Hey guys, so
a lot has gone on lately and instead of doing a ‘past Halloween but not quite
Christmas’ post, I thought I’d give you all an update on what’s been going on
with me. If that would bore you then don’t read any further. But if you’re nosy
like me, carry on!
University
life.
So as most
of you will know, I started Sunderland Uni in September and I’m studying
magazine journalism for three years. So far it’s been okay I guess. I’m not loving my course, but I guess they have
to get through all the nitty gritty things like lectures on apostrophes before
we get onto the actual journalism.
I was
considering changing my course to something more academic that would be easier
to just sit with text books and learn like at A-Levels. But unfortunately the
only thing that would interest me would be sociology or geography. But with
sociology I don’t really like any of the careers that come after it – I really
can’t see myself as a police woman. I loved geography throughout school and
took it at A-Level, but Sunderland don’t do it as a degree course unless it’s
something to do with tourism and that isn’t me either. So I think I’ll stick
journalism out – since writing is me.
I write for
one of the Universities media platforms called Northern Lights. So far I’ve
done reviews on things like Username Evie by Joe Sugg, Girl Online On Tour by
Zoe Sugg, Purpose Album by Justin Bieber etc.
http://www.northernlightsuk.co.uk/2015/11/17/girl-online-tour-review/
http://www.northernlightsuk.co.uk/2015/11/07/review-username-evie/
http://www.northernlightsuk.co.uk/2015/11/18/justin-bieber-purpose-review/
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I’m loving
living in halls. Moving away from home is such an experience. I miss home so
bad. I miss my family, Luke and Zhiyin like crazy. But it’s really helped me
realise who my real friends are, who is bothered and who isn’t.
My Uni friends are practically my family away from home. I get so excited to come back to my
flat to see them. There’s seven of us in the flat - 3 boys 4 girls and everyone
is very different from each other. There's Lauren, Sam, Jess, Katie, Ross and Steven! (Hey guys, I know you'll be reading!)
People are
right when they say you’ll get your closest friends at Uni, as I already can
tell who are going to be there for me for a long time, like I am with them.
A lot of
people who I’ve met in this time have quickly went from being close friends to
just people I wave at when I see them – which is sad, I know with a few if I
needed them they’d be there, but I think with others I was just there as a
friend before they found better ones, or worse – opinions vary.
I’m used to
being independent now I guess, I mean I’m struggling with money and I’m living
off beans and supernoodles – but that’s all part of being a student right?
I know I
always have my family who help with a lot of my problems and are more than
happy to help out if I need anything.
I love being
able to go into the kitchen freely at 2am and get food, which I can’t do at
home without my mam questioning me (Hi mam! I know you’re reading this too!)
I love how I
can go out at random times at night for no reason what so ever – for example
getting the metro train to McDonalds because, well, it’s McDonalds…
I’m getting
better at cooking too! I’ve made a Sunday dinner (on a Thursday) with Ross for
the rest of the flat mates which went down a treat. I also made 6 servings of
meatball bolognaise and pasta, which everyone enjoyed and completely cleared
their plates!
The social
life is great too. Twisted Mondays, Play Wednesdays and 21st Century
Box Fridays are the main student nights. I rarely go out to be honest, mainly
because on Tuesdays and Thursdays I start at 9am and that’s very risky sitting in lectures that
early when you’re severely hungover.
There’s been
a lot of cool theme nights though. I’ve been out at Halloween on the PLAY pub
crawl (which was insane), and there’s also the Disney night coming up. Our flat went out as the Peter Pan crew – I was Wendy Darling, so there was Pan, Wendy, Hook, Sme and Tiger Lilly. It was so fun and we all looked great!
BIG NEWS!
So, the past
couple of months I’ve been pleading back and forth with the NHS about getting a
breast reduction. This finally got accepted and the date of my operation is the
30th November – which is in two weeks!
This is such
a big thing for me as I’ve been uncomfortable in my body for such a long time.
I’m always in pain and they don’t suit me (I
don’t think), and I just hate being so big. They completely limit me. I can’t
do the exercise which I love, I can’t get fit so I completely hate my body. I
especially hate the unwanted attention I get with them, even when people don’t
think I realise – yes I see you looking! As much as people say ‘your body is
fine’ and ‘you’re skinny!’, to me I’m not. If I’m not happy then that’s the
problem.
After the
operation and the weeks of recovery over the winter, I’m so excited for the new
year of 2016 to be able to change the way I live.
I won’t be limited in my
activities so I plan on getting fit, losing weight and toning up my body. I
want to be happy in myself – I think if I get to look the way I want and be
able to smile when I look in a mirror and wear nice, well-fitted clothes, I’ll
be a lot more productive with the work I do and a lot happier when I go out
with friends on nights out etc.
I’m so
excited for little things like being able to sit straight. Or buy nice
underwear sets instead of wearing ugly bras that are £15 a pop!
I MET JOE!
So as most of you will know - I love Joe Sugg. Luckily last month I met him! I waited 7 hours to see him for 20 seconds but it was the best 20 seconds of my life!
He remembered who I was, knew my name and said he knew my twitter - which is so crazy that I still don't understand it.
Username Evie is an amazing book (read my review), but having a one that he gave and signed for me personally is unbelievable.
It still doesn't feel like it happened, he held my waist in photos (fan-girl), I held his too - although I don't remember doing so, it must have been my subconscious tell me we're meant to be...
I'll just insert photos here.
I’ll keep
everyone updated on my recovery, as being bed bound will be a benefit when it
comes to doing Uni work and writing blogs.
Thank you
all for reading – this may have bored you to be honest. But I always like to
hear about how people’s lives are going so you might be interested in mine.
Let me know
in the comments or message me on my social medias if you’d like to see a
particular post on my blog over the Christmas period.
Love you
all,
Amie XX
