Hi again folks , its good to be back , since last posted , I have had a very productive week, which always improves my mood! despite the uncertainty of the times at this particular moment in time , its important to keep positive and maintain good mental strength , the corona virus is a terrible epidemic , however ,it is on us to be responsible, selfless, and be held accountable to stick and abide by the restrictions implemented by the government , it is hard for us all but it is still in our hands , I feel its vital to stay positive , be safe , use common sense and we will all be on the better side of this sooner rather than later . Apologies for the parental instructions , I just felt I needed to say that. Now I would like to discuss the week I had in college , seen as this is what my posting is related to and the foundation of this blog. the week that passed was one of initial anxiety and stress like any other but slightly more enhanced due to the fact I had up to three assignments due on the same day .The assignments that I had been required to submit simultaneously were those of sociology , my final paper in the module , a website I had to create and publish in regards to my Technical Writing module and finally a radio package which was my greatest challenge that had to be submitted for my Radio Journalism module.

First and foremost , where to begin , I like to take my biggest challenge first for two reasons , one being time , I like to think that if somethings a challenge and is new to you or just difficult then of course you will need more time , especially if things don’t run as smooth as you may like to which we all know happens quite a bit ! the second reason being once I feel I have completed my biggest task , it fills me with the full and confidence to complete the others , not with ease but certainly more confidence and willingness to succeed following the completion of my hardest assignment . Thus I started with my radio package , which I really struggled , I had little to no experience using adobe audition , and with the corona virus going on at the moment and the lockdown its much harder to get assistance or help, however, once again I got help from a very helpful classmate , who has helped on several occasions. It took me I would say around 5 days longer than I had hoped for to complete, but as stated previously the reward and feeling of fulfilment is huge when you achieve a harder project or a more daunting task. The radio package once completed felt great , and I feel that when you are positive, positive results occur, not he day I finished the radio package , not too long after I got an e-mail to extend the website assignment and the sociology paper , which really reduced a great amount of stress off my shoulders !

This news allowed me not only more time to possibly improve the quality of my work but also to allow more suggestions and advice to improve my finished product in regards to both assignments . My website is near completion , nut this extra time allows for me to iron out the last few wrinkles of the project , I am greatly appreciative of the lecturers of both modules for being understanding and fair , it is greatly appreciated and not lost on many of the students as who talking with them over the week have also said how grateful they are .

With this said I now must stop blogging and get more work done on the two assignments , as always and sated previously in my blogs I will be more than happy to update you all once my website is completed , satisfactory and published , I appreciate everyone who reads this and hope that you will gather something if even small from my blogs , until next week , stay safe , positive and mindful my friends , its been a pleasure.

Hi again all , due to the corona virus my blogging has been slightly delayed due to having a topic to speak on (other than the current global pandemic), despite all that is going on currently in the world life still must go on . With that the week entailed the continuation of building my website as requested for my semester assesment within the technical writing module.To be entirely honest I am enjoying the process but not to deny that I have experienced serious troubles and challenges within the task itself, however , step by step I’m almost halfway through my site. I wanted to base my site on something topical that will always stay relative , thus bringing myself to create or as I said attempt to create a website on the English Premier League . For those of you that don’t know what that is , let me explain quickly, it is the most watched professional sports league in the world , it is a football/soccer league held in England annually .The website I hope to publish then will have weekly updates in regards to the league and football players, coaches and pundits associated with the league.

Once I have completed the site and have it published I will let everyone know on this platform , also as along as I am personally satisfied with it … Im chuckling to myself saying that as I struggle greatly to be entirely satisfied in regards to work like this , technical assignments so to speak in relation to computers, sites .Currently I am positive about my progress, I do however have a back up plan if my initial site does not get executed according to plan , but I feel that won’t be required .I initially struggled greatly with knowing how to layout the website while also providing links to other websites , it is also difficult during this time to get assistance as everything is online , don’t get me wrong my course head , lecturers and also my fellow students it has to be said have been more than approachable and helpful however nothing replaces the one to one assistance that some assignments require or assistance that I require for a certain module personally speaking.With all this said , I must get back to my website building , I will report on the final conclusion of my assignment in the coming weeks blog , until then folks , goodbye.

Following week 8 and the small discussion I had regarding the corona virus I would like to expand on. My university has closed due to the pandemic , following my national leaders announcements , Leo Varadker , Taoiseach of Ireland made the decision to close schools and universities with immediate affect following the heightened toll of deaths and infections not only in our country but many others .

