Life

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    Life,  Travel

    Arriving in Canada on a Working Holiday

    So, I’ve moved to Canada, and I’m a little over a week in so far. Strangely, it feels like much longer than that somehow, even though I still feel incredibly new to the city. My first impression of Vancouver is…

  • Life,  Travel

    I’m Moving to Canada

    Who remembers about seven years ago when I published this post about moving to Hong Kong after I finished university (that’s your cue to go and read it if you don’t remember)? Well, here we are again, except this time,…

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    Life

    Things to Know About CELTA Courses

    Anyone in the world of ESL teaching has probably heard of the CELTA before. It’s one of the most-listed requirements for many employers when you’re seeking an English language teaching job. My teaching experience up until now was done based…

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    Life

    Quarantine Diaries | Part 3 | Hello 2021

    Happy New Year gang! Yeah I know, it’s February already. And this isn’t my first post of 2021, but seeing as the last one was a long-overdue post about something I did last year, I don’t fully count it. This…

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    Life,  Musings & Thoughts

    Musings on Autumn

    The nights creep in a little faster, the wind is blowing a little harder, and a chill starts to sweep through the air.   The leaves are donning their finest colours, splashes of amber and crimson dancing overhead, their final…

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    Life

    Quarantine Diaries | Part 2 | Feeling Drained

    Hello again. Been a while, hasn’t it? Normally when I take an extended break from blogging, it’s because life has gotten busy. This couldn’t be further from the truth right now. I’m now up to 20 weeks of being furloughed…

  • Health & Wellness,  Life

    How I Cope with Stress

    Not well, is the short answer to that title. But I’m going to try to explain how I cope with stress anyways! I’ve never been great with it, as I get tense and wound up fairly easily. I have a…

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    Quarantine Diaries

    I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages, and I’ve been putting it off the entire time. You might have noticed there’s been an absence of posts since I finished my Mexico & Cuba series. That’s partly because I’ve…