Literally haven't used this in a million years

I realise that it has been over half a year since I last posted on my little blog which is actually quite sad. So I'm trying to think of all the events that have occurred since my last post in MAY. Once again, I'm listing for my future benefit:

• June 22nd May - 6th - Tanzania Africa. Hospital work experience, safari 
• July 6th - 17th birthday - I spent the first few hours of my birthday in Dubai, the next few in the sky and the remaining hours back in sunny England
• August - a week in Monmouth with Natty and friends followed by Nozstock - This was a meetup with my Africa friends
• 6th august- 12th August - My wonderful German friends Lisa and Silja came and stayed for a week! We went to London, Carding Mill Valley, Shrewsbury and Birmingham.
• Late August - My results were better than I expected and I so I was really confused on results day. I got AAAAB  (biology, chemistry, psychology, english lang/lit, music respectively) 
• 20-25th August-  Reading festival - the music was so so good at reading! I didn't like the size of reading though. Way too big. I also can't camp to save my life.
• September - again a meet up with Africa friends, multiple visits to London
• Katie moved to London. Didn't like her course and then moved to Liverpool. Good move. Liverpool is awesome.
• October - Unconditional offer for Biomed at Uni of Birmingham. Bit unexpected really considering my application was dentistry application and not a biomed one. oh well. happy days.

My africa chums in Mikumi National Park

Ben, Lorcan and Natty at le Orphanage

Super cute kid at the orphanage

NOZSTOCK in the DnB tent/barn thing. This photo appeared on the internet. oh dear. That't also my denim jacket.

My lovely Germans at Carding Mill Valley 

Favourite album in a while! Mallory Knox - Signals

Slam Dunk Festival!

I am so glad that I went to Slam Dunk yesterday! Ah man it was so good!

Firstly Katie and I went to see Zebrahead which was hilarious. The atmosphere was really good + there was lots of moshing considering it was something past 6! A group a lads thought it'd be amusing to unexpectedly scoop me up and pass me over the crowd - so yeah, I crowd surfed! Which was an experience in its self! I got passed all the way to the front and was lifted down. I ran back round again to 'thank' the guys for lifting me without telling me...and so they thought it'd be more amusing to lift me again! So I crowd surfed twice. Good times.

Then we went to see abit of We are the in Crowd! Followed by Mallory knox, which was also awesome. I definitely need to see them again.

All american rejects came on just after 9.30 and I was at the very very front! Ahhhh I was so happy!

It was such a good evening people

:D

Inspector Gadget Theme - Piano Duet (HD) feat. Frank Tedesco

I fail at life

I genuinely fail at life right now. My exams really aren't going well. Teachers have little confidence that I'll get my target grades, so how am I meant to have any confidence in myself???

 I will have definitely won the award for ' Greatest Underachiever of the century' this academic year.

Do you know what's the most annoying thing? I have done so much revision. I have banned myself from TV and films (which is very hard indeed) and I'm revising from the morning to the late hours of the night (or early hours of the morning :S).

There's so much pressure for me to get AAAAAAAAAA and it's stressing me out a lot.

For example, in my music recording I was so concerned about not going wrong that I ended up purposely playing part of it wrong and I can't even explain why my brain did that. Maybe it's like when people say that when you are at reallllllly high heights, you have the urge to jump off...?

I got into my sisters car today after school and just cried all the way home...and continued to cry at home too for that matter...So then I had comfort food -  meringue with whipped cream and raspberries (which was actually the highlight of my day)

It would also help if my sleeping pattern decided to make a miraculous recovery. Beginning to think i'm an unconscious psychopath.

Why can't I be super intelligent? Is that too much to ask?

No? Okay

Thought so

Music exam on monday.....

I will be immensely happy if they ask for the harmony of Brahms' Piano Quintet on the 18 mark essay question..

Oh and also if they decide not to use Symphony of Psalms or Sing we at pleasure in the listening question

i;d also quite like a 

3-3-2 cadence  (I - Ib - V)

because those are nice and easy :)

pleaseeeee?

Did they ask me any of the things I wanted?  nope

Music AS on Monday

I reallly want Howlin' wolf and Haydn to come up on the listening

I can do these ones

If Stravinsky comes up..

