2013

 

 

Hello everyone,

 

A happy 2013 to you all, I hope this year you achieve something you have always wanted to do and that it is a great year for you all.

 

Did you all have a good Christmas? I did. It was my first Christmas in England in 4 years, crazy! Had a really nice time however, most of it was spent hung-over from a night in town on Christmas eve, but if you can't drink then...when can you? Had an amazing 3 course homemade meal with my family..no arguments (on Christmas day at least). It was great!

New Years eve, I think is over rated. After an entire week of non-stop eating and drinking I decided it was time to detox and take some time for myself. I had a very long bath with candles and a pampering set...then sat in bed with a hot water bottle and a few good movies. It was very nice.

 

 

Back to finding a job now and back to university...actually can not wait! Bring on 2013.

 

What are your New Years resolutions?

 

Let me know!!

 

xx

Checkmate

Hello :)

This is a very quick blog. I would just like to tell you all about my pure joy of finishing my first ever 3 big assignments for my first year at university. I have never felt so relieved! I have now completed a report on my very interesting court visit, an essay on Deontic, Boulamaic and Epistemic Modality ( Linguistic techniques) and last but of course not at all least an essay on how the Leveson inquiry has effected media regulation and ownership in the United Kingdom. 

I can now begin blogging some more! (Liverpool Music Awards review to come!!) 

 Happy Chloe Hannah Beaumont xxx 

Exciting!!!

Hello!

So i have offically been accepted as a Journalist at the Liverpool Music Awards tomorrow night! I will be part of the press, front row at the awards, interview all the stars AND entry as a VIP. Keep posted and i will tell you all about it with exclusive detail's and pictures!!

"Peace Out!"

Chloe Hannah Beaumont xx

Manual Motorways and the Government charging....

Hello everyone,

 

I see i have some more followers, and over 1200 page views. Thanks to all of you :)

Well i just recently bought a car. £600 little red K.A. I love it! However, after driving for three years in New Zealand in a simple automatic and then having to learn manual i named my car the Devil as it was quite a challenge to drive!

I have now finally mastered the art of driving manual and finding my way on English roads. Don't get me wrong, I'm not cocky and i will admit i still have my moments of putting the car in the wrong gear and stalling..but then who doesn't? I have had a lot of practise recently and today i finally got on the M6 motorway by myself and travelled 20 miles to university this morning. 20 miles may not seem a lot to you, but i was very nervous before i left the house this morning and then arrived safely at University, got out of the car and said to myself..."OhMyGod, I am alive!". It was one of my proudest moments i have to say!

Having a car is so much easier! It takes me just over half an Hour to get to University in the car...if i was travelling by train and bus it would take me just under 2 hours. Public transport is a monstrosity if i do say so myself, let me tell you why....

If i was required to be at University at 9am (which i do on a Thursday and Friday) I would have to be at the train station for 6.30am, (Due to the buses not running in time with my train). I would then sit on a 20 minute train ride to my destination. Then walk 20 minutes to the bus stop, to endure yet another 20 minute bus journey, with traffic and when the bus driver takes a wrong turn like he did last time it can take up to 30mins. That's around about 2 hours of travelling because public transport just makes no sense. All together this would cost me £10.60 for a train ticket, then another £3.80 bus ticket...every day. That's £72 a week i was spending just to get me to Uni!!
Now, to take less time getting uni, i decided i would trial getting a taxi from the train station. This meant i could leave an hour later. The taxi cost me £9 to get me from the train station to the Uni, which is about a ten-fifteen minute journey. This meaning the price of getting me to uni would increase to £143 a week!! And the government still think public transport is the best way...no i don't think so!

 

(Plus taxi drivers terrify me. My last taxi driver told me how he was in trouble with the police for finding someones belongings in his taxi and putting it in his boot. Then pointing out where certain murder spots were, or where someone suspected for murder lived. I honestly thought that was the end! I have never got out of a car so fast in my life!)

