Have you ever just stopped and thought… ‘I’m growing up’? Has the realisation ever just hit you, slap bang, right in the middle of your face? It’s been doing that to me a lot recently. I’m not sure whether it was the filling in of sixth form applications or my friends starting to get married…
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Virgin Experiences
On Friday, October 9th, I had so many virgin experiences. I had my first take away coffee. ( It was hot chocolate… shhh don’t tell anyone!) I made decisions about which clothes to buy without asking my mum’s opinion. Shocker I know! I conformed by wearing a shirt I knew a lot of others would be wearing that night….
Home Sickness
Home sickness is a strange illness… isn’t it? There’s no physical symptoms for it. You don’t get a temperature. You don’t vomit. The only symptom, can’t be seen, felt or heard by anyone other than you. Your heart slowly breaking. You don’t really feel that sort of pain for anything else. It’s not the same…
ReKonnect 2014
A few weeks ago I attended the best camp ever. For a TCK (Third Culture Kid – the official term for those of us who have grown up outside of our passport country) just re-entering her passport country, it was like a dream come true. Not many of the girls were sporty. But that was…
40 Days of Internet Fasting: Day 19
It’s a monster, A magnet, It sucks me in. It twists my mind, Changes my thoughts, Turns my words inside out. I can’t escape it, It controls me, And everyone around me. It hurts me, But brings me pleasure, It starves and feeds me. I can’t escape it, It’s all around, It’s hidden in every…
40 Days of Internet Fasting: Day 17 & 18
I was sure I had missed a day somewhere along the line. I think if I make this day 17 and 18 then it’s right. I think. I’m not sure by any stretch of the imagination… Anyway, this week I will hopefully get on top of this blog again! I have been going crazy trying…
40 Days of Internet Fasting: Day 11
I don’t think I said this yesterday so I’ll say it now. DOUBLE DIGITS!!!! Whoo! I’ve made it a quarter of the way! Mr. Feminine says he would have already died at this point, but this is coming from a guy who is on a diet to the point of starvation. I want to start…
40 Days of Internet Fasting: Day 10
Now I don’t have much time to write this today, I should have been in bed five minutes ago so I apologize if this is brief. Parent’s evening. Scary thought. I haven’t had any parent’s evening in this country. What my old parent’s evening used to entail was sitting outside with friends or sitting inside…
A Different Life From a Teenagers Point of View
My name is Amory Powell. But most of my friends just call me Ams. I am 12 years old and have lived my life in Bangladesh since I was 8. Bangladesh is home to me. I go to a local English Medium school with my two best friends, I won’t tell you their names…
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