Today we are working on bikes by trying to hide the exposed wires

Went to work placement they said how many kids are in my class and then they went out to do pe and they went to the court yard and used swords and balls to play pass with each other.

Went to work experience and had all the kids clime all over me and was taking my name tag off and saying there name was Karla and we also went to there little museum in the school

Today in work we worked on a “Nana Scooter” for an old person that had issues with the battery – I was super involved in the whole process and actually got to alot of the work which made me feel accomplished and as if I was having a “proper” effect on things. Afterwards I cleaned the inside and outside of a professional multimeter that was lost for a good while in a really dirty area because everything was covered in grease or oil or something from a car but once I was done with it it was alot more spotless. After that we got to watch Dani work on a battery that was severely discharged and figure out solutions on how to safely charge the battery to the point where the bmu turns on so the battery can charge as normal. Watching these methodologies and different sorts of requirements for how to figure these sorts of things out is making me learn so much on what I already know on electronics repair. Afterwards, I got to be involved and got to install a heatsink to a repaired battery and put the battery case back together. Later on in the day I went to a vegan tapas place and had vegan chorizo fries and vegan fish – it was pretty nice.

Today in work we had to disassemble a “fake” battery casing to uncover what was inside and find out that the rated amps on the case is untrue to the real battery inside. Afterwards we watched Dani figure out exactly what was wrong with another battery unit involving the bmu which worked only in weird and specific conditions. Afterwards we all helped in trying to fix another old logistics bike that was apparently underwater in the beach overnight and was completely seized and had water damage within the screen and other crucial electronical parts. After work I went to the video game museum and had an amazing time – genuinely one of my favourite places in Málaga so far that doesn’t depend on the weather. The exhibits are so cool and I’m glad they even mention the extremely niche and obscure consoles too. They even have exhibits on video games from the 70s that let you play with a Magnavox odyssey!!!! Really enjoyed my short time in the museum before I went on a boat trip which was super enjoyable. I really enjoyed the feeling of the wind from the sea and the rocking of the boat, it was just so much fun.

Today at work we managed to save a scooter throttle from being totally thrown away by replacing the hall sensor inside by soldering a new one to the connections in the throttle. Afterwards we had to figure out exactly what was wrong with a possibly faulty control unit which had a weird coating all around the circuit board which made it impossible to both test with the multimeter and possible fix the short circuit within the board – however later on in the day we find out that the screen is causing the short circuit and not the control unit itself, which is somewhat good news as the screen is alot easier and a WHOLE lot cheaper to repair let alone replace. Afterwards we had to find the correct key to unlock the slide for the battery for an ebike that needed it’s battery replace, however the key was completely lost and after I had tried every single key that was in the warehouse, we had to brute force a screwdriver and hammer into the keyhole to unlock the entire thing – afterwards we replaced the battery and subsequently had to replace the keyhole with a new one.

Today I went and had breakfast in a cafe that specialised in having American cereals. Weird but I really enjoyed being able to try Reese’s puffs, they’re actually surprisingly super nice and don’t totally taste like pure corn syrup and chemicals. After breakfast I went to see all the market stalls that were up next door to the Atarazenas market, there were lots of locally made vendors selling traditional Spanish stuff like porcelain jewellery and beautifully painted cutlery and bowls. I debated on getting the jewellery but knowing my clumsiness I would end up destroying the porcelain necklace within an hour of buying it. Afterwards I went for a really long but nice walk along the beach and had fun, eventually I settled down with my towel and relaxed for a bit and even saw some ferry ships and even the Spanish naval ships go past which was super cool.

We went to Frigiliana & Nerja today and it was such a wonderful and beautiful experience. Everything was perfect and beautiful and it wasn’t too touristy or overwhelming. We got to see the beautiful village of Frigiliana and while everyone else in the group went off to get lunch I wanted to go hike to the top of the village and get a wonderful view down below. I saw loads of critters and the views were stunning and it wasn’t that difficult of a hike either. After Frigiliana we got to see the caves of Nerja which were beautiful too, but super hard to see or even take photos of because of how dark it is inside. After that we got to go to nerja itself and I went and had myself lunch which was delicious and then got myself a towel to go and enjoy the lovely and relatively quiet beach in the absolutely perfect weather that we got blessed with today.

Today we learned about flashing the bios of the scooters which allows custom firmware to be ran on them, which allows the scooters to have certain abilities that it isn’t able to do stock such as remove limits on the speed limiter, use custom LEDs, switch region specific features, specific dynamic controls such as direct feedback (pulling the throttle and having instant torque – by default there is a slight delay in reaction from when you pull the throttle and the scooter going forward to mimic a “real” scooter engine) and lots of other stuff. After that I got to de-solder an entire faulty control unit for spare parts which I had never done before but was super fun but easy to do, this is *exactly* the sort of stuff I wanted to be able to learn. Later after work I stayed in and watched a movie on my laptop because I was sort of getting tired of being out everyday and just wanted to rest

In work today we worked on an old homemade delivery type ebike that had several issues after its batteries needed to be changed due to its dodgy wiring, I got to help fix the bike today too and got to solder for the first time which was super fun, after working on the bike we got to work on a scooter with a faulty control unit that had a really weird and rare problem apparently and that was a cool experience to learn from. After work today I went for a nice long walk around Málaga as the weather was super nice and a whole lot better from what I presume is miserable weather in Dublin at the moment. Later on in the day we went on a tour of Gibralfaro and got a small history lesson on the castle itself (so cool, I love stuff like this) and the views up top with a sunset on the Málaga skyline was absolutely gorgeous and memorable. After the tour I went to the marina just to see what it was like and that too had gorgeous views (and expensive shops).