Tag: Life

Did some random shit and now I’m definitely super prepared for Oz.

September 11, 2014

I was going to do some real, in-depth, serious research about Australia before I headed out there; main political parties, news channels, main newspapers, the overall consensus on the plight of the aborigines, food preferences, demographics and minorities, music scene, popular culture etc but, with only two weeks to go until I leave the UK, … More Did some random shit and now I’m definitely super prepared for Oz.

10 really dramatic things that happened when I turned 29!

August 15, 2014

Soooo, on Thursday 14th August 2014, I turned 29. Not a milestone birthday, I hear you say, and no, it isn’t, but despite it being the final year of my twenties (sob), and despite the fact my life at the moment is an uncontrollable, confused, spiral of ‘what ifs’ and ‘what nexts’, I don’t feel … More 10 really dramatic things that happened when I turned 29!

How to remain positive when you’ve fallen (or jumped) from grace.

August 14, 2014

For a while there, maybe a good few years, I’m pretty sure that I was the ‘Golden Child’ in our family: I was a straight-A student who’d gone to Uni and actually gained a degree. I’d worked since the age of 13 and had never really asked for much financial help. I’d joined the Fire … More How to remain positive when you’ve fallen (or jumped) from grace.

Quit your job? Almost 30? Moved back in with the ‘rents? What’s it really like?

July 25, 2014

Ever since as far back as I can remember I’ve been fiercely independent; I moved out of home to go to University and briefly came back for a year after graduating, before finding the constant arguments with my brother and the incessant nagging of my mother all too much to bare. Since 2007 I have … More Quit your job? Almost 30? Moved back in with the ‘rents? What’s it really like?

Amsterdamned – More than just dirty hookers and spaced-out pot heads. Part 1.

June 25, 2014

When you think of Amsterdam, come on admit it, you don’t really think of windmills, tulips and clogs, do you? What you really think is this: red light district, sex, hookers, pot, space cakes, red light district, dirty hoes, Anne Frank (she was NOT a dirty ho), joints, doobs, weed, sex…you get the idea. However, … More Amsterdamned – More than just dirty hookers and spaced-out pot heads. Part 1.

Stupid shit my friends made me do while travelling.

June 23, 2014

Ok, everyone does stupid shit. Everyone does shit they regret. But not everyone is made (and I use the word ‘made’ loosely here) to do stupid shit by their so called friends. There have been numerous occasions now (more than I care to properly acknowledge) when I’ve been travelling in a foreign country, happily going … More Stupid shit my friends made me do while travelling.

Writing 101 – Day Six – A Chance Encounter Leaves a Lasting Impression

June 11, 2014

So I re-read this assignment three times before deciding to post it. However, I’m aware that it may sound as if I’m some sort of obsessive stalker, some weirdo with a fantasy, some crazed, girl-in love; someone who is dreaming of her unrequited love. And I also realised that if the person I had written … More Writing 101 – Day Six – A Chance Encounter Leaves a Lasting Impression