A Punctured Exam Fail

A wet day on a important day and this was also nervy. A Microsoft Exam but this was alot harder to do than that windows 7 one, I even bought a book for this one since it was more topics which might be hard for me to even understand. of course, there are NDAs so not much on the exam itself can be done, but the vlog of before and after is below (one vlog).

The Morning of Tyres and Wakeups

It was a nervy morning. sure the exam and sure it was spitty rain and i woke up a tiny bit late at 9:00am and i was meant to leave by 9:45. So the shower was needed as well as a quick drink before getting my stuff and biking off.

The bike before leaving

Everything was ok in the rain  until by yelverton and the back tire was punctured, making me panic and feel slower and feel like I was being in a earthquake. I managed to reach it by 11:20 and got in and did it. But the tyre was shattered. I was booked in and the procedures were in place with nice staff.

The bike with the flat tyre

A Failed exam and a Cycle of Shame

By 12:55 I finished the exam. But I failed to get the pass rare by 300 points, so that was pretty much a waste of time. So it was time to get back to getting the bike fixed. This was a nightmare, to cycle back the way I came with my bum vibrating everywhere and also cars passing by, especially in foggy weather in the rain and this roadworks just before Dartmoor diner making it difficult to get up the hill and the pavement was overgrows and my knuckle even got stung by nettles. Eventually by 2:20, i reached the place to be, Rockin Bikes.

Leaving with those clouds around

The bike parked before getting it fixed. 

Fixing and Shopping

So then, I went in, waited and then the rep offered to help and I mentioned the puncture and he said they might have time to do it, his buddy was finishing with a customer and then he said "yeah, better get it done quick" which is nice and only cost me £11 which was good value. £6.00 for the inside line and £5 for the fitting. While that was being done, I popped over to co-op to buy some drink and food. Now after looking in the Game shop first, which was expensive and the premium quality that is over my budget, Co-op had some deals. Like Oreo Doughnuts for £1 (pack of 2) and of course the 1L bottles of flavoured water I buy for lunch when working sometimes.

The combo for £3.

Then I drank some of the Mandarin and Cranberry, nearly puked it up when trying to run back to the shop to pay for the fixed tyre line. Which was all nicely done for £11 and then I was off back to Tavi. 

Now 

The tyre has been fixed 

When i got to morrisons, I parked up since I remembered that I had to by my dad some presents for his birthday this weekend, as well as food to cook for a mukbang I might be doing when i have some free time soon. So I parked the bike by a tree near the petrol station and explored. 

The bike by the tree

Exploring Supermarkets

When i got into tesco, apart from a Dogs trust being very plain and not inresting to invite me to donate to them, It was the usual feel to it. But I wandered around and saw deals like Ginsters Chicken and Mushroom slice for £0.35 and there was 7 in, I was tempted to get them but I was seeing if there was a box of 60 pieces of chicken which was for a mukbang to make. Which sadly there wasn't, so I went to Morrisons, which took a while since of traffic, even one guy was shouting to use the traffic lights down the road. But I did and got in there, I saw a guy and he said hi back, walked in, various deals but the Frozen section only has a 16 pieces of chicken offer for £4.63 which was a nah. So then I walked back to tesco and bought some food. 

Tesco did have a pack of 30 Chicken nuggets for £1.50 which was reasonable amount, then i found a new york cheesecake for £1.50, added. Finally there were some mango chunks for smoothies I make using my sister's Magic bullet, That was £2. The food was £5, since the Ginsters slices were gone, all 7. only steak ones which are bleugh. But then the Vue giftcard for £20 was the last bit. Added that in. Totalling at £25, I paid it on my card. One of my customers offered me a lift (he was in front of me in the checkouts as well), I declined since i had the bike. Then it was off home

The food and card I bought for £25.

I manged to get home, even after hills and phone call attempts which make me nearly fall off my bike, but I didn't have my headset in which is karma. And then it was all done and the end of the day. 

Even though my sister was off to MTV Crashes and I found out she bought a VUE card as well which was annoying since i bought one too and was told to. 

But there is the end of the vlog, It was a poor day but soon it will be more days out and possible dates coming soon which might be a nice touch :) 

omracer

From an exam to a tablet to buying an Early Valentines

Well its been just over a month since i've post. And to be fair, in my life, not much has happened in my life except maybe two things.

I'll explain them for you now.

Tuesday 5th Feburary 

So this a day when i planned to get one of my New Years Resolutions sorted. Which was "To earn a Microsoft Qualification". So i booked the exam for it two saturdays before, paid Prometric and got a conformation for dates. Now the exam is for "Windows operating system fundamentals" which is basically an exam for learning basics in various parts of Windows 7, from upgrading to the OS, to using the right program to encrypt files. With that i leave you with what happened in the vlog:



After the exam, i went to Pizza Hut which was a 15 minute cycle from where the exam center was. That was tasty and while noming on a starter set to eat since i couldn't have the unlimited pizza or pasta since it had cheese in it. That cost me £6.95 which is below:

A Starter set which included chicken bites, potato wedges, non cheese garlic bread and BBQ and Mayo dips.

