Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Projects can actually be fun :)

On Monday we went to Naas for a Mini Company workshop. It was in the Moat Theatre; we sat down and were introduced to a woman called Orlaigh. She talked to us about things like how to set up our own business, what the market is looking for and how we should start very soon because if we start too late we wont make a lot of money. We really did learn a lot and I now feel confident about setting up a business with my group.
   We are also preparing for the BT young scientist exhibition. Me and my group are experimenting how dirty money is. Our teacher thinks that is a good idea too so she'll be helping us along the way :). We have written a one page proposal that will decide whether we get in or not. Hopefully we will get accepted.
Geography is another project that we are doing. It’s not due till Christmas time but we're starting to work on it now. There are three girls in my group and between us we have to choose six countries. Two from the first world, two from the second world and two from the third world. Right now I am working on China from the second world :)
All this doesn't sound like fun but I’m actually enjoying all of these projects!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

CARLINGFORD :D

Carlingford was amazing. Even though we only went for two days,it was a lot of fun. When we got there ,we settled in our rooms and got ready to go out and do outdoor obstacle courses. I was in a room with twelve beds. All my friends were with me so it was great. we all brought sweets with us and when we put them all together,we filled a whole drawer. 
After out outdoor activities we came back for lunch and then got ready for our water activities. We got into wetsuits and then went Canadian canoeing, all i have to say is PAAAADDDDLLLLEEEEEE! After we did peer jumping,then we went home for dinner. We got changed and  went out again. We were brought  up a "high enough" mountain. Plus it was raining which didn't make it any easier. When we got back we got Chinese and ate it in front of the fire to warm up. After a while we all went to our rooms. We sat up for a good while eating our sweets and talking :D . 
The next morning we had breakfast ,got dressed and went to do orienteering. It was fun ,but as we were tired and it was really hot we didn't enjoy it as much. When we got back to the center we got changed and cleaned our rooms. We said goodbye to all the staff and went to out bus :( we all wanted to stay longer!
Carlingford was amazing :D id love to go again. 

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TY has been great so far. We had a social development day with a man called Austin Dunne. The main goal he wanted usto reach was to gain MEGA confidence :) We got put into groups all depending on our personalities. Mine was the green group. We are mediators. I went home early so i never really found out the meaning of my group. We are going to Carlingford next week. Were so excited :D Ms. R and Ms. O'C are coming with us so it shoud be fun.