So, it's been a while

since I last posted. I feel better now I have been away and I missed everyone loads, more than most Tom. I'm glad to be back in his arms and the presence of all my friends once again. However, I am not completely relaxed at all because in two days the most life changing day of my life so far is finally upon me. I feel so nervous.

I just need a break.

It's that time of the year where everything in the UK starts to get on my nerves and I need a break. I really need a rest and a get a way from the everyday goings on in my life for two weeks. My family in America, live in the middle of nowhere with such a calming effect on me, it's just what I need every summer and it's nice to see my family of course! Last year, my Boyfriend Tom came with me and we had such an amazing time. Unfortunately, he's not coming this year, which is a real shame, I will miss him, but this also means I can treat him to some nice gifts. But I suppose me being away will make him miss me as we don't really go without one another for longer than two days. I only hope that he does something with his friends and keeps himself occupied so he's not constantly bored.

The American food dream.

I'm off to America on the 26th July and this year I am going to eat as many American classics I can.
Here is a list of what I am going to eat: (this will be added to until the date)

Chilli cheese dog
Chilli cheese fries
Phillie cheesesteak
Proper milkshakes
Stromboli
Giant Soft Pretzel from Auntie Annie's.

Freedom is nice.

Now exams are over and I'm 100% free from all stress, I can finally chill and spend time with my Friends and Boyfriend at ease.

Yesterday, for example, in the early afternoon Tom and I went to Uppermill, where we went for a few nice drinks and a romantic walk down the Uppermill canal. It was so lovely, even though the heat was overwhelming and I had to take a paddle in the river just to cool down. I really enjoy just spending random days out with him, because he does make me smile and very happy. Secretly I want to go to Chester Zoo this summer :)

Later on, in the early evening, I made a trip to my friend Lucy's house for a girly get together. In the end there was only four of us, but that didn't matter, we still had a lovely time. We had a BBQ, pasta and some yummy potatoes. It was beautiful! But, the one thing, Sophie (another friend) could not wait for was the 'Made in Chelsea' finale at 10 o'clock. By this time we'd watched 'Embarrassing fat bodies' which was disgustingly interesting and funny as Katie just totally screamed at almost everything that happened! The 'Made in Chelsea' finale was in fact quite gripping, even though I only watched the last two episodes, but it was totally like a film in the end and it was very annoying as a lot was left hanging. After Sophie left, Lucy, Katie and I were left to watch random things until Lucy came across '17 Again' and because of her love for Zac Efron, we watched it! I didn't really get it as we turned on like two-thirds the way through, but it did have gaps in it, but that's just me being fussy.

In the morning, I awoke to the sound of Katie downstairs washing up some pots because we had no idea how to turn Lucy's TV on. We both agreed that it is massively annoying when someone leaves their TV on standby and there is no easy way to switch it on! However, I did really enjoy, once Lucy got up, watching Corrie and Harry Potter with them both. Especially Corrie as Izzie crossed her legs and recalling the time she stood up on the live episode even though she's disabled. Hilarious.

I do love my Boyfriend and my girls, even if they didn't come yesterday. S'gonna be a good summer I reckon :)

2 days late, but...

I'M FREE!
No more exams :D

Tomorrow is it.

Tomorrow is the last day I am going to step foot in the Blue Coat School, Oldham's halls as a student. It's exciting as this shows that my life is finally entering a new stage and I'm excited for it to start! English Language is my last A-Level exam and it's definitely going to be my favourite. I have been waiting for this exam since the start and I'm very much excited to see what's on the paper. Hopefully I'll get the A I want on this paper, as it is 2.5 hours long and I'll have a lot to write about!

Also, the last exam symbolises the official start of the summer for me! And I really cannot wait.

One more to go!

I can successfully say that I am 5 down 2 to go!

