Hey guys,
Sorry about the lame amount of posts lately.
Just moved into my new house over the last couple of weeks and trying to ease into 3rd year Psychology which looks like it's going to be hell. All the hard work better pay off.
If I haven't posted in a while it's because I'm swotting away in the hope of a 1st at the end of it all.
Anyways, there's a new Nepal post so enjoy!
Jessxo
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Friday, 27 August 2010
Update on normal everyday life.
After being in various parts of Scotland over the last fortnight I am finally back in my cosy family house where the mother, the father and the family dog and cat roam free.
Forgive me for not putting up a post every day as currently I am trying to decode these scribbles in my travel diaries that call themselves words. As I was writing most of my journals on buses or on top of something moving, needless to say my handwriting in these books are dire.
Count yourself lucky you have the luxury of having everything typed up for you...
On another note, I got a call from Extras NI today requesting that I'm in for a costume fitting on Monday to work as an extra for 12 hours on Tuesday. They request that I "wear underwear, don't cut my hair, wear fake tan or put on/lose any weight"
Darn it, and there I was thinking that I would go in and give them all a shock by wearing nothing under my clothes but a smile, shaving my head and dressing up as an obese oompah loompah for the day.
Right,
I really should go to bed now but I'm all buzzing after watching BBC's Sherlock with a glass of Merlot. I'm going to have some dreams tonight....
Talk soon!
Jessxo
Forgive me for not putting up a post every day as currently I am trying to decode these scribbles in my travel diaries that call themselves words. As I was writing most of my journals on buses or on top of something moving, needless to say my handwriting in these books are dire.
Count yourself lucky you have the luxury of having everything typed up for you...
On another note, I got a call from Extras NI today requesting that I'm in for a costume fitting on Monday to work as an extra for 12 hours on Tuesday. They request that I "wear underwear, don't cut my hair, wear fake tan or put on/lose any weight"
Darn it, and there I was thinking that I would go in and give them all a shock by wearing nothing under my clothes but a smile, shaving my head and dressing up as an obese oompah loompah for the day.
Right,
I really should go to bed now but I'm all buzzing after watching BBC's Sherlock with a glass of Merlot. I'm going to have some dreams tonight....
Talk soon!
Jessxo
Monday, 23 August 2010
Is there anybody out there???
The title says it all....
I know that this may not be the most thrilling of reads and I know that travel blogs are probably not for everybody but I'm just wondering who out there is actually reading me?
If there are, could you at least drop me a comment?
I feel like I'm writing into space here and although these rants and ramblings are for my enjoyment, I'm wondering if anyone else is enjoying them as well. So, if you have anything to say, just drop me a post, light a beacon or something, send me adoring flowers if you like (well, you don't have to, that's a bit over the top.).
Anyways, off to bed here as my bf plays with his iphone-_-
Laters!!!
Jessxo
*sings quietly to herself "All By Myself" (On blogspot)*
I know that this may not be the most thrilling of reads and I know that travel blogs are probably not for everybody but I'm just wondering who out there is actually reading me?
If there are, could you at least drop me a comment?
I feel like I'm writing into space here and although these rants and ramblings are for my enjoyment, I'm wondering if anyone else is enjoying them as well. So, if you have anything to say, just drop me a post, light a beacon or something, send me adoring flowers if you like (well, you don't have to, that's a bit over the top.).
Anyways, off to bed here as my bf plays with his iphone-_-
Laters!!!
Jessxo
*sings quietly to herself "All By Myself" (On blogspot)*
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Hey Everyone!
My name is Jess and I am, like you a naive and sometimes clueless traveller.
Being a student for the last 2 years has allowed me with the luxury of getting 3 whole months off during the summer in which I have taken full advantage and have decided to take the time to go to all the places that you hear about on TV and wonder if Rough Guide and Lonely Planet were really telling the truth.
The world is our playground and it is there so that we can enjoy it.
I learned this through a series of volunteer projects and assisting with English Foreign Language classes.
