TWITTER ACCOUNT

Just a little update here to say that I have just created a twitter account which will let you keep up to date with my posts and other things going on! Go give it a follow!

http://www.twitter.com/a_pinchofginger

Also, do any of you guys have twitter accounts? Comment them and i'll give them a follow!

STILL WAITING AND NEW IDEAS

I am still waiting for my MacBook.. After a few weeks, I had expected to have it by now. I'm still going to wait until I get it to do a big update from last weekend because I just want to really.. :')

Anyway, about this new idea.. I was speaking to another blogger the other day after she posted her first vlog on YouTube and I asked her if she was nervous when she was making it and posting it and I said that I want to start vlogging but I'm too nervous to do it. I realised afterwards that the reason I'm so nervous is literally because of the size of YouTube itself.

I mean it's huge!

The whole idea that millions of other people go on YouTube daily makes me nervous because I feel that if I make a vlog, I have millions of people out there who could be judging me or just saying things to or about me and it makes me uncomfortable. So the idea I had was because I'm interested in IT and coding/programming, I was thinking that I could create a website, like YouTube that is just for vloggers and people who like vlogging. Because I don't know about you, but to know that everyone who uses a site that I upload a video on, likes the idea of people vlogging makes me a lot more comfortable.

What do you think? Would it make you feel more comfortable to vlog on a site only made for vloggers? Could you give me any ideas of things to include on the site? Like colour schemes, site names, anything.. I'd love for you all to be involved!

 

Also, say hello to my new mascot! I designed her myself! ;)

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM (UPDATE WISE)

The reason for this title is because post wise, it basically says what's going to happen. This post is going to be a small update before a large one when i FINALLY get my MacBook!

Recently, I've been looking a lot at starting the sport of Wakeboard and you'll understand why from the next post. It looks really fun to do plus I'll be able to keep my fitness up when doing it. If i get this apprenticeship I'll be able to go weekly and still have a bit of money left over which is a bonus!

Also, today i was watching some JacksGap videos and he started his channel basically because he finished school and was one his gap year. My summer holidays officially start on 17th July but i doubt I'll start a channel then. But i was thinking today, if i was to start a channel, I'd start with challenges like Cinnamon Challenge or Chubby Bunny or something..

What do you guys think? Do any of you have channels i could take a look at? If you don't and were going to start one, how would you start it?

AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH

I'm so annoyed! So so f*cking annoyed! 

The amount of times in the last few weeks of school that I have been told that I'll have finished school by 20th June and for me to actually get here and have not finished has not impressed me big time. 

All because this teacher told me he was gonna help me for two hours and didn't turn up, then when i gave him my work didn't f*cking mark it. Looks like I'll have to go back on Monday to finish, oh yay.. -.- 

But for now, I'm going to calm down by watching a bit of SacconeJoly's, then spend the night in with my dad watching the FIFA World Cup. :)

Anything annoyed you guys recently? Was something supposed to happen and just didn't? Also, how do you all calm down when you're angry? I need new techniques.. :')

PRE JOB INTERVIEW NERVES

As you may or may not know, I'm currently in the middle of an application process to a company called Unilever and it's quite a big, global, Multi-brand organisation really.. 

Today was my interview day, and at 14:00 I got a call from a man called Mike Angell. And I was sh*tting one.. I don't like interviews, my heart races and I can even hear it's beating, I get all flustered, I stutter.. It's just not a good environment for me. In preparation, I wrote 5 pages of things that might help with questions he might ask (telephone interview so he can't see me read off of it ;) )

Anyway, he asked the question, told me what happens next and so on.. I'll be earning 13,000pa ish and I'll be working 9-5 if I get it, which i hope i do.. He said that I'll get feedback fairly quickly and it'll simply say i have or haven't gotten through to the next stage..

On a good note though, I am hoping to finish Sixth Form tomorrow! So then i never have to go back unless it's an emergency with my work.. (Hopefully not!) I mean, I will miss it, I've been there for the past 7 years of my life and I'm just going to be leaving like that.. But my "legacy" (as the head teacher, soon to be principle says) will carry on once I have left as my badge will be used every single weekday for the next who knows how many years! :D

Have any of you guys got interviews coming up soon? Whether for University, Apprenticeships or Jobs? Are you nervous? And what do you do to prepare for them?

