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Yesterday, we had a closed-book CA in the Software Development class. The task was to implement some basic I/O and functions that did some basic calculation with arrays of doubles. Three of the functions were very similar and after half an hour I was basically done – 90 minutes before we had to hand in our source code.

The other seemed to be still working. I read the instructions and specifications on the sheet again. And again. No, everything done. I did not dare to leave that early – a dilemma. Some minutes, which I spent with code clean-up, slight refactoring, documentation, later, I still seemed to be the only one, who was finished. Okay, let’s test, monkey-test. Still about 45 minutes to kill. Hm, boring. I uploaded my work on moodle and left.

Later, I found out that Stefan and Lukas/Klaus had a similar problem. Each of them was finished and did not want to be the only one, who leaves reeeally early, as well. Wasted time. Next time we’ll probably agree on some secret code noise: Diesen Beitrag weiterlesen »

The next weeks should be fun: I just signed up for the trip to the North that is organised by the International Cultural Society (InCuSo). We’ll leave Tallaght on the 25th and plan to see Belfast, Bushmill’s Distillery, Giant’s Causeway, Derry and Lough Erne in the following two days.

This coming Saturday, I’ll meet Chris, Tom, his girlfriend Natalie, who’s here for some days and Lukas/Klaus. We’re going to take the bus to Dun Laoghaire (pronounced a bit like „Dun Learie“), which is at the Southern end of Dublin bay, and plan to spend another nice day next to the sea. Maybe we’ll go to Bray, which was praised by my house mate Peter this morning, too.
I hope that the pain in my left knee is gone by then…

The weather was just a bit too nice during the last weeks… Today all hell broke lose: the rain just bucketed down as if it tried to smash us.
So I went to the local branch of Millets in The Square and decided to buy a light, hooded Peter Storm jacket (I thought the brand name is promising). Now, my wallet lacks 90€, but at last I can walk around outside without getting soaked.

Finally, I have all my learning agreements. Althought some still lack a signature, I’d like to take this as a reason to tell you about my courses: Diesen Beitrag weiterlesen »

Yesterday, a huge caravan of Erasmus students left Tallaght in order to celebrate Maxime’s birthday. The party was in the city centre, in a flat near O’Connel Street and the Spire and it was by far the best location for a party that I came across so far: an luxurious, spacious apartment on fifth floor of a modern building with a big balcony.
While sipping a drink or two, I enjoyed the company of ~70-80 fellow students and a wonderful view, but see for yourself: