Bonjour tout le monde! I come with great news (for me). Yesterday I was given my first job which I happily accepted! I had an interview on Wednesday, which I thought went okay but I have no relevant experience so I thought I might not get it. BUT I DID!
I am so happy and so grateful for them giving me a job. They are very considerate of my studies and exams and the company is amazing! I won't mention the name of the company for professional purposes although I have nothing bad to say!
So yes, I would just like to say to anyone going after a job and thinking that their lack of skills or experience, don't give up! Someone has decided to give me a chance and I expect there are many more out there who are willing to do the same. Just keep trying, it took my a year and 3 months since I turned 16 to find a job. So stick at it and if you need any advice or questions I'd be happy to answer (for example on where to look et des chose comme ca).
From the new career girl! :)
xoxo
(p.s. excuse the French, I had my speaking exam yesterday and I'm just soo happy it's finally over!)
Saturday 11 May 2013
Tuesday 30 April 2013
Examinations for the Nation
Hey you guys, I know it has been a while since my last post but as the title suggests, I have been absolutely overwhelmed with homework and revision in preparation for the summer exams. I am doing my AS Levels at the minute (French, Dance, Geography and Maths) and I can honestly say it is so stressful.
I know that at the time GCSEs seemed hard and a lot of work with deadlines and coursework but A Levels really are something else. There is no security like in GCSEs where even with no revision you are likely to pass; if you don't do the work - you will fail. Which is a lot of pressure for anyone to deal with considering how massively important these grades are! I have 8 exams to sit in total - Two maths (Core 2 and Decision 1); Two Geography (G1 Resit and G2); Two Dance (Practical and written) and Two French (Oral and Reading,Writing, Listening).
I have my practical dance and French oral next week and I am bloody terrified to my core! (Don't tell me to get off blog-spot and so some revision because I have and everyone is allowed time for themselves!) Some of my lessons haven't even taught us everything we know! So here is even more added stress because we have less time to revise everything. I haven't been out with friends for at least a month between exercise and school work there leaves little time fore a social life.
So firstly I would like to say a massive good luck to anyone sitting exams soon, be it A Levels, AS Levels, GCSEs, SATs or whatever! Because it is a huge deal at the time and very stressful but you are not alone. There are plenty people feeling under prepared, scared, nervous, sickened the lot! Which leads nicely to my final point, PREPARE YOURSELF. If you don't feel confident, then revise, rehearse, practise do mind maps, read books, listen to CDs, ask for help and just throw yourself into it. Because at the end of the day, you get what you give and when you get your results, you will know if you have worked hard enough and whether you deserved the grade you got. Don't kick yourself on results day. I have been there. It's not good.
On that note good bye and good luck chickens!
From the girl shitting herself for exams (but doing something about it!)
xoxo
I know that at the time GCSEs seemed hard and a lot of work with deadlines and coursework but A Levels really are something else. There is no security like in GCSEs where even with no revision you are likely to pass; if you don't do the work - you will fail. Which is a lot of pressure for anyone to deal with considering how massively important these grades are! I have 8 exams to sit in total - Two maths (Core 2 and Decision 1); Two Geography (G1 Resit and G2); Two Dance (Practical and written) and Two French (Oral and Reading,Writing, Listening).
I have my practical dance and French oral next week and I am bloody terrified to my core! (Don't tell me to get off blog-spot and so some revision because I have and everyone is allowed time for themselves!) Some of my lessons haven't even taught us everything we know! So here is even more added stress because we have less time to revise everything. I haven't been out with friends for at least a month between exercise and school work there leaves little time fore a social life.
So firstly I would like to say a massive good luck to anyone sitting exams soon, be it A Levels, AS Levels, GCSEs, SATs or whatever! Because it is a huge deal at the time and very stressful but you are not alone. There are plenty people feeling under prepared, scared, nervous, sickened the lot! Which leads nicely to my final point, PREPARE YOURSELF. If you don't feel confident, then revise, rehearse, practise do mind maps, read books, listen to CDs, ask for help and just throw yourself into it. Because at the end of the day, you get what you give and when you get your results, you will know if you have worked hard enough and whether you deserved the grade you got. Don't kick yourself on results day. I have been there. It's not good.
On that note good bye and good luck chickens!
From the girl shitting herself for exams (but doing something about it!)
xoxo
Tuesday 19 March 2013
Battle of the Social Networks
Bonjour mes amis! I am sorry for neglecting my blog but I have had so much work to deal with. (Still do but I'm choosing to momentarily ignore my responsibilities).
