I apologise for the lack of blog posts of late :( I am currently writing a blog for my 3rd year project (we have to do it) and I’ve hardly had any time to write on this blog :( My 3rd year project has been keeping me occupied these last few weeks but to be honest, this year I am learning a lot more about how people use websites and how they interact with them which to me has been truly interesting. It’s a shame that we haven’t been taught any of this in the previous years and I’m finding it one of the most interesting aspect of this course. About the only thing I didn’t like was carrying out questionnaires face to face with people :| User testing on the other hand it really interesting :D If you are following me on twitter, you can help me out by giving me feedback on designs and logos etc that I put up there and I would be most grateful for the help :)

Other than my 3rd year project, I haven’t been up to very much else. I’ve been very fortunate to be able to visit my friends a lot, even though we are all in the same boat with our 3rd year projects, it’s probably the first year that we have been concentrating on making an effort to see each other as often as possible, which I think is great :D Really to be honest there isn’t as much else that I can blog about. I hope everyone is well :)

It’s October, University Started, 3rd year well underway, nervous as hell about it and my boyfriend has gone to Singapore for 2 and a half weeks. It’s a hard time for me as it’s the beginning of my 3rd year, I have to have a project up and running which is never easy :| 2 days after starting Uni, my boyfriend travelled to Singapore, something that is sponsored in order for him to see the big industry places (ILM, Ubisoft etc) in Singapore and show off his show reel to the companies, he might even land a job there for all you know but as I might have mentioned in my previous post, I am living solely with him this year in a rather decent apartment and it’s strange to say that I feel quite upset when I’m in the apartment without him only because he has been here with me for more than a month in this apartment, his presence is all around and it’s such a strange feeling. When he was working for Framestore over the summer, I was apart from him for 2 months but I was fine due to the fact I had my family around and more than anything, I had their company and I now realise from living in an apartment with just one other person, is that I am a person that likes company, almost fear being alone, which is strange for me as I am a very shy person who sometimes seeks loneliness sometimes. It’s come to a point where I can’t work at home and have to go into uni because there is nobody about but I am getting a lot of work done and have met up with my friends a lot even though all of us as absolutely busy as hell with 3rd year work :|

Anyway moving off the depressive stuff, I have finally got round to completing my first ever “client” website. The design took less than a week including tweaks, the lack of no internet for a month hindered the completion of the website but it’s finally there :) It’s actually my boyfriend’s portfolio but by making his website, I learnt a lot about Clients and how finicky they can be with their designs, so it was worth the experience. So this is the completed site: http://3cker.net. I even had to make the wordpress theme for him therefore the whole process of making my own wordpress theme for this blog finally paid off :D

With 3rd year work getting in the way of everything, I’ve found less time to play games and more time listening to meditation music and meditating. I’ve never found it so relaxing in my life and I’m feeling more confident from meditating which I guess is a good sign. One of the songs I listen to besides my mediation music is the song below:

Absolutely beautiful song, can’t stop listening to it and it just makes me smile every now and again :D

That’s the end to my post and even though I am alone in my apartment, I know it’s something that I’ll learn from and I know I can do it even if I have to wait another 2 whole weeks before he returns, it will be well worth the wait :) Thanks for reading and hope you all have a good day and are all well :)