Cycling.

It feels like I haven't posted in a very long time. That's probably because I haven't but it looks like I only really post at the beginning of every month!

In two weeks time I will be cycling from London to Paris. Very exciting stuff. I've been training (probably not as much as I should be) and building manly man muscles in order to make it. It's over 200 miles long but I'm doing it with my boyfriend (who's working in Honduras for the year with the same charity [they're called Project Trust for those of you who can't remember {triple bracket! How exciting}]) so it shouldn't be too bad! I'll have company along the way at least......

I think donations for trusts has come to a slow stop... I haven't had an exciting letter in the post in a long time which is sad but hopefully after this bike ride I won't need it!

It's pretty difficult juggling different things like my A Levels, learning Mandarin, reading up about the history of China etc, all made the more difficult now that I am in the very middle of exams!
So far I've taken a two and a half hour written drama exam (my hand hurt...) and have a one and a half hour exam and a two hour exam, both in psychology, to look forward to! Yay! On the bright side, they'll all be over in a bit more than a week.......

Along the education route, I've now taken to the plan of applying for University while I'm away in China.... This will be complicated but if I get my personal statement written and fill out the UCAS form and everything before I leave (yet another I need to do......) then all my mother will need to do is press the button while I'm away (and when I'm sure I'm sure that this is what I want to do of course..)
AH! What do I want to do I hear you ask?
Well. I really want to carry on learning the Chinese language and more about the country as it is just so different - it'll be so interesting! So the course I'm looking at at the moment is a BA in Chinese Studies - hopefully at SOAS in London. It was hard trying to look for the right course for me as most of the courses at other universities start you from scratch for the first year, and then you go to China for a year to experience the culture... but I would already have both of those from my gap year! But this course lets you start at any level you want language-wise. Great stuff!

I think that's everything... cycling, trusts (lack of), juggling, future. Yes.