So this week is our work experience! I am typing this from the office of ‘Osbornes Solicitors’ in Naas, Its completely different from my last work experience placement where I was cooking and gardening, using my hands and getting mucky, but I have to say it’s been really great so far. Yesterday we went to a courthouse and I saw all the cases for the day , which was really interesting !
As I sit here at my desk , typing at my computer in my little open office cubicle , I actually can’t see what everyone complains about when they say they wouldn’t like to work in an office ! I really enjoyed this week. :) True I am now an official expert at the photocopier and I have stapled more documents this week more than I have in my whole life, but on the whole it’s been really enjoyable! I got to see what life as a solicitor would really be like – the court cases and the clients’, and trying to see justice done , and then the other side of it – the filing and the documents (which is all unseen in all the law programs on TV, by the way – not very realistic)..
I thought that by the end of the week I would have a better clue as to what I want to do when I’m older but all it’s really done is make me more confused, as now being a lawyer seems to be a really good choice! The only thing I’m actually sure about, from doing my work experience, is that it’s great to work anywhere where the people are friendly and nice. In my opinion I wouldn’t mind where I work when I’m older, as long as I have that.
That’s all for now! Talk to you soon ……
P.S - It's funny how whenever I'm actually typing this it seems WAAAAAY longer than when I actually publish it :) hhmmmmmmm, makes you wonder ;)
Friday, 2 March 2012
Minicompany Judging !
The day that we had all been dreading for months had finally arrived ……. It was the day the judges from the Kildare Enterprise Board came to look at our Mini-Company projects. The few days previously had been pretty hectic, but on the day we managed to pull it all together! Here’s how it all happened…….
Step 1 – A Product: Our idea was to make a fashionable pocket, designed as a bracelet you can wear on your wrist when you are out and about to hold all your essentials. Literally like 2 days before the judging we had managed to get our product (after months of looking in China and Hong Kong and God knows where else for a manufacturer to make it for us , it actually happened that a women in my home town of Clane was able to produce it for us!) So the day before the judging I went to pick it up. I was really happy with the way it turned out – it looked really neat and professional.
Step 2– Packaging; the packaging company (also in Clane) had actually closed for the day so we used card in our logo colours to make up boxes. We weren’t really happy with this but we knew it was only a temporary measure until we were able to get professional boxes.
Step 3 - the judges were going to ask us about was our selling points so we went around the school, showing our product, and taking orders. Then several shops in Clane expressed an interest in our product, after we explained our idea to them and they provisionally agreed to sell our product for us!
Step 4 – Our stand for the day: We got a poster made for free very kindly by a girl in our class (thank you Aimee! :D ), and on the day we were busy blowing up balloons, untangling fairy lights, displaying our business cards, hanging our poster, for our stand. Considering we had had barely anything done the week before, I have to day it looked pretty good on the day. We all wore black instead of our uniform, as we thought this looked more professional, and we wore badges with our company logo on them.
Step 5 – the Presentation: When we were called we approached the judges nervously and we went to shake their hands (after a moment of awkwardness where one of them was writing, looking down and did not see my stretched hand :P). Anyway we started off by explaining our idea and then I ‘opened the floor to any questions you might have’. One of the judges said that although the product was really good – apparently it has ‘no weakness’!, she would like to see better packaging (see step 2) and more volume (we only had one sample to show them on the day). We took all their suggestions and comments on board and then we returned to our places, feeling that it went OK.
The Result: that day they announced that 3 groups were shortlisted, and we were one of the three! We ended up not getting through but we were really pleased to get acknowledged like that and we plan to enter our product into as many competitions as we can! Anyway I was happily surprised at how we pulled it all together on the day – just shows that sometimes a little pressure can be good! You’ll see us on the cover of FORD magazine yet…
Watch out world…
Step 1 – A Product: Our idea was to make a fashionable pocket, designed as a bracelet you can wear on your wrist when you are out and about to hold all your essentials. Literally like 2 days before the judging we had managed to get our product (after months of looking in China and Hong Kong and God knows where else for a manufacturer to make it for us , it actually happened that a women in my home town of Clane was able to produce it for us!) So the day before the judging I went to pick it up. I was really happy with the way it turned out – it looked really neat and professional.
Step 2– Packaging; the packaging company (also in Clane) had actually closed for the day so we used card in our logo colours to make up boxes. We weren’t really happy with this but we knew it was only a temporary measure until we were able to get professional boxes.
Step 3 - the judges were going to ask us about was our selling points so we went around the school, showing our product, and taking orders. Then several shops in Clane expressed an interest in our product, after we explained our idea to them and they provisionally agreed to sell our product for us!
