I am going to Geneva!! :)

WOW!!!! I never thought I will end up working in Geneva for the summer, after spending the whole winter and part of the spring in Toronto…. Crazy, but really exciting at the same time! I AM SO SO SO HAPPY!

When i came back from my exchange in Canada I was pretty upset at Bournemouth University. I don’t really know why, but it just felt so bad to be back…. “Cultural shock” some one said, but the thing is that even though i am not feeling quite the same way at the moment, i still believe it wasnt a cultural shock…

And dont take me wrong with this because I do like my university, as it has opened me so many doors and gave me tons of opportunities! It’s just that some times I disagree in how the made things work over here, plus after being in Toronto and having a first hand experience at their university, I have actually seen how much i am missing out in terms of education, and this is with no offense to any of my tutors tho! …. Anyway, I am sure this attitude is not gonna take me anywhere, so I might as well stop talking about it, and try to remain positive about my last year at Bournemouth! Maybe I am just being unfair, and everything will come together by the end of this year!

On the other hand, yesterday my friends and I went to see the third years work, and it was pretty amazing! Kind of scary at the same time because after watching some of their work, we felt like we wont be able to do something as good as they did…. but again, we have a whole year to find out if can do it better, and maybe we will!  

… I think when it comes to this kind of degrees, like TV production or similar ones, the pressure on our creativity can sometimes make us feel like we cant make it…. or like we wont be as good as the more creative students! This in fact is something that scares me big time!! I hope I discover and exploit the best part of my creativity in the next few months, because then is when i will need it the most!! 

ok… that’s about it, bye for now, my friend Sammy is coming to pick me up and we are gonna try to work hard to finish out pdp essays… I’m sure it wont happen, but at least we had the intension to try! lol

 

 

 

Feeling confused!

mmmmm…It seems like a long time since i last wrote something on this blog, and as far as i remember, that time i wasn’t writing for my own choice, it was just for my PDP assignment…Tonight, 8 and a half months after  my last post, i am writing from Canada, and it is pretty much scary how life can change in so little time…. Today from TORONTO, who knows where will i be tomorrow!! lol… Scary but exciting at the same time! I have been here since December 28th of 2007, and i can honestly say that i am having an amazing time!! I am here as a part of an international exchange between my university and the Ryerson university. I am also staying in a residence for students, which in a way is giving me back the experiences i miss out on my first year, when i didn’t get to live in one!! I’ve also met tons of lovely people, and visit lots of beautiful places…so i really don’t have much to complain about as for the exchange! 

So… the reason i am feeling confused now is because i dont feel like going back to England…. Canada has been such an amazing experience, that home (or what I considered home until now) doesn’t seem to attract me anymore…

I am sure i will find my way, and things will work out at the end… I don’t know why, but with me things always work out! … Let’s just enjoy this moment of my life while i can!!

…. I AM HAPPY!

 

(I wrote this blog on the 6th of February/08 but just published it now, that’s why the dates don’t make much sense….lol)

My writing skills…

One year ago (and this is all true) i was not able to write in english…It was, ans still is sometimes, the hardest task for me!

But now, when i see myself writing two essays at the same time and spending less time on in, than i used to at the biginner of the course,  i can see how it’s still not perfect but has improve enough to make feel really happy!!

I dont admire myself to often, but today morning i really appreciate the fact that I CAN WRITE IN ENGLISH!! …It might be a simple thing for all of you but for me, is a massive achievement!!…I am not sure if many of you know about this, but all the international students that want to study in the UK have to pass an English exam called IELTS certificate. To be acepted in this course at the media school, i needed an score of 7 points in all the sections of the test.  Sometimes the university can make an exeption and admit students with a score not less than 6.5….But mine unfortunately was an score of only 6 points, and to make it even worse, in the writing section I only achived 3.5 points. With this, my future at the Bournemouth University was unsure and my writing skill were the biguest of my worries…

I remember when i went to talk to Andrew Ireland, he wasnt sure about letting me into the course, just because he was afraid of me having a bad time with my english. I promessed him that i was going to work har on it to make it better and that he wouldnt hear any complains about me….So he gave me the opportunity to stay in this university and give it a try!

…Here I’m now, finishing my first year!! I know I could have done it better, but this is all about progress and still, I have another 2 years to carry on with my work and improve more!!  …To be honest i have the impression now that all what Andrew has heard from me until today, has been positive!!

Thanks for reading me! …And please ignore my spelling mistakes! lol
Carolina

Not long to finish with all!!

Today I did the DVD’s of the summer  project and the IMP’s guys uploaded the finished version of the website….It is all ready to hand it in tomorrow 9:30am….And I’m so nervous that there’s not much time less until all this finish!!

 Sometimes people ask me why i did another undergraduate course in England, when i already did one in Spain….This sort of questions make me feel that  i might be wasting my time, but then i think again in all what i’ve learnt this year and how amazing has it been this experience of leaving and studying abroad…..that i honestly don’t think that i’m wasting my time at all!!…

 I’m so happy for all what I’ve done this year and I’m sure it will be reflected in my not far, professiona future!!

Bye for now…maybe some more blogs later!

Summer Project!

Summer project is almost done and i cant believe it, i finally finished the editing yesterday and now it is all on the Interactive media people to do the rest of it!!!….I have to say that i enjoyed working with most of the people in my group, but I definitely missed my old production group (B2), because even if we had some arguments in the past, we always fixed them and looked together for decitions that were only in the benefit of the group.

