Second Week at CIT

Well here we are, at present I’m in my third week in CIT. So I am here to bring up to date my second week. As time moves by I have learned that you settle more into yours surroundings of the place, make more friends and of course come to reality of the modules are getting into their tread and are anticipatable getting that speck strenuous. Hence you discover which modules you rather more than others.

So as my week commenced on 9:00am Monday in C128 we had a nice tranquil two hour session with Jim Doyle which is a polite style to start out any week. After those two hours we were positioned in the same area for Creative Innovation & Teamwork where Colin Manning asked use to set up an account on Blogger. Subsequent to setting up we were asked to create our first blog entry regarding our first week in CIT hence which affects me to describe my second week at this time. To be fair I think it is a cool idea to create a little record about our time here. Once a week is a nice stretch of time to gather our thoughts and feelings and some love it so much they write more than one!!!

As the week moved on I came to discover that the course was getting that bit testing. For example Computer Architecture definitely moved up a gear with Denis Long. On Wednesday morning our class had a good two hour lab which wasn’t any way demanding nonetheless our hour lecture later that evening really hit us as we were introduced to the binary system and it definitely got a few people puzzled when we got stuck into the calculations. After that class I was uncertain about the calculations which then resulted me to hit the study that night to solve the explanation. With a bit of help the next day from a few friends I understood the concept of it and it was a nice feeling solving the remedy. On Thursday we had an interesting Networking class with Josh Reynolds who registered us to the Cisco Networking Academy and we had a go at one of the programs “Packet Tracer” which was sound as we could set up network situations and I found it to be really appealing. Back to that module again of Computer Architecture which we had on a 4-5 session which was a hard-hitting time to have a challenging subject. We performed a bit of binary addition and on the encouraging side I managed to understand the notion of the subject. Later I was taking into consideration about heading out but with work the next day it was better to miss it. Fresher week this week!!! :) For the final day we had an odd Creative, Innovation & Teamwork lecture where we were split up into groups by Colin and asked to discuss topics with our group. However Colin thought we were not joining in with the fun when the class was in mute stage at times so he let us depart with 20 minutes left which was unexpected.

From a working point of view I had 2-9 stints on Tuesday and Friday, with an 8-5 on Saturday. I have to say the combining both work and study is hard. Facing a day in college and a day in work can take it out of you. For example Saturday night I was shattered and was planning to look at Bernard Dunne in the boxing but the power went out just before the contest began which was crap. It was back to the olden days again with the candles out listening to the fight on the radio with good old Jimmy McGee describing the action. Pity about the fight as Dunne was floored in the third round consequently leaving behind his WBA World Super-Bantamweight Title. To brighter matters the Cork woman won their fifth All-Ireland title in a row defeating Dublin by a point which is some achievement to say the least. Now if anyone doesn’t think they won by a point then here is the link: http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0927/ladiesfootball_senior.html

Ok Cork won by a point!!! ;)

So there you go, not the most exciting week but still did a bit of study, earned a bit of cash and enjoying the journey of CIT. And long may it continue.

So long for now

Anthony Mannix

First Week at CIT

I am currently undertaking "Bachelor of Science in Computing" in Cork Institute of Technology.

The first week at CIT was very enjoyable and i have settled in extremely well. The Computing course i am undertaking is really interesting and it includes interesting modules such as Networking, Computer Architecture, Programming and i'm writing this Blog for Creative, Innovation & Teamwork. We got an induction into these modules in the opening days. Some are trickier than others which is to be expected. For example we started our study in Computer Architecture straight away with Denis Long which turned out to be complicated at periods. However in Computer Programming with Jim Doyle we had a straightforward introduction to the subject which was very laid-back. I hope that i will be able to apply the theory methods into these modules and apply them into real world settings in the future. The workload was light in the first week however i expect that to increase considerably in the coming weeks. I will enjoy the task of commencing these studies and hope to give my best efforts to obtain the best possible marks. Met plenty of new faces in my class and made some new friends during the weeks. Haven't seen many people i know throughout the college, nevertheless i'm sure i will encounter them in the foreseeable future.

Away from study i worked on Tuesday after college from 2-10, was weary after and really felt it Wednesday morning. Same task on Friday however i had to stay on till 11:30pm but was happy to get the overtime. Saturday was a much easier day with a 8-5 shift and finally had the remainder of the week to myself.

From a sporting point of view it turned out be poor, firstly Darren Sutherland who had great potential to be a World Champion in Boxing died at the start of the week and i was really shocked and disappointed to hear the news. RIP Darren. Also Cork were outdone AGAIN by Kerry in the All-Ireland Football Final by 4 points which was disappointing as Cork had a great start but couldn't build on it. I'm sure a few of my Kerry buddies will have a few things to say as i backed my County to fall the Kingdom but still the banter can't be beat. For example a Kerryman says to me on Friday, "I hope you have toilet paper for Sunday" I says "Why?" He responds "Cause Cork will be shitting themselves Sunday" Haha, very good!!!

It was an up and down week to say the least. I'm sure it will fly from now to the exams in December. It always does!

Until next week.

Anthony Mannix