Considering I am a technophile and embrace technology with open arms, I'd like to take this opportunity to weigh-up the pros and cons of the most famous social networks out there. I'm probably preaching to the choir as you all must be at least semi-aware of technological happenings seeing as though you have found and use blogger.
Let's get the ball rolling ....
FACEBOOK
Pros
Considering I am a technophile and embrace technology with open arms, I'd like to take this opportunity to weigh-up the pros and cons of the most famous social networks out there. I'm probably preaching to the choir as you all must be at least semi-aware of technological happenings seeing as though you have found and use blogger.
Let's get the ball rolling ....
Pros
- Enable you to see whether someone is ignoring you
- Chavy arguments provide comical entertainment
- Get in contact with people that you don't see on a day-to-day basis
- Post photos to show people you actually (sometimes) have a life.
Cons
- Sluts.
- Attention seeking groups - 'Like this if you love your gran, keep scrolling to be eaten alive by a demon tonight'. No.
- Pointless statuses - nobody cares if you just had a shower.
- Sluts.
TWITTER
Pros
- Its awesome.
- Writing pointless things about your life that you feel the need to share
- Stalking celebrities
- Posting infinite photos of your pets without being judged.
Cons
- People always writing the same tweets
- Sluts
- 'Twitter Famous People'
- Celebrities not following us back :( (Apart from Barack Obama - he follows me :D)
GOOGLE+
Pros
- So many services - blogger, YouTube, statuses
- More 'sophisticated' than other Social Networks
- Ability to join groups and communicate with people from around the world
- Getting personal advice from accurate opinions in group
Cons
- Hard to figure out
- Lots of notifications that you need to check
- Not many people I know have it
- Lots of random people can see your profile and share your information
I hope this has been maybe helpful, maybe helped some people contemplate things regarding social networks. Comment me your thoughts on social networks if you have anything to add, or something you disagree with :)
The girl with her head in the virtual clouds!
xoxo
Thursday 21 February 2013
Round is a shape
This post is about keeping fit / losing weight / eating healthily, as I am 'embarking on a journey' of my own to combat my weight.
I wouldn't (like to) say that I'm fat. I don't eat very well and usually a lot. Like a lot of people I am worried about my weight. Since I've stopped dancing, which kept me in shape despite my bad eating habits, I've put on weight - about a stone. So I am not feeling too great about my body and my shape, although I appreciate it and I am comfortable as myself.
So, I decided to get off my arse, do some exercise and start sorting out my eating habits! I've not lost weight so far (3 weeks) from exercising 3-4 times a week intensely, but I have lost 3 inches off my waist which I am over the moon about. I've ditched the cans of coke for water, the cakes for pears and bananas and trying not to snack.
My point is, if I can do it, you can!
It will be hard. Sometimes you'll want to quit. No one else can do it apart from yourself. Its okay to go to classes/gym and work hard, but you must push yourself past the boundaries of your body and your mind. Find the special place, the place where nothing is more important than getting through these last 10 sit ups. For me, I think about being in my bikini on the beach and not having to breathe in all the time :)
and remember this: The more you suck it up now, the less you have to suck it in later :)
There are lots of support things online and I am always here for tips or advice :)
From the soon to be skinny girl ... (but not too skinny) :)
I wouldn't (like to) say that I'm fat. I don't eat very well and usually a lot. Like a lot of people I am worried about my weight. Since I've stopped dancing, which kept me in shape despite my bad eating habits, I've put on weight - about a stone. So I am not feeling too great about my body and my shape, although I appreciate it and I am comfortable as myself.
So, I decided to get off my arse, do some exercise and start sorting out my eating habits! I've not lost weight so far (3 weeks) from exercising 3-4 times a week intensely, but I have lost 3 inches off my waist which I am over the moon about. I've ditched the cans of coke for water, the cakes for pears and bananas and trying not to snack.
My point is, if I can do it, you can!
It will be hard. Sometimes you'll want to quit. No one else can do it apart from yourself. Its okay to go to classes/gym and work hard, but you must push yourself past the boundaries of your body and your mind. Find the special place, the place where nothing is more important than getting through these last 10 sit ups. For me, I think about being in my bikini on the beach and not having to breathe in all the time :)
and remember this: The more you suck it up now, the less you have to suck it in later :)
There are lots of support things online and I am always here for tips or advice :)
From the soon to be skinny girl ... (but not too skinny) :)
Sunday 10 February 2013
A Good Read
I like to read. Something which made me a bit 'weird' on secondary school, but something, I'd like to think, that helped my writing/creative skills. Also, of course my grammar. Nothing is more displeasing than seeing bad grammar in a published book.