Now i have a car, i can fill her up with petrol for £40 and that will last me all week and it only takes me 30-40 minutes to get to where i need to be. I don't need to stay in the cold and walk around in the rain, its quicker and cheaper. However, as I'm a young driver and i am a student. I have to pay my car insurance monthly. For starters the insurance was quoted at £1250..but as i need to pay it monthly, the car insurance (whom was the cheapest) then went on to charge me another £500 on top of that for not paying in full. I think winning the lottery just to get me to my university is needed!

 

I really do believe the Government are making it as hard as they can for younger adults to have independence and a future. It is near enough impossible to get insurance cheaper than £1700 if you are a under the age of 25. University require you to pay £9000 a year to study with them, and if you live in halls a whole lot more. Public transport is far too expensive, so is insurance and university. Where are young people such as myself supposed to find these amounts of money just so we can be independent and have a good education??



Anyone know??


Chloe Hannah Beaumont xxxx

The Long Journey..

Hello everyone :)

Sorry it has been so long! 

Where to start? Its been one strange month. I am currently on a one week holiday from University at the moment, which was perfect timing for me as i haven't been well at all. Not good!

I will be writing blogs again... i already have a few lined up (Insurance policies, Tom Watson MP and a book report for Dial M for Murdoch..so keep coming back!!) its just finding the time to write them at the moment! 

Hope your all okay, Thanks for all your support 

Chloe Hannah Beaumont xx

Ideology..

 

What is ideology? Most people haven't heard, or couldn't explain what an ideology is..two days ago i couldn't either. We live in a society that lives and breaths ideology, but the elements that make it so interesting is how ideologies have changed with society and meanings have altered.


One element of ideology could be sexuality. For instance, how the idea and meaning of the word 'gay' has changed over the years. In the 21st century, gay can be a word to describe someones sexuality, but it can also be used as a descriptive word for something that is 'rubbish'. In today's society, we see people, especially the younger generation of the 21st century use the word 'gay' in every day experiences to proclaim how nonsense or awful something is. It is also still used to describe a persons sexual preference. However, in the 19th century 'gay' was used in speech to explain to people that the person was blithe and merry. Why has the meaning of this word changed? Why in the earlier centuries of society did it mean how happy/cheerful someone was to then change to the complete opposite, and show how abominable something or someone is?

It is truly bizarre to see how people and society changes over the centuries, so much so that words begin to have new meanings. I find it exciting and interesting to see how ideologies have changed over the years. Racism, nowadays is a disgraceful, criminal element of society, where the majority of human beings know that it is wrong and unnecessary. However, not so long ago in the 19th century, racism didn't really have a name or meaning, and it was quite acceptable in society to discriminate each other, mainly due to a persons skin colour and race.

Are these ideologies changing for the better, or are they getting worst? Is society growing and become more equal and humane, or is it becoming less accepting?

 

What do you think?

Chloe Beaumont xx

Complications

Hello everyone!

Well, what can i say? Its been the most stressful, emotional and exciting two weeks of my life. I decided Falmouth University was not for me, and so i transferred to the University of Chester. I feel so much happier here, and i also have the opportunity to study a double honours of Journalism and Media studies. Happy student :)

My accommodation here is no way near as nice as the one in Falmouth, but i still feel much more comfortable and satisfied. So far i am in love with the sound of my course, and cant wait to get rid of all the 'Welcome talks' and begin learning! (Nerdy and proud!).

It is a bit of an understatement to tell you that my week has been stressful. It has been a roller coaster. Firstly, arriving at the university, realising I'm on the top floor of the building and there is no elevator..completing the mission of moving all my belongings up the never ending stairs i am finally in! Things are going well, aside from not being able to get food on my student card because it comes up in big letters on the computer screen 'STOP', like I'm some criminal stealing food from a university cafeteria...(its not even worth stealing!) Hopefully that will all be sorted tomorrow though!

Love my new, incredibly noisy housemates. Might have to vacate to the library if i need any studying doing as the flat mates are far too distracting, setting of fire extinguishers and what not around the flat...security wasn't too happy, as you can imagine!

Anyway...I shall keep you posted :)

Thanks for the 1080 page views as well everyone! Love you all, thanks for the support!!


Chloe Hannah Beaumont xx