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  • And That’s When Flames Caressed My Leg

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night after visiting my new flat and getting to know one of the people that live there I came back to the bar in Halls to chat with friends but that didn’t last long as there was a lack of atmosphere. Everyone migrated to the field and that’s when it’d become…

  • It’s Like A Night Out In The Savannah

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteNights in halls are like nights out in the Savannah. Since the drunk party sound coming through walls is a given that’s the sound of crickets and frogs. It’s constantly there and theoretically you should eventually learn to sleep through it over time. Of course it’s not quite constant enough. Then…

  • A Dummy’s Guide To Conflict Resolution Between Two Appreciators of Beer

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesGoing out is great, especially to an empty night club when friends of yours are present. It immediately becomes less fun when one friend decides to enjoy the freedoms of nature on a fence whilst a police car is rolling past. At the time I was sitting in a kitchen with my…

  • Last Three Steps Before Handing In My Dissertation

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBeing at the stage I’m at, and having discussed the work with the tutor there are three things I must make sure to do before handing in the work. The first task is uniformity. I need to go through two or three sections and make sure that I tie them into…

  • I’m Almost Done With Uni

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m almost done with uni but it’s so hard. I’ve been working on and off on three projects now for at least three weeks and I’ve spent so much time on these projects that today I finally met my saturation point so I left the computer behind and dropped down to the…

  • A Week and Two Days Left

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are about nine days left before the deadline and I’m up to revision five of my dissertation and I’m feeling fairly happy about it. i’ve spent two days working off the printed copy before transferring these changes back to the electronic version. I’ve got almost everything I wanted to do…

  • Saw The Film Shooter And Really Enjoyed it

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night I was feeling good about how my dissertation was going so I got my shoes on and walked to the cinema, feeling good about what I had achieved in the day. I went from my dissertation being a collection of words on the computer to it being printed out…

  • Dissertations Are Demanding

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpending almost all of the time when you’re awake to complete your dissertation is hard, especially when you slept no more than six hours after a good night out. I’ve spent almost all the time I’ve been awake working on my dissertation and it’s progressing well but there is still work…

  • Finalising the dissertation

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt the moment I’m re-reading the dissertation and going through every paragraph individually to make sure that the content is good. It’s currently floating at about 9900 words and I’m feeling fairly confident with the content. there is still work to be done but within the next three or four days…

  • It feels really great

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor the past hour or more, I’ve been listening to music and working on my dissertation and I’ve just hit 9500 words on my dissertation (disso as it’s affectionately referred to) and it feels great. I’m so happy that I have two weeks in which to proofread, re-write, and improve what…