The Battle of University: Week 4

Dear Readers,

Long time no read, eh? Well, the matter of the fact is that this year has already been flying by and I haven't had time to filter through what to do for my next blog post. However, it being the weekend, I thought this would be a nice little reminder that I still exist and still very much active and dedicated to this blog. So what's been new in my life?

Well, I have had a flurry of lectures throughout the last month. Formative season is coming up, so I am packed with various seminar activities to complete, essential reading to do, group work and also attempting to have some form of a social life. The latter one being far more neglected than some of you might think! That's right, Vlad Marin has not gone to the clubs in the past month and has been to two house parties! So it's clear the stress is getting to me...but in all seriousness, I want to do well and forget about who I was in first year. I am focused, determined and ready to do well this year.

Unfortunately, due to all the stress I have become a lot more frustrated, agitated and just need some form of relief. As many of you know, I am not a very chill person when stressed. So to try and remove all this negative energy within my system, I have done a few things that I find useful. Out of curiosity, I googled 'yoga positions' and it came up with a YouTube link to a yoga instructor who has created a 30 Day Challenge. So far I am on day two and am ready for day three. It has made me feel so much more relaxed and has helped me sleep better. 30 minutes a day of physical and mental stamina build and I am ready to tackle the day!Last week, I also decided to be a tourist for the day in Liverpool and go to Radio Tower where I could get a panoramic view of the entire city. It was breathtaking. In addition to this, I also took a retail therapy trip to Manchester today with Fran and we went to the Arndale Centre and just had a day out, away from all the distractions and had a genuinely lovely time. I made an absolute fool of myself nonetheless....for some reason, every time I walk through a store, the alarm goes off. On top of that, I sneezed and it was so loud that there was an awkward silence for a split second in the room and then I overheard a lady ask 'what the hell was that?'. Oops...my bad. When I went into Zara, I asked someone, thinking he was an employee, where the bomber jackets were....he just turned out to be a well dressed customer. Maybe, I should've just stayed at home, eh?

Anyways, this is my little update on my life. One of the things I intend to do with this blog, is make a new and improved version of it so stay tuned. Since I have so much work to do, I haven't time to think about the design, concept...its in the works but it will take a while. Promise you will not be disappointed.

Have a lovely weekend everybody!

Week 1 Of Uni

Dear Readers,

The summer has officially gone and I have been in university for 2 weeks. My lectures started last week, finally giving me an activity that I can work really hard on, in parallel to this blog. I am having several concerns, because obviously, one of my main aims is to make this blog bigger and better for you guys to read. But, where there's a will, there's a way they say!

Since being here, I feel like I have become a lot better at 'housey' stuff. What do I mean this? Well, I have been developing my skills as a Masterchef in the house, cooking an array of platters such as pasta, pasta and more pasta. Miraculously, I have not set anything on fire although I wish I could say the same about my housemate. Word to the wise, never chuck a frozen piece of meat on spitting hot oil. A fire WILL happen!

With regards to painting the town red, I haven't actually gone out to the clubs as much as I did the first year of university. When I was a fresher, I always considered second years to be moody creatures. Although, now I have come to realise the reason for this is that the amount of freshers that are around town in the first week is shocking. It is all about them and obviously all of the freshers are scurrying quickly to try out every drink and every single club that the famous Liverpool night life has to offer.

With regards to seeing all of my friends, one of the few genuine disadvantages of living in a house is that you cannot see all of your flatmates as easily or even people from different flats. Second year feels like nothing has changed apart from the geographical setting which unfortunately could cause certain friendship ties to be lost. But, at least we will always have the memories, eh? With regards to seeing all my friends on my course, it was awesome to have a catch up session between lecture breaks and find out how they celebrated their summers. Everyone has a cool story to tell.

But all in all, this week hasn't been very exciting....hopefully the future weeks will have a little more 'pizaz' to them. Let's see how I feel after week 2. £10 bet that I will feel like I'm behind on 50 modules although I'm only taking 4...