Christmas is coming…

…and Caleb’s getting fat on mince pies!It’s now the day before Christmas Eve, or Little Christmas Eve, to borrow what I believe is a Norweigian usage. It’s from the wonderful book The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder, anyway, which was translated from the Norweigian. It’s got a chapter for every day of Advent and is […]

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Argh! You know what happened last week? Well, it was Reading Week and also my birthday, but I’m talking about something more earthshattering (or earthshocking!) than that… Doctor Who was filming on Queen’s Street, part of the shopping centre in Cardiff, and I missed being there by a couple of hours. Gah! I went back […]

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Hello everybody! Now that I’m beginning to settle down into a normal routine after the chaos of arriving, registering and experiencing the hectic madness of Freshers’ Week, I can hopefully begin to update my blog on a regular basis again. Unfortunately I don’t have Internet access in my room, but I’ve been jotting down a […]

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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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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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