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Curiosity

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:53:00 +0000

curiosity killed the cat ... or something like that.

Exploring London is always a fun activity. You see all kinds of places, people, and things. And here I am not talking about all those damn tourist attractions where people just stand around and gawk at a building that most of them probably have seen so many times, where people literally walk as slow as a tired turtle and therefore blocking the way for people who need to be somewhere, or for people that just want to be far away from these places. As you can tell I am not the biggest fans of tourists but before I go into full on rant mode I will come back to the point I wanted to make.

When you really want to get to know a city you have to bring curiosity with you. Curiosity for alleyways that look like they can lead to somewhere new, for old halls that might actually contain something interesting.

This is what I have been doing for the past 3 weekends that I have been here. I was walking around and just kept on looking for new places to explore. This way I came across my new favorite place in London (so far): Old Spitalfields Market.

For those who do not know this market, it is a place where people come and sell their products on small stalls. You can find everything, from beautiful jewelry to unique wall decoration. By all means, some of these products are not cheap as this is not a second-hand market but I swear if I had the money I would spend a major part of it in this market. It also has some high-end shops like Chanel, Jo Malone, Jigsaw, Mac and many more. So there is something for everyone.

Also, another reason why I love this market is that there are a lot of foodtrucks and as a well-known foodie I always jump to the next opportunity to taste good food from everywhere. This saves me the hustle of cooking dinner at night but also it is on my way home so I don't have to go somewhere else.

Before you say anything of it being a tourist place as well I can just say that I agree with you but it is not as bad as Covent Garden, Trafalgar square or, my personal hell, Oxford Street. And as this market is placed in East (Central) London so not many tourists come here.

Stay curious.

Art

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 18:12:00 +0000

One thing is for sure, there is always at least one interesting art exhibition in London.

Saatchi Gallery - From Selfie to Self-expression

Who goes on a journey can tell tales …

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 20:39:00 +0000

… or in other words: What to do when a dick snatches your phone away.

I guess before I tell you what to do I tell you what happened. So basically, I was sitting at a station minding my own business, I just pulled my phone out of my bag to check where my bus was at when I suddenly heard a loud moped sound. I just ignored it as I though they are just driving past and they just tuned it or whatever but then I just saw how someone (the massive twat) grabbed my phone and just drove off with his friend. Keep in mind this is literally my SECOND day in London. So here are now the points that I did/didn’t do but that you should do.

1.   Remember as much as you can from the thief’s.
2.     Don’t run after them … it is basically useless (this is what I did for a split second)
3.     Go to the closest stop and ask them if you could call the police
4.     After you called the police call your provider and let them block your sim card and your phone
5.     Stay calm (I definitely did not do that at all)
6.     Wait for the police to arrive and tell them everything you saw and know.
7.     If you are lucky enough to meet nice police officers (like I did) they will take you home.
8.     When you are at home it is okay to cry but at the end always remember that it all could have been worse, like they could have hurt you or stole your purse. (just for your information as soon as I hit the bed and called my mom I was crying like a baby and even after we ended the call … and the morning after and when my dad wrote me an email that everything is fine … I literally broke down)
9.     Oh and that is not a tip just for this situation but generally … write down the most important contact numbers in a small book or on a paper and put it in your purse … because damn I was lost yesterday … damn you modern technology)

So those are my tips for you in case something like this occurs to you (but I really hope it doesn’t).Just so you know, this will not stop me whatsoever, I will still do my internship with joy and I am very much looking forward to it, it just put me a step back but from this point on everything can just get better … right?

The only thing I really lost yesterday was the last bit of my faith in humanity. I know that there are still really nice people out there (like the police officers yesterday) but damn I really hate people.

Just keep on going!

Oh and btw ad I was writing this post it occurred to my that I actually dreamed of this moment. Like a dreamed that my phone gets stolen and that I ran to a carwash … is this cool or scary?

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Bucket List

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:52:00 +0000

We all have one, a bucket list. A list where we write down our life goals that we want to achieve in our life so that we can at the end say that we have done everything we wished for. Thinking about it I actually am convinced that everyone needs a bucket list. It is a part of the fuel that gets you going.

