On Contagious, we wrote letters to ourselves in our small groups reminding ourselves of what we learned, which one of the small group leaders took to post to us half-way through the year. I’d forgotten about this, until a letter arrived for me with the address written in my own handwriting. I opened it up, […]
Well, another year has passed, and another begun. I’d say that “time flies”, but this past year has been so packed that the beginning of 2007 seems long ages past. 2007 was a very busy year for me – visiting L’Abri, Christian Union “id:entity” mission week, History trip to China, running in the student union […]
If you now check my details on Facebook, you’ll see that my profile now says that I am “In a relationship” with a young lady called Beverley Watling! I’m thrilled and excited and think she’s amazingly wonderful. So yes, me and Beverley are going out (no “scare quotes” needed!) – what exactly do we mean […]
I’ve not been updating my blog that much recently, and there are three main reasons. One of which is that I’m now working at a cinema in Cardiff. Dishing out popcorn and showing people to their seats isn’t terribly exciting, but it’s a job, and the perks such as free tickets are quite nice. The […]
Recently, in between filling in application forms and the like, I’ve been… Doing Su Doku puzzles Writing my novel Pretending to be a student by going to the Freshers’ Fair, turning up at Christian Union events and so on Attempting to understand the entire history of Western thought Playing TimeSplitters Meeting up with friends and […]
Freshers’ Week is in full swing at Cardiff University, so it feels very strange to no longer be a student, especially since I haven’t got a job yet and so still have that pre-beginning of term feeling. Since I’ve got a lot of free time in between sending off job applications, I helped out with […]
No work yet. I went to an “evaluation day” with a sales and marketing company based in Cardiff city centre on Wednesday, but quickly decided it wasn’t for me. If I was to do direct marketing, it would have to be selling stuff I actually believed was worth selling, rather than trying to convince people […]
As I finish university, my thoughts are frequently caught up with looking back at the last three years and looking forward to my hopes and ambitions for the future. I just came across the blog of someone visiting L’Abri, which brought back good memories of my time there and reminded me how much I’d like […]
Today was my graduation ceremony, which means I’m now officially a Bachelor of Arts and no longer a student. It was a strange feeling to look around and see coursemates, some of whom I’d met during Freshers’ Week, which seems both just a blink of an eye and a lifetime ago. It was good seeing […]
Being a student has been a somewhat strange time of transition into adulthood. Just as leaving home for university was both an exciting and scary prospect, now leaving university for work is just as exciting and scary. Probably the biggest challenge facing me now as a graduand (funny word that) is the search for a […]
