Life in the wide world goes on

Study Abroad
They're many issues you have to consider when thinking to study aboard, I think my main issues are what will my grades be like which I find out by the end of this week and the accomodation for when I come home. I have already signed a contract for a year so I can either find someone to sublet my room to for 6 months which I don't see as being very likely or I could transfer tentants with a guy in my Block.
Difficult things to think about. for study abroad as well I have to complete a 12 page documents half on completing questions about my destination country things like politics and heritage, the other half which I haven't completed yet is a SWOT Analysis which i'm fairly clueless on.

 Biology
Right now the modules are really interesting in Human we are learning about the blood and the Immune system which I find very interesting!, I did a pratical yesterday where we had to prick our fingers and examine the blood under a microscope which was interesting as we could examiine each of the type of cells one we administered a stain. In Genetics we're learning all about how every trait is inherited we are conducting an experiment on the Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit Fly), where we use genetically altered flys combined with various mutated ones mate them and see what the outcome is.  I'm loving the Biology modules at this point I am finding them ever so more interesting then last semester.

Events

Keele student union always has events on, last wednesday I was attending a mixed Disney social (Dress up as a disney character) with womens and mens lacrosse, on valentines day I went to a traffic light party and yesterday I went to the night where it was a pound a pint but unlike my block mates I only went to play Pool and after that went home prettty early, I had a 9am lecture the next day, we also had a fire drill at 5am today interupting my sleep further so I'm certainly not the most awake person in the world right now.

Burton

Last weekend I went back to burton for my sisters Birthday which was Niice, we had a take away on the friday, then on the saturday I went to the millhouse with a group of friends from my secondary school and later on went into town with friends from sixth form and on the sunday I believe I went town with my 13 year old brother. I like the fact that even though time passes between each time I see my friends we are all still pretty close, we certainly haven't losst as much contact as I thought we would had.

Thanks for reading I'll try to post more periodically I hope i will be posting next week, hope you enjoyed it! 

Last Days

All my assessment over coursework is done, PCR Report submitted, Feedback from Intro to human bio pratical i've recieved at a 67% which I am very happy with and all my maths tests and assignments are done so that my Algebra is on an overall 62% and my calculus is on a 67%. 

Although all my coursework is done and dusted, I still have the fear of Janurary exams so there is no resting just revision! and it is very important I do well first time as I have plans to study abroad next year so need to achieve above 40%

Weekend

Last weekend I was just proof reading coursework, finishing my study abroad application and generally having a pretty damn boring time!. I haven't been to a single Lacrosse session in about a week due it all being optional and me priortising coursework. 

Tuesday night to thursday

I had to go home to burton to collect my A Level certificates, I achieved a B in Maths, B in Biology, B in ICT and an E in Critical Thinking a really boring day, although why home I find time goes alot faster and I know I need to come up with a study plan as I will just be lazy if i don't make a plan and stick to it!

How I will organise myself

I find time tables never work for me, I find just always revising a different subject everytime I do choose to revise works best for me and as well as that I find watching a very mediocre programme at the same time as revising will always keep me more interested as i don't get sleepy/bored and I remain interested thanks to the programme

Well everyone has there own unique method of revision, sorry about the lack of exciting stuff but My life isn't very exciting at the moment hopefully it will get better! I should post next week some time peace out loyal fans.

Still Tired!

 Why do people in my block hate sleep?
Well after the last post of the blog I was in a pretty tired state and I vowed to myself that this week I would not go out as much in order to get some much needed revision in for a maths test on this thursday, a presentation for biology on the golgi appratus on next monday, sorting out the study abroad statement bursarys and universities i can actually apply to and of course a PCR pratical essay that is due in for next wednesday

I did manage to show some self control to the peer pressure of my block asking me to go out!, so that was good I revised complex numbers that night in mathematics and went to bed at a reasonable time, but then of course the drunken rable of my block got back at about 3 in the morning naturally when i was first awoken i figured i could just sleep it off they'll probably be gone to sleep in about 10 minutes, but no there was them banging on doors of my neighbours which i could hear, them singing/screaming to crappy songs at that time in the morning waking up the whole block and even playing music through the speaker at that hour!!. I did manage to just stay in my bed awake without going out to tell them to shut up but after an hour and a half they still hadn't gone bed at that point someone else in our block came out of his room shouted at them and they all disbanded to their respective rooms so it was half 4 and I was basically just struggling to get back to sleep.

