My last 2 days at Fareligh for year 1!

Monday and Tuesday were my last days at Farleigh. 

We dropped on Jacqui's present at Asheligh Grove on the way and after Mum dropped me off at Four Winds, Marc took me, James, Josh and a Sandusky student to Longleat.

When we got there, we drove around the Safari Park. We saw lots of dangerous animals such as Lions, Tigers and Wolfs. We also saw some deer and monkeys. The monkeys liked to jump up on our dudey. After our drive arround the Safari Park, we sat outside and we had our lunch. Other students and staff from Sandusky and Ashleigh Grove were there too. The Sandusky lot went on a boat ride whilst we went to watch a bird show. James had to go back to four winds because he had to see somebody and the student from Sandusky went back. They were flying some vultures and some barn owls and we had to duck our heads because they were flying near us. 

After the bird show, we looked at some other jungle animals and then we went back home. I was a bit disappointed that Babber couldn't make it that evening because she wasn't sure whenever I was going to be at the house on Monday night so she was offered another job. However I enjoyed myself without Babber and she came to visit me on Tuesday morning and she helped us pack my stuff up also with help from Graham. Luckily Ben wasn't there so I had a nice quiet breakfast.

I am so pleased that the year is over because next year I will be in the house and Ben will be at North Parade so I will hopefully have a nice quiet evening.

In the mean time, I'll be trying to 100% speedrun Abe's Oddysee as Speed Demo Archive doesn't have one yet and there are some new glitches which I can do such as the ghostly Elum glitch and the death delay glitch.  I have got the RTM (Release to Manufacturing)) build of Windows 8, New Super Mario Bros 2 on my Nintendo 3DS, Mac OS Mountain Lion and the Consumer Preview build of Office 2013! 

My last academic week at college

This week has been one of the good weeks I ever had at Farleigh.

On Monday, I went to college like a sensible dude and I had a nice relaxing day. After college, Jacqui took me back to Farleigh as normal and I had to have my tea early because we had our presentation evening. At the presentation evening there were a lot of certificates handed out and lots of presents for the people who were leaving. I didn't receive anything but I knew a few people who won certificates and I knew a few people who were leaving and they were Colum, George and Alex.

When we got back from Frome Football Club where our presentation was, Babber and I made my packed lunch and we manage to wear out the Bop It Extreme 2 and Babber put some new batteries in.

I also saw Hannah as well!

On Tuesday, I went to college and then I went to the Learning Centre. At the Learning Centre, Will and I were making a radio show and we were talking about Bop It's, Gio Compario and Abe. After that, we had our maths lesson with Martin and we were playing some maths games at:
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When I got back, I had my tea. The sausages were a little bit over cooked but I ate most of them. I also had to eat my tea with Ben. Ben was eating his coco pops whilst I was eating my tea.

Ben didn't go to college with us Tuesday or Wednesday because he was doing a work placement at a fam.

On Wednesday, Jacqui and I took the bus to college and we had a nice chill out lesson and then we went back to the base room and I had my lunch. After lunch, we went back to Farleigh and I had Emma. I was a little bit worried to vacuum my room because last week the vacuum cleaner had a nail stuck in it and it was making a strange noise. I was using a cylinder vacuum and it was nicer. Babber came and we were trying to do this death delay glitch in Abe's Oddysee.

What you have to do is you have to do 2 jumps near an explosive and in succession, Abe will become invincible. The first hop has got to land on the explosive and then he does the second hop about the grenade or bomb has exploded. This is handy during a speedrun because the enemies such as the Slig thinks that Abe is dead and Abe is also invincible.

We went bowling and Nath was a bit naughty. Most of the time he was shouting out the S word even whilst we were going to the sports centre.

On Thursday Morning, I had a little bit of work to do and then Jacqui and I went to have a look at my new house, Ashliegh Grove. I had a little visit last week but we stayed there a bit longer. I also had a look around. It was 2 houses in 1.

