This morning was the last time that I’ll see my sister, Emily, for nearly six months. Emily is two years older than me and is in her gap year before she goes to university to study photography. For the past few months she’s been working at a nursery to raise money to go traveling. Today, [...]
Entries from January 2008
Saturday 19 January 2008
Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat
First, some good news; Jasmin’s scabs seem to be getting better!
The first of a series of Maths Masterclasses, organised by the Royal Institution, I attended today. In Year 9 I was invited to attend Masterclasses at the Royal Institution and, as a result was invited to attend the sixth form series. Today’s lecture was about [...]
Thursday 17 January 2008
I Still Miss Someone
The rats are back to the vet’s, again! This time it was Jasmin, last week we noticed a scab on her shoulder and assumed that Hollie and her had been fighting. Keeping an eye on it, after no change, a few days later she suddenly had quite a few scabs around her shoulder. The next day, they [...]
Wednesday 16 January 2008
The Farm
The past couple of weeks have been very busy; I’ve have 5 AS-Level exams, been to the vet’s twice, visited family and a pig farm. The exams all went well and there were no major mistakes (as far as I’m aware) on my part, and at college we are already well into the next batch [...]
Sunday 6 January 2008
Feed The Birds
Christmas is officially over, college has officially re-started and exams are very quickly approaching. Since I’m taking 5 subjects for AS, I have 5 exams (6 if you count IT Key Skills – but I don’t) 3 of which are on Wednesday (Biology and Maths; C1 and C2).
I have spent most of the weekend revising, excluding Saturday [...]
Thursday 3 January 2008
It Was A Very Good Year
2007, which was a good year for me, is now over. Some on my highlights of the last 12 months include; my 16th birthday, passing my GCSE’s, holidaying in Ecuador, starting my A-Levels at a new college and meeting a new group of great friends. Monday night (New Year’s Eve), while my sister and Mum went out [...]