I have a lot of experiences from my life that I think would be worth sharing but I doubt it would be worth listing the most interesting parts of my life to date. Instead I will be starting from my life right now so you can follow the events in my life as they unfold. I hope you will agree that following my present will be more interesting than reading about my past!
I am currently in university accommodation in an unfamiliar country and have decided to write a post to distract myself from a stationary malfunction I have been having! Basically, I made a massive mistake by purchasing a pair of scissors in a store called Pound Land. I have just been trying to slice open my boxes and to be perfectly honest I would be better off string to cut through sellotape with a sponge than with these scissors! You are probably thinking that this does not really count as an interesting life experience but it is only through making this mistake that I have learned a lesson not to opt for cheap options as they cause more hassle in the long run - life lesson 1!
For those of you reading this who are also starting university or have ever been to university I think you will agree one of the oddest experiences is making friends here. Until this morning I was convinced that I was the only person living in my corridor because the whole place has been deadly quite since I arrived yesterday. This morning, after an awkward introduction, I have had confirmation that there is at least one other person living here.
The two of us are now guessing which rooms we think have people in because honestly no one seems to be making any noise at all! I have considered going down my corridor shouting 'FIIIIRRRREEEE' and see who comes out but I think I better leave a few days before resorting to that! If anyone reading this is in a similar situation and is brave enough to try this out I would appreciate you leaving a comment letting me know how it went down!
When living in halls it seems you make friends using the same method as in primary school:
1. Make eye contact
2. State your name
3. Ask for their name
4. BOOM - friendship formulated! (obviously I mean a metaphorical boom - although an actual explosion when friendships are formed would have made much more interesting reading!)
Although instead of wondering if your new friend like the same games as you like you would in primary school, at university you start wondering if your new friend will be the one smoking weed outside your window or the one who will blast out Radio 4 on a Sunday morning!
Halls of residence must be one of the very few situations where friendships are based on nothing more than being in the same space as someone else instead of though things such as similar interests or mutual friends. Can solid friendships be built on the foundation of completely randomly being forced together? I guess I will soon find out and keep you posted!
Happy Reading x
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Why?
Hi there!
This is the first post in what I hope will be a blog that appeals to a lot of you out there, particular 20-somethings who, like me, have been told that you lack life experience.
Basically, I have started this blog because I am am fed up of reading columns in newspapers and magazines by people who are usually a lot older than I am. I would love to have a column one day but at the moment I have been told that I have not had enough life experience to be able to write a weekly column - well I think that is rubbish! I have been alive long enough to experience plenty and I am sure that there will be many of you reading this who are exactly like me; fed up of being told we have no life experience.I am fed up of reading colums by the likes of Liz Jones who think they are valid in sharing there experiences simply because they have been around longer than the rest of us.
I will be updating this blog at least weekly with experiences of my life and I hope after reading my blog you will agree with me that just because 20-somethings may not have had long on this earth but they have certainly have experiences worth sharing!
Oh and incase any of you are wondering, this blog is called Vitam because it is Latin for life - that is not my name!
Happy Reading x
This is the first post in what I hope will be a blog that appeals to a lot of you out there, particular 20-somethings who, like me, have been told that you lack life experience.
Basically, I have started this blog because I am am fed up of reading columns in newspapers and magazines by people who are usually a lot older than I am. I would love to have a column one day but at the moment I have been told that I have not had enough life experience to be able to write a weekly column - well I think that is rubbish! I have been alive long enough to experience plenty and I am sure that there will be many of you reading this who are exactly like me; fed up of being told we have no life experience.I am fed up of reading colums by the likes of Liz Jones who think they are valid in sharing there experiences simply because they have been around longer than the rest of us.
I will be updating this blog at least weekly with experiences of my life and I hope after reading my blog you will agree with me that just because 20-somethings may not have had long on this earth but they have certainly have experiences worth sharing!
Oh and incase any of you are wondering, this blog is called Vitam because it is Latin for life - that is not my name!
Happy Reading x
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