Monthly Archives: October, 2013

Welcome to Scarborough

Well, it’s Halloween night – and not surprisingly a big night in a city full of young people and university students. One of my flatmates might be going out with her friend (They’ve urged me to come along but I don’t have a costume and more importantly, I don’t feel like it).  The last couple …

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Welcome to Leeds Met…and work

A couple of weeks ago, I got a position as an student ambassador at Leeds Met. Actually, I still don’t know what my exact duties as a student ambassador are but this weekend, I did some work in the job. Leeds Met hosted its Undergraduate Open Days yesterday and today, and lots of parents and …

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Out in the Country

Earlier today, my Responsible Tourism Management coursemates and I went to the South Pennines (an area of hills not too far from Leeds) for a field trip. We went there to learn about rural tourism, and I enjoyed it because I saw somewhere new. I wouldn’t want to live, but it was a nice place …

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HoneyTrekking into Leeds

Nowadays, I pretty much upload a new blog entry every Saturday afternoon – just after completing the Park Run. Of course, something amazingly exciting could happen the same day after uploading the blog entry. But if that’s the case, I guess I have to wait to upload the news. But guess what? Something exciting did happen …

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Seeing some Jazz – or not

Sometimes, it’s great to have a touch of home in a foreign country. A couple of weeks ago, I saw a poster near my flat promoting DJ Jazzy Jeff‘s appearance at a club in Leeds named Oceana. When I think of DJ Jazzy Jeff, two things come to mind: my favorite sitcom, The Fresh Prince of …

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Folks, don’t try this at home….

At first, this week looked like it wouldn’t be the most exciting of weeks. Well, both of my training sessions with the Hyde Park Harriers were a lot of fun. Actually, after Tuesday night’s training session, we went to a pub named Cuthbert Brodrick at Millennium Square as we threw a goodbye party for Clare (one …

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