Goodbye, Flowers...

These are my last two weeks in Chester and of the many things I am going to miss, the beautiful flowers that adorn the University of Chester campus are one of the main ones.  It sounds silly, but I vividly remember stepping onto that campus on an open day and seeing these flowers made me know it was to be my new home. Subsequently, I didn't go visit a single other University because this one...

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We are the free...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about insecurity. I hate insecurity. It has absolutely no place whatsoever in any of us, and yet we let it consume us. It holds us back from opportunities, it creates fear, it damages friendships, it lessens our self-esteem and tells us we’re not good enough.  If insecurity has it’s way, then we could miss out on something huge. It forces us to dwell only...

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What Private Life?

After a few tough months, I can finally feel my heart stirring again. I had a wonderful lunch today with a passionate lady who has been thinking over similar things to me. I got to thinking about this whole social networking scene, and how we are beginning to lose our privacy.  Now, I'm as guilty as anyone about throwing all my personal information all over facebook as I guess I thought people...

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The Future...

In little over a month, my life as a student will be over. I will be packing up my room into (many, many) bags and waving goodbye to this delightful little city. The more I think about it, the more I look forward to that moment of handing in my final EVER essay. That moment is significant for a few reasons, but my favourite reason is that it will mark the first point in my life where I officially...

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