Part of my list is to spend a time/part of my life in London. So as I found out that I have to fulfill an internship in my 5th semester in a foreign country I took the opportunity and looked for a job in LND. It was not easy, that is for sure! For everyone who plans to have an internship in London I just can tell you:

Be patient!

and stay behind your goals. This is how I got the internship that I have now. Even when I was so close to giving up I always reminded myself what was on my bucket list and that this might be my first and maybe last opportunity to spend my time in London (thanks to the unknown that is Brexit).

Well fast forward to now and here I am sitting in a coffee shop in the heart of London and write this text. And so am I about to start another journey in my life.

I still have some things to do to absolutely enjoy my time in jolly ol' London but this is another story, and for now, I am just trying to grasp the reality that I am really here right now.

Always follow your dreams and it will not always look peachy but stay behind those things you really want.

Quality before Quantity.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:52:00 +0000

It will make life so much more easier.

Dear everyone who is reading this.

Today I decided to make morning walks a thing for me, since I hate jogging (I want to love it but I hate it) I decided to just walk a long distance in the morning to clear my head for the new day. As I was walking along the Danube I was thinking about all sorts of things. One of the things being that quality is always before quantity in life, in particular when it comes to the people in your life.

When we are in High School we are always surrounded by people and so it is logical that we have many "friends". Also a lot of us thought during that time that the amount of friends you have is an indicator on how popular you are. The more friends we gained the more we thought that they are going to stay forever and that you are going to leave High School with so many best friends. Well I beg to differ. The moment you step out of your school the only friends that are going to stay are your closest ones. And you know what that is actually a good thing. The reason why is because all you need in life is the closest friends and the ones that will stand by your side whenever and the ones you will stand by whatever happens. No one needs fake friends because they will just rob your time and energy.

I can just say from my personal life that I am quite happy that I have just a few friends but I can count on them whenever. When I moved to Korea we still stayed in contact and when I came back it was like I never left. This is the sort of friends you should look for and I am happy that I found them.

Do you prefer quality over quantity as well?

Opinions differ.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 21:46:00 +0000

It is such a hyped up movie!

Dear everyone who is reading this.

It is easy nowadays to overhype a movie. Sometimes it is justifiable but sometimes it is not. I guess it always depends on your own view on things or on your own opinion. It is every persons right to have a different opinion, this is why I decided to finally tell you guys my opinion on the movie "La La Land". I fairly disliked the movie and here is why.

First of all I think that the hype only started because of the main characters, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. I absolutely love Emma Stone and but I do not get the hype that is happening around Ryan Gosling. Normally I see both as really talented actors but in "La La Land" they kind of disappointed me. I got the feeling that those roles weren't for them and they couldn't translate the story onto the big screen.

Second, I thought that the story was like a bad fanfiction. You know those who move to fast, have now backstory and everything just does not fit. Everything happened so fast, first they hated each other, than they sang a song together and suddenly they are deeply in love. Then he goes away starts a career, the relationship crumbles, they separate and everyone gets the success they always wanted. Finally at the end they meet, this whole montage happens and then she leaves. Additionally, I totally did not get the seasonal changes, they did not make sense at all and there was no smooth transition. It was like they tried to fit a whole tv show into one 2 hour long movie.

And this is where we come to my third point. Damn was that movie long and I guess for me to like it they needed to make it even longer so that everything would be a bit more realistic. Also I think that this movie would have been better of as a musical tv series. Personally I do not understand how people can watch it 3-5 times, even if you liked it this is no reason to waste in total of 10 hours on a movie in a short period of time.

Finally, the main essence of a musical. The music. It was quite okay, my personal favourite, and basically everyones favourite, is "City of Stars". The song is catchy, I like that it is more of a talk singing rather than a sing singing. As far as I can remember this was the only full on musical song that was in this movie... oh wait yeah the beginning. Yeah it was fine.

Overall I have to say that I do not understand why this movie won so many Grammys and Oscars. I personally think that other movies were better, but I guess a lot of people thought that "La La Land" was a decent movie and as I said everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

I am so deeply sorry that I haven't posted in the last few days but I just have been constantly on the go at night and since last week I am actually really tired. Also I like to apologise for this crappy post but I felt bad and I wanted to post at least something. I hope you guys can forgive me

Home sweet home

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:26:00 +0000

The adventure continues

Dear everyone who is reading this.

