I wanted to talk about my graduation on Monday, but I am also going to talk about faith. Faith is a fantastic thing. Faith is the belief that something good will come of something. It isn’t really a tangible thing, and the degree of its existence is purely at the discretion of the beholder.
But what [...]
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Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Exam Before the Storm
I received an email from Newcastle University recently about the tickets they have allocated for my graduation. I was hoping to receive my basic allocation, plus the two seats in the TV relay room they advised we should apply for. This email told me that they have received more applications for these TV relay tickets [...]
Fourteen Days And Fourteen Nights
In two weeks, I shall reach the scary age of 21. And in that time Mum wants me to think of a birthday present. She wants to buy me something that will last, and something that I can keep, so pretty much she wants to get me jewellery.
I have a signet ring from my grandparents, [...]
Isn’t It
Weird day, as they often are. Not every day you get an email from your dad saying how proud he is of you. And for sending a birthday card to your stepbrother. The term “blows hot and cold” springs to mind.
But anyway, only one more day of this course to go, then I shall probably [...]
Fathers’ Day
Fathers’ Day can be a bit of a depressing time for me. What do I celebrate? I suppose I should be thankful for having a dad at all - after all, he offers his guidance (occasionally) just like any other. It’s just that I feel I have lost out on something that at least every [...]
Funny How Love Is
I think this is a problem everyone has: explaining exactly what love is. No-one know what it is, yet some claim they are in it. I ponder whether it exists at all. If no-one can explain it to me in a satisfactory way, how can I accept it exists?
People say it will come to me [...]