Posts tagged 70-515

Mon 04 Jul 2011

Down The Road

Posted in Goa MCPD Course.

Well today went as well as could be expected. Gareth and I felt we were as prepared as we would ever be to take the exam (70-515) and decided to take it in the afternoon. We are a day ahead on the course and ideally would have sat the exam on Tuesday, but for some reason the test centre was closed on Tuesday so we decided to bite the bullet and go for it today.

What a relief. The exam questions came thick and fast but I felt very much on top of it. In fact, when I found out I had gotten 880 out of 1000 I was slightly disappointed. I honestly don’t know what questions I got wrong. Never the less, 880 is a pass and that’s all that really matters.

Church in Goa

We headed back to the apartments early as we can start WCF tomorrow and we are still one day ahead of schedule. We picked up Marc and Ramu from the other apartments and headed out for the afternoon. We had a few (understatement) drinks in Hotel Fidalgo (I’m sure its Fandango) then headed back for dinner.

We picked up the almost everyone else after dinner and headed to the local hotel Vivanta for a drink. It was very fancy and very quiet but twice the price of hotel Fandango, still less than £2 for a beer though. After that we headed to the Marriott. It was a bit of a trek but we made it, hot and thirsty. The Marriott is a five star hotel and prices for beer are about the same as the UK, but again it was very quiet.

At this point a Gareth and Thomas threw in the towel and headed back to the apartments, but the rest of us soldiered on and headed to a bar we had heard of called Down the Road.

For some reason they don’t have regular music here, instead they have people singing popular songs. In Down the Road it was a man and his wife taking turns. They were very good and had some songs by the Killers and Jason Mraz to name a few. This place was much better. For a Monday night it was pretty busy and we agreed that it is where we should go on Saturday night.

Tomorrow we try to tame the WCF beast. I’m sure I will come out of this one with a few scars but passing this first exam has helped a lot and we are going to give it all we’ve got.

I’m a bit tipsy, gonna sleep now.

Tags: 70-515 , Goa , MCPD , down the road

Fri 01 Jul 2011

Hello Bedsheets

Posted in Goa MCPD Course.

Well we’ve kicked it into high gear now. We are in class from 9-5, study at the apartment until 7:30, go for dinner, then go back and study until about 9 or 10. I keep getting really tired in class which is annoying because I’m sure I’m getting enough sleep. Divakar had coffee today and it smelled so good, I’m not sure if I trust the coffee machine though.

Tonight I went through 95 test questions for the 70-515 exam. Took around 3 hours in total and I’ve got a list of stuff I want to look into before the exam. Good news is I got enough right that it would have been a pass (821/1000). That’s a bit of a confidence booster because we have both felt totally overwhelmed the last few days.

I’m still a little worried about only having 2 days to study for the WCF exam. But we are hoping the WCF exam will be a lot more focused and easier to study for than the web development exam which covers such a vast amount.

Other Happenings

We took a walk down 18th June Street the other day. There are lots of shops selling car batteries. We found the Bombay bazaar which seems to sell some nice things but the staff are constantly trying to show you things. Outside isn’t much better, I got followed down the street by a woman trying to sell me cashmere pashminas. I must have told her “no” about ten times. They are pretty cheap but I don’t know anyone who would want one. We got caught in the rain on the way back, it started off light but in about 5 minutes it was a torrential downpour. I did manage to run from Koenig back to the apartment without any anterior tibialis issues. It's been a while since I've been able to run that far.

Today on the way back to apartment there were two guys selling bed sheets on the street. As we passed he just looked at Gareth and said, “hello bedsheets,” in a husky voice. We didn't know what to say to that.

I updated my photos on Picasa yesterday, I don’t expect there will be much more for me to post over the next two weeks.

Sorry if this post seems a bit broken, I think my brain has already gone to bed.

Tags: 70-515 , Goa , MCPD

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