As I sit here on a gloomy afternoon thinking back to my amazing summer spent in California, I have never related to a song so much. After spending six weeks working as a camp counsellor at a summer camp in Berkeley, just outside of San Francisco with weekend trips to Yosemite National Park, Lake Tahoe,
University for many of us can be explained as the best time of our lives. Except for final year obviously. We are surrounded by student loans, partying and friends… what’s not to love? Although when it ends, does this mean we jump straight into a life time of work? I know I’ve been replaying the
As appealing as the full moon parties appear, I did Thailand slightly differently. I ventured on a three week expedition that would promise adventure and an unforgettable cultural experience. After completing the application process and being successful at the interview stage, it was a countdown until I jetted off to Thailand with World Challenge. World
“Should old acquaintance be forgot,and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne.” New Year’s Eve. The one night of the year where everything is going to be different than the previous 364. Why? Because not only does it close a chapter but a new one opens and for that
Unfortunately, Christmas is well and truly over and 2017 is coming to an end. However, it is only 361 days, 6 hours and 41 minutes to next Christmas so it’s never too early to start dreaming of Christmas 2018! When you are planning the festivities next year, give some thought to this, as it is
It’s been a while since I had time to sit at my laptop and write a blog, but since Aer Lingus have decided to charge ludicrous prices for their flights back to Ireland ($4,000 return), it seems I will have all the time in the world as Boston has pretty much shut its doors for
Yes, it’s that time of year again when every major retailer in the UK battles it out to become the nation’s favourite Christmas advert. Our TVs are flooded with emotional ads guarantee to tug at your heart strings or in extreme cases make you cry. But there’s really no point trying to avoid them because
It’s not a day past Halloween, we see more and more of the red, the gold, the Santa’s, the Mrs Claus’. Its creeps into November and we begin to hear Fairy Tale of New York on the radio, in store and on TV, it’s everywhere. By the beginning of November, every shop we go into
The run up to Christmas is a funny thing. People complain about how early Christmas adverts appear on TV and how shops are already selling Christmas stock straight after Halloween. But Christmas day still manages to creep up on you suddenly. Through my years working in retail I have concluded that there are two types
Greggs recently caused a media frenzy by replacing baby Jesus with a sausage roll in the nativity scene in images to promote their £24 Christmas advent calendar. Each door in the advent calendar reveals festive scenes with a Greggs twist and a voucher to use in store. This prompted outraged reactions from Christians who did