My first lecture was at 9am and my lecturers ended at 5pm and i did have a tiring day the night before as i'll explain below, but by the end of the lectures towards the end of the day I was just getting so tired i may have nodded off in one of the algebra lectures towards the end which isn't good! 
 Going Home
This weekend I went home to Burton my home town, I didn't spend much time resting as most of the time I was out with my family or friends so I never seem to get much time for rest! That's the one thing I'm looking forward to at christmas vacation being able to rest at home!. 
While at home I went to a pub on the night i got home with my family for a meal then Maths revision when I got home, On the saturday I went town with my brother, to try and repair some snapped glasses which failed as they told me I had to buy a new pair :( so i've decided to leave that and i'll cope with my back up pair for a bit as if i got a new pair from burton I would be unable to pick them up by the time they would be ready. Later on the saturday I went out with some friends to a pub for a meal, due to a very' bright' friend though they decided they wanted to go to mcdonalds by the time i've got there which i'm not keen on at all! but after that we went to another pub and played Pool for a bit. On the sunday was playing football with friends and in the afternoon i did actually manage to go on my xbox for the first time since september which was very nice!.
Monday
On the monday I woke up at 7.30 to get dropped off at keele for my 11am lectures which i had on straight till 5, when i got home I made myself something to eat and then i set off to the libary to get my biology essay finished so as you imagine by the time I got home I was so tired anyway!, so at the moment I am feeling very sleep deprived!

Although that was the first time I used keele libary really other than to take out a book and it's a very nice place!, open 24/7 and it's very peaceful and away from the distractions of my block :) 

Current situation

At the moment i'm going to further revise for my maths test this thursday and try and get an early night! I have a day off tomorrow as the lacrosse season has ended which means no games so I won't be as tired!.

Going Home

 Home Life

So far I've been home twice in the month and a half period I have been at university, it seems too me it is becoming evidently clear that all the people I considered friends while in Burton, are now slowly growing apart. Which to be fair is not at all that suprising as prolonged periods apart and everyone is now busy after sixth form with their jobs or university life.
Of course there will always be online interactions over skype and the occasional text but I suppose it's not as close. I'm sure at christmas though there will be alot more interaction time.

After the first two weeks at Keele I went home, where we all decided too come home from our universities too go to a local pub and meet with one and other, which was a nice way too catch up, a month after that i came home again with my friends at university deciding not too come home and lead their lifes, I went out with a different set of friends too the burton nightclubs which was nice too catch up with different friends but there is still the feeling that we are all growing apart

Assessment

So far in Biology we've been set no work, no homework or anything that could be moderated. It's just been lectures refreshing us from A level, then practicals on the lectures we've had which is a nice technique too help us learn the Biology. At the end of each Lab Class we have questions on the experiment which we can hand too the lecturer too tell us ways we could improve our answers.
In Maths I've had one class test, one Assignment and have been set another assignment that's due in for next week. These tests and assignments count towards 40% of the module while the other 60% will be decided by class tests in the Janurary which i'm fearing!, as the content is pretty harder than A Level which means I will have too revise harder!, The bad thing about the Biology side is that I've not seen much example questions that could come up on the Janurary test.

Halloween



Our whole Block decided too go as zombies too the Haloween event at the student union where a band called Theme Park (Amazingg) was playing and after that a seperate DJ played for the rest of the night, my costume is in the picture below:

As you can see my facepaint went prettttty wrong, I decided too go as a trangender zombie, what you cannot see in that picture is I'm wearing tights with a suit, and torn shirt as I thought I may as well add a bit of variety too the costume, It was a pretty fun night and everyone looked awesome, there were even some people in the student union on stilts!

LacrosseThere was a tourtament last week called a freshers tourtament which was pretty fun as everyone had the same level of talent really there were no very good people playing, I played in all 7 games without getting subbed off which is a pretty good achievement we played birmingham city uni, Nottingham trent uni, coventry uni, warwick uni & loughbrough uni, some of these unis at both first and second teams as Lacrosse was more popular in other unis compared too ours, we placed forth which is a pretty good achievement and we had loads of fun while playing in the tourtament but were so tired on the way back!.


Current Situation


At this moment in time i'm currently watching batman, the dark knight, while looking puzzled at this assignment that I'm trying too make some good progress with, my first assignment went pretty poorly so i'm going to put my all into this one too ensure I get the result a actually want!.

6 more days!

University!

