Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat

Recently, my life has kind of been a blur of revision, college applications and youtube. It's been so long since I last just sat down and thought "I have nothing to do". I constantly have homework to do, or fill out that college application that has to be in by the end of this month. It's SO overwhelming that I am in my final year of school... I still remember when I was just about to start Junior School... WHERE DID THE TIME GO?! Now i'm filling in form after form for colleges and starting to note down my final exam dates! 

Although this year is at least a school term shorter because I'm in year 11, I think it's going to feel double as long due to all the work! I'm really not looking forward to exams and the stress of them! I mean, it's only, what 4 weeks into the school term? and I'm already stressed...All I can say is thank god for youtube and music!! The only way to destress is to listen to your favourite band and watch some good youtube video's (I recommend Tanya Burr doing people's make-up videos on DailyMix...for some reason they are extremely relaxing)

Although I can't wait to leave school, I will always miss these primary school days haha

 ^Me and Holly on the last day of year 6 aw (don't even ask about my hair ok)^

Do you like these type of posts? just general sit down posts?

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Swanage | A weekend getaway with the school

Hello again! It's been so long since I last posted, sorry! but unfortunately the hostel me and my school stayed in ,in Swanage had no internet access which was torture for me, seeing as I'm an internet addicted teenager...

But anyway, as a Geography trip, me and about 50 fellow students went to Swanage to study coastal protection & erosion blah blah blah because as it turns out, Swanage is practically getting torn apart by the sea (well not all of it, just cliffs and stuff but you know, i just want to make a completely dull subject exciting) So, for the past 4 days I have been a tourist & took lots of photos that I thought I would share with you :-)

So the first place we visited was Barton-On-Sea, because the cliffs were falling apart and I actually have no idea why I took this picture, just that it looks like it should belong in Spain or something. We picked such a good weekend to go because It was so so hot, I got burnt on the first day ha!

We then headed over to a hill (which I can't remember the name of) to see a bay and a headland, then we had a really long & boring lecture about how they are formed, followed by an hour and a half of classroom work every night.

After the classroom, we headed out to Swanage and chilled on the beach for a while (by this time if was about 9 ish) and we decided to take a nice picture on the beach but this is what happened instead, I don't even know what we are doing but we call this 'posing'.

After this awkward attempt at a beach picture, we went to the arcade where we didn't win anything sadly :( 

Our second day in Swanage, we went to Visit Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove, which are really famous for being naturally beautiful and I see why! the only thing that ruined it was that it was so hot and we were trekking around so I didn't full appreciate it... still really beautiful though! 

(This isn't Durdle dorr but it was still beautiful and definately looks like it should be in a exotic country)

Cheeky panoramic view

This is  Lulworth Cove, probably one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen! honestly, if you're going to Swanage soon, go here because its all good seeing it as a photo, but when you see it with you're own two eyes it is really breathtaking.

Ta da! This is Durdle door, a giant arch in rock which people drive off and swim through! It also had such a beautiful beach, honestly one of the best beaches I have visited in my 15 years of life!

This was the other side of Durdle Door, now does that look like England?! Look at the sea!

Well those are most of the pictures I took, It was honestly a really good trip (although I'm sure I sweated a literal ocean over the past four days & we did a lot of work) everyone was really nice and the weather was a bit hot but absolutely brilliant! Overall, I think we visited about 7 beaches, maybe 8 in total whilst in Swanage!
I hope you enjoyed this post! Do you like these 'photo album' kind? I'm trying to add more photos instead of having a huge lump of writing.
Only 2 and a half days of school until Summer Holidays!
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P.s One of my favourite bands recently released their debut album, well you can pre-order it but it comes out soon! They are called Cast of Lions (previously Chapters) and honestly, their music is so unique and special. They are a really small band so go and check them out!
Here is the website! 
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Quick Catch up!

Hello Everyone! You may have noticed that I haven't been blogging as well or as frequent lately (Sorry) but this week has been a kind of blur as there have been some major family issues that was my main priority  Unfortunately, my uncle has been taking to hospital following a heart attack and he is about to undertake a very bloody marriage breakup  and I guess he needs our support more than ever in the next couple of months. However, I will try my hardest to make sure my blogging is regular as we've hit the worst it can get, it can only get better now! 

Anyway, How is everyone? School is almost upon me  (please don't make me go and face Spanish) and even the thought of school is making me stressed... I have already removed my nail polish ready for the schools prison like regulations :-( 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend! ★

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School

Hello everyone! Well I thought today, instead of having a planned blog post, I'd just talk about whatever the hell I wanted. 

So hi, today It was my first day back at school after a relaxing but busy half term. Obviously, I found the getting up in the morning part ridiculously hard because I've gotten so used to waking up at 9:30 most mornings that my body clock was slightly surprised when I got up at 7 am. I don't think i'm ever going to forget the pain and panic you experience when it's time to get up on a school day - I've been doing this school thing for a good 10-ish years now and I'm still not used to the early mornings! I'm starting to lost hope that I ever will! The hardest days to get up on is when It's the middle of Winter, verging on antarctic conditions and education forces you out of your nice warm bed. Those are the worse. 

I think school can also be a cause of weight gain in children because I don't know about you but when I get home I just head for the fridge,dumping my bag somewhere on the way.

Sorry this has been a boring post, but I just wanted to try something different :~)

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enjoy this picture that I probably shouldn't of laughed at as I hard as I did

Exams

Exams. Even the word sickens me. There is an 'X' in 'Exam' for a reason. X is one of the last letters in the alphabet and exams are one of the last things anybody wants to do. 

This last week, I've been really stressed because of exams. For instance, yesterday I had a CAT (Controlled Assessment Task)  in every lesson! A CAT is basically coursework that you're not aloud to take home. I think this might bore you, but I'm just expressing my opinions on exams. 

Exams are all good for braniac's who basically breathe out knowledge , but for people like me who panic in tests and pretty much forget how to think as soon as you enter the hall, It's not the best way to demonstrate what we know. I'm fine in class and I revise (where it's necessary) but for some reason it just doesn't pay off in the actual test. Then I get myself down because I know I could've done better but I didn't. It doesn't make it any better when people come out and discuss the answers, because I panic thinking 'I didn't get that answer... maybe their wrong? maybe I'm wrong?' and then it just stays on my mind. 

So what I've learnt from doing various mock exams and CATS is that you can only do your best. Unfortunately, you may think your best isn't good enough, but don't stress yourself out about it.  I've come to know my limits and I know how well I can do. 

So these are some top tips on how to do well in exams:

• Identify Topics you don't understand and revise them: We all know that the one topic you don't understand will be in the exam for sure, so It's best to try to understand it or get someone else to explain it again. 
• Don't stress: The exam hall can be pretty scary, but just breathe because everyone else is feeling the same.
• Believe in yourself:  I always think to myself If I believe I can do it, I'm half way there. 

Hey... maybe I should start following my own tips! Especially the last one! 

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