Yay! Exams Passed!
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Yay some good news to blog about. I passed both my exams from last week with flying colours. I am now a proper MCDST (Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician). For those curious I was taking the; Supporting Users and Troubleshooting a Windows XP Operating System (Exam 70-271) & Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Desktop Applications on a Windows XP Operating System (Exam 70-272). Spent 2 weeks learning both books and on the third week took the exam and passed.

With that out of the way I am pretty much finished at Zenos. This week is simply for those who failed before to catch up and for those who have completed everything to waste some more time. We are meant to be doing job hunting and C.V. tuning but nobody is doing anything. I have already done all this before which makes all this even more boring. This week has been pretty pointless;

Monday; I shouldn’t even got up in the morning. Got to Zenos at normal time (between 0800-0830) and spent the time playing my DS until 0900. Then I walked into the classroom with everyone else already in there and the lecture informed the class that those who has finished all there work can go home. So by 0905 I was on my way home.

Tuesday was C.V. tuning day, which I could have done at home. Then uploading said C.V. onto various jobsites, another activity i could have done at home. It’s not all that bad though, they did let us go at 1230 but that was because they needed to leave us with something to do on Wednesday.

Wednesday was more of the same as Tuesday. Expect by this time I had run out of jobsites which I could visit because Zenos has a white list setup.

Thursday I officially have the day off.

And Friday is “graduation day” were they will had out certificates and congratulate everyone and clap lots. Something I would rather skip personally. Who knows, I might be able to sneak out half way through the event and do something a little more constructive (like updating this site ). I have never liked events like this, mostly because I don’t like the attention.

I intend to return to my previous job at some point after Friday on the basis that I know what I’m doing their and it’s not full hours. If I get any spare time off because there’s no work I will be able to study for the Comptia Network+ and go for the exams etc. With a normal job you can’t get away with that really. Well that’s the plan anyway. The reason I’m not taking my recently earned qualifications and getting a new job is because with this setup I will be able to do it instantly. Come Monday (if all goes to plan) I will be back to my old routine. I have done some job searching and as far as I know, with my lack of actual work experience and the many qualifications i have, the most I can probably expect is first line support at a call centre. While the job is fine, im not built for it. It simply doesn’t appeal to me. It’s mostly because of my phone manners are bad and I get nervous whilst on the phone.

I was meant to have updated last Thursday or Friday after completing the exams but I kind of forgot. I have been distracted playing Spore again. I will upload some screenshots of what I have created soon to them show off and stuff :3

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School is almost over!
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I have two weeks remaining before leaving the IT training academy I have been attending for the past 5 months. Next week is exams for the MCDST 271 and 272 (a Microsoft helpdesk certification) and then the last week is meant to be career related (they haven’t given us any details yet what’s going on). So the only things I have been doing recently is studying and playing (but mostly studying). I have already passed a few exams and courses whilst at the training academy such as; Comptia A+ (601 and 602), IC3, NVQ, Keyskills and other qualifications which I can’t remember right now.

I plan to return to my previous job as a compliance games tester and while I am there I hope to study and take my Comptia N+ exam. I would have done it during my time at the academy but unfortunately they wouldn’t allow us to take the exam. We are to come back after we leave the academy to take the exam. We only spent a few days learning the material but I feel with a bit more studying I could go for the exam now.

I went into the IT training academy purely for the qualifications. The majority of the material I already knew or had a basic understanding of the concepts. Which meant courses like IC3 which involved learning the very basics or Microsoft Office was very tedious. Though it was surprising how many people struggled with that.

Once the exams are over and done with, I’m hoping to give this website a little more attention. Obviously I will also be studying for the Comptia N+ while working, if it all goes according to plan. I have had so many ideas for web based games, layouts and more but haven’t had the time to dedicate to any of it. I doubt I will ever get the time but if I’m able to get even an hour more to spend learning or making for this site, that’s better than nothing.

Just before I finished, I have altered the Wordpress features here slightly. For starters I have implemented an anti-bot register system which allows me to allow other people to register here again. So if you want to comment or post on the forums, you are now free to do so. I have also uploaded two browser based games which interested me. One is an RPG while the other is chess. Last change I have made is the search bar; it is now a Google search bar.

That is all.
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Summary of recent-ish events.
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A lot has happened recently making it rather difficult to actually update the site and other projects I had going. This is an extremely brief summary of recent events and activies because I think if anyones going to read this they would rather a short, to the point post as apposed to a massive long post which no one will want to read

Wordpress account creation has been disabled for a while now to prevent bots from plague this somewhat dead site. When I get the time I will look into getting a more secure signup or commenting system but for now just throw stones at me on MSN or STEAM

All projects, web design or graphic design related will be put on hold. Again.

For the past 7 weeks I have been attending an IT academy called Zenos Academy. Im training to gain various certifications which will hopefully enable me to get a better job. The training course I am on covers many areas. Starts from the very beginning and works its way up. So far though it seems like its all geared towards helping customers, like what you need for call centers. Thats not something I aim to go for. I intend to get all the qualifications I can from them and then I will see what I can do. Im really looking forward to the networking part of the course.

As a result of the above I left working for VMC as a games tester so that I could spend all my time dedicated to the IT academy. I sort of left without much of a warning so I hope they are managing without me. Not that I was that important anyway.

