Random Thoughts....

It's nearly 6:30 and still wide awake. It's bad when even youtube gets boring.
 
The more the days go on, the more seriously this idea of becoming a pilot takes hold in my mind.

It just seems like it'd suit me better than engineering, but I'd still want to finish my degree first............

Time to make some tough choices.
 
Screw it. I just put some coffee on and a bagel in the toaster. May as well.

NSX, there's no reason to abandon an engineering degree to be a pilot, especially if you're interested in the military.
 
flydiscovery said:
NSX, there's no reason to abandon an engineering degree to be a pilot, especially if you're interested in the military.
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Well, I'm thinking of applying to be a commercial pilot and then eventually move onto military training if I go down this route, but regardless I'll still finish my degree before I decide what to do next. I'm still unsure how I'd go about being a pilot at this stage.

The main motivation was that I received an email with news that Cathay Pacific was finidng it difficult to recruit trainees, and that I seemed to easily meet the requirements. Well, my love of flying (note: being a pilot, not being a passenger in cattle class) also helps :)

I just think it wouldn't hurt to apply and see how far in I get, but having a degree in aerospace engineering will not hurt me at all. And I'm relatively young as well.
 
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I've been playing Dead Space for 8 months now. I bought it in early January, and I have kept it as a special treat for when I need some exiting gameplay. I generally play from 1 savepoint to another in one "session". It's a delicious game, and I've been trying to make it last for as long as possible. I just finished chapter 9, and I've realized that there are only 3 chapters left to go :cry:

EDIT: On the plus side, it's been so long since the first chapters, that I've forgotten them completely, so I can play it again as a new game once im done with my first playthrough! :D
 
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nsx_23 said:
Well, I'm thinking of applying to be a commercial pilot and then eventually move onto military training if I go down this route, but regardless I'll still finish my degree before I decide what to do next. I'm still unsure how I'd go about being a pilot at this stage.

The main motivation was that I received an email with news that Cathay Pacific was finidng it difficult to recruit trainees, and that I seemed to easily meet the requirements. Well, my love of flying (note: being a pilot, not being a passenger in cattle class) also helps :)

I just think it wouldn't hurt to apply and see how far in I get, but having a degree in aerospace engineering will not hurt me at all. And I'm relatively young as well.
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I don't know how it works there, but here you definitely go the military route first. Basically they will pay not only for your engineering degree but also all your training hours. You come out of the air force or navy essentially fully qualified to fly commercially. Not sure if such programs exist elsewhere, but if you do want all 3 things, that seems the way it's usually done.
 
Warning: self loathing rant about the misery of my life ahead.

There is no justice in this universe. Call it faith...call it destiny...call it Karma....call it whatever you want, but it is taking it's revenge on me, big time.

The saga of my job problems continue to grow:

13 days ago I was offered a job as a real estate agent given that come 15th September I have a car, a suit and a laptop. Well I put the progress in motion in order to get the necessary funding for this. This required making a business plan, as I would be an independent entrepreneur inside a larger organisation. Last tuesday I asked for some rough numbers from my would-be employer; estimates about the profit I would be expected to generate within the coming months and years. They promised me these numbers ASAP. Friday came....nothing, I called them. I asked them to send me the numbers I requested during the weekend so on Monday I could put the paperwork in. Saturday came...so did Sunday. Nothing. Then yesterday, at 4pm I got an email. This meant it was too late to send in any paperwork, because all the bureaus would be already closed. And this means that as of now I have one week to put the paperwork in, get an approval, get the money AND buy a car, a suit and a laptop.

And let's face it, that's just not going to happen. The estimated processing time for an application is around 10-14 days. Which means that had I gotten the numbers when I originally asked for them, all would've been well and good. But now it is too late, that's the harsh reality.

So I called them to see what's what....they would still like to hire me, but I explained that I don't have the time....so the guy said they might be able to push the starting day by one week....but confirmation for that comes Thursday, so another two days gone down the drain.

I did everything I was asked to do...I charmed them at the interview....I was ready to take a bigass loan in order to start with them, I had all the paperwork done except for the numbers they promised to give me.
It seems about 85% certain that I won't afterall be able to start with them....and it is their fault. They don't want to admit it, but that is how it went down.

Fuck. My. Life.

I haven't been exactly a model citizen or a goody good innocent person....but I don't recall doing anything so bad, which would justify the sheer amount of shit and bad luck I have been made to go through. I sent application papers to the Finnish Aviation school for a pilot training program and if there is any justice....any little bit of righteousness left in this world, I will get admitted. Of course 20 people out of about 1000 get in so....the chances are worse than slim.

So far not much has gone right with my life, ever since I was a kid. The ordinary stuff...being bullied, parents divorced in a not-so-elegant manner, pitiful social life, I got my dream job, but that went to hell after just a year and a half....I'm not seeking sympathy, I don't feel like I need or deserve any....I'm okay with all that has happened so far, I have no mental scarring or permanent damages done to my ego.....but sometimes I do wish that once...just for one time something would go right in my life. Builds character I guess, this sort of stuff.