Philosophy Paper 3
US Politics
Philosophy paper 4
General Studies 3
Government
General studies 4
English Language

I have officially

started by own recipe book. It is about time too! I've added classic family tradition meals, such as my Mum's pork chops, roast beef and Tom's Mum's curry. As you all should know by now, I am a budding cook, speciality in sweets for the moment, but after trying to make my Mum's pork chops to quite a good standard I do say so myself, I am going to be a great meal prepare-er for myself and future family! I love food - a lot, I even considered dropping out of college to go to Culinary school instead, but however, I stuck to the A-levels and hopefully will be studying journalism at Salford in September (if all goes to plan)

The Blue Coat Sixth Form's Leaver's Ball x

And in the end,

"...the love you take, is equal to the love you make."

Tomorrow is the last ever day of my Blue Coat life.When the leavers assembly starts, I know that the tears will roll with all the memories that I have from the place. A lot of people are saying they won't be sad tomorrow, but I feel that somewhere in there they are upset, it just hasn't hit them yet. It seems unreal to think that I have spent 7 years of my life in one place, where I have met some of the most interesting people I will ever meet. I know that I wouldn't be the same person I am now without any of them or the teachers that have taught me throughout the years.

I don't know how I'm going to feel after so long being somewhere new, all alone with no friends to feel safe with. However, I am excited to go on a new adventure, meet new people and find out my calling in life. I'm glad that after all this 'moving on' business, I will still hold my dear Blue Coat friends close and still rely on them as much as I do now, but I am sad to say goodbye to those who aren't in my close friendship group but are always a pleasure to hear of and talk to every now and again.

Another thing I'm going to miss is being known by everyone when I walk down the halls. At university, I feel that I am going to just be another person and not known for who I am and what I can do, like now at Blue Coat. The tight community that I have grown up with has now come to an end and now I'm just 'another number' which will probably take a while to adjust to.

Tomorrow is probably going to one of the most memorable days of my life so far and I'm really looking forward to spending it with my favourites. Just the thought of staying in a 5* hotel, getting ready and just dancing the night away carefree excites me and wants tomorrow to come as fast as it can. I still can't believe it's all over. This was a blog just to express how much I appreciate everything that Blue Coat and my friends there have done for me and how much I love them all. x

The end is nigh.

As the 27th May draws closer, the realisation that I am ending an era of seven years of my life is slowing sinking in. As much as I am excited for the adult prom experience on Friday, I can't help but know the amount of tears that will come before it when I realise that this is it: Seven years just come to and end in one school with some of the most amazing people I will ever meet who have helped me through a lot. Compared to the last day in year 11 when I cried, even though I wasn't leaving, I cried for the friends that were. But now, this is different; We're all leaving each other and spreading around the country. No more regular routine of steeping in to the mezz in the morning, seeing faces I'm used to seeing everyday. Now I'm going to be in my own room, living with new people and going to new places to see new faces everyday. I'm scared of leaving my comfort behind and being purely independent and having to build new relationships after so long. It's going to be hard and sad, but I suppose it's about time we were put into the world to face these problems. The thing I'm scared of most is losing all the people I love the most due to University commitments and if they meet new people and forget me. I won't forget them.

As the exams approach

I suspect that I shall blog less and less throughout the season as my mind will be elsewhere. So, with this speculation, I am putting my blog on hold, unless something wild story which deserves to be blogged comes up!


I wish to all my friends good luck in their exams and that we all get into the universities we want!

This never fails to leave me speechless.

102 minutes that shocked America.

OBL is dead.

Today, we all woke up to the biggest news of the past decade - Osama Bin Laden is dead. A secret military operation in the middle of the night upon a secret base in Abbottabad, Pakistan just a few minutes away from a Pakistan military base. This raises suspicion for the Pakistan government, so what would have been different if the US would have alerted the Pakistan officials? Would they have alerted Osama and his followers to flee in time and this triumph would not have happened? We just don't know. However, this raises an inquest into the intelligence of the Pakistan government as Osama was just under their nose for 6 months; It is hard to believe that no one knew that he was there at all.

