New Year’s Resolutions

As a child I came up with this genius idea that my New Year's Resolution should be to not make any resolutions. Child me thought it was easy. Teenage me realised it was inherently paradoxical but, hey, it still works, right? Last year I actually made a couple of proper resolutions which were to write…

Putting things back in perspective

Yesterday was difficult for me. It saw me miss out on something that I was really looking forward to (well several things really) because I wasn't well. In my ill haze I couldn't help but feel angry with myself, after all it was as though my own body was letting me down...again. Yesterday it felt…

And life keeps on moving on

So it's apparently 2014 now. Who'd have thought it! Nothing's really changed which is no surprise after all true change is a steady process as opposed to a split moment. This morning, however, I did get something a bit new for the new year and that would be this beautiful little whistle to replace the one…

Castlefest Opening Concert (preview)

 As with all recent posts, I wrote this a few days ago with scheduling to post today.So today is the opening concert of Castlefest. All things being well I will have set up my tent and will be listening to some amazing music from Pater Moeskroen, Rapalje, and Scrum as we speak!Pater Moeskroenhttp://youtube.googleapis.com/v/Jiq9ejFU8-Y&source=udsThis song translates to…

The Netherlands

Although I am visiting the Netherlands for a very specific reason I am also really excited that I am visiting a new country, somewhere that I have never been but that I have wanted to go. It's a shame that I won't get to look around more but there's always time!My mother visited the Netherlands…

Fighting with Dutch

About a month ago I said that I was going to learn (some) Dutch in time for Castlefest. I had wanted to learn Dutch for quite some time and it seemed a great excuse to attempt it. Dutch also seemed possible to attempt as I'd been able to understand bits through my previous German and…

"You need to write a list"

If I had a pound for every time my mother said this to me then I would be a very rich woman.During exam revision mother would constantly say that I needed to write a list of the things I still needed to revise. The fact that I had made a revision timetable back in January…

How would you go about learning a language?

I have no idea how such a ‘lazy day’ could be so exhausting but there we have it! I spent the day with Lloyd, a friend of mine from college, enjoying the sunshine alongside the quay, looking in knick-knack shops, playing board games…Anyway, during the day a question came up, and a question that I…

Embarking on a language learning adventure!

Although, technically, my gap year has already begun, in my mind it doesn’t start until the beginning of August when I’m off to Castlefest in the Netherlands with my mother and one of my best friends, Aimee.However, there are a fair few weeks before that and, in my normal style, I have decided to be…