♥ ♥ Memoirs of a Dreamer ♥ ♥: September 2008

Today marks the official beginning of autumn, and the weather did live up to it. I woke up at 8:45am and drew the curtain a bit and got slightly depressed by the weather. It was cloudy and grey, and no promise of the sunshine that has been shining in Derbyshire for the past week. I swear it was like summer. But just as every thing, good things come to pass and we just have to cope with it. And cope I have to with England's unpredictable weather. My mother would be so proud of me if she saw me two weeks ago carrying a brolly and actually using it! Well, it's either that or get wet and shiver to death whilst I wait for the bus to town. I choose the former. Today it was cold and grey but it was not raining so I did not have to take a brolly with me, but I have a hunch it will be my best friend.

Whilst waiting for the bus to come, a car stopped and asked me where the Tapton Golf Course is. In my head, I was like, oh man you asked the wrong person. Not because I did not know where the golf course is because I have actually been there a few times James and I went for a walk, but because I am terrible at giving directions! Anyway, I said I don't really know how to get there by car, but just follow the road and when they get to the next bus stop, they should see some signs leading them to the golf course. All I could do is assure them that they are going the right way. I was a bit disappointed that I was not able to be of help to them, but looking on the bright side, I forgot about how cold it was for a moment. Five minutes later, my bus came and unusually, it was full so I decided to just stand and not bother going to the upper deck as the town is only five minutes away. At the next stop, a woman with a very cute little boy (I'd say he is about 4 years old) stared at me with his bright blue eyes and yelled "HIYA!". I give it to him for having great taste in women at such a young age! Ha ha, of course I'm joking.

I got to Pitman at around 10:30 and took the validation test on Outlook 2003, and asked Ray, one of the most helpful staff in the training centre, to set up the transcribing machine in the private students' room because I didn't really fancy doing it outside where the government funded students are. It's a bit too noisy and like usual, it was packed today. I'm afraid I might not hear the words being dictated well and therefore would unable me to transcribe accurately. So whilst I do the validation test, he set everything up so that when I was finished it was all set and I was able to start on the Audio Transcription course. It was so much fun! I've decided that it is my favourite course in the whole Secretarial Diploma Programme that I breezed through it and was able to complete all 22 exercises within the six lessons of the coursebook. The Course Director was impressed as to how fast I went through it and only committing 5 mistakes (like missing a comma and forgetting to insert the date in one of the business letters that I transcribed). The machine was a bit noisy though that it echoed around the private room where there were two other students with me. I think they are government funded students who were there because every single computer was taken in the other room. It quite annoyed me to find the bloke hovering over my computer when I came in from having my work checked by my supervisor. After giving him a disdainful look, he went back to his seat. I made sure my handbag was intact and I zipped the side pockets and also my purse that was inside.

All in all, my day was good. It is beginning to be cooler and definitely darker, but as long as it does not get too windy, I think I'll survive. That's all for now really. Oh and I have received my certificates in Microsoft Word 2003 and Effective Business Communication last week. I should get certificates for Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Audio Transcription courses in the second week of next month. I still have Access, Sage and Effective Keyboarding Skills (which I already posses, I just need it for formality)to complete and then I shall be ready to take the National requirement (OCR) and get my diploma in Secretarial Course. I am looking forward to that and updating my CV :-)