It's almost time..almost time to leave the hussle and bussle of the city life and head 200 clicks West into the country..that's right it's Christmas time once again!!!
Now, I believe this will become a little Christmas tradition in the years to come when Sam and I, along with the rest of her family hop on over to Cowra, where her Grandparents live for some much needed RnR, although we can't really called it that seeing there is constantly something to do or be done. But it will be a nice relaxing time away from the city scene, which I get rather bored with quite quickly.
One benefit about this little trip is we are allowed to NOT be sleeping under the same roof with the rest of the family...we get to relax and stay at a little hotel/motel located less than 200 meters from the Grandparents house, which allows us to be together and and escape the debates from within the house.
Also, according to www.geocaching.com, there are quite a few caches hidden within Cowra so right there fun is to be had with Sam and the siblings. This may sound like work and not much relaxing, but it's very relaxing being out there and awya from the house.
So, Christmas is upon us and the New Year is just over a week away..I wonder what 2009 has instore for me and the world...who knows, I guess we just have to live it day by day and see what happens.
So, Merry Christmas Everybody and a Happy New Year to match!!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Uni catch up and Geocaching
Now, it's been an awful long time since I last wrote on my blog, and I need to fill anyone who reads this thing in on whats been happening in my world. As it says; "An insight of Dave", and I do need to keep everyone informed about my boring life and whats happening in it. So lets begin!!
As some of you may know I attended Uni for 24 weeks as a mature aged person, who tried to get into Uni to study Geography. I had to do an English and Mathematics course in order to just be considered for a place to learn. Now, English wasn't and never is my favourite subject so when I got a 56 final mark, I though to myself "Common', I'm at least a 60!" But I do believe that was good for someone who is the C student and after a 5 year break from learning I did reasonably well...for me anyway! Secondly was Mathematics. Now as with English it wasn't a favourite subject, but it was marginally more interesting than what English has to offer. So here I am, 5 years out of completing General Maths and I'm chucked into a 2U-3U bridging course!! And my initial reaction was 'What the fuck!' I had no idea how to even do 2U Maths, let alone 3U!! But if I want to move on in this world I knew I had to give it a shot and stick with it. So for the next 12 weeks I sat in a concrete room with no windows and on the lower ground like a dungeon, trying to understand Calculus and the rest of the foreign maths formulae being dished out before my eyes. 3 tests is what we had to sit. 10%, 30% and 60% respectively. begun off well enough with the first test, completely screwing up the second, only to redeem myself on the third with a good decent 65% only to end my final overall mark of: 55!! So when I look back at it, I can see that in not being properly prepared for the 2nd test I practically killed any real chance for a Uni spot. But that is now in the hands of the UAC crew and their many minions to determine if they accept a student who is not the 80+% as the many others.
So I now wait and see what they have in store for me, and if I do not get any offers,I believe Tafe is a more likely option to undertake my studies.
Okay, enough of this uni crap for now. It's time to talk about a new recent exercise option. Geocaching! For anyone not knowing what it is, allow me to give you a brief description of what it is. Geocaching is a sport when you partake in a global event, with millions of participants. All you require is a GPS device, coordinates and a sense of fun and adventure! You begin with registering at the Geocaching website and looking up any caches near your home. Secondly you log these coordinates into your device and off you go following the direction it tells you to follow. depending on your actual device, you can get within 3 meters of the cache, which makes it easier to find in the end. Now once you are there you need to read the clues the 'hider' gave you to find the elusive cache. Now the cache can be micro, small, traditional or large in size (often depending on it's location). So the challenge is to find something strange or out of place within the surroundings. Once found, you log the find in the logbook provided, take a tidbit BUT you must leave one of equal value behind.
This is a fun and wonderful sport, with plenty of exercise involved. I could really write more about the experience but seeing I cannot be bothered at this point in time, I suggest you read into Sammy's Blog which will give you a better understanding of our first cache find and the experiences we had on the weekend searching in rocks and under logs to find these hidden treasure chests.
Thanks for reading :)
Images of the weekend hunts can be found here, curiosity of Sammy.
As some of you may know I attended Uni for 24 weeks as a mature aged person, who tried to get into Uni to study Geography. I had to do an English and Mathematics course in order to just be considered for a place to learn. Now, English wasn't and never is my favourite subject so when I got a 56 final mark, I though to myself "Common', I'm at least a 60!" But I do believe that was good for someone who is the C student and after a 5 year break from learning I did reasonably well...for me anyway! Secondly was Mathematics. Now as with English it wasn't a favourite subject, but it was marginally more interesting than what English has to offer. So here I am, 5 years out of completing General Maths and I'm chucked into a 2U-3U bridging course!! And my initial reaction was 'What the fuck!' I had no idea how to even do 2U Maths, let alone 3U!! But if I want to move on in this world I knew I had to give it a shot and stick with it. So for the next 12 weeks I sat in a concrete room with no windows and on the lower ground like a dungeon, trying to understand Calculus and the rest of the foreign maths formulae being dished out before my eyes. 3 tests is what we had to sit. 10%, 30% and 60% respectively. begun off well enough with the first test, completely screwing up the second, only to redeem myself on the third with a good decent 65% only to end my final overall mark of: 55!! So when I look back at it, I can see that in not being properly prepared for the 2nd test I practically killed any real chance for a Uni spot. But that is now in the hands of the UAC crew and their many minions to determine if they accept a student who is not the 80+% as the many others.
So I now wait and see what they have in store for me, and if I do not get any offers,I believe Tafe is a more likely option to undertake my studies.
Okay, enough of this uni crap for now. It's time to talk about a new recent exercise option. Geocaching! For anyone not knowing what it is, allow me to give you a brief description of what it is. Geocaching is a sport when you partake in a global event, with millions of participants. All you require is a GPS device, coordinates and a sense of fun and adventure! You begin with registering at the Geocaching website and looking up any caches near your home. Secondly you log these coordinates into your device and off you go following the direction it tells you to follow. depending on your actual device, you can get within 3 meters of the cache, which makes it easier to find in the end. Now once you are there you need to read the clues the 'hider' gave you to find the elusive cache. Now the cache can be micro, small, traditional or large in size (often depending on it's location). So the challenge is to find something strange or out of place within the surroundings. Once found, you log the find in the logbook provided, take a tidbit BUT you must leave one of equal value behind.
This is a fun and wonderful sport, with plenty of exercise involved. I could really write more about the experience but seeing I cannot be bothered at this point in time, I suggest you read into Sammy's Blog which will give you a better understanding of our first cache find and the experiences we had on the weekend searching in rocks and under logs to find these hidden treasure chests.
Thanks for reading :)
Images of the weekend hunts can be found here, curiosity of Sammy.
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