Awesome humans part 2

Just realised that I completely forgot to publish this when I finished it. Ooops. So now this is part 2 of reasons why humanity is awesome. But it was written 2 months ago. 

This week I worked with Civil Defence, the voluntary organisation I volunteer with. We were providing first aid cover for a filipino family fun day on in a local area near where I live. I didn't sleep very well the night before hand so I wasn't in the best mood the next morning when I got up at 7. But once I got to the duty and saw all the people up at 8 in the morning to come and enjoy a day out amongst friends and family with big smiles on their faces really brightened my day. It was actually such an awesome thing to see, because no matter what was going on in the rest of the world or their own lives, for that day having fun and meeting up with people was the only thing that mattered.

Everyone was in such high spirits all day (even though it rained for most of the day and everyone had to stay inside) and they were so lovely. They had never met me or anyone else that was volunteering with me that day but they still made sure that we got some food and that everything was ok. Everyone was on the go from 9 am until nearly 8 pm partaking in a loads of different events, from table tennis, to basketball, to dancing. The whole building was just buzzing with energy all day long. It was quite contagious. It was even harder to not want to smile all day long just watching all these people together as if there wasn't a care in the world. In my opinion it is very rare to see that level of community involvement year after year which is why I have chosen to make that event another reason humanity is awesome.

I guess what I am really getting at in this long winded story of mine is that the sense of community is still alive and kicking in the world and it just takes a bit of organising and the right people for the job and things will get done. So I dub this story reason 2 as to why humanity is awesome and there is hope yet.

Feel free to tell me what you think in the comments below :)

Stardansheill o7

Web design/new project

A couple of Months back my Uncle asked me to design him a website for his carpentry business and I said I would. But he didn't have all the information for me at the time so it was put on the back burner until yesterday during my day off coming up to the end of my work period. I decided that since I have a bit more free time on my hands now that I am entering what I like to call "limbo". This is the time between my work periods. It usually lasts up to about 2 weeks and I tend to get very restless for things to do so this project is exactly what I need. I thought it would only take me a few hours maybe a day to whip up the basic design template for all the pages as I had done a year of some basic web design in the course I was in before I dropped out of college. But that was over two years ago now and it is amazing how much of it I have forgotten. I guess it's like everything, you forget how to do it over time if you don't use the skills. I guess the saying "practice makes perfect" is true.

So I think what I am going to do is buy myself a couple of books about web design and learn from them and find a couple of decent tutorial sites online to help as well. Because at the moment I feel a little like the picture below. I really enjoyed designing websites during college and when I am in front of the computer typing code for sites the time seems to fly. I'll sit down after lunch we'll say and then before I know it, it's dinner time and I haven't done much because I keep changing my mind about how exactly I want it.