I was pleased to go back home and next week I'm only staying 2 nights because it's an enrichment week. On Monday next week I will be going to Longleat and then on Tuesday I probably just have a walk around Frome. Mum and Dad will be picking me up in the Dudey on Wednesday afternoon.

Another week gone at Farleigh + some updates

This week wasn't so bad.

On Monday I went to college like a brave dude and after my day at college, I went back to Four Winds and I saw Babber! I was pleased to see her after a week off. She couldn't go shopping with me because the house was short of staff so Graham supported me at ASDA.

I went back from ASDA and then Angela cooked my tea. I had fish cakes, chips and peas and it went down nicely. There were a few black bits on the chips where she must have cooked it longer than normal.

I showed Babber my new Bop It Smash game. Over the week I manage to beat my high score and currently my high score is 266!

On Tuesday morning, I wasn't looking forward to going down for breakfast because I knew that I would have to eat breakfast with Ben. So I woke up, had a shower and then I went downstairs to take my tablets and whilst I was eating my breakfast, the night waking officer went to wake Ben up for the morning. I was a little bit worried because I didn't know how hyper he was going to be.

It was alright though. I managed to eat my breakfast with Ben and then I got ready for college and Graham drove us there whilst Jacqui went with us as well.

Most of my days at college were relaxing as I was allowed to do what I wanted on the computer as I finished all my work. In my PSD lessons Jacqui have been helping other students with their work and been using my folder as an example as it got passed by the verifiers.

Tuesday after college, I went back to North Parade to do some Speech and Language therapy with Helen and my learning centre group. It was quite a tricky one because Helen wanted each of us to do a short speech about buttons. We had to think about some ideas and present them on a piece of paper.

After Speech and Language, I had Maths with Martin. The LC may be running a new Maths GCSE next year so Martin had some past papers for us to do to see how we would get on if we were to take the real thing.

On Wednesday morning, after having breakfast nice and peacefully on my own and after getting dressed, Alley said to me "We are going to set the fire alarms off ." Farleigh's Health and Safety officer was there to test our fire alarms. Me, Jacqui and Sue waited outside as the fire alarms are loud indoors.

Everything was fine and then we went to college. Our tutor Peter wasn't in on Tuesdays and Wednesday. On Tuesday morning we had Bob and on Tuesday afternoon we didn't have anyone. On Wednesday morning, we didn't have anyone. Peter had a chest infection and was unable to come to college.

On Thursday, I had to have breakfast with Ben again. He was a bit crazy with how much cereal he was having and some times he puts me off from my eating. I was allowed to leave at half 10 because I had to walk to the station. On the way Jacqui had to hand in a form at Ashleigh Grove and then we went to the station and took the train home.


Update on Apple!

This week it was Apple's World Wide Developer Conference! On Monday evening, Apple had a keynote speech and they announced a new line of MacBook Pros which are available now, OS 10 Mountain Lion which is available next month and iOS 6 which will be available in the Autumn.
You can watch the WWDC 2012 keynote here:

New house update
I am pleased to say that when I go back to Farleigh in September, I will be going to Ashleigh Grove in Trowbridge. It is a nice quite house with only 4 students. It also has a conservatory linked to the back of the house. It is also walking distance to the college and it's not that far away from the train station.

May Half Term 2012

I went home from college on Thursday with Mum and on the way home Mum told me about these special tablets which would help me with my flying.

I was a bit nervous to take them at first but I had to take them a day before I fly.

On Friday afternoon, Pops came along and Dad took us to the Airport. After we left to check in, Pops took the Dudey van home.

Whilst we were waiting at our gate, I felt very nervous but when we got on the plane and was up the sky, I was absolutely fine!

As I am aware, easyJet are one of the only Airlines that talk about the brace position. They now have pre-recorded safety announcements and the dude says "In your safety pocket, there is a safety card indicating the escape routes, oxygen masks and life jackets. This also shows the brace position which you must adopt if you hear the instruction, "Brace brace!" We even had a bit of turbulence!

