Sunday 23 September 2012

C&G Photography Wildlife Photos

A few days ago, C&G Photography added new photos to their facebook page which you can like by clicking here.

They are absolutely fantastic. I've added a few below. Please do not use these images without permission as these images are subject to copyright.






You can also visit C&G Photography by visiting their website, here.


If you like what you see, they will be updating their facebook page with some photographs from the Lake District over the coming week. Keep your eyes peeled!! 

Thoughts

I have the day off today and although it's already 9.30 AM I've been thinking about the two weeks that I've now had in Hong Kong. It feels so natural to be here. And the thing is, when we booked the tickets and when we were on the way to Heathrow, it still hadn't hit me that I was going to the other side of the world to work and live there for a year. I still can't believe I'm here to some extent. I look out of the windows and I see a beautiful landscape and mountains and I just think how lucky I am to be here and having this experience. A few times, I've had an odd thought or two enter my mind but nothing to over-shadow the positive of being out here.

I'm starting to miss my family though. Not so much the house, the area or my bedroom. Because we've moved so much I think I've learnt to detach myself from the physical 'home' and see home as a place where my parents are, whether that be anywhere in the country that they lived. I miss asking my Mum if she's listening to me and calling her name 4 times because she still didn't here me. I miss my Dad asking me if I wanna sit with him in the garden whilst he gets annoyed at Willow and smokes a cigar. I miss being in Lincoln and asking Jules if he wants to come over for tea or go out and do some photography shoots or go for a pint and having him come over in about 5 minutes flat because he's pelted it to mine on his bike. I miss not speaking to them everyday. I even miss Willow and her crazy 'I'm gonna run around everything and do a wappy' moments. I even miss telling her off!

It still brings me to tears when I think of saying goodbye at the airport and watching tears stroll down my brother's face as he said 'It's so strange because now I'm on the other end of it, and now I have to leave whilst you get on the plane.' MY GOSH! I'm even welling up with tears right now!!

Although it's only been two weeks here, I've experienced so much. I feel more confident in myself, in the decisions I make and it makes me so excited to know there's another 10 months of this. I can't wait to have my family down in February and take them to all the exciting places that Dan and I have found. To celebrate Chinese New Year whilst they are here and go all out and buy lanterns and Chinese incense and paper money. It's gonna be so much fun! I just wish they could bring Willow. But she's really hate this heat!

It is tiring being here. I'm working 6 days a week and the humidity makes everything so much more hard work. It's awful when I'm trying to talk to someone that doesn't speak English. It makes me embarrassed that so many Chinese people know English and yet I know barely any Cantonese. Hopefully by Christmas though I'll start having some lessons and start learning the language properly so I can understand everyone a little bit easier. Especially the children. I'm dying to know what they are saying to me when they're chatting their little heads off to me in Cantonese. I just not my head and make encouraging 'Yeah?' noises and they carry on as if they think I know what they're on about. Bless.

Well that's the thoughts I've been having recently that's been rumbling round in my head. What will be nice is when I can look back on this post in 10 months time and see how far I've come.

For now, over and out.


Tuesday 11 September 2012

NEW TRAVEL BLOG!


Hey ho! It's been a while since I've updated this blog. That's because I now live in Hong Kong! I'm travelling with Dan and spending a year here teaching English to gain some experience of another culture and another lifestyle.

Dan and I have started a blog of our very own to talk about our ups and downs. The blog is called Sweet and sour Hong Kong style as a metaphor for the highs and lows we will be having. Check it out and let me know what you think! :)

http://sweetandsourhongkongstyle.blogspot.hk

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Thursday 6 September 2012

I GRADUATED!!

I DID IT!! I am so proud of myself and everyone who graduated. It was such an emotional and overwhelming day.

And I was able to share it with people I love, though not everyone I wanted to be there could be there.

Below are some photos are this amazing day. Photo's taken by Julian of C&GPhotography. Thank you for taking such wonderful photos Jules. And thank you to my parents for all their support over the last 3 years. I could not have done it without you.





























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Saturday 1 September 2012

Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2012

The other day I found out that my entries into the Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2012 (ADAA) only made it to the semi-finals stage. I entered a piece 'If things were different: A Manifesto' into the 'Print Communications' Category. Daniel Haigh and I also entered 'The Rectory Packaging' into the 'Packaging' Category. Unfortunately, due to the The Royal Mail (Ahem, Royal FAIL) this never actually made it to the live-semi finals judging as it wasn't delivered in time. Who know, this piece could have gone very far. None the less!- We were still selected to be semi-finalists out of 5,000 entries, so that is certainly something to be pleased about. Below are the lovely certificates which I shall be printing off and adding to my portfolio. :)