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Monday, 16 March 2009
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My new blog
Yes, I know I've not been writing anything for a while but i'm getting back into the habit hopefully, new blog here
Thursday, 17 July 2008
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I am not a number, I am a free man
Hello, everyone. Firstly, apologies to all for my unreliable posting and secondly, to my more dismal commenting
On the plus side, I have now graduated, MEng with distinction :D, and am now looking to pursue a PhD starting in October so, everything is good! Yes, my jaunt in academia has been extended by another 3.5 years,but this time, they pay me.
I plant to travel to italy with a few mates in August, hopefully, it wont be raining :S, been there 5 years ago, which is also the last time i had a proper holiday, so i guess i've come round full circle, end of school - italy holiday, graduate from uni - italy holiday ...
How are you? I notice that there has been a wedding, Congratulations christina43 Wish you all the best.
P.S. I love my Nokia N82, its the business ;)
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Now playing: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - the zephyr song
via FoxyTunes
Sunday, 07 October 2007
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Wow, it has been a while since I posted, just got lazy I suppose but I've still been reading. Been a good summer for me, Job at university was awesome because many of my friends were working there over the holidays too. Now university teaching has started again, so life will be getting busy again, nothing much to report as yet, got a very interesting group project this year, but it has not been set in stone.
Went hill walking over the summer to which was nice, first one went with a large group from university, second time just a few friends, managed to get lost/cold/wet, still really satisfying though (Bit of advice, never take a hand drawn map ;) ) . There's nothing like being about 3000 feet high and above the clouds, with wind rushing around you.
Wednesday, 04 July 2007
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44
Hi guys/gals, it has been a while but something happened to me today, and I thought that this was as good a time as any to start posting again.
So, lets start with then end of April, last time I posted. Well, had a few exams, and on the whole, they went pretty well, no surprises. Results came through and it wasn't bad, not as good as last year, but then there were a few stumbling blocks last semester.
Next stop, summer job. I decided to apply for work inside the university, something involving research, and I got it which was good. Then, I also managed to get another placement in the same place, but this time working on behalf of some other place, double wow
. I jumped ship and went for it.
Started working on Monday, the project is super cool but right now lots to read and loads of my mates are working there too - not on the same stuff
Ahh, but what made me write today. I'm sure you know about the incident at Glasgow Airport this weekend past. Everywhere security is heightened
Earlier on, I felt the results. Coming in to work through Glasgow Central train station, a brightly jacketed police officer, pulled me to one side, and proceeded to apply Section 44 - Stop and search, on me. He wasn't rude, he wasn't obnoxious, but then why was I stopped? Must have looked suspicious, 'probably my large rucksack' but alas, it seemed I was the first person to be searched by that police officer
He let me go and i gave him a cheery smile - I wasn't smiling inside, got soaked because of him delaying me.
Nearly happened again when I went home, I was with one of my friends too, A different officer took us both to one side to search us. Once he found that I'd been searched earlier on, he let 'us' go ... which leads me to believe we were stopped because of me. The cynic in me thinks that we were let go, because it would be bad PR for a person to be searched twice in one day in the same place.
lol, sorry for the long entry.
P.S. For perspective, I'm Scottish Asian. Glasgow born and bred
Saturday, 28 April 2007
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It's over ... at last
Yes, I have been through the most stressful few weeks in my life I think. project deadlines and other ones seemed to converge. I felt like a train crash just waiting to happen.
Yesterday, it was all over. No more university, still got exams but i can handle them fine. I feel at peace and I'm loving it. I could not have done it without my friends who at times when I was getting worked up calmed me down and helped me endure.
I have learnt my lesson this last semester and next time I will be better, do things better, organise myself better and hopefully the stress will be reduced.
So more time for blogging now. Xanga has been a low priority for a while now, but I'm back.
Damn, still need a summer job
*EDIT 29/04/2007: I still have another year left of my course, so still some stress in the near future *
