W.B Yeats and The Bog Bodies

I should have written this on thursday but ahh well. So anyway, on thursday, we went to The National Library to visit the W.B Yeats Exhibition. It was really good. I learned a good few things, such as he had an infatuation with a woman called Maude. He proposed to her many times but she always turned him down. After a while he started on her daughter. In his mind, the women in Maude's family were his version of perfection. He had a big thing for astronomy. He founded a club in which you had to go up throught the different levels of astronomy to become a high member. After that we went to the National History Museum. We looked at the artifacts from the Mesolithic Period, the Bronze Age and Bog Bodies. I found the Bog Bodies a little bit disturbing. They were all shrivvled up ad nearly made me sick to my stomach. In a weird way, I also found them a little bit fascinating. It may sound weird, being sick by the sight but also being highly fascinated by the way they were preserved. Lunch came next and we went to McDonalds because it was close and convienient. On the way we saw a human statue. Siobhan made us cross the road because she, for some reason that I can't remember, is scared of them. It was funny to watch. Last, and by no means last, we went to the National Art Museum. Louise had been waiting all day to do the 'Jedward' trick with Siobhan's camera but the time never arrived. We were once again split into our two classes and we were given our tour. We visited the 20th Century section before finally visiting the Jack B. Yeats Art section. On the way back to the bus, myself and Louise had a laughing fit for reasons I cannot mention but it was one of the funniest things I had seen in a very long time. The whole day was really good and I would advise everyone to go and do everything we did. Blog again soon, Kellie xx

Percussion Workshop

Today we had a percussion workshop in the Music Room. It was brilliant. We did so much, maybe that was because we had so much time. We started at 9.45 and ended at 2.40. Dave, the guy who does it, was really nice and patient with all of us, especially when we went on a mad drumming session.



We played with drums that are like bongos but aren't. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the drum. Ah well. There were so many different sizes of drums and little percussion instruments. My favourite was the lizard xylophone. It was so cool, you put either end up and down and it made a really cool sound. I really like that one.



We watched a video before lunch where it showed how to make a drum and att the different types there are. We were told that if your mother of father was a musician then you would become a musician whether you like it or not. You would train for 21 years and in those 21 years you would make your first drum, learn how to play it properly and become a master. You would play at special events in your tribe such as generation changes and weddings.



I really enjoyed it and would recomend it to EVERYONE!!!

Blog again soon,

Kellie xxx

Tuesday- Holy Faith Drama

So on tuesday we went to Glasnevin to perform for the Sisters at the Holy Faith Convent. We were performing the dramas we did in Mullingar but we had to find a way to incorporate Margeret Aylward into our plays. There were other schools there but each school, apart from ours, had 1 play only. We arived at 11.30 and we werent performing until 8.00 that night so there was alot of waiting around. At first I was a teacher in my play but my scene was cut, thank god, so I became the main candle bearer. I stood on the stage at the end of our 4 plays and the victims from each play came up and lit a candle from my big candle.
The other schools plays were good. The play from Finglas was confusing. There were people dressed in black and other people dressed in colourful clothes. I never did get the point of that play.
Blog again soon,
Kellie xx

Monday- Mini Company Competition

So Monday was our Mini Company Competition. It was in the Osprey in Naas. It was such a fancy place, and the food was amazing. At first the day was quite boring, we were just setting up and there was nothing really to do. Finally the competition started and people started coming around. I found it wierd explaining to people what our product was because they all assumed that it was food and the looks that you were given when they found out the cupcakes were clothes could be quite mean.
The Judges were really nice but I found it a little bit difficult to talk to them. I have no idea why but I just got tongue tied whenever I tried to talk. I think I messed up a little but I didn't let it affect the rest of my day.
The awards ceremony was good. We didn't get through to the Next Round but I was glad becuase Mini Company was really starting to annoy me and I was starting to dislike the people in my group because of it.
Overall it was a good day.
Blog again soon,
Kellie xx

Work Experience- Day 5

Work Experience on Friday was brilliant but also sad. In the morning we made brochures and sent out email's to clients informing them about the new houses that came to the market and price adjustments made on houses. We then just went to the front of the office, where the people come in, and sat down and listened to the radio for a while and answered the phones whenever they rang. Then Lunch came and I just went to Halo.
After lunch we sat in the office and went on Facebook and once again answered the phones. It wasn't a very productive day but I ended up making files for Lesley before I left.
I left a Thank You card and a box of Chocolate's on Susan's desk before. When I was saying my goodbye's Susan came out with chocolates and a card for me. I was so happy. I loved my week there. Susan gave me her number incase I need anything. I was nearly crying going out the door.

Blog again soon,
Kellie xx

Work Experience- Day 4

Today was a really good day. This morning I finished off what I was doing yesterday, the cataloging of the clients. After that we dealt with a client who just bought a house in Abbey Farm. I was also taught how to log keys that were dropped off by vendors. We also went through all of the brochures and printed off ones that needed to be put up on the board. It was a tricky situation, for me, when I had to make a price adjustment on a house. I found it quite difficult because we had to go through all of the websites the house id displayed on and changed the prce there too.
After lunch, a girl named Gillian came in. She has special needs but is really nice. I made up write-up packs for Lorraine and Lesley wants me to make some for her tomorrow. Well I must go now. I am finished for the day now.

