Signs you probably should put the phone/laptop/iPad/other technological devices down.

   As soon as you pick up said technological device you turn into a zombie, unable of speech.  Your partner has on more than one occaisoon said something to you, to which you've nodded and had absolutely no clue what they were talking about, because Facebook.  You will stop everything you're doing if somebody tags…

21 Things you don’t want to hear in a restaurant:

  1) 'I'm sorry sir...oh wait you're a woman, I'm sorry ma'am and I'm sorry I called you sir ma'am' 2) 'well it looks like somebody enjoyed their dinner (looks at your stomach)' 3) 'We ran out of fish about a week ago...but I guess we could find some old prawns in the bottom of…

A concise list of the best bits in life…

   When you make a boiled egg, cautiously crack the top off and see that it's all gooey and yellow on the inside.  When you get to the bus stop imagining that you'll have to wait there for ages and then a bus comes right away.  When you got to buy a top not realising…

Expectations vs reality: high school

i think it was fair to say that when we were 11, we all had some hopes and dreams about what high school would reallllly be like. It's safe to say now we were completely wrong. The uniform: Expectation:     Reality: Your mum took you at the end of the summer to buy your uniform,…

Why it’s okay to hate festivals…

  Coachella has been and gone to signify the start of festival season, but here's why it's okay if you won't be drinking warm wine out of a fruit shoot bottle  and donning a flowery headband this summer...When you're from England, you're optimistic if your think August might be sunnier than rainy. When you're at a…