Today's Lesson

Ahh, yet again another valuable life lesson brings itself forward.

Never get your hopes up about anything

Following my Interview at Positive Outcomes on Wednesday we were told they would be contacting the applicants by phone on Friday.

Staying in all day I never got a single call, which alone started to make me wonder if I was going to be contacted at all. I tried calling towards the end of the day and got straight through to the answer phone.

By that time I had given up and wondered if we would be contacted Monday instead given that there was a longer delay when we were originally told between the initial interview and that second one.

Just this morning (well, afternoon when the Postmen finally arrived) I received a letter through the door which basically said it was a "difficult decision" and that I hadn't been accepted for the position.

Now, it's not the fact I didn't get the position that had had me wound up most of today it's the fact they sent out a letter no doubt done using MailMerge and wasn't even personalized. I'm surprised it was even signed, but they could have at least gave each applicant a personal call to let us know directly as they originally said- It wouldn't have took any longer then writing and sending letters.

Perhaps my opinion about the place took a brick to the face after this.
I just hope the person who did get the position was as interested in working there as I was first off, and that the others who didn't get the position don't feel as rotten as I did earlier.

Nevertheless, it does now mean I have to start at yet another thirteen week course through the Job Centre this monday coming at a place called Evolve. The opinions I have heard about the place don't exactly sound encouraging, but perhaps I will still find a way to turn that around, will have to wait and see.

My initial personal opinion of Evolve isn't all that great either considering I received a second letter from them on Thursday that gave me directions to their Nottingham office when I live in Mansfield. Sure, it's only about a 40 minute bus ride, but navigating Nottingham isn't an easy task especially since I've not lived there for 4 years or so now.
I'll be going to the Mansfield office as the first letter stated, and if it is indeed the wrong address then I just won't bother showing up afterwards.

Well, I'll just have to keep looking to see what comes up in the future.
I swear they don't listen to circumstances though- They know I cannot get a drivers license due to my glaucoma (a condition in the eyes) yet still try to get me to search in areas I physically cannot get to, especially with the reliability of public transport nowadays.

After Interview Jitters

Left today around 10:15 to arrive around 10:20, ten minutes early for my Interview at Positive Outcomes.

Went pretty well actually; was a small short IT Assessment just prior which took about five minutes. Seriously, all it was - was just three simple questions.

Had to visit one website then rewrite a summary of some latest news, followed by visiting two other sites to find a telephone number and directions.
Rather simple really, but I do see how it may hold a purpose.

Despite been an Apprentice Position they will be training the successful applicant towards both level 2 and level 3 NVQ's (National Vocational Qualification) in Adminstration, which would obviously need a small amount of experience prior.

The Interview itself was a simple one-on-one discussion and quite relaxed really. I was asked some simple questions, mostly what I had done since leaving school.

I do not know what my chances are as they were interviewing two, maybe three other applicants for the same position who would have had times after my own.
I do have past experience working towards an NVQ however after doing a Level-2 qualification in Animal Care after leaving school so that was a definite booster, plus my background in IT using computers at home.

They will apparently be letting us know this Friday, so fingers crossed!

My actual opinion of the place was quite high, definitely some place I could work been it was actually a rather relaxed environment and if successful would be working in several different departments to gain a wider range of experience, not something available in a lot of companies.

I look forward to Friday, despite been a little anxious.
Even if I don't get the position just to be accepted to that Second Interview was a nice surprise.

World's Funniest Joke?

Been a little bored today I was looking up random Cartoon Character Quotes.
And seriously have you ever tried to find such quotes? Even Google seems to spurt out a load of random rubbish.

Infact, I found the most quotes on a forum.. Show's how useful they actually are =3
See the Source: http://forums.awn.com/showthread.php?t=5167

Daffy Duck

It's not "He doesn't have to shoot you now."
It's "He doesn't have to shoot me now."
Well, I say he does have to shoot me now!
SO SHOOT ME NOW!

Later on I decided to go a random search for the World's Funniest Joke.
Did you know a scientist actually investigated this in 2002?
The project itself was, ironically called 'LaughLab'
Check the actual site to see the details of the project - http://www.laughlab.co.uk/

Anyhow, after a little over a year they came to a result based on votes of people around the world.. and the joke deemed funniest by people young/old, of both genders and of various countries.

So, what is the World's Funniest Joke?

Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses.
He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed.
The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services.

He gasps, "My friend is dead! What can I do?".
The operator says "Calm down. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead."
There is a silence, then a shot is heard.
Back on the phone, the guy says "OK, now what?"

Now even I found this rather amusing certainly one I'd recommend to pass along.

These guys even went so far as to investigate the best time to say a joke!
Hell, I wish I was on their salary to do this.. A chuckle every 5 minutes :D

"if you want to make people laugh, tell them jokes on the 15th of the month, at 6.03 in the evening."

1on1 Results

Race number. 125160 Type: 1on1 Circuit: Edinburgh
Place Team Time
1 [TbW]Wesker[ER] 0:15:10 Time
2 [RttA]Aquawolves 0:18:28 Time

Race number 125160 is completed.
Your team (0-X4-pantu/X4--edinburgh/0--X4--pantu) finished with the time of 0 hrs. 18 min. 28 sec. and an average speed of 357.40 mph on 2 place. Overall, 2 teams have participated in the race.

I was ahead of Wesker for virtually the entire race, but must have fallen into the pit on the final lap and lost a few minutes.

All well, was an interesting race regardless, just means I'm out of the running.
Hopefully the next tournament won't be far behind.


Edinburgh Circuit

Second Interview

Only this morning I was complaining about not getting a call about my Interview for an Administration Apprentice position.

Give it until this afternoon, and suddenly I get a call around 4:20pm.
Despite the fact I didn't even hear the phone until the last few moments because of my dad messing with his (new) Record Player downstairs -- You know, one of those old things with the flipping HUGE disks.

I gave them a call back trying to silence the noise as best I could and it turns out to be an invitation for Interview on the 17th at 10:30am.
Hell, If I'm late then lord help me! It's only a three minute walk from my door to theirs.
Just hope I don't oversleep ;)


Aside from this I'm still waiting to see my results tomorrow at 19:00 on RumbleRace.
I'm going against [TbW]Wesker[ER] 1on1 for the Edinburgh Tournament.

Our times were extremely close for the first round.
0:12:54 of mine to 0:13:2 of his.
Both vehicles were going over 500mph to archive these times.

Edinburgh is an awful track to race on, the cars that are really suited don't have the speed to be much competition and the OCN-V12 which has both the suitability and the speed is a VIP vehicle with a fair cost under the bonnet..

Will either of us be able to sustain such speeds for the second round?
Only time will tell..

A Long time in coming..

A long time in coming but the time has finally arrived.

A note of congratulations to [RttE]Greenhouse on RumbleRace for his achievement of VIP license.

VIP is a long term goal, and most would say takes at least a year of commitment to accomplish even without spending a dime on the game.



RumbleRace itself is a browser-based game...
Race against others with a wide range of cars and team members learning as you advance in license.
Later in A license you work towards a total of 28 medals before archiving VIP.

There is more to this game then meets the eye..
Certainly worth the look -- Just click the banner above.

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Now, I dislike ads as much as the next person but the banner currently there will be the only banner ever to appear on this blog.

It's out of the way, yet visible. Plus with any luck the content should match similarly to the topics here to actually appeal to be clicked.

Anyhow, over the next few days I will be updating the layout a little - Suggestions are welcome, just leave a comment :P

Actual content should be added later too..

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