Blog again soon,
Kellie xx

Work Experience- Day 3

Today has been an enjoyable day of work experience, as all are. Today it was just Susan and myself in the office. I was given a desk on monday and a computer to do my work. Today I was cataloging all of the listings and clients Re/Max has. It was a stressful job because some of the clients were already in the system and you had to go down through the list putting everyone's name in and, if they weren't in the system, I had to create a whole profile for them.

Susan is very nice. I have also been answering phones all day because it is just me and Susan. I am always given time to blog at the end of my day if it is quiot, which it really is. I hope everyone reading this has a good work experience and ejoys the rest of the week.

Blog again soon,
Kellie xx

Work Experience- Day 2

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Well today is my second day in Re/Max and I'm really enjoying it. This Morning, I went with an estate agent called Lesley to evaluate a house in Oldtown Mill. We were there for a good while. Taking pictures and making notes and using some wierd device to take measurements of each room. It was nice but the house was not exactly worth what the landlord was selling it for.
So after that we came back and did the write up, which was where we just filled one of the files I made yesterday and turned all of the notes into facts that we could use when making the brochure for the house. Myself and Lesley made the basic text brochure, which was quite annoying because the computer didn't seem to want to co-operate with us and kept tellingus that everything we were doing was wrong!!! Very annoying

After lunch, myself and Susan made the actual brochure and I think it turned out very well. Well I am currently still here, but it is unusually quiet so Susan said I could blog. I am answering phones while doing this and my heart is in my mouth every time because I get really nervous. I don't know why but I just do. Well I have 5 minutes left and then I am going home.
At the top of the page I have attached the house that I evaluated today. I made this page and posted it to the remax website.

Blog again soon,
Kellie xx

Work Experience- Day 1

So today was the first day of my second work experience.I was at Re/Max Estate Agents in the Village. I really liked it. I started at 10.00. I spent the good part of the morning making up write up packs for people viewing a house. After that I made up special brochures. Then I went on my hour lunch break and had to buy new shoes because I had blisters from my other pair.
So I went back at 2.00 and did little errands like going to the bank and going to the post office. After that I was told to familiarise myself with all the houses being sold at the moment because tomorrow I was going to be dealing with the phones which means I will have to have a basic knowledge of the houses on the market, where they are located and what price range they are in. I am looking forward to it.

Blog again tomorrow.
Kellie xxx (Apologies for my last blog, it was a little childish, because me and Louise were bored and started naming things around us)

F1 in Schools

So today we had the F1 in Schools competition in Griffith College. I am currently writting this in Griffith College and am sitting here with Louise while we are waiting to find the results. We are in front of the stage with a mic stand, a podium, and a BIG screen. Underneath the stage, is a table with 2 chairs. On one of the chairs is a coat. Mr. W is to our left, walking away full of embaressment. There are 2 Poster Signs in front, one is blue and one is red. The are 7 stage lights hanging form the ceiling. There is a white table cloth on the table and a black net hanging from the stage. In the background we can hear the Red Hot Chile Peppers.
To the right of us is a little reception area. It has 1 laptop, a printer, and a computer screen. To the left of the Reception is a rather large piano covered by a leather cover. To the left of us is the track that we raced our cars on. There is a large congregation of people waiting to race. There is a photographer on the other side of the track who took pictures of our teams earlier today.
We are wearing baby blue t-shirts from the summer 2011 collection with our names across the chest. Around our necks are name tags with our names and team names on them. Our stand is in the back left corner beside the emergency exit. Opposite us is Éalú's stand. We sit at their table alot because we have fun talking. Earlier on, we did a verbal presentaion for the judges and it went great.
"I would like to go and get a ruler and pen but I can't be bothered" Said Louise Young.
"A fantasitc and enjoyable day for everyone" Said Mr. Walsh.
"Twas mighty craic yeow" Said Aisling Byrne.

Blog again soon,
Lots of love Kellie and Louise xx

Mini Company Competition.

So yesterday, we went to Clane for the Mini Company Competition. It was very good. We unfortunately, our group got a blue board which meant that we would spend a long time trying to assemble it. We did end up spending a long time assembling our board and we found that tit wasn't very stable so when we were puttin the information onto it, we had to have people at the back holding it so it didn't fall over.
Well we got set up and everything and waited for the Judges to arrive. We waited a long time and found that we were nearly the last people in the room to be Judged. The judge was very nice and we answered all the questions she asked us. It was a long day and we started to pack away all of our equipment. We went back inside to see if we had been shortlisted to go to the final. We had and we have to wait ages to see if we make it to the final because we aren't there today.
Blog again soon,
Kellie xx (and louise)

Tuesday, so far!!

Well my tuesday so far has been quite boring. I had double Technology and our car arrived back from Cork. It wasn't what I expected. It was very small, compared to the other group' car. I was very concerned that there was something wrong because there was no front wing on the car but Róisín explained that we would add that on later. I was very confused when I looked at the accounts and saw that we had spent €130 on wheels. But it's too late now because they have been bought.
After that I had science. During lunch, Ms. L came to me and Siobhan and asked us to go around both of our classes and gather people's names, numbers and where they are going for work experience in case something happens and she needs to ring them. We spent our whole science class doing that because the classes were split into three classes. People were also giving us their fact sheets so we had to go to Mr. C to give them to him after that. I am cooking after this class with Louise, so thiat should be fun, but I am so tired right now that I am not in the mood to cook.

Blog again soon,
Kellie xx