In the past couple of weeks, saying I’m a little bit stressed out would definitely be an understatement. I’ve been rushing around like a headless chicken trying to buy and prepare the things I’ll need to take to university, organise my blog and my YouTube channel, socialise and catch up with friends, do my university prep […]
If We Were Having Coffee… | Vol. 13
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that I have spent most probably a ridiculous amount for university already. I have spent so much money on clothes that I actually don’t quite believe it. However, saying that, I haven’t had Winter for two years and I was in dire need of some warmer clothes and new pairs […]
Share Your Outdoors | The Aspinall Foundation
Reflecting on the past year or so inevitably brings me to think about the travelling I did during my gap year. Looking back, what I loved most about always being on the road – particularly backpacking up Australia’s East Coast – was that Alice and I were constantly outdoors. And I miss that. Today I thought […]
11 Must-Knows Before Going to China
1. EVERYTHING IS BLOCKED IN CHINA If you’ve been living under a rock, or if you’ve never really given China much thought (which is entirely fair enough) then you may not know that pretty much everything is blocked in China. Facebook? Instagram? Snapchat? Twitter? YouTube? BBC? Google? Gmail? Yeah… those don’t exist in China. Want to keep in […]
If We Were Having Coffee… | Vol. 12
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that I’m bringing back my Christmas Blogger Gift Swap and you can sign up to this year’s one right here (go ahead – you know you want to!) I’m really excited about hosting it again this year as I wasn’t able to last Christmas (y’know, travelling and […]
GET INVOLVED: Christmas Blogger Gift Swap Returns! | #apovgiftswap
I have some exciting news for you all… My Christmas Blogger Gift Swap has returned this year after a successful launch in 2014! I genuinely don’t know what’s got into me & why I’m posting about Christmas in September but I want this year’s #apovgiftswap to be bigger & better! Christmas Blogger Gift Swap (UK Only) I […]
Seven months of adventures around the world | Gap Year Travel
I wrote this article back in April 2016 for an adoption magazine which will be published shortly. I really enjoyed writing it and I thought I’d share it with you all. Some of the things in the article I want to expand upon (an adoptee’s view on going back to China for one) but otherwise […]
Thoughts #5
I’ve lately been having far too many thoughts jumbled around in my head and felt I needed to jot them down. Here goes… #1 I start university in little over a month. What. The. Heck. I’m excited as hell but at the same time I’m absolutely terrified. How will I cope with the workload, especially after not doing […]
If We Were Having Coffee… | Vol. 11
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that I survived Latin Camp! We translated roughly 700 (or was it 800?) lines of Book 6 of The Aeneid which I think is pretty impressive… It’s safe to say I’m a lot more motivated to get on and self-study Latin on my own until I start […]
The Volunteer Series: Daily Life
Since writing a detailed post on my volunteering experience in China, I’ve had a few questions from friends about what day-to-day life was actually like. Life as a volunteer was the complete opposite to life as a backpacker and this was something Alice and I both had to adjust to quickly. Furthermore, life in China in general is completely […]