Life at UCB through the eyes of our international student bloggers

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Summer Bucket List: Solo Edition

Summer Bucket List: Solo Edition

The weather is getting warmer, the skies are becoming clearer (well… not really, but we’re not gonna talk about that 👀). It’s time to shove all the woollen jumpers and thick coats to the back of the closet and pull out the denim shorts and bikini […]

Tips for home remedies!

Tips for home remedies!

I have recently caught a mild sore throat and cold, so I thought for today’s blog, I’d write about some tips for home remedies! Of course, I would recommend you attend your GP if you feel very ill, but this is only when you don’t […]

5 Motivation Tips

5 Motivation Tips

I’m in my last semester of the second year and with assignments piled up, it’s easy to get stressed, lose motivation, procrastinate and leave it until the last minute. I’d be lying if I said I haven’t left an assignment until the last minute, as […]

Urie Diaries: A Day in London

Urie Diaries: A Day in London

It’s been so long since I have written an entry for ‘Urie Diaries,’ so I thought today would be a good chance to revisit the series. The 9th of April was the beginning of our Easter break, so I thought I’d come home. At first, I […]

My Life is So Boring…

My Life is So Boring…

Or is it?  It was a Monday, and I was awoken by the buzzing of my alarm. Groaning, I stumbled to my table near my bed, grabbed my alarm and stopped it. I remember seeing that it was 7:30am. Nevertheless, I groggily climbed back onto […]

My Journey as a Self-Published Author

My Journey as a Self-Published Author

It was October 2020 when a tiny spark of ambition ignited somewhere in a small room in Birmingham. An aspiration is based on wishful thinking, not knowing if it will come true.   It was October when I discovered a specific book genre that intrigued me, […]

Uriel’s clothes… and other things that matter

Uriel’s clothes… and other things that matter

I was in the midst of reading Alexandra Shulman’s autobiography ‘Clothes… and other things that matter’ when I realised that I could write a similar thing. I’m not an Editor-in-Chief for Vogue like Shulman, but like every other human being on Earth, I do hold sentimental value […]

A January Dump

A January Dump

With January coming to an end, I thought it would be a good idea to share with you how my January has been. Without further ado, let’s jump into the time machine!  Straight off the bat, January began with a promising week. My family and […]

5 Ways to De-Stress

5 Ways to De-Stress

With this week being an exam week or the final deadlines of assignments for others, I understand how stressful it can become. (I am actually very much stressing out about a presentation as I am writing this.) But hopefully, we can all de-stress, clear out […]

Books I Read Before 2021 Ended

Books I Read Before 2021 Ended

If you have been following me for a while, you will know that I love reading. So I thought I’d share the books I’ve read recently and might as well share my thoughts on them – a review, if you will.  First on my list […]