However, today we should be rejoicing the death of the most wanted criminal in the world. Finally, the families of the victims of 9/11 and the 7/7 bombings have been given justice through his death. New Yorkers flooded the ground zero area chanting "USA, USA, USA." Outside the White House they chanted "4 more years" over and over again. So, in the season of the primaries and caucuses of the American election process, this could not have come at a greater time for Obama and the Democrat party. Many doubted Obama's presidency after the creation of the Health Care Reform Act, which will be a copy of our NHS system, which is one of the most wanted health care systems in the world; It is strange to think that people would reject health care for all?

Although I feel that after this day, Obama's presidency is secured as he has done what Bush couldn't do for 10 years and find OBL and serve justice to those lives lost in 9/11. And afterall, who would, in their right mind vote for Palin for president?

The list.

I love dogs, a lot. There are a few dogs that I'd like, to I compiled a list to all the breeds I'd like. I know in reality I'll never own all of these, so the bold text means the ones I want for definite and if I've already thought of a name, then I shall put that too! :D

THE LIST:

Airedale Terrier 
Akita
Standard American Eskimo Dog
Bassett Hound
Belgium Sheepdog
Bernese Mountain Dog
Bichon Frise
Border Collie
Boxer
Cardigan Corgi
Pembroke Corgi
Collie
Husky
A white German Shepherd called BENJI!
Golden Retriever
Jack Russell
Newfoundland called YOGI!! (Number one priority)
Norwich Terrier
Norwegian Elkhound
Pomeranian
Saint Bernard
Samyoed
Shetland Sheepdog
Vizsla
Wire Fox Terrier

This will constantly be updated when I remember more dogs I'd like to own and maybe more names I can think of for the ones I'm going to own! :)

Kombe Shibemba

What a total star. Check him out!

Accommodation.

Today is the day that I can finally apply for accommodation at Salford University. I'm really nervous as I really want to get the place I want on campus, as when I'm there I have to travel to MediaCityUK everyday to study. This will make my next stop towards going to univeristy complete and I'm getting so excited for it. I think I'm about ready to leave Blue Coat for good now and move on to somewhere new for the first time in 7 years.

Revision starts now.

With the propsects of exams coming up the revision has to start now. I really want to achieve my best in this final year and show that I do have the ability to do well in exams and get into uni, not just for others but for myself. Sixth said that the ideal amount of revision we should do over these next two weeks in 30 hours a week. I will try my best to do this, but I severely doubt that I will be able to achieve this but I will try my best to get the most I can crammed in these two weeks. However, I will not be one of those who make a revision timetable, as I value my social and love life!

Though, these easter hols have a few gleems of light in them. Tomorrow I am going to my friend Katie's with the girls to have a BBQ (possibly indoor depending on weather) which I am really looking forward to as I love BBQ and I love my friends too and its feels about right to have a nice little gathering together. Another social event of the holidays is my friend Will Reddish's birthday! It shall be a good day for a celebration and hopefully it shall be sunny! I am also going to make him a nice surprise which I shall not mention just incase he looks on my blog.  I'm glad its a term holiday though, a much deserved break!

A lack of blogs

I feel quite guilty for not blogging in over 10 days! I don't even know why I have been missing out blogs and only managing to do small ones before this. I suppose my life is toning down for a little while and the interesting, exciting details stopped with it.

 However, this weekend is going to be an interesting one as I am going to Glasgow to play in the National Concert Band competition at the Royal Scottish College of Music. As geeky as this sounds I am really excited, because I do enjoy the company and pieces we play, and the laughs that Roger (My conductor) brings to our lives. I am more excited to spend a weekend with my lovely friend Laure Caveney! We would have been joined by Catherine Hill, but unfortunately coursework is getting the best of her, and she will be greatly missed. The plan of action for this weekend is to go to an activity centre called "Exscape", also based in Leeds to eat and go to activities such as laser quest, football, cinema and even skiing! I'm really looking forward to my 'candle-lit' dinner with Lauren at Pizza Express. I haven't been there in so long and I want a really nice, different pizza to eat! Maybe, one with rocket on top? Mmm! and then after we eat, we are going to play rounds of laser quest!! I can't wait, even if I'm 18, laser quest is fun from time to time!

