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Monday, 26 October 2015

Moody Monday's Volume 20: Motivation

Hello Bloggers!

It has been such a long time since my last post and honestly I have missed writing on this page. These past couple of months have been a whirlwind for me with regards to University. I'm half way through the first term back and I am already feeling the pressure of final year! I have all these assignments due in for the 12th of November as well as a presentation and getting ready for my final placement. I have to admit it's quite overwhelming for me. We had a meeting the other day about final year placement and the importance of it. That was such a scary meeting, simply because the reality that I would soon be applying for jobs hit me. I will soon have to grow up and realise that this is now my career. Daunting. On the other hand I am ready to be a teacher of my own class. Only then can I begin to learn more from experience and get one step closer to being the teacher I hope I will one day become. As well as being daunting, it is also exciting. I am looking forward to graduating and celebrating with my friends rounding off what has been a fab three years at University. I hope to graduate with a first and that's why I'm using this blog as a break for myself between writing assignments. I am more than willing to put in the effort so that I am able to improve on my essays with the help of the learning hub, hopefully allowing me to bump my high 2:1 up to a first.


One thing I have also noticed with the pressure of final year is my diet. Wow, I am unhealthy. My reliance on sweet treats and fatty guilty pleasures has become ridiculous and my ever growing waistline is becoming a problem for me. I really wish that whilst I was trying hard at Uni, I felt motivated to go for a run or diet. I suppose I can't have everything in that sense, and sometimes my mood causes me to lean towards the very foods that don't do anything for me. BOO. Nevertheless, I'll continue to hold out hope that one day my body will soon reduce in size and I will end up looking fabulous. Until that day though I shall just continue to slouch in my pjs watching Netflix to pass the time.



















I have a busy few weeks ahead of me and the hard work starts now! For all of you in my position we CAN do this! If you're like me and you are striving for a high grade in your degree work hard. I know it feels like you aren't doing enough, but I assure you that you are. Just take your work in stages and the workload will soon decrease and you'll feel better when you see your hard work rewarded. I will also say that you need to remember how valuable your close friends are. I have never been so thankful for best friends these past few weeks. They help me keep on track with my work, they read through my essays when I'm worrying and they also listen to me rant about how I'm obviously going to fail final year before reminding me that I can succeed this year and that I need to keep going.


I also need to thank my family as well as Luke for sticking with me even when my moods turn ugly. I will admit I have resembled Bridget Jones these last few months, personality as well as comfy attire! However, I won't apologise for that and will instead thank them for reminding me that I can do this and one day I will be a fab teacher. Sidetone: Thank you to Luke for buying me pie. It's bad for my waistline, but good for the mood.

Anyway I will cute this post slightly shorter than normal. I just wanted to let you all know I'm still alive and kicking. I'm just swamped with Uni work!

I love you all, let me know how you're doing!

"The rest is still unwritten"

Megan

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Friday, 6 February 2015

Friday Favourites: Tick Tock Unlock

Hello Bloggers!

So a few weeks ago I went with my family to Tick Tock Unlock. My parents had gone to an escape game in Budapest and had really enjoyed in, so when they returned to the UK my Dad tried to find one here for us to do as a family. Tick Tock Unlock had a lot of good reviews so we decided to give it a go and see if we could escape!


Sam came in and met us and explained the game in detail so we knew what to expect and how to work the locks. She is in charge of the game whilst we are in there and was able to give us extra clues and help via the screen in the room. This proved to be really helpful to us when we were getting stuck or going down the wrong route with the clue. You get an hour in the room to escape and the clock is displayed so you know how long you have left. I can't really tell you anymore because then it would ruin the clues and therefore pointless going! It's better not to know what's going to happen because then the experience is better. We were in a group of four which I felt made it easier because then you can use all your different to skills and split clues which should help you get out of the room faster. For example my brother is really good at maths so he'd do those clues and I'd try and find stuff as I was pretty useless (oops) I tried though!

They're opening a new place in Liverpool which means that you all must go and check out the new site and let me know what it's like!

This is so much fun to do with friends, family or even work colleagues! I would definitely do it again and would love to for my birthday. 

We did escape with 3 minutes to spare (I honestly was ready to give up because I thought it was impossible)! It took us ages to crack the last code.


They take your photo afterwards and it goes on their Facebook page so keep your eye out! Literally loved doing this with my family, it was so much fun.

I hope that if you have chance to check out this place you do because I highly recommend it. I'll leave the links below so that you can see the website and their Facebook page.

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"The rest is still unwritten"

Megan

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Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Tuneful Tuesday's 4: Artist of the week

Hello Bloggers!

Hozier. Hozier. Hozier.

Need I say more really?

Now for those of you who missed out on the Graham Norton show please go and check it out on BBC iPlayer. This is not only because Hozier was performing his most iconic track 'Take Me to Church' but also because Meryl Streep, Mark Ruffalo (who I keep calling Mark Gruffalo- primary teaching problems) and Ewan McGregor were hilarious. I haven't laughed at something that much in a while!

Another place you may have heard Hozier is on the opening scenes of Silent Witness Hozier's 'To Be Alone' was playing.

He's growing in popularity (hence the reason why many of his dates have sold out) DON'T WORRY I GOT TICKETS THIS TIME! I'm seeing him in Leeds on May 28th if any of you will be there. Look for the crazed loon fan-girling.

His self titled debut album has been something that has been on repeat on Spotify and I don't think I can rave about how good this is enough! Ever song for me is different but it flows perfectly from track to track. Really good when you're writing an essay because you can listen to a few chilled out ones then climb on your bed for a quick break to dance and air guitar to the more upbeat ones (yes obviously I was doing this). However, starting to think I'm ageing quite quickly as I swear I pulled my hip getting out of bed. I'm already a Granny and I've not even turned 20 yet.

Usually I would pick out my favourite tracks, however that would mean listing the entire album and that's pointless. Instead I'm recommending you either purchase tickets to see him if you haven't already, and if you haven't listened to his album then I urge you to! It's available on Spotify, iTunes and of course YouTube.

If you have a listen let me know what you think and if you have any other suggestions of who I should feature. I do reply to comments on here.

Hope you're enjoying me being more organised and on schedule- have to say it's new for me!

"The rest is still unwritten"

Megan

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Friday, 20 September 2013

Swim Deep Gig

As usual Swim Deep were amazing! First act on was circa waves. As my friend Rais pointed out they sounded a bit like Two Door Cinema Club! I thought they were pretty good!

Up next was the much anticipated Wolf Alice. Rais and Tasha had told me good things about this band and I have to say I was more than impressed! They were so good, when they have a headline tour I will definitely be buying tickets! 

Finally at 9.30 Swim Deep came on stage! The crowd were more than ready and soon the mosh pits began! Now being small being stuck isn't the best thing! So I stuck to the side and enjoyed the music. Honey will always be my favourite song and it always sounds good live! Their cover of 'Girls just wanna have fun' was really good. It was my first time hearing it live and I thought the arrangement sounded so cool! Pretty sure you'll be able to check their cover out online either on YouTube, Soundcloud or Grooveshark etc. 

Overall the gig was fab! The final song was King City and as usual everyone went crazy! The atmosphere was electric and I was reminded how much I missed going to gigs! I will definitely have to book more gigs. If you get chance to buy tickets for Swim Deep...DO IT! They don't disappoint! 

 
Wolf Alice and Circa Waves came back on stage with Swim Deep to play together during the encore and it was fab! 


"The rest is still unwritten"

Megan 

P.S. Sorry for the late blog only just got my Internet installed!