You may have seen many videos, tumblr posts, facebook updates and tweets about Joseph Kony, Invisible Children and the Kony 2012 Campaign. Well, I saw it too and I couldn't sit there and not do anything about it. 2011 was an amazing year for showcasing the abilities of the people working together to bring down dictators and war criminals abusing their power and committing terrible crimes against humanity. Let's continue that trend.
My little sister went to MCM Expo the other day and now I have a massive list of things that I have to watch and tell her if they're suitable for her to watch or not.
I stole this jumper from my Nan yesterday. It's right good.
Right, so. I told you things were happening and this is the booth in which I tell you about them.
In December I applied for a programme to study in China and last Monday I found out that my friend Matt & I had been accepted. This past week has been a mad rush to find funds and get visas sorted etc. We've needed to find £600 in 11 days and it's been pretty difficult and hectic. Not only have we had to find the money for the flights we've had to book vaccinations, pre-departure briefings and shuttle bus; send off a million forms; get a business visa from the Chinese Embassy and sift through countless travel insurance policies.
Not only that, but I went home on Friday to be on BBC Radio Shropshire as they wanted to talk to me about myself, programme, what it entails and how I came to be on it in the hope that their listeners would have the potential to sponsor me. I got snowed in on Sunday night so got an extra day with my family and it was lovely! So far nothing really has come of that but it was only a few days ago so my fingers are still crossed.
Matt & I have a meeting tomorrow regarding getting funding from the University from two different avenues - getting out bursary early and getting funded by the International Relations & Education sector of our Student Union so it's all terribly stressful but very very exciting.
Also we've found a house to move into in June, I am going to miss this bed.
