3 parts to 3 days
So ‘Buzz from Becca’ was a venture I’ve always been keen to embark on but one which didn’t quite have a destination in mind so as I’m finding my way I thought I’d share a few things from this week that I think make the cut…
1) BALLS- I went to London to visit one of my nearest and dearest and we went to Balliballersome (a bar with a ball pit- not something you see enough of in my opinion) and I cannot praise it enough! Bare in mind London usually charges £10 club entry and at least £10 for a drink but this was the cheapest night I’ve had since turning 18!! So once a month they do a student night which is just £1 entry and wait for it… the drinks were just £2.50!!! (That’s literally cheaper than a bus fare) so the layout is also pretty groovy as there are 2 themed rooms of balls and they did not disappoint! The first one was Valentine’s Day themed with thousands of pink balls and roses decorations and it seemed to attract a very girly demographic buzzing with girls having photo shoots and a great laugh, makes a change from being shoved in a toilet queue! Then the other room was covered in luminous balls and Milli and I took great pleasure in joining in the ball fights and jumping around like five-year-olds until I dropped my bag and I’m not even joking, my heart skipped a beat and panic mode began as Milli reminded me they only clear the balls once a week and it could be lost forever! Fear not I tripped over it just as I was starting to remember how many valuable things I had in that bag. As long as you don’t lose anything in the never-ending pool of balls, the two-hour session is an enlightening nostalgic experience filled with kiddish excitement and allows you to forget all your stress and proves laughter really is the best medicine! Moral of the story: ball pits aren’t just for kids and the best prescription for stress relief!!
2) BRAINS- so a charity extremely close to my heart is the Brain Tumour Charity and you might not be aware just how prevalent brain tumours are, being the most common cancer for people under 40 and just 1% of the national spend on cancer is dedicated to Brains!! Being extremely passionate about funding this valuable research I applied a few months ago to become a Brain Tumour Charity Young Ambassador which consists of 20 people chosen between 18-25, closely affected by the cause, to become a crucial part of running the charity and helping to find a cure sooner!! I wasn’t very hopeful as the application involved creating a video and I am not very computer literate so it was literally a video of me bursting with passion and trying to convey that in 2 mins!! Nevertheless, I got a call this week announcing that I made the cut and I literally cried with happiness, this charity means the world to me and to know that I can do something positive and make a real difference is incredible! My dream after graduation is to go into charity fundraising so let’s hope this is a step closer to achieving my goal.
3)BASIC TRAIN ETIQUETTE- so this one is added in because I am writing this while on a 2 hour train from London to York after a brief trip home and the first hour of the journey did not consist of me drinking coffee and blogging as I am now but quite the opposite… as I sat down in my allocated seat, D27, I pondered about the kind of people that may be joining me around the table and less than two seconds later a very smiley but ditsy man sat down and MANSPREAD, took up the whole table with his McDonald’s and started asking me where I was heading, why I was heading there and less than 30 seconds in precedes to insinuate that my degree does not lead to a good career. To my relief a lovely middle-aged couple came and sat opposite us so I thought fewwwww he can bombard them instead but no no he decides to show us all YouTube channel and the three of them decide to gang up on my southerner self and seem to have the mutual goal of convincing me the North is the best!! I was as polite as can be and laughed along in times when I couldn’t quite make out the Geordie accent and even laughed as his chips kept flying out of his mouth and into my lap. Headphones saved my life that journey.
Buzz from B 