On the subject of food, recently I have been obsessed with baking once again! It really is time though that I conquer cooking savouries. However, my most recent project was a milk chocolate tart which I picked up on Food Network UK. It is an Andy Bates recipe and it went down very very well with my family and Boyfriend's family. Gone in two days, as per usual. Here is the Milk chocolate tart recipe for those who would like to try it!

A quick blog about criminal minds

I have a new 'love' in life thanks to my Boyfriend and his family; Criminal Minds. It is a crime drama of which the FBI prfiling unit investigate extreme cases of murder. It is so so interesting and really addictive, no matter how disturbing the content is. Here is all you need to know.

I'm fed up.

My back has been in a dull agony for a whole week and a bit now and I was waiting until today to go to see the doctor. However, that was a fucking fail as my doctors is rubbish and everytime I go I am seen to by a trainee as if my problems are never bad. If this wasn't bad enough, the "examination" they gave me would not detect even a mole on my back, I do not understand how lightly fluttering their fingers down my back is going to detect anything wrong. Even with a direct localisation of the pain by myself, they still did not know. I waited for over a week to see a doctor and all they could say was 'muscle pain' I could have told them that I have muscle pain. I am fed up now and all I want is an entire new body. I feel so ugly and useless.

A beautiful piece of music.

On the nature of daylight.

All that work paid off.

I GOT THE CONDITIONAL OFFER FROM SALFORD I WANTED!! I nearly cried.

Leeds Met Article: Oxbridge; how far would you go?

As everything gets harder for all students, I can’t help but think for the early applicants for which the process has been hard from the start. With the rush of the early deadline to interviews and most of all the dreaded UCAS reply. But alas, you have to consider what is really going through the minds of the lecturers and applicant administrators at Oxbridge. Do they really think about the academic skills and aspirations of the wishful students?

For some, as Oxford and Cambridge are some of the greatest universities in the world, would say that of course they do as it would be unprofessional for them not to. However, statistics say otherwise. A BBC article dating 31^st January stated that statistics show that the independent sector of schools take up 7% of the population in England and Wales, whereas they make up around 46% of Oxford's undergraduates.

It astonished me when I was having a discussion with a fellow applicant from Liverpool at an interview for a university recently, which a school and sixth form in Liverpool that has compulsory lessons to decrease their scouse accent so their students have a higher chance to get in to such universities like Oxford and Cambridge. I simply could not believe that students would go that far to reach the goal of having an Oxbridge qualification. Is this a reconstruction from ‘My Fair Lady’ gone too far? After all, isn’t your regional dialect what gives you some form of personal identity? 

Another issue is ethnicity. It was reported in 2009 that over 20 Oxbridge colleges didn’t send offers to black students, one of which hadn’t admitted a black student for at least 5 years! This raises the issue of the concept of an elitist society, which the main people in authority roles being of white, middle class and Oxbridge decent; this is a key issue in the House of Lords. In 2005, the average age in the House of Lords was 50! It’s unreal. According to a Guardian article dating 6^th December 2010 by David Lammy MP showed that figures made under the Freedom of Information Act showed that Oxbridge’s profile shows that 89% of students come from the top 3 socioeconomic groups, whereas according to UCAS the national average is 64.5%. 

However, it isn’t all one sided. It is also the fault of the state educated and the government. On the state educated behalf, it is a problem of not enough state sector children are applying for Oxbridge either due to modesty of thinking they’re not good enough or their teachers just don’t want to put them under the stress so deter them away from applying  - sadly enough it happens. On the governments behalf, not after the rise in the tuition fees however, should create a scheme which defeats this tendency by the state population to have the courage to apply for Oxbridge. This will discourage the idea that the new coalition government is trying to create a society where only the middle and upper class children can make it.

The interview

I know this is a delayed blog for when the interview was fresh in my mind, but I was too busy telling people how pleased I was and making my friends and family cakes to eat due to the new kitchen.

