My time in Berlin has come and gone and I am so sad to be home. Berlin touched my heart and soul; I haven’t felt as at home in a city since I lived in Poitiers and am already researching flats and jobs abroad. J and I stayed at the nHow hotel in Friedrichshain which turned out to be the perfect location for us; just … Continue reading 72 hours in Berlin
So this Sunday, J and I are going on our first city break together and where better to go than Berlin! I am way too excited about drowning myself in beer, currywurst and some good ole fashioned house music. We are staying at the amazing nHow hotel, complete with musical room service and neon decorations. We also managed to bag some flights straight from Glasgow … Continue reading Berlin 2016: Planning my first city break
Having renewed my PlayStation Plus membership, I was able to download Tropico 5 by Haemimont Games. I had my eye on it for a while but have been too busy with other games/ moving/ life to jump on this Caribbean hype train. I thoroughly enjoyed Sid Meier’s Civilisation V and have spent an eye watering number of hours playing it and had high hopes for … Continue reading Tropico 5 mini review
Mental Health Awareness Week begins on May 16th until May 22nd and this year the focus is on relationships. Our mental health and mental wellbeing are integral to leading a healthy and balanced life but are often neglected as we rush around. Between work, social outings and, of course, sitting staring at our phone screens, we often feel that we never have enough time to … Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Week 2016
I was really wracking my brains trying to compile a list of annoying habits I have in games when I was on the night shift earlier this week and realised I’d missed a pretty obvious entry: avoiding easy routes in games and exploiting in-game physics. We’ve all been there: You’ve got to travel waaaay up a hill or a mountain; the 7,000 steps to High … Continue reading Things I can’t resist doing in games #5
I am a huge Telltale Games fan. Their Back to the Future game was outstanding, featuring the voice talents of Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox to enhance the experience, and I’m sure you’re all well aware of the success of their The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones series. I feel that the company are always able to portray the various elements of betrayal, … Continue reading “The Walking Dead: Michonne” review
After revealing my junk hoarding, semi-homicidal gaming foibles in earlier pieces, I thought it was time to confess to another set of weird gaming habits. This time I’m going to focus on my crappy combat abilities, such as firing sniper rifles point-blanc at enemies, not taking cover to reload or, more accurately, not taking cover at all. I am a serial “fire from the hip” … Continue reading Things I can’t resist doing in games #4
I finally renewed my PlayStation Plus+ membership and jumped back into Elder Scrolls Online. I was lucky enough to test the Beta version twice for PC, so was super excited when I received a copy for my PS4 at Christmas from J. I am only a few hours in and still finding my feet, but I thought I’d give a general explanation of how I feel … Continue reading First Impressions: The Elder Scrolls Online
I can readily admit that I wasn’t always my own Number 1 priority; I would often place my needs second, third – OK, totally last – compared to the needs of others, because it brought me joy to think I was helping someone or made them happy. Cue friends, boyfriends and a string of other people taking the rip out of me and almost destroying … Continue reading Pieces of a person: Taking care of your whole self
A few weeks ago, I finally started my new job as a health care support worker for the NHS. I’ve worked for the NHS before in a mental health and/or dementia ward, so am used to assisting people with personal care, cleaning up all manners of bodily fluid and caring for patients facing their final hours. There were a few plot twists to this new … Continue reading The New Start
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