#5

23.01.2015 - 28.01.2015

I got otitis for the first time in my life (newer had it as child), which raised a fewer. Also, I couldn't sleep at all the first few nights as the pain combined with an irritating high sound continuously and mercilessly annoyed me. On monday I got to see a doctor who said my ear was a complete mess and put me on antibiotics.

29.01.2015
The otitis is still a nuisance, but with the combination of antibiotics and a mountain of painkillers I finally got the fewer down and was able to return to school. We did 3D modelling with blender, which is a nightmare coming from maya, but I struggled and held on. The teacher said he'd see if I could get a student version of Maya installed on one of the computers for me to use. I really hope it could, blender is cancer.

#4

20.01.2015

First half of the day we learned how to set up question that provides us with proper goals and constraints on our games. We got some pretty neat and original game ideas as a result.

On the evening we continued with the presentations. I decided to also participate and started on my presentation, but didn't finish it today.

21.01.2015

We continued with Stage to make 2D animation characters. On the evening we had sound engineering, and learned how to record sounds in the studio. Nothing special, but it was fun.

22.01.2015

The expedition to Limerick finally happened today. We visited LSAD first and the city's art gallery later. LSAD's gaming and animation course presentation was really interesting, enough so that I took that to a consideration as an option to study in the future. The art gallery didn't impress me, but I'm the type of guy who rarely enjoys visiting them.

#3

16.01.2015

We did brainstorming on game ideas it was fun and simple. Afternoon the others did presentations on game/movie/animation related subjects, I just watched and listened because the rest had begun with tose before I came to Ireland so they didint require me to keep a presentation.

weekend, none of your business what I was doing.

19.01.2015

My course has mondays off weirdly enough but I decided to come to school anyway because I'm a workaholic in that way. I signed up with a film course that works on doing a short film trailer thats gonna go up on GTI TV at some point (if I understood the teacher correctly, the irish accents still gives me troubles). They only work on that on mondays so that's a perfect fill for me.

#2

14.01.2015

Maybe its just that the school is going easy on me in the beginning, but this school doesn't feel that hard as its Finnish counterparts. We are doing 2D animation. Nothing new, reminds me of flash, but the programs are new so there's at least that to learn, and repetition newer hurts.

15.01.2015

We were supposed to travel to Dublin for an art animation happening of some sort, but a bit of sleep falling from the sky shut down the entire infrastructure of the island. So no school, but that was alright as I was hooked on Dan Browns Inferno, and finished it despite my severe dyslexia. A very good read!

#1

12.01.2015

Flight day. Mother had taken all the stress form my shoulders and hadn't slept at all during the night. Wakeup at 0445 hours finnish time. We drank a cup of coffey and left for the airport. Outside was -12˚C, cold enough to make me more than eager to leave the country.

An hour and a half later, we arrive at the airport. Check in has already ben made the day before, so I only had to send my luggage away and head for the security check. As an employee, I was certain that all my stuff was going to be searched (its a prank among the employees). Suprizingly, that didn't happen, but I had a friendly chat with a collegue and my boss.

The flights themselves went smoothly and on time. The plane arrived in Copenhagen before scheduled, and I had 100 danish kroner left from my inter-railing trip back in summer, so I ordered some food while waiting for the final flight. I arrived in Dublin a few hours later, and to a pleasant suprize had no trouble finding the bus that would take me to Galway. The bus was 10 minutes late, but that was alright as so was my host who had promised to pick me up there. I got to eat at with their family, and felt welcomed to Ireland.

13.01.2015

First day in School. Half of the teachers were sick, so the first hours I bounced from class to class as the staff was trying to figure out where I should be. In the end I was set with an animation & gaming class, who's teacher was also absent, so the day was very easy. On the evening I got to explore Spittal village, the small town just outside Galway where I was staying. Food prizes are quite the same as in Finland, but the beer is definitely cheaper, and there is stronger boos and vine in regular stores! Horray for no governmental monopolies!!