So, the day started off with a trip to Tesco to update my self with the latest news of the day, as of course wanting to be a journalist, you need to know what is going on and new developments as soon as possible. I bought a selection of local and national media to add to my 'current affair' mind map! It was full to the brim by the time of the interview, which was useful for the quiz I had to endure earlier on in the day! The time was closing in for when we had to leave to set off to the University of Salford! At this point I didn't really know what I was feeling as I was nervous, but I wanted to keep calm, so all in all I can probably say I wasn't feeling anything but numb.

When half 11 struck, it was time ot leave for Salford as we had to drop my Dad off in Manchester for an international conference before hand, when I think about it now, arriving an hour early at Salford was probably a better option as it gave me time to relax in my surroundings. I read the student newspaper to add things to what I'd say in the interview. There were many people in the waiting room for interviews that day, but luckily over half were for an preforming arts audition rather than for a BA Journalism interview! turned out from about the 20 people waiting in the foyer only 8 were for my course., that made me relax even more thankfully.

As 1 o'clock approached, the programme organiser for the Journalism course appeared in the foyer. All 8 of us gathered by him and followed him down through a maze of corridors down to the Journalism suite of the Adelphi building at Salford. We didn't get a tour of the buliding itself because as of September 2011, all journalist students will be studying at a new building at MediaCityUK where the BBC is relocating some of it's programmes and so is the set of Corination Street. It's going to be amazing!

The first section of the interview was a current affairs quiz, this asked you about things that had happened either the day before or a few days before at least, another few questions were about the organisations which affect journalism today. I feel as if I answered the questions witht he best of my knowledge and as many as I could, although some were just over my head, but in the actual interview he said that I answered the quiz well, so not all is lost! Once my name was called for my one to one interview, the ideas just kept flowing. It was strange though, it felt as if I was driving the interview really in some way as he hardly ever had to ask me a starter question, I just made it flow from one point to another, which was amazing for me!

So, all in all I think my interview went really well and I will hopefully get the offer I have been waiting for! If I do get an offer I think I will probably cry with happiness and it would really make me want to do the best I could ever do in my A-levels!

The most important

interview of my life is tomorrow. :|

Tomorrow is Valentine's day.

First picture together in 2006

So, tomorrow is Valentine's day and it is my 4th with my Boyfriend, Tom :)! I can't really imagine my life being any different than it is right now and I can't really imagine life without him being there to simply warm me up as I'm always cold. We've been together, pretty much, since we were 14 and I haven't regretted a single day, even if he does stupid things every now and again. But what can you say, he's a man and that's what men do. And women also decide some silly things along the way, being irrational and everything else.

4 years later and still happy

It made me really happy when he told me that he prefers being in a long relationship with me than being in no relationship at all or having loads over the years. That really made me smile and feel special about myself as that shows how much I mean to him and simple how much he actually loves me! Tom makes me unbelievably happy and I couldn't love anyone more or be anymore comfortable with them. He doesn't even care about my imperfections that I hate about myself and when I'm with him, it's like they don't exist; sounds cliche but he does make me feel beautiful.

I just wanted to say a thank you to my beautiful Boyfriend for everything he has done for me over the years and show how happy he makes me, even though I'm sure that he knows this already!

Happy Valentine's day and I love you Tom xxxx

A Quick Blog

I can't wait for the new kitchen. Simply for this beautiful oven.

A UCAS update.

So, my offers at this point are like this:

Salford - Journalism: Interview
Salford - Journalism and Politics: Conditional
Huddersfield - Journalism: Conditional
Leeds Met - Journalism: Conditional
Chester - Journalism: Conditional

 On February 16th, I have an interview at Salford University. This is the most important moment of my future career, Salford is the true place where I would love to study, for many reasons. One of these reasons is that it close to home for not just the purpose of Tom (who I couldn't possibly leave) but for the purpose of my family. I couldn't go far and find out that something had happened and all I could do is stay there. Another reason is that the BBC and ITV are now stationed in MediaCity UK in Salford, where the students automatically go in to. It could also be that I love Manchester as a city and I love it's culture and it's significance in the UK. I mostly honestly think if I recieved a conditional offer form Salford, I would cry with happiness.

