Trying to Navigate Life
Hello! It's been a while since I've posted anything here, but considering as all my university assignments are handed in, I've been furloughed at work and we're all social distancing ourselves, I felt it was time to return to the computer keyboard and update Simply Emily. We live in trying times at the moment, with …
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Music has always been something I love, ever since I was young. I played the flute up to Grade 5 before my GCSEs came around and I wanted to go on to college to study music (how different my life could have been!) I was even in the school band where we played numbers such …
I've always struggled with the heat, it's the reason I prefer winter of summer and I thought when I arrived in Sorrento that I would be awful in thirty degree heat but I was pleasantly surprised... until yesterday when we visited Pompeii. We left the hotel around 8:30 a.m. to get a 9 o'clock train …
I am aware that it wasn't long ago when I used a similar title for when Jarrod and I went to Rome in May, but I have been incredibly lucky to be invited abroad with Jarrod's family again. This time, the sunny coast, Sorrento. After a 3 a.m. start, we landed safely in Naples, Italy, …
*WARNING* THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS 'SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME' SPOILERS. In case you've been living under a rock for the past year or so, the second movie to the Tom Holland Spider-Man trilogy was revealed (or rather more spoiled in true Holland style) to release July 2nd. At the time of writing this, that was …
As of writing this, Friday 17th May, it is our last day in Rome. We had a light breakfast and checked out of the hotel at quarter past eleven, all packed; our suitcases twice the size than they were when we arrived on Sunday. Leaving our bags with the hotel reception, we headed out down …
We were told the previous evening by our daily hotel weather news report card (and a few jelly sweets) that the weather would be beautiful the following day - and that it was. It was a late start this time as we hadn't planned much to do, compared to the other days. The Colosseum was …
Unlike the dreary weather we had yesterday, today was absolutely lovely. The sun was fully out, it was hot and I was finally feeling like I was in Italy. As usual, we started the day with the breakfast provided by the hotel before heading out around 10 a.m. The Vatican and the Castel di Sant'Angelo …
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Buongiorno from Rome! Jarrod and I touched ground in Rome Fiumicino after a breezy two hour flight from Gatwick on Sunday and despite the rather disappointing weather, we had a lovely time together. Although driving through the city from the airport was like driving through a stream with hail the size of ping pong balls …
THIS IS A DISCLAIMER: THE HASHTAG #KeepTheSecrets IS DIRECTED AT THE VIEWERS WHO HAVE SEEN THE PLAY LIVE. IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON WATCHING HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PLEASE AVOID READING THIS BLOG POST, AS IT CONTAINS MANY SPOILERS, AND TRUST ME, IT WILL RUIN THE EXPERIENCE IF YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN …
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Day Two of New York and I was still adjusting to the new surroundings and the time zone. When I woke at six a.m., my body was still telling me it was eleven a.m. I found it difficult to get back to sleep that morning. The day was just as exciting as the first. We …
Hello from New York city! I'm having a wonderful time here in the land of the Big Apple. We've done so much over the past few days but here is what we did on the Tuesday (technically the first day, post travelling). As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I haven't flown since I …
Christmas is my favourite time of the year and is the one time where my true tackiness shines through, whether it's ugly Christmas jumpers, decorating my room with as many lights as possible or going over the top with Christmas shopping. Everyone is just so happy around this time, decorating the tree with shimmering lights …
After a lot of procrastination, staring at computer screens and reading until I had headaches, all my assignments for semester one were officially all submitted on Tuesday evening. It was tough to say the least. At one point I thought I'd never finish on time with the amount of time-consuming referencing I had to do …
(PROMPT: IMAGE ABOVE (Good old Muse)) I see the shadows of a million voices surrounding me. haunting me, tempting me. Young people, old people, good people, bad people. Like a portal to the dead. Only the echoes of the deceased. So many lost souls in t-poses staring into the abyss and never being able to …
It's Saturday afternoon, and after coming back home from spending time with family, Chantal and I are greeted with two beautiful (and tiny) nine week old guinea pigs. These pups were originally Chantal's birthday present. Some fifteen year olds ask for an iPad, some ask for a PS4, but my sister wanted guinea pigs... I'd …
Hey... remember me? So life has thrown so much at me recently that I haven't really had time to sit down and update my blog. I've moved to Winchester, staying in halls at the University so adapting to life here and all the work I've been given to do has taken up A LOT of …
As I've said in previous blog posts, I like to experiment with different genres of posts. From reviews, to day-in-the-life, I like to explore different styles and discover what I enjoy writing about the most. Today's post is food. I love to cook. I find it extremely therapeutic and just fun. One of my favourite …
When I woke up this morning, it wasn't until I saw the pink balloon with the number '18’ hanging on my door when I remembered that I am eighteen. It was my birthday yesterday and the fact that I'm an adult, still hasn't quite sunken in yet. All day I was in denial. When someone …
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It's Thursday, 16th August 2018. For any A-Level college/sixth form student, everyone knows what today is. My phone buzzes with its tinkling tune, letting me know it's 7:30 and time to wake up. Switching off my alarm my stomach churns as I remember that today is the day. The day I've been waiting for since …
It's a Friday afternoon, and the weather is wonderful here in North Wales. Sitting outside and typing this up has crossed my mind several times but the air is still chilly. However, I don't think my pyjamas, a pair of fluffy socks and my boyfriend's hoodie- no I have not gotten changed today- would keep …
It's rare for us, England, to get as much sun as we have been getting for the past few months. In my head, a good analogy of England, is rain being a permanent feature of outside and grumpy Brits complaining about it 24/7. The recent weather has put that analogy of us to bed for …
Hello! And welcome to my first ever blog! You'll have to bear with me, I'm usually horrible at introductions. At least writing an intro is easier than spontaneously improvising an introduction to someone new in person. But welcome. Pull up a chair, grab a cup of tea and and couple of biscuits and make yourself …
