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School Year Abroad: Reflection

I haven’t written a lot about my experience here over the past nine months. I’ve had a lot of great times! I’ve been extremely lucky to go for my Masters degree at Oxford Brookes University, and I feel even luckier to have met the people I’ve come into contact with. I’ve read some excellent fictionContinue reading “School Year Abroad: Reflection”

Cake Walk #1: Ben’s Cookies, covered market

Well, I’d been planning to go to each sweet shop in an orderly order. But things don’t always go the way we plan them, yesterday being a prime example! Oxford peeps – do you recognize this enormous white chocolate cookie? That’s right! It’s from Ben’s Cookies, where I got a tin of four freshly bakedContinue reading “Cake Walk #1: Ben’s Cookies, covered market”

Cakewalks in Oxford

As part of the Adventures Abroad part of my Be Your Own Bae agenda, I’d like to introduce my Cakewalk project. The idea was inspired by my coworker back home. For some reason, at work I’d brought up the idea of a traditional cakewalk – you know, a lot like musical chairs, but the personContinue reading “Cakewalks in Oxford”