You see me eat it while explaining things i've done and current topics like the Gay marriage proposal, and how it would actually benefit the UK. Well done for the law being passed though, hours later after i recorded that. The funny bit was, i cycled in a BLIZZARD, yep, the snow had now touched my skin and did exist this year. Then after the exam it cleared up and was quite nice weather, and i did have to clean my bike when i got home. Also while cycling to and from Plymouth, the trail after Magpie Viaduct was obstructed. But i'm not surprised with all this recent wind and rain the UK has been having, or mainly Devon.

The tree blocking the path after Magpie Viaduct

Thursday 7th Febuary and onward: The GoTab life

So i've also been intrested in buying myself an andorid tablet, now as you know. Andorid tablets are budget (or more expensive) versions of iPad. Now i've wanted to buy one which is under £100 and has a good resolution and it cost me £60 from Misco  . This is a GoTab GBT740RS. Now this tablet i will do a blogpost to review it but it is a pretty good Andorid 4.0.3 tablet. 

OK trying to root it was pretty difficult but to sum up. I accidentaly nearly bricked (which i fixed) the tablet and couldn't turn it off. Now after draining the tablet out of its battery life, it has fixed that problem, as least as of 11/02/13. But i would get one while you can and hope its a good one, my work ordered one, from misco and turns out the touchscreen was faulty, reminds me i better remind my boss about that needing to be returned. 

The GoTab GBT740RS from Misco that arrived. £60 + 3.99 for delivery :)

Tuesday 12th Febuary - Pancake Day/Getting the girl i love's valentines present

Now with 2 intresting events in one week. It was time to sort it out and get the girl i love's Valentines present and deliver it to her. Now as some of you might very well know, last year i outdid myself with the amazing story of delivering her £250 in cash. If you want to read on the story regarding that, click HERE.

But this time it gets slightly different, with Emma now on holiday this week, it was quite a worry wondering if it was worth getting her something. 

There was an original plan 3 weeks ago to get some custom cupcakes ordered in with icing that said romantic things like "You are an angel", "I miss you so much" and "I love you". However that plan failed when i asked for a quote of that and the person i asked couldn't get them for today. Bit of a shame, but i do plan to use "Manda Moore's Cakes" to order some at somepoint this year, don't fret. 

But after waking up at 9:40 after dreaming about me and emma together, i decided to prep up and get cycling to Plymouth. Leaving Tavi at 10:40 and arriving at 12:35 just below Drake's Circus. On the way though, i bought the present, which is actually a repeat of her 21st birthday except half value. But it still looks the same old design which is really good:

The pizza hut giftcard i bought as the valentines gift.

Now after browsing various shops and also buying a new pair of jeans from Primark. Now these were redued "twisted" jeans from a company called "Denim Co" and they are a 32" waist and length of 30" and they orginally cost £15 but they were reduced to £7, i've tried them on and they fit quite nicely.

The pair of jeans i bought from primark for £7

 Also i enjoyed a quick taster of Disney Epic Mickey 2. Now that game i wanted to try out, the controls are good but camera is really tricky to control. But it was quite good seeing Fantasia references and yet again, those mischievous brooms chucking water all over the place but seeing Yen Sid's lab was quite cool. 

Brushing on....

Now i bought the card from Clinton Cards, it was a cute one related to this range of cards they offer. That cost £3.00. Afterwards i went to Tesco Metro which then i wrote out the card on the lottery table, noone noticed luckily. But after that it was near 1:30 and Emma's kind hearted friend was supposed to be in town and eventually we met up by the sundial and i handed it to her then wished her luck on her boob job tomorrow :). 

After that i decided to walk around then i ordered some Mcdonalds. A nice large big mac along with a big sprite and fried. This cost me £4.65 which is quite nice. Also i found there theres a 9.99 offer which looks sooo good and i will buy that often if i did get the chance to be with a girl. But for now, admire this pic of the food :):

The tasty mcdonalds i had earlier :)

After that i decided to cycle home and my legs were tired but i made it back home  in 2 hours or so. Since today was pancake day, i'll top this post off with the 3 pancakes i had after tea tonight :)

The first pancake is Chocolate Spread and Brown Sauce

The second pancake is chocolate spread with maple syrup

The final pancake is chocolate spread and lemon juice :)

Well next month is not going to be as busy but hopefully things might end up amazing for me but its unpredictable but we can hope for the best.

See you in the next blog post or vlog

Mattie/omracer