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Food glorious food

I’m doing pretty well at finding free meals. So far, I’ve had a big buffet lunch (Thursday lunchtime at the John Blanchard talk), a whole load of freshly made Welsh cakes (the Welsh culture evening for International students and other interested people put on by the Cardiff Christian Union, whose website can be visited at […]

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Busy busy busy!

I’m currently procrastinating from packing all my stuff for university. I leave tomorrow morning, so everything is rather frantic! I had a great time over the weekend. I went to stay with my very good friend Luke, who was baptised on Sunday. I had a lift from another friend, Stephen, and there were also lots […]

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“Betterer than your average blog!”

I’ve been given the Jon Mackenzie seal of approval on my blog. He writes an interesting blog, over at http://www.yeah-i-know.blogspot.com/. He likes books and visited Hay-on-Wye recently, so is obviously very sensible, though we disagree on whether there would be a General Increase or General Decrease In The Number Of Conversions As The Second Coming […]

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Why English and History?

I haven’t yet talked about the subjects I’ll be studying at university: English and History. These are my two favourite subjects – I’ve enjoyed them through school and college. But why do I like them, why did I choose to study them?Well, I’ll repeat something of what I said in my personal statement. Basically, I […]

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Two weeks to go…

Two weeks today until I head off to university – eeek! Today I went to Aberystwyth, one of the bigger towns within relatively easy reach of where I live, to do some shopping in preparation for that momentous event. I hardly ever shop for clothes, and so I both needed quite a lot of stuff […]

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Hello and welcome!

Hello! I think some introductions are in order… I am Caleb, an 18-year-old who is soon to be a student at Cardiff University. I’m going to be sharing some of my thoughts, feelings and observations as I go through this hopefully exciting and probably slightly scary stage of my life! It’s also a way for […]

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