It is a strange time to be honest , one where nobody saw coming , getting used to having to stay at home and do college work from home will be a challenge and difficult for all, but I hope it is for the best as we can hopefully save peoples lives who are more at risk of infection than others , it is a time to be selfless and grateful.Regarding my college work , the lecturers are saying they will move things online soon , which will certainly be different , it is a difficult thing to discuss a blog focused on university when you cannot attend the university , I chuckle but in all seriousness I would like to discuss how I am coping with working academically from home but also keep updates going regarding the university and country itself through these strange and stressful times. look forward to blogging about my week to come next week and to see how things play out , I hope everyone in good health and takes care of each other , until then , bye.

Following last weeks blog in regards to week 5 involving the LULITMI process, the following week entailed several assignments and essays due within not even a day of each other, a challenge within itself , not too mention it was rag week , a week once a year within the college semester where students celebrate and drink all week , this of course made my challenge that bit more daunting .

Looking into the week Monday began brightly with only one requirement due , enjoy my day off as I had no lectures, tutorials or assignments due on this amazing beautiful Monday , what a start to the week , Tuesday came about with a test at 9 0 clock in the morning which quickly brought me back down to earth , however, I feel I did well in this particular exam. I then felt the need to celebrate and congratulate myself on what I felt was a stellar performance in regards to my test. Need less to say I enjoyed myself , Wednesday poked its head up, hump day was here , ah Wednesday , what really is it ? neither here nor there , no more hopeful than a Tuesday, but as long as a Monday the day before the day before Friday , I’ve never been enthusiastic with Wednesdays , however , this particular week as I rubbed my red eyes and dragged my heavy feet out of my bed at 9 o’ clock in the morning to what felt like 5 in the morning and I had gone to bed at 4 mind you. I somehow found my inner strength to drag myself into college , it was a bad idea , I was so tired I should have stayed in slept and pressed the restart button for Thursday but no I felt the need to push myself to attend Wednesdays lectures, I was in attendance technically but I was most certainly not there , half sleepy almost drifting in and out of reality I decided after two lectures too go home and take rest. Thursday began with. birds chirping and singing (in reality the drab grey dusty construction site directly behind my house was my actual alarm clock) however, needles to say I felt good , you get my drift, I felt I had fulfilled my drinking habits for the week and looked forward to finishing the week strong. We had been required to discuss a case in regards to our technical writing module within my course that involved a video to which had been shared on social media and had gone viral without consent or permission , I thoroughly enjoyed this particular challenge as it intertwined with my interest in sport and some cases where this particular thing has occurred , it was nice to focus on something different , I enjoyed this task greatly, following this I had the Friday off from college , however I had two assignments and a podcast too partake in , the podcast is called The Back post , it airs on ul.fm between 2-4 tune in #nofreeads I write this with a giggle and a smirk upon my face but in all seriousness the Friday I took to finish two assignments and to take part in our podcast to which finished the week strong , nothing is as sweet as sending in your assignments and seeing that submission confirmation e-mail just for good measure , just like that another week in UNI had passed .All in all week 6 was a good one and I look forward too discussing the events of week 7 soon so stay tuned folks , I look forward to next blogging for you , until then , keep your head up and smile #ReadReilly

within week 5 we had been discussing copyright cases to which we had to discuss in our tutorial, initially I didn’t fully understand the question at hand but soon with help from fellow classmates and a helping assistance from google I quickly began to piece together a case to which I had been asked to bring to class. College personally for me is to engage in as many new things as possible and to hopefully be comfortable in the uncomfortable and to find myself striding more with every challenge that presents itself . The week itself presented maybe too many than I would have preferred I say giggling while writing this , I had been asked to present several assignments but in particular an assignment in relation to public administration to which myself and four other fellow students who were part taking in the module were asked to produce a poster piece that would engage more citizens to vote and to be more involved at a government level . I am delighted to say that our poster went well, however this was only the beginning as we had to present this poster to several strangers who were deeply knowledgeable on this subject in particular, this in particular challenged my nerves and my public speaking while working with a team within a time frame to put forth fresh ideas .The event itself known as LULITMI took place in the foundation building in the university of Limerick in front of many people to I feel has only benefited me and aided my confidence greatly .As a result of the event and looking forward in the college semester I feel more equipped to handle any further assignment and n ew challenges that come my way and look forward to surviving another week in this concrete jungle (laugh to myself) as we look forward to week 6 , stay tuned folks , its inevitable something will go wrong (I say that light heartedly ) .. I think .