KMB.

25//UK//PhD Student//Geography "fake it till you make it"

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I’m graduating with a First!

I’ve been MIA on here for over a year as I focused on my studies, new relationship, and moving towns. My university results were released on the 3rd of July and I am proud to say I am graduating with a First in BA Geography at the University of Leeds.

In addition, I’m going back to Leeds in September to study for a Masters in Social Research. This is because I’ve been offered the 1+3 studentship provided by the ESRC so I can study my PhD in 2018/19.

I can’t believe how well I have done, that I’m going back to university, and that I’ve been offline on here for so long!

I’m hoping to start posting on here again, I did was to post updates throughout the year but I broke my arm and that threw every single deadline and exam off track, life, eh!

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24//04//15: Time to catch up on all that work I didn’t do

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Tall Boys Beer Market in Thorntons Arcade :)

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03//08//15: after a long weekend my friends and I hit up a cute contemporary/indie cafe in the city for brunch. We checked out the mini library they had and studied some art books, mainly full of sculpted men with tiny dingalings. The BLTs and coffee’s there are amazing.

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No more studying!

With exams finally over and results being released on Monday, I can’t help but smile at the fact I won’t have to do any more studying for a year, but I also feel sad because I love the organisation involved. I’ll be doing my year in industry starting Monday, I still hope to be posting on here as I continue my dissertation research and personal skills progress :3

Waiting for results now is so nerve wracking, I have a feeling I’m going to be 0.something off a First aah

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01//06//15: I’m usually more positive about studying but this exam is incredibly hard and I am so ill-prepared. My last exam is in 2 days and I’m so happy it’s almost over, yet sad because it’s so close! Reminder: do not take citizenship modules in third year - questions are weirdly worded!

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19//05//15: late photo but I had my Service Analysis and Planning exam today. I revised, and I knew what to say, but I just can’t write well in exams! It is so frustrating because I know the content, I can write well in coursework, but when I am under time pressure, it just goes all wrong. Fortunately I’m not aiming for an incredibly high mark (thankfully I did well in coursework so this isn’t a major problem), but I would still like to do well. My next exam is not essay based, so hopefully I can brush up on my statistics and do a bit better in that exam!

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13//05//15: this afternoon we spent an hour in stats revision class, then went back to my friends to revise for service analysis and retail planning. We managed to cover 3 questions in depth in just under 6 hours. Now I need to finalise my 3000 word Transport essay that is due in tomorrow 2pm. Busy day, so before I finish my essay, I think I’m going to have a play around on The Sims 3, just like old times :’)

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11//05//15: It’s almost 12am and I have just sat down with a cup of hot chocolate to do some late night revision. However, my bedtime has recently  hovered around 4am, so this is essentially my evening revision? Either way I need to sort that out and step up my game. I have 1000 words of my report to do and an exam to revise for on Tuesday, eep.

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28//04//15: Yesterday my stay positive stickers came in the post, I’m in love with them! I want to decorate my laptop but I’m ever so fussy. Anyway, tonight I need to get that GIS work done, blah!

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28//04//15: Midnight essay writing blues. I have left my stakeholder report until last minute. Hitting that submit button never felt so good though. I could happily never read the word citizenship again.

Tomorrows focus: GIS - manipulating, analysing and interpreting interaction data, and spatial visualisation techniques. In other words, comparing uses of conventional geographic boundaries of area with circular cartogram representations. Fun.

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24//04//15: Time to catch up on all that work I didn’t do

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22//04//15: University will be the death of me.

p.s. Don’t mix sprite and bananas, I heard some bad things about them together

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09//04//15: seen as I had an incredibly unproductive day catching up on sleep and recovering from a pizza coma, tonight I’m going to do all the work I didn’t do. AKA crying over all the information I can’t find for my stakeholder report on the EU Accession. But, I CAN DO THIS!

p.s. I’ve brought out the heat-sensitive pac-man mug to accommodate a double chocolate mocha >:)

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07//04//15: So today I baked a cake. Instead of using eggs, butter, or oil, I used carbonated water AND IT WORKED

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05//04//15: Decided to change the scenery today. Dissertation proposal almost done, with added maps, ay! Work is still going slow, gaming keeps taking over dammit. Its getting there though.

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03//04//15: I tried to make a start but no success. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.