We’re engaged!

Beverley & me at Rich & Becky’s wedding last weekendTo cut a long story short:On Saturday 19th July, around one o’clock in the afternoon, I got down on one knee and asked my wonderful girlfriend Beverley Watling if she wants to marry me. She said yes, so we’re now engaged! To cut a short story […]

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Blast from the past

On Contagious, we wrote letters to ourselves in our small groups reminding ourselves of what we learned, which one of the small group leaders took to post to us half-way through the year. I’d forgotten about this, until a letter arrived for me with the address written in my own handwriting. I opened it up, […]

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A belated happy 2008!

Well, another year has passed, and another begun. I’d say that “time flies”, but this past year has been so packed that the beginning of 2007 seems long ages past. 2007 was a very busy year for me – visiting L’Abri, Christian Union “id:entity” mission week, History trip to China, running in the student union […]

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On being “In a relationship”

If you now check my details on Facebook, you’ll see that my profile now says that I am “In a relationship” with a young lady called Beverley Watling! I’m thrilled and excited and think she’s amazingly wonderful. So yes, me and Beverley are going out (no “scare quotes” needed!) – what exactly do we mean […]

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Novel in a month… go!

I’ve not been updating my blog that much recently, and there are three main reasons. One of which is that I’m now working at a cinema in Cardiff. Dishing out popcorn and showing people to their seats isn’t terribly exciting, but it’s a job, and the perks such as free tickets are quite nice. The […]

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Things to do while jobhunting

Recently, in between filling in application forms and the like, I’ve been… Doing Su Doku puzzles Writing my novel Pretending to be a student by going to the Freshers’ Fair, turning up at Christian Union events and so on Attempting to understand the entire history of Western thought Playing TimeSplitters Meeting up with friends and […]

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Happiness

No work yet. I went to an “evaluation day” with a sales and marketing company based in Cardiff city centre on Wednesday, but quickly decided it wasn’t for me. If I was to do direct marketing, it would have to be selling stuff I actually believed was worth selling, rather than trying to convince people […]

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