The Last Day
Today’s my last day in Wales and this is exactly how I feel about it. (Or that could just be the expression of someone who’s been given a load of goodbye JD & Cokes by her friends and got way too...
View ArticleStranded in Limbo
Photo credit to my twin. A hundred hours after the plane touched down on British soil and I returned back to my homeland, cabin fever has set in. The first three days were filled with jet lag and...
View ArticleSo … What Now?
Five weeks after arriving back into Britain, I’m finally starting to feel things get back to ‘normal’. The moments of reverse culture shock have come to a halt, I’m starting to get used to the weather...
View ArticleThe Sweet Sound of Summer
Daylight blazes through the window at 7.15 every morning to entice her from those dreams of faraway places, new lives, new loves, old friends, old jobs. Not even the 24 hour steelworks a few miles down...
View ArticleLetter to my Transatlantic Twin
Dear Muffin, Today marks one week before you board a plane for my homeland. It’s been nearly 3 months since your wonderful self helped me carry my oversized luggage to the Iceland Air check-in counters...
View ArticleThis is Your Government
(A/N): Let me just clarify that I am NOT going to speak to any media. Please stop contacting my neighbours. Everything I have to say is written here. Also, please ask me if you want to use my pictures....
View ArticleDoing Time in the Green, Green Grass of Home
I’ve been back in Wales for over seven months now and I’m stuck. Not stuck over where to go or what to do but stuck with this blog. I get so many ideas over what to write about every day but never feel...
View ArticlePieces of Korea in Wales
Fasey Girl? (Apologies for the scattered, nonsensical way this post is written. Not my best piece of writing as I’m finding it hard to concentrate these days.) In less than two weeks, I’ll be on my way...
View Article6 Things I Learned From My First Korean Class
Last Saturday I finally decided that I’d had enough smiling and nodding, and decided to sign up to a beginner’s Korean class in Gwangju. Having not been on the other side of the teacher’s desk for...
View Article18 months in Korea … The Highs & The Lows
A week ago, I hit my 18 month milestone of living and working in South Korea. This is officially the longest I’ve ever lived abroad and it kind of blows my mind. I look back on my 17 months in Mexico...
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