Progress...

So I'm finally 18! Had a great birthday meal with my friend who also had her 21st birthday. It was funny to see us having two age birthdays up next to us. We've been friends since I moved in town from London, which I was in infants school whilst she was in juniors school next door. She is also deaf, and wears hearing aids on both ears.

College has been real crazy as I had short time to complete many projects for both Fine Arts and Photography, and I just had my photography exam! It went well, although a little more time on preparation work would've been nice... I've completed my photography course, so I have art and business to focus from now on. I have 15 hour art exam after Easter holidays, which I am looking forward because the photography exam wasn't pleasant as I was just sitting there, staring at my Mac laptop which is tiring! In art exam, I can just walk around and sort out materials so, I wouldn't be sitting around all day!

Talking about my bilateral implants... Honestly, I really don't think my second implant is really improving much... I don't know if it's just because of the amount of electrodes I have (they couldn't fit all of the electrodes in due to meningitis), or it's actually THAT slow... It's quite frustrating because I still can't rely on the implant yet, because I'd like to hear properly in the implant so I can rest my old implant to boost up my hearing on the left ear. In the new implant, it's still going in high pitches, so it tires me out. I still have that problem where if I wake up and put on the second implant straight away, I'd get headaches easily unless if I switch it on later and this is annoying because sometimes I forget to turn it on. It's harder than I thought about this process. But I guess I'll have to wait for few more years and see how it goes.

Happy Easter holidays, everyone!

Halfway to the end of College...

Before February half term was absolutely mental as I was being piled on with coursework to complete before I break up for the half term. But I managed to complete it all in time, and now I'm on new fresh units in art and photography, which means new projects!

As we are now in March, it is a week from today to my birthday! My official 18th birthday! I've not got any plans for the birthday but I'm having a meal with my best friend who is also turning 21, four days after I turn 18. Apart from that, I'm just generally looking forward to my presents from my family and friends.

I've finally moved house, but not far from my old town, just 5 miles away. Pretty much next door to the town... Even though I moved in, I still might not stay here for long as I might go to university in September, unless I get an apprenticeship locally.

I've applied for Nottingham Trent University to study a foundation course in Media Creatives, then I might consider doing a Top-Up degree in Photography after that, so I get to explore different range of media, rather than just doing photography in BA Photography course that I applied in other universities. I've been accepted a place and I've already replied to the offer so I'm hoping to get my results to get into the course and enjoy university life.

Ta-ra!

Happy New Year!

Happy New 2014, guys!

Being traditional, my new resolution would be get into a healthy lifestyle - exercising and healthy eating. I hate sitting around when my body feels crouched down where I feel free after exercising! But because of the college, this would be a challenge as I travel 3 hours home and back, so I get really tired... Hopefully I can stick to this resolution!

I got great presents from Christmas, although I did receive many chocolates so I'm trying to eat them all so I can get them out of the way. Also, I got few games to occupy myself whenever I'm bored, Sims 3 collections and SimCity. Over the holidays, I was really addicted to Pokemon X on 3DS, so I spent a whole week playing on it and have managed to finish the story...

I've got a busy month coming up, moving house, college work, driving test and I'm already under pressure! It's hard to balance home life and college life because my art tutor is putting me under pressure as she's determined to get me a grade A but I'm really trying!

I've no news at the moment, so take care!