramlined presentation that flows as if i were actaully written as a group effort! Wish me luck.

On a different note, the reason i'm busy all the next few days is because of an event called IgniteHope. I mentioned Ignite in a earlier post, Ignite like to take on projects and events to promote the good works of christians in their community. One way of showing this is to take the Hope '08 initiative and keep it going every year.
The Hope '08 initiative involved christians going out into their communitys and doing various activities including painting fences, running youth clubs, gardening, building, washing and cleaning and cooking; all for people in their community who need help or just want something done. The groups aren't paid to do this, on the contrary the delegates PAY for the privilege of painting a fence or a scout hut for three days.

As part of the IgniteHope event I'll be going round some of the sites in south wales where the projects are taking place and filming them as part of a camera crew. The projects run from Saturday to Monday, culminating in an evening celebration at Cardiff SU.

Hopefully I'll have some photos or footage of the weekend up soon, but for now here's something from a site I came across earlier which may become a favourite of mine!

Out with the old...

the date is 30th April 2009. today I hand in the last big pieces of coursework towards my university degree!
This moment has fast been approaching as i stepped into the third year what seemed like mere months earlier. The easter holidays were a blur, and virtually non-existant as the constant grind to get work done on time stole most of my social and free time.

Even thought this milestone isn't the end ( I still have one more coursework, an assignment and a presentation after this) it is a major step towards becoming an ex-student, and officially a member of mature adult society. This is a thought almost as daunting as starting a new primary school filled with people I didn't know, or going for my first job interview.

One of the things im hoping to do when i get into my "adult" life is to start earning more money through my photography company Corkboard photography. A small step has been taken and corkboard now has its own facebook page to show off some of my photos!

The world wil keep spinning and as sure as death and taxes im gonna try and keep up with it. Bring e!