I HATE WAITING

I am probably the most impatient person I know, it's probably my downfall. I have this thing where if i apply for something and they don't reply with the next few days, i haven't gotten it. Or if i message someone and they don't reply in the next minute, they don't want to speak to me. But then I have this thing were if I'm standing with someone and they're impatient, it really gets on my nerves.. Contradictory, i know. ;)

The reason I'm being impatient though is because I still haven't received the MacBook I won, and i really really want it! Since I won though, I've been thinking about designing more and more things because I've realised my imagination can be pretty good sometimes! I've just been watching a Zoella vlog and she's said that she'd like us to design her book cover for her and i already have an idea of what I'm going to draw for it. 

Aside from that, we have a new kitchen! Well, when i say a new kitchen i mean new tiles on the walls.. Still it's a nice change. :)

Anything new happened in your lives recently? Any changes that you're happy or unhappy about?

TUESDAY 10TH JUNE - BEST DAY EVER!

As the title of the post states, Tuesday 10th June was the best day of my life so far, for 4 reasons..

1. I managed to get the guy i likes number! I'd be thinking about asking him for it for a while and it took me a few days to pluck up the courage to ask, but i did! And i got it! :D

2.  I got an email off of Unilever telling me I had past the small test and was through to the next stage of the application process! The next stage is a telephone interview which is next Thursday! :D

3. At about 2:35 I got called into the head teachers office of my school and I was told that i had won that competition to design the new academy badge.. I WON! So now I am the soon to be owner of a 13" Retina Display MacBook Pro! I can't wait to get it!

4. My friend had out my name in for a job at Tesco and after school i got a call off of the saying I had a group interview on Wednesday. I went but they didn't call me back afterwards. It doesn't bother me though, because everything else is amazing so i can't ask for everything! :D

A FURTHER UPDATE ON LIFE

Hi guys! Its been a while since my last post so I thought I'd come back and give you another update on how my life is going!

APPRENTICESHIP
As you may or may not know if you've read the last few posts of my blog, I've applied for an apprenticeship with the company Unilever! They're this big company who are mixed in with almost everything, from food to shampoo! Anyway, I got a reply from my initial application telling me I had got to the next round of the process, which was a small online comprehension test. 

So I did a practise and thought, okay this be fine.. But when I got to doing the actual test, my heart was pounding and the 4 minutes I had for each test just flew by! So when I had finished, my heart sank because honestly, I feel like I've done terribly. It didn't even give me my results at the end so I have to wait for them to email me, telling me whether I was good enough or not :/ It's safe to say I'm nervous!

SCHOOL/COLLEGE
Recently, my school has been going through the process of changing from a normal school to an academy. This basically means that someone has been kind enough to sponsor the school and give it better things.. The name is changing, the uniform is changing and to be honest, I think everything is changing because it really needs it.

Anyway, the school put up a competition to design the new school badge, when our form tutor told us this we were like "Oh, we don't care.. We won't be here.." and then she told us first place prize is the new Apple iMac and 10 runner ups will be getting the new iPads and we were instantly getting involved.. So I designed one and gave it in and a few teachers have been telling me that they really like my design and that it was really imaginative, so I hope I win that! I mean, if I get a place in the apprenticeship and win the iMac, it'll be perfect!

SOCIALISING
In my first few posts I explained a situation I was in and I wasn't the happiest person alive around then. As an overview, basically the guy I speak to most in school, who I hang around with and work with has a girlfriend whose been off at uni for the last year. Me and this guy hadn't spoke much before this year and people starting telling his girlfriend that we were too close for comfort and it cause him and his girlfriend to argue over how close we were and whether we should speak or not, and for a while we didn't speak.

But recently, his girlfriend came back from uni and a few days ago she messaged me, apologising for making me feel like she hated me and wanted to hit me. I told her that I completely understood where she was coming from and that I was sorry for everything that I caused. Now, ever since we're just speaking about shit and it's great. I'm actually really glad we're getting along to be honest.

Anyway, that's all that's happened in my life since my last post, I hope you enjoyed reading it.

Anything happening in your lives? :) 

BACK TO REALITY

It's currently Sunday afternoon and horribly enough, I am back in Sixth Form tomorrow.. On the other hand though, next time I leave there, I have left forever! HUZZAH!

Anyway, it's safe to say that this holiday I have done nothing productive at all.. I haven't done any of the work I was supposed to, I haven't even gotten out of bed that much. (My life is so fun right?) Anyway, after I leave, I should have better things to post about, I'm hopefully going to get that apprenticeship so.

It's back to reality for me so hopefully I have more to say next time. :)

xxx