 It is funny how i can see that now but in its time my perspectives were different and less impartial, i have to say…

Hope i have the opportunity to work with this good people again!!

 Carolina.

Ryerson University….Canada exchange!

Yesterday I finally applied for the university exchange in
Canada…took my a little while to write my personal statement, I don’t know why write is always the hardest task for me!!I guess it is always difficult to say the right thing, even more when it comes to make others believe that you are or will be good in a specific subject! …Anyway, finally the deadline helps me to organise my ideas and this is what I wrote at the end:

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Carolina Izquierdo

To: Andrew Ireland

Ryerson University Exchange

Having thoroughly enjoyed my first year at the Media school in Bournemouth University, I see the opportunity to expand my knowledge and experience, with the possibility of an international exchange with Ryerson University in Toronto (Canada).  I have been studying Media, more exactly Television and Film Production, during the last six years in countries like Colombia and Spain. During my studies in Madrid (Spain) and Bournemouth (England) I met quite a few people from different places around the world; all of them with a common interest, the dream of working in making media and communicate with creativity.

RYERSON UNIVERSITY is for me, an exceptional opportunity to keep improving my acquired knowledge  and enhance my  production  skills, which will not only provide me with the understanding of the operation system in the Canadian media industry, but will also  certainly  help me in terms of my professional future. The School of Radio and Television Arts (RTA) attracts me because of the latest technology they use (the first systematized high definition television studio). The experience that studying in Canada will give me through using equipment which I have never used before, and most probably wont be able to use in the next couple of years will be a positive influence in heightening my technical and academic knowledge.

Furthermore, as other students that already have participated in this exchange mentioned, all the  university staff and tutors are very qualified, which is one of the most important aspects for me in terms of choosing a place to study.

Another important point is that this experience will connect me with other cultures and through this, I can have the opportunity to share information with students from different countries about different ways of production and other common subjects. Due to my own experience, this kind of practice is not only productive as a personal overcoming, but will eventually  help me  in  making sense of all we have previously learnt in a more productive way.

To summarize, I see myself as a very adaptable person that will get maximum benefit from this opportunity. I feel I will evolve professionally as a person, to find or get a more clear idea by which I can use in my future  role within the media industry.

 …I’m not too sure how good it was, but hopefully they will consider me into the group of 8 that will go to Canada next January

….Fingers cross!!

University Issues!!

Today I’m upset…I’m not the kind of person that writes notes becausei’m to shy (yes, believe it or not i can be very shy for some things!!) to tell others how i feel or what do i think…But I guess I need to write a note today, otherwise I’ll say something more stupid later on and that will make me feel worse!!…. Some people might say that I’m a very ‘Motherly’ person (that might be cos of my age tho! lol) and others probably think that I like to be in control of the work when we are working together as a group…but the true is that non of those two theories are totally correct. I’ve the idea that when it comes to ‘group’ work we all have to give (and do) as much as we expect the others to give, and that’s how things work for me!!…It’s nothing about considering me better or more capable than others, NO AT ALL!! ….Only the ones that knows me well can tell that I’m always happy to work (or help if it’s not my own work) just because I know that things needs to be done and it’s not worth it to sit down and wait for others to do it when it’s the work of all and everyone is capable to get it done!!!…I know as a fact, becasue of my previous expiriences at work and uni, that if u want to get something good in life, you have to work to get it! (unles ur very lucky tho but i like things for sure so i preffer to work,  just to be on the safe side!) ..I guess i should understand more that this is not the case for everyone and people is just free to see things in the way they want to!

(I’m kind of thinking now that this note doesn’t make any sense lol but I still need to write my feelings down for once this year, and even better if it can be also useful for my PDP blog!!)

…Today I realised that what makes me really upset, is that some people don’t even give a call or text when they let you down or decide to don’t turn up at all when it’s about getting the work done, but after a while when others have been doing it for them, they can ‘suddenly’ start to communicate, just to complain (of course) because they’ve been feeling ignored….INCREDIBLE!!!! I really hope that I’ve the ability to understand this kind of behaviours one day…for now I just feel disappointed and realised how my work and the work of many others appears to be nothing for those that have a different point of view!…..

…Sad!!!!…But I don’t like drama (I’m more of a documentary person!! lol) So: SMILE, today is a lovely sunny day!!!

Carolina. X

PD: I posted my first Youtube video today, for the first time in my live (wow lol) here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC5IljP84rg

It was our first B2 production at Bournemouth University….Crazy that this first year is just about to finish!!…

Will continue with this blog thing soon…..Bye for now!

Carolina Izquierdo BU – BATV

This the first time in my life that i have a ”WordPress” account…And as you can imagine i have no idea of what to say in it!!

Many people believe that i am a very talkative person, but things are not that easy when you don’t know who is going to read this or which kind of commentaries people normally post!!

So..after all i thought that to start with, I should probably just say something like:

“HELLO EVERYONE” ) ….THIS IS MY NEW BLOG AND I’LL TRY TO WRITE  MORE OFTEN ON IT!! …AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU CHECK IT, YOU WILL FIND SOMETHING A BIT MORE INTERESTING ABOUT MY LIFE AND MY STUDIES!!….Carolina.

Carolina Izquierdo BU – BATV

 

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