I
am
screwed

Books and reading and stuff

I still haven't got round to reading Insurgent! I bought it last week and I really want to read it, but i've been way too busy with school work and I keep getting sidetracked... little trips to the kitchen and piano all add up :P

I'm weird with books because when I find a book that I like, I will continuously read it for hours on end. Although, not many books interest me so this does't happen that often. I've realised what genre I like best though. It's the futuristic books about life in years to come. Not about aliens or robots or technology so much, but more about different lifestyles and people's views and actions. Hunger Games, Divergent etc etc

I also like books that are written in a chatty tone. Like perks of being a wall flower and The fault in our stars. (however, TFIOS is a bit of a cheese overload)


Lately I have been reading the wonderful OCR Biology and Chemistry books. The only problem is, I end up reading the words but thinking about something else entirely...so i don't actually comprehend anything -.- (If this was a psychology exam, I would say...this effect can be explained by Hunt's study...)

I'm off to Belgium on Tuesday and I haven't packed yet and more importantly, I haven't got any food to take with me. I have also misplaced my mini kettle, which is a major disaster! On the last band trip the food was gross and so this little kettle was our lifeline!

Ah man, i'm so tired but it takes so much effort to get ready for bed

Goooood night

Weston Park

clearly, i'm even cooler than you first expected

Ah..this song is so cute though

Quelqu'un m'a dit

Philosophical picture of the day

Cosmos with the German exchange peopleee

Well I am completely and utterly domotivated, demoralised and humiliated by that. Nice one.

(500) Days of Summer

This film has such a cute soundtrack...with Regina Spektor's 'Us' and The Smiths 'There is a light that never goes out'

It's just cute

aw

I had all my students' exams on Thursday! My first lot of students exams are finished for a while. After the exams, Kate and I went back to her house and we watched Perks of being a wallflower in onesies :)  Then started to watch (500) days of summer - and we loved the soundtrack. I really like the film too. I'm surprised that I wasn't irritated by the whole non-chronological-ness of it.

 Now we have to sit back and wait for the results.

:)

Work experience/ volunteering in Africa

Oh man I'm so excited!!!

I'm going to Morogoro in Tanzania (East Africa) for 2 weeks for work experience and volunteering!

Ahhhhhaihdoasidhoasidh

How exciting!

But I have  busy list of difficult and time consuming things to do before I go:

1. major revision for AS levels
2. Get to A grade standard in all my subjects (note: trickiest part of my list)
3.  Take all my AS level exams
4. get a million and one jabs, malaria tablets, flights, insurance, visa, scrubs, suitable clothing etc.
5. Music composition and performance deadline
6. go to 3 concerts - Halestorm, Deaf Havana and Panic! at the disco
7.  Band trip to Belgium at the end of April for 5 days ish
8. Revise for UKCAT because I'm not going to have time after

On top of this i'm still working twice a week (taking up practically my entire Saturdays) and I'm doing work experience every week at the hospital on Fridays. 

help me 

DESPITE ALL THIS .. UBER EXCITED

 

A chance of a once in a lifetime opportunity ...?

I have been given the chance of a once in a life time experience to travel to a third world country for a number of weeks, shadowing medics in hospitals and enjoying the culture.

It'll be breath-taking, eye opening, beautiful and unfamiliar... but also a bit risky.

The thought of it makes me excited and nervous at the same time.

Should I take the opportunity? 

No make up selfie nomination :)

I was nominated for a Cancer awareness selfie thingymabob. To be honest, I'm not usually a fan of nominations and stuff. Especially if they want me to take of my dark eye-liner (aka comfort zone). However, i'll make an exception for this one. I have volunteered in increasing awareness of the Mouth cancer screening accreditation scheme amongst Dentists and feel that is far more useful than taking a hideous picture of myself without make up on -  but i do agree that this is raising awareness!:) why not

cRiNgE

I've been reading some of my blog posts from the last few months. I'm such a cringey person sometimes. Who does a 'top 10 ingredient list'?

cringe cringe critnge cringe cringe

And an evening of major cramming commences!

Let the concerting begin!

Okay so we're going to:
1. Halestorm
2. Deaf Havana (not to be confused with 'Death of Anna' aha)
3. Panic! At the disco
4. Reading

Something to make me a bit more upbeat around exam times - can't do too much collateral damage


Oh well

<3