During the easter holidays I went to a lan party. I attended the I36 Multiplay lan event for the whole 5ish days. It was awsome. There was a lot of issues I had with it but I feel that over all it was good. I have pictures of the event which I haven’t uploaded yet but when I do this will be the first place I update

There probably was more important things I was ment to mention but i’ve forgotten what they were so meh. This will just have to do. If you see me online at all poke me! I tend to forget im signed in



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A world flipped upside down;-

Allow me to explain. [There is a summary at the bottom ]

Tuesday: Normal boring working day.

Wednesday: During the evening [after getting home from work] I recieved an e-mail with an application form attached to join Zenos Academy; A high quality IT training company. My brother went to this Academy a few years back and they wanted to know if I was interesting in joining there 5 month course. I filled the application the same evening and went to bed [was about 10:30pm by the time i finished, took 2 hours to fill out because I couldnt find all my details ].

Thursday: During the day whilst I was at work I checked my e-mail [because I was ahead of everything] and I had recieved a reply about my application to join. I had an interview on Friday it said, at 2:30pm. At this time I realised that this might be my last day. I heard from my brother that the starting day for the Academy was Monday 23rd. So I played a couple of pranks in secret, informed the agency and the boss what is happening. And then carried on with my potentially last day [if I failed the interview then i would be coming back rather quickly] as I normally would. Only 2 people actually know that I have left. [Exluding boss and agency]

Friday[Today]: Went to the interview and at the end of it they told me im in. I was accepted. I start on Monday 9am. I will be doing loads of different types of I.T. training. Mostly help desk support, networking etc. I don't know all the details yet. This is all so sudden.

Summary: Ive stopped working as a games tester for the next 5 months because I will be attending Zenos Academy training coureses where I will be training for all sorts of I.T. related things.




This is like suddenly taking a left turn into a road you've never seen before. Its happened so quickly. Still a little speechless.



Lets see where this takes us.
Addie

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*Cough* So it turns out that I did forget about the IOU a journal entry... entry. Typical. But i'm alive and updating now! I have even uploaded a semi decent piece of art. How can anyone complain about that? Huh? Hehe.

The piece I uploaded I finished today actually. Untitled-77; Open Your Mind. I have no comment to add to this subject besides whats already been said. [Which is just me saying it exists ]

Lifes mostly the same as usual so I won't dribble on about it, seeing as I have done so far in every other journal. Meh.

I don't talk about books often enough, I do read XD [inbetween playing,working and actual work]. Finished reading Pyramids by Terry Pratchett at some point, can't remember when exactly. I am already half way through Small Gods. :3

My website and its many projects.
PWUK [my website] and some of my other projects that I have been working on needs more attention from me I think. I have been trying my best to get things sorted out but its taking way to long in some cases.

Take the big planet project which I promised awhile back. [¹Note to self; no more promises, they tend to end horribly] I haven't had the time to sit down and dedicate myself to it properly. I had been spending my train journeys doodling and planning the whole project out in pencil. I've manage to plan out a lot of the details spanning over several different pages, both sides.

Its just a shame I didn't pay attention to the weather one day. While walking to work it began to heavily rain. I was completely and utterly soaked, even down to my underwear. [which is something i wouldnt normally share, but it perfectly illustrates how heavy the rain was on that particular day] This also included my bag and all of its contents. My sketch pad [and my NDS and mobile phone D:] was so wet, and were I have been writing in pencil most of it had now faded away. [²Note to self; write in pen and check weather more often] So its been put on hold until further notice which is a shame.

Another note worthy project which has been negelected; Video Games Recorded [vgr]. I have been thinking about expanding it again but not sure if it would be such a good idea. At the moment its just a sub section on PWUK [again my website] but I don't think its big enough for expanding. We shall see. Oh VGR is a place which I load recordings of the video games that me and my friends play. At the moment its just 1 or 2 games. It would be more if I had the time. [Argh]

My latest project is called Warcraft Tactics [wct] which is still in like its alpha stages. Its going to be an online board game for me and a few friends. It will play like risk or advance wars were the goal is to dominate the other players. The twist is, when someone attacks another person, the out come of that move is made out in the actual game; Wacraft 3.

Again this is going to be a massive project which needs tuning down. My ultimate goal is to have a flash boardgame where 4 or more players on seperate PCs can view actions and moves being done in real time. [Obviously that won't be it, I would want millions of other features as well ] But seeing as I don't know enough Flash, PHP or SQL, its going to be a long away off from the end.

And to top it all off, i'm considering getting into modding. For things like Half Life 2 or Unreal Tournament 3 etc. [I can already make maps in UT3, its easy :3]

To end my journal i would like to talk about the parts of this journal in these; "[...]". I have been doing these recently but would like some feedback. They are simply things im thinking which dont really need to be mentioned but I felt like mentioning it. Its like me talking and then saying that part I thought about but left out for whatever reason. If you think this is stupid, silly or whatever just let me know. Im experimenting :3 haha...

[It has taken my 3 hours to finish this journal, what the heck o___o;; - granted I did become side tracked a couple of times but jeez 3 hours]

[Yes, the title for this journal entry is reffering to portal: still alive ending music, which just came on XD]

Addie
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