Clarity and Musings
March 15, 2012
Hey gang, So I did it; Two 2,500 words submitted on Monday Maths Re-test taken on Tuesday Dad’s birthday present bought and sent for Wednesday And before I even knew it – Thursday has rolled round again and it’s time for my weekly blog. Today feels surreal – it’s the first moment I’ve had in …
Adrenaline Rushes…
March 8, 2012
Hey gang – Can’t believe it’s been a week already! So much has happened in the last week, and so much is still to happen in the next few days – I’m living for Wednesday next week when life slows just a little (although still frantic) and I finally have a few moments to collect …
Shots, Centres and Sickness.
March 1, 2012
This week has been crammed full. Sometimes this week I really feel like I haven’t had time to think about the next hour; but it’s good to be busy, exhausting, but busy. And the perfect cure for reverse culture shock (see previous posts). Friday night my housemates and I decided to broaden our wings a …
Reading Repetition
February 23, 2012
Don’t you just hate those weeks where you can’t really remember what you’ve done because every day just merges into the other because they’ve all be so similar…well that pretty much sums up my week. Not to have a depressing slant in anyway, but these next three weeks are crunch time; deadline wise, dissertation wise …
Leap Years and Love.
February 16, 2012
February suddenly seems to be stretching out to be the longest month ever, ironic really when it normally goes so fast; I’m blaming the fact that’s it’s a leap year. This week has been crammed full of deadlines, drinks and dramatic days. February 14th – that day; dreaded by singles, males and cynics across the …
Beware Reverse Culture Shock
February 9, 2012
Hey all, So yes, the winter freeze of the UK has finally hit – which saw endless snowfall on Saturday, and seems be threatening again this evening – eeeek! I got a beautiful snap of the snowflakes from my skylight window… But I must admit that the cold weather, while beautiful, does make me hark …
Surreal(ity) Shock
February 2, 2012
Surreal. The word that best sums up my last week; I never really considered experiencing reverse culture shock, but I most definitely have. What is interesting is that it’s not necessarily British culture I am struggling with, more British student culture which is so significantly and yet subtly different that it takes some readjusting to. …
Old Lives and New Beginnings
January 26, 2012
This week started off quite tough; my family’s lovely greyhound (see previous post for picture) had to be put down last Friday – he was twelve years old, and had lived a happy, comfortable life with us for 9 years, but unfortunately he had been experiencing a lot of arthritic pain and several nightly bad …
A World Without Free Knowledge….?
January 19, 2012
This week seems to have been dominated by the controversial debate on and off the internet concerning the SOPA and PIPA acts; Wikepedia managed a 24hour blackout during University exam period, how some students coped I will never know – officially as a student, Wikepedia is blacklisted, and if you wans good grades, you know …
“Always keep your Childish Innocence..It’s the Most Important Thing”
January 12, 2012
Life, perhaps inevitably after Australia and the excitement the Christmas Period always brings, has slowed the grey and stressful pace that January so often brings to students… Perhaps I am experiencing what they call Reverse Culture Shock where on return to the home country one pines after the routine and specific features of the culture …
Student life on social
