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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 449: Another Sleep-Related Polemic

Argh, it’s time to wake up. However, I have been awake for a number of hours due to my body deciding that the time to wake up was far earlier than usual and now I’ve had COFFEE and I don’t … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 434: Form Assessment

Sitting down to sort through their papers, the person of this particular story felt some sort of amounting pressure that could not be ignored. The pressure was bubbling up from behind the lid, but this was not a time for … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 397: Nearing the End of a Long Weekend

So we’re nearing the end of a long weekend, and the end of the long weekend is near. Tomorrow is the return to the regular week, but for now the long weekend reigns supreme and there is something to do … Continue reading

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To Mount Dingo: The Base of Splendour Rock and Heading Down

We kept on going when Ewe cramped up hard. Although he had a slight cramp earlier, this one forced him to stop walking. It wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened, but as we were on a steep incline, … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 369: Stuff, Should Probably get More Sleep

I really think that I need to stop staying up late for no reason whatsoever. I’m sitting here and trying to avoid writing about my favourite subject, but due to the partial fatigue that I’m feeling, there are things that … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 347: Tunneling for an Exit

The walls were collapsing and there was no escape. Well, it seemed that there was no escape. It was rather hard to tell, what with all the lack of easily-accessible lighting that would be needed to tell as to where … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 241: Study Time

Three people are sitting in a room. Each one is staring at a laptop, trying to work out what it is that they must do for the day in order to make sure that the exam they sit tomorrow is … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 159: Group Work Vexes Me

I’m pretty sure I’ve written about this before, but it’s something that I’m going to write about again as I feel like having a bit of a pointless whinge, so that is what I’m going to now engage in doing. … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 142: The Joy of Group Work

There’s certainly a lot of wonder and passion that goes into doing things that make me stress harder than I really should because, instead of rethinking plans and strategies, it’s much easier to start losing it internally and increase my … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 98: Something About Housemate Hunting and a Swim

Well, it’s that time again where I try to bang out as many of my five-hundred words as possible as fast as possible using only my nose and forehead as the devices which shall touch the keyboard in a prompt … Continue reading

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