In other news, I have a chance to turn a conditional offer in to an unconditional offer from Leeds Met. This oppertunity came to me by post. It stated that if submit a written piece (500 words max) and its standard is high, then my offer could be altered in to an unconditional, which is a nice relief, even if Leeds is my 4th choice. The deadline is the 20th May, although I want to get my piece written, checked and submitted soon, but I think the interview comes first.

Fingers crossed for my future in the buisness of journalism.

Happy Birthday Nan.

My beautiful Nan is 86 today and I couldn't be more proud of her. My Nan and I share the same name and we're very alike personality wise, forever smiling and laughing at similar things. Throughout my life my Nan has never not been there for me, literally since day 1, there isn't a day which I can't recall she wasn't there either looking after me or I've rang her. My Nan was even the one who held me at my parents wedding in 1993. After that and while my parents worked, all I can do is recall her coming up to me or me being at her house watching the TV and playing with the endless amount of animals she's had. She used to walk me to primary school and back everyday until I was old enough to walk home alone. She always recalls the day of the horrible blizzard in the 90's that I fell over in and started to cry. She had millions of pictures of me as a child in her collection, along with my cousins who spent everyday that I did at my Nan's house. We were all never apart really, I still recall the double pram she used to put me and my Cousin Nicki in and made the boys walk, but to be fair they are older. Even when the day came that I was to enter year 7, I still made sure I went to my Nan's after school most days for tea and I still do, I'm 18 now.

This few months have been the hardest for all us. On November 23rd in the early hours of the day my Nan suffered a series of mild strokes, which because of the amount were more dangerous than they seemed. She was taken to Fairfield Hospital in Bury as it's a stroke specialist place and she had to have this special drug which would thin out her blood. However, it wasn't as simple as it seemed. This specialist treatment isn't meant to be given to people over 80, and my Nan was 85 at the time, the consequence of the drug was that it could cause another bleed which could have killed her. So, even if my parents didn't decide to tell me until I got home, when I think about it now, it was probably the best choice. However, this doesn't mean I took it well. All I can remember was seeing my Dad lying down speechless and me on the floor, crying hard and trying to rip my hair out. I ran upstairs and rang Tom, it was all I could do, thankfully he was there for me and made me feel a little better, it made me feel so secure when he put his coat straight on and was ready to come to see me at the drop of a phone call, but I wasn't going to rest until I saw my Nan.

On the car ride there, I began to feel my body come back to reality and I stopped crying. It was a fearful drive to the hospital as it was so far away from my house. However, it did let me compose myself. When we got there, I followed my family patiently until we reached the "Acute Stroke Ward" on the first floor of Fairfield Hospital. I had to wait as it was strictly two visitors at a time as she was in the vital ward area. When I walked in her eyes lit up and her heart beat on the monitor started to rise dramatically. This was my main worry at the time. She was really hot as her blood pressure was high and the drugs were messing with her system. She was desperate to fall asleep and she couldn't even recall most things going on. Her speech was unrecognisable and the machines were beeping and there were pipes everywhere. It was just a horrible sight and I'm glad I won't have to witness this again. As we were alone, I managed to get her heart beat from 130 to 90, which is more normal. However, when it came to leave, I didn't really want to but I knew she needed her rest. After I got home, I got in the car and drove straight to Tom to tell him what was going on, he was worried about me and Nan.

In the same week, my Nan got transferred to Oldham Hospital, so she was closer to home and a lot easier to visit. Once she had reached Oldham, the improvements just kept coming. Everyday she had something new to show us, gaining a little more strength in her body everyday. My favourite surprise was the day when she all of a sudden lifted her bad arm up and waved at me when she saw me through the window. It made me so happy to know that there was hope and she was going to be okay. Everyday I went to visit she made me so happy by telling me the lastest thing she'd donw with Richard the physio man. When the time was coming close for her to leave the hosptial, we all got to sit in and watch her in the physio area. Richard got my Nan to walk! She walked around the room with two people helping her, but she was still walking! I couldn't believe it, I felt so proud.

