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 […]
Learning Mandarin intensively | My Experience
I am currently six weeks through university and the majority of what I have been doing is learning Latin intensively. I have one hour every single day at 9am sharp (apart from Thursdays, thank god for Thursdays!) with a class of about ten others. Studying Latin intensively makes me reflect on my time studying Mandarin intensively. […]
I Jumped out of an Aeroplane!
Let’s talk about the time I jumped at 14,000 ft… When Alice and I were planning the activities we would be doing in Australia, skydiving was definitely on the agenda. Unlike Alice, I’m not a definite adrenaline-junkie but if I was going to do one in my lifetime at all, Australia would be the place to […]
Bali in a Nutshell | Gap Year Travel
For some frequent readers of my blog, it’s probably quite strange that it’s taken me this long to write a sole post about Bali. You see, I had a love-hate relationship with Bali and I’ve thought about writing a post before now but I just had other things I wanted to write about more. But I’m […]
If We Were Having Coffee… (& UNI UPDATE) | Vol. 14
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that I moved into university and I absolutely LOVE it! It’s been a hectic, crazy, insanely busy past couple of days but I can’t even begin to tell you guys how much I’m enjoying it! Look out for more posts on my freshers experience/life at Oxford so far […]
12 Ways to De-Stress
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]