O yes it's been a while since my last blog. I got all wrapped up in the 2 last weeks of school. It's official, no more school!! I had my last exam today Prog Sys.... we'll talk about that one later...
I start my stage on Monday in a company called ACTi, it's web developpement mostly B2B (Business to Business) in all web languages... you name it they do it. PHP, JSP, ASP, AJAX... etc. So it should be quite interesting. I had my interview last week and it went quite well, I don't know what it is with me and interviews but I always feel comfortable.
So here's a summary of how my 7 classes went this semester:
Java: A real joke, however the exam wasn't all that easy although I did good on it.
Expression: Not a problem there, had an oral last week on humor, and it went well.
Preparation Stage: Not Marked... just how to handle yourself in the professional industry.
Network Administration: Not too easy, but somehow I thought I did really well on the exam
Datacom (In C): Interesting... I had a good teacher and he helped me with C a lot more than Mr. Ratard did in my other C class. There was no final exam... only a final project.
UML Application synthese(IN JAVA): UML part was hard for me. but programming in java was where I picked up all my points.
System Programming(IN C): COMPLETELY OUT OF MY LEAGUE... I learned a lot on my own since the teacher is quite possibly the worst I've ever had. However the final exam went horribly...
/** GEEK SECTION**/
We had 3 hours to write a program that reads a black & white image into RAM and then reads each pixel directly from memory , calculates the average grayscale (0 to 255), and then creates a new image with each pixel adjusted to a calculation based on the average... OH AND THAT'S NOT ALL... instead of making it somewhat doable by allowing us to write 1 file... we had to write it in 3 separate files which had to communicate with each other using THREADS, MUTEX, SHARED MEMORY SEGMENTS, SEMAPHORES AND CHILD PROCESSES... needless to say 1 student out of 70 managed to finish the programs... I just managed 400 lines which when executed displayed a bunch of errors... O and i forgot to mention, all this without documentation and using VI in UNIX... fun...
/** END OF GEEK SECTION**/
Anyways , it was one of those exams that aren't even worth getting upset about... I walked out of there and laughed in disbelief.
Overall, the way the grading system works here is different then in America. Grades are on 20 and NO ONE EVER GETS OVER 18. They just don't give 19's and 20's EVER. So we have to consider an 18 as 100%, furthermore in order to pass you need to have an average of 10 overall... So even if I get a bad note in Prog Sys, the other classes will more than make up for it.
In other news, 2 of my good friends here in Lyon are leaving for England where they will have their stage. Kinda sucks for me but, I still got some very good friends that are staying in the city.
This week I'm going to work on a video for you guys ... kinda give you a tour of Lyon and my daily routines...
This weekend I'm thinking of going to Grenoble for a day, a get a taste of the Alpes. I heard it's beautiful.
I've also been following our beloved Habs from over here.... I'ts going to be tight... Good thing they woke up in the past 7 or 8 games. I guess we need to win at least 3 more games and with a little luck we'll be in the playoffs. Don't forget that we have more wins than the other teams bellow us... So even if we Tie in the 8th place we'll be the team to move on to the playoffs... YOU GOTTA BELIEVE.
Anyways leave me some comments so I know whats going on back home
love you guys.
Martin
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Honnestly, not much is going on in Dorval. Martin is supposed to finish his sec. 5 next week, so i'm sure there will be some celebrations. Julian... well he's still the good ol' prick he's always been, Nick is Nick, nothing more to add! hahaha.. Simon is doing well at his new job and is now obsessed with baby foot, he always wants to play! Phil is being a hermit since he's got a shitload of homework and as for I, well i'm procrastinating, as usual. Tons of work to do, almost done the semester, so its ok. I leave in 91 days for New Zealand!!! yup yup.. exciting stuff
So yeah, not much else apart from that. We went to see TMNT at the movies last week, it was pretty funny... hmmm... yeah thats about it.
Hi Martin,
Just came back from lunch and am really excited that you've updated your blog. I'm sure you were really busy with the last 2 weeks of school with exams and all. Great summary but the geek section was way over my head!! Glad to hear that you think you did well. Sorry I missed your call last weekend but I was at the hairdresser and a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!! Great news about the job. Do they have a web site? And I was thinking since this is part of your course, do you get paid for this or not? Probably the reason you feel comfortable in interviews is that you are confident and that's a good thing! For how long is this job and when do you have to submit the paper for this? I check the weather everyday and overall you've had great temperatures. It's starting to get warmer here now. It's about time! Are you going with anyone to Grenoble. How long is the train ride? Any news about Mart and Simon coming down to see you? We're revving up for the playoffs here. You're starting to see the flags on the cars. I'll say like you YOU GOTTA BELIEVE. I'll pay your VISA this weekend. I can't remember the amount but it wasn't too bad. Jazz had an eye infection last week so we took her to the vet and he gave us eye drops and she had her vaccinations at the same time. Her eye seems to be a bit better. Next weekend she goes in for her grooming and she'll look like a real airdale not the fluffy bear she is now! We'll be thinking of you at Easter while we eat our mashed potatoes!! Hope you're eating well. That's it for now. If there's anything else I'll write again.
Love you Partner and miss you,
Mom
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