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 At the end of the summer term at school, an email was sent around Year 11 about the opportunity to go on a free residential summer school at Cambridge University. It was what is called a "Low Participation Neighbourhood" summer school, which means that your postcode determines whether you can go- it monitors the level of people from your postcode who go to university. I applied quickly but didn't find out I had been accepted until a fair few weeks afterwards when I was on holiday in Cyprus (see my Cyprus blog posts for more on that)! When applying, I had to choose 3 subjects that I would be interested in studying. I chose History, English and Law and when I received the email to say I had got a place, I found out I would be on the History course, which I was super happy about, as that was my first choice!  The first day of the summer school quickly rolled around. On the drive up to Cambridge, I watched Lilo and Stitch, my favourite Disney movie. The journey went surpri...

I bet you're wondering why I'm making ANOTHER Cyprus blog post! Well, as I mentioned in the last one, we tend to go to Cyprus as a family most years, so Dad decided to book a Cyprus holiday for the 5 of us (mum, dad, me, Charlie and Alex) for later on in the summer. There were 5 days in between Charlie and I coming back and going away again! I was so busy in those few days, though! I had rehearsals for my next theatre show, including some 12-hour ones, as well as the show itself, which was the night before we left for the airport! The show went quite well, to be honest considering we only had one rehearsal where the entire cast was there. The show was a variety of musical theatre songs, and I had my first-ever solo, which was "Ireland" from Legally Blonde!  What was crazy was the fact that I hadn't had time to pack yet, so once I got home from the show at about 10:30 pm (I had to skip the after-show party as we had to be up at 6 am the next morning), I had to ...

Disclaimer: I was provided with free products in return for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed herein are purely my own. Recently, I received some gorgeous items from Miss Alice Makes, an Etsy shop owner who makes handmade Disney-inspired items, such as coasters, plaques, signs and reworked denim jackets. I was lucky enough to receive a coaster, plaque and sign, all personalised to include my favourite Disney movies and characters, aka. Merida, Tinkerbell, Alice In Wonderland and Toy Story.   I can't praise Brittany from Miss Alice Makes enough for her exceptional customer service. It can be quite strange, as a blogger, when people offer you products, but Brittany put me at ease and made the conversations feel like we had been friends for a long time, through simple means, such as asking me about my day and having a legitimate interest in how my summer was going.  It took about 3 weeks, from our first conversation, until I received the item...