There is even a video on YouTube of an emergency landing:

As we landed, we picked up or hire car from Zit Auto and then we drove to the mansion. The Euwings were there before us so we saw them when we got to the mansion. The Browns except Tom Brown came a little bit later as they flight got delayed and we had a nice week of chilling, nice meals except for Thursday when I went to the Italian and they had breaded chicken and chips, and during the day I had WIFI at the mansion so I was able to take my laptop on holiday. Whilst I was there, if Bop It said Dude, I had to jump in the pool. The mansion has a nice garden with it's own outdoor pool. I didn't jump in but I got in using the steps and I had a little swim around.

On Sunday, we went to a beach bar for lunch and they had a musican and he played his guitar and harmonica. Aaron felt like he was going to play Wonderwall by Oasis because that is a very popular song and he did  On Tuesday night we went to a pub in the Marina called the 19th Hole. They had a band playing called The Sun and they played several songs that I knew and one of they was "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley and they also did Wonderwall too!

On Friday, I took my chill pill tablets again ready for the flight on Saturday. I had a nice smooth flight and I was pleased to land at Bristol again because my parcel arrived on Friday and I was able to play on my Bop It Smash and my new Brain Shift today!

Here is a video of me playing Bop It Smash!

Overall, I really enjoyed my week at Portugal and I would go again next year as I know that the flight would be fine as I have my nice relaxing tablets.

A nice week before May half term + Windows 8 Update

This week at Farleigh was a nice positive week and a nice way to end the week.

First, I went in well on Monday. Mum wanted me to go to College like a brave dude on Monday because it was her Birthday.

I went and I did my day at College. This week at College it was all about finishing off my last assessments and improving them.

On Monday evening, I went back to Four Winds and I had my snack. Then I went shopping with Babber and a few other students. I also bought my batteries for my new games that I'm expecting from America. They are Brain Shift and Bop It Smash!

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I should receive them through the post sometime next week whilst I'm on holiday.

After shopping, I put my Fish Cakes and Chips on a tray and Angela Babber put them in the oven.

After tea, I played some games with Angela Babber and then I went to sleep.

On Tuesday, I had to eat breakfast with Ben. I manage to survive it but I didn't really like it. He sometimes gets a bit hyper at the table.

After my day at college, I went to the Learning Centre and had some fun on the Audacity program with Will and then I had Maths with Martin.

After my 2 hour session, Hannah and I walked back to the house and I had my tea. After tea, Bop It wanted us to play Millionaire and we won £32,000! We played again, and we won absolutely nothing!

After playing games with Hannah, it was bedtime so I went to bed.

On Wednesday Morning, I had my  breakfast and then I went to college on the bus. The bus driver was Elvis lookalike. I went to college and then I went back to house. At Four Winds, I put my washing on and had OT with Emma. After OT, I was with Babber and we went bowling in the evening. After bowling, I was happy to go to bed because I knew I was going home on the next day!

Thursday morning wasn't the best part of the week because I was eating breakfast with Ben and I didn't really enjoy eating breakfast with him. However, I was pleased to see Mum at the Baseroom after my lesson with June and I was looking forward to going on holiday to Portugal today!

Windows 8 Update
Microsoft yesterday has released an updated build of Windows 8 called the Release Preview! It was compiled at 8400 and signed off as Release Candidate last Sunday and now Microsoft are compiling the final build of Windows 8. Once it's been compiled, it will be released to manufacturing and then general availability.

OK week at Farleigh

This week I had an OK week at Farleigh.