Oh well.....back to sending CVs and applications for me....and most likely driving taxis..
 
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^Have faith mate. Nothing in life every goes according to plan. I'm still trying to decide what I want to do afer uni, and I've been having terrible luck getting industry placements (which I need to do do graduate). It sucks, but thats life, and in the current financial climate I shouldn't be surprised that pretty much all engineering firms will turn people down....:(

flydiscovery said:
I don't know how it works there, but here you definitely go the military route first. Basically they will pay not only for your engineering degree but also all your training hours. You come out of the air force or navy essentially fully qualified to fly commercially. Not sure if such programs exist elsewhere, but if you do want all 3 things, that seems the way it's usually done.
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Entering the USAF would be awesome. The RAAF is, well, quiet behind if I'm honest........
 
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Michael, If you want a car ASAP, I can sell you my Sierra for 1300? :p


Seriously, though, that sucks. Don't you have any savings / can't you borrow money from relatives on a short notice. You can get a cheap, reasonably acceptable suit for ~250?, a laptop for 500?, and a car for as little as 500? (as long as you don't need it to be impressive. And if want a car that's not embarassing to drive, you can get a decent high km e34 5er for as little as 1000?)

I mean, 1500-2000? is not a COLOSSAL amount of money..
 
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My dad was telling me about when he was a taxi driver in Sydney int he 70s, back in the day where as a foreigner he was actually something of an oddity amongst taxi drivers. I asked him if he'd ever carried anyone famous and he said yes, the most famous person he'd ever carried was David Frost. I thought that was quite randomly awesome.
 
mgkdk said:
^ Uhh, you're in trouble :p
One suggestion, make sure you hold your baby when you tell, then she wont kill you right away.
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she already knows... she even called me at work to chew me out in a "WHATHAVEYOUDONE" fashion

I tried to explain that it was an accident, etc, and that all of my crap is gone too, and this only seemed to make her angrier...

I'm guessing just sleeping at the office doesn't sound so bad now...
 
The appendix is probably the most useless organ in the human body.

But once it causes problems, it seems to become the most painful organ in the human body.

And I'm still in pain even after having it removed. Anyone else ever have their appendix out? I'd find it hard to believe that of all the people I know, I only know one other person who's had it removed...
 
Posmo said:
Michael, If you want a car ASAP, I can sell you my Sierra for 1300? :p


Seriously, though, that sucks. Don't you have any savings / can't you borrow money from relatives on a short notice. You can get a cheap, reasonably acceptable suit for ~250?, a laptop for 500?, and a car for as little as 500? (as long as you don't need it to be impressive. And if want a car that's not embarassing to drive, you can get a decent high km e34 5er for as little as 1000?)

I mean, 1500-2000? is not a COLOSSAL amount of money..
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Don't worry, you can keep your Sierra :lol:

Relatives...well, considering they all just (as in a week ago) chipped in, several hundred euros each, in order to buy a laptop for my little brother, as he will be needing one for school. And he is the golden boy in the family...me ? Not so much, I am not that liked, because I have always done things more like my father...who also isn't too popular among the relatives.

And yes, 2000? IS a colossal amount of money for me right now.

And there really is no point in buying something crap now just to sell it again in two weeks. And I do have some principles and limits which have been reached. I was ready to take a major risk with these people...I had it all set, all they needed to do is provide me with some simple numbers they had in their possession the whole time. And they failed to deliver.

I have already prepared some drastic changes in my life in order to do this, but even I have limits as to how far I am willing to go. I don't want that job badly enough to ruin my life for it.
 
xicedlovexoxo said:
The appendix is probably the most useless organ in the human body.

But once it causes problems, it seems to become the most painful organ in the human body.

And I'm still in pain even after having it removed. Anyone else ever have their appendix out? I'd find it hard to believe that of all the people I know, I only know one other person who's had it removed...
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No signs of infection right? No redness, swelling, heat, or streaking?
 
flydiscovery said:
No signs of infection right? No redness, swelling, heat, or streaking?
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No, not that I can see anyway, I haven't actually had the courage to take the bandage off yet. Its just sore and tender, which is probably normal, but I'm such a wussy when it comes to pain that I wish I could down all the percoset in the world to make it better. :cry:
 
After spending time watching videos in Vimeo, it?s hard to watch anything in Youtube....
Damn you, Alok!
 
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xicedlovexoxo said:
No, not that I can see anyway, I haven't actually had the courage to take the bandage off yet.
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You should probalby ask the least squeamish of your parents to check, just to keep an eye on it. You want to catch any problems early.

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Its just sore and tender, which is probably normal, but I'm such a wussy when it comes to pain that I wish I could down all the percoset in the world to make it better. :cry:
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I wish so too. Pain sucks! I'll :cry: with you. It may be that you're in that "feeling better and thus twice as cranky" phase. I hope you're really better soon.
 
Why do movie magazines have to be kept right next to all the porn mags in shops?!:mad:

I look like a bit of a weirdo loitering around the rack (no pun intended) full of naked women:|
 
Jaysus wept it's bloody cold in the library.
I'm pretty sure I will have the Swine flu by the end of this week :(
 
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