The best way to see a country is through the eyes of a person who lives there.
In today's society we have to be careful not to fall into the commercialisation that the western society has brought upon us and fall into the trap of getting the same thing everywhere that we go.
Every has it's own personal identity and what makes a country unique are the people that live there and it's history.
I have started this blog due to some many of the same conversations with friends coming up which usually go a little like this:
1:"Hey Jess, so what are you doing this summer?"
J:"I'm off to Nepal (2009)/ Romania (2010) to volunteer"
1:"Whoa! I wish I could go out to places like that"
J:"Why don't you?"
1:"I'm skint!"
2:"I'm too scared to do that sort of thing!"
Now, I am a student. Which means that I am no millionaire. I am however, careful with my money and book things in advance and the more out of the way and obscure places you choose, the less money you will spend. For example, 7 1/2 weeks in Nepal is cheaper than 3 weeks interailing in Western Europe and that's staying in hostels and living off bread and cheese most of the time!
In the last 2 years I have learned three major things (excluding money and the clothes on your back) you cannot leave home without:
1.A soap bag which has all the medications under the sun in it(especially if you are going out to one of the tropical regions)
2. Baby wipes.
3. An open mind.*
When I say an open mind, I mean, don't be surprised if you are driving along and see cattle walking along the side of the road in the middle of the city and don't be traumatised if you are shown to a hole in the ground when you ask for the toilet.
Anyways, I better head here although most of my travels for this summer are over I will see if there is a way of putting up my posts which I wrote in my journal during my time in different places of the last 2 years.
Peace out!
Jessxo
(*Note: this list is only from my experience, others opinions may differ. Which is why I would like people to leave me comments and tell me the top 3 things that they would unable to travel without excluding their passport, money and the clothes that they are wearing at the time.)
Being a student for the last 2 years has allowed me with the luxury of getting 3 whole months off during the summer in which I have taken full advantage and have decided to take the time to go to all the places that you hear about on TV and wonder if Rough Guide and Lonely Planet were really telling the truth.
The world is our playground and it is there so that we can enjoy it.
I learned this through a series of volunteer projects and assisting with English Foreign Language classes.
The best way to see a country is through the eyes of a person who lives there.
In today's society we have to be careful not to fall into the commercialisation that the western society has brought upon us and fall into the trap of getting the same thing everywhere that we go.
Every has it's own personal identity and what makes a country unique are the people that live there and it's history.
I have started this blog due to some many of the same conversations with friends coming up which usually go a little like this:
1:"Hey Jess, so what are you doing this summer?"
J:"I'm off to Nepal (2009)/ Romania (2010) to volunteer"
1:"Whoa! I wish I could go out to places like that"
J:"Why don't you?"
1:"I'm skint!"
2:"I'm too scared to do that sort of thing!"
Now, I am a student. Which means that I am no millionaire. I am however, careful with my money and book things in advance and the more out of the way and obscure places you choose, the less money you will spend. For example, 7 1/2 weeks in Nepal is cheaper than 3 weeks interailing in Western Europe and that's staying in hostels and living off bread and cheese most of the time!
In the last 2 years I have learned three major things (excluding money and the clothes on your back) you cannot leave home without:
1.A soap bag which has all the medications under the sun in it(especially if you are going out to one of the tropical regions)
2. Baby wipes.
3. An open mind.*
When I say an open mind, I mean, don't be surprised if you are driving along and see cattle walking along the side of the road in the middle of the city and don't be traumatised if you are shown to a hole in the ground when you ask for the toilet.
Anyways, I better head here although most of my travels for this summer are over I will see if there is a way of putting up my posts which I wrote in my journal during my time in different places of the last 2 years.
Peace out!
Jessxo
(*Note: this list is only from my experience, others opinions may differ. Which is why I would like people to leave me comments and tell me the top 3 things that they would unable to travel without excluding their passport, money and the clothes that they are wearing at the time.)
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