I went to Trowbridge College on Monday with Jacqui and everyone was talking about a tummy bug at North Parade whichi si the main Farleigh house. Sharron the baseroom leader was making sure that the baseroom was all clean and everyone was washing their hands. After college, I went back to Fourwinds and I went shopping at ASDA. When Babber and I were looking through the world food section, we found some Cheetos crisps! I was very excited and we bought some Cheetos along with other groceries that I needed for the week. For safety, they canceled my Learning Centre sessions because of the bug. I had my tea and then we continued our adventure on Metal Gear Solid 2. At the end of the evening, we were on a mission for Octacon. Octacon wants us to take pictures of a new Metal Gear that the Marines were making. He wants Snake to take some photos and send them to a computer which Octacon has made some software for. Snake only has 7 minutes to do it because they are having a speech. Once the speech is over, they are free to leave and hunt for enemies.

On Tuesday, I woke up, had shower and had breakfast with Ben. I went to College and I felt a bit worried about the bug again. I stuggled to eat my lunch but I managed to eatt it. The afternoon was tough again because we were doing a difficult assesment which Jacqui and I found tough.

After College, I went back to Fourwinds and I spent the rest of the day there. Later on, Hannah came and she made my tea. After tea, Bop It really wanted us to play Millionaire again so we went down and played my electronic Millionaire game again. This week we weren't that good. We also played on Metal Gear Solid as well and Hannah was good guding me on how to do the task, evening though she never played this game before, she was guessing on what to do.

On Wednesday, I woke up, had a shower, had breakfast was Ben again and catch the bus into Trowbridge and then we were at the baseroom ready for a 2 hour lesson at College with Peter. We did Web Development. After College, we went back to FourWinds and on our way home, a student liked the Wurzules so he put his Wurzules CD on! Ooh arr! Alright me babber?

I did my session with Emma and then Angela and I were playing on Metal Gear Solid and Abe. After tea which I ate very well, we went bowling. I didn't do that well this week but I did have a spare.

I was pleased to go home today and alll other Farleigh students went home this week a day early because of the bug. It looks like everything will be back to normal next week.

A short buggy week at Farleigh

This week. I manage to get on with my college days but I didn't fell very well during the weekend. I felt hot but I manage to go to College on Tuesday morning.

Tuesday afternoon was pretty tough. We were doing a new assessment on Unit 4 Business IT Skills and Jacqui and I were struggling with what we had to do. It did involve pesky spread sheets!

Tuesday after College, I went to North Parade and I had Speech and Language with Helen. After Helen, I had Numeracy lesson with Martin and we doing some probability stuff on MyMaths.

After my Numeracy lesson, I went back to Four Winds with Hannah. I had my tea and then Bop It really wanted us to play my electronic Millionaire game again so Hannah and I took it downstairs and played it with Ross. We were so close to winning £1 Million but the audience got it wrong. It was the second most popular answer that would have won us the jackpot prize! We played Brain Shift, Metal Gear Solid and the Snake '97 iOS game on my phone.

On Wednesday, I woke up, had a shower and went down to have my tablet and then I had breakfast with Ben. After breakfast, I got myself dressed and then I caught the usual 9:35 Fairsaver bus. Elvis look-alike was our driver.

After doing 2 hours of web development, I had my lunch and then I went back to Four Winds. I felt a bit hot when I went back and luckily Babber was there. I spoke to Mum and Dad and told them how I was feeling. I managed to do some OT with Emma and I made my bed and vacuumed my room. I went bowling and we had 1 game and I had 86. Babber and I was also playing on Metal Gear Solid 2 and Babber prefers this to Abe!

On Thursday, I got up, had a shower, had breakfast with Ben again and then I did my 2 hour lesson at college. After college, I waited for my lift to the station and then I got the train home. I didn't feel well over the afternoon but I had a hair cut and I'm starting to feel better now.

There has been new information on Windows 8 on forums that I go on and I have seen some new screenshots of a new build of Office version 15.

I have a challenge next week set by David which I couldn't do this week because I wasn't feeling very well. David from CAMHS wants me to just phone my Mum and Dad once a day before tea time. I am allowed to speak to my Nanny & Pops and I have to remember that when I'm at Farleigh, Four Winds is my home!