I went up Arthur's Seat (finally). You know, that really big hill in Edinburgh that people aren't really sure how it got it's name, but everyone who goes to Edinburgh is meant to climb, regardless of your current state of fitness? Yeah, well, it took 4 years and a Scotsman to drag me up, but I finally made it. It was cold. If I look cold, it's because I was cold.
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| Me and Edinburgh |
I also attended several end of semester balls. I don't have any pictures of the ballroom dancing one (not of me anyway, and those are the ones you came here to see), but I have loads of the language exchange one. Unsurprinsgly, the language one was mainly girls - and the occasional tall, dark and handsome European exchange student.
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| Me and my flatmates ballin' |
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| We had a great time, I promise |
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| Language Ladies |
I even attended a non-clubbing 'Vocals and Verses' event with Hanaa (I should probably introduce my London friends at some point...make a note). Considering I don't usually rate poetry, I really enjoyed this event. I think poetry is one of those things that has to be recited, and with emotion - not written down. But that's just me, I probably just have very little imagination. There were also some up-and-coming singers, Like Rachel Kerr (who recently won a MOBO and was excellent) and Jacob Banks, who was greeted by screams and declarations of love with every note he sang. Seriously, check out some of the tweets:
"AS GOD IS MY WITNESS I WOULD HAPPILY SURRENDER MY WOMB TO
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But seriously, besides the crazies you should definitely check out all the acts if you like 'discovering' new music/talent.
Anyway, that's a brief summary of what I've been up to. The rest of the semester was spent in the library, and in fact, as I write this, I sit in Lewisham library having just sent off my first real-life grown-up job application (it's for Linklaters if you wanted to know). But job stuff is in my other blog, so you can check that out if you actually care.
I promise to be better with the updates, especially as I'm having a bit of a slow down in the run-up to Christmas. I do have other things to talk about, but I didn't want to kill you by putting it all in one post.
Thanks for staying faithful ;)
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In other news, here a my favourite news articles from this week. Just in case you cared:
- Beer is really, really cheap in Nigeria, although even cheaper in China, and you don't have to work as hard to get it - in The Economist
- Someone stole all the children's presents!!! They're sick man.... - on The BBC
- OK, this isn't 'news' per se, but it's a must see. Creepy santas! - 100 Sketchiest Santas
- Another non-news item - How British are you? On BuzzFeed
