[Chatter] Living in Seoul during the coronavirus outbreak

Hello everyone! It's been a while. I hope you're all well and staying healthy. As for me, I'm finally reaching the end of a 3 month winter break, the result of extensions due to the coronavirus. In February, my boyfriend flew over to see me so we could celebrate lots of things together, like our anniversary…

Five Years of Twenty Swans!?!?!

Things change a lot in five years. I started this blog while still struggling in school and now I'm over halfway through my undergraduate degree. Not to mention that it's now 2020 - At the beginning of the last decade I got into Kpop and I have started the 2020s in Seoul. I can't even…

Lipstick & Chatter: Can We Stop With the Late Night Fireworks Now?

Everyone, can you believe its November? The German Market is just around the corner and so is the end of the year. I feel like it's flying by quicker than I would like. Shopping These days, I get to come home to a great cinnamon scent in my room. I've been revisiting TK Maxx a…

Reflection: First Term at University

Hi everyone! So, as I type, Christmas is approaching really fast and so are my January exams (!!) and as this post goes up it will literally be the last day of term. I know it is often said, but this term flew by crazy fast. I can't quite believe my course started two and…

‘How to Edit Your Novel’ Workshop!

Last month, I signed up to the How To Edit Your Novel workshop at Waterstones Birmingham. Writing and editing a novel can sound a bit daunting to anyone who has never gone through that process before, so it's great to hear from authors and editors about how they go through this really intimidating process. The…

The Gap Year Diary: December/ January

So, last month I didn't put up a Diary entry because I had it written and just forgot to schedule it - So now I have combined it with January events this time around. This is what I got up to... Uni Offers New Camera Progress with revision and languages Novel Progress Novel Editing Workshop…

Two Years of Twenty Swans!

This blog survived another year! That's pretty cool, if I do say so myself. I have followed many a blog that has just disappeared after a few good posts. More than that,  I am proud to have just stuck to putting things up even without a schedule or promoting my posts on social media properly.…

The Gap Year Diary: November

Well, I am a little late, but without further ado, here's what I got up to this month! UCAS all done and dusted London Trip NaNoWriMo Progress with languages UCAS. DONE. Let's get the more depressing topic out of the way first. Somehow at the beginning of the month, I mustered the motivation to finish…

The Gap Year Diary #2: Sept – Oct

Here's what I got up to this month-and-a-half! The school squad group chat is quieter these days. #Growingpains tour School-related things Beginner's Japanese Bookity Books NaNo Prep Trip to Edinburgh Goodbye to the nail salon Uni things Towards mid-September I said goodbye to a number of school friends that were heading off to Uni and…

The Gap Year Diary: Aug/Sep 2016

Well, for one, I admit that this series is just going to be my regular life, but with a bit more focus on what I'm doing education wise extra things this year. Oh wait, that's what I normally do anyway, isn't it? Well, it got a fancier title! In this post (I ramble a lot these days):…