Scholarships

I figured that finding a picture would not make much difference for this post so I’ll let you think of it for yourself.

[Insert nice picture of lots of paperwork here (you may also use an annoying webpage form if you prefer)]

I’m sure you get the idea of what a scholarship form is going to look like so that’s not really the point of the post. The actual point is to let anyone going to university know that there are a lot of scholarships out there that are available, and not just for engineering courses. 

I would recommend that you apply for as many scholarships as you can however annoying the paperwork is! After all, a day or two’s work on a form isn’t too much when you could be receiving a fairly large bit of money. One word of warning though, make sure you are eligible for the scholarship before spending a day or two filling in the paperwork for it. I can tell everyone from experience that it’s not fun to find out you can’t receive the scholarship ten minutes after sending the main form off.

Many of the scholarships shouldn’t be hard to find, Schools/Colleges should know about some, some will be offered by your university and can usually be found on their website or you are contacted with information of them, UCAS sometimes contact you with some, and there are more that can be found by typing your course followed by the word scholarships into Google.

As mentioned in my last post, I had applied for a scholarship with the M6 Toll which I will not be receiving. I have also applied for another which is results based so I should find out on the 15^th August; I’ll mention that again in another post though.

Thanks for reading, if you have any questions then just leave a comment and I’ll reply as soon as I can. 

Please like, comment, subscribe etc. And good luck to anyone awaiting results.

I Return

Seen as it’s been about 2 months since my last post I feel that I should probably explain where I have been. Firstly, with exams during June followed by my sister’s wedding at the end of the month I didn’t find myself with much free time. The time I did find was used for relaxing a bit, and getting over the stress of exams. To be completely honest, I wasn’t in the mood for writing blog posts. The first couple of weeks of July were fairly busy anyway, and then I was working at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) for a week on the Air Cadet Comms Team. Whilst at RIAT I received a letter in the post from the M6 Toll which dad opened thinking it may be a speeding fine. As it happened it wasn’t a speeding fine, not that this is a surprise seen as none of the family uses the M6 Toll, in reality it was a response to my application for one of their scholarships which was one of the reasons I started blogging. The response was not the news I was hoping for so, I have been thinking for the past week or so as to whether or not I wanted to continue writing. As you may have guessed by the fact that I am writing this, I have decided that I wish to carry on. I am not entirely certain at the moment still so some feedback would be greatly appreciated.
 

A wonderful Boeing-Stearman at RIAT

© Graham Haley

Vulcan XH558 taking off for the Saturday Display at RIAT

© Graham Haley

Seen as this is a short post and I will be writing more in the foreseeable future, I thought I would give a list of posts that should be coming soon:

·         University Scholarships

·         RIAT

·         Favourite Aircraft

·         My Finished Computer (nearly there)

·         Reviews of various new Flight Sim Hardware and Software (Possibly videos)

Thank you for reading and as said earlier, any feedback really would be useful.

A350 XWB First Flight

Just a quick post letting you all know that the first flight of the Airbus A350 XWB is scheduled for Friday 14th June 2013 at 10:00 am local time in Toulouse, France.

The A350 looks to be a very promising new aircraft and it featured heavily in my Extended Project which can be found in my earlier post Efficient Flight. I am definitely looking forward to seeing videos of the first flight. For more information have a look at the A350 Website.

The Perfect Words

Seen as I haven’t done one yet I thought that I would do a post on music. Anyone that knows me well will know that music is a huge part of my life. Not necessarily playing music as I don’t get the chance to play too much anymore, but occasionally it’s nice to sit on my Cajon for half an hour and tap along to something on iTunes or YouTube. Mainly what I enjoy is listening to music and using it to understand or manipulate how I’m feeling. 

As a start I shall let you know about my taste in music. Favourite artist or band? Not a clue. It’s one of those things that very much depends on my mood, in my favourites there is everything from reggae to rock and country to classical (admittedly the amount of classical is limited but here is some there none the less). Some of my more favoured Artists/Bands are; Newton Faulkner, The Killers, The Who, AC/DC, Bastille, The Weatherfolk, Train, Fall Out Boy, The All American Rejects, Rascal Flatts, Royal Republic, Owl City, Ansell Brown, John Mayer, Brad Paisley. 

That’s just a short list of people I like, but to me music is a lot more than just enjoying the sound, it’s much more about the connection I make with the song or music which is why my preferred listening varies so much. Of course I do like some things simply for how they sound, but depending on my mood or how I want to feel there are many different things that I like sometimes and yet immediately skip at other times. One song can make you feel incredibly sad one day and yet the day after it can fill you with joy or make you thinks about things. I find it amazing how we can all interpret music differently and how songs can mean so many things to so many people.

Personally, I find music is a great way to express or understand my emotions, or a good way to overpower them (usually involving rock music played rather loudly). An example of expressing emotion or a thought through music is a book that has been sat on top of my bongos and was only an arm’s reach away. (Now you may be questioning why I am picking up a book in order to write about music but just go with it...) This book was given to me by my girlfriend; clearly she loves me seen as it’s made from recycled elephant poo. Her message on the front page makes slightly more sense for the choice of notebook, but it isn’t the notebook that’s important, it’s what’s written inside it. I’ll put a few pictures below of what’s inside, but the general idea was that I sent her a song each day and she sent me a quote. This was a way by which we could both express how we felt without having to find our own words to explain, and it also gave us a reason to say something more than the norm.

I called the post ‘The Perfect Words’ which is a song quote that I was certain should be in the book but isn’t, it’s from the song ‘Signal Fire’ by Snow Patrol, the words mean a lot to me but I’ll let you make your own mind up. It seemed appropriate as a title as I’m sure what I’ve written probably isn’t the best way of saying things, but also because it’s not difficult to find a song that has the perfect words to explain how you feel.

I’m going to leave this post there and let you browse through the pictures and listen to any of the mentioned music as you please, I’m sure you’ll probably interpret some of it differently to how I do, or you’ll have a story that relates to one of the songs, but hey... that’s music. Thanks for reading, please feel free to comment, share and subscribe.

If you need a link to any of the music then give me a shout and I shall try to find one.