Hello There! I promised you a post every week and that is what I will do, In 6 more days I will be leaving Burton upon Trent behind and will be departing for Keele university!, obviously I've had to prepare myself with equipment and such but I don't want to be boring you guys with details so I will just make a short list!

• Students Account- Santander had some good interest rates & a free rail card!!!
• Laptop- Obviously for educational pruposes! (PC World)
• Stationary- All bought from Asda
• Cooking and dining stuff- all bought from Asda
• Linens, Pillow covers & Shit- All bought from Dunelm Mill
• Also Alarm Clock & Tuppel wear boxes from Asda!

All of that was not as expensive as I thought it would be, I mean I pride myself in that I managed to find 4 knifes, 4 forks, 4 tea spoons & 4 table spoons for £1.50!, even if I did get asked for ID!, I mean how much damage could one do with a dinner knife! and of course the friend (Nick) whom I went with had no ID meaning I had to go back later but it was worth it for that crafty £4 saving!, such a beautiful saving that I felt compelled to add a picture of them on the left.

Worries

I figured for a future blog I would address all the worries that I am feeling now to give you guys a reference to what university is like in comparison to my worries:

• Will I be able to make friends at university?- I mean the people I hang around with in this area I've been hanging around with since Primary school and the new people i've known have all been an addition too my primary/senior school friends, will I be able to start from scratch?

• Will the course be too hard for me?- Now my A Levels were hard for me, I understand some people say they're easy but I've always been an average student at AS I achieved E D B causing me to have to do 2 years work all in 1 year, I did pull it off but one year later I wouldn't have been able too (Since the stupid conservative plan to scrap janurary resits), I will not be able to experience similar hartships at university I need to work good straight away

• Will I be able to cook myself meals?- My parents, brother and sister went away for 2 weeks in August and I managed to survive for myself but it was stricly on a diet of pure rubbish, Microwave food and finger food, so perhaps at university in the long term i'll die of poor diet!

• Will I be able to keep track of my finances?- I've had jobs in the past and as soon as I get money into my account I cannot help but spend it all!, I am a frivolous spender! and with my student loan I want to save it only for the essentials but I am not 100% sure if I will be able to do that

• Will I lose contact with my friends?- Now some friends have already gone of to university most of which I have not heard much from, I presume they are busy or enjoying their new social life. Point is will we remain in contact?
  
  

  Current Situation

  Alot of my friends have gone off to university, meaning I certainly don't go out as much next week it will probably be about 3 times I will go outside the house for my friends, I have stopped playing football (One of my favourite hobbies!) due to lack of players & I have stopped working for a plumbing company meaning my source of income has been reduced and I am living of my savings, it certainly is a depressing time at the moment and the only thing keeping me going is the fact i'll be going off to somewhere different in about a week,
  
  
  I'd like to thank you for reading this! and hope I haven't bored you to much, I'll post again next week!

Introductions

Hello good people of blogger, I thought I would make myself a blog to free up some time and to talk about the things that concern me and hope that some of you will relate too!, I hope you don't find this too boring but i'm doing it for my benefit as much of my benefit as yours!

Sixth Form

Ok to begin with i've recently finished my exams,  in june and recieved my results in august which were B in Biology, B in Mathematics and a B in ICT as you can guess I was VERY happy with these results as they allowed me to proceed to university, being the first in the family to go to university a very proud achievement!, as much of a happy day results day was for me it was also a sad time as I knew it would involve me inevitibly losing contact with the people i developed bonds with in the last seven years I attended that school but hey life goes on! as much as we may not want it to.

Holiday in Kos

To celebrate finally finishing with school, my friends organised a holiday to Kos, my first holiday away from my family and it was most enjoyable!. It did however mainly involve my first ever experiences of night clubbing as I was 17 at the time and Kos has NO age restriction as far as I could tell, so that holiday mainly involved us waking up and being out of the appartment at 2pm! getting a hungover breakfast, staying in the sun for 3 hours & then returning back to the appartment to prepare for dinner, drinking and inevitley night clubbing until 6 in the morning!, a very unique but fun experience!

A lovely picture of me enjoying my rare moments in the sun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Posts

I will not want to be boring you guys who actually read my blog with too frequent posts!, so what I will be doing is posting when I have some particularly interesting tings too say, like for instance I predict that most of this blog will involve me talking about my new life at university!, I will be providing advice for new students and a completely unique prospective to university life, enjoy and peace out!