Felipe Alvarez's blog

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In case any noticed, I haven’t updated in a while. Quick hash of what’s been going on: bought tickets to fly back home crunch time at Uni, lots of assignments, and little time to do it in lots of work, working 9-5 today, and 9-5 again Friday, half day Saturday, and also Sunday Too much [...]

It feels so good to be done Semester 1 Year 1 at QUT. I finally feel like I have accomplished something, and I feel like I accomplished a lot. Cryptology – learning the mathematics and concepts behind cryptography, the basis of information security techniques, technology, and protocols. Security – understanding the reasons to enforce security [...]

I has been nearly 6 1/2 months since I left Canada, and arrived half-way around the world in Brisbane, Australia. it has been several months that I have not posted something that wasn’t computer or humour related… not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’m fine. There, does that satisfy? of course not =) I’m [...]

Having a blood-cousin in Australia is pretty cool. We met some weeks ago and went out for a few drinks. He likes Australia, and is studying to be a Chef, but is growing tired of working in a kitchen. In January, he plans to start school as a Mechanical Engineer. Good for him.

Ground turkey, green capsicums (green peppers in Aussie), tomatoes, cheese (in slices, not grater), tortillas (on sale). Probably the most delicious tacos I’ve had in a very long while. Took a while to clean up the dishes, but I felt as though I was home again. This time, though, there wasn’t anyone to join me [...]

UQ held a career fair today (April 1st). I managed to talk to a few employers (Defence, Gov’t of QLD, and more) about IT related jobs. I should have done engineering, seems like were a vast proportion of the demand (jobs) are. oh well!. And in the IT realm, seems like programming and software design [...]

I am currently sitting in my I.T. Project Management class where we are learning about PRINCE2 project management methodology. And so far (in 5 weeks) I have learned little. There is an (optional) exam coming up so we can be certified in PRINCE2, but we have been given no suggested readings, although they have sold [...]

Heading off to work. Hopefully my last Sunday at Fruity Capers. If all works out with UQ, I can say good bye to waking up at 2:30am

I’ve officially been in Brisbane three months. This will be short post to keep my appreciative fans happy. I’m studying full time at Queensland university of Technology in Brisbane. Taking Computer Forensics, Cryptology and Algorithms, I.T. Project Management, and Information Security. The courses are all challenging, and interesting, and homework is beginning to pile up. [...]