4 Weeks

Until christmas. I regret to inform you but Im afraid that the clock is ticking until christmas. How are you doing with christmas shopping? someone asked me the other day. Not too good. This is coming from the guy that wanted to start ages ago but this simply has not happened. I would like to tell you that this is one of my personal concerns going on in my life at the moment but I think this concern is on a more national if not global scale for a lot of you.

Just like 'Top of the Pops', this is my 'Top of the Concerns' going on for me for the past week.

5. Christmas shopping

4. Money

3. NYE tickets and hospitality bookings

2. *Personal*

1. University Deadlines

Question for you to think about. Who invented the term 'deadline'? I've always wondered this. To have a deadline is never really a good thing, it also does not sound good. Thinking about it deeper though, its not like something is going to die on the day that concerns your work being handed in. A crazy theory that I just thought of just now, whilst sitting in my chair listening to Sander Van Doorn, Renegade, perhaps in medieval times, to have a deadline would be to get your work done and if you didn't you would be killed? medieval universities? if you are a historian get back to me on that theory. I think it's delightful.

Okay reader, you are given an assignment to type up a 2000 word essay on a specific media law subject, you are also given a 1000 annotated bibliography to type up, which requires you to read the majority of the books that you are going to use, and you are given a evaluation for you radio project. All to be done in a months time (well even less time now). What do you do first? 

I am kind of at this stage in time. What do you do? I think about this work and imagine it as a mountain that represents proud, dignity, relief and self accomplishment, because it's what you often feel when you get the work done and you've done a lot to do it. Oh how I desperately want to feel these emotions, but alas, I am at the bottom of the mountain accompanied by other students that are in the same position as me. 

Now where would one of my blogs be without a report from work. Of course I have been slaving away in work. One of the key events that strive my department is the distinct memory of customer asking stupid questions. Now if you remember in my last post, I had a not really stupid but more random question. This week I have not one, but two stupid questions that were asked to me and my colleague at the time and I would love to share them with you. 

Question One:

Location: Entrance Door

Two women come into the building, one shows her membership card, then turns and asks me this:

Woman 1 "Excuse me, can you pay on card in here?"    

Me "Yes, only debit card though."

Woman 2 " And Im her friend, so what do I do?"

Me "....erm, you pay for your shopping?" 

Question Two:

Location: Exit Door

A woman is slowly walking out the building, looking around at the adverts on the walls, then turns and asks this:

Woman "What time dya shut?"

Colleague "8:30"

Woman "And then what?"

Colleague "...... then were closed? thats it?"

The hardest part to stupid questions being asked to you is to try and not give out the most sarcastic answer. Giving out an answer that doesn't sound like your not making them look stupid is difficult.

To sum up this week for me, University is going well, I am happy, but when coming to the work I have to do, it's not good to think how much is there. Work is same old same old. As for just me personally, hmm, Let me get back to you on that, I've got a lot on my mind at the moment. 

Your Wish list?

About a week ago now, I was approached by Kenneth Barnett, asking me to vote for this online wish list that was being held by T3 (The competition is now closed unfortunately). His wish list was limited to a number of prizes obviously for the competition, but none the less it got me thinking what is my wish list. In fact, what is YOUR wish list? and would what you got, help you very much right now?

I guess that 's something to think about throughout reading my blog. If you've thought of your wish list then let me know! I would love to hear them.

Now I know I am a bit late with posting my latest weekly blog and for that I apologize. With all University work fluffing me about and general work to do, ah well, you've heard it all before Im sure.

As I sit here typing and thinking at the same time, I try and think of the best highlights of my past 1 & 1/2 weeks. Well with a busy roter like the one I have, things have been pretty normal. Nothing crazy really to report. From thinking muchly, this is what I got....

In university me and my radio production group that consists of myself, Marcus Bonnick and James Chew, have progressed well in our module, there's only reason why though, and thats because our guest tutor (but not really) simply told us in the previous lecture, that:

 A) We were all very far behind, as a class
 B) To go out and "actually do some work"

And so on the Thursday just gone, 4 hours before the lecture was due to start, I engaged in what you could produce as an epic montage of the entire project coming together. James Chew doesn't actually know this, so if your reading this then, yes, I did do it, and guess what? its almost done! already!

As far as work goes, I had a man come up to me. Who didn't know much english, ask me something that went like this: (as far as I was to translate terrible mumbled english) * means mumble.

The Man
"Excuse me, I was looking at this haagen daz, and ***** flavours. Where is ****** other ******* Flavours **** in box? also the meatballs they were ********** and now *********** so what? Whilst your here, ************************************************** weight lifter? yes? Knives. Where the knives?"

Me
"Ass."

What would you do in that situation? I swear to god thats all I could decipher from his message. It was a combined combo of questions he wanted to ask me. Truthfully I only knew the answer to one question asked (that I could decipher)

Me
"Aisle 111"

I would of loved to reply with "Ass." but I couldn't unfortunately. Its very hard to try and give out answers to questions you don't fully understand. Im sure you have been in that situation one time.


Now usually I would end this weeks blog with a report from University life and Work. However, there is more, and no reader, its is not for once, about my Mini. By the way it's okay at the moment if you are wondering. My career, in fact. I got in touch with a local radio station known as Erewash FM 96.8. Turns out they wanted to meet me, in which I went and met them. With expectations as *They are a local radio station. This could mean getting a part time job there instead of work experience and getting paid* thats the expectation I had. Unfortunately they were a community radio station. Voluntary only. Not too bad, as I looked around the station, I see little difference to d:one radio in University. The studio room is a little bit bigger, and they have a meeting area. There's other rooms, but I find them pointless to describe to you readers because they would be rooms in which would not be of any use to me or you for that matter.
Work experience is still on the cards here so there is a light at the end of the tunnel of this saga I suppose. So this is what I end it on, a message to you, reader....

Dear Reader
         What is your wish list?
               let me know!

James Chang