I haven’t written a post like this in a while but I thought it was time to write down all of the thoughts and feelings I’ve been having, especially now that I’m finally able to put them into words. It gets pretty personal. I guess you could say for the past week or so, I haven’t … Continue reading
Most of the time, when people hear that I study at Oxford, the main thing they ask me is what my work is like and how my week looks. I weekly vlog over on my YouTube channel which gives a general idea of what my weeks look like but I thought I’d put it into … Continue reading
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that I moved back to university! Today marks the end of First Week and it’s been a hectic past week. I didn’t start the term of that great because I was running on very little sleep and had way too many translations to get done (The Aeneid literally takes me hours! *cries*), … Continue reading
After spending Christmas on Bondi Beach in sunny Australia last year, I was looking forward to being back home with my family this Christmas. I wasn’t most excited for the amount of presents under the tree or what everyone had bought me; I was most excited to spend time with my family. Christmas Day wasn’t “the … Continue reading
I was scrolling down my Tumblr feed and stumbled across this quote: “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” – Robin Sharma And it really resonated with me. There was something about that specific moment that I read it, something about the time and place and something about how it … Continue reading
It’s the end of term and I’ve finally got round to photographing my university bedroom so I thought I’d show you guys where I’ve been living for the past nine weeks! Behind the door you’ll find my over-the-door coat hanger (honestly the best thing I bought when I got here!) which has my dressing gown, … Continue reading
So there’s this thing at Oxford… Fifth Week Blues is notorious, both at Oxford and at Cambridge, but what exactly is it? If you didn’t know already, the University of Oxford has only eight-week terms which means that, in effect, I’m actually only at university for twenty-four weeks of the year(!). This differs significantly from … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
If travelling around the world for seven months followed by a week in Paris hadn’t been enough for me, I jetted off to Sweden for the first time and spent a few days exploring Stockholm. Sweden, the home to IKEA, H&M, Daniel Wellington, Volvo & Fjällräven, was a place I was looking forward to visiting. I … Continue reading