The Ashes, Day One.
I like cricket. I am also English. It follows that I’m interested in the Ashes, and as today was the beginning of the first test, I thought I’d make a post about it.
Now, the English cricket team has frankly been a shambles of late. Our performance in the T20 World Cup begs the question “Why do we not have a specialised one-day/T20 team?” because our Test cricketers are clearly not cut out for the faster pace of the limited-overs version of the sport.
Still, I think we might have a chance of posting a good score if our tail-enders aren’t caught sleeping in the morning. And I’m not sure if starting it in Cardiff was a fantastic idea, but the fans seemed enthusiastic enough even if they are Welsh.
Of course, today wasn’t just about the cricket starting. I went to visit the University of York, and I thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere there. It had that ‘place of learning’ buzz, but depending on if Warwick’s CompSci department wows me or not I might not be applying.
Visiting York’s Computer Science department was essentially useless other than finding out that they do a 4-year BSc with Industrial Placement, because they’re busy building a whole new section of the University for 2010 which will include a brand-new set of facilities for CompSci.
However, the fact that they have a course with a placement is interesting news indeed. I definitely want to do a year in industry (whether that’s planned with the university or just via a gap year) and they have links with companies such as Intel, IBM and QinetiQ.
Thirdly and lastly, I am absolutely loving the new mini-series spectacular that is Torchwood: Children of Earth. It’s only getting more dramatic and I am really looking forward to tomorrow and Friday’s episodes.
~ Godders.
PS: If you’re reading this, please feel free to comment – I’d love to hear your thoughts and have a conversation.
Comments
Emad (Jul 08, 2009)
Mentioning IBM would have any Apple fanboys who read your blog with their hands in the air. That’s why I think you should go for it =P
Godders (Jul 08, 2009)
Shh, don’t tell James. Manchester have got links with them too iirc.
Sofish (Jul 08, 2009)
Torchwood.
And as we have already discussed….Ianto <3.