I rarely read any more (I think this is because my brain can't handle unnecessary information that has nothing to do with my A-levels) but I do enjoy books. I always sit at a table when I am eating at home so that I can read whilst I eat; a habit that has been passed down from my Mam to me and my sister. I haven't read the 'Classics' like Jane Austin books, or anything by the Bronte sisters - I prefer rom-coms. My favourite author is Sophie Kinsella/Madeline Wickham. Her books are witty,fun and always have an unexpected ending. How will Becky pull of two weddings? Will Lexi get her memory back? You can never guess what's going to happen next, but it is guaranteed to be clever and funny! The shopaholic series are great books and if rom-com books are for you, I highly recommend these books!
Another series I enjoyed was the Georgia Nicholson books by Louise Rennison, (Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging...). As a young teenager these books were a fabulous read and I still quite enjoy them now. Me and my friend used to use the 'Snogging Scale' and all the terminology to go with it. It was a fun phase. Another phase was the Twilight Series. As a lot of other teenage girls did, I became slightly obsessed ... yes, I know. I still think they are interesting books and the films are good but I've stopped dressing all in black and having bright red hair haha!
The point of this post is that, I like reading, and I know I have some readers out there! So I would like to know of some good books -any genre, I'm open to suggestion, as I am running out of unread books on my shelf and I'm looking for something to fulfil my literary hunger.
Comment with you ideas pleaseeeeeeeeee
(Any good French books are appreciated, also.)
From the girl with her head in the books :)
I rarely read any more (I think this is because my brain can't handle unnecessary information that has nothing to do with my A-levels) but I do enjoy books. I always sit at a table when I am eating at home so that I can read whilst I eat; a habit that has been passed down from my Mam to me and my sister. I haven't read the 'Classics' like Jane Austin books, or anything by the Bronte sisters - I prefer rom-coms. My favourite author is Sophie Kinsella/Madeline Wickham. Her books are witty,fun and always have an unexpected ending. How will Becky pull of two weddings? Will Lexi get her memory back? You can never guess what's going to happen next, but it is guaranteed to be clever and funny! The shopaholic series are great books and if rom-com books are for you, I highly recommend these books!
Another series I enjoyed was the Georgia Nicholson books by Louise Rennison, (Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging...). As a young teenager these books were a fabulous read and I still quite enjoy them now. Me and my friend used to use the 'Snogging Scale' and all the terminology to go with it. It was a fun phase. Another phase was the Twilight Series. As a lot of other teenage girls did, I became slightly obsessed ... yes, I know. I still think they are interesting books and the films are good but I've stopped dressing all in black and having bright red hair haha!
The point of this post is that, I like reading, and I know I have some readers out there! So I would like to know of some good books -any genre, I'm open to suggestion, as I am running out of unread books on my shelf and I'm looking for something to fulfil my literary hunger.
Comment with you ideas pleaseeeeeeeeee
(Any good French books are appreciated, also.)
From the girl with her head in the books :)
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Breaks, lunches and free periods
The third instalment to the 'Sixth Form' post.
Breaks, lunches and free periods - the perks of sixth forms (apart from trips). But are they what they seem?
At first, they are great. Lunches are now an hour long (plenty of time to go into town for some food), breaks are a nice break up to the day and give you enough time to grab a cup of tea for 3rd period, and frees are just for lazing about. Fress are especially great if they fall before or after school, because this means you get a lie in or an early finish! RESULT.
Then, after a few weeks, things aren't so cushty as they once were.
Breaks - the refectory is loud and there are lots of people and it's extremely hard to get a table. And for some reason the bell always goes 5 minutes early so break is only really 15 minutes, once you actually get out of class and meet your friends.
Lunch - The novelty of going into town for your lunch has worn off as the lack of shops in a 5 minute walk just doesn't seem as appealing as it once did. So you suffer and deal with the school canteen - not bad food but oh so over priced!!
Frees - You realise that frees are great, and it nice to not have a lesson but ... frees when you are by yourself? What do you do? Where do you go? You've got no homework to do, the school library is just too quiet and you cant be in the refectory by yourself (saddo). It's a very uncomfortable situation.