For today I decided that I will present you with the last few pictures (for now) of my adventures through my home city. More are for sure going to come in the future but for now those are the last once.

Where past meets present.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 21:04:00 +0000

My dear home.

Dear everyone who is reading this.

I am completely aware that I missed blogging the last two days, for that I am sorry. The reason why I didn't blog the last days was A because a lot of things happened and therefor I was super tired at night and B I just couldn't come up with an exciting topic to write about. It might be that my brain is a little bit empty after 3 weeks of blogging (nearly) every single day, but that does not mean that I am going to stop. I have my goal and I am going to reach it but there might be the one or other day that I am going to skip.

Anyway today was not an really exiting day and I still have nothing to write about but I realised that I still have some pictures left from my Vienna adventures. As I said in the first part, these posts are going to be a series because Vienna is to big to put it into one post. Without further talking I present you part two of my picture series.

By the way do you guys like an "outro" on this blog? Or to do think a abrupt ending is better? Let me know!

15 out of 342

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:32:00 +0000

I am really sorry to tell you all that there will be no post today. I know that I promised you to upload an exciting post but I sadly have to postpone that because the weather today ruined my plan and also the weather changes in the last week led to me being sick. There will be a post tomorrow but for today I decided that I will take a rest.

I hope you all understand and you will hear from me tomorrow.

Why I have been absent... again..

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 09:28:00 +0000

Dear readers,

I have been absent again for awhile but that doesn't mean that I will quit writing this blog. No. But I've started a extra blog for a friend of mine who lives currently in Singapore. In this extra blog I give him some recipe ideas, and when he comes back I will continue posting recipes there.

So with this I invite you to go over it and check it out (foodforfaraway.blogspot.co.at) and also I will remove the food page from my blog because of really obvious reasons.

This is just a short update that I'm alive and a new post will be coming soon.

xoxo

Prague was calling!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:03:00 +0000

Why I fucked up...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +0000

Before I tell you all how I fucked up I just explain to you a little bit about the backstory of this blog.

A year ago I wanted to create a blog because first I wanted to do something that helps me to just take a time of from uni and I also was inspired by all the other bloggers I met during a blogger event. Then I created ASL what basically means A Students Life. It went quite okay but I was never really happy about how I just focus my attention on school stuff and how I'm forcing myself into a corner that I don't want to be in. that's why I changed the name into Awkward and Blind. It represented me because if I ever have to describe myself with two words it would be those. And also this name does not bind me to any type of content, I just can write whatever I feel like writing.

With this we come to the reason why I fucked up. Everything went well I found my motivation but it all stopped when I made a schedule for blogging.

A normal person would be right now ... okay so how did planing ruin your blogger phase. The answer is simple. I'm not a person that follows a plan I just like to go with the flow. This is when I cook, bake, study or blog. The whole problem I had/have with planning when and what I blog is that when it comes to writing a blog entry on this specific day I just can't find motivation to write about this exact topic because on that they I just don't want to write anything. But on other days where I didn't scheduled anything I had so many ideas and I knew exactly what I wanted to write but it wasn't the day to write something.

Okay so now you know my struggle and that is mainly the reason why I fucked up. I just try to be someone who I can't be. I cannot keep schedules except like dates and meeting. So today I like to change everything.

The blog is going to be the same, nothing will change. I will change, in a way where I don't bind myself to certain dates where I want to post something and I certainly will not bind myself to certain topics I planned.

So a toast to a new start and I will text you guys soon

xoxo

Changing Blog Name

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 09:14:00 +0000

Hello

this is a quick note that I changed my blog name from
astudentsblogg.blogspot.co.at
awkwardandblind.blogspot.co.at

I changed the name because I wasn't really happy with my domain name anymore and I wanted to make content outside of student stuff too. That doesn't mean that I'm going to stop posting about my life as a student .. I'm just going to be uploading other stuff too. What? I don't really know, it will come randomly but it is going ti be about lifestyle and maybe fashion.

Also I think the new name is way more unique and different then just A Students Blog.

I hope you understand it and will keep reading my blog and my new content.

xoxo

Brighton

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 05:35:00 +0000

Adventure: London pt.2

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 05:49:00 +0000

My adventure in London pt.2 : Central London and Brick Lane

Adventure: London pt.1

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:32:00 +0000

My adventure in London pt1. (only Pictures)

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