Step 4 – Our stand for the day: We got a poster made for free very kindly by a girl in our class (thank you Aimee! :D ), and on the day we were busy blowing up balloons, untangling fairy lights, displaying our business cards, hanging our poster, for our stand. Considering we had had barely anything done the week before, I have to day it looked pretty good on the day. We all wore black instead of our uniform, as we thought this looked more professional, and we wore badges with our company logo on them.
Step 5 – the Presentation: When we were called we approached the judges nervously and we went to shake their hands (after a moment of awkwardness where one of them was writing, looking down and did not see my stretched hand :P). Anyway we started off by explaining our idea and then I ‘opened the floor to any questions you might have’. One of the judges said that although the product was really good – apparently it has ‘no weakness’!, she would like to see better packaging (see step 2) and more volume (we only had one sample to show them on the day). We took all their suggestions and comments on board and then we returned to our places, feeling that it went OK.
The Result: that day they announced that 3 groups were shortlisted, and we were one of the three! We ended up not getting through but we were really pleased to get acknowledged like that and we plan to enter our product into as many competitions as we can! Anyway I was happily surprised at how we pulled it all together on the day – just shows that sometimes a little pressure can be good! You’ll see us on the cover of FORD magazine yet…
Watch out world…
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Visit to St. Brigid
Yesterday we all went on a pilgrimage to Kildare town, which is associated with St Brigid. A few days ago , on the first of Spring was St Brigid's day, and in religion class we were researching and preparing for our trip. First we all visited where she had lived, and churches she had set up. Someone said that she deserved to be a saint after we saw where she lived because she was able to put up with the freezing cold! We learned of her influence all over Ireland and how people came from far and near to see her. We heard many of the legends associated with her. An example of such a legend was where she asked the King of Leinster for some land so she could build a church. The King replied that she could have as much land as her cloak could cover. THen when she 'laid her cloak upon the ground' , the cloak grew so large that it covered firlds and fields. We saw this land as we travelled to Kildare town. Today it is known as 'The Curragh' and it is used as a military training centre and a racecourse.
At lunch time we all went and got a break, looking throught the shops in the village.
Lastly, (and this was the part we all enjoyed most) was going to the well of St Brigid. The rain had cleared up and the sun began to shine. We had to walk through a wood to get there, and we could see all the flowers growing after winter. We all felt like this was the part that was most connected to St Brigid, instead of reading her history in a draughty church !. We all sat by the stream and chatted and realxed.It felt like spring was reallly begining!
We all really enjoyed our trip - reallly relaxing and much better than expected ! :)
At lunch time we all went and got a break, looking throught the shops in the village.
Lastly, (and this was the part we all enjoyed most) was going to the well of St Brigid. The rain had cleared up and the sun began to shine. We had to walk through a wood to get there, and we could see all the flowers growing after winter. We all felt like this was the part that was most connected to St Brigid, instead of reading her history in a draughty church !. We all sat by the stream and chatted and realxed.It felt like spring was reallly begining!
We all really enjoyed our trip - reallly relaxing and much better than expected ! :)
Friday, 3 February 2012
BRAPE
well that last post was something i like to call BRAPE - like frape but on blogger - by my lovely friend niamh. Althought it is true - i do love her
I love Niamh so much !!!
well as you all know Im a big fan of my friend Niamh and just wanted to dedicate this to her luffff yhhhhuuuuuu xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Opera :O
Last Tuesday we went to ....don don don wait for it - 'THE OPERA'. Exciting stuff no? We saw it in Rathmines Swan Cinema and it was streamed from the Met Opera House in New York. The opera we saw was Don Giovanni - Its a story about a man who travels all of Europe 'wooing' women, causing them to fall in love with him , and then he's off travelling again, leaving them heartbroken. After 4 and a half hours of ear shattering music we all stumbled back through the cinema doors, to get onto the bus again! I actaully thought it was really good , I just would have prefered it if it was a bit shorter. It had english subtitles at the bottom of it, so at least we had some clue what was going on! There was an interview halfway through with some of the singers, and one of them said they have been singing that role for the past 8 years which I thought was really cool , so they go around the world , singing that role internationally, and they kind of feel that they own that role which was really interesting! :) I really enjoyed the day :)x
anyway I better be going
Blog you later :)
anyway I better be going
Blog you later :)
And the winner is ........
I want to nominate Caitriona Eves for her amazing blog, that are always so funny, and also for being such an amazing friend! love you x
Read her rhyming blog about work experience here!
http://tienies.blogspot.com/2011/11/neven-heaven.html
Read her rhyming blog about work experience here!
http://tienies.blogspot.com/2011/11/neven-heaven.html
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