Good evening!
The first two months of 2014 have seemingly flown by, and what an eventful couple of months they've been! Admittedly, January was pretty boring, but February was quite the opposite. On the 6th, I went to a Frank Turner gig at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. I love Frank Turner, he is quite possibly my all time favourite artist, and I was determined to enjoy this gig having had some not-so-enjoyable gigs recently. The evening started out fantastically - Beans On Toast and Flogging Molly were supporting, both of whom I really enjoyed. However, towards the end of Flogging Molly's set, some particularly rowdy drunk men started to jump around very near to us. At first it was quite funny and everybody was enjoying themselves, but throughout Frank's set the number of men (who were about twice my size) increased, and their boisterousness increased. Me and my friends were getting knocked about quite a bit, and I very quickly became extremely scared. My friend Rachel led me right the way out of the crowd as I was having a panic attack (not a rarity for me), and the two of us stood at the back for the remainder of the concert, which could have been worse as it meant there was a lot of space for us to move about (and dance). Despite all of this, I really enjoyed Frank's gig, even if it was a bit frightening at times.
Then, on the 23rd of February, me and my friends took a day out in Bristol, and in the evening we saw Lauren Aquilina on the last night of her tour. We got to meet her afterwards, and she even signed our tickets! All in all it was a really nice day (even if we did get a bit lost and grumpy at times). I made a montage video of our day, which you can see here. I really like Bristol, I'm not really sure why but I really like the way all the buildings look, it looks a lot more stripped back than Cardiff, like for example it seemed to have a lot more exposed brickwork on the buildings and I really like that.
Finally, on the 6th of March I recieved my English Literature Unit 1 GCSE Results, for which I got an A (60/70 marks). It goes without saying that I was extremely pleased with this, but it doesn't mean that I agree with the concept of GCSEs. It seems to us as if the success of our entire future is decided based purely on the results we get in exams taken at 14, 15, 16 years old, and if the amount of pressure put onto teenagers in school is enough to begin mental illnesses then I think somebody needs to take a serious look at the education system in the UK.
On a brighter note, it's my birthday in 3 days.
Menna