Then, a few weeks after the few weeks after what now feels like a dream land, you well and truly hit cold hard reality. The truth of these 'perks':
Breaks - Spent doing homework for the next lesson that you really should of done last night, but you had that essay and then you absolutely NEEDED sleep!
Lunch - Spent doing work due in for a lesson after lunch. You were going to get up early to do it, but you had a late night doing that piece of coursework and you're bed is just too comfy.
Frees - Doing any outstanding homework that needs doing. These are golden opportunities for catching up. An hour to do the cover work set by the teacher or just plain homework. Its a beautiful little hour. Usually very much needed. Also, you realise that having a lie in messes up bus systems - late start, still need to get the same bus because it only comes once and hour so you have to wait around or be late and early finishes, your bus comes earlier than usual and you have an unexpected free but your'e alone (and you remember this predicament from earlier in the post.)
So we must enjoy the free time we get, because it stops being free time and become homework time D:
From the stressed out sixth former :)
(Even weekends and nights are homework-doing time)
Breaks, lunches and free periods - the perks of sixth forms (apart from trips). But are they what they seem?
At first, they are great. Lunches are now an hour long (plenty of time to go into town for some food), breaks are a nice break up to the day and give you enough time to grab a cup of tea for 3rd period, and frees are just for lazing about. Fress are especially great if they fall before or after school, because this means you get a lie in or an early finish! RESULT.
Then, after a few weeks, things aren't so cushty as they once were.
Breaks - the refectory is loud and there are lots of people and it's extremely hard to get a table. And for some reason the bell always goes 5 minutes early so break is only really 15 minutes, once you actually get out of class and meet your friends.
Lunch - The novelty of going into town for your lunch has worn off as the lack of shops in a 5 minute walk just doesn't seem as appealing as it once did. So you suffer and deal with the school canteen - not bad food but oh so over priced!!
Frees - You realise that frees are great, and it nice to not have a lesson but ... frees when you are by yourself? What do you do? Where do you go? You've got no homework to do, the school library is just too quiet and you cant be in the refectory by yourself (saddo). It's a very uncomfortable situation.
Then, a few weeks after the few weeks after what now feels like a dream land, you well and truly hit cold hard reality. The truth of these 'perks':
Breaks - Spent doing homework for the next lesson that you really should of done last night, but you had that essay and then you absolutely NEEDED sleep!
Lunch - Spent doing work due in for a lesson after lunch. You were going to get up early to do it, but you had a late night doing that piece of coursework and you're bed is just too comfy.
Frees - Doing any outstanding homework that needs doing. These are golden opportunities for catching up. An hour to do the cover work set by the teacher or just plain homework. Its a beautiful little hour. Usually very much needed. Also, you realise that having a lie in messes up bus systems - late start, still need to get the same bus because it only comes once and hour so you have to wait around or be late and early finishes, your bus comes earlier than usual and you have an unexpected free but your'e alone (and you remember this predicament from earlier in the post.)
So we must enjoy the free time we get, because it stops being free time and become homework time D:
From the stressed out sixth former :)
(Even weekends and nights are homework-doing time)
Sunday 3 February 2013
The 10 Best and Worst Things about Sixth Form
Ah, the fourth and final chapter to the 'Sixth Form' post.
The 10 best and worst things about Sixth Form according to me! :D
We shall start with the worst (so things seem to get better.
The 10 worst things (Not in any particular order)
The 10 best and worst things about Sixth Form according to me! :D
We shall start with the worst (so things seem to get better.
The 10 worst things (Not in any particular order)
- Not wearing earphones is lessons any more
- Catching up work from missed lessons
- Spending frees alone
- Registration and tutorial
- Having to find different outfits everyday
- The work load
- Transport isn't free any more
- Finding a table at break/lunch
- Being in a lesson you don't want to be in but having to go anyway
- Exams
The 10 best things about Sixth Form
- Non Uniform
- Meeting new people
- Free periods
- Having notepads instead of exercise books
- Going into town for lunch
- Doing lessons you actually want to do
- Having a cup of tea in lessons
- Trips - geography is the best for this
- No more petty drama
- You feel awfully grown-up with your files and you've got SO much work to do
So there you have it. The basic good and bad things about Sixth Form. Please note that some of these don't apply to every Sixth Form and these lists are based solely on my own views :)
A hopefully helpful blog post :)
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