The day came that she was leave the hosptial, but it wasn't home she was going to, it was Butler Green in Chadderton, a 'care home'. With their developments with physio and domestic help, my Nan managed to gain more strength and confidence in gaining her independence back. We got her out for Christmas which was a lovely break for her and a nice treat for us to know that she was being properly cared for by us. But that's enough about that.

On January 21st, my Nan finally got to come home properly, 2 months after the incident, she got to finally go home, to her own home and not ours! She couldn't believe it and neither could I! It was a lovely day, because I promised her that she'd be out by her birthday, which is today! And I didn't break my promise, she is at home and happily being looked after by her endless family who are around there most hours of the day.

I just wanted to write this to show how proud I am of her after everything and how much I love her.
Happy Birthday Nan xxxxxxxxxx

January exam season.

As my January exams come to a close, I can now sigh a sign of relief. As much as re-sits are a form of extra effort, it is also a good feeling as now I can hopefully bump up my grades towards my targets for A2 and for the required grade for my university course. For the majority of my courses, the required grades or amount of UCAS tariff points is BBC/280 points. For me, that is an realistic target as when I enter my English Language exam in June, I shall already be on an A for AS and in my coursework, which is very comforting for my desired course of Journalism. This means that an A is already in the bag, and what I really want at A2 is ABC or even ABB if I try hard enough! Which would be fantastic.

The two re-sits I had were Ethics and UK Government. At first, it was ethics which was my concern as previously in year 12 Ethics was my downfall. However, with the preparation help from my teachers and by hammering some practice questions which came back as B's with some help from notes, but however, in the actual exam, by doing this method I felt prepared and I'm hoping for a C or maybe a low B if possible?! The next exam I had was Government. Now after the successful feeling of the Ethics exam, Government was now a huge worry for me. I woke up the morning of the exam feeling sick, which was a great start! But however, luckily I had some good friends who were resitting too and we spent all morning and early afternoon revising and discussing issues about the paper and subject content. As the exam approached, the more nervous we all felt. But, alas, in a weird occurrence of events, everything we discussed in the previous hours came up on the exam, what a streak of luck! I couldn't believe it, I just hope that it comes back with a good grade!

Fingers crossed for the powers of the re-sit and my future university life!

Newsnight,

As the By-Election is upon us, yesterday the BBC endured a Newsnight special in Uppermill last night. As luck would have it, I managed to get on the panel, as my friend Lucy Trewinnard, applied a few weeks before but sadly wasn't old enough to feature on the show. But, being the good christian she is, she put things into the hands of Mrs. Anderson and managed to get me on the show with a few others of my class mates. We were all very thankful for this.

The arrival time was between 8:30 and 9:00, and as time drew on, more and more people were arriving. Gladly I wasn't the first there and David and Kate had reserved the table with the biscuits on! Very good to pass the time and chat until we were needed. As we all met, a familiar face appeared across the room; Mr. Platt! It was lovely to see a much respected ex-Deputy Headteacher, who was just as interested in politics as we were. We discussed our views and what our points for being there were!

As time passed on, the nerves settled down as we became familiar with the settings. At around 10.00 we were beginning to be seated. However, some had to be seated strategically and one of them was Kate. We all agreed to sit together and when we entered the room, there she was, sat in the front row! It was a shock to us all, but at least I had a good view! As the sound checks and make up were having their final checks, the mood set in. 3, 2 ,1 and the credits rolled. Studio in awe of the situation they were in.

It was an absolutuely amazing experience and I'd love to all over again. Here is the show for you to watch.

A political claim to fame.

That time I met Ed Miliband and got an autogrpah for my Boyfriend :)

Happy New Year